Fan Li looked at the literary species, and said earnestly: "Over the years, as the prime minister of a country, you have done everything big or small, and you have personally governed a dilapidated Wu State so prosperously. The common people only know the language, but they don't know that there is also the king of Yue. That's true, right? ”

Wen Chong took a sip of tea and said: "Wen Chong has worked hard for so many years, and he has won a little reputation from the people, and I am relieved that I have not worked in vain." ”

Fan Li sneered and said, "Brother, do you think this is a good thing?" ”

Wen Chong looked at Fan Li suspiciously, and said, "Is it a bad thing to get the support of the people?" ”

Fan Li shook his head and sighed, saying, "Things are so paradoxical. This may seem like a good thing for you personally, but it's actually a very dangerous thing. ”

Wen Chong looked Fan Li up and down, as if he had just met Fan Li, he said: "Brother, you have made me confused, you have worked hard for the king, and won the support of the people, how can you say that this thing is a bad thing?" Can you tell me the truth? ”

Fan Li smiled: "Isn't this obvious?" Why can't my brother see through it? Let's put it this way, if you were a king and your people looked up to only one courtier, and left you as a king out in the cold, how would you feel in your heart, and would you be happy? ”

Wen Chong was stunned, he really didn't think of this. If he is a king, he will definitely not be happy in his heart when he encounters such a situation, at least his heart will be sour. He tentatively said, "Brother, you mean, I have covered the glory of the king. You're going to be hated by the king, aren't you? ”

Fan Li said: "Have you thought of this? All kings in the world have one thing in common, that is, everything about kings is not to be challenged. Whoever challenges the king, even if it is an important minister who has made great contributions to him, he will never be soft when he cleans up. ”

Wen Chong shook his head: "I can't believe it, we, me and you, have endured a lot of hardships for the Yue Kingdom, and in the end he wants to clean us up?" Incredible. ”

Fan Li said: "We are still safe now, and King Yue will still obey us." Because even now, without the assistance of the two of us, he still can't complete the great cause of restoring the country. But when the restoration is successful, it will not be like this, and at that time, it doesn't matter if we are there or not. When he reascends to the throne, how can he tolerate others competing for glory? ”

Wen Chong still refused to believe it, and said: "Brother, you think about the bad aspects of the Yue Dynasty, is he so narrow-minded?" ”

Fan Li said: "I still speak with facts, I will tell you two things, but you have to keep it secret, just know it yourself, don't spread it." ”

"That's nature. You and I know each other, you can completely trust the language. ”

Fan Li narrowed his eyes and recalled: "Back then, the king of Yue was stubborn and self-serving, completely unable to listen to our advice, and mistakenly sent troops to attack Wu, resulting in a fiasco, resulting in the destruction of the country, which was completely his decision-making mistake, but he never reflected on himself. Fan Li followed King Yue into Wu as a slave and lived in a stone house where horses were raised, and he would definitely be insulted by King Wu. He actually thought that all this was caused by me Fan Li, and he was very resentful of me, saying that one day if the restoration of the country was successful, he would behead Fan Li! ”

Wen Chong jumped up suddenly: "Are you telling the truth?" ”

Fan Li said sadly: "If someone else told me, I wouldn't believe it anyway." Hell, this is what I heard with my own ears. ”

Wen Chong was stunned for a while, and said: "I think it may be so, Yue Wanggui is the monarch of a country, and he was suddenly humiliated like that, and he couldn't accept it all of a sudden, so he had to be angry with you." If the restoration is really successful, he may not do that. ”

Fan Li shook his head and said, "Brother, you are always too kind-hearted. Sooner or later, a gentleman's heart will harm you. Well, I'll say the second thing. The reason why the people of Yue have such cohesion has a lot to do with the queen Mrs. Yayu, Yayu's benevolence benefits the people, and the people of the entire Yue country love the queen more than the king. This is also true, right? ”

Wen Chong nodded in agreement: "It's true." ”

Fan Li said: "However, there is one thing that makes the queen's life worse than death. ”

Wen Chong was surprised: "What's the matter? ”

Fan Li said: "The queen was forced by Wu Zixuce to serve the envoys of the Jin State in Wu State, and was also called into the palace by King Wu for a few months, and was not replaced until Xi Shi Zheng Dan entered the palace. The queen was a victim of this. And it was caused by the incompetence of King Yue. But he did not reflect on himself, but resented and disliked the queen, for more than ten years, he never said a few words to the queen in private, and always kept a distance of one foot from his sleep at night. This situation has lasted for more than ten years. ”

Wen Chong was silent. After a long time, he said, "Brother, what you said is true or false?" ”

Fan Li said: "Is it necessary for me to tell a lie? In the three years of Wu Kingdom, I lived in the same room with King Wu and his wife, and I already knew about these situations. ”

Wen Chong said: "I'm so busy all day that I'm dizzy, how can I know these things." Brother, what do you think we should do? Why don't you stop doing it now? ”

Fan Li said: "No, we must complete the great cause of restoring the country." We are not only for the king of Yue, but also for the people of Yueguo. I'm saying this to my brother now, just to remind you. The crux of the matter is, what are we going to do after the restoration is complete? ”

Wen Chong said: "Brother, what should we do? ”

Fan Li said: "There are several ways, first, abolish the king of Yue, you come to be the king, will you do this kind of thing?" ”

Wen Chong said: "No, I would never do such a thing. I won't, and neither will you. ”

Fan Li said: "Second, the rapids retreat bravely. After the success of the event, we have an explanation for the king of Yue, an explanation for the people of Yue, and an explanation for ourselves. Without us, the Yue country can survive. At that time, we should jump out of the land of right and wrong, wild cranes and idle clouds, and the four seas are our home. ”

Wen Chong said: "I am unwilling to do this, can't we enjoy the dividends of restoration at all after decades of hard work?" ”

Fan Li said: "If you don't want to choose this one, there is a third, that is, stay in Huiji, let fate arrange, if the king of Yue treats you better and treats you as a person, even if God blesses you, if the king of Yue thinks you are in the way, then you have to let it be slaughtered." ”。

Wen Chong said with some sadness: "Brother, I never thought about what you said, let you say this, I feel that it is really like that." However, I don't want to believe that people's hearts can be so bad. In other words, I still don't believe that King Yue would be so narrow-minded that he would not tolerate our existence. But I still want to thank you, brother, for reminding me. For now, let's be single-minded and single-minded in recovering the country. ”

Fan Li let out a long sigh: "Brother, Fan Li is grateful for your appreciation back then, so I solemnly reminded you." I hope you don't take it seriously. When the time comes, I will remind you again. ”