In the winter of this year, a merchant in the Song Kingdom accidentally obtained a large piece of jade. He gave the stone to Dasicheng Zihan, who was not the kind of person who was greedy for money and good goods, and he resolutely refused to accept it. The merchant said, "I gave this stone to the jade worker for identification, and the jade worker said that it was beautiful jade, so the little man gave it to the adult." ”

Zihan said: "I take not being greedy as a treasure, and you take jade as a treasure; If you give me the jade, you and my treasures will be lost. So we might as well keep our treasures. ”

Only then did the merchant tell the truth, and he said to Zihan: "The villain wants to go abroad to do business, but Huaibi is not allowed to cross the countryside (the Shu people are forbidden to carry jade out of the customs, otherwise it will be punished as smuggling), so I will dedicate it to you." ”

Zihan then accepted the jade, asked the craftsman to carve it into a piece of jade, and then sold it and gave the money to the merchant.

After Zheng Guoren killed his father, his father's son was depressed all day long. Plug Dog was a famous warrior in Zheng State, and it was for this reason that the Fan family of Jin State married a woman from the family to him. Zheng Guo later spread the grapevine that Blocked Dog planned to contact the Fan family to avenge his father. Zheng Guoren was angry and frightened, kidnapped the dog, forced him to write a letter of resignation to divorce his wife, and then sent the woman back to the Jin Kingdom.

In the spring of the sixteenth year of Lu Xianggong (BC557), the people of Jin buried the Duke of Jin. At the beginning of his accession to the throne of Jin Pinggong, he appointed some officials: Yang Tongue was appointed as Taifu, Zhang Junchen was appointed as Sima of the Central Army, Qi Xi, Han Xiang (Han Wuji's son), Luan Ying was appointed as the prince of the clan, and Yu Qiushu rode a horse.

The Jin people changed their mourning clothes and continued to complete the alliance meeting that was originally scheduled to be held last year. In March, the monarchs of Jin, Song, Wei, Zheng, Cao, Ju, Di, Xue, Qi, and Xiao Dizi and Gao Hou, the secretary of Qi, held an alliance meeting in Broliang.

After receiving the notice, Qi Linggong snorted disdainfully at Gao Hou: "Cunning and shameless Jin people! On the surface, under the guise of meeting the new lord and revisiting the old alliance, they are actually trying to liquidate the matter of the state of Lu, which is simply aimed at our country. The Master should be careful when attending the Covenant. ”

Gao Hou said: "Ju Zi does not dare to admit that he may suffer a little if he is instructed by our country, but the ministers will deal with the Jin people to ensure that he will not be detained for a long time." ”

Qi Linggong credulously believed the cowhide king in front of him, and entertained him with a banquet, and had deep expectations for his trip, but he messed up the task.

At the beginning of March, the participants arrived at the meeting place, and the first impression of the princes when they saw the new king of the Jin Kingdom was that he was a little boy who liked to pretend to be an adult and did not know the height of the sky. Jin Pinggong was only thirteen years old at the time, and he always held his head high on every occasion—as if his neck was always on the pillow—and never looked at people squarely, and put on a proud posture that was not commensurate with his age, and the princes were amused when they saw him mature; He has an impatient temperament, likes to hide people on the spot, and says whatever he wants, but he can't understand what he says.

When the Jinping Guild checked the list of attendees, it was found that except for the Duke of Qi Ling, the names of the monarchs of all countries were on it. No one explained the reason to Jin Pinggong, he didn't know why, and he didn't ask for advice, but he wanted to give the people of Qi a disappointment at the alliance meeting.

At the time of the meeting, Jin Pinggong sat in the position of the leader of the alliance, the Bank of China sat on his side, and the participants were separated on both sides in order of list. He glanced around the venue, put on a gloomy expression and asked Gao Hou, why didn't Qi Linggong come to the meeting, and why he never attended the alliance meeting (in the era of Jin Mourning Gong).

Gao Hou replied: "Back then, Zhao Gong gave me the boots of the ancestors, and said: 'Five marquis and nine uncles, you are really recruiting. Later, Duke Wen of Jin said to the ancestor Zhaogong at the alliance of practicing the earth: "The words of the summoning duke dare not be forgotten." In this way, the Qi State did not have to pay tribute to Jin, and the uncle did not have to attend the alliance meeting in person. 'My ancestors and widows have always kept their covenants, and although they did not attend in person, there was no rudeness. Everyone knows about this matter in the world, but I didn't expect the prince to know it. ”

As soon as the Duke of Jin Ping was about to attack, Zhongxingyan stopped his meaningless provocation in time, and said: "The people of Di and Ju betrayed the alliance, secretly collaborated with the enemy, and invaded the allies, and must be punished." Now take Mi Zi and Ju Zi out of the venue, and hold them accountable at a later date. ”

The two unlucky monarchs stood up and walked out under the watchful eye of the soldiers. Everyone present except for Jin Pinggong knew that the "enemy" in the mouth of the Bank of China was Qi State, but the Jin people did not want to openly split with Qi State, so they retaliated against Qi State by beating side drums.

Jin Pinggong didn't understand, he thought that the "enemy" referred to the state of Chu; He said that the crime of secretly communicating with Chu was more serious than the unprovoked invasion of Lu, and it was an unforgivable crime, and that the two should be locked up and escorted to crusade against the two countries and destroy the two countries.

The participants couldn't help but look at each other, and the Bank of China hurriedly came out to play a round and said: "The widow means that if the two kings do have the facts, depending on the severity of the situation, the widow may crusade against the two countries. ”

Gao Hou didn't do it, he seized the rare opportunity of Jin Pinggong to fire cannons indiscriminately, waved his fists, and pretended to be indignant and shouted: "Chu State is a stubborn enemy of China, and the crime of Tongchu is unforgivable!" Isn't this alliance here to find out about this matter? I demand that the two gentlemen be tried immediately, the truth will be clarified, and punishment will be imposed! ”

The Bank of China said in an unquestioning tone: "The widow has ordered a trial on a later date, and everything will be clarified, so this matter will not be bothered!" ”

Only this episode took place, and the rest went very well.

After the meeting, Jin Pinggong held a grand banquet with representatives of various countries. On a whim, Jin Pinggong suddenly asked the doctors of the countries to perform a dance on the spot; Since the ancients had to recite poetry when dancing, Jin Pinggong put forward another request: "Poetry must be words!" ”

The nobles were educated in music and dance at a young age, and they often danced at banquets with their colleagues, but it was unheard of for the monarch to order the doctor to dance, especially to foreign monarchs.

But no one dared to disobey the order of the hairy boy. Except for Gao Hou, all the doctors sang praises and shouted slogans to Jin Pinggong. Gao Hou didn't look down on the arrogant and ignorant hairy boy from the first meeting, so he chanted a song "Cutting Tan": "Kankan is cutting Tan, and the river is dry." The river is clear and rippling. If you don't have crops, you won't be able to harvest 300 grains? Don't hunt or hunt, Hu Zhanerting has a county? He is a gentleman, not a vegetarian! This is a poem in which the laborers reprimanded the aristocratic lords for not being diligent, working hard, and living a parasitic life, and Gao Hou compared the Jin people to the parasites in the poem. He squeezed his eyebrows at Jin Pinggong while dancing, and the people present were frightened and uneasy, but Jin Pinggong saw it with taste.

Furious, he jumped up and interrupted Gao Hou's performance, shouting, "The princes have different aspirations!" The princes have different ambitions! If the prince and marquis do not establish their authority, the Jin Kingdom will lose its hegemony! ”

Gao Hou stopped and said, "It's just a poem, how can there be such a serious matter?" Master, don't think too much. ”

Zhongxingyan said: "Then please ask Doctor Gao and the princes and doctors to make an oath to show that they will never betray the covenant!" ”

Gao Hou said, "Okay, then let's prepare for the ceremony!" "It was agreed that the next day there would be a bloody ceremony, but Gao Hou could not be found anywhere before the ceremony began—he had abandoned the mission and slipped away the previous night.

Bank of China Yan completed the ceremony with his uncle Sun Bao, Xiang Xu, Ning Zhu, Gongsun Yu, and Xiao Yi, and said that all countries should "work together to discuss the court." ”