It turned out that after the news of the death of King Chu Mu reached Qunshu, the aborigines of Zong and Shu immediately staged a riot, and the citizens rushed into the official office like a tsunami with the bitter hatred of the invaders and all kinds of guys, tearing the stunned Chu officials to pieces.

A large number of mobs near the city also rushed to support, and the Chu garrison lost its commander and could not withstand the surging crowds, so it had to turn around and flee. However, the soldiers were surrounded and intercepted by the Qunshu people, and only two or three out of ten people finally fled back to the Chu State.

The young King of Chuzhuang sat on the throne, his face full of sorrow, and he didn't know what to do. Cheng Jia said: "Qunshu has no shame, and my king cannot condone their betrayal. Qun Shu thought that the state of Chu was in a great mourning and could not go out, so he dared to do something crazy. The king cannot wait for the enemy to prepare for a strong attack, so allow me to lead my army to surprise the enemy, and our army will surely be victorious. ”

King Chuzhuang approved Cheng Jia's request, and Cheng Jia and Pan Chong immediately led their troops to the battle. In order to achieve the purpose of the surprise attack, the Chu army did not march on land in this expedition, but went down the river by boat.

The departure of Cheng Jia and the others provided an excellent opportunity for the rebels and thieves to launch a rebellion.

Wang Zixie first planned a riot in the capital: he instigated a family to attack the enemy, claiming that he would side with the attacker; The head of that family, believing that he had the support of the big guys, brazenly besieged the other in broad daylight.

However, Wang Zixie sent troops to suppress the rioters, and then he issued martial law for the whole city, citing security concerns. Chinese people can't go out at will, and they have lost contact with each other.

Wang Zixie took the opportunity to kidnap the king of Chu Zhuang, and then announced a rumor to the countrymen, saying that a large number of enemy troops were about to launch an attack on Yingdu, and the Chu ** team had already set out to fight, and in order to strengthen the defense, the walls of the capital needed to be heightened and reinforced. He then requisitioned Minfu to begin the reinforcement project, while Dou Ke and Qu Yukou sent a team of assassins to infiltrate the military camp to assassinate Cheng Jia.

The Assassin's boat was small and light, and the boat overtook the Chu fleet and reached the landing site first. The Assassins went into hiding once they came ashore, but the Chu warships did not dock there, but continued to move on without stopping. It turned out that Cheng Jia had temporarily changed the landing site, and the new landing site had moved nearly a hundred miles downstream, and as a result, the Assassins could only watch in amazement as the fleet continued to glide past them.

The Assassins, in order to cover their tracks, had already sent the ship away, and they had to travel a hundred miles in the stars and moon. When these people came to the Chu army camp exhausted, they found that the soldiers were loading the boat. It turned out that Cheng Jia had received information that Wang Zixie had launched a rebellion, and ordered to terminate the original operation and immediately return to China to suppress the rebellion.

The assassination was aborted, and the Assassins fled back to Yingdu in disarray.

The people soon learned the truth about the imprisonment of King Chuzhuang, but the people were unable to launch a counterattack due to the loss of freedom of movement, lack of weapons and equipment, and inability to contact other compatriots.

A few days later, the handymen who repaired the city wall dispersed in a hurry at night, and Chengjia's army was only a hundred miles away from the capital. When the rebels saw that the tide was turning, they abandoned the city and fled. Before escaping, Wang Zixie stormed the homes of Cheng Jia and Pan Chong, captured some important hostages, and ransacked both families. In this way, he made a counter-retaliation in advance for future retribution.

In August, the rebels fled from the north gate of the capital holding King Chuzhuang and other hostages. Wang Zixie planned to flee to Shangmi first, and then make the next step depending on the situation.

The rebels bypassed the larger cities and broke through the smaller towns and fled north. But from Yingdu to Shangmi, only Lucheng is absolutely impossible for the rebels to bypass and attack.

Wang Zixie thinks that fortunately, Dr. Lu is his old department, and there is no contradiction between the two, and the other party should be able to let himself go. Wang Zixie politely wrote a letter to Ji Li, in which he recalled the "good times" when the two worked together, and explained the injustices and grievances he had suffered over the years, explaining that he had taken "necessary self-help measures" out of necessity, and said that he was still loyal to the royal family and had absolutely no intention of harming the new king; Finally, ask Ji Li to get out of the way and allow the team to pass, or follow him to the Qin State to become a feudal official.

Lu Jili is the kind of honest person who looks thick eyebrows and big eyes, speaks amiably, and does things in a decent manner, he respects Wang Zixie, but is only loyal to the royal family. Lu Jili will not give up her future, reputation and safety to follow a notorious traitor; But he could not let the pair know what he really meant, and put the new king in an even more dangerous situation.

Lu Jili immediately replied to Wang Zixie, in which he was worried about his future (because the methods of the Chu people to retaliate against those related to the traitor were extremely cruel, and Jili was afraid of being implicated), and expressed his willingness to follow his old superiors to the Qin state; He first asked Wang Zixie to enter the city, saying that he needed time to hand over the work to his deputy and make preparations for the relocation of the whole family.

Wang Zixie thought that these practices were in line with Lu Jili's usual style, so he did not have the slightest doubt. But Qu Yukou was suspicious, he said that the other party agreed too happily, and this situation did not conform to common sense.

Wang Zixie said: "I have a life-saving grace for Ji Li, he is a person who is consistent on the outside and never plays tricks. If he is loyal to the new king, he will attack us directly. ”

Qu Yukou said: "I can't entrust my life to someone who does not act in accordance with the common sense. With that, he left the team and fled to the Jin Kingdom from a rough and difficult road.

Wang Zixie laughed at Qu Yukou and led the team into the city. At a banquet for the rebels that night, the Lu people drugged the food and drinks served later. The rebels had been eating cold meals and sleeping in the cold for days, and they had pursuers behind them, day and night, and they were exhausted; Now that I think that I will be able to escape soon, I can't help but relax with all my heart. People shook off their cheeks, picked up their big molars, ate and drank nonsense, and all of them lay down as soon as the medicine was strong.

Lu Jili immediately released King Chuzhuang and the other hostages and asked him for instructions on how to deal with the rebels. King Chu Zhuang said: "The state of Chu has permanent punishment, and the traitor dies." Don't leave the aftermath behind. Lu Jili beheaded all these people.

This is what happened within two months of King Chuzhuang's accession to the throne. After Cheng Jia took the new king back to the capital, he was busy purging the remnants of Wang Zixie's party, so he put aside the plan to kill Qunshu.