"The only way is to cultivate a new group of cronies!" Zhang Beichen said.
[You asked the King of Qi for a sum of money to cultivate cronies.]
In this game, Jiang Chan followed Zhang Beichen's lead. She wanted to see if Zhang Beichen could help her make a comeback.
In a short period of time, it is impossible to cultivate dead soldiers.
Zhang Beichen selected some people from the prince's children and placed them in the palace.
These people are of the same race as Jiang Chan and are more credible.
It is easy to fail in launching a mutiny. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Zhang Beichen asked Jiang Chan to find a way out.
"I don't have any close confidants in Linzi (the capital of Qi). Only Jiang Shan, the former governor of Jimo City, is my great-uncle. If something happens to me, my uncle will definitely come to my aid," Jiang Chan said.
Jimo City is a coastal city and the second largest city in Qi State after the capital.
The Jiang family has considerable power in Jimo, but in order to suppress the power of the official family, Tian Heng has long replaced the county guard of Jimo City. Now the county guard of Jimo City is Tian Heng's son, Tian Zhe.
Zhang Beichen thought deeply: "Then contact Jiang Shan in advance and ask him to help."
"According to what you said!" Jiang Chan said.
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[After a year, you helped the King of Qi train a group of guards loyal to the King of Qi. Tian Heng became more and more arrogant, proclaimed himself king, and stood alongside the King of Qi in the court. 】
"Zhang Beichen, why don't you take action?" Jiang Chan was a little anxious, "Tian Heng already wants to usurp the throne!"
"We're not very sure now... The situation forces us to take action!" Zhang Beichen also realized that there was no time for him to make further preparations.
Tian Heng has begun to control the Qi Palace, and the subordinates he trained are almost being replaced by Tian Heng's people.
This shows that Tian Heng is already preparing to usurp the throne and time waits for no one.
[On the pretext of a birthday party, the King of Qi hosted a banquet in the palace for all the ministers, including Prime Minister Tian Heng and General Tian E.]
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"Your Majesty wants to invite me to a banquet?" Tian Heng was a little surprised when he received the news.
Jiang Chan was usually very afraid of him and didn't dare to talk to him at all, just because she was worried that he would kill her. Now that she was uncharacteristically inviting herself to a banquet, there must be something wrong.
He summoned the palace spies and inquired about the situation, "Has the King done anything unusual recently?"
The eyeliner replied: "Not really. It's just that the king has been getting closer to a guard recently, and that guard has been promoted to the commander of the guards by her!"
"Guard? Humph!" Tian Heng had already made a decision in his heart.
[On the day of King Qi’s birthday banquet, all the ministers came to the banquet one after another. Tian Heng and Tian E also came to the banquet, and they brought many soldiers with them. 】
The first half of the birthday banquet was held as scheduled.
Zhang Beichen observed the situation. He originally wanted to poison him, but Tian Heng was very smart and asked his servants to check the food and drinks before drinking, so there was no chance.
The Tian brothers brought too many soldiers, so Zhang Beichen gave Jiang Chan a look.
Jiang Chan said: "The king is happy today, and the soldiers outside are also enjoying the wine, so they can congratulate him together."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!" Tian Heng thanked his followers, but they did not take Jiang Chan's words seriously.
Zhang Beichen had no other choice, so he took the initiative and said: "I would like to perform a sword dance for the king!"
"Yes!" Jiang Chan almost understood Zhang Beichen's thoughts. He probably wanted to take the opportunity to get close to Tian Heng and assassinate him.
Zhang Beichen drew his sword, and while dancing with the sword, he approached Tian Heng.
Tian E noticed the vision and said, "The general is in high spirits and wants to dance with the sword for the king!"
With that said, he didn't care whether Jiang Chantong agreed or not, and directly drew his sword to face Zhang Beichen.
Tian Heng himself is a master of the Nine Realms, and Zhang Beichen has no chance to penetrate his defense and assassinate Tian Heng.
Until the end of the sword dance, Zhang Beichen had no chance to assassinate him.
"Do it directly?" Zhang Beichen observed that he was no match for the Tian family soldiers.
The soldiers Tian E brought were all elite soldiers, and their realms were all above the fifth realm!
And the subordinates he trained this year cannot be their opponents at all.
Zhang Beichen gave Jiang Chan another look and signaled her to leave.
Jiang Chan drank a glass of wine, pretended to want to go to the toilet and said, "I need to leave for a while, dear friends, please continue."
Jiang Chan quickly came to the back of the palace, where Zhang Beichen was already waiting.
She asked nervously: "Zhang Beichen, why hasn't it started yet?"
Zhang Beichen shook his head and said: "The Tian brothers are fully prepared, and we have no chance to take action. If we take action forcefully, we will definitely fail."
"What should we do now?" Jiang Chan asked.
Zhang Beichen looked hard and said, "Run away!"
"Run?" Jiang Chan was a little surprised and asked, "Why are you running?"
Zhang Beichen analyzed: "Our actions just now have made the Tian brothers suspicious. They will definitely think that we want to take the opportunity to kill them."
"Now Tian Heng and Tian E are suspicious of the king. As long as they think that the king cannot be controlled, they will quickly get rid of the king and me, usurp the throne or support new puppets!"
"In this case, it's better to escape from the capital before they can react! Head to Jimo City!"
Jiang Chan was hesitant. Running away now would be equivalent to voluntarily giving up the throne and becoming a fugitive.
After so many simulations, she has never used this method.
"Forget it, I will trust you once." Jiang Chan said.
She immediately disguised herself, left the palace under the cover of Zhang Beichen and a group of cronies, and quickly fled out of the city.
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At the wine table, Tian Heng and Tian E were discussing what had just happened.
"Your Majesty is acting out of character today, I'm afraid he has some evil intentions!" Tian Heng said in a low voice.
"Brother!" Tian E said, "The king's follower just now said he wanted to dance with the sword, but I thought he wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate my brother! I stopped him, so I gave up!"
"It makes sense, and I think so too!" Tian Heng nodded slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly, "King Qi is getting older, and he is afraid that he is unwilling to be controlled by me, so he wants to murder me!"
Tian E's face turned cold and he said: "Brother, the political and military power of Qi State are under your control! We have done so many things for Qi State, and both the ministers and the people are grateful to our Tian family."
"In this case, what else do you want Jiang Chan to do? It's better not to do anything but to continue until my brother ascends the throne and allows my Tian family to sit on this throne!"
When Tian Heng heard what he said, he didn't scold him. Instead, he was a little moved. He hesitated and said: "I am afraid that some people will be dissatisfied if I ascend the throne at this time."
"Anyone who refuses to accept will be killed!" Tian E said.
"Let me think twice about this matter!" Tian Heng was still struggling. After a while, he frowned and said: "Where is King Qi? Why don't you come out?"
He asked the King of Qi's attendants.
The attendant said: "The king is drunk and has just fallen asleep. The king asks the prime minister to entertain the ministers on his behalf."
"Really?" Tian Heng didn't think too much about this matter.
Because in his eyes, Jiang Chan is a timid little girl who is afraid of getting into trouble. She doesn't like to drink. Getting drunk is normal.
Tian Heng continued to drink with the ministers, but Tian E secretly ordered his followers: "Go, find the man who danced the sword just now, and kill him for me!"
"Yes!" The entourage immediately went to look for Zhang Beichen and searched the palace, but did not find Zhang Beichen.
"General, we haven't found this person. He seems to have left the palace." The attendant reported.
"Leaving the palace? It seems that this person must be the king's assassin!" Tian E concluded, "Go and see if the king is sleeping in the palace now?"
"Yes!" The entourage went to the palace again to check.
Soon, he sent news: "General, the king is not in the palace, and our spies don't know where she is."
"What?" Tian E's expression changed, "How can a living person disappear?"
He immediately informed Tian Heng of the matter.
Tian Heng thought for a moment, then stood up suddenly and shouted: "No, the little girl from the Jiang family has probably escaped!"
He directly ordered the soldiers: "Quickly, find King Qi! Search inside and outside the palace! Seal the city gate! Even if you dig three feet into the ground, we must find her!"
"Yes!" The soldiers hurried to find someone.
Sure enough, they did not find King Qi in the palace.
"Bastard!" Tian Heng scolded, "If we let her run away, even if I ascend the throne, it will be unfair and unfair!"
If he usurped the throne and ascended the throne, it would inevitably cause criticism and dissatisfaction among the people.
If Jiang Chan takes the initiative to give in, at least he will not be wronged in name.
…
At this moment, Zhang Beichen and Jiang Chan had fled the capital of Qi and were on their way to Jimo City.
Someone had already met them on the road, so the escape was relatively smooth, and there was no scene of the wilderness escape simulated by Zhao before.
Half a month later, the two arrived outside Jimo City.
Jimo City is the second largest city in Qi State!
It is a coastal city and the largest port city in the seven countries!
In this era, shipping was not yet developed, but Qi State had sea-going ships, which were mainly used to transport sea salt!
Jimo City was also the largest producer of sea salt in the world at this time, so the city was very wealthy.
At this time, the county governor of Jimo City was Tian Zhe, Tian Heng's son.
Tian Heng had many descendants, and Tian Zhe was one of the more outstanding ones, so he was favored by Tian Heng and allowed him to take charge of Jimo City.
Tian Heng has secretly issued an order, claiming that King Qi was kidnapped by the rebellious Zhang Beichen, and asked everyone in the world to keep looking for King Qi. If he can find him, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels!
At this time, the reward order had not yet been sent to Jimo City, and Tian Zhe didn't pay attention.
Zhang Beichen and Jiang Chan did not enter the city, but went to a county near Jimo.
This is the fiefdom of Jiang Chan's uncle Jiang Shan.
Zhang Beichen and Jiang Chan successfully met Jiang Shan.
Jiang Shan was an old man with gray hair. When he saw Jiang Chan, he cried bitterly: "It's my fault, Jiang Shan, that the king ended up like this!"
Jiang Chan comforted her and said, "Uncle, don't be sad. There is no freedom in the palace. I feel relieved when I leave the palace."
Zhang Beichen said: "Mr. Jiang, Tian Heng has issued a wanted order. Please be sure to keep the king's news secret, otherwise the lives of both the king and the grandpa will be in danger!"
Jiang Shan said: "This old man is naturally smart."
He asked again: "Who are you?"
Jiang Chan said: "His name is Zhang Beichen, and he is my bodyguard! It was he who helped me escape from the palace."
"That's it." Jiang Shan knew that this person was Jiang Chan's confidant, and his attitude towards him was a little better.
The two of them hid themselves in Jiang Taigong's fief.
The Qi State and the whole world were in an uproar because of the disappearance of King Qi.
Tian Heng has not sat on the throne at this time, but is just acting on behalf of the government. He plans to find Jiang Chan, force her to give up the throne, or kill Jiang Chan directly, and then pass the blame to others, avenge the King of Qi himself, and ascend the throne naturally. In short,
We must stand firm on righteousness.
…
"King Qi is missing? With Zhang Beichen?" After hearing the news, Zhao Yun seemed to have thought of something, "Is it possible that he will play a revenge game with King Qi this time?"
…
"What's going on? Where is Zhang Beichen? King Qi is too good!" Before Wei Yao even started to improve Zhang Beichen's favorability in this round, the two of them disappeared.
"Keep sending spies to me and keep looking!"
…
"It seems that the king of Qi in this game should be Tian Heng. Zhang Beichen and Jiang Chan are not dead, so they will definitely come out to cause trouble in the near future. Qi State has no energy to control Yan State in this game, which just gives me time to develop.
." Yan Qingwu began to vigorously develop the country of Yan.
The king of Han, the king of Chu, etc. were all seizing the time to develop.
…
The search warrant has been sent to Jimo City. Tian Heng specifically emphasized that Tian Zhe should go to Jiang Shan's fiefdom to investigate. He felt that if the King of Qi did not escape from Qi, the most likely reason would be to defect to Jiang Shan.
Tian Zhe led his soldiers to investigate Jiang Shan's fiefdom.
"Chief, what do you mean?" Jiang Shan saw that the other party was armed with soldiers and asked, "Are you going to use troops against me?"
"Grandfather is joking." Tian Zhe doesn't want to start a war with Jiang Shan. The Jiang family has been operating here for many years. If there is a fight, he is not sure.
"I received a report that the rebels may have escaped into your Jiang family's territory, so I came to check. I hope Grandpa will cooperate to avoid damaging the harmony!" Tian Zhe's tone was threatening.
Jiang Shan was not frightened by him at all, but scolded: "How can this happen? I have always stayed in the fiefdom and have never caused trouble. I have never heard of any rebellion!"
"County Sheriff, go back! If there is really any gangster, I will personally bring him to the Sheriff!"
Tian Zhe thought about whether he should search by force.
At this time, the slaves of the Jiang family were all holding weapons and looking at each other maliciously.
Tian Zhe thought for a moment and said: "Forget it, please pay more attention to it. I will come back in ten days!"
The reason why he said ten days was to mobilize more manpower.
Call the nearby sergeants over. How can Jiang Shan stop him then?
…
After Jiang Shan "persuaded" Tian Zhe to retreat, he immediately went to Jiang Chan to discuss: "Your Majesty, the Tian family seems determined to investigate this place. When they call in the sergeants, I won't be able to save the King. It's better for the King to make plans early!"
Jiang Shan asked: "Is there anything my uncle can do?"
Jiang Shan thought: "For the current plan, the king can only lead the country to borrow troops. The Yan State is weak and will not dare to be an enemy of the Qi State. Only the neighboring Wei State, Zhao State or Chu State have a chance. It is not as good as
Go to Zhao Kingdom first and ask King Zhao for help?"
Jiang Chan hesitated and asked Zhang Beichen: "Zhang Beichen, what can you do?"
Zhang Beichen said: "I think that I cannot go to other countries at this time, but must stay in Jimo City!"