The old man was Shen Baoxu, a great man of a generation who went down in history, and the man with the dragon's head was his disciple, Shen Zhuliang, the son of the general Shen Yinxu, that is, Ye Gong in the later Ye Gong Haolong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Lu Di didn't know that a huge conspiracy against him was already being planned.

Qi and Chu have a national enmity, and Chu naturally hopes that Qi will have civil strife, but Shen Baoxu is not as short-sighted as other scholars and doctors in Chu State, he deeply understands that a grass chicken Yangsheng is nothing to Chu State, and the real threat to Chu State is Lu Di's young phoenix, once he flies on the branch, the birds will bow to him.

And the reason why Lu Di boldly dared to advance to the Chu State was because he held the Chu State's hope for the reason for the internal strife in Qi, so he had no fear.

But he didn't expect that Shen Baoxu was not the short-sighted person he imagined!

The group passed by the old land of Deng Guo and befriended the local famous old scholars to talk about the story of Deng Di, and everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Later, after passing through the Tang Kingdom, Lu Di visited Ji Zi, the monarch of the Tang State, Ji Zi was very excited, and used the strength of the whole country to welcome Lu Di, but Lu Di couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his so-called national power.

Dongmen Wuze burst into laughter, Lu Di glared at him fiercely, and he just restrained his lewd smile.

As for the other guests, except for some virtuous people, the rest also despised the monarch of the Tang Kingdom.

Although their faces did not show it, their momentum and timbre from time to time could reveal a sneer at the Tang Kingdom.

Because the so-called national strength of the Tang State is just a very ordinary power of a township.

However, Lu Di did not look down on Tang Guozi because of this, but treated him more politely, which made Tang Guozi very moved.

Tang Guozi's palace is a two-meter-high adobe enclosed house with four bamboo and wood rooms.

The place is so small that even Lu Di's doorman who is ranked outside the twenty can't get in.

Its shabby appearance is not as good as even the southern landlords in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Lu Di was afraid that there would be chaos among people, and secondly, he was afraid that Tang Guozi would be embarrassed, so he just asked the old Chu people to provoke Huang to accompany him and have a banquet with Tang Guozi.

The others were led by Dongmen Wuze and Zhang Mengtan to camp outside the Yi for repair.

At the beginning of the banquet, the three of them laughed and laughed, but as the wine passed three rounds and the dishes passed over the five flavors, Tang Guozi began to cry uncontrollably.

Lu Di was surprised to see this scene, and hurriedly asked Tang Guozi why he was sad.

Tang Guozi said: "The widow is going to die." ”

Lu Di was stunned, Tang Guozi thought that Lu Di didn't believe it, so he covered his sleeves and wiped his tears to explain.

It turned out that since the Youxiong Zhen of Chu led the army of Chu to defeat the invading Qi people, after so many years of repair, the strength of Chu has gradually recovered.

Looking at the recovery of the strength of the Chu State, as a young man with ideals and ambitions, Youxiong Zhen began to formulate a series of plans to destroy the country, among which the Tang State was one of the countries in his plan to destroy the country.

And the reason why Tang Guozi knew these things was because someone in the court of Chu State secretly gave him a secret, either to die or to surrender.

Lu Di was silent when he heard this, there is Xiong Zhen in the history of Chu is a very promising king of Zhongxing, not to mention the mansion of Chu State, not to mention the destruction of dozens of countries, the founding of thousands of miles, but his belligerence has not led to opposition within the Chu State, and even the sage Kong Qiu praised him as a king of Taoism.

It is conceivable how much ability this bears have!

Although Lu Di knew very early on that in the future world pattern, the Youxiong Zhen of the Chu State would definitely be one of his biggest opponents, but he didn't expect that his personal ability was already a little beyond his expectations.

Seeing Tang Guozi crying, Lu Di thought for a while and said, "Guozi, after hearing that you are Tang Shuyu?" ”

Tang Guozi said: "Exactly, the widow's father and ancestor are a lineage of Jin Marquis Xie, because the caretaker is meritorious, and later he was given a viscount, all the way to the widow's generation."

Lu Di nodded when he heard this, and secretly said in his heart This is also the reason why it is recorded in the literature that the Tang State, which is obviously surrounded by the territory of the Chu State, has always followed the Jin State behind the butt to pull the big banner.

"Guozi, when Tu was on the road, I heard that some rural scholars called the Jin Kingdom the Northern Jin Dynasty, and your country was the Southern Jin Dynasty. Lu Di suggested.

Tang Guozi shook his head when he heard this, and sighed: "Childe, what kind of situation is the situation in the Jin Kingdom, you must know better than me, will the Jin Kingdom help the widows?" ”

Lu Di was silent, because he knew in his heart that the current Jin State was no longer the Jin State of the Jin State, nor the Jin State of the cabinet under the control of the Jin Hou, but the Jin State that had fallen apart and had more than six civil wars.

Will the six Qing clans help the Tang Kingdom, which is thousands of miles away?

The answer is no!

"Guozi, Tu has a question, the Tang State is a small country and is surrounded by the territory of the Chu State, why didn't the ancestors of the Chu State destroy you?" Although Lu Di's words made Tang Guozi sound very uncomfortable, what did it mean not to destroy himself early?

But Tang Guozi looked at Lu Di's clear eyes and knew that he was not malicious, so he said: "This matter has to be traced back to the early years of the King of Chuzhuang, when the Bear Brigade was a blockbuster, destroying countless countries around him, opening up fertile land for thousands of miles, and the strength of the Chu State has increased greatly."

"The Xiong Brigade, which has greatly increased its strength, gave birth to the idea of competing for hegemony in the Central Plains like (Qi) Huan Gong and (Jin) Wen Gong, but the hegemony of the Central Plains must be supported by the princes and countries."

"But there are too many countries destroyed by the bear brigade, which makes those countries that survived feel extremely frightened and afraid, and they have become hostile countries of Chu, or take refuge in the mother country of Gongzi Qi or take refuge in the Jin state of their ancestors."

"There is a bear brigade helpless, in order to compete for hegemony, he can only let those small countries that he destroyed by himself reinstate"

"In this way, the bear brigade started a war for hegemony with a group of small countries that were wiped out by themselves and then helped up"

"There are many countries that have been destroyed by the bear brigade and then restored, such as Yun State, Sui State, Tang State, Dun State, Shen State ......"

Lu Di listened to Tang Guozi's words, and slowly sank into his thoughts, it turned out that in order to show that he was strong and powerful, he could still play like this, leaving some small countries in the belly, or leaving some small countries that he could control to beat others, this was a somewhat interesting strategy.

Lu Di thought about it and seemed to think of his future diplomatic strategy, while destroying big countries and leaving small countries, and beating them in groups, he could also get a reputation for many helpers, it was really cool to think about!

Provocation Huang, who had been accompanying Lu Di all the time, seemed to see the idea of his son-in-law, and he frowned and said: "Guozi, there is something unclear about your subordinates, why doesn't the current Xiong Zhen of the Chu State continue to implement the national policy strategy left by his predecessor?" ”

Tang Guozi sighed and said ambiguously: "The widow doesn't know, maybe it was the reason why the widow and the lord of some countries such as Shen Guodun betrayed Chu at the most critical time when the Son of Heaven attacked Chu."