Chapter 84: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (23) The emperor was furious, and millions of people were buried alive...

On the 25th day after the survivors entered the dungeon, another major event occurred in Yandu. After the death of King Dao of Chu, the State of Chu finally welcomed a new monarch, King Chu Su, who officially ascended the throne. The

day before he ascended the throne, he was still entertaining the old nobles and feeding them with a potion that could make them lose their souls. On the day he ascended the throne, he was still smiling and making promises to the old nobles.

But the next morning after he ascended the throne, King Chu Su could not wait to summon a group of Chu ministers.

The first thing he did after taking office was to prepare to purge the old nobles of Chu. He ordered the arrest and execution of all the 70 or so old noble fiefdom monarchs who had caused chaos in the pursuit of Wu Qi, and also implicated their clans, and then sent troops to take back the fiefdoms.

Because he was too excited, he ignored the fact that several of his trusted ministers had been hesitant to speak since they entered the room.

One of the conspirators suggested: "You can kill more than 70 rebellious ministers, but you cannot implicate their clansmen. Most of their clansmen are from the same family as you, and they grow from the same tree. You cannot destroy your own branches and trunks."

King Chu Suo's attitude was very tough. If the old nobles could shoot and injure the body of King Chu Dao in order to shoot and kill Wu Qi today, tomorrow these old nobles with the same clan as him could unite to overthrow his throne. If this continued, how could he maintain his throne?

He brought out the laws of his country that he had prepared in the plan, and said loudly: "There is a law in Chu. Destroying the king's body is a serious crime, and the crime will be implicated for three clans, and the Mi clan is no exception."

As soon as he said this, the order was set.

However, the reaction of the ministers was beyond the expectations of King Chu. Their faces turned pale and blue, which was very strange.

"Do you have any objections?"

The first minister on the left knelt half a step forward and said, "Replying to King Chu, I dare not have any objections, but today at 7:00 in the morning, in Can Street, two monarchs happened to pass by here in their carriages, and a man shouted, 'There is a law in Chu. Destroying the king's corpse is a serious crime, and the crime will be linked to three clans.'" "The

two monarchs asked the guards to collect the information, but they did not find the person who spread the news, so they left in a hurry. I'm afraid the monarchs have known about this, but I don't know if they believe it?"

Bang!

The sound of a tripod falling heavily to the ground.

Snap!

The sound of a table breaking.

Crackling!

The sound of a series of things falling to the ground.

King Chu was furious. He threw the bronze tripod in front of him, but he was still not satisfied and was afraid of breaking the whole case: "Who betrayed me? Kill all nine generations of your clan!"

"Please calm down, King Chu."

All the conspirators present knelt on the ground. Among them, some ministers stood on the side of the old nobles. They wanted to persuade the king to stop the matter, but seeing that he was furious, they dared not say another word, and were even afraid that the anger would affect them.

The first conspirator on the left hand was obviously the confidant of King Chu Su. He stepped forward and knelt half a step again. "King Chu, please calm down. The most urgent task is to seal off Yandu and arrest more than 70 fiefdom monarchs to prevent them from escaping and disrupting our country. Then investigate the person who leaked the news and punish him severely." King

Chu Su's face turned ashen. He was furious for a long time and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Zhao Lie? Shi Gu?"

"I am here." ×2

"Immediately seal off Yandu and arrest the criminals who harmed the body of the former king. If there is resistance, kill one if there is one, and kill two if there are two!"

"I obey your order."

After the two generals left, King Chu Su passed by the ministers in the hall, especially the few important ministers who knew his plan. His eyes were as fierce as tigers and leopards, and one or two officials were so scared that they couldn't kneel steadily.

"Prime Minister Su, please check who leaked the information."

"I obey your order." The first conspirator on the left knelt down and answered. This handsome middle-aged man was the current prime minister of Chu State and a conspirator that King Su of Chu trusted more.

Su Xiang's eyebrows wrinkled as he kowtowed in response.

He participated in the whole process of this conspiracy, and even had a part in the idea of ​​this conspiracy. Because it affected the throne, not many people participated, all of them were confidants, and no one knew who leaked the news.

Moreover, it was not leaked earlier or later, but it was leaked just after King Su got the throne. He also learned about it after entering the palace of Chu.

If they were spies from other countries, they wouldn't have to go through all this trouble. They should have leaked the information before the King of Chu took the throne. If they were spies from more than 70 counties, they should have at least fled first, right?

Su Xiang racked his brains, but couldn't figure it out.

...

Yandu was the secondary capital of Chu. 'Secondary capital' was relative to the dying Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In fact, it was the most prosperous city in Chu, with a large area, a large population, and prosperous business.

Special forces He Shisi and Yuan Shui have lived in Yandu for more than a week since they accepted the spy mission. With the connections from the Chuyang City merchant team and the money given by Ye Mo, they each found a job as a peddler in Yandu.

He Shisi became a tailor and Yuan Shui became a coppersmith.

Only a legitimate profession can help them cover up their identities, and even with a little bit of trickery, they can establish a little business relationship with the retainers or wives of some officials, so that the locals dare not bully them, and if they encounter problems, they will not let them take the blame first.

In short, from various folk workshops to the academies of famous officials, they have gained a lot.

For example, some explosive information, such as the old city site of Xia Jie, the last emperor of the Xia Dynasty. Regardless of whether this copy is true or not, when returning to the real world, the Investigation Bureau intends to convene a group of archaeologists and history experts to study these strange things. In addition

, Yuan Shui plans to become a general in the future under the identity of a civilian swordsman, and He Shisi, who is dressed as a woman and is not suitable for being a military general, can find a job as a retainer of a small strategist.

But before that, they had to complete their mission, and what they did this morning was so exciting that they almost flipped over.

Fortunately, the two county lords did as planned. Because the news was too panic, they did not investigate the matter one by one, but were busy asking other county lords to find out whether the news was true or false.

After He Shisi and Yuan Shui finished their mission, in order not to expose themselves, they dared not go out to inquire about other things. They honestly became two ordinary hawkers, working for their bosses. At

10 o'clock in the morning, they had begun to receive some true and false information one after another.

The gates of Yandu were sealed, and no one could enter; an official was killed at the gate, blood was all over the ground; soldiers were searching for criminals in the city; many soldiers entered Yandu...

He Shisi & Yuan Shui: "Too fast!"

King Chu Suo just became king yesterday, and they thought he would have to wait at least one or two days, but they didn't expect it to be so fast.

I don't know how many of the more than 70 monarchs ran away!

The situation is tense now. He Shisi and Yuan Shui don't have to consider whether to escape from Yandu. They can't even pass the message to Chuyang City, but Li Jing has local people who can pass it on.

Li Jing and the boss are so smart, they should be able to guess what happened in Yandu, right?

...

When He Shisi and Yuan Shui were passing the message, one of the monarchs passing by was Xucheng Jun, the only one who escaped successfully as marked in history books, and the other happened to be Mingcheng Jun, whose town was not far from Chuyang City.

The former had long felt that something was wrong and didn't trust King Chu Su that deeply. He was always awakened by dreams these days, especially yesterday when King Chu Su ascended the throne and asked the officials to calculate the good and bad luck several times. After hearing the news, he immediately believed it.

The latter had just received a bunch of rewards from King Chu Su the day before, including fine wine, beautiful women, silk, gold, silver, and jade. In gratitude, he killed the traitor Wu Qi. He didn't really believe this, but he was still a little scared because his life was at stake. After the panic, he naturally wanted to find a companion.

The two of them couldn't agree on the discussion, and Lord Xucheng was very anxious, so they had to act separately.

Lord Mingcheng summoned more than 40 monarchs to discuss the matter. They felt that someone was deliberately making trouble. King Chu Su stood on the side of the nobles from beginning to end, and he hated Wu Qi. It was impossible for him to do such a thing. Moreover, the power of the dozens of lords was not small. If they really united, King Chu Su would be afraid!

"It must be a villain who is trying to disturb people's hearts."

"Lord Xucheng is too suspicious. He doesn't believe the King of Chu. Maybe this villain's plan is to fight against them."

"That makes sense. The King of Chu invited us to his palace for a banquet the day before yesterday and rewarded many female musicians. Yesterday, the King Deng also treated us with great courtesy. The villain's words are simply nonsense."

Seeing that everyone had the same idea, Lord Mingcheng stroked his beard with satisfaction and volunteered to report the matter to the King of Chu's palace. One is to catch this villain, and the other is to see the attitude of the King of Chu.

The monarchs agreed one after another.

And the result that awaited them was that soon after Lord Mingcheng left home, he was surrounded by a hundred soldiers led by General Zhaolie in a four-horse carriage.

Mingcheng Jun dared to say something bad:

"Zhao Lie, do you know who I am?"

Zhao Lie snorted coldly: "There is a law in Chu State. Destroying the king's corpse is a serious crime, and the crime will be committed by three clans. Mingcheng Jun, you shot and injured the king's corpse, and you are a criminal minister of Chu State. The King of Chu has ordered us to arrest you and bring you to justice.

Why don't you surrender!" "Haha, he Xiong Zang was able to ascend to the throne because of us. Such a treacherous person, I trusted such a despicable villain in vain, how can I be the king of a country!" Mingcheng Jun looked up to the sky and roared.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Lie drew his saber, and the thousands of guards he led followed the general to show their weapons.

Mingcheng Jun's hundreds of guards also drew their weapons. They were Mingcheng Jun's guards. If he died, they would die too. In their eyes, Mingcheng Jun was the master, not the King of Chu.

The battle was about to start.

The hundred guards of Lord Mingcheng were of course the elites among the elites in Chu Mingcheng. They fought to the death to protect their master, and they did hold off the enemy for a while, and even killed a few of Zhaolie's soldiers.

But the difference in numbers between the two sides was too great, and Zhaolie also had elite soldiers.

Moreover, Lord Mingcheng was a member of the old noble family, born noble, and he didn't practice martial arts very often. He was the only burden in the team. One guard could die for him, and ten guards could die for him.

When the guards died or were injured, Lord Yangcheng's head was also chopped off by Zhaolie.

The blood dyed the whole street.

The more than 40 monarchs who were waiting for Mingchengjun to return and had no time to disband were also surrounded by Shigu and tens of thousands of soldiers. The battle lasted for two hours until there was no one alive in Mingchengfu except the soldiers of King Chusu.

Not only that, all of them, whether they were family members and slaves in the fiefdom or family members and slaves in Yandu, died. Even the people in the fiefdom would die or live a life worse than death.