Spring and Autumn GL

2. Troubled times

Just when the people in Zhuluo Village were living an ordinary life, troubled times had quietly arrived, and no one knew that the Yue Kingdom was no longer the Yue Kingdom it used to be, and all the disasters and glory that Zhuluo Village would experience in the future would soon be over. It's time to start.

Two years ago, Helu, king of Wu, attacked Yue, was defeated and died, and was succeeded by Fuchai, king of Wu.Two years later, it was the same spring season, but Fu Chai was full of his father's behest, went to war, and gathered the power of the whole country to make a comeback.This time, King Goujian of Yue did not have such good luck. Within a few months, he ran out of ammunition and food, and only brought more than [-] remnants of soldiers and a few ministers, and retreated to Kuaiji Mountain.

So Gou Jian wanted to imitate He Lu back then and committed suicide with a sword, but was stopped by the doctor Wen Zhong, who said:

"My lord, a hero should be able to bend and stretch. Why don't we go and seek peace with Fucha, so as to save my life in Yueguo, and we can take revenge when we have a chance in the future."

Gou Jian let out a long sigh: "Oh, it's not that I don't want to ask for peace, but now, my army has 10,000+, and our army only has 300. Fu Chai is willing to negotiate peace with the widow? That's what a fool would do."

Wen Zhong said: "Everything is human-made, how will you know if you don't try? Presumably, as long as the king can bear the grievances and put on a show, then Fucha will not do anything to you if he is in the way of face."

After hearing this, Fu Chai had no choice but to follow the meaning of the language, and signaled a peace with Wu Jun on the opposite side.Although it is said that the general will not accept the order of the foreign army, it is a matter of the survival of the country. After all, the generals of the Wu army did not dare to make decisions by themselves, so they unloaded the weapons of the following species and put him in the tent of the supervising army.

The supervisor's name is Bo Pi, the official residence is a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, but there is a trace of unstoppable greed in his eyes, but he is not cruel. Suddenly he became more at ease.He knew that although this kind of person looked well-dressed, he was actually the most talkative. As long as he gave enough benefits, it would be no problem to buy the life of the entire country, let alone a life.

Bo Pi was not originally from the state of Wu, but his family was wiped out by the state of Qi, and only the state of Wu was willing to take him in, so he lived in the state of Wu, and made many military exploits, becoming the grand master along the way.Seeing Wen Zhong winking at him at this time, he understood immediately, stepped back from the left and right, and said:

"Doctor Wen Zhong, please, although you are a defeated general, you are honorable after all. If you want to kneel, you can only honor our King Wu, but you can't kneel down to my Uncle Pi."

Wen Zhong got up and said, "Master Dazai is really generous. We came to discuss peace, but we were afraid that King Wu would not allow it, so I want you to help talk in front of King Wu. You are Dazai. King Wu respects you and will definitely consider it." Your words."

Bo Pi sneered: "You Yue army, what bargaining chip do you have to negotiate a peace? But with a small number of troops, my Wu army doesn't need to form a battle, and the army will be flattened as soon as it passes."

Wen Zhong said: "If Lord Dazai is willing to help with this, we will definitely devote our entire country's efforts, thank you."

Bo Pi's heart was moved, but he was still serious: "I can't be the master of this. Besides, our Wu army destroyed the country of Yue, and the gold, silver, food and money of your country of Yue are not all from my country of Wu. You think I will be greedy. Your little money?"

Knowing that Bo Pi is on his way, Wen Zhong only needs to act hard and soft at this time, and give him a reason to persuade his husband to negotiate a peace, 89% of the time it will work, so he said neither humble nor overbearing:

"Master Dazai is right, but if my country of Yue is destroyed, and all the gold and silver treasures of the whole country belong to the king of Wu, how much benefit will my lord get? Besides, although there are not many people left in my Yue army, if the Wu army If you insist on destroying our country of Yue, Your Majesty will send people back to burn the country's food and grass, and sink all the gold and silver treasures into Zhejiang, and you will never let the Wu army go easily! At that time, what the King of Wu will get will be far less than this What was consumed by the war, is this what you would like to see?"

Bo Pi thought for a while, then smiled, and said, "Doctor Wen is really eloquent and makes some sense. I'll wait for you to see the king, and you can talk to him yourself!"

Wen Zhong was overjoyed, knowing that the matter was reliable, so he followed Bo Pi into the tent of the Chinese army.Sure enough, the King of Wu had no intention of negotiating a peace, and almost ordered Wen Zhong to be cut off to sacrifice the flag. Dazai Pi hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, you must not. From my point of view, what Doctor Wen said is not unreasonable. As the saying goes, if two countries go to war, they will not kill the envoy. If you kill him now, wouldn't it be justified? Besides, destroying the Yue Kingdom is really not the best policy. Why not?" Detain the king of Yue in the state of Wu, in order to coerce the state of Yue to hand over all the treasures. And if the king spares the life of the king of Yue, the people will definitely praise you for having a benevolent heart. If you attack with all your heart and force the king of Yue to commit suicide Tell him to get it, what our country of Wu gets is a large wasteland and a large group of people who harbor hatred, it is not worth it at all.”

Fu Chai usually values ​​fame and integrity the most. Hearing what Bo Pi said, he immediately hesitated. Wen Zhong hurriedly promised that he would send Gou Jian. Fu Chai thought about his father's failure in attacking the Yue Kingdom. , his father's feud has no root or basis.Fu Chai immediately had no reason to destroy the Yue Kingdom, after thinking about it, he finally nodded.

So he sent a few followers to bring Goujian's five-flowered bandages to the tent. Seeing Goujian's flattering smile and lack of integrity, he felt very relieved, happy in his heart, and ordered the general to retreat.When the Yue army heard that Goujian had been captured by the Wu army, all of them were dejected and returned to Yue with their helmets and armor removed.

Fu Chai and his entourage returned to Wu State in a mighty way. Before entering the palace, they saw an old general whipping his horse and rushing to stab Gou Jian with a gun. When Fu Chai saw that it was Wu Zixu, he stopped him and asked:

"What is General Wu doing? Gou Jian is now a prisoner of our country. Why did you kill him?"

Wu Zixu said harshly: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted and soft-hearted. Goujian is a wolf with ambition. Let him go today. In the future, our country of Wu will definitely have nothing good to eat. For today's plan, killing him quickly is the best policy!"

Gou Jian was flustered, turned his eyes and knelt down:

"Master Wu, Gou Jian has no objection, he is just greedy for life and afraid of death, and he also thought of the pity of our soldiers from Yue State, so he came to Wu State willingly. No matter whether the king asks me to feed horses or herd sheep, I will never complain. !"

Fucha said with a smile: "General Wu, you see, this Goujian is just a dog now, if you kill him, you may dirty your gun, calm down, let's set up a table to celebrate the victory later."

Seeing that the king's order was hard to disobey, Wu Zixu snorted angrily, turned around and left without looking back.

But he said that Fucha just didn't know how to deal with Goujian. He heard him feed horses and sheep, and he had an idea in his mind, so he sent him to the palace stable to feed horses. insult him to his face.There was never a trace of resentment on Gou Jian's face, and over time, Fu Chai also lost interest and ignored him, but he was still wary of Wu Zixu because of Wu Zixu's words.

On this day, Fu Chai suddenly contracted a serious illness, and several imperial physicians were helpless. Gou Jian heard the news, and he had a plan.Gou Jian liked medicine since he was a child. If he hadn't been born in a princely family, he would have been a doctor long ago. Seeing this opportunity, he just showed his loyalty and made Fu Chai lose his last trace of guard.So he came to the gate of the palace and told the guard at the gate that he wanted to see Fucha and treat him.

Fu Chai frowned when he heard Goujian begging to see him, thinking that he didn't ask to see him sooner or later, and he came here while he was seriously ill. Who knows what the idea was?Hearing that it was for medical treatment, he sneered with the guards:

"He can cure diseases? What nonsense, it's probably a cover to assassinate the widow. You tell him that even if the widow dies on the bed, he doesn't care about his business. He is just a groom and wants to see me?"

The guard had to order the general to come back, but Gou Jian was not angry, and thought about it: "It's fine if the king doesn't see you, can you please show me the excrement, so that I can have a look at the condition and see if I can be saved?"

After hearing this, Fu Chai coughed and laughed, and ordered someone to bring the excrement to Gou Jian.Gou Jian held Fu Chai's excrement in his hand like a treasure, knelt down on the spot, put it in his mouth, tasted it carefully, asked someone to take a pen and paper, and prescribed a prescription.

The guard took the prescription, took it in and handed it to the imperial physician, the imperial physician looked at it, was shocked and said in surprise:

"Goujian has a lot of research on medicine. From my point of view, this prescription is very reasonable. Maybe it can really cure the king's illness!"

Fu Chai was very surprised, and asked the guard how Gou Jian could prescribe the prescription with a ball of excrement. After the guard finished speaking, he curled up happily on the bed.

"This Goujian even tastes the widow's excrement, so desperately trying to please the widow, can the widow make him a high official? What good will it do him to cure the widow? Is he a fool?"

Bo Pi took the opportunity and said, "I think Goujian has become a native of Wu with all his heart. It's probably because he has lived a poor life recently and wants the king to give him some rewards, so he disregards his image and reputation and eats dung in public."

Fu Chai said: "Let him go. If this prescription can't heal the widow, the widow won't give him a penny!" He said, but Fu Chai's guard against Gou Jian had almost completely disappeared in his heart, and he only regarded him as someone for his own sake. A lowly person who can ignore all dignity.

After taking the medicine according to Goujian's prescription for a few days, Fucha's illness really improved a lot, so he drew up an order, took some rewards, cloth, grain and grass from the treasury, and asked someone to bring them to Goujian—as for Goujian, He didn't even want to see him.

The herald read Wang Ling again in front of Wen Zhong, who deliberately praised Gou Jian for tasting Fu Chai's excrement. Gou Jian blushed to the ears, glanced at Wen Zhong, and saw that there was no trace of surprise or ridicule on his face, but a hint of sarcasm. Appreciate it, and then feel at ease, and thank you for being rewarded.

Gou Jian suffered a lot of grievances in Wu State, but Fan Li, a doctor of Yue State, was like an ant on a hot pot. He edited books for Wen Zhong every day to inquire about Gou Jian's situation.The state of Yue lost its king, and the government and the people were in chaos, only relying on Fan Li to maintain it. Within two years, Fan Li felt overwhelmed. Even though he was quick-witted and skilled, he didn't dare to give any orders without someone in charge.

So Fan Li urged Wen Zhong to find a way to get Gou Jian to return to the country as soon as possible, and at the same time secretly recorded the leaders of the ruling and opposition parties, brought Gou Jian back and punished them together. It is not easy to rectify the Chao Gang.

In a blink of an eye, it has been nearly three years.

Over the past few years, Bo Pi has really received a lot of benefits from the genre, a small gift for three days, a big gift for five days, and some beautiful women and treasures are sent during the festivals.Cannibalism is soft but hand is short, and Bo Pi did not hesitate to say good things to Gou Jian in front of Fu Chai, but Wu Zixu kept reminding Fu Chai not to relax. Although Fu Chai was no longer difficult for Gou Jian, he did not treat Gou Jian any better.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wen Zhong asked Bo Pi to intercede with Fu Chai and let him let Gou Jian go back to the country, saying that if this continues, the country of Yue will be chaotic without fighting, and the people will be devastated, and he will have no benefit at all.In fact, Bo Pi has already taken enough benefits, but now it is difficult to get out. If he doesn't help, Wen Zhong will tell Wu Zixu about this matter, let Fucha know that he is collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, so Fucha will not take his skin off?So he had no choice but to agree, racked his brains, and fought wits and courage with Wu Zixu, finally persuaded Fucha.

It was already three years after Gou Jian entered Wu that he crossed the Yangtze River and then set foot on the land of Yue State.As soon as he entered Kuaiji City, he cried up to the sky with tears streaming down his face - in the past three years, he has suffered and endured too many grievances.Now that he has the chance to come back, he will make Fucha look good—if he dares to humiliate himself like this, he will suffer the consequences!

The author has something to say: cheap Goujian, ha ha.It is true that Goujian tasted Fucha's excrement in history, and I did not make it up.

Bo Pi (sound ruffian)

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