Spring and Autumn I Am King

The drums of the Yingdu Drum Tower are still the same, they only sound when the two important national events of the Rong and the sacrificial state - pay homage to the ancestors, pray to the East Emperor Taiyi, swear an expedition, or celebrate the victory and return of the three armies...all These are all important events in the history of Chu State.

But today, they sounded for warning, calling for help, and calling for Yingdu to be breached once again!

The gate of the inner city was slowly opened, and surrounded by soldiers from Huainan, standing on the chariot, Bai Gongsheng entered the inner city as the winner.

Compared with the shabby houses, the poor people in Lilu, and the outer city where the sewage is flowing, the inner city of Yingdu is a completely different world: it is full of Zhumen Dayu, high beams and horizontal buildings, public clans, county magistrates. , The mansions of the nobles are from the outside to the inside according to the level of identity, like the stars holding the moon around the palace of the king of Chu.

The nobles of the county nobles also organized clan soldiers to resist Baigongsheng on the city wall. Unfortunately, their combat effectiveness is not strong. Facing the Huainan Hundred Battles who participated in the Battle of Wu, they were unable to fight back, even though they were wearing solid armor. , with a sharp arrow, but was massacred by Baigong Shengbu.

Seeing the corpses and overturned carriages and horses everywhere in the streets, Bai Gongsheng suddenly thought that when his adoptive father Wu Zixu brought Wu Jun to Yingdu, what he saw and heard was the same?

"No." He shook his head. This time, he was forced to raise troops to stage a coup d'etat, just to gain the power of Chu State, not a savage invasion and slaughter.

"The order goes on, the mansion of nobles who have not resisted is not allowed to enter without authorization."

As for those who are stubbornly resisting, he will not be a woman, hoping that they will turn to support and appreciate him, but resolutely declare that those people's mansions, family wealth, and women will be left to the soldiers to seize!

This order sparked a rude cheer. The soldiers of Huainan were not unconditionally loyal to Bai Gongsheng, they took great risks to follow Bai Gong's rebellion, and if there was not enough material reward, they would also be dissatisfied...

Let the five thousand soldiers scattered to suppress the rebels and control all parts of the inner city, Bai Gongsheng himself took the elite and went straight to Puxu Street.

Puxu Street is the residence of the commander Yin and Sima of Chu, and the only way to the palace...

Bai Gongsheng still remembers that a year ago, he successfully helped Goujian to destroy Wu, and after capturing a large area of ​​Wu State, he escorted the prisoners back to Yingdu, which was also the route he took. It was his most glorious day. He drove his tall chariot to the capital, and he was greeted with cheers and applause. The eyes of the common people were glowing, and the nobles also walked out of the courtyard, filling the tower.

Orchid becomes not fragrant, and Quanhui becomes Mao. Summer in Chu State is the season of flowers. Pizhi, Zilan, Jungui, and colorful petals fall like rain to the returning hero. The whole Ying is there. Grateful that Bai Gongsheng rescued them from their hatred and fear of Wu. In this regard, Bai Gongsheng accepted it as a matter of course, and then went westward along Puxu Street all the way to the palace...

At that time, he really wanted to be a hero of the people of Chu.

Today, the bustling scene is no more, this long street is in a mess, and the killings continue in the distance. It is the vanguard of Bai Gong who is cleaning up the resisters. There were dead corpses all around. Bai Gongsheng didn't know whether there were any of those who stood on the tower that day cheered and cheered for him among these strong armored and deadly resisters...

When he arrived outside Lingyin's mansion, memories came flooding in again. Bai Gongsheng remembered that after he was given a prisoner at the palace that night, he talked with his uncle and son Xi Bingzhuye to discuss reform matters. Zixi was still cautious about reform. However, Bai Gongsheng used his various achievements in implementing the new law in Huainan to tempt Zixi, and also used the state of Chu to keep the law unchanged and threatened him with death in the state of Zhao in ten or twenty years.

"I will bring Chu a brand new era!"

In the end, Bai Gongsheng vowed to say so, Zixi's heart, the trust in Bai Gongsheng also outweighed the worry about the turbulence of the reform, and let him implement the new policy by delegating power.

But why did things become what they are today?

"It's all the fault of the Chu State's ill-fated administration, the county magistrate's disregard for justice, and the fault of the uncle's first and second ends!"

Gritting his teeth, Bai Gongsheng summoned his courage and pushed open the familiar door of Lingyin's house.

There was also a tragic battle here. As soon as Bai Gongsheng lowered his head, he could see that the lame old man who opened the door for him in the past died tragically by the door. He stuck to his post until his death, holding the door in his hand Shut, trying to prevent unauthorized outsiders from entering.

And the soldiers of Ling Yin's house also collapsed on the side of the garden path.

Gao She, who was also wearing a suit of armor, came to greet Duke Bai. The advisors of this era not only knew how to dance and write, but also could carry a sword and go to the battlefield and chop off their heads to gain military merit.

He reported: "My lord, Gongsun Ning is missing."

Gongsun Ning is the son of Ling Yin Zixi and the cousin of Bai Gongsheng. Now the entire mansion has been occupied by the rebels, but he cannot be found. He probably escaped.

"Gongsun Ning's courageous generation is nothing to be afraid of. Where is Yin?"

Bai Gongsheng was very concerned about Zixi's life and death. Whether he could control Ling Yin and the King of Chu was the key to this mutiny.

"Just in the bedroom..."

Under the guidance of Gao Amnesty, Duke Bai walked into Ling Yin Zixi's house.

In the past year, he has been in and out of this place countless times, and every time he has to respectfully take off his shoes, enter with only his foot clothes, and put his sword outside, and can only retrieve it when he comes out.

But this time, Bai Gongsheng was fully armed and stepped inside. There were two guards behind him, who were as silent as him...

The inner room was dark, because the outside was already chaotic, and the maids fled, so no one lit the candles after they went out. Bai Gongsheng personally held the lamp, and the weak light suddenly filled the room. He walked further inside, and before he saw anyone, Bai Gongsheng smelled a damp medicinal smell, followed by bursts of coughing.

"Cough, Ning'er, is that you?"

According to Gao She, Zixi was in critical condition and his mind was not clear. Bai Gong took a step forward, and his skin squeaked on the wooden board, as if it was a reflection of his inner struggle and suffering.

"Uncle, it's me." He habitually said softly.

"Win?"

The voice stopped, and then there was laughter: "It's you? Speaking of which, you haven't come to see the old man for half a month..."

While talking, Zixi sat up tremblingly from the bed.

A few meters away, Bai Gongsheng glanced at Zixi quickly, threw him a stiff smile, and then bowed obediently. His long sword, stained with another uncle's blood, touched the cold parquet floor. .

Zixi does seem to be in poor health. In the past month, he has been worried about whether to save or abolish the reform and whether to give up or save Bai Gongsheng. His hair is grayer than before, and his eyes are full of exhaustion.

But the look in Bai Gongsheng's eyes was still kind. When the upheaval happened today, Zixi was seriously ill, and he was still ignorant of what was happening outside. Even his son Gongsunning came three times to tell him that Bai Gongsheng had rebelled, but he didn't want to believe it.

At this moment, Zixi, who was already sick and confused, even told this as a joke.

"I told Ning, I am like a bird, and Sheng is like a bird's egg. He has always been under my wing, and one day he will be able to inherit my career when he hatches and matures. The positions of Ling Yin and Sima are still waiting. How could he rebel?"

It seems that he remembered the big basket that Bai Gongsheng had stabbed in the past few months, and Zixi finally realized that it was impossible for Bai Gongsheng to succeed Ling Yin and Sima, so he stopped thinking about it and said helplessly: "Sheng ah , don't worry, although Le Yin Zhongjian and the county magistrates will deprive you of your title and fief, but you have made great contributions to the state of Chu, I will definitely protect you!"

Bai Gongsheng lowered his head. He once imagined Zixi's expression, with anger, regret, and even facing him with swords like Ziqi, but he didn't expect that this uncle is so old and confused, but he still believes in him. wing him...

But what's the use of talking about it now!

"Enough, uncle!"

Bai Gongsheng was ruthless, and after planning the old man's ramble, he stood up, his armor clattered.

Zixi's old face was full of puzzles and doubts. He just watched Bai Gongsheng approaching step by step, five steps, three steps, one step. This is the distance between their uncle and nephew when they talked in the past.

"Uncle no longer has to sigh for the future of the state of Chu, no longer has to be in a dilemma between his nephew and the county magistrate, and no longer has to be bent over by government affairs. I, Xiong Sheng, swear here that I will take care of everything in the state of Chu! "

"Sheng, what are you going to do?" For the first time, Zixi found that his foreign nephew, once he stopped bowing his knees, was so tall and majestic that he was completely looking down on him.

"Since the nephew cannot inherit you... uncle."

Bai Gongsheng grabbed Zixi's arm with his left hand, while his right hand raised the sword! The sword was also stained with Sima Ziqi's blood! But the sharp blade still reflects an impatient light under the light of the candle!

His eyes were full of ferocity, like a wolf.

"Then I'll have to replace you!"

Inside the house, the sound of the sword moved, the shadow of the candle shook, and then it returned to calm again...

...

After half a moment, the candle in the room went out, and Bai Gongsheng walked out slowly. He walked in front of Gao She and looked up at the gloomy sky~www.wuxiahere.com~ suddenly asked:

"Gao She, let me ask you, what was in your mind when King Wu sent him to give the dead son Xu?"

"Sir, I don't know..."

Gao Shena didn't dare to speak. When he lowered his head, he saw that there was another layer of blood on the sword on Bai Gongsheng's waist...

The rain in Yingdu started to fall, but Bai Gongsheng turned a blind eye to the raindrops. He walked to the open space, and the rain was still washing the blood on the sword and washing away the sins he had committed.

Looking at the gloomy sky that seemed to be crying for Ling Yin and Sima, Bai Gongsheng murmured:

"The inscription of Shang Tang's Pan said: Gou is new, it is new, and it is new; "Kang Gao" says: "Be a new people;" "Poetry" says: "Although Zhou is an old state, its life is renewed! "

"Even if the old beams and wood have great achievements for this house, once they are old, they must be replaced, so that the mansion can continue to be renovated. Uncle, please go to see the king in peace! Xiong Sheng swears here that he will bring Chu State, a brand new era!"

ps: there is another chapter in the evening