It was midsummer, and the rain was beginning to break, and the Wu Gongwen stage was very lively. This stage was proud of Fuchai after breaking his ambitions. He felt that the low-level portal in the past could not promote his great achievements, so Dazai Bo Xi was renovated and built.

Looking around, I can see that the lobby is tall and deep, the gate is painted red, and the finely carved square rafters on the beams are painted with images of dragons and snakes. There are red bricks on the top, bamboo mats on the bottom, the smooth stone room is decorated with green feathers, the top of the wall is hung with jade hooks that bend and crystallize, the soft silk hangs between the walls, and the gauze tents are set up in the atrium...

This palace is as skillful as possible, magnificent and extravagant. It is by no means comparable to the simplicity and frugality of the Wu Wang Helu era, but it can satisfy the "big country style" that Fu Chai likes.

On this day, the feast held to celebrate King Wu's recovery from a serious illness has been going on for an entire hour.

As soon as the armored warriors of Wu State with the shield and sword dance had left, beauties from all over the world came on stage one after another. The black hair on their heads was gathered into tall clouds, lined up in two-eighth sections, playing the voice of Zheng Wei and dancing the dance of the foxtrot. Swinging the front of his clothes like a bamboo branch, he bent down and clapped his hands, revealing his attractive waist, which made the guests in the hall coveted.

The music officials played the yu, drums and serpents in an ensemble, and beat the drums violently. The popular songs of the Wu Kingdom and the Cai Kingdom, and the elegant music of the Chu region, played the Dalu tune with the accent, and they also had a special mood, but if Yanling Jizi was there. , I am afraid that he will frown and scold Fuchai for "not knowing etiquette and music".

Covered by the hustle and bustle of the collision of cups and cups, King Wu sat happily on the king's couch, only one seat lower than the high platform he was on. Those who were summoned to attend the banquet were all sitting in the last row! Today, he was able to sit in the north, and the officials of the Wu state treated him with courtesy, although behind that apparent respect, there was deep contempt.

"Prince of feces..." Someone seemed to be snickering in a low voice.

Gou Jian's expression was as usual. The table in front of him was rich and varied. The staple food was yellow rice and glutinous rice mixed with fragrant beauty. People move their index fingers. Sake is squeezed out of the lees and then frozen, and the crystal clear and jade-like wine is mixed with honey and filled with a corner glass for people to taste. Take a sip and feel cool all over the body, the heat is relieved...

However, looking at these delicious delicacies, Goujian had no appetite at all, no matter what he ate, the tip of his tongue still smelled of excrement and urine...

Shame, sorrow.

In order to survive and to return to the country, he even tasted the feces of Fuchai.

"Your Majesty's urine (urine) tastes bitter and sour. This taste should be in the spring and summer. Your Majesty will recover as before!" After thinking of smacking himself a few times, he described the stench in his stomach. A burst of nausea, almost vomiting.

But no matter how disgusting you are, you have to endure it. No matter how you can’t eat it, you have to eat and drink with a smile on your face, and look at him with a lot of eyes... Not to mention that that strategy really worked, King Wu was suspicious, maybe it was Goujian tasting **** The incident made him a little shocked, so he let Goujian leave the stone room and continued to do the shepherding work. He finally escaped.

As Fan Li said, Fuchai, although cruel and arrogant, has the kindness of a woman. After he recovered from his illness, he also attributed some of the credit to Goujian, thinking of his loyalty, and the rewards increased day by day. They also let Goujian and his wife leave the horse pen and live in the Wu Palace, enshrining them as the emperor of Wu State, and let him sit on the guest seat today to show his favor.

Fan Li looked at him frequently: at this time, he was just in a hurry, so that King Wu had no doubts about the Yueguo.

So Goujian stood up and wished the King Wu's birthday. He bowed his head and said, "My minister, Goujian, hereby congratulates the great king on his birthday, the emperor is on the order of the emperor, and the four seasons are called. May the king extend his life and longevity, protect the state of Wu for a long time, the four seas and the seas will inherit, the feudal lords will serve their guests, and they will enjoy the hegemony forever. Once the wine rises, you will be blessed forever!"

Every sentence said that the husband was in his heart, and Wu Wang was very happy, and Gou Jian became more and more pleasing to the eye.

When Dazai Bo Xi saw this, he also got up to celebrate the birthday of King Wu, and took the opportunity to say loudly: "It's strange! Today, the king has recovered, and all the ministers have arrived, but only the Xiangbang is missing. Although the Xiangbang has always hated the Yuejun, but today's The banquet is a banquet to pray for the birthday of the king, it is a bit too much to not come."

Opposite Goujian, Wu Zixu's place was supposed to be empty. The resolute old prime minister was annoyed at the kindness of his husband and wife, and refused to share the table with Goujian, saying that he was sick at home and did not come to the banquet.

King Wu was silent, holding the wine a little gloomy, and becoming more and more dissatisfied with Wu Zixu, he thought: "The widow has been sick for more than a month, and the Dazai circled around the orphan, personally carrying the feces and urine for the orphan, looking for a good doctor Wu Zhu everywhere, and donating to him. The food that the widow loves relieves the pain. But what about Xiangbang? Apart from slandering Goujian, he didn't say a word of concern, obviously he didn't take the widow to heart, what an unkind and unkind person!"

"On the other hand, Goujian, the monarch of a country became a servant, his wife was a concubine, and he emptied his own state to worship Wu, but after three years he had no resentment. For the widow to recover, there is no need to doubt Goujian's submissive heart. Gu Ruo obeys Xiangbang and kills him. This is the widow's unwiseness, and it is not good for Wu. It is just to give Xiangbang a personal pleasure... "

At this point, Fuchai's intention to release Goujian became more and more firm.

He thought happily, Yuedi was difficult to control, and when Wu officials arrived, Yuyue people either fled into the mountains and forests, or swam in the swamps, and they couldn't organize Qimin like Xu Guo. It is better to let Goujian rule on his behalf, and still pay tribute to Wu as in the past three years. Food, beauty, copper and tin are continuously transported to the north. In this way, we not only get the practical benefits of the tribute from Yue, but also reduce the trouble of governance. Wouldn't it be beautiful to let future generations extol one's benevolence?

As for Wu Zixu's worry about Gou Jian's "hearts of tigers and wolves in the heart, and beautiful words in the outside world", it is simply alarmist.

He thought disdainfully: Besides, what kind of big things can a dung-tasting monarch accomplish? The opponents of the widow are Zhao Wuxi, the King of Chu and the others! How can it be confined to a corner of the south of the Yangtze River and bury the pride and ambition of a man?

Fuchai clapped his hands, stopped the music in the hall, and announced with a smile: "The widow has made up his mind, and on the first day of the sixth month, Lord Yue will return to the country!"

...

Wu Zixu was successful in attacking Chu Poying and became famous. He was sealed in Shenyi by the King of Wu Helu, so he was called Shenxu and Shenjun.

He is one of the biggest monarchs of the Wu Kingdom, with thousands of diners, but his family does not appear to be rich. After Fuchai defeated the Yue Kingdom, he built a lot of construction projects and gave Wu Zixu a lot of rewards to expand his mansion, but Wu Zixu put that effort into it. Saved it, and used the jade silk to reduce the Qiujia and Tianfu of the fief, and also raised a few diners.

Therefore, the Xiangbang Mansion is still the same, not too big or not too small. The first step in the door is the outer courtyard of 30 steps wide, paved with stone bricks, and the blue sky can be seen through the patio. The main hall separates the outer courtyard from the inner courtyard, and is a place to receive guests and hold banquets. At the back of the main hall is a small patio, there are auxiliary courtyards on both sides, there are many houses, there are suites, and there are single rooms.

It has been a long time since the Chunqiu Qing doctor fostered a scholar, but it was not until ten years ago that Zhao Yang of the Jin State accepted a large number of guests and supported three thousand scholars. This made this employment system popular among the princes, and Wu Zixu was not exempt from the custom. Applying Zhao's system, the guests of his family are also graded. The lower guests live in single rooms, and the upper guests live in suites. They have their own small yard and special chariot and horse servants.

Among them, there is even a guest's residence, which is next to Xiangbang's residence, and there is even a small door directly connected to it, allowing him to visit the next door at any time. You must know that there are wives, concubines and children of Xiangbang living in it, so it is not shy, it can be seen that this person's status is extraordinary.

On this day, the small door creaked open again. Wu Zixu, who was white-haired, was wearing a normal suit and no crown. He just casually wrapped his head in a towel, carrying a pot of wine, and came to the door himself.

There is a green banana plant in the vice courtyard. The yellow dog is lying beside the flowers and stretches out his tongue to watch the two practicing swords in the courtyard of the courtyard...

A young man, wearing strong armor and armor, he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, with a silver crown and hair, and his appearance was immature.

An old man, wearing a blue-gray uniform, with a sharp face, as thin as a dangerous rock, a pair of slender ape arms, his right hand behind his back, and his left hand holding a Wu sword. .

Wu Zixu didn't bother them either, he stroked his beard and watched for a while, and the outcome was soon decided, but when he saw the boy screaming, the sword in his hand was sent flying far away, and the old man used the sword's tip against his chest. lost.

"Unfortunately..." The young man refused to admit defeat, stomped his feet and said regretfully: "I almost won, Wuzi, you and I will come again."

The old man picked up the sword and threw it back at him, smiling without saying a word.

Wu Zixu coughed lightly, showing his existence, and reprimanded the young man with a stern face: "The boy is arrogant! If you want to win the swordsmanship of Sun Wuzi in the three armies of Wu, you should go back and practice for 30 years!"

The young man was startled, and quickly put down his sword and said, "I have seen my father." He is Wu Feng, the only son of Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu was originally married in Chu State, but when he fled, his wife committed suicide so as not to drag him down. After Wu Zixu entered Wu, he claimed that he would not break the state of Chu and could not be considered a home, so he did not marry the daughter of his mother who gave him food back then, and Wu Feng was born a year later.

When he got a child in middle age, Wu Zixu did not spoil him at all. He was extremely strict with him. As long as he stared at him, Wu Feng would not dare to retort even a word.

"Why did Zixu say this, Ruzi can be taught, given time, or a brave general."

Sun Wu laughed loudly, took the turban, and let Wu Feng wipe off the sweat from his forehead. As for him, he didn't even see a drop of sweat on his face after the confrontation just now, which shows that his swordsmanship is unfathomable. Only a few people have the opportunity to see him reveal his true abilities. It is said that his teacher Sima Rangju died in a wrongful way. When Sun Wu fled from Linzi, he faced dozens of soldiers from the state of Qi with a sword. However, he did not kill anyone, and he was very appropriate to take care of the importance of it. Wu Zixu was very relieved to let him teach his son to practice swordsmanship in his spare time.

After the three sat in the pavilion surrounded by bananas, Wu Feng asked impatiently, "Did Dad hear about it? Last year, Zhao Han and Zheng Guo fought a war. The army was defeated for more than ten days, and the Zhao and Han families were defeated. This Zhao general is said to be the elder brother!"

The elder brother in his mouth is Wang Sunsheng, the adopted son who was raised by Wu Zixu. When Wang Sunsheng left Wu State, Wu Feng was still young. When Wu Zixu went to Qi State to come over alone, Wu Feng, who had no playmates, cried. Over the past few years, he has been talking about this righteous brother, and the purpose of learning the sword is to find him one day. The north and the south are different, and the news of the Jin state reaches the Wu state. It is as short as three months and as long as a year and a half. Therefore, Wu Feng said this thing is already a year ago.

Wu Zixu glanced at his son coldly. The fate of Wang Sunsheng was the most regrettable thing in his heart. As the king and grandson of Chu, his ambition was impossible to achieve in Wu State. There is no way, not to mention that now that the new king is in power, he has begun to dislike the old ministers...

However, seeing that his son attaches great importance to friendship~lightnovelpub.net~ is like his elder brother Wu Shang, and it may be a good thing that he did not inherit his strong personality.

His heart softened, and he said, "If you miss Wang Sun, you can go and fix a book and take the merchants to Jin."

Wu Feng went away happily, Wu Zixu looked at his back, and then said lightly: "Young man does not know sorrow, Wang Sun was taught by me and Changqing. With his ability, he was able to lead the Zhao clan, who is like a cloud of wise officials. It's not difficult, I just hope that one day, we won't be confronted on the battlefield."

Sun Wu laughed loudly: "People don't have a hundred years of life, and they often have thousand-year worries. I have already retired to the city, and Zixu is also half-in-the-earth. When Zhao Wu faced difficulties, he might not be able to catch up. Zixu should still worry about his current situation. Today's King Wu banquet. , why are you absent as a Xiangbang?"

ps: When the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period honored each other, they were mostly clans + sons, such as Confucius, Xunzi, and Quzi. With the exception of the state of Qi, who likes the name + son, such as Sun Wu, in addition to calling him grandson, he is also called Wuzi: "There is a person who has 30,000 people who are incompetent in the world, who? Liao Zi, and Kuang Zhang, also known as Zhang Zi. Chapter two at night

(To be continued.)