It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the little overlord of the State of Qi, duke Qi, passed the throne to his sons after his death, that is, the Duke of Qi Xiang.
Duke Qi had a great ideal of wanting to dominate, but zheng gong in the same era had a monarch who was even more cattle than him, that is, Zheng Zhuanggong. Zheng Zhuanggong was the most powerful commander-in-chief of zheng guo, and under his leadership, Wen had the ability to sacrifice foot, Gao Qumi and other resourceful, wise and courageous people; Wu had famous generals like Ying Kao, Gongzi Lü, and Flawed Shuying. Therefore, Duke Qi passed on his ideals to his son, hoping that he would inherit his ideals.
However, after Zhu'er ascended the throne and became the Duke of Qi Xiang, although he also had the image of a hegemon, he offended the surrounding countries. What's more, he also engaged in incest with his own sister and killed the monarch of the State of Lu. During his five-year reign, because the other princes of the State of Qi joined forces with their vassals to kill Duke Xiang of Qi, Gongsun was made the monarch of the country. This Gongsun ignorance was the son of Duke Qi's younger brother, so he made him the monarch, but he was killed by the old ministers who did not get the old ministers to only raise their cronies to important positions.
Gongzi Gui, who fled the state of Lu, and Xiao Bai, the prince of the state of Ju, also knew at this time that whoever returned to the capital of the state of Qi first could become the monarch, so both of these princes rushed to the capital of the state of Qi. Guan Zhong, Gongzi Gui's adviser, said to Gongzi Gui: "The country of Ju is close to the state of Qi, and the state of Lu is far away from the state of Qi, so I am afraid that we will not be able to catch up with Gongzi Xiaobai." Please let me take the people and horses first, and shoot Xiao Bai on the road, so that we will naturally be the monarchs of the State of Qi. Everyone agreed with Guan Zhong's idea, and Guan Zhong took a small number of people to fly to chase and kill Xiao Bai.
On the way back to the country of Qi, he finally caught up with Gongzi Xiaobai, and Guan Zhong took the opportunity to give Xiaobai an arrow. Guan Zhongyuan watched the arrow shoot at Xiao Bai, and also saw that Gongzi Xiaobai spat blood on the spot, thinking that Gongzi Xiaobai was dead on the spot, so he quickly drove straight back to Luguo to report that he had shot Gongzi Xiaobai to death. The people who followed him also said that they could see clearly that it was Guan Zhong who shot Gongzi Xiaobai to death, and everyone was very happy, especially Gongzi Gui, thinking that he was going to be the monarch of the State of Qi, so he slowed down the time to return to the State of Qi. Lu Guo's side was also very happy, so he and Gongzi Gui set up a banquet and entertained while discussing the agreement between the two countries.
And Gongzi Xiaobai was shot by Guan Zhong's arrow to the ornament on the side of the neck, and was worried that Guan Zhong saw that he was not dead and made up an arrow, so he quickly bit his tongue, spit out a mouthful of blood, and immediately pretended to be dead. Guan Zhong and his cohorts watched Gongzi Xiaobai fall on the spot, and they all thought they were dead, so they fled back to the state of Lu. When Guan Zhong and them walked away, Bao Shuya hurried up to check it out, and found that Gongzi Xiaobai was pretending to be dead, knowing that he had been paralyzed and deceived Guan Zhong, so he took a small number of people to speed up his pace and walked towards the Qi country.
Soon Gongzi Xiaobai returned to the State of Qi, and after Bao Shuya's maneuvering among the major ministers in the State of Qi, everyone made Gongzi Xiaobai the Duke of Qi Huan, and Bao Shuya led his soldiers to personally go out on horseback to reject Gongzi's return. Finally, he also threatened Lu Guo to kill Gongzi. Under the strong recommendation of Bao Shuya, Guan Zhong became the minister of state of the Duke of Qi Huan, and under the administration of Guan Zhong, the Duke of Qi Huan became the first overlord in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period.