The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 756: The Three Armies Are Fearful [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

The funeral of King Wan of Chu seemed so sloppy and chaotic.

He was buried in a hurry without waiting for the envoys from various princes and families to come and pay their respects.

Prince Fu Chu's succession to the throne seemed even more hasty. He didn't even have time to make new royal robes for his succession to the throne. He still used the royal robes that King Wan of Chu wore when he was young.

That was not the case. Not long after, news came from Shouchun that Prince Fu Chu had teamed up with Ling Yin Li Yuan, Queen Li Yan and other ministers to poison the King of Chu and tamper with the imperial edict.

King Wan of Chu originally intended to order the three armies to welcome Qin's eldest son Qi as hostage, and to make Qi the crown prince to oversee state affairs.

Li Yuan's envoys also came to the three armies' bases and demanded that Xiang Liang, Ban Bu and Ji Bu surrender their military power and return to the court.

However, before this, Xiang Liang and others met with the secret envoy who supported Xiong Qi and disagreed with Li Yuan and others in political views, and informed the three of the King of Chu's original decision in advance.

However, neither Xiang Liang and his two companions nor the secret envoy had expected that Li Yuan and others would dare to do such a heinous thing to assassinate the King of Chu.

"What should we do?" Xiang Liang pulled Banbu and Jibu over. The matter was too big and he couldn't make the decision alone.

"It is conceivable that once we return to the capital, we will be sidelined and forced to surrender our military power immediately!" Xiang Liang was afraid that Banbu was not clear about the current situation, so he laid everything out.

Two groups of people, two sets of stories, and they couldn't be sure who was telling the truth.

The most crucial thing is that the secret envoy did not bring the King of Chu's will and the royal seal and tiger talisman, but the later royal envoy brought the army's tiger talisman and the royal edict.

"Who do you think is telling the truth?" Xiang Liang continued to ask.

He needs to determine the intentions of the three people and reach a consensus.

When Xiang Liang came this time, he not only brought his own elite troops to prevent any accidents.

Bambu and Jibu seemed to have a premonition as well and brought their own guards.

The three of them no longer seemed to trust each other.

Ji Bu looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and did not answer Xiang Liang's words at all.

Among the three men, he was more powerful than the other two in terms of status and position. Even if he returned to the capital, Li Yuan and others would not be able to take away his military power in order to win over the Ji family of Danyang.

On the contrary, Bambu and Xiang Liang are in the most dangerous position.

The Xiang family became powerful because of Xiang Yan, not Xiang Liang. To the entire Chu court, the Xiang family was just a newcomer and did not belong to the kind of deep-rooted old-established powerful families.

As for Banbu, he was a former criminal. Because of his contributions in the war against Qin, he was promoted by King Wan of Chu to become the commander of the Thunder Leopard Legion.

Therefore, once back in Shouchun, Ji Bu's position would be as secure as Mount Tai, Xiang Liang's situation would be unknown, but Ban Bu would definitely be deprived of his military power.

"If the king wants his subject to die, the subject must die!" Bambu said calmly.

Everything he has was given by the King of Chu. If the King of Chu wants to take it back, he will offer it with both hands.

Xiang Liang and Ji Bu had already anticipated what Banbu would say. This was Banbu's character, and it was no exaggeration to say that he was blindly loyal.

Perhaps it was because of this that King Wan of Chu saw in Bambu that he let Bambu take charge of the Thunder Leopard Legion to guard Shouchun.

However, King Wan of Chu would never have imagined that the pillar of the empire he left for his successor would become a thorn in the eyes of the new king and the first thing he would want to take down.

If the King of Chu had succeeded to the throne normally, Bambu might have gone a step further and become the new general of Chu.

But Fu Chu did not succeed to the throne in a normal way. The new successor did not come to the throne legitimately, so naturally he did not dare to use Banbu, the former king's trusted and beloved general.

Unlike Xiang Liang and Ban Bu, who had no one in the court, Ji Shi had people in the court. Therefore, as the flag bearer pushed forward by Ji Shi, Ji Bu knew how Fu Chu got the throne. Although Ji Shi did not add fuel to the flames in this coup, they chose to stand aside and watch.

Therefore, once Xiong Qi is welcomed back and the King of Chu launches a major reckoning, the Ji family will also suffer heavy losses.

"The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. The greater the responsibility, the faster you die!" Ji Bu said slowly.

Power is a double-edged sword.

With their status and position, it is impossible to protect themselves. If they don’t stand their ground, they will die!
This private meeting was doomed to fail.

The three of them had their own thoughts and no one dared to trust each other.

Xiang Yan seems to be determined to welcome back Prince Qi, but in a court dispute, can you believe even one word out of ten?

Who knows, just as they are plotting with Xiang Liang to bring back Prince Qi, Xiang Liang might sell them to Shouchun the next moment.

Although Bambu is not very politically sensitive, he is not a novice.

He didn't believe either Xiang Liang or Ji Bu.

Before coming, he had already withdrawn the Thunder Leopard Legion from the coalition camp and made defensive preparations for a war with the two legions.

Xiang Liang and Ji Bu did the same thing. The three major legions of Chu seemed to be calm at this time, but they were also defending against each other.

After returning to the Thunder Leopard Legion, Bambu looked at the two envoys who had arrived at the camp and directly pulled the two parties together to let them quarrel among themselves.

This was completely beyond the expectations of both parties.

They knew the other party was coming, but they didn't expect Bambu to let them meet in person.

"You all say that the other party is a traitor who is trying to disrupt and steal our country. Who should I listen to?" Bambu sat directly in the position of the commander and quietly watched the two groups prove themselves.

"After the death of the previous king, Prince Fuchu succeeded to the throne. This is a fact known to the world and there is no need for us to say more. We are holding the royal edict and the tiger talisman. Is General Banbu plotting a rebellion?" The envoy from Shouchun calmly took out the royal edict and the tiger talisman and threatened Banbu to hand over his military power and return to the court.

"Drag him out and behead him!" Bambu raised his eyes and ordered the person who spoke to be dragged out and beheaded.

"Bumble dares!" Li Yuan's envoy was furious.

The soldiers ignored the messenger's roar and dragged the man out. After a moment, a shrill cry was heard, and then everything quickly returned to calm.

"I know that I will die if I return to Shouchun, but at this moment and here, I am still the commander of the Thunder Leopard Army. A mere servant dares to yell at me, a general. It is a rebellion!" Bambu said coldly.

He is very confused now and doesn't know what to choose, but that doesn't mean anyone can bark in front of him.

He was waiting, waiting for Ji Bu and Xiang Liang to make their choice.

He knew that he was never a person of high intelligence or talent who could turn the tide, and he could not balance the court, so he could only wait for others to make a choice.

"I know you all have a lot of your own people in the Thunder Leopard Corps, but believe me, you can't move against the Thunder Leopard Corps until I am dismissed!" Bambu continued.

"It's the same with you guys. I don't care who's behind you, but as long as I haven't been officially dismissed, I'll be the leader of the Thunder Leopard Corps."

"You also have to think about the consequences of your position."

"The Chu State not only has the Thunder Leopard Corps, but also the Tenglong Corps and the Shadow Tiger Corps. If you stand in the wrong position, you will all die!"

Bambu looked at the officers of the Thunder Leopard Corps and spoke seriously.

(End of this chapter)