King Chu Ling made too many enemies: when he was still Ling Yin, he usurped the great Sima Qiangui, annexed the family property of the Jiang family, and after ascending the throne, he seized the land of the son of the Jiang family; Xu Guo's doctor, Xu Wei, who acted as a hostage, was often mocked by him; When Chu destroyed Cai, Cai Yu's father died in the war as a resistant, and Cai Wei was resentful (and he was in charge of the defense of the capital at the moment, in the palace, and by the young prince's side); The doctor was often insulted by him at a meeting.

These people were all important ministers of the Chu state, and the characters lost countless fiefdoms and possessions, so the people united to prepare for a rebellion, and then set up a prince as the king. Chang was advised to pull Man Chengran (i.e., Dou Chengran, Zizi Qi) into the conspiracy circle, because he and his father's fiefdoms were taken away by the Spirit King, and he was serving as the chief of the guard of Cai Gong's abandonment at the time.

Man Chengran said to the secret envoy who came to contact him: "Of course I want to get rid of the tyrant, but I don't know the attitude of abandoning the disease, so I can't expose it yet." It will be of greater help to you if I stay with you. No matter who you appoint as the new king, you need Cai Jun's support. The rebels thought it made sense, and agreed to plant his mine beside him.

The rebels quickly captured Gucheng and Xixian County, and prepared to meet the Wang Shi who had come to quell the rebellion. Because King Chu Ling went out on an expedition and took most of the army with him, the result was that the soldiers of Yingdu were depleted. Prince Lu suffered from the lack of soldiers in his hands and was unable to launch an attack on the rebels. The crown prince strengthened his garrison on the one hand, and asked his father and uncle Cai Gong for help, but the messengers did not reach their destination for various reasons.

Qi Ji has a deputy named Chao Wu in Cai Cheng, who is the son of the late Cai Dafu Shengzi. Chaowu had a retainer named Guan Cong, the son of Guan Qi (Ling Yin Zinan's retainer) who was split by King Chukang.

This is a strange pair: Guan Cong fled to Cai because of his father's death, Chao Wu fled to Chu for political reasons, and now Chu has destroyed Cai, but the original Chu people (Guan Cong) have become Cai Rao's subordinates.

When Chao Wu goes out, he can always see some familiar faces of Lao Cai: some people treat him as nothing; Some gave them a look of disgust; What's more, they even threw vegetable leaves and stones at him, calling him a national thief. In fact, Cai Chao's heart was tormented: he loved his motherland deeply, and even now he did not dare to face the reality of his country's demise. But after all, he was only an exile, and an exile is by no means equivalent to a traitor. He dreamed of a country that would remain as independent as it had been in the past. Guan Cong's heart was full of vengeful anger, and although the two had their own hearts, they were the same in overthrowing the rule of King Chu Ling.

In the spring of the thirteenth year of Lu Zhaogong, the rebels sent secret envoys to Caicheng. Man Chengran took the envoy to see Chao Wu, preparing to take Cai Cheng with Chao Wu and Yingwai.

Chao Wu kept scratching his head, frowning and sighing, he: "Cai Gong will not agree!" If it doesn't work out, you and I will have to fall to the ground! ”。 Guan Cong: "Don't you want to return to the country?" The opportunity is here! If this opportunity is lost, Cai Guo will perish forever! ”

Chao Wu thought about it left and right, and finally made up his mind to join forces with the rebels; The condition is that if the coup is successful, the usurper should support the restoration of the state of Cai.

Now, the biggest obstacle in front of him is that Cai Gong has abandoned his illness, and it is impossible to get rid of him, because he has a loyal and well-trained army under his command, which is stationed in the suburbs; Although the captain Man Chengran is ambitious, he will never hurt the abandonment. Chao Wu had no military power in his hands, so he could only recruit troops from the aborigines. But don't let the Cai people distrust Chaowu, even if he can organize a rebel army, the people only have dung and flat burdens in their hands, and confronting the regular army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Chao Wu: "Doctor Chang can't recruit Prince Bi and Hei Hu, but Cai Gong can." We summoned the two princes in the name of Cai Gong, and when Cai Gong saw that the raw rice was cooked for ripe rice, he had to support us. ”

People applauded, and Man Chengran summoned the exiled prince Bi and the prince Heiqiu back, and then used the two princes to force the abandonment of the disease.

The reason why Chao Wu dared to exercise this plan was because the relationship between Qi Ji and the two brothers seemed to be "quite close": Qi Ji had to visit them when he went to the Jin Kingdom. The brothers drank together, and when they drank too much, they hugged their heads and cried, and when they drank until they were unconscious, they got drunk and fell together. He also often gave money to the exiles so that they could live a decent life.

The prince and the prince wept with joy when they saw the messenger, and they wept bitterly to the south with the simple book in their hands, thinking that they could finally return to their homeland. The two brothers went straight to Caicheng day and night, got news from Chao Wu, and greeted the two in the suburbs more than ten miles away from the city.

When the prince saw Chaowu: "Where is the abandonment?" Why not come and welcome the future king? ”

Chao Wu was very annoyed in his heart, and he replied: "If the two princes don't come, they don't know about it!" We plotted a coup d'état in private, and we didn't know about it. ”

The two brothers were shocked and angry, and shouted angrily: "You are more than a dead country! Hate us for living too long? Do you dare to make up nonsense without a score? If you want to die, don't drag the two of us to the funeral! ”

Chao Wu: "Even if the princes turn around and return, they won't be able to escape from the Chu State!" How can a monarch give up his throne to him? How can there be a throne at your fingertips? If you want to become the king of Chu, you have to take it yourself! Whether it is a king or a king, which one did not seize the throne by dying? Now is the best chance, whether to become the new lord of Chu or be killed like a thief depends on the choice of the princes! ”

The two brothers turned around and bowed their heads and whispered, sometimes emotional, sometimes sighing, and shook their heads at Wu as they looked at them. After a while, Wang Zibi turned back to Chao Wu and said, "Then I can only force Qiji to support me, and if Qiji doesn't agree, you will kill him." ”

At this time, Man Chengran was already waiting impatiently in front of the palace gate, so he transferred some "probably disobedient" guards and replaced them with his own personal entourage.

Chao Wu and a group of armed retainers rushed towards the palace gate surrounded by the two brothers, and the rebels broke into the palace gate and quickly subdued the guards loyal to Cai Gong.

At this time, it was just lunch time, and he sat down in front of the desk, which was full of steaming delicacies, and his personal attendant Fei Wuji stood aside with his hands down.

Qi Ji rubbed a rice ball with his hand, and just put it in his mouth, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and there was the sound of weapons clashing and chaotic footsteps. Someone shouted: "Chao Wu is in chaos!" Zibi and Zihui have broken in! He jumped up like an electric shock, barefoot, and before he even had time to grab his weapon, he flipped out the back window and fled, and Fei Wuji ran away with him.

The rebels stormed into the room, but unexpectedly did not find Cai Gong's shadow. The two princes almost collapsed to the ground because of the promise of Chao Wu that they would detain the abandonment.

Chao Wu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and assured the princes that Man Chengran had made careful arrangements and would definitely catch the disease. He asked the two of them to rest assured, and ran out when they were done.