After Shi Ying imprisoned Le Qi, many people in the vassal states called him "the Nangwa of the Jin Kingdom"; In terms of greed and self-interest alone, the two are indeed very similar.

As mentioned earlier, Qi and Zheng have become strategic allies. Although the two countries did not explicitly name their common enemy in the covenant, fools know that the enemy is the Jin state.

Qi Jinggong also invited Wei Linggong to join the alliance, and Wei Linggong had long had the idea of breaking away from the control of the Jin Kingdom, but the doctors were content with the status quo and did not want to change. Wei Linggong clearly realized that it was a foregone conclusion that the Jin Kingdom would become a lonely man, and there would be a war between Qi and Jin; If Wei Guo does not withdraw from the alliance, it will become a stumbling block to Qi's westward advance, and he will be kicked out by Qi first.

Later, Wei Linggong played a small trick (secretly made the Qi people detain Beigong Jie) to be able to meet with Qi Jing Guild (in the autumn of the seventh year of Luding Gong). However, Wei Linggong did not dare to do anything about it, considering the strong opposition in the country - he only reached a consensus with Qi Jinggong verbally, without signing a written treaty.

But Wei Linggong has already made his position clear to the people of the world with his actions. Shi Ying was greatly glorified and prepared to attack the country (the spring of the eighth year of Lu Dinggong).

Zhong Xingyin stopped him and said, "Wei Yuan (Wei Linggong) is cunning and cunning, I'm afraid he is waiting for us to attack!" In that case, he would stir up the emotions of all the doctors who opposed the betrayal of the Jin Kingdom. He would say, 'Look! This is how your obedient allies treat the country! The widow just met the Marquis of Qi once without the approval of the Jin people, and was resented by the Jin people. But Weiguo is an independent country, didn't the widow ask the people of Qi to release the power of Doctor Beigong? And those opposition will also change their attitude, and Wei Yuan's goal will be achieved. In my opinion, it is better to send someone to make a covenant with Wei Yuan. If Wei Yuan betrays the alliance, the crusade against Wei Guo will be justified. The martingale agreed.

In the summer of that year, Qi Guoxia and Gao Zhang Valu, Shi Ying, Zhao Ying, and Zhongxing Yin were shuai to save Lu. After the end of the war, Sanqing withdrew his troops and returned to China. When passing through Weiguo, Shi Ying sent Zhao Ying to invite Wei Linggong to participate in the alliance. Zhao Ying had never been willing to be called by him, so he sent another doctor to inform Wei Linggong.

Wei Linggong looked very annoyed, and he said to the envoy: "After the Song Alliance, Wei Guo has always strictly abided by the Covenant; The country has no supply, no service, no obedience, and does not dare to have a trace of neglect. As a rule, the alliance was only convened when the princes broke the covenant or when the lord issued a new order. So may I ask, what order is the leader of the alliance going to issue to our country? ”

The envoy was only temporarily taken on an errand, and he did not know the contents of the guild; He stood helplessly, embarrassed and embarrassed. Wei Linggong let go of the embarrassed and poor man and said that he would attend the meeting on time.

Zhao Ying reported the results of the notice to Shi Ying, and Shi Ying threw down a sentence: "Then the master should stay and attend the meeting." Then he led his army back home.

Zhao Ying may look down on the patriots from the bottom of his heart, or he may want to take revenge on Shi Ying; In short, he was holding back his strength to screw up the Alliance.

Zhao Ying gathered his subordinates together and asked, "Wei Hou is disloyal, and Shi Bo wants to sign an alliance with Wei Hou to restrain him." If this is done, it will be a great achievement. And the meritorious ones are among you, I need two messengers to attend the meeting, whoever wants to carry out this task please stand up! ”

Doctor Shi Tuo and Cheng He jumped out first and said, "I can!" ”

Zhao Ying looked at it and thought, "Okay, these two arrogant and arrogant guys don't need me to tell them, and they will make a mess of things." ”

The alliance was held on the southern outskirts of Diqiu, and the patriots erected a high platform, dug a deep pit, and surrounded the site with a curtain.

Wei Linggong was very annoyed when he saw that the three secretaries of the Jin Kingdom were not present, and they were only two doctor-level figures with hideous faces and rude manners. The meeting began, and the two sides began to draw up a book, which repeated the nonsense that never got tired of talking: the Jin people demanded that the defenders must be of one heart and one mind with the Jin, and must not hide two hearts, otherwise the sky will thunder and split the clouds; He also asked for the princes of the country and the princes of the Qing Dynasty to be taken as hostages.

After the book was read, the next step was to hold a bloody ceremony.

Wang Sun Jia, the minister of the Wei Dynasty, asked Shi Tuo to hold a cow's ear and drip blood (those with low status hold a cow's ear), but Cheng He teased: "The area of the Wei Kingdom is only equivalent to the Wen and Yuan of the Jin State, how is Wei Jun listed as a prince?" ”

Wei Ling was furious, and Shi Tuo turned back to Cheng He and said with a hippie smile: "Don't tell the truth!" After saying that, he squeezed a few drops of blood into the wine bowl with his bull's ear.

Wei Linggong stopped his anger and reluctantly brought the wine bowl to his mouth, but Shi Tuo suddenly pushed Wei Linggong's wrist. Blood wine flowed down the edge of Wei Linggong's palm and into the cuffs. Wei Linggong was furious, and Wang Sun Jia approached, blocking between the two and said, "The alliance is to show Zhou etiquette, just like the widow behaves." The widow always obeys the Zhou etiquette, so he will not dare to form a bloody alliance with the rude people no matter what! ”

Shi Tuo pretended to be sorry and said, "I saw a bloodsucking worm on the hand of the prince, and I didn't have time to warn it before I drove it away. I didn't mean to offend the prince. ”

Wei Linggong once again held back his anger and hastily ended the bloody ceremony, and he refused to attend the banquet held for the Jin people in the evening on the grounds that he was unwell. Early the next morning, the Jin people set out of camp and embarked on the way back; Wei Linggong also led the team to leave.

Wei Linggong refused to continue on the outskirts of the city, and he ordered his entourage to enter the capital, but he camped in the same place. The doctors in the city didn't know what had happened, so they asked Wang Sunjia. Wang Sunjia just shook his head and sighed, and the other attachés refused to say. The doctors then ran out in a panic to see Wei Linggong.

Wei Linggong had already made up his mind to break away from the alliance, and he angrily talked about the whole process of being insulted in the alliance, and said that he couldn't help but touch his head with excitement, and his voice was choked with anger, and tears flowed down; The doctors were very angry.

Wei Linggong saw that the emotions of the doctors had been almost mobilized, so he put on a solemn and serious face and said: "The widow has no talent, which makes the society and the ancestor humiliated. The widow is no longer worthy to sit on the throne! Therefore, I decided to abdicate voluntarily, so I asked the doctors to predict the successor! No matter who is chosen, the widow will follow the divination results! ”

The doctors could no longer contain their excitement and burst into tears on the spot. People looked at Wei Linggong and choked up: "This is completely the disaster of the country's society, where is it just the disaster of the prince and the marquis?" We are only willing to serve the prince, and ask the prince not to abdicate. ”

Wei Linggong continued: "However, in order to choke the lifeblood of our country, the people of the Jin Kingdom ordered the widows and the doctors to hand over the prince to them as hostages. ”

The doctors replied, "If it is beneficial to defend the country, the prince should do it." The prince doesn't dare to love his son alone, how dare we cherish our son? ”

Seeing that the doctors were still stubborn and did not understand Wei Linggong's meaning, Wang Sun Jia said: "Since the doctors are unanimously opposed to the establishment of a new king, then please ask the prince to enter the capital first, and 'make plans' later." ”

Wei Linggong heard the extraneous voice, and he no longer inspired the doctors, so he led the group into the city.

The Patriots immediately began to prepare for the fulfillment of the covenant - each of them packed his bags and prepared the chariots and horses for the prince who was about to go to the Jin Kingdom as a hostage. During this time, discontent with the Jin Kingdom began to ferment.