Huang Feihu

From Creation of the Gods
Queen Jiang died of her wounds. King Zhou's two sons, Yin Jiao and Yin Hong, were enraged by their father's actions. Yin Jiao killed Jiang Huan, then rushed off to find and kill Daji. When King Zhou heard of this, he ordered both of his sons killed. Concubine Huang helped hide them. Concubine Yang helped hide them but hung herself for fear of being discovered and tortured. Two low-level generals, Fang Bi and Fang Xiang, spirited the sons out of the capital. Two generals Chao Tian and Chao Lei were assigned to kill the sons, but they were afraid of the Fang brothers and managed to shirk their duties off on Huang Feihu. Huang Feihu caught up to the sons, intent on killing them, although his conscience told him otherwise. The two sons each offered to die so that the other might live to raise an army and extract revenge. Huang Feihu took pity on the sons. He hatched a plot for one son to seek out the East Grand Duke, Queen Jiang's father, and the other to seek out the South Grand Duke, and launch a joint uprising against King Zhou. Huang Feihu returned to the capital, claiming to have failed to locate the sons. Two generals Yin Pobai and Lei Kai were sent out with 3000 men to locate the sons. Huang Feihu made sure that the men assigned to this mission were old and could move only very slowly. The two sons split up. Yin Hong headed for the South Grand Duke. Yin Jiao headed for the East Grand Duke. Along the way, Yin Jiao met up with Shang Rong, who resolved to return to the capital and set King Zhou straight.

Source: by David Keffer based on the translation by Gu Zhizhong New World Press, Beijing, 1992
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