Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 432 Where is my son's body?
"The widow's son, Prince Heng of the Wu Kingdom, died in Yingdu, or was he burned to death by the fire?"

On the Majesty's platform, Qingji slowly rolled up the bamboo slips and held them in his hands, saying in a neutral tone.

Qing Ji at this time is actually extremely terrifying.

Although the appearance is still the same as before, without anger, anyone who is familiar with Qingji knows that this is a sign that Qingji is about to get angry.

He is suppressing the grief in his heart, suppressing the anger in his heart!

In this world, there are not many things that can really make Qingji angry.

Even Sun Wu, Bo Tong, and Wu Zixu, who have served Qingji for many years, saw Qingji really angry very rarely.

Pretending doesn't count!

"what?"

Hearing such terrible news, all the ministers of the Wu Kingdom couldn't help widening their eyes, their faces full of disbelief.

Wu Heng, the eldest son of the Wu Kingdom, died in Yingdu, or was he burned to death?

Qu Gu, the envoy of Chu, couldn't help sweating profusely, and quickly explained: "King Wu, calm down!"

"Regarding the death of Mr. Heng, it was a misunderstanding, an accident, and it was an unintentional mistake of our country Chu."

"Mr. Heng protected Shen Baoxu and Zixi who were fleeing, so they were besieged by the rebel army and died. For this, Bai Gong expressed his deep apology and severely punished those involved. They all demoted to slaves, and the leading general was even beheaded."

"If the king of Wu still doesn't feel relieved, if he interferes with the matter, he can be dealt with by the state of Wu, and let him deal with it!"

After a pause, Qu Gu said hastily again: "King Wu, my state of Chu would like to apologize for this."

"If the king of Wu can forgive our Chu State's mistakes this time, then the ten cities bordering Wu State, including Qianyi, Liuyi, and Yingshi in the east of Chu State, should all be ceded to Wu State!"

Qu Gu's convincing statement is actually concealing something.

The soldiers involved were not punished, and the leading general, Xiong Yiliao, was fine.

It's just that if Qingji really cares too much, I'm afraid Bai Gongsheng will have to bring out hundreds of soldiers to calm Qingji's anger.

"Bastard!"

Before Qingji could speak, Wu's Tingwei Boshen couldn't help standing up, pointing at Qu Gu and yelling: "My majestic Mr. Wu, with a body of ten thousand gold, how can he die in vain?"

"Why did the civil strife in your Chu country affect Mr. Heng?"

"A joke! Could it be that this is from Ruchu, and Bai Gongsheng deliberately did it?"

"Your Majesty, please send troops to crusade against Chu State immediately to avenge Young Master Heng!"

"Yes! Revenge!"

"I swear I won't return it if I don't break it!"

Sun Wu, Bo Tong, Wu Zixu and other ministers stood up, denouncing this crime of Chu, and asked Qingji to send troops to attack Chu.

Originally, Qingji wanted to send troops to attack Chu, and he had already made sufficient preparations. Now, the death of Young Master Heng just gave Wu Guo a dignified name?
Wu Guo defeated Chu, and became famous as a teacher!
For Wu State, it is indeed a beautiful thing to get the ten cities of Chu State without spending a single soldier.

However, if this is exchanged for the death of the son Heng, the death of an eight or nine-year-old child, how can the vigorous Wu people bear it?

Furthermore, the state of Wu has a great appetite, and ten cities in a district can't satisfy the appetite of the state of Wu!

Seeing the officials of the state of Wu, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and wished they could eat their own appearance raw. Qu Gu's liver and gallbladder were torn apart, and his face turned pale.

"King Wu, when is it time to repay the injustice? The death of Mr. Heng this time is really not the wish of our Chu country. It is for the good of Wu and Chu. Please think twice, King Wu, and don't lose the big because of small things..."

Qu Gu kowtowed to Qing Ji who was on the majesty platform.

Hearing this, Qingji's face was neither happy nor sad, he just put the bamboo slips that were almost crushed in his hands on the imperial case, and then said slowly: "Where is my son's body?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Young Master Heng's body has been packed and is on its way to Jinling. It will arrive in a few days."

Qu Gu replied honestly.

This time, he was traveling day and night, walking by land and then by water, and two horses ran to death, so it was really inconvenient to take Wu Heng's body with him.

"The widow knows. Qu Gu, you step back first."

"No. King Wu, the ministers will resign!"

Seeing Qing Ji let him go, Qu Gu immediately felt as if he had been pardoned, and after saluting again, he hurriedly left Fengtian Hall.

All the officials urged Qingji to send troops to attack Chu, but Qingji did not respond.

"Let's put aside the matter of sending troops to attack Chu for the time being."

Qingji squinted his eyes and said, "Second and third sons, you are waiting in Fengtian Hall, one counts as the other, you are not allowed to spread the news of Wu Heng's death, especially..."

"Don't let the queen know!"

"promise."

Qing Ji was still worried that Queen Ji Kui would not be able to accept such a blow.

Wu Heng is the son of Qingji and Ji Kou. Back then, Wu Heng was taken hostage by the state of Chu, and it was Ji Kou who took the initiative to invite him.

Now that Wu Heng died tragically in Yingdu, how can Ji Kou bear it?
When Qing Ji learned about this, he couldn't help being in a trance, feeling like he had a splitting headache.

What's more, it's Ji Kou who is eager to love his son?
Of course, Qingji can take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack Chu in a legitimate way.

But in Qingji's view, the time is not yet ripe.

Although the army of Wu State had already been ready to crusade against Chu State, Cai, Xu, Zhongwu and other vassal states of Wu State also gathered in Jinling.

However, for Wu Guo, the most suitable time has not yet arrived!

As the saying goes, brothers are on the wall, and they are protected from insults from outside!
At this time, Wu Guo led the coalition army to attack Chu, which may make the Chu people really let go of their grievances and temporarily join forces to fight against the Wu army who is on the expedition.

This is not what Qingji wants to see.

Therefore, in Qingji's view, the most suitable time for Wu to send troops to attack Chu is when it is completely caught in a civil war.

That is to say, when Shen Zhuliang and other Chu lords gather to fight against the rebellious Bai Gongsheng, the Wu army can achieve the most impressive results.

Qingji was also very sad about the death of his son Wu Heng.

However, he must control his emotions and not let himself completely lose his mind.

Because if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess!
The necessary forbearance is sometimes very crucial for a king like Qingji.

The king of a country is different from ordinary people.

Ordinary people know that their son was killed by others, and died a miserable death, and they may get angry and let the enemy's blood splatter five steps.

However, Qing Ji had to restrain his impulse.

Chu State is different from those small countries. Either Wu State will not fight, or it must be beaten to death with a stick. At worst, Chu State will be beaten to death!

This time, Bai Gongsheng's rebellion is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wu.

If Qingji didn't seize this opportunity and missed this opportunity, I'm afraid Wu Guo would not find such an opportunity so easily in the future!

(End of this chapter)