After the four countries regained their lost territory, the situation in the east finally calmed down, but it was not long before civil strife soon broke out again.

It turned out that Wei Xiangong had promised Ning Xi before the restoration that "the government will be governed by the Ning family, and the sacrifice will be returned to the widow", and after the restoration, he also fulfilled his promise. But Wei Xiangong thought things too simply: Ning Xi soon became the next Sun Lin's father, who regarded public power as a private thing and the people of Weiguo as his miscellaneous slaves.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the power system of each country was an inseparable organism composed of the monarch, the scholars, and the scholars; Wei Xiangong's approach is equivalent to forcing himself out of the system, and stuffing a secretary into his position. This is like transplanting another person's heart for a healthy person, the foreign organ will inevitably be rejected by the whole body, and the person will become sick and weak (Ning Xi is different from Zhao Dun and Shi Kuo, and the situation of the dictatorship of those two is completely natural).

On the other hand, Ning Xi's ability to accept the jade seal given to him by Wei Hou in a grand manner can only show that he is too greedy and selfish. Therefore, when he handles every government affairs and makes every decision, he must first consider his own interests, and he earns enough benefits for himself, but greatly harms the interests of others.

Ning Xi offended too many people, and the doctors got together in private and said that the Sun family did not change the country to "Sun Guo", but Ning Xi wanted to change the name of the country to "Ning Guo".

Not long after, Ning Xi finally offended the person who was enough to kill him - Gongsun Waiyu. Gongsun was serving as the administrator of the Imperial Hill at the time, when a man sued his neighbor over a land dispute. The case itself is not complicated, and Gongsun is ready to make a verdict after ascertaining the facts.

Knowing that he was going to lose the case, the defendant bribed Ning Xi through a broker in the hope that he would intervene in the lawsuit. Ning Xi accepted the benefits and asked Gongsun to avoid making a wrong judgment. Gongsun was spared his anger, and he warned the other party not to stretch his hand too long and not to treat the public office as his own family. Ning Xi was furious, and simply removed Gongsun from his position and sent him back to his hometown; Ning Xi then appointed a close confidant as the administrator of Diqiu, and the new administrator finally ruled against the plaintiff.

Gongsun Fuyu angrily rushed to see Wei Xiangong, Wei Xiangong was also worried about this matter, he didn't wait for Gongsun Fuyu to speak, he took his hand and complained: "It's really stupid to be a widow! The widow can still be the master of the doctors when he is in exile, but after the restoration, he can only obey Ningzi's orders! This is equivalent to the widow taking back the throne from the hands of the Duke of Wei and handing it over to Ning Zi. Why? I'm afraid there is no other explanation than stupidity! ”

Gongsun Fuyu said: "After the prince kills Ning Xi, blame yourself!" Ning Xi has now governed the country according to his own will, and if he is given two more years, all the officials in the country will be replaced by his henchmen, and then the prince and the marquis will really be alone. Junhou still remembers the story of Han Xun stealing Houyi's power, right? If the prince doesn't kill him, he will become the second Hanxun. ”

Wei Xiangong was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "If it weren't for Ning Zi, the widow wouldn't be sitting here today, and I would persuade him to restrain his behavior." Although he has a bad reputation, the incident has not yet developed to the point where he has to kill people, so don't mention killing people again. ”

Gongsun Fuyu said: "The prince can't bear it, so the minister will do it himself, you can pretend that you don't know anything!" Wei Xiangong neither nodded nor shook his head; He stared out the window as if he hadn't heard. Gongsun did not have to comprehend it, so he saluted and left.

Wei Xiangong summoned Ning Xi and said: "The master has made remarkable achievements in governing the country. But there are always some doctors who complain to the widow, and they are the same as the master, the widow's brothers, uncles and nephews. The Master should not be too harsh on them, and if he can not be touched, do not move. ”

Ning Xi immediately understood the meaning of his words, and he said in horror that he had acted excessively because he was eager to make the country strong, and promised to repent of his mistakes. Wei Xiangong was satisfied with his reply, and Ning Xi immediately strengthened his vigilance after returning home to guard against possible attacks.

On the other hand, Gongsun Fuyu found his two cannon fodder brothers, Gongsun Wudi and Gongsun Chen, and the three of them gathered in a hut to plan all night, and finally decided that Gongsun Wudi and Gongsun Chen would attack later that day; Gongsun was exempted from participating in the war for the time being.

The current Ning Mansion is similar to the situation of the former Sun Mansion last year, which is simply a heavily guarded fortress (or prison). At nightfall, the two brothers each led their clan armor to attack the wall and gate. But Ning Xi was well prepared, and the clan armor occupied various commanding heights, condescending to shoot arrows and throw javelins at the attackers; In addition to using bows and arrows, attackers also threw torches inside the walls.

The attackers smashed a wall, and the two grandsons were overjoyed and immediately led their team to rush to the gap. But as soon as the defenders poured out, the personnel of both sides immediately mixed together, and the two grandsons were killed in a short time. The Ning armed forces cut off the heads of the two men, and brandished them on their spears and shouted at the attackers. When the attacker saw that his master had been killed, he immediately turned around and scattered. The first attack failed in this way.

The next day, Ning Xi brought the heads of the victims into the palace and asked Wei Xian to punish the sins of the two families. Wei Xiangong hugged Gongsun Chen's head and cried loudly, it turned out that Gongsun Chen's father died in the coup d'état launched by Sun Lin's father thirteen years ago to protect Wei Xiangong, and Gongsun Chen has been following Wei Xiangong. Wei Xiangong cried: "The minister is not guilty, but he is too confused!" Both father and son died for widowhood! Let the Master spare his family! ”

From then on, Wei Xiangong completely lost control. Ning Xi decided to take revenge on his political enemies, and as a result, his iron-blooded methods led to the flight of a large number of nobles, and a varying number of people died every day in the capital city from various causes, and many corpses were abandoned at will and no one collected them; Diqiu became a city of disorder, violence and death. Later, even Ning Xi couldn't control the situation.

In the summer and April, Gongsun Fuyu led a large number of allies to make a comeback, and the troops rushed in from various city gates, quickly surrounding Ning Xi's mansion.

The retainers of the Ning clan ascended to the heights, and as far as the eye could see, they were crowded with angry countrymen armed with various weapons. The Chinese people erected a hundred and ten ladders and broke through the courtyard wall without much effort. The attackers opened the gate of the courtyard, and the people swarmed in, destroying the buildings in the courtyard in a short time.

Ning Xi and Youzaiya were killed in the chaos, and their bodies were dragged to the bottom of the steps in front of the main hall of the palace. At that time, Shi Xi, the secretary of the Qing Dynasty, was ordered to go to the Song State to participate in the military conference. Because the Shi clan and the Ning clan have been friends for generations (similar to the relationship between the Qi Guogao and the Guo clan), Shi Xie couldn't bear to see Ning Xi die so tragically, so he changed into a set of clean clothes for the corpse, and cried loudly on the corpse's thighs; He tried to bury the body again, but was not approved.

At that time, people looked at him like a monster, and Shi Xie was afraid of accidents, so he left Diqiu under the guise of sending an envoy to the Song Kingdom. However, he was still banished to the Jin Kingdom the following year, and his concubine Shipu inherited the patriarchal position.

Regarding this incident, Zixian commented: "Those who expelled the prince fled, but those who accepted the prince perished." If there is no reward and punishment, what will happen to the subjects? Isn't it too difficult for the prince to lose his credibility and the country's punishment to be chaotic? And I'm responsible, too! Then he went out with his people from the west gate and prepared to go to the kingdom of Jin.

Soon after Zixian left the city, Wei Xiangong's envoy caught up, and the messenger conveyed Wei Xiangong's dictation, asking him to return to the capital immediately, but Zixian resolutely refused. The messenger returned in vain, and Zixian continued to move forward. When the procession was preparing to cross the river, the second group of envoys sent by Wei Xiangong arrived, and they said: "The prince ordered his ministers to say to Gongzi, 'The widow is to Gongzi what Cao Chenggong is to Gongzi Zang. ’”

Zi Xian stopped at this time, and he said: "Since this is the case, the minister will follow Zi Zang's example." Gongzi Zang did not enter the office for life, and the minister lived in the wooden gate and did not enter the emperor hill for the rest of his life. ”

Mumen is a frontier town in the western part of the country, where Zixian settled and sat with his back to the emperor for the rest of his life. Two years later, in the spring, Zixian died. According to the weekly ceremony, the Son of Heaven and the princes did not mourn for the side branches (brothers), but Wei Xiangong had regrets in his heart and made an exception to put on mourning clothes for his brothers. Five months later, Wei Xiangong also died.