Bo Ya is an extremely intelligent and selfish person. He had already deeply perceived the major crisis facing the state of Wu and knew the inevitability of the destruction of the state of Wu. At this time, instead of thinking about how to save Wu Guo, he was eager to find a way back for himself.

In this way, he stood with Fan Li on the ground. Everything is done according to Fan Li's wishes. In fact, he and Wu Zixu have the same point of view, and they both see that Yue is not short of food. Even if the Yue Kingdom really encountered a natural disaster and reduced production, the Yue Kingdom could survive the famine through the grain obtained from selling wine, because there was countless grain imported into the Yue Kingdom from his hands alone.

But he can always find a very powerful reason to beat Wu Zixu to the point of losing his armor.

Wu Zixu knew that his general trend was gone, and no matter whether what he said was right or not, King Wu would not listen to him, but he still gave the right opinion to King Wu regardless of his dangerous situation. And these opinions not only did not be adopted, but made King Wu even more disgusted with him.

This adds to Wu Zixu's tragic color.

Sometimes Fan Li even sympathized with him very much, and even had a desire to help him. But in the face of a harsh struggle, he could not do so.

Fan Li saw that Bo Yao and Wu Zixu were arguing, and there was no squeak. King Wu said, "Young uncle, tell me your opinion. ”

Fan Li looked at King Wu, he was still sad for Luo Jiang, he still hated King Wu, and he really didn't want to participate in these boring arguments. Seeing King Wu's question, he muttered: "The minister doesn't want to express his opinion on the matter of borrowing grain, and the minister thinks that whether Wu borrows grain or not, Yue Guo will be able to survive the difficulties." The reason why Yue Guo borrowed grain from Wu State, not Chu State, and not from Qi State, was because Yue State felt that Wu State could rely on it. We all know that the relationship between Yue and Chu has always been very good, as long as Yue Guo has a mouth, Chu will not say a word, and will immediately agree to borrow grain. Am I right? ”

King Wu nodded: "What the young uncle said is the truth. What does Xiangguo think? ”

Wu Zixu pondered for a while and said: "I admit that the relationship between Yue and Chu is very good, and Yue was able to become strong at the beginning thanks to the support of Chu. Therefore, we cannot take the Yue State and the Chu State lightly. ”

Bo Yao sneered: "Xiangguo's ability is to be able to draw opposite conclusions from the same inference. Yue Guo is a subject country of Wu State, and the relationship with Chu State has always been very good, Yue State is short of food, not to borrow from Chu State, but to borrow from Wu State, Xiang Guo did not expect that Wu State should take this opportunity to send warmth to Yue State, but chose to make Yue State chill, which is actually to push Yue State to Chu State, to our opposite. ”

Wu Zixu said: "I think that no matter what we do, the Yue Kingdom will not sincerely surrender to the Wu State. Dazai thought that if he gave Yue Guo a little benefit, Gou Jian would forget about hatred, but that was just wishful thinking. ”

King Wu said: "Young uncle, you still haven't said whether we should lend grain to Yue Guo or not. ”

Fan Li said: "The minister thinks that this is the matter of the king's words, and there is no need to discuss it." But what Fan Li wants to say is that a person or a country, looking at it from all sides, is an enemy, life will definitely be difficult, looking at it from all sides, they are all friends, and life will definitely not be bad. A successful king is not judged by how strong you govern the country, but by whether you do not have an enemy. Sometimes, the enemy is what we raise ourselves. If you treat a country as an enemy and treat it like an enemy, after a long time, what was originally your friend will become an enemy. With that said, I don't want to say anything more. ”

King Wu said, "Okay, this matter will be at that. Now the widow decided to meet the request of the Yue country and borrow 200,000 taels of grain to help the Yue country survive the famine. ”

He said, "The king is sage, and the ministers agree with the king's decision. ”

King Wu said, "What about Xiangguo's opinion? ”

Wu Zixu said: "The old minister agrees with the king's decision. His expression was gloomy, his face was tired, and he looked more and more old.

King Wu said, "Come, please come over." ”

Immediately someone found the Wen Chong who was resting, and the Wen Chong came in to see that the ceremony was finished, and the King of Wu said: "Wen Chong Xiangguo, just now after the collegial discussion of my monarch and ministers, I decided to meet the request of Yue Guo and borrow 200,000 taels of grain. Please Xiangguo greetings to King Yue, when Wu encounters difficulties, this batch of grain should be returned in time. ”

Wen Chong knelt on the ground and said loudly: "On behalf of the king of Yue, the minister Wen Chong thanked the king for his generous relief, and thanked Xiangguo Dazai for his good intentions. Never break your word. ”

King Wu said: "Dazai, you will sign a document with the Minister of Culture and Culture to organize the delivery of grain to the Yue Kingdom." ”

Dazai said, "Minister's order, doctor Wen, let's go and do something." ”

Say goodbye to the culture and go with Bo Yao.

King Wu said, "Xiangguo, are you still in trouble?" ”

Wu Zixu said: "The old minister went back to the camp. "Bow out. Fan Li looked at Wu Zixu's back full of loss and sadness, and pity suddenly surged in his heart.

Only King Wu and Fan Li were left in the house. King Wu slowly turned around, looked at Fan Li and said, "Young uncle, there are only two of us left here, you are not in a hurry to leave, the widow thinks, you must have something to say to the widow." ”

Fan Li's hand held the handle of the sword, slowly pulled out the sword, stretched out his hand and flicked it twice, the sword made two crisp sounds, and the aftermath was lingering and enduring. Then slowly inserted it back into the scabbard. Sighed softly.

said: "I, Fan Li, have never been a king, and I never want to be a king. So I made a mistake. I thought I knew a little bit about the people who were kings, but now I know that I don't know anything about kings, you, King Wu, Gou Jian, and King Yue. If I knew a little bit about you people, Ginger wouldn't have died. ”

King Wu said: "You have not done your work very well, and there is a drop of blood the size of a grain of rice on the bottom of your robe. With your martial arts, killing dozens of weak chamberlains shouldn't have been glued with blood. ”

Fan Li said: "Because I was in such a sad mood at the time, I couldn't take care of elegance. ”

King Wu said: "Young uncle, I left these dozens of chamberlains to you, the purpose is to eliminate the violent anger in your heart, and I hope that your hatred can be calmed down. I wonder if the widow's will has been achieved? ”

Fan Li said: "King, it's useless. Those chamberlains were just monsters in human form, they were just the executors of an innocent massacre, and his death was not enough to offset their own sins. Their deaths have nothing to do with my hatred. ”

King Wu said: "Young uncle, the widow has worked with you for twenty years, but he still can't understand you. Since killing dozens of chamberlains can't eliminate your hatred, can I use half of the country of Wu to eliminate your hatred? ”

Fan Li smiled: "King, you really don't know Fan Li. The glory and wealth you are desperately pursuing are like dung in my eyes, and if I want to, I can buy your entire kingdom of Wu within five years. Do you believe it? ”。

King Wu said, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

Fan Li drew his sword again, slowly pointed at King Wu, and said, "You and I are less than five feet apart, I will take your life in one move!" ”