Sincerely, the gold and stone are open. King Yue's sincere treatment touched Gongsun Zhi and Wu Ban, two senior craftsmen who could be called academicians in later generations. They promised to do their best for the upgrading of agricultural tools in Vietnam.

This matter is carried out on a large scale with the cooperation of various cultures, the formulation of plans, the organization of manpower and material resources. And not table.

Fan Li said to King Yue: "King, the minister left Gusu in the name of disaster relief. Now I have to return to Gusu as if the disaster relief has been completed, so as not to arouse the suspicion of King Wu. ”

King Yue said: "Young Uncle has made great contributions to the revival of Dayue. Your behavior is entirely up to you, and you can go at any time, without having to say goodbye to the widow. ”

Behind King Yue, Yayu glanced at Fan Li deeply, revealing a look of reluctance and affection, and said: "The general is so tired, you can rest for a day or two before leaving." ”

Fan Li bowed down and said, "Fan Li will arrange his work and rest, thank you for the queen's concern." It is only a matter of time before the king and queen are men and women weaving, and the people of Dayue are role models, and they are united as one to revive the great cause. The minister implored the king and queen not to work too hard, and the minister could also rest assured in Wu. ”

Zimei walked by, took the queen's hand, and stepped aside to whisper.

After a while, Meng Ji made dinner, and Fan Li and Zimei accompanied Yue Wang and his wife to dinner. That is, porridge, coarse grain bread, fried vegetables. Typical farmhouse meal.

said goodbye to King Yue and came out of the stone house, which was already full of stars. Fan Li thought of Yayu's complicated gaze from time to time, and sighed softly.

Zimei asked smartly, "Why is Fan Jun sighing?" ”

Fan Li said: "I sigh for the queen. In the great cause of the restoration of the country of Yue, the most bitter is Yayu. ”

Zimei said: "Zimei knows that the suffering of Yayu does not lie in changing from a queen to a peasant woman, not in changing from delicacies from mountains and seas to coarse bread, nor in being humiliated by King Wu. When it comes to enduring suffering, women have a stronger tolerance than men. Yayu's suffering is that her efforts are not recognized, and his sacrifice is exchanged for disgust. And the person who dislikes him is her husband. It was enough to kill her. ”

Fan Li said: "Zimei sees it very accurately. Yayu is an amazing woman. ”

Zimei sighed deeply and said: "Actually, the actual situation of Yayu is that he is strong on the outside, cooperating with King Yue, and extremely sad inside. Just now, he chatted with me for a while, and I already knew that Yayu had been struggling inside. Do you want to live? Does it make sense to live like this? ”

Fan Li was silent. In the early spring nights, there is also a deep chill, and the streets are sparsely populated. There is still a long way to go before Huiji recovers to the prosperity that a country deserves.

Fan Li said: "This kind of matter between husband and wife, outsiders can't intervene and mediate. In the Yue Kingdom, Yayu's reputation for virtue spread widely, and the people loved the queen more than the king. If Yayu has three longs and two shorts, it is the people's hearts that will be hurt. ”

Zimei sighed and said, "I think that King Yue has done a little too much, and he sleeps on the grass." Everyone tastes bitter gall. Don't get close to women, don't eat good food, don't wear good clothes, and have to open up the wasteland every day. ”

Fan Li said: "It's not these things that Yayu is sad about. She can live with all of this. ”

Zimei said: "Even if there is no sex, she can bear it." What she was uncomfortable with was being disliked, which was a more serious insult than the one inflicted by King Wu. ”

The two stopped talking and walked forward silently. They were about to leave Huiji and return to Gusu, where there was another battlefield.

Zimei suddenly said, "Fan Jun, tell you a secret." ”

Fan Li said, "Oh? What secret? ”

Zimei smiled lowly: "Do you know why Yayu can still hold on?" ”

Fan Li said: "She is a strong woman. ”

Zimei said: "There is a more important reason, he is in love with someone. ”

"Who?"

"You!"

"Zimei ......"

"Fan Jun, listen to me, you know, you are beautiful, which will make women like it, but what you don't know is that your demeanor and temperament can charm any woman. Chic and elegant, and as bright as clouds, even I, an alien, are fascinated. Yayu is also a woman, in the final analysis, she is an ordinary woman. If, her emotional life is normal, she will only stay at the level of liking you. But now that she's living in despair, you're her lifesaver. It can be said that she can still live because of you. ”

Fan Li stood down. Looking at Zimei, under the starlight, you can also see that Zimei's face is very white, her eyes are very dark, and her breath is fresh: "Did Yayu tell you this, or did you speculate on it yourself?" ”

Zimei said: "Who is Yayu, can you tell me these words?" But do you know who I am? I've been alive for at least a thousand years, can you hide this from me? What I say is true, and there can be no mistake. ”

Fan Li said: "Zimei, do you know? I'm sad to hear what you say. Because I don't know how to deal with it. I don't know what to do to get the balance back in all aspects. ”

Zimei said: "Fan Jun, if you are close to Yayu, the closeness I am talking about includes all things between men and women, which can save her and give her the motivation to live, are you willing to get close to her?" ”

Fan Li was stunned, how could this Zimei say all the things that were difficult to answer? After hesitating for a moment, Fan Li said, "I don't want to." ”

Zimei said, "Why? Do you think this kind of thing is dirty, obscene, and dirty? Shouldn't it be a gentleman's doing? ”

Fan Li said: "To be honest with you, emotionally. I don't hate any woman, especially a pretty woman, Yayu is a pretty woman. Including these girls around me, including Zimeijun you, I like them all. But the gentleman does something and does not do something. Yayu is the queen, I am his courtier, we are the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and the ethics of Gangchang cannot be messed up, this is my bottom line. ”

Zimei lowered her head and laughed lowly.

Fan Li said: "Zi Meijun, what are you laughing at?" Am I not right? ”

Zimei said: "Fan Jun, what I laugh at is that you are an alternative among the princes and nobles of the past dynasties, which is even more likable." ”

Fan Li was stunned and said, "I don't understand, what do you mean?" ”

Zimei said: "You have forgotten a basic fact, that is: those ethics and morals are formulated to control the grassroots people, and there has never been a high-level prince and nobleman to abide by and implement these ethics and morals, they always do what they want, do what they want, and do what they want." ”

Fan Li was silent. The limited knowledge of history told him that what Zimei said was really the truth. Wu Zetian in later generations seemed to be Li Shimin's woman at the beginning, and later became Li Shimin's daughter-in-law or granddaughter-in-law? I can't figure it out. There is also Taizhen Yang Yuhuan, who was the woman of Shouwang Li Mao at the beginning, and later became Li Mao's mother. Diao Chan in the Three Kingdoms period was Wang Yun's woman at the beginning, and later Wang Yun gave her to Dong Zhuo, and at the same time to Lu Bu, which made Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu fight to the death. Of course, the relationship between the First Emperor Yingzheng and Lü Buwei is also unclear. There are too many examples of this to count.

Fan Li asked weakly: "Zimei, what do you want to say?" ”

Zimei stretched out her hand and stroked Fan Li's face, and said with a smile: "Fan Li was born so beautiful, and she was so stupid, she was so cute." I have no more words. You see, there's a small door here, go inside, Yayu is waiting for you inside. ”