The Legend of Honghuang Erlang

The three sons had all returned to Zhou, so it was only natural for Li Jing to surrender later.

Zhang Guifang defeated Xiqi in the army, and he died, but he also dragged hundreds of thousands of Shang Dynasty troops to suffer. He really deserved his destined title on the list of gods-Sangmenxing.

Qinglongguan lost troops and lost generals, and there was no longer the power to conquer the west. After the news was sent back to Xiqi, the grand master was furious...and smashed another desk.

"Jili!"

"The disciple is here!"

"Go and investigate Zhang Guifang's defeat in detail, and order Wuguan to be on guard against those rebellious officials and thieves to counterattack! Then I will find out all the generals in Xiqi before I come back!"

Although Wen Zhong was angry, he was extremely calm. He sent his disciples to Xiqi to check, but he didn't directly ask who the teacher was for the crime, or what.

Recently, the use of troops against Xiqi has suffered repeated setbacks, and there have been changes beyond our control.

Wen Zhongzi is not an ordinary person, he thinks a lot, and he thinks carefully; if Xiqi really has expert help, he can't say, he is going to invite some expert...

"What happened to the four Dao brothers? Why didn't there be any news? Could it be that they left the army halfway, and that's why they suffered such a disastrous defeat?"

Wen Zhong quickly made a hexagram, seeing what the hexagram showed, his expression was sad, and he was shocked.

"I have pity on my four fellow Taoists, who have also become the loyal bones under Naqi Mountain!" Wen Zhong raised his head and shouted with a sad face, "I don't feel safe if I don't kill that little Ji Fa! Come here! Call all the generals to discuss the matter!"

"Yes!" The messenger guard left in a hurry.

What made Wen Zhong even more surprised was that the news that Zhang Guifang died in battle, and the four immortals who had caused a shock in Chaoge City also died in Xiqi, spread throughout the entire Chaoge City almost overnight, and the people in the city discussed privately.

Di Xin also heard the report from the palace man, and felt a little panicked. He turned over on the beauty's bed and summoned the grand master overnight.

Daji fell asleep, but what Di Xin didn't see was that her face was a bit complicated.

On that face that was so overwhelming and disastrous to the country and the people, it seemed that there was a slight sway... Self-blame?

In the side hall, Di Xin meets Wen Zhong and his ministers. Di Xin pulls Wen Zhong to sit on the steps in front of the throne and asks about the Xiqi war.

Seeing Di Xin's haggard face and irritability in his eyes, Wen Zhong forced a smile.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I was at fault for this matter. I was wrong about people before. I thought that Zhang Guifang had become famous at a young age, and I never thought it would be so useless."

But they didn't even mention the matter of the Four Sages of Kowloon Island.

Di Xin frowned and said, "You don't have to blame yourself, Chaoge City is thousands of miles away from Qinglongguan. The Grand Master has been fighting for the widows for years. It's understandable that he doesn't know the true face of Zhang Guifang."

Grand Master Wen could only smile wryly in his heart, looked at Di Xin, and sighed: "Your Majesty, I know that you intend to carry out the New Deal and try to weaken the authority of the princes of all parties. But if the New Deal is supplemented by torture, it is really the root of the chaos in the country."

"Earlier, the grand master made a mistake in his remonstrance, didn't the widows all agree?"

Wen Taishi hurriedly asked: "Na Daji, Fei and You, His Majesty promised to..."

"Hey, this matter is all slandered by those traitors above the ruling and opposition parties. I was too hasty before, and it has nothing to do with them."

Di Xin didn't meet Grand Master Wen's eyes, perhaps because he couldn't hide anything in front of this teacher who taught him since he was a child.

Wen Taishi suddenly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I want to order people to go west again, but because of the previous defeat, I feel uneasy and feel ashamed of my majesty. I don't know if Fei Zhong and You Hun may be supervising the army?"

"Of course." Di Xin seemed to agree without thinking about it, and immediately drew up an order to let Wen Zhong take him back to the Grand Master's Mansion.

In the Grand Master's Mansion, after Wen Zhong came back, he sat in the study without saying a word until Ji Li's voice sounded outside the door.

"Teacher, I have already inquired about it."

"Come in and report," Wen Zhong called out, throwing the cloth on the table, with a slightly complicated smile.

Ji Li was a little puzzled, "Teacher, is this the king's will?"

"That's right, the king's will... Oh, the king's will."

"Why is this so, teacher?"

"It's nothing." Grand Master Wen waved his hand, "tell me what you found out."

"Yes," Ji Li immediately reported Xiqi's previous battle to Wen Zhong exactly.

The prime minister of Xiqi, Yang Jian, and the vanguard officer, Nezha, showed up to help each other on the day of the battle. They were Nezha's elder brothers Jin Zha and Mu Zha. The three brothers used their own means to bury the four saints of Kowloon Island in Xiqi and sent them to the list of gods.

Wen Taishi pondered a few times, "Has Yang Jian ever made a move?"

"It is said that a gleaming golden whip was used to beat the head of the Taoist Gao You to death."

"Hit the magic whip..." Wen Taishi groaned a few times, and seeing the order on the table, felt a little absurd in his heart.

He has worked so hard to support the foundation of the big merchant, but in the end, he will be calculated by the person he assisted...

"Teacher, what is written in this decree?"

"Your Majesty asked Fei Zhongyouhun to be the supervisor of the army. Next time we send troops to conquer Xiqi, these two important ministers in the court will also follow."

Wen Taishi bit the word "important minister" very hard, but his face was sad for a while.

"Aren't those two traitors the traitors who are punished by everyone in the court? Your Majesty's move is too chilling!"

"What do you know?" Grand Master Wen sighed, "Fei Zhong and You Hun are true courtiers, they have no talent and learning, they value money but neglect promises, but they are real villains. But it is these two villains that make the king feel very at ease, because they are ugly and despicable, and the king can order orders at will."

"These old ministers in the court all regarded themselves as trustees. Since His Majesty was young, they have said to His Majesty, this is not allowed, it is immoral; that is not allowed, it is not the Mingjun's actions."

"I know your Majesty's temperament better than anyone else; how does he not know that torture will make the world panic? But he is sitting in that position, and he is the emperor of the world! The fire that was simmering in his heart since childhood really broke out..."

Ji Li was listening to his teacher's words, with mixed feelings in his heart, and couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"Okay, let's not mention this, I will fight with his monarch and ministers, and when he calms down, I will give him a stable country."

Wen Taishi cheered up and asked Ji Li several questions, and Ji Li answered them one by one.

Before Zhang Guifang's second westward expedition, Wen Zhong's daughter Deng Chanyu, who was specially transferred to the west by Wen Zhong, arrived at Qinglong Pass overnight, holding Wen Zhong's token, but was turned away from the tent.

Ji Li said: "What Zhang Guifang said at the time seems to be that beautiful women should not be kept in the army, lest the soldiers have no intention of fighting to the death."

"Incompetent man," Wen Zhong scolded, and asked again, "You said earlier that this Deng Chanyu retreated the one hundred thousand Zhou army that came in a surprise attack with only ten thousand old and weak soldiers?"

"That's right, the method used by Deng Chanyu is quite clever..."

Ji Li recounted Deng Chanyu's process of scaring Nezha away, and Wen Zhong clapped his hands and laughed, "This woman is really an expert at using soldiers, and I was not as good as her when I was young! Hahaha! I died a piece of Guifang. I never thought about it but found such a precious jade!"

"Could it be that the teacher wants Deng Chanyu to take over the post of Qinglongguan commander?"

"No, her qualifications are still too low, let her take over temporarily, and the reward will be given after she has made great achievements." Wen Zhong paused, and then said: "This matter will be written in the memorial and sent to the palace tomorrow."

Ji Li lowered his head, probably because he knew Wen Zhong's intention of being so careful.

The higher the position and authority, the more cautious they are. After all, they are accompanied by an emperor who takes pleasure in killing ministers.

"The supervisor, do you really want those two to do it?"

"To do it, of course let them do it," Wen Taishi's eyes showed a little murderous intent, "Is there a general in the court who is a vegetarian?"

At that moment, Ji Li reported a few names, and the Grand Master heard that he named Lu Xiong at random, and asked him to go to Qinglongguan to pack up the soldiers and horses, with Deng Chanyu as the deputy general, and then attack Xiqi.

"The two supervisors, Fei Zhong and You Hun, will go with the army at dawn tomorrow."

"Teacher, what if the two supervisors don't leave?"

"If you tie them up, you'll have to pull them out of Chaoge City," Grand Master Wen snorted, "Remember, don't let them have a chance to face the saint."

Ji Li smiled and nodded, went to Lu Xiong's mansion overnight to declare the decree, and dispatched 100,000 soldiers and horses from several important towns along the way, put the general order into Lu Xiong's hands, and took a group of soldiers to the respective mansions of Fei Zhong and You Hun to kidnap people.

The streets where the dignitaries of Chaoge City gathered suddenly jumped up and down. Ji Li read out the will of Emperor Xin, two times before and after.

Originally, in Chaoge City, from the ministers to the common people, when they heard that Fei Zhong and You Hun were tied up by the grand master's soldiers, they all celebrated with each other.

But half a day later, the merchant army set off, and the two ministers were tied to horseback to follow the army, as if they were listless. The news that the two of them were tied to supervise the army was also spread in Chaoge City.

For a while, the people stopped praising, most of them heard that the grand master did not argue against loyalty and traitor, but a few who could understand it knew that it was the grand master who used a knife to kill people.

Fei and You are Di Xin's trustworthy right-hand men. If they can be eliminated by just telling their crimes in front of Di Xin, why are those ministers who died in the Shang Palace because of this incident not open their eyes?

Soon, Lu Xiong led the army to the west, and the two ministers Fei Zhong and You Hun were supervising the army, and Yang Jian heard about it.

Lu Xiong sent troops from various towns along the road, and they walked very slowly.

Fei Zhong and You Hun are also in good health, the sun at noon is too harsh to hurry, too early to get up, too late and the fog is heavy, they are prone to leg problems... In short, they shirk for various reasons and try their best to pull Luxiong's hind legs, and they really don't want to go to the battlefield to fight and kill.

They can become extremely human ministers with just a word of mouth, why should they beat them to death?

It's just that these two brothers and sisters were tied up, and there was no time to respond, and there was no way to meet Di Xin in the palace.

If one of them came, the other would be able to take care of him, begged for mercy in the palace, and went back halfway.

However, the two of them who wore a pair of trousers fell into the army, and Wen Taishi even sent Ji Li to watch, and they couldn't escape.

"These two living treasures," Yang Jian smiled, put the jade talisman on the table, and calculated carefully.

Why did he kill Fei Zhong and You Hun? Isn't it good to keep these two guys and go back and continue Huo Huo Xiqi?

Um……

If so, why not...

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Yang Jian's mouth, obviously having a bold idea again.