Chizhang Manzhi sighed: "Those who are ministers are not loyal to the king, they are guilty and deserve death, but loyalty is not used, so they have to withdraw." On the same day, he drove his horse to the king and said goodbye, and asked him to cut the hub of the car so that he could speed up the journey.

The enemy did not stay too much and let him go.

On the seventh day after this red chapter vine branch left Qiu Youguo, the Jin army captured Qiu You from that wide avenue.

This take-off once again sighed that Mo Zhai was like a god, the same gift, the defense of the country and the hatred of the country, there are people who see through this Zhiyao trick, and they all advise the monarch, the monarch of a country listens to the persuasion to avoid being destroyed, and the monarch of a country insists on destroying the country. Same thing, two very different results.

While Mo Zhai read the letter, Ayu also read the letter, "Sure enough, as the husband said, this kind of strategy has been used repeatedly, and someone will eventually fall for it." ”

"Yes, the hatred is from the country, and the death is not in others, but the virtue of the monarch without discernment, which is exactly the thought of life and death! Just as this autumn harvest and winter hiding, and the land of that country, the Zhi clan is growing again, and its heart will definitely be warlike. ”

"Do these rulers only know how to raise troops to fight? Why is it not good to make a living and operate, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Isn't there a penalty from Heaven for such behavior? Ayu looked at Mo Zhai with her hands on her cheeks, and asked with a pout.

"That Lao Tzu once said, 'Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs; The saints are unkind, and they use the people as dogs. Between heaven and earth, is it still a sword? Void but unyielding, moving and out. Heaven will not care about such small things, but will just let them go. And the people of the temple will not care about the affairs of the people, how can the people expand their territory and attack political opponents in their eyes? They just treat all this as a game, of course, since it is a game, there are winners and losers, and if they can't turn over, they will turn into dogs. ”

This Mo Zhai was discussing with Ayu, and someone sent a letter, but it was a letter from Fuqiu. This is the second letter from the palm order in addition to taking off. Mo Zhai opened it and took a look, but he smiled, and said to Ayu: "Madam, do you guess what Fuqiu's letter said?" ”

"How can I guess this, isn't there something big about Qi Country again?"

"There is no major event, but it is related to the hatred of the country." With that, he handed the letter to Ayu.

Ayu took the letter and looked at it, and also smiled: "This red chapter vine branch left the enemy and survived, and actually went to the country of Qi." It's just that the Qi country is under the rule of Tian Pan, and his many half-brothers who don't know their fathers ......" Speaking of this, Ayu covered his mouth and giggled, "That Tian Hengzi is really ridiculous, doing such a shameless thing, I want people to be unaware, but I don't want to have an impermeable wall in the world." Even if he said this, it was embarrassing. Ayu touched her cheek with her hand, "The Tianpan brothers are in charge of the cities, and the Chizhang Manzhi has gone to the Qi country, how can they have any status?" ”

Mo Zhai looked at Ayu's shyness, which became more and more pitiful, and couldn't help but poke his head over and kiss Ayu's forehead, and this time Ayu was even more ashamed, and his face was pink: "Ah, husband, how bad it is for people to see this day." ”

Mo Zhai smirked: "Who made you like this, it's so likeable." ”

Na Ayu took a sip: "Looking at your serious appearance, you will also say such things." He turned his head, but his face couldn't help but show joy.

When Mo Zhai saw Ayu this time, his heart became more and more lustful and impulsive, looking forward to Jin Crow's return to the nest soon.

In order to press the love in his heart, he wrote a reply to Tengfei and Fuqiu to distract them.

During this period, Zimu also sent people to send letters from Qin, Xue Kui also sent letters from Chu, and Tengchong also sent people to send letters from Zhao.

Slowly, the spring breeze blows away the winter wind, the earth quilt is removed, and everything recovers. The years entered the spring of 457 BC. The nations are moving again, just as everything is recovering.

Looking at the Mo Academy again, there is still a daily lecture, and Mo Zhai is busy.

That Mo Zhai sowed seeds in the autumn of the previous year, and this spring Ayu has a bulging lower abdomen, and is about to become a father, Mo Zhai is busy and happy, and wrote to his family early to report the matter. When the son and his wife heard this, how could such a major event be hasty, and replied to inform them that they would come to Yique in the near future.

The Ji Ran couple was also very happy, and moved to the school early to take care of Ayu's daily life.

On this day, Mo Zhai was giving a lecture to Monsan. Since this Mengshan came to Yique, he did not return to Qufu with Fuqiu and stayed. Because he learned from Mo Zhai early, the knowledge he gained taught others much earlier, and Mo Zhai often taught him alone. The big disciple still serves every day, listening more and talking less. At this moment, Mo Zhai gave a lecture to Meng Shan, so he called Yu Huali over to listen to the lecture together.

The lecture was interrupted by the arrival of a letter. But it was a letter from Teng Chong, who was in charge of the Zhao clan in Momen.

The letter said that Zhao Wuxian summoned all the Zhao allies to hold an oath in the capital city of Xinjiang (now Xintian, Houma City, Shanxi) during the Cold Food Festival.

The cause of this oath was initiated by the nostalgia of the child. At that time, the Duke of Jin Wen was still the son of Chong'er, and during his exile, his follower Jie Zitui once cut shares to satisfy his hunger. Chong'er returned to the country as a prince, divided the vassals, and Dujiezi Tui did not want to be rewarded, and lived in seclusion in Mianshan with his old mother. Later, Duke Wen of Jin personally went to Mianshan to respectfully invite Jie Zitui, but Jie Zitui did not want to be an official and hid in the mountains. Jin Wengong couldn't push Jiezi, and knew that he was avoiding him, so he ordered his subordinates to set fire to the mountain, the original intention was to force Jiezitui to show up. As a result, Jie Zitui was burned to death under a large willow tree while holding his mother. Jin Wengong was very sad, in order to commemorate this loyal minister and righteous man, so Jin Wengong ordered that Jie Zitui should not make a fire to cook on the day of his death, but eat cold food, which is called the Cold Food Festival.

Zhao Wuxian shouted to the alliance personnel: "The ancient righteous people were more loyal, and when they wanted to be the Duke of Wen, they had to be pushed by the righteous men to cut the meat to satisfy their hunger, and they also got the help of the five sages to achieve hegemony, and the five sages were humble to each other, knowing the righteousness and unity." The ancestor Zhao Chengzi was loyal and virtuous, several let the Chinese generals, worship the Chinese army when the first was in danger, and defeated the enemy army with his military talent, Wei Wuzi bravely killed the enemy, although he was injured, he could still kill several enemies, and he had to be the fox Yan and Jia Tuo capable people, so united. Today, people in this world are more profit-seeking, less loyal, and now take this cold food festival to swear allegiance to the Zhao family, only the master of the family is obedient, and will never betray. The Zhao clan and all their allies advance and retreat together. ”

After an oath, the Zhao family used a brush to write the words of the alliance on the jade tablet, and made two copies of the alliance, one was hidden in the league house as a certificate, and the other was buried in the ground, in order to win the trust of the gods and ghosts. This book of alliances hidden in the ground was excavated by later generations thousands of years later, and it was ordered to be "Houma League".

This oath was known and passed on.

What's even more bizarre is that on the same day, Han Wu, the suzerain of the Han clan, also held an oath at his home in Wen County, with almost the same content, asking allies to be loyal and burying the alliance in Wen County.

The Zhao family and the Han family have always relied on each other, advancing and retreating together, and this time they gathered at the same time to swear an oath, I don't know why.

Seeing this, Mo Zhai held the letter behind his back and thought about it, and said secretly in his heart, it seems that the Zhi clan is incompatible with the Zhao clan and the Han clan, and it should be that the Zhi clan is stronger, this Zhao Wuxian and Han Hu hope to use this oath to unite people's hearts and avoid defection.

The letter also mentions a great event,

After thinking about it, he replied to Tengchong, asking him to closely observe Zhao's movements, and at the same time exchange letters with Tengfei, so that he could see the motives of both parties more clearly.

At dinner in the evening, at the dinner table, Mo Zhai told Ji Ran and Zi Jian about Zhao Hanmeng's oath, but Zi Jian didn't care much about this politics, so Ji Ran heard about it and recognized Mo Zhai's analysis.

"Maybe in less than five years, there will be chaos in the Jin Kingdom, and there will be a war between Zhao and Zhi." Ji Ran said.

Within a month, Tengchong sent another letter from Zhao's family, which combined with the information from Zhi's Tengfei side, and said four things:

First, Zhi Yao, the ruler of the Jin State, ordered Zhao Wuxian to conquer Zhongshan, in the name of the Beidi Zhongshan State, for the future troubles of the Jin State, repeatedly offended the border, and the Jin State, as the upper country, must be punished.

As soon as this righteousness came out, Zhao Wuxian had no choice but to accept the order and also took the opportunity to expand the territory. He sent the doctor Xinzhi Dog to crusade against Zhongshan Kingdom, and Xinzhigou led the Jin army to conquer the two cities soon, occupying Zuoren (now the northwest of Tang County, Hebei) and Zhongren (now the southwest of Tang County, Hebei). It happened that Zhao Wuxian was dining, and he was very happy to hear about it, and while kneading the rice into a ball with his hands to eat, he thought about the Zhongshan war, and suddenly his face showed fear.

The waiter hurriedly asked, "Isn't the victory of the new puppy big enough to make you happy?" Why do you still look unhappy, and why? ”

"I have heard that there is no pure virtue, and that the two come together, and this is called luck. Luck is not a blessing, and without virtue we cannot afford harmony and happiness, and harmony and happiness are not obtained by luck, and I am afraid because of this. Zhao Wuxian said.

In the court, Zhao Wuxian emphasized that this new young dog went down to two cities in one day, not because the Zhao army was strong, but because the Zhongshan country was not guarded, it was purely a fluke, this is the power of the monarch, the power of the Chinese army, and the tiger has this great victory.

Second, Zhi Yao was in charge of the army, and Han Hu, Wei Ju, and the three armies defended the country together, and the three-way army fought together and won a complete victory.

Third, on the way back, Zhiyao's army set up a banquet in Lantai to invite Han Hu and Wei Ju to Erqing. After three rounds of drinking, Na Zhiyao drunkenly told a story called "Bian Zhuangzi Thorn Tiger".

The story is about Bian Zhuangzi, the doctor of Bian Yi of the Lu State, who is famous for his bravery, and Bian Zhuangzi is also a filial son, when his mother was alive, he fought with the army, lost three battles and three times, his friends looked down on him, and the monarch humiliated him. In order to show his bravery, once Bian Zhuangzi was eating in a tavern, two tigers appeared in the woods, the two tigers were hunting a cow, and the nearby people were afraid of the tiger and did not dare to go out, so they let the tiger eat the cow, and Bian Zhuangzi wanted to assassinate the tiger to eliminate harm for the people. The boy servant in the tavern stopped him and said, "Two tigers are eating a cow, and when they eat it, they will fight each other because of the sweet taste of the meat, and the result of the fight will be that the big tiger will be wounded and the little tiger will die, and if you stab at the wounded tiger again, you will have the reputation of killing both tigers at once." Bian Zhuangzi thought he was right, so he stood and waited for the two tigers to fight. After a while, the two tigers really fought. The big tiger was seriously wounded, while the little tiger died. At this time, Bian Zhuangzi rushed out of the tavern and stabbed at the injured tiger, and one action really won the credit of assassinating the two tigers. Three years after the death of his mother, Lu Guoxing was in charge of Qi, he asked to join the war, won the enemy's first head in three battles, and was ashamed of the defeat in the past, and finally killed seventy people and died.

This is a very meaningful story, and later generations often use this allusion to warn disciples that they must be good at grasping the timing and knowing how to deal with things, and they will get completely different results. Only by being good at analyzing contradictions, making use of contradictions, grasping the opportunity, and being wise and courageous, can we achieve twice the result with half the effort.

But Zhi Yao laughed and said to Han Hu with the strength of the wine: "I once flipped through the history books, and among the countries with the same name as you, the Qi State has a high tiger, and the Zheng country has a Han Tiger, and together with you there are three tigers." ”

At that time, the Korean doctor Duan Gui was beside him, and when he heard Zhiyao say this, he stepped forward and said: "According to etiquette, you can't call your name directly, isn't it too much for adults to tease my lord like this!" Please also ask Shangqing to make amends to my father-in-law! ”

That Duan Gui was short in stature, and he stood up only under Zhiyao's shoulders. Zhi Yao either fainted or deliberately humiliated Duan Gui, patted his head with his hand, and said drunkly: "A boy, come and talk more." ”

Fourth, that season Xian Dawu came to Xinjiang and frequently entered and exited the Zhi Mansion.

After reading the letter, Mo Zhai began to think about these four things in his mind. The Zhao family just swore an oath on the Cold Food Festival, and this is a great victory in Zhongshan, and two cities in one day. It is said that this is the time to show the status of the Zhao family, but this Zhao Wuxian low-key said that this credit is the power of the monarch and the power of Zhiyao. Is this a deliberate attempt to divert everyone's attention and show weakness? That Zhiyao sent Zhao Wuxian to attack Zhongshan, maybe he didn't have any good intentions, on the one hand, he wanted to see the combat effectiveness of the Zhao family's soldiers and horses, and on the other hand, he also wanted to use the battle of Zhongshan to weaken part of the Zhao army, but it was counterproductive. Then Zhao Wuxian may have seen Zhi Yao's purpose. Mo Zhai analyzed and probably came to such a conclusion.