The Cui family came from the Duke of Qi Ding and was one of the oldest families in the Qi Kingdom. With the passage of time, the Cui clan gradually fell from a prestigious family to a vassal of the Gao clan. But God gave Cui Yao another opportunity, and he actually revived the Cui family and once again became one of the wealthy families of the Qi State; However, the sheer power soon destroyed the family completely.

Early the next morning, during a routine round, the soldiers noticed something unusual about a small remote door in the dormitory. These people rushed in and found that Qi Huan Gong had died of anger, and there was a body of a palace maid lying beside him.

The bad news was immediately reported to Wu Wu and the three thieves, and those people were crazy with joy. He ordered someone to arrest the crown prince, and he quickly rushed to the scene of the crime to determine whether the old monarch had really returned to the west.

But the joy of no loss did not last long before it was replaced by anger, when the guards reported that the prince had died the previous night.

At this time, the officials had already gathered outside the palace gate and were ready to enter the official offices (all the official offices of the state are located in the palace). However, the time to enter the palace has passed, but the palace gate is still closed.

The officials went from whispering to restlessness, and then they shouted in unison, demanding to enter the palace immediately, to be on the throne, and to see the prince immediately. At this time, there was a sound of neat and rapid footsteps and the sound of weapons clashing in the palace gate, and the palace gate was immediately opened, and Yi Ya and Ermink appeared with a large number of soldiers.

The ermine stretched out his hands to signal the people to be quiet, and then said, "The prince has passed away, and the doctors are studying how to organize the funeral. The government office is closed for one day, so please go back! ”

The officials were even more agitated, and they cursed Ermink and Yi Ya, saying that they had climbed to today's high position by cutting off their children and grandchildren, and had the opportunity to murder the ancestors; People insisted on being buried for the first monarch and asked to see the prince.

The faces of the two people suddenly became very ugly, and their scars were publicly revealed, so they suddenly became murderous. Yi Ya issued an ultimatum, ordering everyone to disband immediately, otherwise they would be corrected on the spot. But the country of Qi has never lacked bloody men, and many people immediately rushed forward, wanting to catch these two traitors.

The palace guards immediately attacked. Most of the officials saw that the situation was not good, and they turned into birds and beasts in an instant; But there are also many people who have been killed by traitors.

This massacre was an accident, but the outcome of the incident erased the only good impression that Wu Wu had in the hearts of Qi people; He became the enemy of the whole country in an instant, even more hateful than the ignorance of the young grandson.

While the soldiers were cleaning up the scene of the massacre, four armed groups headed towards the palace, led by Gongzi Yuan, Gongzi Pan, Gongzi Shang, and Gongzi Yong. The fourth prince is not here to maintain stability, but to create chaos.

The disappearance of the crown prince had already left Wu Wu in a hurry, and the opposition of the officials did not attract his attention, but the arrival of the fourth prince completely disrupted his plans.

All optimism disappeared without a trace, and Wuwu began to realize the gravity of the situation. But to give in means to put one's life in the hands of the enemy, and to counter violence with violence will die sooner. In a dilemma, the third way was chosen without loss.

Just when several parties were tense and confrontational, Kaifang ran out and said to the fourth prince: "The first gentleman is driving, and I am sad without loss." After he was grief-grieving, he remembered to invite the princes to discuss the future, but the four of them arrived first. The ministers immediately invited the sons into the palace to discuss matters. ”

But the sons do not intend to give no loss. Gongzi Yuan said: "No loss and our brothers are doctors of equal status, what qualifications does he have to point fingers at Xiangbang?" Besides, the brothers don't need to be invited to their own homes. The childe merchant said: "With the prince here, where is the turn to call the shots?" We're going to see the prince soon. ”

Kai Fang turned around and left without saying a word, while Yi Ya led the guards into the palace.

The four princes led their respective arms into the palace and occupied a building respectively, while the forces without loss were entrenched in the area of the main hall.

After everyone settled down, they sent someone to invite the four brothers to the main hall to discuss matters; The fourth prince asked him to withdraw the surrounding arms, otherwise he would never step into the main hall. After satisfying the brothers' requirements without a loss, the four princes each entered the hall with a few guards.

Wu Wu confessed that the prince had mysteriously disappeared, and he interpreted the prince's escape as a renunciation of the throne. Then he said, "Let not a kingdom be without a king for a day; Whether in terms of age, position, conduct, or ability, he is the best candidate, and the ancestor had promised to make him the crown prince before his death; So he asked his brothers to unite and support him as the new king, and he would lead the Qi country to new glory...

Gongzi Yuan was the first to jump out to object, he said: "The age and position you said, the brothers are indeed not as good as you." But the question is, why didn't you become a prince if you met the criteria so well? This is because you are simply not qualified, so you are excluded in the first place! So since Prince Zhao abandoned the country, he naturally lost his qualification to the throne; According to the weekly rites and ancestral system, only I can become the new king..."

Gongzi merchants supported Gongzi Yuan, but Gongzi Yong resolutely opposed it, his reason was that Gongzi Pan's mother had a higher status than other ladies and women, and according to the ancestral system of son to mother, Gongzi Pan should inherit the throne.

Then the men quarreled. During the quarrel, I don't know who shot an arrow, Yi Ya screamed, clutched his crotch and fell to the ground in pain. The negotiations broke down in an instant, and the forces of all sides immediately drew their swords and drew their bows to attack each other, and the scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.

The stiff body of the former overlord was abandoned in the dormitory and no one took it, but the five sons who he raised with his own hands and gave him brocade clothes and jade food were now fighting in the sacred court and in the solemn place where the Chinese overlord accepted the pilgrimages of countless princes.

The battle ended with an undefeated voluntary withdrawal, and the sons returned to their respective camps, and then a standoff between them and day after day was presented.

The last time the Qi State encountered such a crisis was forty-three years ago. But unlike last time, the reason for the chaos at that time was that there was no prince in the country who could inherit the throne, and now there are too many sons vying for the throne; At that time, the state apparatus was functioning normally, but now it is completely paralyzed.

At the critical moment, the people of Qi pinned their hopes on Gao Zhuangzi and the country to return to his father. The officials who escaped from the scene of the massacre hid in two separate houses, according to their relationship with Gao and Guo, where the officials believed that the only place where they could escape death.

The two ministers first issued martial law and sent the city guards to patrol the city, thus temporarily stabilizing the situation and preventing the killing from happening again. Then the two sent officials to various places and asked the major cities to strengthen their garrisons to prevent foreign enemies from taking advantage of the chaos to invade.

After these two things were done, the two moved the government office into their homes to maintain the normal operation of state institutions. A strange phenomenon appeared in Linzi, the swords and shadows around the palace city were tense, and violent incidents occurred every day; In other areas, people live and work as usual.