A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 33 The Rebellion of Weiguo
Gongguo, Gongshu Duan's mansion, Gongshu Duan and Zhouxu sit opposite each other.

"Sir, you said you wanted to return to the Kingdom of Wei, but now that Duke Wei is still in office, what can you do? We have formed an alliance, but what can you do to help me ascend to the position of Duke Zheng? Please explain. Confused." Uncle Gong was the first to ask the question.

Zhouxu said: "Uncle, you don't know. I was the favorite son of Duke Zhuang of Wei. Duke Zhuang would agree to any request I made. Therefore, I once proposed to go to the military camp as a general, and Duke Zhuang quickly agreed. .

The combat effectiveness of the Weiguo army is very strong, especially when the Bai family was the general and minister of the Weiguo. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire land to the east of the Zhou Dynasty was led by the Bai family and the Wei family. The Eighth Division of Yin It was defeated by the Patriotic Army. With such a strong army, I think it will be easy for you to return to the country by helping uncle! "

Gongshu Duan knew the combat effectiveness of the Wei army, so he nodded in agreement. Zhou Xu continued:

"Originally, I couldn't win over those generals in the Weiguo army, but after the founding of the Bai family, they brought a large number of forces and generals who were married to them to the Bai country, so there was an opportunity for me to intervene.

When Bai's power was withdrawn and new power did not enter, I begged Duke Zhuang to send me to the military camp to be a general. So I relied on the large amount of treasures given to me by Duke Zhuang to win over those generals, and then relied on my son's Identity keeps inserting one's own confidants.

Therefore, I can easily escape from Weiguo, but my financial resources are still not enough for those generals to make up their mind to help me, so I hope to get your help, uncle! After I return to the country and seize the position of Duke Wei, I will bring the guards, known as the strongest army in the world, to help you. Isn't this the best of both worlds? "

Gongshu Duan also thought this was a good idea, but he was a little worried about how to ensure that Zhouxu would not regret it after he ascended the position of Duke Wei. Then Zhouxu said:
"In order to make you believe in my sincerity, I am willing to use my legitimate son as a pledge. If I don't help you after I ascend to the position of Duke Wei, please kill my legitimate son and let everyone in the world know that I, Zhouxu, am an unbeliever. Man, I must not be able to sit firmly in the position of Duke Wei at that time!"

In the end, Gongshu Duan thought about it and thought this was the best way to help him return home, so he decided to invest. Then the two high-fived each other and made two bronze tripods engraved with the agreement they made. , one for each of the two persons.

The sixteenth year of Duke Wei, the fiftieth year of Bai Kingdom

Weiguo, the residence of a general of the Wei army.

"Master, someone wants to see you. It's just through the back door."

The general asked, "Did he say who he was?"

"He said he was an old friend of the head of the family, and he also asked me to ask you, do you remember what happened in Duke Wei's backyard twenty years ago?" the general's housekeeper said nervously.

As soon as the general heard the words of the housekeeper, he stood up and looked at the housekeeper with a gloomy face, which made the housekeeper's heart tremble and thought: He can't be so unlucky, can he?
Then I heard the general say slowly: "Go quickly and take the distinguished guest to the living room. Remember not to let anyone see it, not even the lady, remember?"

After hearing this, the manager said "hey" and walked out the door in relief. After the general saw the housekeeper leaving, he stabilized his mind, rubbed his face, and then walked towards the living room with a kinder smile.

"Oh my! My distinguished guest came from afar and I couldn't greet him personally. Please forgive me! Haha!" The general said to the man in the living room with a friendly look on his face.

"Don't dare, don't dare. I am a retainer from Zhouxu, the young master, and I have come to meet the general on the orders of the young master."

"Oh, really? How is the young master recently? I wonder if he is doing well. Oh, blame me. I should have asked someone to send some money there. I don't know how the young master is living abroad. Is he still used to it?

It's all the fault of Duke Wei. I'm guilty of letting the young master suffer such a heavy crime! By the way, do you need me to send someone to add some family assets to the young master now? Where do you think the young master is now? I immediately brought the treasure to the young master in person!

And whatever the young master needs me to do, I will never refuse! "The general said with a look of concern for Zhou Xu.

Zhouxu's retainers watched the general's constant teasing without interrupting, and just drank tea quietly and watched the general's performance. It wasn't until the general stopped and looked at him that he said slightly:

"Haha! The general asked me about the young master's residence. Do you want to get rid of the young master so that your heroic deeds will be drowned in the world from now on?"

"Oh! What did your envoy say? How could I have such thoughts? Your envoy really misunderstood me!"

The doorman chuckled and said, "I hope it's really a misunderstanding! But what you said, you will do whatever the young master wants you to do, will this sentence not change?"

The general smiled and said: "Of course, my loyalty to the young master can be seen from heaven and earth, as can be seen from the sun and the moon!"

The retainer said: "In that case, just kill Duke Wei!"

The general looked shocked and said: "What? Are you kidding me!"

The retainer looked at the general with a smile and said, "What do you think?"

The general collapsed on the mat in despair and murmured: "That's Duke Wei! Isn't that the young master's brother?"

The retainer sneered: "What? Just now you said you were loyal to the young master, is this your loyalty? You don't want the world to know about your unfaithful and ridiculous things, right?"

The general seemed to be distracted and said: "This is Duke Wei!"

The retainer said: "Don't worry, as long as you do this, the position of General Wei will be yours. You also want to be famous all over the world like Bai. As long as you have the same prestige as Bai, your Is that an idea or a thing?

Besides, this is just the young master getting back what he should get back. You also know that Duke Zhuang actually wanted to pass the throne to the young master back then, right? Don’t you still have a posthumous edict from Duke Zhuang here?
After showing this posthumous edict to the ministers and killing Duke Wei, the young master became the only legal heir, and the others had no choice but to follow.

Isn't this how Duke Wu came to power back then? In the end, he became Duke Wu's right-hand man. Even the Bai family failed to stop him back then. Why do you think other officials of Wei State can stop him? Kill Duke Wei and help the young master ascend to the throne. We will work together to create the great cause of Duke Wu. Then won't our two names be lost in history? "

After hearing the statement of the retainer, the general also made up his mind and asked: "What should we do?"

When the retainer heard that the general agreed, he was slightly relieved, and then said with a smile: "General, have you forgotten that you are the guard of the palace gate?
Next, I will contact the Young Master’s old troops. At that time, the Young Master will lead the exiled Wei people and the old troops in the Guards to come to the palace gate that you are guarding. At that time, you don’t have to do anything, just open the palace gate. Enough. "

After saying that, he asked someone to bring in three wooden boxes. After opening them, a dazzling light came from inside, which almost blinded the general. After looking carefully, he found three boxes of gold, silver, jewelry and white jade.

Looking at the shocked general at the door, he said with a smile: "This is just the gold and silver that the young master gave you to bribe your generals and soldiers. After the transaction is completed, there will be five boxes, and the position of general will also be given to you."

The general moved his eyes away from the gold and silver jewelry, looked at the door and stretched out his hand. Upon seeing this, the doorman also stretched out his hand and gave the general a high-five to express the contract.

After the retainers left, the general asked people to put the treasures into the basement, and then he knelt down alone in the room toward the Weiguo Palace.

During this month, retainers continued to shuttle back and forth to the residences of various Guard generals.

One month later

Zhouxu, who was in disguise, silently looked at Chaoge, a city that had stood for hundreds of years, and then led his attendants into the city that he had not returned to for more than ten years.

At night, Bai was at Chao Ge's residence, and Bai Yu was reading in the study. A man in black suddenly handed a piece of cloth to Bai Yu. Bai Yu was shocked after seeing it. Then let people quickly summon all the guards and white guards in the mansion.

Just as Bai Yu was about to walk towards the Weiguo Palace, he heard bursts of fighting coming from the direction of the palace. Bai Yu immediately gave an order, asking Bai's steward to immediately pack up the valuables in the mansion, load them into carriages, move them to a prepared mansion and hide them, and evacuate all the people.

Then he led his bodyguards and more than a dozen white guards towards the residence of Crown Prince Wei.

Palace of Weiguo
Holding the bronze sword in his hand, Duke Wei looked at Zhou Xu in front of him. Duke Wei, who had always been a humble gentleman, was now covered in blood, and his eyes full of anger were staring at Zhou Xu.

Zhouxu was so stared at that he shouted loudly: "Wei Wan, if you lose, let's capture you without mercy! Since you are my brother, how about I lock you up in the mansion for the rest of your life?"

After hearing Zhou Xu's words, Duke Wei actually laughed:

"Haha, Zhouxu, Zhouxu, you are still so arrogant! Today I, Wei Wan, admit defeat. It is my fault that I did not have the heart to get rid of you as soon as possible, which caused today's catastrophe, but you are still not as good as me. !Hahaha!"

After he finished laughing, he looked at the general guarding the gate behind Zhouxu and said, "General, why do you want to help the emperor do evil?"

The gatekeeper general did not dare to reply and lowered his head silently.

Seeing that Wei Wan was still pretending to be dead, Zhouxu ordered the soldiers to kill him, but at this time the soldiers did not dare to take action. Zhouxu saw this, took the bow and arrow of the archer next to him, and shot Wei Wan with one arrow. Shoot away.

Wei Wan was hit by an arrow but did not fall down. He just vomited blood and said, "I can die, but I hope you can treat the people of Wei well and stop acting as recklessly as before, because now you are their king." Father!"

After saying this, knowing that he could not escape, and not wanting these soldiers to be in trouble, he killed himself with a sword.

When Zhou Xu saw Wei Wan fall down and say so many words, he said "hum", had Wei Wan's body put away, and left.

The surrounding soldiers were very silent at this time.

When Zhouxu was about to enjoy the fruits of victory, someone came to report that Wei Wan's legitimate son had been kidnapped out of the city. Zhouxu asked quickly: "Who robbed it?"

Someone replied: "The troops who robbed people were all dressed in white, and they looked like people from the White Kingdom."

Zhouxu was immediately furious and ordered people to immediately arrest Chaoge's Bai family and kill them all, leaving no one alive.

The next day, people in the Wei Kingdom knew that things had changed. Duke Wan of Wei passed away, and Wan's younger brother Zhouxu succeeded him to the throne. The people of the Kingdom of Wei were silent.

"Why haven't they been caught? Are you all trash?" Zhou Xu shouted angrily at his subordinates when he heard that not a single person from the Bai family was caught, but only the Bai family's shops and mansions were ransacked.

"The Bai family's foundation in Chaoge is too deep. All the officials in the dynasty have some relationship with the Bai family. It's really impossible to investigate."

"Trash! Everything is trash!" Zhou Xu said angrily incompetently.

After Zhou Xu basically saw the exchange of interests stabilize the government, he held a meeting and said something that surprised the officials.
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Throughout the epic, Wei Gongwan was also a very good monarch. He was friendly to others and kind to the people. He was an out-and-out benevolent monarch. However, a civil strife in the palace completely ruined such a gentleman-like monarch. His The great cause of Xiongtu and the people who defended the country completely disappeared in that bloody night.

——"Impressions from Reading the History of Weiguo"

(End of this chapter)