At the foot of the mountain, the road ahead is smooth, not far away are a few families with smoke, and under the ordinary eaves are a few children playing.

Wei Ziheng looked back at his senior brother and junior brother and said, "Big brother, third brother, I don't know what your plans are in the future?" ”

Sun Qi simply gave Wei Ziheng a hug, and then said with a little regret: "I really didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, and it would be difficult for me to give up this place where I grew up." One day, I will make the name of Qionglong Mountain famous all over the world. ”

Wei Ziheng nodded and agreed: "I was originally from the Jin Kingdom, and when I met my master by chance as a teenager, I was originally reluctant, but later I learned from my teacher and discussed the philosophy of the Great Dao, and I am deeply grateful." I don't know when we will see each other today. ”

Mi Yang looked back at his two brothers who had been classmates for many years and saluted: "Two brothers, I am very grateful for these years of study. I am also very happy to meet both of them, and I will definitely visit them in person if I have the opportunity in the future. I belong to the clan of Chu State, I have been away from home for many years, and my parents must miss me, and I will leave for the return journey of Chu State on the same day. ”

Wei Ziheng listened to Mi Yang's words, and also felt the same way: "It's true to say that, it's time to go back to the Jin Kingdom to take a look." ”

Mi Yang made another big gift, and then said: "Since this is the case, Yang will retire, and I will see you again in the future!" ”

"Good! See you soon......"

After bidding farewell to Miyang again, Sun Qi grabbed Wei Ziheng's shoulder and said, "You also want to return to your homeland, right?" The Jin Kingdom was a land north of the Central Plains. I'm about to go to the country of Qi, and you and I can go together. ”

"Qi Guo?" Wei Ziheng looked at Sun Qi with some puzzlement and said, "What is the matter with you going to Qi State." ”

Sun Qi dragged Wei Ziheng and said as he walked: "My ancestor is a native of Yong'an, Qi State, and there are clansmen left by my clan in Yong'an, Qi State, so I think I should go and visit." ”

Wei Ziheng, who has always been close to things, nodded slightly after thinking for a while, and said with a happy face: "If that's the case, wouldn't it be better?" The journey from Qi to Jin is not too far, and I happened to travel through some famous mountains and rivers and make some strange people. ”

Sun Qi and Wei Ziheng hurried together.

From the foot of the Dome Mountain, the two went straight to Gusu City.

Gusu is the former powerful country of Wu, the capital of the country, is the most prosperous city in the southeast of the Central Plains. The state of Wu reached its peak during the reign of King Wu and Fucha. At its peak, it destroyed Huaiyi, Xuyi, Zhoulai, Chao, Zhongli, Zhongwu, Han and other Dongyi states and Chu vassal states and greatly expanded their territory and became the overlord of the southeast. Wu also defeated Tan, Hu, Shen, Chen, Xu, Cai, Dun, Lu, Wu broke Chu into the battle of Ying, invaded the Chu capital and forced the Chu state to move the capital, the battle of Fujiao served Yue in the south, the battle of Ailing defeated Qi in the north, and the meeting of Huangchi would be allied with Jin.

The end of such a powerful country is embarrassing, his old capital is still prosperous, and his amazing iron-making in the world is still famous in the world.

Wei Ziheng, a long time ago, learned that Sun Qi's family was originally a remnant of the Wu State, when the Vietnamese army broke through the capital of Wu Gusu, it can be said that the world knows everything, no one is shocked, after the extreme glory, it is extremely weak, which can not help but make people a little embarrassed.

After a short distance, it was convenient to arrive at Gusu City. The outer city is magnificent, the stone pillar that does not fall down for thousands of years stands on the wide city tower, it is rumored that it is the place where Wu was founded, it is rumored that it is a stone pillar in front of the ancestral temple of the Wu family, and later the city was built in Gusu Dingdu, in order to pray for blessing and eliminate disasters and bless the Wu country, the stone pillar is placed on the city tower to show the prestige of the country.

Decades ago, when Goujian, the king of Yue, led 3,000 Yuejia to break through Gusu, when he saw this stone pillar, he had evil thoughts and wanted to destroy it, so he ordered his subordinates to knock it down, but no matter how hard his soldiers worked, the stone pillar still stands. Then it was gone.

Seeing this stone pillar, Sun Qi couldn't help but shake his head and said, "You and my brothers may not be here for a long time, let's go in first!" ”

Looking at the stone pillar with traces of history, Wei Ziheng nodded. The two then passed through the city gate and entered the city of Gusu.

As soon as you enter the city, you are greeted by all kinds of shouts and shouts, endless vendors, and crowds of people on both sides of the streets.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Wei Ziheng couldn't help but secretly admire: it is worthy of being the first city in the south of the Yangtze River, and the capital of Yue Guoguo is not as good as this.

And Sun Qi next to him said with some frustration: "It has only been a few decades since the destruction of the Wu State, and nine out of ten in this Gusu City are the remnants of Wu, and the pain of losing the country has long since disappeared." ”

While speaking, a team of Vietnamese soldiers was running towards the city gate, and pedestrians on both sides of the road avoided one after another, and the slightest commercial goods encroached on the road, and the Vietnamese soldiers kicked the goods out of the road mercilessly, and then went out of the city.

At this time, an old man next to him, who was over half a hundred years old and had gray temples, said slowly: "Alas, here we go again." ”

I saw Sun Qi walk up respectfully, and after making a simple salute to the old man, he said sincerely: "Old man, what are these people going to do when they go out of the city?" Why is it coming again? ”

The old man did not pay attention to the young man in front of him, but turned around and was about to leave, leaving only a short sentence: "The great bandit has gone." ”

"Bandits?" Wei Ziheng said with a little surprise: "I have lived here for nearly ten years, and I have never heard of the appearance of mountain bandits in the big cities and small villages near here, and they are still big bandits. ”

Sun Qi, looking at the old man's back, straightened up and walked towards Gusu City with Wei Ziheng.

Soon, the sun was on one side, the spicy sunshine gradually receded, Wei Ziheng and the two of them found a small inn to prepare to satisfy their hunger, the land of Wuyue has always had many delicacies, and there are countless fish and shrimp foods.

Although the place of this inn is small, it has everything available, and the dishes sold are all old food of Wu State, which will inevitably make some old people of Wu feel a little regretful.

Wei Ziheng, born in the northern Jin Kingdom, after being familiar with the northern dishes, he was quite interesting about the taste of these fish and rice in the south. And Sun Qi was also eating casually on the side, as if he had long been accustomed to this kind of dish.

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from the corner of the small inn: "Thousands of layers of water ripples, thousands of sails actually cross, thousands of people walk on the shore, and thousands of foods are in Wuzhong." Wine! Good meat! ”

Wei Ziheng and Sun Qi followed the prestige, a middle-aged man wearing a hat on his head, and judging from the wrinkles on his face, he seemed to be a little old. His expression was quite strange, as if he was smiling, and there seemed to be some anger in his laughter, but in the end there was even more regret.

Sun Qi buckled his saber on the table, walked in front of the middle-aged man with half a pot of wine, and naturally sat across from his table, slowly filling his wine bowl with a pot of wine.

I saw that the middle-aged man tilted his hat to reveal a somewhat vicissitudes of life, looked at the young man in front of him with a smile, and said: "Oh, this little brother is born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, he must be the son of a big family, right?" ”

Sun Qi looked straight at him and said: "This Gusu fish is delicious, I don't know what you sang just now?" ”

The middle-aged man suddenly became vigilant, and then said: "This is Wu Land, what is wrong with me singing the ballad of Wu Guo?" ”

This remark caused the shopkeeper of the small inn to be cold, and he tried his best to give the middle-aged man a look, and several guests who were eating together next to him couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man when they heard this.

Wei Ziheng heard the whispers of the diners at the next table:

"The state of Wu has been destroyed, and now this is Yuedi."

"Oh, I don't care what country he is, we just live our own lives."

"Changing the country and changing the place is already commonplace in the Central Plains, not to mention that we are a couple in the southeast."

"Don't say this, lest there be trouble in the future."

……

Wei Ziheng carefully observed the every move of the innkeepers and guests.

Sun Qi lowered his voice, and then said, "What nationality are you?" ”

"Wu Guo!" The middle-aged man also lowered his voice, and the two began to talk carefully.

"But the state of Wu has long perished."

"Although the country is broken, the people are still there. Although the mountains and rivers are broken, the hearts of the people are still there. I said he wasn't dead, he just wasn't dead. ”

Sun Qi, holding the wooden table with his right hand, leaned forward slightly, and whispered to the middle-aged man: "I am also a remnant of the Wu State, and when the country was broken, I was not yet born. ”

It was just such a soft-spoken sentence, and the middle-aged man's mood suddenly changed, and his speech became more careful: "I don't know where Ling Zun Ancestor is in the Wu Kingdom?" ”

"Gusu!" Sun Qi raised the corners of his mouth lightly and said, and at the same time, he also noticed the gaze from Wei Ziheng. After a short pause, without waiting for the middle-aged man to reply again, Sun Qi got up and returned to the wooden table where he was originally sitting.

Wei Ziheng also kept an eye on the middle-aged man at this time, his gaze kept rolling over Sun Qi, and he seemed to be attracted by the last sentence.

Sun Qi naturally returned to his wine table, and then said to Wei Ziheng: "This wine is sweet, if it is not a natural spring, it cannot be brewed." ”

Wei Ziheng lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Now, there are probably changes in Gusu City. ”

"This is a mistake, since Wu was destroyed, this place has been a fierce place."

"Just now, listening carefully to the words of the people around me, I am afraid that there are Wu remnants of people in Gusu City who are causing chaos, and a pair of Vietnamese soldiers who went out of the city before went to clear out the Wu bandits who were making trouble outside the city."

"Wu bandit?" Sun Qi shook his head slightly and said, "That man is right, there are indeed people in this world who are unwilling to bend their knees. ”

When Wei Ziheng talked about this, a complicated look appeared on his face: "The country has been broken, why should these people bother?" First, there is no foreign aid, second, there is no internal help, and third, there is no popular heart. After all, it's just a temporary thing. ”

Hearing Wei Ziheng's words, Sun Qi's tone changed, and he said helplessly: "This is exactly what I said, although I am an old citizen of Wu State, I also know that this kind of restoration of the country is by no means something that can be done by a reckless man. Although the state of Wu was destroyed, this world belonged to the king of Zhou after all, and if you think about it carefully, it is actually no different from the previous reign of the king of Wu. ”

Wei Ziheng suddenly had some heartfelt words, and blurted out: "The king of Zhou has been divided for more than 100 years, and the princes have been stationed in the territory to repay the kindness of the king of Zhou. Thinking that the former generation of male lord King Wu also dominated the world, although there was no recognition of the Zhou royal family, but it also made the princes tremble, and came to the court from all directions. ”

Sun Qi thought so: "Even the disciples of Xianggong of the Song Kingdom can win the heart of the king of Zhou and the position of the overlord of the princes." King Wu is so heroic, but he has never been taken seriously by King Zhou, just because of the remote Central Plains? Alas... Nothing is possible. ”

Wei Ziheng drank a bowl of wine and said: "Everything is difficult to come true, this is a good statement." In the past, the Duke of Qi Zhihuan was the first hegemon in the world, the virtuous minister managed the middle son, bowed and assisted, it was a beautiful talk in the world, but in his later years, he did not listen to the words of loyalty and heartfelt words, and ended up with a dead body, what is the so-called reason? Alas......"

Talking about this, the two sighed separately, and left the inn after eating the wine and food.