Xibo Houji's family announced that they would pay for grain and grass, but due to heavy rain during the process of raising grain and grass, all the millet and grain were ruined, so more time was needed to collect grain and grass again.

Bei Bohou was the most happy, and he handed over all of them, but it didn't have much impact on them anyway, and he handed over the least.

But E Chongyu, the Marquis of Nanbo in the south... refused to hand it over.

This matter naturally aroused Emperor Xin's dissatisfaction, and he issued an edict to reprimand Nanbohou. He himself was placed under house arrest by Emperor Xin in Chaoge City.

The whole Chaoge City was filled with storms and storms.

As long as the princes from all directions turned over grain and grass and sent slaves, all the small princes would follow suit.

Di Xin's move was also quite clever. The grain and grass that the small princes had to pay was not that much. In fact, Emperor Xin also deliberately asked the princes from all directions to go to their younger brothers to collect grain and grass slaves, thus intensifying the various factions.

Conflicts between princes and uncles.

But Di Xin obviously misjudged the 'strength' of the Jiang family and the Ji family.

However, since Nan Bohou was a good target for shooting, Di Xin would not mind and steadily promoted his plan.

He wanted to kill Nan Bohou and frighten all the princes;

We should also follow the ancient practice of Shang Dynasty and give Nanbohou a quick and thorough "deconstruction" to strengthen the deterrent effect.

When Ji Kao came to find Li Pingan, Chaoge City was in such a precarious moment.

Because it is a long way from Xiqi to Chaoge, even if there is a strange beast eagle, the news is unlikely to spread so fast, so everyone in Xiqi City does not know the news of Nan Bohou's death.

Ji Kao sat behind the low table with a haggard expression, lowered his head and drank two cups of tea, still not knowing how to speak.

Li Ping'an was lying on the chair, couldn't help but put down the slips, yawned, and asked: "Brother, if nothing happens, I still have to rest here, I'm a little tired."

"Fourth," Ji Kao whispered, "I really don't know what to do."

"Oh? What's the matter and I don't know what to do?"

"The king ordered us to pay for grain and grass, but we haven't handed over a single load of grain until now!"

"If you don't hand it over, you won't hand it over," Li Ping'an said with a smile, "Isn't this great? Does the king have any intention of sending troops? Our food is still useful and can feed more people."

Ji Kao said anxiously: "My father is in Chaoge City!"

"Didn't brother read the letter from father?"

"I saw it, and my father said... the heavy rain is good..."

"Then with your intelligence, big brother, you don't understand what these four words mean?"

Li Pingan said with a smile:

"My father values ​​the people of the Zhou Kingdom more seriously than himself. The foundation of the Zhou Kingdom was earned through generations of hard work.

"If I hand over the food and grass according to Big Brother's wishes, what should I do next?

"Today I will pay one hundred thousand, and tomorrow I will pay one hundred thousand, and then I will have to sleep overnight, and then the King of Shang's envoy will arrive again... Brother, this is using the blood of our Zhou people to feed the merchant's horse."

"this……"

Ji Kao's Adam's apple trembled a few times:

"But that is the king after all! The merchant's ancestors and gods are protecting him."

"Gods? I know a few of them too."

Li Pingan smiled and said:

"Look, if the ancestors of the merchants are really protecting me, then I will curse a few words, Shangtang is just like this, what happened to me? What happened to the sky?"

"Don't do this! Don't do this!"

Ji Kao shivered a few times, his eyes full of horror.

Li Ping'an secretly sighed in his heart... This Boyi exam is considered useless. He has reached middle age and has not awakened, but has sunk into ruin.

"Let's have tea."

Ji Kao responded, slightly lost in thought over the tea, and suddenly smiled: "Fourth brother, why have you never gotten married?"

"I have wives in the God Realm, or three of them," Li Ping'an curled his lips slightly.

"Don't say such crazy things!"

Ji Kao sighed:

"I don't know why this is the case. The ministers have met with me less and less recently. They keep going to the military camp and to Lao Er's place.

"I'm not jealous of your second brother. He's good at leading armies, and his military formations are like that of a famous general. He rarely fails in foreign campaigns. He is indeed a better successor than me.

"It's just... Is there anything you can't discuss with me? Where am I missing? I'm also from Zhou, and I'm the eldest son! We are all from the same mother! Me!"

Ji Kao's eyes were a little red and his lips were moving.

Li Ping'an looked at Ji Kao calmly and said warmly: "Brother, you are too tired. It's time to take a proper rest."

Ji Kao was stunned for a moment.

He asked in a low voice: "All brothers turn to the second brother, do you do the same to the fourth brother?"

"You and I are brothers for life, so I give you this advice."

Li Pingan said:

"You have been scared out of your wits by Di Xin. He treats you like a plaything. Di Xin is now planning to attack the princes from all over the world. He will kill them all as a warning and then select some rebels to conquer.

"We in Zhou will not become rebels, not because Emperor Xin is kind, but because we are strong enough and the Qiang tribes are strong enough.

"What Emperor Xin is afraid of is our alliance with the Qiang people. If he and we both lose, they will be taken advantage of by the Jiang family of the East.

"How did Xia lose the world? Businessmen know best.

"So brother, it's good to wake up from the dream in Chaoge City, calm yourself down, play the piano, play chess, and read every day."

Ji Kao slowly sat back, his eyes a little stunned.

After a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "I understand, it turns out that I am too cowardly, I am too cowardly..."

Ji Kao closed his eyes and sighed, stood up and cupped his hands to Li Ping'an, then turned and left.

His back was dejected and full of endless frustration.

Li Ping'an just shook his head.

Who can be blamed for Ji Kao's changes? Blame him for being the eldest son, so he was dragged to Chaoge City? Blame Emperor Xin's intimidation for turning into a shadow, making Ji Kao a defeatist? Or should we blame the Zhou people?

Are you inconsiderate of the first heir to Xibohou?

Blame God.

Li Pingan sighed.

This kind of touch has been difficult to transform into insights.

This is what cultivation is like. If a bottle of water represents the Great Perfection and Transcendence, then as long as you fill it to ninety-five percent, you will be considered to have reached the top of the mountain. If you fill it to ninety-five percent, you will be considered a great leader. If you fill it to ninety-eight percent, that will be awesome.

, it is only half a step away from transcendence.

But the further you get to the back, the harder it is to fill it up.

Li Ping'an stretched, and his main body was immersed in the way of heaven.

He felt that his current soul was like a monster, extending out dense tentacles and touching every avenue, thinking and thinking, looking for infinite secrets.

While he was enjoying himself in heaven, Li Ping'an didn't forget to take a few glances at Chaoge City.

The storm is rising there.

The butcher knife that Di Xin raised was about to fall.

Before falling, Di Xin used a damaging move.

Nanbohou E Chongyu resisted the king's order and intended to unite with the Nanman to rebel. He was punished three months later.

By the way, Emperor Xin sent people to spread the news in various places, saying that "Emperor Xin could not bear to kill Nanbohou and intended to spare Nanbohou", and then sent people to announce which princes had won Dixin's praise for interceding for Nanbohou.

He said that this little prince was a wise and virtuous man.

Then Di Xin was waiting in the palace.

Whoever comes to intercede for Nan Bohou, he will write down the name, and later...

Slaughter them all together.
Chapter completed!