Chapter 23: The Western Weekend (4)

King Zhou You issued an order saying: Shen Jiang does not abide by the way of women, and it is advisable to bully the king and be unfilial (because he has not dared to come back for many years); Therefore, the position of Queen Shenjiang is abolished, and the position of Prince Yijiu is abolished. praise the mother of the world (usually how serious), Bofu is smart and benevolent (not yet grown to the age of harmful); Therefore, he was appointed as the queen, and Libo was the prince! Ordered Shenhou to escort Yijiu back to Haojing and hand it over to Yousi for canonical punishment! ”

The Ghost King has been blinded by a group of shameless people all day long, and his brain has been soaked with wine. He thought that as soon as the king's order came out, Shenhou would obediently send the prince back; But in fact, Shenhou had already made plans to overthrow the rule of King Youwang and establish Yijiu as the king.

The Shen State is in present-day Nanyang, Henan, and the Shen people were originally a branch of Jiang surnamed Rong. Jiang Rong had made great contributions to the war of King Wu and Keshang, so he was sealed in Shendi - and this act was a big mistake made by the Zhou people.

Nanyang is the southern gate of the Western Zhou Dynasty, is a strategic place to resist Rong Di's northward advance, the old saying goes: "not my race, its heart will be different", such a dangerous place why should it be given to the princes with different surnames?

In the thirty-eighth year of King Xuan of Zhou, the Western Zhou Dynasty and Shen Guo had a battle, and the cause of the war was unclear, and Shen Guo was defeated. In the second year, King Xuan fought against a Jiang clan that was not from a bad place in a thousand acres, and the Zhou division was defeated. What is intriguing is that the defeated King Xuan of Zhou chose to marry Shen Guo.

Every time King Xuan sacrificed to the god of the previous king, he had to nag: "O great martial king! Why did you give Shen Guoci to such an outlier in the first place, instead of a descendant surnamed Ji? ”

Therefore, the behavior of King Zhou You's marriage to Shen Jiang, the establishment of Shen Hou, and the establishment of the prince all belonged to political "needs", but now they have become political "needs". The idea of the Youwang is to kill Yijiu first, and then destroy the Shen Kingdom. But Shenhou saw very clearly that he would not give King Youwang any chance, and he would not let him continue to do evil.

In the eleventh year of King You of Zhou, Shen and Jin colluded with the Xirong army to come and break through Hojing in one fell swoop. The king fled to Lishan, and he raised several beacon fires, but the rescue did not come.

A sergeant reported: "Lishan Beacon Blaze! The drums are beating the sky!! ”

Princes: "Are you teasing the widows again?!" If you don't go, neither will the Pickaxe Kyung Fire Widow! ”

After a while, there was another urgent report: "Report!! Ho-kyung is also on fire!! ”

Princes: "Then what are you going to do?!" Let's strengthen our defense!! ”

Although the Ghost King's guards put up a desperate resistance, they were eventually defeated because they were outnumbered. The fortress of Gugong was breached, Zheng Boyou and all the guards fought to death, King You and Yu Shifu were killed, and Bao Xi was captured.

At the beginning, Shenhou had an agreement with them when he united with Xirong: when he invaded Haojing, he was not allowed to kill the king or the prince's friends; and all the goods shall belong to Sijon. Sijon must not stay longer and must withdraw its troops quickly.

However, now the situation is out of control. Youwang and Zheng Bo are both dead, Bofu does not know what happened, and Bao Xi is also taken captive. Several days passed, and the Xijon army showed no sign of retreat, and only engaged in burning, killing and looting every day; Day or night, sober or drunk, does not stop them from committing cruel crimes.

What's even more hateful is that those big and small lords also let their subordinates rush back to give a message to relatives and friends, inviting them to come to Hojing to rob with him. It seems that it is impossible for Xijon to leave without turning Hokyo into a ruin.

Shenhou began to regret it, after all, he was the prince canonized by Zhou Tianzi and the uncle of the prince of Western Zhou. His original intention was to overthrow King Zhou You and put his nephew on the throne, not to destroy the Western Zhou. Shen Hou no longer had any illusions about Xirong, he secretly gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't get out of here, then you won't be happy!" ”

Shenhou still maintained his original demeanor in the midst of the predicament, and he indulged in a carnival with the Rong masters, not mentioning the matter of sending off guests, as if he had forgotten why he attacked Hojing. He hid his resentment deep in his heart, but secretly sent a military emergency report to the four people.