The next day, Ji Huanzi first ascended his deceased father's god to the temple, and then listened to Gongshan Bu's work report. In the following days, he visited some Wang people accompanied by Zhong Lianghuai, but he did not bring Zhong Lianghuai during the visit. Yang Hu's henchmen who were secretly inserted in it said a lot of bad things about Gongshan Bu in front of Zhong Lianghuai, and also said that he secretly hooked up with Yang Hu and was ready to be unfavorable to Zhong Liang Huai.

Ji Huanzi left Feiyi first, and Zhong Lianghuai stayed in the city for a few more days. When Zhong Lianghuai was leaving, Gongshan Buwu set up a banquet in the suburbs to see him off. Zhong Lianghuai drank a lot of wine, and then said a lot of things that should not be said; He not only asked for bribes from the other party in a banging and beating, but also teased a concubine who poured him wine.

Gongshan did not endure his anger to send the plague god away, and then immediately went to see Yang Hu, expressing his willingness to work with him to expel the shameless man who was flattering and bullying.

At that time, in addition to Zhong Lianghuai, the core figures around Ji Huanzi also included his uncle Qin Yan, his cousin father-in-law Wen Bo and his cousin He Cong.

Gongshan Buwu wrote a secret letter to Ji Huanzi, in which he exposed several charges of Zhong Lianghuai soliciting bribes from officials, forcibly buying and selling land, and meddling in Zongyi affairs. After Ji Huanzi read it, he quietly read the letter to his father-in-law Wen Bo and Gonghe contempt.

Gong He said: "Huai's crime is not serious compared to Yang Hu and the others, and the master must not do anything to Yang Hu before expelling him." In my opinion, it is better to appease the Gongshan clan with good life, and to hurry up and drive away Yang Hu. After the fall of Yang Hu, the rest of the people will be cleaned up. ”

Ji Huanzi then wrote back to Gongshan Buwu that he had also received letters from others "framing" Gongshan Buwu, but he burned them all; He is not prepared to investigate any of Zhong Lianghuai's "crimes", just as he will not investigate Gongshan's unscrupulousness; But he will ask Zhong Lianghuai to refrain from his unrighteous deeds.

Gongshan was frightened and lost: it turned out that his black history was also mastered by Ji Huanzi, and it was impossible to persuade Ji Huanzi to achieve his goal. So the two violent fellows decided to resort to force, and for this purpose a hundred die-hard outlaws were carefully selected.

In the early morning of September 28 of this year (the month when the Chu army burned the camp of the Wu army), the two suddenly launched a rebellion. The rebels arrested Ji Huanzi, his father-in-law Wen Bo, and Zhong Lianghuai. At that time, Gong He was not at home, so he escaped. Yang Hu's brother Yang Yue escorted Zhong Liang out of the north gate of Qufu, gave him a carriage, and drove him out of the country of Lu in this way.

Yang Hu walked into the room where Ji Huanzi was imprisoned. The young master had been pampered since childhood, and had never encountered such great danger. He sat upright in the center of the room, his face strained, his teeth clenched, his body trembling from time to time; He tried to maintain a state of calm as much as possible in order to preserve the last dignity of the secretary of state.

Yang Hu knelt on the ground, kowtowed to his master again and again, and wept bitterly: "I don't respect the ancestors, and I deceive the master, trying to get rid of the ministers and the unruly." The minister had no choice but to expel him by force. Please be considerate of the minister's painstaking efforts! Huai had already left the city, and the minister came to report the matter to the master. ”

Ji Huanzi knew that he would not die, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but his body still couldn't help but tremble. He stammered, "So what are you going to do with me?" ”

Yang Hu said: "If the master wants to expel the minister, the minister will leave the country of Lu immediately; If you still want to use the minister, then please share the blood with the minister. ”

Ji Huanzi was about to speak, when a messenger suddenly broke in in a panic and whispered a word in Yang Hu's ear. Yang Hu's face suddenly changed greatly, and he immediately jumped up and ran out with the comer.

It turned out that Gong He Lian, who had slipped through the net, came back with a team to kill, and Yang Hu immediately summoned the clan armor to defend. Gong Ho's strength is very weak; He was not so much here to save Ji Huanzi, but to show that he and Yang Hu were incompatible.

The rebels scattered the attackers with a small charge; Gong He had no intention of escaping, and was also captured.

Yang Hu returned the sword into the sheath and stepped into Ji Huanzi's door for the second time. He was about to continue the topic that had been interrupted just now, when Qin Yan came to the door again with the clan armor. Yang Hu had to sigh and run out to meet the enemy again. But Qin Yan's strength was not great, and he was soon dispersed.

Yang Hu was most afraid that the Meng Sun clan and the Shusun clan would take advantage of the fire to rob, and they were afraid that they would take off the Ji clan like Qingfeng did when he dealt with Cui Zhu. Yang Yue comforted him and said, "Qin Yu and Gong He have already found two families. If the two families wanted to intervene, they would have surrounded this place a long time ago. ”

Yang Yue's analysis is very correct. Gong He and Qin Zhen did rush to the homes of Meng Sun and Shu Sun, respectively, and asked them to help them attack the rebels. However, Shusun Zhouqiu (Shusun did not dare to die a month after Ji Pingzi's death, and now the master of the Shusun clan is his son Shusun Zhouqiu) and Meng Yizi refused to send troops on the grounds that they could not understand the actual situation; The two separately assured that once they found out that Ji Huanzi was in danger, they would not stand idly by.

Yang Hu was a little relieved at this time, he arranged the defense work, and went to see Ji Huanzi for the third time.

By this time the sun had set. Ji Huanzi sat all day, Yang Hu ran all day, and the master and retainers were already very tired and tired. Both were restless, and both wanted to end the current anxious situation as soon as possible, so their attitudes became honest.

The two soon reached an agreement: Ji Huanzi Shengyanghu was the elder and the same as Sima; Father-in-law Wen Bo and Qin Yan must leave Lu immediately. As for Gong He, because he still scolded endlessly after being captured, and kept challenging Yang Hu's bottom line, Yang Hu planned to execute that stubborn enemy. But Ji Huanzi asked Yang Hu to give him a chance to persuade Gong He to give in - if he stopped insulting Yang Hu and the others, he would be allowed to go into exile with others.

Yang Hu agreed to his master's request, and Ji Huanzi was able to come to the room where Gong He was imprisoned. Gong He was trapped by the rope and his mouth was sealed, but his face still burst with anger. Ji Huanzi came to his side, shed tears, pulled out the strip of cloth stuffed in his mouth, and bitterly persuaded him to compromise with Yanghu and not give his life in vain for a momentary anger. Gong He touched his head to the ground and cried, "I have already made up my mind to die!" If I surrender to that traitor, let the gods of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers punish me! ”

Ji Huanzi couldn't make him change his mind, so he had to hug him and let out a loud cry of grief and refused to leave for a long time. Gong He was executed a few days later.

Although Ji Sun's family was in turmoil, the national order was not damaged, and the people's lives were as usual. Early the next morning, the envoys of Uncle Sun, Meng Sun, and Zang Sun came to Ji Sun's house one after another.

The messengers all saw Ji Huanzi, who was sad and tired. Under the surveillance of Yang Hu, Ji Huanzi gave the visitor a set of explanations contrary to the facts. He said: "Zhong Liang Huai is very unreasonable, trying to subvert the family and seize power. I have ordered Yang Hu and other retainers to expel Zhong Lianghuai and clear the remnants of the forces. The Ji family has gradually returned to normal, and there is no problem with my safety, please rest assured, uncles. ”

The messenger knew that what he said was not the truth, but he could only listen to it as if it were true—these lies could at least show which side had the upper hand.

On the other hand, Qin Xiao was still trying his best to lobby the doctors and ask them to help Ji Huanzi expel Yang Hu. But Meng Sun, Uncle Sun and Zang Sun all said: "The head of the family is fine, and Yang Hu is Zhong Lianghuai who was expelled by the order of the Ji family, who does the master want us to fight?" ”

A few days later, Yang Hu and Ji Huanzi made a bloody alliance in Jimen, and what was contained in the book was what he asked Ji Huanzi to make. After the ceremony, Ji Huanzi, Yang Hu and a group of middle and high-ranking retainers held a huge curse ceremony in the Five Fathers' Qu, cursing those who violated the covenant and not died well.

Qin Yan saw that the general trend was gone, so he had to choose exile; His father-in-law, Wenbo, was also forced to leave the country of Lu.