Gou Jian was furious, bent over, grabbed the sword from the box, waved his hand back, and with a sound of inspection, he cut off the chair smoothly, and said loudly: "There are thousands of difficulties, and Gou Jian will never retreat without knowing the difficulties." One day, when I will capture my husband, I will cut off his head with this sword!" said another sword, splitting a sandalwood chair in two.

Fan Li bowed and said: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king!" Gou Jian was stunned and said: "Seeing that the swordsmen of Wu State are so good, what is the joy to congratulate?" Fan Li said: "The king said that there are thousands of difficulties, and he will never know the difficulties and retreat." The king has this determination, and great things will be accomplished. This difficult matter in front of us must be discussed by Dr. Wen. Gou Jian said: "Okay, you go to Dr. Chuanwen." ”

Fan Li walked down the hall, ordered the palace supervisor to pass on the doctor's language, and stood on the side of the palace gate to wait. Not long after, Wen Pegasus arrived and entered the palace side by side with Fan Li.

Fan Li was originally a native of Chu Guowan, a dignified person, uninformal, and his actions were often unexpected, and the local people called him "Fan Maniac". Wen Chong came to Wandi to be a county order, and when he heard Fan Li's name, he sent his subordinates to visit. The subordinate saw Fan Li and came back and said, "This person is a well-known local madman who acts in a mess. Wen Chong smiled: "If a person has a different behavior, mortals will laugh at him for fooling around, he has a clever and unique opinion, and mediocre people will scold him for being foolish." How can you understand Mr. Fan?" and went to visit him himself. Fan avoided it, but he expected that he would definitely go and come back, so he borrowed his brother's clothes and dressed neatly. Sure enough, a few hours later, the literature came again. After the two met, they talked for a long time about the way of the king, and the speculation was extreme, and it was really late to see each other.

Both of them felt that the Central Plains countries were gloomy, the Chu country was big and chaotic, and the overlord in front of them was in the southeast. So Wen Chong resigned from his official position and went to Wu with Fan Li. At that time, Wu Wang was reusing Wu Zixu's various reform measures, and his talent was indeed outstanding. I may not be able to overcome him. The two discussed, with the proximity of Yue and Wu, and the customs were similar, although the area was small, but it was also possible to show their skills, so they came to Yue. Under the meeting of Gou Jian, the two of them were quite appreciative of the discussion, and they both worshiped the position of doctor.

Later, Gou Jian did not listen to the advice of Wen and Fan Li, Xingbing and Wu Guo at war, with Shi Mai as the general, defeated in a battle by the Qiantang River, Gou Jian was besieged in Huiji Mountain, and almost perished. Gou Jian used the strategy of literature and Fan Li in the crisis to buy off the traitorous minister Dazai Bopi around King Wu, and said for King Chen of Yue. Wu Wangfu almost did not listen to Wu Zixu's advice, agreed to make peace with Yue Guo, brought Gou Jian to Wu State, and later let him return to China. Later, Gou Jian tried his courage and decided to take revenge, and adopted the nine techniques of destroying Wu in the literary genre.

The first of the nine techniques is to respect heaven and earth, and to do ghosts and gods, so that King Yue has the heart to win. The second is to give King Wu a large amount of money, which is not only his habit of luxury, but also the meaning of his defense against transgression. The third is to borrow grain from Wu first, and then return it with steamed grain, and the king of Wu saw that the grain was big, and sent it to the peasants as grain seeds, but the rice did not grow, and Wu was hungry. The fourth is to give the beauties Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, so that King Wu is obsessed with beauty and ignores political affairs. The fifth is to give away skilled craftsmen to lure King Wu to raise the palace and consume his financial resources and people's resources. The sixth is to bribe the traitorous ministers around King Wu to corrupt the government, and the seventh is to divide the loyal ministers of King Wu, and finally force Wu Zixu to commit suicide. The eighth is to accumulate grain and grass to enrich the country's financial resources. The ninth is to cast weapons, train soldiers, and stand by to attack Wu.

The eight techniques had all been successful, but the final ninth technique encountered major difficulties at this time. Seeing that King Wu sent eight swordsmen, the sharpness of the blade and the essence of swordsmanship displayed were really unmatched by the warriors of the Yue Kingdom.

Fan Li informed the text of the situation of the suitable talent compared to the sword. Wen Chong frowned and said, "Brother Fan Xian, the swordsman of the Wu Kingdom is a sword master. It is a big disaster, and when they are fighting, it is even more difficult to make good use of Sun Wuzi's legacy. Fan Li said: "Exactly, Sun Wuzi assisted King Wu back then, commanded the army to break Chu, invaded Yingdu, used soldiers like a god, and was invincible in the world." Although Qi Jin is a great country, he is also afraid of its edge, and he has a saying in the art of war: 'I am designed for one, and the enemy is divided into ten, and if I attack one of them with ten, then we are outnumbered.' Those who can defeat the outnumbered with the crowd will be the ones who fight with me. 'The four Wu Shi and the four of my Yue Shi fought, and the Wu Shi specialized in one with two people, and was invincible with the outnumbered. ”

Between the words, the two arrived in front of King Yue, only to see Gou Jian holding the paper-thin sword in his hand, and he was distracted.

After a long time, Gou Jian raised his head and said, "Doctor Wen, back then, Wu had a cadre and a wife, Mo Xie and his wife, who were good at forging swords. I have a good worker Ou Zhizi, and the art of forging swords is no less than that. At this time, the cadre, Mo Ye, and Ou Zhizi were no longer alive. Wu Guo has such a sword-forging master, is it possible that my Yue Kingdom has no successor since Ou Zhizi died?" Wen Chong said: "The minister heard that Ou Zhizi has two disciples, one is Feng Hu and the other is Xue Candle. The wind beard is in Chu, and Xue Zhu is still in the Yue country. Gou Jian was overjoyed and said: "The doctor quickly summoned Xue Zhu to come, and then sent people to Chu, and hired Fenghu to come to Yue with a lot of money." Wen Chong obeyed the order and retreated.

In the early morning of the next day, the literary report had been sent to Chu, and Xue Zhu had already arrived.

Gou Jian summoned Xue Zhu and said, "Your master Ou Zhizi was ordered by the first king to forge five swords. The pros and cons of these five swords, you can tell me about it. Xue Zhu kowtowed and said: "The villain once listened to the words of the first master, the first master forged five swords for the first king, three big swords, two small swords, one called Zhan Lu, two said Chunjun, three said victory and evil, four said fish intestines, and five said Juque. So far, Zhan Lu is in Chu, Shengxie and fish intestines are in Wu, and Chunjun and Juque are in the palace of the great king. Gou Jian said: "Exactly." ”

It turned out that after Goujian's father, Yue Wang Yunchang, cast five swords, King Wu got the news and came to ask for help. Yun Chang was afraid of Wu Zhiqiang, so he had to offer the three swords of Zhan Lu, Victory Evil, and Fish Intestines. Later, King Wu sent a sword to assassinate the king. The Zhan Lu sword fell into the water, and then it was obtained by the king of Chu, and the king of Qin heard it, but he couldn't ask for it, and he attacked Chu, but the king of Chu never agreed.

Xue Zhuyu said: "Xingshi once said that among the five swords, the victory over evil is the best, the two swords of Chunjun and Zhanlu are second, the fish intestines are second, and Juque is the last. When the giant was cast, the gold and tin and the copper were separated, so the sword was only a sword, not a sword. Gou Jian said: "Then I am the two swords of Chunjun and Juque, and I am not defeated by the victory of King Wu and the two swords of fish intestines?" Xue Candle said: "The villain is a capital crime, forgive the villain." Gou Jian raised his head and was silent, from Xue Candle's words, it was known that the two swords of Yue Guo were not the enemies of the two swords of Wu State.

Fan Li said: "Since you have to pass on the skill of respecting the master, you can immediately open the furnace to forge a sword." If you cast a few swords, you may not be able to catch up with the sword of Wu Guo. Xue Candle said: "Doctor Hui: The villain can no longer forge a sword. Fan Li said: "But why?" Xue Candle stretched out his hand, only to see that the thumb and index fingers of his hands were gone, and only six fingers remained. Xue Zhu said gloomily: "The strength of forging the sword depends on the thumb and index finger." The villain survived and had already become a waste. ”

Gou Jianqi said: "Are your four fingers cut off for the enemy?" Xue Candle said: "It's not the enemy, it's for the villain's senior brother." Gou Jian was even more strange, and said: "Your senior brother, isn't that the wind beard? Why did he cut off your fingers? Ah, it must be that your sword-forging skills are better than your senior brother, he is jealous, cut off your fingers, and teach you to never forge a sword again." Gou Jian speculated to himself, and Xue Zhu couldn't say that he guessed wrong, so he was silent.

Gou Jian said: "The widow was going to send someone to the Chu State to summon the wind beard. He is afraid of your revenge, and may not dare to come back. Xue Zhu said: "King Mingjian, Senior Brother Feng is currently in the State of Wu, not in the State of Chu. Gou Jian was slightly startled and said, "He ...... He is in the country of Wu, what are you doing in the country of Wu?"

Xue Zhu said: "Three years ago, Senior Brother Feng came to the villain's house, took out the sword, and showed it to the villain. When the villain saw it, he was shocked, it turned out that this sword was cast by the ancestor Ou Zhizi for the Chu State, the name was Gongbu, and the text on the sword body was like flowing water, from the handle to the tip, continuously. The villain once heard the master say, and he knew it at first sight. At that time, the first master forged three swords for the king of Chu, one was called Longyuan, the second was Tai'a, and the third was Gongbu. The king of Chu loves abnormally, but he didn't know that it was obtained by his senior brother. ”

Gou Jian said: "Presumably it was given to you by the King of Chu." ”

Xue Candle said: "If it is said that it was given by the King of Chu, it is not bad, but it is just that it changed hands twice." Senior Brother Feng said that after Master Wu broke Chu, Wu Zixu sent the coffin of King Chuping, whipped his body, and obtained this sword in the tomb of King Chu. Later, after returning to Wu, when he heard the name of Senior Brother Feng, he asked someone to send the sword to Chu to him, saying that this was the legacy of the ancestor and should be borne by Senior Brother Feng. ”

Gou Jian was shocked again, and muttered: "Wu Zixu is actually willing to give up this sword, this person is really a hero, he is really a hero!" Suddenly laughed, and said: "Fortunately, my husband has forced this person to commit suicide, haha, haha!"

When Gou Jian laughed, no one dared to make a sound. He laughed for a while before asking: "Wu Zixu gave you the Gongbu Sword as a gift, what do you want to do?" Xue Candle said: "Senior Brother Feng said, at that time, Wu Zixu only said that he admired the ancestor and asked for nothing else. After Senior Brother Feng got this sword, he was grateful, and thought that General Wu was the secretary of Wu and gave me a treasure of the world, so he went to Wu and thanked General Wu in person. General Wu treated the above guests as a courtesy, and placed a house for Senior Brother Feng, which was extremely polite. Gou Jian said: "Wu Zixu asked people to work hard for him, and he always used this set of methods, which was called the assassination of the king's bureaucrats back then. ”

Xue Candle said: "The king is like a god. But Senior Brother Feng didn't understand Wu Zixu's conspiracy, and he was treated so favorably by him, he couldn't help it, and asked again and again, what is the use of himself. Wu Zixu always said: 'Your Excellency has driven Wu in vain, but you are a guest of Wu State, how dare you work and respect?'" Gou Jian scolded: "The old traitor is slippery, and retreat is advancing!" Xue Candle said: "The king sees thousands of miles. Senior Brother Feng finally said to Wu Zixu that he had nothing else to do but cast swords, and thanks to such generous treatment, he should cast a few swords of Xishi as a gift. ”

Gou Jian stretched out his hand and patted his thigh, and said, "It's on the way!" Xue Candle said: "Then Wu Zixu said that there are many Wu Guo swords, and there is no need to cast them anymore." Moreover, casting swords is extremely laborious, and the cadres Mo Ye failed to cast swords back then, Mo Ye himself invested in the sword furnace, and the sword was completed. This kind of tragedy must not be done again. Gou Jianqi said: "He really doesn't want to forge a sword with a wind beard? Xue Candle said: "Senior Brother Feng also felt strange at that time. One day, Wu Zixu came to the hotel to chat with Senior Brother Feng, talking about the hegemony between Wu and the northern Qi and Jin countries, Wu Shi was brave and strong, and when he had the upper hand, he was not as good as the art of chariot warfare. Senior Brother Feng talked to him about the method of forging swords and halberds. It turned out that what Wu Zixu wanted to cast was not a sword or two, but a thousand swords. ”

Gou Jian realized when he came, couldn't help but say "ahh ”

Gou Jian smiled: "Hehe, I'm afraid that the widow is not Wu Zixu's opponent." Fan Li said: "Wu Zixu has been removed by the king's clever scheme, can he still help me to cross the country?" Gou Jian laughed and said, "This is not bad." Xue Candle, your senior brother listened to Wu Zixu's words, and helped him forge a sharp sword?" Xue Candle said: "Exactly." Brother Feng immediately followed Wu Zixu to the sword casting room on Mogan Mountain, and saw that there were more than 1,000 swordsmiths casting swords, but his method was not good, so Senior Brother Feng dialed it one by one, and after that, Wu's sword was sharp, and all countries could not reach it. Gou Jian nodded and said, "I see." ”

Xue Zhu said: "After a year of casting, Brother Feng was overworked and exhausted, so he told Wu Zixu about the villain's name, and Wu Zixu prepared a gift, asking Senior Brother Feng to summon the villain to Wu Country and help Senior Brother Feng cast a sword. The villain thought that Wu Yue had a feud, and Wu Guo forged a sharp sword, which could kill Qi and Jin, and could also kill my Yue people, so he persuaded Senior Brother Feng to return to Wu again. Gou Jian said: "Yes, you are very knowledgeable. ”

Xue Candle kowtowed and said, "Thank you for the king's encouragement." But Brother Feng didn't listen to the villain's advice, he slept in the villain's house that night, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly put a sharp sword in the villain's neck, and then cut off the villain's four fingers, so as to teach the villain to become a waste person from now on. ”

Gou Jian was furious and said sharply: "The next time you catch Wind Beard, you will definitely cut him into meat sauce." ”

Wen Chong said: "Mr. Xue, although you can't forge a sword yourself, but if you guide a swordsmith, we can also forge thousands of sharp swords." Xue Zhu said: "Doctor Wen: Wu Yue has the iron of forging swords, only refined copper is in Yue, and good tin is in Wu." ”

Fan Li said: "Wu Zixu has already sent troops to guard Xishan, and the people are not allowed to pick tin, isn't it?" Xue Candle's face showed surprise, and said: "Doctor Fan, it turns out that you already knew." Fan Li smiled and said: "I'm just guessing, now that Wu Zixu is dead, Wu Ren may not abide by his will." It is not difficult to obtain good tin for high-priced acquisitions. ”

Gou Jian said: "However, the distant water can't save the near fire, and it will be necessary to mine copper, smelt tin, build furnaces, and cast swords. If the husband doesn't live so long, won't it be a lifelong hatred?"

Wen Chong and Fan Li bowed at the same time and said, "Yes." Ministers should think again. ”

Fan Li withdrew from the palace and thought: "The king can't wait for two or three years, I can't wait for one more day and one night, it's also ......" Thinking of this, there was a faint pain in his chest, and the stunning beauty immediately appeared in his mind.

It was Xi Shi on the bank of Huansha Creek. It was Yiguang who was the unparalleled beauty in the world that he personally visited, but he personally sent her to the Wu Palace.

The journey from Huiji to Gusu is very short, only a few days of water, but in these few days, the two have a deep love and can no longer be separated. Xi Shi Haojie's face was hung with two pearl-like tears, and his voice was like the gentle flowing water in Ruoye Creek: "Young uncle, you promise me that you must take me back, the sooner the better, I am waiting for you day and night." You repeat, you will never forget me. ”

The revenge of the Yue country must be avenged, that can be waited. But Yiguang was in the arms of his husband, and jealousy and anguish were gnawing at his heart. Swords must be cast in large numbers as soon as possible, sharper than those used by the swordsmen of the Wu Kingdom......

He strolled through the streets, with eighteen guards far behind.

Suddenly, there was a chorus of Wu Ge from the west of the long street: "My sword is sharp and the enemy is fearless, and my sword is swift and the enemy is leaderless......"