Xiaofeng gave up assassinating Zhang Yi, and then turned to Song Guo with Ding Hu.

Seeing that Xiaofeng was merciful again, Zhang Yi gave up the assassination and left, and sighed: "I offended the Chu people too much, and I can't avoid trouble." I'm afraid that there will be two more and more, and there will be no three and four. This time, he kept his promise and did not tell others or pursue the matter.

Xiaofeng and Ding Hu galloped into the Song Kingdom and arrived in Suiyang City, this is the second time Xiaofeng has come to Suiyang in the Song Kingdom, and the last time was three years ago.

At that time, the monarch of the Song State was the king of Song, that is, the king of Song Kang.

Song Kang Wang was dignified, dignified, and his eyes were bright. After ascending the throne, seeing that all the princes were called kings, he said: "After the Song Dynasty was Yin Shang, the principality of the Zhou Dynasty is now under the princely states?" Regardless of the current national conditions, he also resolutely called the king, and wanted to sit on an equal footing with the Seven Heroes, called "King Song Kang".

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, although the title was higher than that of any of the Seven Heroes, it had been reduced to a weak third-rate country in the late Warring States period, and its strength was not enough to be on a par with the Seven Heroes.

But King Kang of Song was full of ambition, thought he was strong, and wanted to glorify the Song Kingdom. After becoming king, he sent troops to the east to defeat the Qi state, captured the five cities of the Qi state, and sent troops to the south to defeat the Chu state, taking the Chu land for 300 li, and used troops with the Wei state to the west, and defeated the Wei army, so it became a hostile country with the Qi state, the Chu state, and the Wei state.

Although the Song State acted like this, it was clearly an act of death, although it had won three battles and three major countries, it had already angered Qi, Chu, Wei and other major countries, and the day of the death of the country was just around the corner.

Xiaofeng came to Suiyang again, when the Song State was already an enemy of the surrounding powers, the officials and troops were very tightly checked, the people were panicked, and a tense atmosphere was gathered in the country. Seeing this, Xiao Feng sighed several times, so he didn't enter Suiyang City, and said to Ding Hu: "The weather of the Song Kingdom may not last long." This is not a place to stay. I waited and saw the Wind Shadow Master before leaving. ”

So he and Ding Hu went to Mangdang Mountain, to the Wind Shadow Manor, and asked the honored teacher. When the wind shadow saw Xiaofeng coming, please enter the manor and treat each other with tea and wine. Xiao Feng first passed the teacher's ceremony, and used twenty gold as a birthday gift for the wind shadow, the wind shadow accepted it, and said to Xiao Feng: "I heard that the Qin State has annexed Hanzhong, and Hanzhong is your hometown. Since you are the leader of Liangzhou, why do you abandon your hometown and abandon your hometown? ”

Xiaofeng pleaded guilty and said: "The apprentice is not good, he can't protect Sangzi, his hometown has fallen, if the apprentice stays in Hanzhong, he will inevitably enter Qin, but the apprentice is a Chu person, and he swears not to die for the Qin people, so he has no plan for a while, so he left for a while." Today, the Supreme Teacher has come to consult the Supreme Master, hoping to point out the lost. ”

Wind Shadow said: "Good! As a teacher, you can also know your suffering, the fall of the old country, and the great hatred of life. I asked you this way to deliberately test your mind. When the husband is home to the four seas, why should he bury his bones in the land of mulberry? As a teacher, he was originally a native of Wuyue, and now he has come to the Central Plains for nearly 20 years. Many things in this world, although they are man-made, are not man-made, do you know the truth? ”

Xiaofeng said: "The apprentice is now floating in the rivers and lakes, his mind is confused, and he wants to connect with the heroes and recover his hometown, but he doesn't know where to start, and he can't do it enough. I want to travel all over the world, but I have no purpose, and I don't know how to do it. ”

Wind Shadow said: "The world is capricious, and there are sources of strife in this world. You are just a hero, and you are just chivalrous and righteous on weekdays, so how can you think about such things? ”

Xiaofeng said: "However, when will the strife in the world end?" Assuming that there are no more disputes in the world, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no more disaster in Kyushu in China, even if the hometown falls to Qin, it is okay to fight in vain, as long as the people in the world no longer suffer, it can be regarded as a relief. ”

Wind Shadow said: "It's rare for you to have this kind of awareness. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching once said that heaven and earth are unkind and all things are dogs, and saints are unkind and people are dogs. Everything has nature, even if it is a war and killing, the people are displaced, and the common people are devastated, it is also determined by God. If there is no strife in the world, how can there be stability in the world? You don't need to be deliberate, so why not go with nature? ”

Xiao Feng was puzzled and asked, "As the teacher said, should the disciples sit back and watch the strife in the world and do nothing?" Or do you want to retire and just want to save your personal body? The apprentice is still in his thirties, and he has not yet reached the realm of a teacher. ”

Wind Shadow smiled, "That's the right question." Being a teacher allows you to conform to nature, not to retreat from inaction, but to do nothing and do something, which is the essence of Taoism. Doing something out of nothing depends on how you act. Today, there is no shortage of Ming Jun in the country of the Seven Heroes, and they are about to recruit loyal and virtuous people, why haven't you tried it? ”

When Xiaofeng heard this, he seemed to have an understanding, so he asked Feng Ying again: "Thinking about going far away in the rivers and lakes is not a long-term solution. You need to join the princes to fulfill your long-cherished wish. The monarch of the Yan Kingdom once had an old relationship with the apprentice, and the apprentice wanted to go to the Yan Kingdom, but I don't know if the respected master thinks it is okay? ”

Feng Yingzi said with a smile: "Yan Jun is newly established, and the country is waiting to be revitalized, it is the time when the four sages are thirsty." And Yan Jun has an old relationship with you, and this time he will go and he must be reused. However, the teacher still thinks that you are not looking at Yan Country first, but going to Qi Country first, seeing Qi Country first, and then going to Yan Country as the top. ”

Xiao Feng was stunned and asked, "If you don't go to Yan Country, but go to Qi Country, what does the teacher say?" ”

Wind Shadow said: "Qi is a big country in the East, and there is a Jixia School Palace in Linzi, where hundreds of characters gather. Although you have been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, you are still lacking in the princes and guests, and the princes and guests do not know your name. If you go to Yan Kingdom first, it is just because you had an old relationship with Yan Jun back then, even if Yan Jun accepts you, how can the courtiers of Yan Kingdom value you? Therefore, go to Qi country first, look at the demeanor of a great country, and the academics of a hundred schools, there must be a great harvest, in Qi country for a year and a half, after being familiar with these, and then go to Yan country, wouldn't it be better? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Feng suddenly realized, thanked Feng Yingzi, and prepared to go to Qi with Ding Hu. Before leaving, the wind shadow sent Xiaofeng to the Chidao Post Station, and told Xiaofeng: "Don't change your original intention, it's really heroic." Although you went to Qi to meet the princes and guests this time, you still remember that you are a popular man, holding a sword of gongbu, and you are the leader of the heroes of the world, not the minister of a certain king. Xiaofeng thanked him suddenly, took Feng Yinzi's words to heart, and left.

Let's talk about the country of Qi, King Qi Xuan is ambitious, wants to dominate the world, and wants to do something, but King Qi Xuan is not a wise and capable king, and he has more than enough to revitalize the country of Qi and dominate the world.

Jixia School Palace is an institution of higher learning organized by the official Qi State, founded by King Qi Wei, after the death of King Wei, King Qi Xuan expanded the scale of Qi State Jixia School Palace, for a time famous princes, all kinds of talented people have come to Qi State, preaching learning, including the famous contemporary Confucian Meng Ke.

But the king of Qi Xuan could not help but Ye Gong is a good dragon, admiring the false name and can not reuse the scholar, the Qi State was originally in the Yan civil turmoil, can have the opportunity to rise and grow to replace the Qin State, but the King of Qi Xuan can not listen to Meng Ke's words from the beginning to the end, and send troops to attack the Yan capital but do not establish kindness, military discipline is corrupt and sloppy, which leads to the centrifugation of the Yan people, and finally the defeat of the princes, the division is useless, and the hegemony is blocked.

Seeing this, Mencius left the state of Qi.

King Xuan of Qi was obsessed with the sound of dogs and horses, and Zhong Lichun, a saltless woman in Qi State, was a famous ugly girl in Qi State, who was over forty years old and unmarried. Zhong Lichun vowed to marry the prince. Seeing that all the princes conspired to kill Qi, but King Qi Xuan was slack in political affairs, and he was drunk and lascivious, he came to Linzi alone, and asked to see King Qi Xuan.

Zhong Lichun saw King Qi Xuan and said: "The people's daughter is a saltless clan of Qi country, and she is over forty years old and unmarried because of her ugly appearance. I came to see the king this time, because I wanted to enter the palace of the king and carry a dustpan and a broom for the king! ”

The ministers of Qi asked and laughed.

King Qi was also stunned, so he said to Zhong Lichun, "What can you do? Can it be used as a harem for widows? ”

Zhong Lichun raised his eyes, opened his mouth, waved his hand, and then patted his knees and shouted: "Dangerous! ”

King Qi Xuan was puzzled, and said to Zhong Lichun: "And go forward, if you don't pay attention, the widow will behead you!" ”

Zhong Lichun stepped forward to greet the king first, and then explained to the king: "The people's daughter raised her eyes to observe the changes in the princes' situation for the king; The mouth is opened to persuade the king's ears not to listen to advice; waved his hand to drive away the sycophants for the king; The knee pat is to remove the king's palace for amusement. The women of the people are not talented, but they have also heard that 'the king has a courtier, and he will not die in his country, and the father has a son, and he will not die in his family.' Now the king indulges in wine, and does not accept slander, which is what I mean by opening my mouth to accept persuasion for the king; The enemy is about to be overwhelmed, and you are surrounded by a bunch of braggarts, so I wave them out; The king spent a lot of material resources and manpower to create such a luxurious palace, which made the treasury empty and the people miserable, how could he face the Qin soldiers in the future? ”

When King Qi Xuan heard this, he woke up like a dream, his heart shook, and he thanked Zhong Lichun: "If Qing hadn't come here in time to remind me, how would the widow know his mistake!" Today, the widow is willing to listen to the words of the Qing and change the past. ”

King Qi Xuan wanted Zhong Lichun to be the queen, the original queen of the King of Qi was very beautiful, but there was no talent, he was very dissatisfied with this, and complained, the King of Qi changed his mind, saying that he was no longer addicted to wine, and broke with the past, so he killed his queen and set up Zhong Lichun as the new queen.

Although Zhong Lichun is ugly, he is quite talented, not inferior to men, after being the queen of Qi Xuan, he assisted King Qi Xuan in governing the country, and he was able to lead troops to go to war, and the situation in Qi gradually improved, and the princes heard about it, so they revoked the conspiracy to attack Qi State.