Chapter 1229: Using the Opponent’s Trick

"How's it going, sir? Grandma wants to depose Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao?"

That night, when the young master Huan returned to the mansion dressed in stars and moonlight, a beautiful lady came over from the backyard and asked expectantly.

Juan sighed: "No, grandma said, now I have to rely on those immortals to defend the city in the Western Zhou Dynasty, so don't say there is no problem, even if they really have problems, they cannot be dismissed at this time. Feng Lai, please wait patiently. Wait, wait until the Yin merchants stop attacking us, and then we can find a way to kill the donkey."

The beautiful woman's face was slightly stiff, and she asked eagerly: "But when will the Yin Shang Dynasty let go of their desire to kill me, Xiqi?"

Juan stretched out his hand to take her into his arms and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, when the Yin Shang find that they can't do anything to us, they will acquiesce to our existence and will no longer raise troops to conquer."

The beautiful woman looked sad, but she didn't say anything more.

Third watch time.

After a heart-wrenching battle, the beautiful woman quietly blew smoke into the fat man lying next to her. Juan's eyelids suddenly became heavy, and he soon fell asleep.

Immediately, a ray of colorful light flew out from the head of the beautiful woman, circled around the room, penetrated the window, and quickly disappeared into the Xiqi sky...

Sishui Pass.

Inside the city gate tower.

Wen Zhong, who had just returned from Chaoge not long ago, was sitting in the main hall wearing armor. There was a teapot and two tea bowls on the table in front of him, as if he was waiting for someone.

A ray of colorful light suddenly passed through the door and appeared in the face of Hu Ximei in front of the old master. He said in a solemn voice: "Huan is in the game. As long as the confrontation lasts for a while and you lead the army to leave, he will be able to attack Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao attacked."

"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."

Wen Zhong picked up the teapot and poured clear tea soup into the tea bowl in front of him: "Please drink tea, your Majesty."

The pheasant spirit was not polite, picked up the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp, then looked into Wen Zhong's pupils and asked, "Is Xuanyuan Lan dead?"

Wen Zhong nodded: "Dead, killed by me myself."

Pheasant Spirit breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Once Xuanyuan Lan dies, our rear area will be stable. Old Master, I'm going back."

"Please be careful and take care of yourself." Wen Zhong said.

When these words were spoken, the old master felt very strange.

If it weren't for this special period, if some evildoer dared to confuse the king, he would have attacked him long ago...

In this way, more than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the old master led his army to the outside of Xiqi City. Looking at the city wall wrapped in golden lotuses, he sighed: "God won't help me!"

Jiang Ziya stood on the top of the city and looked down at the opponent: "Those who have gained the Tao will have many help, while those who have lost the Tao will have little help. The Yin Shang Dynasty has lost its royal power. No matter how hard you try, you will not be able to change its destiny."

The old master shook his head, looking frustrated: "Jiang Ziya, you win."

After saying that, he tightened the reins in his hands, controlled Mo Qilin to turn around, and led the army to retreat slowly.

"Prime Minister, are they retreating?" Nangong Shi, the general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, came to Jiang Ziya and asked, suppressing his excitement.

Jiang Ziya said slowly: "It looks like it."

As soon as the words fell, the nearby soldiers cheered, and then the news spread quickly to the entire Xiqi as if it had wings.

That night.

King Wu Jikao held a banquet in the palace for the immortals. In front of countless top dignitaries of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he toasted to the immortals one by one to thank them for their great contribution to protecting Xiqi.

After three rounds of drinking.

Jiang Ziya suddenly suggested that Ji Kao summon eight hundred princes to attack Yin Zhou.

He believes that if there is no big goal to unite the princes and give them a reason to fight together, then some powerful princes may become self-reliant and think that if Xiqi can do it, so can they.

By then, dozens of kings might appear from the eight hundred princes.

Ji Kao felt that this made sense, but before he could agree, Tai Ren directly rejected it.

The reasons for Tai Ren are: to rest with the people and accumulate national strength; not to be overbearing and to implement the king's way.

This Western Zhou Dynasty belongs to the Ji family after all, and the Ji family has the highest status of the grandmother.

With the word of filial piety at the forefront, King Wu Jikao had to obey orders, so the counterattack was dropped.

Among the immortals.

Qin Yao raised his head and glanced at the old grandmother of the Ji family who was sitting on the throne, thoughtfully...

When the external danger is removed, it’s time for internal problems to come to the fore!

In the blink of an eye, two days later.

It was dusk and the sun was shining brightly, reflecting the blue bricks and green tiles on the Yamen into golden color.

Wearing official robes and official boots, Jiang Ziya strode out of the main entrance of the Yamen, but his heart was filled with clouds. In the end, he didn't even return to the mansion and went straight to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

"Senior brother."

"Prime Minister."

Shao Qing, in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, looked at the two people who came to greet them. Jiang Ziya nodded and said, "The Dragon King is here too."

Uncle Jiu said with a smile: "I can't help you with national affairs, so I feel uncomfortable staying in the political hall, so I came to chat with the national master."

"Don't mention it." Jiang Ziya sighed: "I have lost my power."

"Loss of power?" Uncle Jiu suppressed his smile, responded, and immediately looked at Qin Yao.

Qin Yao looked indifferent and said: "When the river dries up, the bridge will be useless."

Jiang Ziya smiled bitterly and said: "I suspect this is related to the fact that I proposed to crusade against the Yin Shang Dynasty. The old lady was afraid that I would control the power and would promote this matter."

"Maybe someone is causing trouble." Qin Yao said.

Jiang Ziya's heart moved: "Shang Jun's plan?"

"Brother, do you think Master Wen is the kind of person who will give up easily?" Qin Yao asked back.

Jiang Ziya suddenly felt enlightened and clapped his hands and said, "Yes, I feel something is wrong. In my impression, Wen Zhong should be indomitable."

"If nothing unexpected happens, next, they will find ways to intensify the internal contradictions of the Western Zhou Dynasty and try to disintegrate the new regime from within." Qin Yao said.

Jiang Ziya quickly understood what he meant and said, "They will support one person and split the Ji family!"

Qin Yao said, "For them, this is the most time-saving and labor-saving approach."

"Brother, do you have a good idea to solve the problem?"

"Yes." Qin Yao smiled and whispered, "Take advantage of the situation..."

The next day.

Jiang Ziya resigned from the position of prime minister to King Wu Ji Kao on the grounds that Wen Zhong withdrew his troops and Xiqi was at peace.

The Ji family, from top to bottom, believed that he was retreating to advance, with the purpose of counterattacking Tai Ren's power hollowing out. However, Jiang Ziya refused twice and three times, and the last time he did not wait for King Wu's response, and gave up all the fame and fortune brought by the position of prime minister and left in style.

When Ji Kao found out that Jiang Ziya had left, he immediately went to the State Master's Mansion, hoping that the State Master could get the prime minister back.

However, what made him feel heavy in his heart was that with the departure of Jiang Ziya, Shen Gongbao and those immortals of the Chan Sect also disappeared without a trace, and there were no immortals in the whole Xiqi...

"Grandmother, are you satisfied?"

After returning to the palace, Ji Kao came to Tai Ren and asked with a dejected face.

Tai Ren said in a deep voice: "I never thought of forcing them to leave, and hollowing out the power of the prime minister was just a test, but I didn't expect their reaction to be so intense."

Ji Kao boldly looked into her eyes and asked: "What do you want to test?"

"Test whether Jiang Shang has the heart of a minister." Tai Ren said.

Ji Kao took a deep breath and said, "Did anyone say anything to you?"

Tai Ren: "It doesn't matter who said it... What is the heart of a minister? It is to accept everything and obey orders. Judging from his behavior, Jiang Ziya does not have the heart of a powerful minister, but he does not have the mentality of a minister either."

Ji Kao smiled bitterly and said, "Grandmother is confused! Jiang Ziya, like Shen Gongbao, is not our minister, but our collaborator. Whether it is the prime minister or the national teacher, they seem to be under the king, but they are not the ministers of our Ji family."

Tai Ren: "..."

Chaoge.

Tai Shi Mansion

The female ghost from the deep palace came on the moon and landed outside the study. She bowed and said, "Zhan Juan greets the Grand Master."

In the study, Wen Zhong sat on the Grand Master's chair, with no intention of getting up, let alone letting her in: "But is there any news from Xiqi?"

In terms of transmitting news, even an express delivery of 800 miles is not faster than these fox ghosts and monsters, so Zhan Juan became the information bridge between him and Daji...

"Yes."

Zhan Juan responded, "The ancestor of the Ji family, Tai Ren, believed Hu An's words and undermined Jiang Ziya's power as prime minister, causing him to resign three times and leave with the Xiqi group of immortals."

"Shen Gongbao also left?" Wen Zhong confirmed.

"All left." Zhan Juan said, "The fox ghosts of Xuanyuan Tomb are running around in Xiqi City, and no immortals have been seen."

"Great."

Wen Zhong was overjoyed and said, "Speed ​​is of the essence in war. Tomorrow morning, I will lead the army to fight against the rebellion in the west!"

Half a month later

Master Wen led his army to enter Sishui Pass quietly, rested for two days and two nights in Sishui Pass, and then led his army to attack Xiqi on a dark and windy night.

Without the protection of the immortals, Xiqi was vulnerable to the attack of the expeditionary army. In addition, the foxes and ghosts hidden in the city secretly opened the door, causing the Shang army to quickly break into the city from the north gate and rush into the desolate and deserted streets.

Later, on the way from the city gate to the palace, Master Wen gradually found something wrong.

Quiet.

Too quiet.

This doesn't look like a broken city, but like a pocket for people.

"Stop." Master Wen suddenly stopped Mo Qilin and raised his hand to say.

"What's wrong, Master?" Zhang Guifang asked.

Master Wen opened his eyes and looked around, but found a large number of Zhou troops in the houses near the palace, and immediately said: "Retreat from Xiqi."

"Master, we..."

"Retreat." Master Wen shouted loudly without time to explain.

"Since you're here, don't even think about leaving." At this time, accompanied by an old voice resounding through the Shang army, a stream of immortal light continued to descend from the sky, and appeared behind the army as the figures of immortals.

"Kill to the palace." Wen Zhong looked back and immediately made a decision to lead the army to charge.

More than 10,000 Shang soldiers followed the commander and galloped quickly, and behind them, the immortals used their own methods, and the stream of immortal light continued to scan the Shang army. Some soldiers were fixed, some soldiers were petrified, some soldiers were frozen, and some soldiers were tied up...

When Wen Zhong broke through the Zhou army's line like a tiger and entered the palace, there were only two immortals, three generals, and less than 500 guards behind him.

For Wen Zhong, there was only one hope now, that is, to capture the nobles of the Ji family in the palace in exchange for a chance to escape.

But what made him desperate was that there were no nobles in the palace tonight!

"Wen Zhong, surrender." Nanji Xianweng led a group of fellow disciples to come and said loudly.

"Master, hurry up, we will stop them." Zhang Tianjun shouted.

"Yes, Master, hurry up, stay and have a useful body to avenge us." Yao Tianjun shouted.

It is obvious that these two immortals have decided to die.

Wen Zhong's body was trembling slightly. Just as he was about to say that he would fight to the death with them, Zhang Guifang suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Nanji Xianweng, Chi Jingzi, Ju Liusun, Puxian Zhenren..."

Every time he called someone, his face turned paler. When he called Daoxing Tianzun, he directly spit out a mouthful of dirty blood.

"Let's go, Grand Master!" General Lu Xiong shouted.

Then, Zhang and Yao Tianjun launched a suicide attack on the Kunlun Golden Immortals, just to buy a chance for Wen Zhong to escape.

With tears in his eyes, Wen Zhong rode on the black unicorn and flew into the sky.

Chi Jingzi turned the Yin-Yang mirror in his hand and was about to kill Wen Zhong, but was held by Nanji Xianweng's wrist.

"Big Brother?"

"He is still very useful." Nanji Xianweng said faintly.

Thinking of the Conferred God List and the Immortal Killing Tribulation, Chi Jingzi suddenly realized.

In the world, apart from Wen Zhong, a three-dynasty old minister of the Shang Dynasty, who would be so stupid and work hard for the Shang Dynasty?

If Wen Zhong didn't die, then the ones who died were the Jiejiao immortals he invited...

At the same time.

Huan's mansion.

Almost all the main members of the Ji family gathered in the courtyard, surrounding Tai Ren, Ji Kao, Qin Yao, and...Huan himself.

The difference is that Tai Ren sat, the others stood, and only Huan knelt.

"Grandmother, I swear to heaven that I have never thought of splitting the royal family." After being forced to explain the incident, Huan knelt in front of Tai Ren and kowtowed repeatedly.

Tai Ren did not look at him, but sighed to Qin Yao: "National Master, I almost made a big mistake!"

Qin Yao shook his head and said: "Don't blame you, we didn't tell you clearly in advance."

"No, blame me."

Tai Ren said: "Although the situation is good now, it is because the national master is unparalleled in wisdom, not because I did nothing wrong. If it weren't for Ji Kao's reminder, I would still be stubborn. In this regard, women are indeed not as good as men."

Qin Yao: "..."

Don't engage in gender opposition!

You can only represent yourself.

But in front of so many Ji family members, he was embarrassed to say this.

"Since I started, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is the ancestral precept of the Ji family." Tai Ren slowly stood up and said in a deep voice.

"Yes." All the Ji family members bowed and responded.

"I am tired. Let the bastard be dealt with by the national teacher." Tai Ren said, and turned away with his personal maid.

Qin Yao watched the old lady disappear at the end of the corridor, and then asked Juan: "When did Feng Lai disappear?"

Juan looked terrified and stammered: "I, I don't know."

Qin Yao sighed.

Although he didn't know who Feng Lai's true identity was, the other party was playing with Juan just like playing with a dog.

"My king, I am not a member of the Ji family, Juan, you can deal with it." After a moment, he turned to Ji Kao and said.