Chapter 23: Fan Li's reminiscences of the apprentice Ji Ran

At this moment, he was talking about the rights and wrongs of the monarch in secret, and suddenly it was said by this old gentleman, how could he not be surprised, at this time, Fan Li no longer dared to doubt the identity of Chi Songzi.

"Fan Shaobo has seen his predecessors, and he had many doubts before, so please don't blame his seniors! Please sit in the inner hall! This Fan Li hurriedly invited Chi Songzi into the inner hall and let him sit on the head, and he stood below with his hands down. If you talk about seniority, this red pine nut is my own generation, how can I be disrespectful.

"I don't know what to call this person, what is the relationship with his predecessors?" Seeing that Zimo was still a teenager, he didn't know what his relationship was with Chi Songzi, so he didn't want to call him indiscriminately, so he asked.

"Oh, he, you can just call him Zimo, he is my disciple." Akamatsuko said.

"It turned out to be Uncle Zimo, please sit down." This Zimo is the same generation as Ji Ran, and he is also a disciple of this Chi Songzi, and he must be very human, Fan Li said secretly in his heart.

"It's good if you call me Zimo, because the master is on top, the disciple doesn't dare to lower his rank indiscriminately, if you don't mind, I'll call you Brother Fan or Young Uncle." Zimo smiled and said, "When a master sits down, the disciple can only hang his hands, and it is not easy to sit down." ”

"How dare the young uncle be arrogant, you are the same generation as Wenzi, and you are a disciple of your predecessors, so you should be your uncle."

"I said that the two of you should not be humble, just do what Zimo said, otherwise you really have to count according to the seniority, this Zimo is very senior, everyone is free, and there is no need to be restrained, each hand in his own." Chi Songzi watched the two argue about their seniority, and directly gave their opinions.

"Sit down all of you, so that it is easier to talk. Everyone is both a teacher and a friend, if you really follow the generation, it is too rigid. ”

Seeing Chi Songzi say this, Fan Li couldn't say anything, so he was rude and sat on the side.

"I've heard Ji Ran say you many times, you haven't always worked for Gou Jian, why did you come to this Taoqiu to become a rich man?"

"It's hard to put into words, all this is just as Master said, the king of Yue can only share hardships with him, not with prosperity and happiness. After we helped the king of Yue to destroy the kingdom of Wu, we retreated to the king of Yue and escaped in the kingdom of Yue. A friend of mine Wen Chong had worked with me to advise the Yue King to help him restore the country, and when I retired, he advised him to leave with me, but Wen Chong did not listen and continued to stay in the palace as a minister, once in the discussion of peace or hegemony, Wen Chong and Yue Wang disagreed, Yue Wang was angry, at this time the Yue King had no room for people, and actually gave Wu Zixu the method of death to the husband, and gave Wen Chong to death with a wisp sword. Once I heard about this, it was not only worthless for the literature, but also for the king of Yue to be so ruthless and frightened, which is exactly the cunning rabbit to death, and the good dog to cook; If the enemy country is destroyed, the advisers will perish. In order to avoid suffering misfortune to himself, he moved his family away and came to Taoqiu. ”

"I see!" Chi Songzi nodded, "Then after you left, where did your master go?" I haven't seen him in years. ”

"When the teacher passed on my seven laws to restore the country, I rarely went to the temple, when I left the country, I have not seen it for many years, although my teacher is young, but he loves mountains and rivers, often boating, really happy."

"Brother Fan, I don't know which seven laws are the seven laws of restoration that Wenzi transmitted?" Zimo asked curiously.

"Hehe, these seven laws are not simple, since Brother Zimo wants to hear it, I will say to you, the seven laws, one is to donate currency to please its monarchs and ministers; Second, it is said that the precious corn sac accumulates in vain; Three beauties are left behind to confuse their minds; Fourth, it is said that the ingenuity and good materials of the relics make the palace room exhaust its wealth; Fifth, the ministers of the relics are plotting in chaos; Sixth, it is said that Xinjiang and its ministers make suicide to weaken it; Seventh, it is said that the army will accumulate wealth and train the army to bear its drawbacks. ”

When Na Zimo heard this, he gasped, "These seven methods are really amazing." There is still a sentence in Zimo's heart that has not been spoken, that is, the first six methods of these seven laws are vicious enough, and as soon as these seven laws come out, I don't know how many people will die because of them.

"The teacher is very accessible, and the law must be a wonderful law, and sure enough, as soon as these seven laws come out, the king of Wu will fall and be destroyed by the king of Yue." Fan Li said with a smile.

"Brother Fan, I am in my hometown, there are merchants who come and go, and there have also been rumors of the destruction of Wu by the King of Yue, saying that there are several heroes who destroyed Wu, including Dr. Fan, at this time I know that this must be you, and Wenxiang, it seems that it should be a type of literature, but I also heard that there are two women, what does that woman have to do with this destruction of Wu? And Master also mentioned a Yue Nu with superb swordsmanship, can you tell me about it? "Although Zimo is tall, he still has the heart of a child, and when he was in his hometown, he liked to listen to all kinds of information about the battle of Wuyue from the south.

Hearing Zimo's question, Fan Li's face flashed with pain, his hands were clenched tightly, the green tendons on his arms were exposed, and it took a while before he relaxed.

"I didn't want to mention this again, I wanted to bury this pain in my heart forever. But the rumors in the world are getting more and more deviant from the facts, but they have deeply hurt and blasphemed my beloved, I am sorry for her, if it is spread by the world again, I will not be at peace! That's it! Today, I will tell you the whole story of the destruction of Wu, so as to leave a testimony to the world. ”

Chi Songzi also showed the appearance of listening, many things, not experienced by himself, to spread falsehoods, to the back are all conjectures, like this kind of big event, it is very rare to listen to the first-hand information of the parties with their own ears. Of course, there are also some deviations from the facts of everything that the parties say, and they usually glorify their deeds for the sake of their own reputation or for the sake of flaunting themselves, and either belittle, downplay or distort the facts of their opponents or others, which also requires their own judgment.

It is said that in 496 BC, Goujian, the king of Yue, ascended the throne. At this time, Fan Li and Wen Chong were on an errand under the King of Yue, and Fan Li invited Wen Chong to enter Yue. The two of them served as the doctors of the Yue Kingdom, and at this time, Fan Li and the literature had not yet been used.

In this year, King Wu Xing Xing attacked Yue, and King Goujian of Yue led troops to resist the Wu army in Lili (southwest of Jiaxing). The Vietnamese army sent death squads and rushed to the Ngo array three times, all of which failed. In the end, the king of Yue let the prisoner who had committed the capital crime go to the front of the Wu army and committed suicide with his sword. Seeing this behavior of the Vietnamese army, the Wu army relaxed its guard by watching this strange phenomenon, and the Vietnamese army took advantage of the situation to attack and defeated the Wu army at Gusu (now Suzhou, Jiangsu).

In the melee, the Yue country doctor Linggu Fu used Ge to attack He Lu, and He Lu had time to parry in the future, and Na Ge cut off the thumb of Lu Lu's feet.

After being wounded, He Lu was forced to return to the division, and the army retreated seven miles. There were a lot of dried salted fish on the chariot, and the injured toe and thumb were infected by the dried salted fish, causing inflammation, and finally died. That Lu loved swords during his lifetime, so he was buried after his death with three thousand swords such as "Zhuzhu" and "Fish Intestines", and buried them in Gusu Tiger Hill. The top of the mausoleum is chiseled sword pond for a clear spring, it is two zhang deep, the cliff is like cutting, the scenery is deep, for it to look up.

After the death of He Lu, his son and husband were assigned to the throne. This husband sent revenge for Xue's father, worked hard, and decided to raise an army to invade Yue in 494 BC.

When the king of Yue heard that he was going to send troops to strike first, Fan Li heard that the king of Yue was going to send troops, and hurriedly ran to advise: "Heaven requires us to be full and not excessive, vigorous but not proud, hard work and not boasting of meritorious service, this time the king of Wu came with grief and indignation, its momentum is like a tiger, invincible, we should adopt the defensive momentum, wait for its drum to attack and defeat, and then decline, and then send troops when the three are exhausted." ”

Gou Jian held himself and once defeated He Lu, but did not put his husband in his eyes, so he did not listen to Fan Li's advice. As Fan Li expected, the Yue soldiers were defeated in Jishan in Yuedu, and the Wu army pursued the victory and surrounded Huiji Mountain.

King Yue regretted not listening to Fan Li's words. At this juncture, Fan Li suggested to the king of Yue that he should ask for peace with the king of Wu at this time, but if it is only to ask for peace, the king of Wu will not agree, and he will come to the bloodstain, how can he easily let go of the king of Yue, so in order to extinguish his anger and show sincerity, he needs the king of Yue to put down his body and enter the state of Wu as a minister, so that it is possible to escape with his life.

The king of Yue is unwilling, how can the king of a country be a minister of another country, but if he doesn't do this, his life will be difficult to protect in an instant. Humiliation or Loss? The king of Yue has no choice, once he loses his life, then the country of Yue will be gone, and there will be no chance to make a comeback.

So he sent the doctor Wen Chong to talk to King Wu. This kind of writing is very shrewd, with a large number of treasures, as well as two beauties, first found Wu Dazai Boyao, presented treasures, beauties, and asked him to act as an intermediary to persuade Wu Wangfu to allow Yue Guo to be attached to Wu.

As soon as Dazai Boyao heard that King Yue was willing to be a minister, he also avenged the revenge of the Fu Lu, which should be able to calm the anger of the husband, and he got the benefits, so he agreed to give it a try.

In the court, as soon as Bo Yao said that the husband was a little moved, and he could make the king of a country a minister, what a wonderful thing. Although Wu Zixu strongly opposed, he could not change King Wu's decision.

In this year, the king of Yue and the doctor Wen and Fan Li surrendered to Wu and became a minister of Wu. Every time he saw King Wu, King Nayue was lying in front, and Fan Li was standing behind. The king of Wu sent the king of Yue to live in a stone house next to the tomb of Helu, and asked the king of Yue to feed him horses. And Fan Li followed to do the work of a slave. Every time the husband went out in a car, Gou Jian led him to a horse and pedaled.

Wu Wangfu saw that Fan Li was so loyal to the king of Yue, and he loved talents, so he wanted to persuade Fan Li to leave Goujian and go to Wu to help him, but Fan Li was unwavering and said very calmly: "When the ministers heard about the ministers of the dead country, they did not dare to speak about politics, and the generals of the defeated army did not dare to speak bravely." The minister is not loyal or untrustworthy, and the king of Yue does not follow the king's order, and uses soldiers to hold on to the king, until the order is convicted, the monarch and the minister surrender, and the king is favored, and the king and the minister are protected. ”

It was such a passage that deeply moved King Wu and moved his compassion for Gou. In this way, the three monarchs and ministers spent two years in the state of Wu.

In 490 B.C., the monarch returned to Yue.

After the war, the Yue Kingdom was in urgent need of revival, but this revival could not be detected by the Wu State. After returning to China, the king of Yue tasted the courage and rough clothes and food, shared the joys and sorrows with the people, and worked personally, even the minister also set an example.

In this year, there was a wanderer who traveled from Qi to Yue, and was fascinated by the mountains and rivers here.

At that time, Fan Li was picking lotus roots in Wuli Lake, and suddenly saw a person on the lake stepping on the waves, this person was very young, it looked like he was only twenty-four or five, dressed in green clothes, tied with a feather scarf on his head, wearing cloud climbing boots on his feet, and three or five thin bamboos under his feet, and did not see how to operate, the thin bamboo drove this person to slide forward, very elegant. Fan Li was suddenly shocked, this kind of situation is just like the earth immortal in the world, hurriedly washed the sludge on his hands, wiped it quickly, rowed the boat to meet the man, and saluted from afar: "Doctor Fan Shaobo of the Yue Kingdom has seen the immortal!" ”

The man saw that someone stopped him, so he stopped his figure and turned his head to look at Fan Li: "It turned out to be Dr. Fan Li, I don't know what you have to do if you want to stay down?" ”

"Don't dare, I'm working below, and suddenly I saw the immortal chief stepping on the waves, he is really a master outside the world, so I can't help but come to visit."

"Hehe, I can't talk about any worldly masters, my surname is Xin, and my name is Wenzi. Looking at you, it seems that you are picking lotus, do you need to do such things yourself as a scholar? ”

"Fan Li has seen Mr. Xin." Fan Li gave the second salute, "This stone is a long story, because I lost the country of Wu and the country of Wu, the king of Yue is now the minister of the state of Wu, and now my monarchs and ministers are not free, and the wealth and nobility have left me, if I don't work, food and clothing are worried." ”

"Oh? There are such things, but I see that you are restrained, your eyes are deep, your bones are upright and strong, not like the forgiving person, I am afraid that this work has a deep meaning, right? That Ji Ran's eyes scanned Fan Li a few times.

As soon as Ji Ran's words came out, Fan Li was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, in such an extraordinary period, there are Wu people everywhere to monitor, if this is reported, the country will be in danger.

"Mr. Xin, don't talk nonsense, we and other monarchs and ministers sincerely return to the state of Wu, and the sky ......"

Before Fan Li finished speaking, Ji Ran smiled slightly and stopped the following words: "The oath should not be issued indiscriminately, in fact, you don't have to worry, I won't say nonsense, as for whether what I said is right or wrong, you and I know it in our hearts." Besides, I'm here to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the southern country, and I have no other intention. ”

Fan Liwen heard this and his heart was alive, seeing that this person is really extraordinary, if he can get acquainted, it is really a blessing, so he said: "Since Mr. is for Yunyou, it is better to give up a narrative, and let the young uncle do his best to be a landlord and understand the admiration of the young uncle." What do you think? ”

Ji Ran thought for a while: "Okay, there's nothing else to do here, just go and see it." ”