The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

When his mother, Guo Jiang, learned that her son had secretly gone to Lu to attend the funeral, she immediately burst into tears:

"My son! Once you leave, you and I will be separated by the Yin and Yang..."

As expected, not long after Zhong Ren arrived in Qufu, he was killed by Shuniu.

When Shuniu saw that his two legitimate sons were dead, he asked the Shusun clan members to support him as the leader.

But the Shusun clan members always looked down on him and even doubted the purity of his bloodline.

No one was willing to nominate him as the clan leader, so Shuniu had no choice but to win over Shusun Bao's other illegitimate son, Shusun Zhaozi.

He nominated him as the suzerain and assisted him, and Zhaozi pretended to agree to form an alliance with him.

Not long after becoming the clan leader, Zhaozi approached Zixu and said, "Sir, my father was once a good friend of yours."

"Shuniu starved my father to death and murdered my two brothers. I want to avenge them. I beg you to help me!"

Zixu agreed without hesitation: "Master Zhao, no problem! What do you want me to do?"

"Sir, Shuniu has hundreds of servants under his command. Since you hold the military power, can you lend them to me?"

Zixu thought for a moment and asked, "How many men and horses are needed?"

Zhaozi held up a finger and said, "A thousand is enough!"

"Okay! Do it whenever you want!"

"Tomorrow night at three o'clock!"

"Yes! Tomorrow night I will hide the soldiers near Shangqing's residence, and we can take action after the third watch!"

Zhaozi bowed deeply to Zixu and said, "Thank you very much, sir!"

Late the next night, Shuniu was sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard shouting and screaming outside. He was so scared that he immediately sat up.

At this moment, the old housekeeper also ran in breathlessly: "Young Master, something is wrong! Young Master, something is wrong..."

Shuniu didn't have time to argue with him and shouted, "What happened?"

"Master! Zhaozi is leading his people to attack us!"

"What? Akiko? How could that be?"

"Oh, Master, stop questioning this old slave!"

"Hundreds of servants are resisting us now. Run away quickly! It will be too late if you are late!"

"Alright! Hurry up and help the young master lift the bed! There's a tunnel underneath!"

Oh! The two men hurriedly lifted the bed to the side, and Shuniu moved two wooden boards, and immediately a tunnel entrance was revealed.

Shuniu quickly crouched down and got in, and the old housekeeper followed closely behind him.

An hour later, Zhaozi and his men rushed into Shuniu's bedroom.

Seeing that there was no one inside, he ordered the soldiers to search. A moment later, the soldiers reported that they had found a tunnel.

Zhaozi immediately led his men down the tunnel and chased forward. When they came out of the tunnel, they saw the wilderness outside the city.

Not seeing any sign of Shuniu, he immediately ordered his soldiers to search everywhere and make sure to find him.

He returned to Shangqing Mansion and killed Shuniu's mother, wife and children.

After dawn, he went to Zixu's general's mansion again and asked him to help analyze where Shuniu would run to.

After thinking for a while, the emperor continued, "Common sense would have it that Shuniu would definitely defect to a country that is friendly with Lu."

"But Shu Niu Lilai is cunning and will certainly do the opposite and flee to Qi."

"Oh? Sir, how do you see that?"

"Think about it, Qi and Lu are strong rivals, not to mention Meng Bing and Zhong Ren's biological mother is there."

"Who would have thought he would go to Qi and fall into a trap? Therefore, I guess he would try to escape to Qi with a lucky escape."

Zhaozi nodded: "According to your prediction, what should Zhaozi do next?"

Zixu thought for a moment and said, "The next step should be to notify Madam Guo Jiang as soon as possible and have her send people to stop the robbers at the border wall of Qi."

"We must not let him enter the territory of Qi. If he does, it will not be so easy to catch him!"

"Okay! I'll do as you say, sir. I happen to have a few tamed carrier pigeons at home. I'll go back and write a letter right away!"

Shuniu and the housekeeper ran out of the tunnel and arrived at a village, where they exchanged the gold ring on their hand for some food and two sets of tattered clothes.

The butler asked while eating, "Master, where are we going to escape to?"

Shuniu swallowed his whole grain pancake hard, took a sip of water and said, "I've made up my mind. Let's go to Qi State!"

"Ah? Young Master! Qi is a den of tigers and wolves. Meng Bingzhongren's biological mother and son are both there."

"If they knew we were coming to Qi, we'd be dead!"

Shuniu smiled cunningly: "You don't understand this, right? We went to Qi just because it is a den of tigers and wolves."

"They would never have thought that I would take such a risky move."

"The most dangerous place is also the safest. As long as we enter the territory of Qi, we will be out of danger!"

Seeing that the young master had made up his mind, the butler shook his head helplessly.

I really don't understand why I followed him here and wanted to die.

In the doctor's mansion in Linzi City, Guo Jiang looked at the cloth letter written to her by Zhaozi and gritted her teeth in hatred.

Shuniu, ah Shuniu! I didn't expect you to be so brave that you actually dared to escape to Qi!

So, she hurriedly found Ziming with the note: "Master, take a look at this!"

After saying that, he handed the cloth to him. Ziming slammed the table after reading it and said, "You little idiot!"

"You killed my stepson and yet you dared to flee to Qi! It seems you really don't take me seriously!"

He immediately summoned the leader of his guards and said, "Take two hundred of your retainers and march day and night to the border of Qi and Lu to kill Shuniu!"

Here! Just as the leader was about to leave, he saw two young masters running in:

"Grandfather and Grandmother! I heard that Shuniu, the enemy who murdered my father, is fleeing to Qi!"

"We two are willing to follow the leader to the border and kill Shuniu with our own hands to avenge our father!"

The two elders looked at their grandson, who was as strong as a calf, and nodded: "Okay! Go!"

Shuniu and his servant changed into ragged clothes and hid all the way.

He successfully avoided the search of Shusun's servants and arrived at the border between Qi and Lu.

He looked at the tall city gate and felt secretly proud in his heart, Zhaozi, Zhaozi, you never thought that I would come to Qi!

As soon as I settle down, I will find an opportunity to return to Lu State to settle the score with you!

Thinking of this, he strode out of the city gate with full confidence.

Less than half a mile into the territory of Qi, they saw a team of more than 200 people blocking their way.

When Meng Bing's son saw two people walking out of the gate of Lu City, he immediately became alert.

He ordered his servants to capture the two men and interrogate them. He had seen Shuniu before, and he personally checked every person who entered the State of Qi.

When Shuniu saw someone coming to catch him, he immediately understood and ran back.

When everyone saw the two men running away, they immediately knew that they were the ones they were waiting for.

Suddenly they rushed forward and surrounded the two of them. When Young Master Sun saw that it was Shuniu, his eyebrows immediately raised and his eyes widened.

The two men jumped off their horses and approached Shuniu step by step with swords in hand.

When Shuniu saw that it was Meng Bing and Zhong Ren's son, he was immediately frightened and thought, "It's over! I miscalculated..."

The two men walked up to Shuniu and yelled at him, "Shuniu, you beast! You starved your father to death and killed your brother! You're worse than pigs and dogs!"

"Today, Young Master Sun will chop you into minced meat and feed it to the dogs! Only then will I be able to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

After cursing, the two men raised their swords and stabbed Shu Niu in the heart.

Shuniu closed his eyes and accepted his fate.

After Shuniu was stabbed, the two men drew their swords and hacked and chopped him wildly.

In a moment, the cow was reduced to a pile of meat scraps. The old housekeeper was so frightened that he shit his pants.

He kowtowed to the two men frantically and begged for mercy. The two men didn't care about that at all. The one who escaped with Shuniu must be a close confidant.

He immediately stepped forward and chopped off his head with a snap. From then on, the Shuniu Rebellion came to an end.

When Confucius heard the news of Shuniu's death, he angrily said, "Shuniu starved his father to death! He murdered his own brother! He is worse than pigs and dogs! His death is not worth regretting!"