CHAPTER XXXVIII

The name of the Western Zhou Dynasty is the country, but in fact it is just a border town, the Xia Kingdom did not take him seriously, and the Shang Kingdom naturally did not think of him, and it was not until it was passed on to Ji Chang's generation that he had the appearance of a country. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Saying that he is like a country is just a so-called national body in the establishment, in fact, there is not even a large-scale building, not to mention the so-called princes and ministers, that is, Ji Chang, who is known as the king, but also lives a little higher, because he lives on the mountainside of Qishan, and the so-called royal palace is just more fence than others, not that the Zhou country is very poor, in fact, since Ji Chang became the so-called king, he has done practical things for the people wholeheartedly, with the calendar and solar terms, the output in agricultural production is advancing by leaps and bounds, Everyone is living and working in peace.

But King Wen advised everyone to be thrifty, diligent and thrifty, sometimes to think of the time, I have to think that there are still people who are homeless, have no food to eat, no clothes to wear, so for those who flee, there are still admirers who come to them, first of all, to help them solve some of the most basic living problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In this regard, King Wen is by no means petty, and on the other hand, King Wen spends money and is also bold and unrelenting, that is, in the preparation of the army, King Wen said to everyone: "Although we are rich and have a better life, don't forget that there are still some ill-intentioned people who will suffer from pink eye, and they will come to rob us of the fruits of our labor if they want to get something for nothing, and how to keep and defend our beautiful homeland must have strong force." ”

Everyone also thinks that what King Wen said makes sense, in addition to letting his children join the army, that is, the elderly and children will also practice some games that assume that a strong enemy is coming in their leisure time, so as to prevent bad people anytime and anywhere, because everyone does not want this beautiful life to be destroyed.

As expected, one day, the great Shang country sent a so-called messenger to read out the holy decree of the king of Shang, saying that the king of Wen had meritorious service in governing Xiqi, and was crowned as the Marquis of Xibo, in addition to the holy decree There is also a big and bright golden seal, of course, this seal is not given in vain, and the king of Wen must personally go to the king to thank him, but he was imprisoned for seven years.

Why? It turned out that the king of Shang asked King Wen to pay tribute to him every year, in addition to grain, livestock, and the most important thing was to have 500 pairs of boys and girls, and King Wen also inquired that the boy and girl were used for the queen to dig out her heart to eat.

In order to save his life, King Wen pretended to be crazy and stupid, and privately gave benefits to the messenger who had been to Xiqi, asking him to help say good things, money can make ghosts grind, and the messenger said both truth and falsehood, saying that Na Xiqi is indeed sparsely populated, I am afraid that it is indeed difficult for five hundred boys and girls to make up, and that Xiqi is indeed poor, and even King Wen himself lives in a small fence courtyard, so as to avoid a catastrophe of life and death for King Wen, until King Wen's eldest son Bo Yi Kao grew up, and was willing to exchange for his tortured and inhuman father, King Nawen reluctantly returned to his homeland after a long absence.

Although the Western Zhou Dynasty suffered this ordeal, but it was still in order, everyone admired King Wen's foresight and wisdom, and everyone's heart was secretly holding back a strength, wait, sooner or later, one day, we will also hit you Yindu, and strangle the insatiable, cruel and unkind and lascivious King Xuan with a rope, and then strip the inhuman queen Daji naked and parade the street, so when Lu Shang was dressed up particularly eye-catching, walking in the bustling crowd, it did not cause much commotion, It wasn't until he reached a slightly remote corner that a few children followed him curiously.

That Lu Shang's outfit had never been done before, and he was a white-bearded old man, so it aroused the curiosity of a few idle children to run down, and from time to time he screamed twice, trying to attract the attention of the old man, at this time, a strong man picking firewood passed by, and yelled at the children: "What is the trouble, why don't you all hurry home and help the family do something." ”

When the children saw this, they squeezed their eyes and scattered in strange expressions. At this time, I heard that Lu Shang said to the strong man: "It is easy for them to go home, but I am afraid it will be difficult for you to go home." ’

At this time, I saw that the strong man put down his burden, stepped forward and bowed to Lu Shangshen and said with a smile: "Old man, probably you are from a foreign country, our king taught us to respect the old and love the young, I saw that a few children have disrespect for you, and coaxed him away, why do you speak disrespectfully, listen to your words, it seems that I will have something to do." Lu Shang pretended to make a fuss and shouted: "Woe, woe, great calamity!" ”

The strong man held back the anger in his heart and said softly, "Okay, then tell me what trouble I will do." ”

"What's the woe? I see that you are frowning, and the hall is dark, and your great calamity will hurt people's lives for no reason. ”

After hearing this, the strong man walked straight back, picked up the firewood, and turned back to Lu Shang and said: "Since you say so, I won't bother with you now, and I will stay until tomorrow, if I am safe, I will come to you again to reason." After that, he jumped on the firewood and squeaked away.

The strong man was still secretly thinking in his heart all the way, looking at the strange costume of the old man's Qingfeng Dao bones, thinking that I have always been reckless in doing things, and I must be cautious today and don't be taken seriously by him, just thinking that I have come to the gate of the city.

At this time, two soldiers guarding the gate shouted to him: "Stop, stop, from this day onwards, everyone who enters the main city will be routinely checked." ”

The strong man hurriedly prepared to put down the firewood, but the back of the firewood first slipped off, so that the front was heavy and the back was light, the strong man was startled and did not hold it, under the gravity, the back end of the flat shoulder quickly smashed forward, this smash did not matter, it was smashed on the head of the soldier who came forward to defend the city, and the soldier sat down silently.

After the incident, someone notified King Wen, and when King Wen arrived, he listened to the introduction of the strong man and the people around him, and carefully observed the flat burden, and judged that what the strong man said was true, but it was a mistake.

Although it was a mistake, after all, it was fatal, and the lawsuit still had to be eaten, so he took the flat pole and drew a circle by the city gate, and said to the strong man: "You will squat here for a hundred days." "I'm done with my sentence, I'm going to do something else.

It turned out that King Nawen practiced benevolent government, and adopted different punishment methods according to different cases, although the strong man committed a murder, he did not have to suffer and suffer, squatted in that circle, did not have to work, and there were people to take care of the food, but he was also anxious.

Because he was a very filial man, and he was still worried about his sick old mother at home, when he saw the soldier who brought him dinner to come, he begged him to send a message to King Wen, saying that he would take a night off, and after he went back to arrange the old mother, he would come to prison again tomorrow.

When King Nawen heard this, he pinched a few fingers, read the words, and then said, "What you said is true, and leave is granted." ”

And just like that, the strong man hurried back into the night.