The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

The next day, Li Mi offered advice to Duke Jing of Qi: "Your Majesty, Duke Ding of Lu has agreed to the alliance."

"But it's also because we're returning the city. We're not doing it willingly."

"If we design a plan to hold him hostage, refuse to return the city, and then force him to agree to an alliance, wouldn't that be a waste of good things?"

Duke Jing of Qi thought for a moment and asked, "How can I hold him hostage?"

"Your Majesty, I have an idea. We will find a few dancers to pretend to dance with you at the banquet and use this opportunity to capture Prince Lu!"

After listening to this, Duke Jing of Qi nodded in agreement.

As soon as the date of the alliance arrived, both parties arrived at Jiagu Pass on time.

When Duke Jing of Qi saw Zixuan also walking into the dining hall with King Lu, he was stunned. Why did Sister Xuan come with them?

Zixuan saw Duke Jing of Qi and bowed slightly to him: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."

Chuju hurriedly supported her hand and said, "Sister Xuan, there's no need to be so polite. Please stand up quickly!"

The two sides exchanged greetings and entered the Jiagucheng government office. After the banquet was set, Duke Jing of Qi said:

"Lord Lu, you have read my invitation. Do you agree?"

Duke Ding of Lu bowed and said, "Lord Qi, I have read this."

"As long as you are willing to return Yun, Huan, Guiyin and other places to Lu, I will agree to form an alliance!"

Duke Jing of Qi smiled wryly and said, "Very well, very well. There's no hurry. Let's watch the singing and dancing first, and then we can talk business!"

After saying that, he winked at Li Mi, who understood and clapped his hands three times. Immediately, more than ten dancers and dwarfs came up.

Each of them held a sword in their hands and wore clothes unique to Fugui City.

Zixuan was startled when she saw this. Boyuan leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"Xuan'er, why did they invite actors from Fugui City?"

Before Zixuan could speak, Confucius stood up and bowed to Chujiu:

"King Qi, how can you wear a sword while performing a song and dance? This is against etiquette. Let them leave!"

"This... Prime Minister, please don't worry. This dance must be performed with a sword, otherwise the effect will not be good."

"King Qi, I think it's unnecessary. We are here to discuss the alliance, not to watch singing and dancing!"

"If the King of Qi insists on doing this, does he have ulterior motives?"

Chujiu said with a forced smile, "The alliance was initiated by me, how could I have any ill intentions? Prime Minister, you are overthinking it!"

Zixuan saw that the two were talking in a tense manner, so he hurried to smooth things over:

"Gentlemen, from my observation, these people seem to be from Fugui City."

"No need for singing and dancing. Why don't I ask them a few questions?"

Confucius nodded in agreement. When Duke Jing of Qi saw that Zixuan had spoken, he didn't want to offend her, so he nodded.

Zixuan stared at them and asked, "Where are you from?"

A dancer replied, "Miss, we are from Lai County, east of Fugui City, and we are authentic Laiyi natives."

"Oh? Since you're from Donglai County, do you know who the governor is?"

"Of course we know. Not only do we know that the prefect is Lord Liu Luxin, but we've also met King Zixuan."

Really? Zixuan immediately became interested upon hearing this: "Then what does King Zixuan look like?"

Li Mi panicked when he saw this. Oh no, the truth is about to be revealed!

He immediately shouted, "Where did you come from, dancers? Get out of here!"

Duke Jing of Qi knew this plan was not going to work, so he waved his hand and said, "You can leave now!"

Zixuan sneered and thought to himself, this must be Chuju's trick.

Confucius heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the dancer leave: "King Qi, let's get down to business!"

"My king agreed to come to the alliance because he saw your honesty. Please fulfill your promise and return those cities to Lu."

This... Duke Jing of Qi hesitated and did not answer.

Zixuan said, "Your Majesty, a man without trust cannot stand, let alone a king."

"I also agree to return these cities to Lu to ensure the success of the alliance!"

Duke Jing of Qi nodded helplessly. "In that case, I will follow the wishes of the Prime Minister and Sister Zixuan. Come, write the contract!"

So, after drafting the contract, both parties signed and sealed it.

Thus, in 500 BC, the Qi-Lu Jiagu Alliance was successful.

After the contract was signed, everyone enjoyed the wine and food happily.

Two hours later, the banquet ended and both parties dispersed. Zixuan and Boyuan had drunk a lot. The guards helped them into the carriage and drove towards the post station.

The two men were drowsy in the car when suddenly countless arrows flew in from outside and hit them.

Dangdangdangdangdang... Zixuan was awakened by the pain like needles pricking his body and opened his eyes.

Seeing Bo Yuan being shot into a hedgehog, he screamed and fainted.

Zixuan was horrified and picked up Boyuan and carried him into the medical room of the space. Seeing this, the doctor hurried over to check.

"I command you to rescue him! Otherwise! Otherwise..."

Due to excessive tension, my mind went blank and I didn't know what words to use to scare these robots.

The doctors all answered in unison: "Yes, sir!" and immediately performed emergency treatment on Bo Yuan.

Zixuan looked at her husband, whose body was covered with arrows, and tears streamed down her face.

She knew that Bo Yuan would eventually leave her, but he was not yet sixty.

You have to live to be a hundred or eighty years old, and spend a few more decades with me, dear! You must hold on!

Zixuan wiped her tears and flew out of the space. She wanted to find the murderer who assassinated Bo Yuan.

As soon as I came out of the space, I saw a fight outside, with guards fighting with more than 200 assassins.

She found that one of the leaders among the assassins looked very familiar, and after thinking about it, she felt that he looked similar to the rebel Xu Tu.

Could he be a descendant of Xu Tu? Xu Tu's family was not in Donglai County but in Lu State.

I have already sent agents to secretly wipe out his family. Could there be a fish that slipped through the net?

Thinking of this, she took out a ghost-head sword from the space and killed the man.

Seeing a young and beautiful woman rushing towards him, Xu Wei immediately shouted, "Who are you?"

Zixuan responded sternly, "City Lord Zixuan of Fugui City! Who are you?"

When Xu Wei heard it was Zixuan, he immediately started cursing, "Zixuan, you bitch! How dare you kill my entire clan!"

"Today, I, Xu Weifei, will chop you into pulp and then grind your bones into ashes, only then will I be able to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

"Xu Wei? So you are Xu Tu's son!"

"Exactly! Stop talking nonsense, bitch! Give me your life!"

After Xu Wei finished speaking, he raised his sword and stabbed it towards Zixuan. Zixuan was not in a hurry and swung his broadsword to cut at the sword.

Then, with two clangs, the broad sword was cut in two.

Ah! Just as Xu Wei was stunned, Zixuan's big knife chopped towards his shoulder again.

With a snap, half of Xu Wei's shoulder was chopped off, and blood gushed out instantly.

Ahhhh...Xu Wei rolled on the ground in pain.

Zixuan looked at him with disdain: "With this little ability, you still want to seek revenge on me? You are overestimating yourself!"

She ordered the guards around her to tie Xu Wei up and throw him into the carriage.

She then joined in the battle, and in just an incense stick of time, all the assassins were killed by her and the guards.