This day was December 14, a full sixty-seven days after the death of Duke Qi Huan. People can smell the gagging stench of corpses from a long distance; When I came to the door, I found that a large number of corpse insects crawled out of the cracks in the door and died in front of the door; After people walked into the dormitory, they saw that Qi Huangong's body had rotted into a puddle of mud, and the corpse insects crawled all over the body, and the white bones exposed were terrifying; But the face of the palace maid is lifelike, lonely and attentive to guarding the body of the monarch.

Gongzi put on a shroud for the corpse without loss, and after the small funeral ceremony, people suspended the follow-up rituals and instead prepared to face the approaching Song army. The sons showed their magic powers, and invited rescuers from Lu and Di respectively from the country.

It was only at this time that Gongzi figured out that the prince was originally let go by Gao Zhuangzi. This news shocked him into a cold sweat, but he did not dare to publicly sanction Gao Zhuangzi, so he decided to get rid of the time bomb before the enemy army arrived.

As mentioned earlier, Gongzi Kaifang ostensibly attached to Gongzi without loss, but in fact belonged to Gongzi Pan's party; Although he is not the same as Gao Zhuangzi, he believes that Gao Zhuangzi is the backbone of the fight against no loss, and he cannot be easily killed by Wu Zhuangzi. Therefore, the opening party leaked the secret to Gao Zhuangzi, hoping that the two forces would fight.

"If acts of righteousness and courage can be condemned to death, then the judge himself should go to hell." Gao Zhuangzi was furious, he decided to strike first, and the United Nations returned to his father to kill him without loss.

However, Guo Gui's father thought that this matter should not be brutal. He said: "There were many innocent enemies who were ignorant of Gongsun back then, and the prince also had great power in the city; It is better to stir up the innocent enemies to do what they want. ”

The two then secretly contacted the Cui clan and other anti-Wuqi forces, providing them with weapons and information, and Wuwu's attention was focused on Song Jun and Gao Zhuangzi, and he had no time to spy on others; As a result, he was killed by the enemy's conspiracy during a certain inspection of defense.

The death of Wu Wu caused the Qi State to fall into a state of ownerlessness again. However, at the current critical juncture of the great enemy, the four princes abandoned their previous suspicions, respected Gongzi Yuan as the leader, and closely united to fight against the invading enemy.

On the other hand, the death of no loss made the confidence of Prince Zhao's henchmen in the country double, and these people were so incompetent that they wanted to expel the fourth prince. They also united some forces against Wugong, and incited the countrymen to attack the fourth prince, but few responded; They still attacked with the courage to die, but the forces of the fourth prince annihilated the attackers with a single charge.

The sons learned the ins and outs of being killed without loss from the mouths of the captives, and only then did they find out that Gao and the country had always been loyal to Prince Zhao. The fourth prince was greatly panicked, and the businessman said: "These two old guys appear to be worried about the country and the people on the surface, but they actually hate us and don't die. If we don't get rid of the two, sooner or later our heads will be cut off and hung above the city gates! ”

Gongziyuan said: "If we kill Gao and Guo, we will be enemies of the entire Qi Kingdom!" But if the Song army is defeated and the Song people are forced to execute Gongzi Zhao, Gao and Guo will be loyal to me. ”

Gongzi Yuan then ordered the brothers to take over the military power of the two on the grounds of Erqing's physical condition; He also appointed the eldest son of the two as the brothers' deputy, so that the two were taken hostage. Only then did Gongzi Yuan put his mind at ease and went all out to fight against the invaders.

In the spring of the eighteenth year of the reign of Duke Lu (BC642), the four kingdoms of Song, Wei, Cao, and Di jointly attacked Qi, and Duke Lu sent troops to aid Qi at the request of the four princes.

The Four-Nation Coalition Army met at Juan and was stationed there to meet the Lu army. The Lu army had just set off at this time under the leadership of Gongsun Ao. Juandi is on the road that the Lu army must pass through, and if the Lu army is blocked, it will inevitably fail; The fourth prince immediately led his division to prepare to join the Lu army and start a decisive battle with the four-nation coalition army.

In the summer of May, the Qi division arrived in Juandi, while the Lu army was still on the way. Song Xianggong decided not to give the Qi division a chance to breathe, and the Song army launched a surprise attack while the enemy army was not firmly established; The Qi division was unstable and defenseless, and suddenly collapsed like a tide. Gongsun Ao did not dare to move forward when he received the news of the defeat of the Qi division, and immediately turned around and returned to China.

The location of the battle was painstakingly chosen by Song Xianggong. Because just thirty-eight years ago, the Song State was forced to sign the "Humiliation Alliance" in Juandi, officially respecting the Qi State as the leader of the Chinese Alliance; Today, however, he has humiliated the defeat of his former allies, which is of extraordinary historical and political significance. As the person who was ready to take over the overlord of Duke Qi Huan, Song Xianggong's heart was full of small pride.

The remnants of the Qi State were about to flee into Linzi, but they found that the Gao clan and the Guo clan had taken over the state power, and the fourth prince did not dare to enter the city, so he chose to go into exile. The sons released the eldest son of Gao and Guo, who traveled with the army; In return, the Second Secretary pledged to protect the safety of the exiles' relatives and property left in the country.

Gao Zhuangzi led an army to bring back Prince Zhao from the coalition forces. Song Xianggong still wanted to move on, but the Qi people reminded him that the mission of the Song army had been completed, and the army would be regarded as an aggressor if it did not withdraw from the Qi state immediately. Song Xianggong muttered: "What are the people in the chaotic state? If there are no widows, your son will destroy his country. ”

At the end of May, the crown prince was established for the filial piety of Qi.

"Filial piety" is human nature, which should be advocated but not worth showing off. After calling him a filial father, maybe because the other sons are not filial, and he is only this to boast about compared to his brothers, right?

The early years of Qi Xiaogong's reign were accompanied by fierce bloody winds. The person who gave up his dignity to escape death, once he has mastered the supreme power, will inevitably use his blood to wash away the shame he suffered before.

The members of the opposition were almost slaughtered, and the mothers of Wuyi and Gongziyuan were also tragically killed, and many innocent people were also implicated. However, because of their keen sense of smell and flexible legs, the three thieves of Kaifang have long escaped without a trace.

At the beginning of July, Qi Xiaogong personally led the army to encircle and suppress the four brothers, and Beidi sent troops to rescue him; The two sides engaged in a fierce battle, and the Qi division returned defeated. Gao Zhuangzi took the opportunity to persuade Qi Xiao to strengthen the people, take maintaining hegemony as the primary task, and stop getting entangled in the grievances and grievances between brothers. In this way, the great turmoil caused by the change of regime was quelled.