Lu Di took it and opened it, and after reading the official letter, Lu Di smiled and said: "The two of you said easy things just now, but I never thought that there was really an easy thing. ◢ With *Dream ◢ Small *.lā"

After that, he handed the official letter to Ji Xian, Ji Xian read it and gave it to Gubu Ziqing, the two looked at each other, and said to Lu Di in unison: "Congratulations, congratulations, take back Zhongli County's hometown!" ”

It turned out that what was written on the official letter was that Taiwei Hua Zhou led the army all the way east after the separation of the good way, of course, they took Zhong Liguo as Lu Di said, easy!

Here's the thing:

When the lord of Zhongli was fishing alone on the water, when the subordinate doctor who hurriedly ran to tell the story of the Huazhou army advancing in the direction of Zhongli Guo, the lord of Zhongli stood up in fright, maybe because of old age, or maybe because of sitting for a long time, his mind was dizzy, fluttered, fell from the boat into the water, and when everyone rescued him, he had been drowned.

In this way, the lord of Zhongli State avoided the first battle of Chu and the second battle of Chu, but he did not escape the third inexplicable appearance of the army of Qi abroad in Zhongli.

As soon as the lord of Zhongli Kingdom died, Zhongli Kingdom was in turmoil, and Zhongli Guo's vassals advised the prince to learn from his father and flee to Chu State, and then find an opportunity to return to the country.

The crown prince of Zhongliguo refused with words, and his answer made the faces of all his subordinates red, and they even wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Prince Zhongli said: "Do you want this prince to be ridiculed by the world as Zhongli to run away like he studied the first exam?" ”

"This prince is unwilling, this prince refuses!"

Among the vassals, they thought that the prince was going to be martyred, some admonished, and some said that they were willing to advance and retreat with the prince, but the next words of the prince of Zhongliguo made all the vassals dumbfounded: "You all shut up the prince, the prince is annoyed, and the prince has long been tired of living in the cracks of a big country and living in a panic all day long."

"What Prince Ben wants is stability, you know? Settle down for life! ”

"Today, Prince Ben is going to let you make a decision, is it better for our Zhongli Kingdom to join the Qi State or join the Chu State?"

The subordinate doctors looked at each other, and then began to quarrel wildly, some people said that they should join the Chu State, because the relationship between Zhongli State and Chu State is very close, with this relationship, the monarch can live well, some say that they should join the Qi State, because the Qi State treats the lord of the country who takes the initiative to surrender is very generous, and the son-in-law of the Qi State is a native of Zhongli State, no matter how he says, he will also take care of the mother state, and some people say that they should use their strength to fight, and the army of Xiong Sheng in Chu is stationed in the southern border city of Zhongli State, and they can ask them for help to protect the country.

In short, the following is like a bunch of ducks chirping, and the prince of Zhongliguo is angry when he sees this, his face is pale, and finally he says arbitrarily: "This prince has decided to join the Qi country!" ”

On the second day, a large group of doctors who had a lot to do with the state of Chu ran away, and a small group of doctors who swore to protect the country ran to the ancestral temple to cut their stomachs.

Hua Zhou was very embarrassed when he learned what happened, but he didn't explain, so Haosheng comforted Prince Zhongli and asked him to personally escort Prince Zhongli to Linzi.

When Prince Zhongli heard that he was going to Linzi, he was careful that his liver fluttered excitedly, because he had long been eager to go to Linzi to live the rumored "extravagant" life, what to eat, what to eat, what to fight, what to fight......

Prince Zhongli loaded his father's property into several large carts, then changed into clean clothes, and drove north.

Hua Zhou and a group of Qi generals who watched this scene had a toothache, and their ancestors slept at night, shrinking their clothes and dieting, but when they met a loser, all their efforts were in vain.

Hua Zhou shook his head secretly, and temporarily appointed the former Zhongli Kingdom Dazai as the county guard of Zhongli County in the name of holding the festival, and at the same time sent a fast horse to inform the Prime Minister's Mansion and Lu Di.

Lu Di and the people in the tent talked about the personnel arrangements after Zhong Liguo's return, as well as the matter of sealing Prince Zhongli as the prince of Fengyang and giving him the surname Zhu, and so on, I won't go into more detail here, and talk about the Chaoyi of Chu State.

When Xiong Sheng (Bai Gongsheng), the doctor of Chaoyi in the Chu State, learned that the Hua Zhou army had come to Zhongli Kingdom, he was surprised and delighted.

At this time, there was an ancient wooden building lobby with swords, halberds, hooks, spears, and axes.

A heroic man in white was sitting in the center of the lobby, which was lined up in three rows on the left and right, and these three rows were kneeling with burly and powerful samurai.

At this time, they were all looking at the person standing in the hall.

That person is extraordinary, the most conspicuous thing is the gold and jade with accessories, and the posture is like a "multi-treasure gentleman".

This gentleman is none other than Duanmu Ci, the new Daxing Mansion.

Duanmu Ci just took office and received this big job from Lu Di, he felt pressure, he had already come to Chaoyi, but he did not go directly to visit Bai Gongsheng, but went to the local investigation, until today Duanmu Ci was tied to Bai Gongsheng's hall by a group of strong warriors.

Duanmu Ci shook his clothes, and the gold and jade on his body slammed, and he looked at Youxiong Shengdao, who was dressed in white, and said, "I don't know what Gongsun means today?" ”

Gongsun refers to Bai Gongsheng, Duanmu Ci, as the pedestrian of Qi, of course will not admit that Qi must be a head shorter than Chu, so he equates Chu with the ordinary princely states under the command of Zhou Tianzi, and Bai Gongsheng, as the late prince Jian's son-in-law, is undoubtedly Gongsun in terms of identity.

Bai Gongsheng didn't speak, but the warriors under him couldn't help it, and stepped forward to give Duanmu a kick, Duanmu Ci didn't see it, just when the kick was about to fall on him, Bai Gongsheng spoke: "Stand down!" ”

When the samurai heard this, he retreated to his seat in hatred.

"Sir, aren't you afraid of death?" Bai Gongsheng's voice is very peaceful, and there is a chivalrous spirit in peace.

Duanmu Ci turned the jade ring on his thumb, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.

Bai Gongsheng's eyes narrowed, and his voice was full of coldness: "Why is Mr. smiling?" ”

Duanmu Ci said: "I, Duanmu Ci, dared to break into Acheng alone back then, Gongsun said that I was afraid of death?" ”

Duanmu Ci talked about his famous "battle", and his tone was full of great pride.

The matter of Acheng is that when Lu Di returned to the country and raised troops to quell the rebellion against Chen Heng, Duanmu Ci broke into Longtan alone to persuade Acheng to change the flag and change the banner.

Bai Gongsheng listened to the voice and said unhurriedly: "That incident, Mr.'s name is spread all over the world, although I live in the southern country, I also yearn for and admire it in my heart."

Nanguo refers to the country south of the ancient Huai River, and during the Spring and Autumn Period, the country south of the Huai River often claimed to be the southern country.

When Bai Gongsheng said this, his tone turned cold and said: "However, Mr. is not afraid of death, but he has to do something to find death?" ”

When Duanmu Ci heard Bai Gongsheng say this, he guessed in his heart that he must have known that he was secretly investigating him, so he smiled and said: "Gongsun, I Duanmu Ci doesn't care if I find the right to die or not, but there is one person in this hall who is even more looking for death than me Duanmu Ci." ”

"Oh, who?" Bai Gongsheng is better than snow in white clothes, with a cloth crown on his head, like a Confucian general, gentle and elegant, his eyes do not squint, so that people can't see what he thinks at this time.

Duanmu Ci said: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you, Your Excellency Gongsun is." ”

Rumble!

Duanmu Ci's words completely angered Bai Gongsheng's disciples, and a samurai stood up with clenched fists on the spot, and said to Bai Gongsheng: "Lord, let me chop him up."

Bai Gongsheng pressed his hand and said: "The general's loyalty, I know, you sit down first, and listen to the guests from the Qi State finish speaking."