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I ask you spare this young slave

Kong Qiu

It was Lord Yiru's dying wish that

those he loved should be die with him

It is not cruel to bury this slave

Rather, it demonstrates the Prime Minister's

filiat piety, and his love to his father

General Gong, I know

You served Lord Yuri for years

I heard he said many times that

he could not live without you

Yeah! That's right.

Given how close you were to him

he must still need you that

he has passed to the next life

If you were willing to accompany

your lord in death

I could not object you to taking

this little slave with you

You

Can you say anything?

You! Bastard!

It seems the General is not willing to serve

his master beyond the grave

He imposes on others what he will not

impose on himself

Your Majesty, I have no more to say

The scholar's words seem to be profound

I decide

Approved, release him

Great! You will never have to back

to the Ji's house

Second bow

Boy... Don't cry, stand up

Qi Sigong. What's wrong?

Are you okay?

I am not crying

May I really stay here?

Alright now, today is a special day

Zilu, let's get some drink

Good! Ziqian, Boniu, help me fetch the wine

Boy, come here

This is now your home

All of them are your brothers

They will take care of you

I know, teacher.

Ran Qiu ,disciple of Confucius

So we're family now

Teacher, I could hardly believe it

when Minister Ji accepted your proposal

Here comes the wine

Come.

What about you?

I have this

Drink all you like. Very well. Cheer!

It tastes horrid

Qi State Capital Cities

Le Di , minister of Qi

Your Highest

Making Kong Qiu a Minister with

lots of responsibility

with surely strengthen the Kingdom of Lu

And their strength threaten us

in the Dukedom of Qi

Lu's strength is a threat to Qi

??????

King of Qi

For almost one hundred years

All rulers of Qi have dreamed of..

..conquering Lu

and clearing our way to the western border

Kong Qiu has already asserted his authority

in the Lu court

Your Highest, perhaps we should celebrate

a meeting

to congratulate Lu

We could invite the King of Lu and Kong Qiu

to meet at our border

Kong Qiu is a man of literature and not

familiar with military affairs!

He knows about Ethics, not bravery!

During the ceremony, we'll take the King of Lu

as hostage

then we could discuss how the ruler end

the three Noble Families can submit to Qi's will

???????

What an excellent proposal!

Minister Li, prepare a formal invitation to

The King of Lu

About having a meeting in Jiagu on forming

an alliance between the two kingdoms.

despatch immediately

Yes

This meeting at Jiagu

is my first challenge as a minister

It is a matter of honor or humiliation,

win or lose

And it would have significant consequence!

Yan Hui

His Majesty agrees that you should

take charge of the ceremony

ensure that both parties have equal ground

and no disrespect would be allowed

Yes, teacher.

Zilu

Teacher

You and ZiGong will be the only men to carry swords

on the meeting platform

Guard His Majesty carefully, regardless of what happeneds

Understood!

Ran Qiu

Teacher

Go in advance to Jiagu

to inspect the area around the meeting platform

seek out any places

What do you want me to do, teacher?

Teacher, the military commanders are here

Our respects, Minister of Law

Ok.

Qi specified the place for the alliance talks

It was known as a mountain ravine

a dead end

I would like to bring chariots nearby

in case we need them

Minister, we're based in a barrack

We have only carriages at our command,

and no war chariots

Minister Ji and

General GongShan Niu control them all

Minister

I heard the Prime Minister and Genernal Gong

are holding an archery tournament in Biyi

Very well

Then I would have to visit them there!

Teacher, we're approaching Biyi

Teacher, it is said that Biyi cidatel

has more mounted soldier and slaves

than any other city of Lu

Be advised

those who shriked labor within three days

will be dragged out and put on public display

Complete at what?

Archery

Please

The meeting between Lu and Qi

is a serious matter

Can your Lordship provide army chariots

to protect our king?

To show our might

How many?

500 chariots

Isn't it supposed to be an alliance meeting?

Why do you neet suck a show of force?

As Duke of Zhou taught us

Must backup Words with Force

Qi is a barbarous country

which has long wanted to conquer Lu,

so we must be prepaired

We must be prepaired!

Good

Let us have a match

My teacher respectfully request a match

and drink to you

If you win, I'll grant you

500 chariots

The archery match will begin

Please get in the shooting area

You have my word

If you win, they're yours

If you lose, you'll get nothing

Agreed

A pure heart

makes a pure shot

Right, full score

A new minister with high ambitions

Who would thought BiYi cidatel walls

were more than 18 feet high?

Built to conceal their injustices

use violence to control them

the tyranny within these walls

put tigers into shame!

Prime Minister, has all this escaped your notice?

Now, Master Ji

May I ask how Lu stands today?

it might that the Ji Family's real enemy

is from within

not across the border

I hear you had no father

Who taught you the shooting skill?

My father was a warrior, but he left this world

before his time

A diligent student needs no teacher ...

I learned myself

Good

Right wins

Thanks Prime Minister

So you need 500 chariots

for the alliance talks

Ask him yourself, General Gong.

We have a kingdom because we have an army!

Who raised and trained that army?

Not your King of Ly, It was my BiYi cidatel!

Why could I turn over my chariots to you?

So that you can process my army into the dessert

and famish them!

See again!

You see, my words don't necessarily count

I will give you the order

But

you have to figure out the rest by yourselves

Teacher

Halt

Your Majesty! Teacher!

Greetings, Your Majesty and Teacher.

Have General Gong's army moved or not?

I don't know what happened

Not one soldier or horse has moved yet

But... that can't be correct?

Ji Sunsi ordered them

But why didn't they follow us?

Put our second plan into effect, immediately!

Yes

Go

Kong Qiu, Qi has brought so much cavalry

Is there anything to concern us about this?

Your Majesty, rest assured we've prepaired

Since Qi is host and Lu is guest,

we request that the Nobles of Qi descent to welcome...

Your Highest, you do not need to descent

We invite the King of Lu do ascent

Your Majesty

Lu is the guest and Qi is the host

The Zhou Ritual madate that Qi Nobles should descent

Qi is the Head of the Alliance

How could we dishonour our guest?

Your Highest, Qi and Lu share a close retationship

Our ruler has come to rebuild

our brotherly alliance

Please

Please..

Please

It is our desire to respect each other

and forever abandon war

Although the two kingdoms don't share the same

surname

but we are like the brother

After this alliance

the two countries are like one

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