A knife in love

Chapter 1526

Seeing the situation at the bottom of the mountain, Murong Danyan was startled and suspicious, turned his head and whispered to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, what are these people doing? It looks like they are doing some ritual work."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said in his mouth: "They are not doing things, but practicing military formations. This formation is named after fish scales, and it is an extremely powerful formation."

Murong Danyan was stunned, looking at the disorganized black-armored sergeants in the open space, he thought to himself, these guys are standing in random positions, without any rules, how can it be said that they are practicing an army formation?

Seeing that Murong Danyan was silent, Li Qiufeng knew that she didn't believe her, and then said: "It is said that the fish-scale array was created by Zheng Zhuanggong in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zheng Zhuanggong took Ji as his surname and was a descendant of King Wen of Zhou. In the past, King Wu of Zhou attacked King Zhou of Shang. , won the world, and divided the family members surnamed Ji into various places to be the kings of the vassal states. Zheng Zhuanggong's ancestors also received awards and were named Zhenghou. When Zhuang Gong was born, his mother Jiang's dystocia, almost lost her life. Therefore, she hated Zhuang Gong very much and gave him an unpleasant name, "Wu Sheng". Later, Jiang Shi gave birth to a young son named Gong Shuduan. Jiang Shi loved this young son very much. He wanted Gongshuduan to inherit Zhenghou's foundation. However, the ministers of Zheng State thought that Gongshuduan was a narrow-minded playboy. If he was established as Zhenghou, there would be civil strife. Duke Zhuang inherited the throne.

"After Duke Zhuang inherited the throne, the Jiang family did not give up. They secretly wanted to kill Duke Zhuang and let Gong Shuduan be the king of Zheng. Although Zheng Zhuanggong knew about Jiang's and Gong Shuduan's conspiracy, but because the conspiracy of the two has not been exposed , if he strikes first to get rid of the Jiang family and Gong Shuduan, it will inevitably leave the world with the notoriety of "killing his mother and younger brother". Therefore, he did not do it immediately, but just kept on guard secretly, sending his confidantes to monitor Jiang's Uncle Gong Duan's movements. Later, the Jiang family gathered his party and forced Zheng Zhuanggong to confer the best land in Zheng State to Gongshu Duan. After Gongshu Duan arrived in the fiefdom, he immediately recruited troops, extorted money, and prepared to rebel.

"Uncle Gong committed crimes in the fief unscrupulously, and the news quickly spread to the capital of Zheng State. Many ministers knew about Uncle Gong's ambitions, and the common people even talked about it. Several important ministers asked to see Duke Zhuang Zheng, asking him to imprison Uncle Gong , so as not to cause a catastrophe. Zheng Zhuanggong just laughed it off and didn’t care. Gongshuduan also has eyeliner in the capital of Zheng State. After knowing the news, he immediately reported it to Gongshuduan. Gongshuduan thought Zheng Zhuanggong was weak and incompetent, and he became more and more arrogant. Openly recruited some desperadoes under his command, practiced soldiers and horses every day, and when the time came, he would attack the capital of Zheng State, kill Zheng Zhuanggong, and become the king of Zheng State himself.

"The Jiang family was not idle in the capital. She was always monitoring Zheng Zhuanggong, and wanted to cooperate with Gongshu Duan to get rid of Zheng Zhuanggong. Finally one day, her cronies got the key of the capital city gate. After imitating it privately, the Jiang family sent it The confidant rode a fast horse overnight and gave it to Gong Shuduan, asking him to lead an army to attack the capital, kill Zheng Zhuanggong, and seize the throne. After Gong Shuduan got the key of the capital city gate, he was overjoyed, and immediately raised troops and went straight to the capital of Zheng State. go.

"It's just that Jiang and Gongshuduan don't know that Zheng Zhuanggong has been sending people to watch them. Zheng Zhuanggong deliberately let Jiang's cronies get the key to the capital city gate. In fact, he wanted to induce Gongshuduan to rebel. As long as Gongshu When Duan raised his troops, Zheng Zhuanggong could confidently send troops to suppress the rebellion. In this way, even if Jiang and Gongshu Duan were killed, they would be their own fault. Before making a big move, Zheng Zhuanggong has already assembled a large army and ambushed near the capital, only waiting for the rebels of Gong Shuduan to throw themselves into the trap.

"Uncle Gong didn't know that he had been fooled, so he happily led his soldiers and horses to the capital of Zheng State. However, when he arrived outside the capital, he didn't see the people sent by the Jiang family to respond, but was surrounded by the army that had ambushed a long time ago. The rebels were caught off guard and almost wiped out. Uncle Gong fled back to his fief, but Zheng Guo's army chased after him, and took all of Uncle Gong's fiefs without much effort. Uncle Gong fled back to his fief. The state of Zheng had nowhere to go, so he had to escape from the state of Zheng and hid in the states of Song and Wei. Zheng Zhuanggong sent troops to pursue and attack each other with Song and Wei. Although he gained the upper hand, he did not destroy Song, Wei and other states. Lose.

"Zheng Zhuanggong defeated Gong Shuduan, quelled civil strife, and did not bear the notoriety of killing his younger brother. The world praised him as a generous elder. It can be said that he won a complete victory. But he hated Jiang deeply, but he couldn't kill his mother. , had no choice but to move the Jiang family out of the capital, lock them in a secret place, send people to guard them strictly, and declare that they will not see each other until they are in the underworld."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "The matter of eliminating Gongshuduan, Zheng Zhuanggong's method is very clever, and the world thinks that Gongshuduan is to blame. However, the imprisonment of the Jiang family has made Zhuanggong suffer a lot. Criticism. Zheng Zhuanggong's confidants told him in private that although Jiang Shi was heinous, she was Zhuang Gong's mother after all, and she had to live with face so as not to leave excuses for other countries. Zheng Zhuanggong had murderous intentions towards Jiang Shi, so naturally he refused to listen Persuasion from a trusted friend.

"At that time, Gong Shuduan was defeated, like a bereaved dog, and he was in constant fear. However, Song, Wei and other vassal states had always been at odds with Zheng. In front of the King of Zhou, he said bad things about Zheng Zhuanggong, saying that he betrayed human relations and was a treacherous and evil person. He had to abolish Zheng Zhuanggong's throne and let Gong Shuduan be the king of Zheng State.

"The king of Zhou has always advocated the rule of filial piety. He heard from the envoys of Song and Wei that Zheng Zhuanggong imprisoned his mother, so he sent envoys to Zheng to reprimand Zheng Zhuanggong for not observing filial piety. He also threatened Zheng Zhuanggong that if he insisted on going his own way, the king of Zhou would He summoned all the vassal states to jointly send troops to attack the state of Zheng.

"At that time, Zheng Guo was powerful, but he didn't dare to openly confront the king of Zhou, who was regarded as the co-lord of the world. Zheng Zhuanggong had no choice but to release Jiang Shi, but he had sworn at the beginning that as long as he was alive, he would not Meet Jiang. If you break your oath, you will inevitably become a laughing stock. From then on, you will lose face in front of the kings of all countries, and the ministers and people of Zheng State will despise you, and your throne will not be very secure.

"Just when Zheng Zhuanggong was in a hurry, his confidant came up with an idea, saying that Zheng Zhuanggong really swore that he would not meet Jiang Shi as long as he was alive. However, if he digs a tunnel, it will be extremely deep. When the underground spring gushes out, It can be said that we have arrived at the Underworld. When we meet Jiang in the tunnel, it will not be regarded as a breach of the oath of "I will not meet you until I arrive at the Underworld".

"In fact, this idea can only deceive honest people. However, Zheng Zhuanggong had no choice but to adopt this strategy because of the situation. Later, he sent people to dig a tunnel and met Jiang in the tunnel. And Zhuanggong sent people to release The wind went, and it was said that after the two met, Jiang was extremely ashamed, and was grateful for the kindness of Zhuang Gong not to forget the old evil. She couldn't help crying and swore that she would never do anything wrong to Zhuang Gong. Zheng Zhuanggong took Jiang back to the capital. , Mother and son reconciled as before.

"After the news spread, not only the ministers and people of Zheng State praised Zhuang Gong for his filial piety, but even the vassal states could no longer accuse Zheng Zhuang Gong of violating human relations. Naturally, the King of Zhou had no excuse to call all the vassal states to attack Zheng State. Zheng Zhuang Gong It was a relief to escape the catastrophe."

(End of this chapter)