The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 816: Activating Qi Hong

In the imperial study of the palace in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Zhixiong was getting angry. The floor was covered with urgent reports from Juyong Pass. Dai Viet was invading the border of Da Zhou again, and this time it seemed to be serious, with an army of eight million coming at once.

Zhou Zhixiong got angry, and the young eunuch Xiao Xuanzi behind him could only kneel on the ground and tremble. Seeing him reminded Zhou Zhixiong of Zhao Quan, and a sense of guilt arose in his heart.

The result was that he became even angrier, pointing at Xiao Xuanzi and scolding, "What are you doing? Why don't you clean up quickly?!"

Xiao Xuanzi rolled and crawled to pick up the memorials on the ground, but his legs and feet were weak, and he picked up a memorial and dropped it, picked it up and dropped it, and did this several times before he picked up one.

Zhou Zhixiong had no place to vent his anger, and when he saw this, he was furious and said, "What use is there for you?! Drag him away and give him fifty lashes!"

The two eunuchs outside the door were secretly delighted, and pulled Xiao Xuanzi out, secretly saying: "You have come to this day!!" Although these young eunuchs looked honest, they were all evil at heart.

Many people were already dissatisfied with Xiao Xuanzi serving the emperor. Moreover, ever since Zhao Quan passed away, this kid thought he could replace Zhao Quan and often bullied other eunuchs.

Now that someone has caught me, I will definitely take revenge. If I really get 50 strokes of the cane, I can beat you to shit even if you are wearing iron underwear.

But everyone understood that the emperor had no such intention, so they could only beat him in a painful way, not to death.

Just let you stay in bed for two months. This way, I can take revenge on you, give myself a chance, and it won't go against the emperor's wishes.

Wei Qing hurried to the imperial study and heard Xiao Xuanzi's screams from a distance. He knew that the emperor was angry, so he hurried into the imperial study and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, I am here to see you."

The emperor was in a bad mood and waved his hand, saying, "Marshal Wei is here. Please sit down and chat with me~"

Wei Qing walked to the imperial couch and sat down, pointing at the chessboard and said, "Your Majesty, how about I play a game with you? You should calm down~"

The emperor glanced at the chessboard and his hands started to itch, but he still said stubbornly, "No! I have never beaten you. Even if I did, it was because you let me win! It's meaningless~"

Wei Qing said with a smile: "Your Majesty knows better than anyone else, but you are also more confused than anyone else. You know the result, but you pretend not to know. This makes it difficult for Your Majesty."

At this moment, the screams outside stopped, and the emperor calmed down. He said calmly: "Let the imperial physician go and check on Xiao Xuanzi. All the medicines are from my storehouse."

The young eunuchs took the order and left. There were still a few young eunuchs left. Zhou Zhixiong also waved his hand and said, "You all can go down too. You don't need to serve me here anymore."

Everyone had gone down, leaving only the two old partners. Wei Qing stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation. The emperor finally couldn't hold back and raised the flag with Wei Qing.

After a few steps, Wei Qing spoke first: "The Kingdom of Yue is coming with great force. I am afraid that this old minister cannot withstand it."

Zhou Zhixiong paused while pinching the pieces, then returned to normal and continued to place the pieces, saying, "We haven't even started fighting yet, why did Wei Shuai give up already?"

Wei Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, I am seventy-five years old. Although my body is still good, my brain is not as good as that of young people.

Liu Qingxuan, the Grand Marshal of the Yue Kingdom, is no ordinary man. He was intimidated by the old minister seven years ago. I heard that he has fought several battles with the Northern Kingdom in recent years, and all of them were great victories. "

When Zhou Zhixiong heard this name that gave him a headache, he lost all interest in playing chess. Zhou Zhixiong sighed, "How could I not know? Otherwise, there would be no need for me to be so angry here."

Seeing the emperor so worried, Wei Qing put down the chess piece in his hand and said, "Well, I'll risk it all. While I'm still not too old to walk, I'll help your majesty with his worries once more!"

Zhou Zhixiong was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately threw in the towel, but in fact he had almost lost...

Looking at Wei Qing, he said excitedly: "General Wei is indeed the pillar of the country and my brother! I promise you, if you can defend Juyong Pass this time, I will make you king! General Wei can pick any city in the former Great Chu as your fiefdom!"

Wei Qing was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, you must not do that! The Zhou Dynasty has never had a king with a different surname. Your Majesty should leave these thrones to the Emperor of Song and the Emperor of Yue. I really don't deserve it."

Zhou Zhixiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but said with difficulty: "What reward does Wei Shuai want? I will definitely do it!"

Wei Qing sighed, "Hey, Zhou Zhixiong, you don't trust anyone, and you are still testing me at this time, but the emperor wants it this way, otherwise the country will belong to someone else sooner or later."

Wei Qing thought for a while and said, "Then I will ask Your Majesty for someone to accompany me to guard Juyong Pass."

"You want a person?" Zhou Zhixiong said in confusion: "General Wei didn't ask me for a bodybuilder, but a person? Who is this person?"

Wei Qing smiled and said, "The former Grand Marshal of the Chu State, Qi Hong!"

Kuiyuan City.

night.

Qi Hong was packing his luggage. Actually, he didn't have much stuff, just a few sets of clothes, some change, and the amulet his wife gave him.

Qi Hong looked at the amulet around his neck and felt touched. Thinking of how his wife saw him off, Qi Hong felt ashamed.

His wife, Ji Zeng, was the daughter of Ji Guozhu, the former Grand Marshal of the Chu Army. After marrying him, she never had a good day in her life.

Worried about this and that, and being gossiped about by a group of villains behind his back. After the Chu State was destroyed, Ji Guozhu committed suicide on the same day, and perished with the Chu State.

After his father's death, Qi Hong was imprisoned again. Ji Zeng felt more and more stressed and then he fell ill.

Fortunately, with the help of Sun Erleng, the family was reunited, but a few years later, Qi Hong joined the army again.

Thinking of this, Qi Hong stopped what he was doing. At this time, Sun Erleng's voice came from outside Qi Hong's tent: "Brother Qi, I'm here to see you off~"

Qi Hong quickly opened the door curtain and invited Sun Erleng in. Sun Erleng was carrying two jars of wine. Seeing Qi Hong's packed package, he smiled and said, "What? Are you leaving overnight? Are you in such a hurry?"

Qi Hong said gratefully: "Thanks to Brother Sun for your help, Qi Hong can have this opportunity."

Sun Erleng waved his hand and said, "What do you mean by help or not? It's because you have the ability that the commander recommended you to His Majesty. I didn't do anything."

Qi Hong understood what was going on and smiled, "The military situation is urgent. Qi will be leaving soon, so I won't drink with Brother Sun."

Sun Erleng's face turned serious and he said, "Why, you just got a job and you want to throw me aside?"

Qi Hong was stunned, not knowing how to answer this question, but Sun Erleng laughed and said, "You are still so serious and can't even take a joke~

I won’t tease you anymore, you must drink my farewell wine. I will send a team of 1,000 people to take you to Juyong Pass. I guarantee you won’t be late~”

Qi Hong said with gratitude: "Thank you, Brother Sun. If Qi Hong ever rises again, he will never forget your kindness!"

Sun Erleng patted Qi Hong's hand and said, "Sit down, brother, this is all I can do for you.

Although you are only going to be a staff officer this time, you are able to follow the commander. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty intends to use you. You must seize this opportunity."

Qi Hong nodded heavily and said, "Qi will definitely assist the commander and prevent the Kingdom of Yue from setting foot on the wall of Juyong Pass!!"

After they drank a jar of wine each, Sun Erleng sent Qi Hong out of the camp. Looking at the team going away, Sun Erleng said with a smile: "I found an opponent for Liu Qingxuan. Look how awesome Liu Qingxuan is! After we finish dealing with Song, Yue will be the next one!!"