In the second year of Zhaowu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, January 23rd, noon.

Wu Sangui, a traitor of a generation and President of the Great Zhou Dynasty, finally ended his life full of sin and ups and downs. He was poisoned and died in Lie Cuixuan, his presidential palace, and died!

The top officials of Wu Zhou who are currently in Jiangling include Wu Sangui's two sons-in-law Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu, several of Wu Sangui's confidants Fang Guangchen, Wang Shirong, Wan Sitong, Lu Yifeng, Hong Shiming and others, as well as Wu Sangui's general Wang Gongliang.

Ba Yangyuan, Wang Xu and others were all urgently summoned to the Presidential Palace.

When these people arrived at the Presidential Palace, the sound of crying could already be heard from Wu Sangui's bedroom. This group of people already knew that Wu Sangui had been poisoned, and now they heard the crying again. Their hearts were pounding, and they all squeezed in without asking for instructions.

I visited President Wu’s spacious and somewhat outrageous sleeping quarters.

After entering the dormitory, they saw Wu Yingxiong, the president's wife Zhang, Chen Yuanyuan, and Wu Shilin, who was left by Wu Sangui to teach him personally, all crying beside Wu Sangui's bed.

Wu Sangui himself was lying upright on the bed, without any movement... It seemed that he was out of breath.

Now everyone was anxious and started shouting immediately.

"What's wrong with the President?"

"Your Majesty, the President..."

"This, this, what's going on?"

"Who did it?"

Wu Sangui's eldest wife Zhang and his younger wife Chen Yuanyuan were already in tears. The filial son Wu Yingxiong was also inconsolable. He almost fainted from crying and could not answer. Only Wu Sangui's grandson Wu Shilin remained awake and biting.

Teeth, looking sad and annoyed, said word by word: "It must be Zhu Heji's poison! He poisoned the garlic medicine that grandpa took..."

"What?" Guo Zhuangtu was shocked when he heard this, "Didn't you arrange for someone to test the poison?"

"It's been arranged!" Wu Shilin said, "Mrs. Sun, who is in charge of purchasing garlic medicine, tested the poison herself... She was also poisoned and fell into a coma. The doctor from the Presidential Palace is still trying to save her!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing Wu Zhou's blue official uniform, trotted in. After entering, he knelt down to Wu Yingxiong, who was still crying there: "Your Majesty,

Mrs. Sun is already awake."

Wu Yingxiong ignored him and just continued to be sad.

Wu Shilin asked: "Have you found out what kind of poison it is?"

"Reporting to the eldest young master, most of Mrs. Sun's poison is caused by puffer fish!"

Wu Shilin asked again: "Do you know where the puffer fish poison comes from?"

The doctor said: "You guys found pufferfish poison in the half bottle of garlic medicine left by Mrs. Sun..."

"Why are there still half a bottle left?" Wu Yingxiong suddenly interrupted at this time.

"Reporting to your Majesty," said the doctor, "the garlic medicine has a strong smell of garlic and is really not very tasty..."

"Huh! It's all this bitch's fault!" Wu Yingxiong roared angrily, "Here comes someone! Take that bitch Kong Sizhen into... Jiangling Mansion!"

Lu Yifeng quickly responded: "I'm here!"

"That bitch Kong Sizhen will be handed over to you for trial! You take her back to Jiangling Mansion and torture her no matter what!" Wu Yingxiong gritted his teeth and said, "Because this bitch deserves to die... After finding out the real culprit,

Regardless of whether she is involved or not, she must be executed!"

Lu Yifeng said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Sir, I will definitely find out the real culprit!"

Wu Yingxiong said again: "Send people to seize Kong Sizhen's mansion again. The slave who went to Nanjing to buy garlic medicine for Kong Sizhen is still in her mansion!"

"I accept the decree!"

Lu Yifeng received Wu Yingxiong's order and quickly went to arrest Kong Sizhen, and arranged for people to go to Kong Sizhen's house to arrest people.

Seeing Lu Yifeng leave quickly, several Wu Zhou ministers present felt a little sympathy for Kong Sizhen... Although this woman is not very virtuous, she is still a very good person, generous and generous, and takes money lightly.

Chongyi is also willing to help people blow air on Wu Yingxiong's pillow.

I didn't expect to get into such trouble... I wonder if Wu Yingxiong will really kill her?

When everyone was sympathizing with Kong Sizhen, Hong Shiming suddenly reminded: "If the president was really killed by Zhu Heji, then he would definitely take the opportunity to march into Wuchang and Hanyang... Our elite soldiers are all in Henan now.

Wuchang and Hanyang are only garrisoned by more than 10,000 naval troops led by General Hu, it is really too dangerous!"

When everyone heard this, they felt that the problem was a bit serious, and they all turned their attention to Wu Yingxiong. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense!

Wu Yingxiong wiped away his tears and said to his brother-in-law Xia Guoxiang: "Prime Minister, you are the Minister of War and you are good at planning... Tell me, what should we do now?"

Xia Guoxiang was only concerned with sadness just now, but now he was reminded by Hong Shiming and his brows furrowed, "Now all the troops are in Henan, and Hubei is empty of troops.

However, we have set up four major fortresses along the Yangtze River: Fankou, Huanggang, Shakou, and Qingshan. If the Ming army attacks with open swords and guns, the four fortresses combined will be enough to withstand them for a month or two. By then, the Second Young Master will

The army has just returned... Now we are afraid that the Ming army will take advantage of the chaos to attack!"

Wu Yingxiong immediately ordered, "Then impose martial law immediately and block the Yangtze River waterway!"

At this time, Fang Guangchen said to Wu Yingxiong: "Your Majesty, the equalization of land in Jiangling Mansion has been completed... and one hundred and five military mansions have been set up. Each military mansion has two thousand strong men. If six men are drawn,

If it's one, it can mobilize 30,000 soldiers."

The equalization of land in Jiangling was completed under the auspices of Wu Yingxiong, the Prime Minister of Zhou Dynasty. He promoted the 105 captains of the following 105 military mansions one by one. Therefore, the soldiers of Jiangling mansion are considered to be the most reliable weapons in Wu Yingxiong's hands.

...However, Wu Sangui didn't think much of the Jiangling Prefecture soldiers, thinking that they were just a group of common people.

In fact, these soldiers did not have the necessary training and had no equipment. They were only as strong as the people.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay!" Wu Yingxiong nodded, "Then immediately mobilize the army. After the two generals Wang, General Ba, and Jiangling's army are mobilized, it will be up to the three of you.

Training...if you need any weapons, just go to the Ministry of War arsenal to get them!

Within two months, Jiangling Mansion soldiers must be trained into an army!"

"Got the order!"

Wang Gongliang, Ba Yangyuan and Wang Xu also immediately took orders.

In fact, they are not the people Wu Yingxiong brought in, but now that Wu Sangui has been poisoned by Zhu Heji, Zhu Ming's army will come to Hubei at any time... This is not the time for separatism!

Wu Yingxiong then said to Wang Shirong: "Shirong, you and my son Shilin go to the front of the Henan Army together... and tell Ying Qi and the generals in front of the Henan Army that my father was poisoned by Zhu Heji.

And please Ying Qi and Guogui return to Jiangling to preside over important events together."

He then said to his son Wu Shilin: "Shilin, the murder of your grandfather is not only a catastrophe for our family, but also a catastrophe for our country during the Great Week... The national crisis is facing us, and we cannot just be sad and forget about the danger of national subjugation.

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So don’t come back with your second uncle and third uncle. You should stay in front of the Henan Army and guard the country’s border with your brother Shicong... Remember, your brother Shicong is the commander-in-chief of the army. You

Just a counselor."

Wu Shilin reluctantly glanced at his deceased grandfather, wiped his tears and replied: "My child knows that my child will listen to Brother Shi Cong in everything."

After Wang Shirong watched the performance of the father and son, he had some idea in his mind - Wu Yingxiong asked his own son to be a hostage next to Wu Shicong in exchange for Wu Yingqi entering Jiangling.

As long as Wu Yingqi is willing to come to Jiangling, Wu Yingxiong's position will be secure!

Thinking of this, Wang Shirong asked again: "Your Majesty, do you have any explanation for what happened in front of the Henan Army?"

Wu Yingxiong shook his head: "Leave everything to Ying Qi's disposal!"

Wang Shirong breathed a sigh of relief and admired Wu Yingxiong's coaxing skills!

Wu Yingqi got Wu Shilin as a hostage, and had full power in front of the Henan Army. Moreover, he could keep Wu Shicong in power in front of the Henan Army. What else could he be worried about?

As for Wu Yingqi, as long as he returned to Jiangling and was coaxed by his most coaxing brother, he would most likely happily wait to become "Wu Di".
Chapter completed!