King Wu had a dream on the march, and Bo Yao interpreted the dream as a great luck and Gongsun Sheng as a great murderer. Not only was King Wu unhappy, but Bo Yao was even more unhappy.

The king has the dignity and authority of a king, and Dazai has the dignity and authority of Dazai, which is not something that a common man can challenge.

Gongsun Sheng said: "King, you can't fight this battle, hurry up and withdraw your troops to Gusu." Sent Dazai Boyao, with his hair scattered, shirtless, and generous gifts, to the country of Yue to ask the king of Yue for his guilt. Only in this way can the kingdom of Wu be at peace, and the king can save his life. ”

This is directly Dazai's life. Pointing to Gongsun Sheng, he said, "King, this guy is talking nonsense, using these tricky words to talk about national affairs. Slandering the king is a great crime, and he should be killed to correct the law of the kingdom. ”

Gongsun Sheng's eyes widened, and he pointed at Bo Yao and scolded: "Bo Yao, traitorous villain!" You are in the position of Dazai, and you are an important minister of the country, and you receive the highest salary. It is supposed to guide the country on the right path. But you don't want to serve the country loyally, and you say some flattering words to deceive the king and lead the dynasty to the evil path. Your traitorous behavior is outrageous. On the other day, the Yue army invaded Gusu, do you think you can keep the head on your neck? ”

King Wu was furious and said, "Gongsun Sheng, what kind of learned person are you, you are just a wasted name." Kusano Mangman, where is there any insight? If I don't kill you, I will definitely talk about national politics and confuse people's hearts! ”

Gongsun Sheng burst out with a burst of wild laughter and shouted at the sky: "With such a monarch and reusing such a courtier, how can the Wu Kingdom not die." Heavens, heavens, you know I was wronged. My Gongsun Sheng was killed because he had offended the faint prince and his ministers because he had spoken unpleasant advice, and he had no sin at all. He turned to the king of Wu and said, "King, Gongsun Sheng died innocently, I don't want to be buried in the ground after I die, you throw my body under Yangshan, I want to use my death to warn future generations and repay the kindness of Wu Guo." ”

King Wu trembled with anger and shouted: "It's so arrogant, I'm so angry!" Where is the wrestler, pull this madman out and smash his head! ”

A big man rushed in, like an eagle catching a chicken, picked up Gongsun Sheng and left, came to the outside of the camp, waved a hammer, and smashed it at Gongsun Sheng.

Just heard a muffled sound of "bang", poor Gongsun Sheng's head was deformed, blood spurted out, and as soon as his hand was released, Gongsun Sheng fell to the ground softly.

King Wu said: "Respecting his wishes, I pulled his body into Yangshan and threw it away." ”

Bo Yao said to Wang Sun Luo: "Do it." ”

Wang Sun Luo ran out of the big tent, called a few soldiers, wrapped Gongsun Sheng's head in a cloth a few times, carried it to the carriage, pulled it to Yangshan, found a mountain depression, carried the body down, and put it on the hillside.

Wang Sun Luo looked at the corpse and said, "Gongsun Sheng, why are you suffering?" Is it your ability to take care of the king's affairs? It doesn't matter if you look for death, and you still say that you have to warn future generations. Jackals will eat up your flesh, wildfires will burn your bones, winds will blow your ashes away, and you won't have a shadow left in this world, where can you have any influence? Alas, sad! There are many fools in this world! Let's go, let's go back to camp. A few soldiers jumped into the carriage and returned to the camp.

King Wu killed a man and was in a bad mood. Bo Yao took out a small wine jar, opened the seal, and the pungent aroma of wine immediately diffused in the big tent, which was the taste of Quyang burning. Bo Yao poured two glasses of wine, gave one to King Wu, and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry with this Gongsun Sheng, it's not worth it." Now the evil has been removed, and the obstacles have been removed. Ask the king to drink a glass of wine, and our army will be ready to march. ”

Gongsun Sheng had said before that he was powerless to stop King Wu from destroying Qi, but as long as he had the opportunity to speak, he would say what he wanted to save Wu, even if it was at the cost of losing his life. This kind of person is very stupid, but there have been such people for generations, and there is no shortage of them.

The sun was about to set, the smoke and dust raised by the army had disappeared, and the heavens and the earth were calm again.

In the small courtyard at the foot of Yangshan, Gongsun Sheng's wife tied a rope to the roof beam, tied a slipknot at this end, put it around her neck, and then kicked away the stool at her feet, and her body was stretched by her own weight.

In that mountain col, there were two people standing next to Gongsun Sheng's body, one was Fan Li and the other was Tian Ji, neither of them spoke, just silently looking at Gongsun Sheng's body.

The sun was about to set, and the last afterglow shone obliquely on the body of Gongsun Sheng. The horse was grazing on the hillside with its head bowed. Flocks of returning birds, chirping, swept across the sky and threw themselves into the mountains and forests.

Tian Ji walked over and leaned on Fan Li's chest. Fan Li put his arm around her shoulders. Tian Ji said: "Sir, don't be sad, everything is irreparable." Mr. Gongsun knew that he was dead, but he still took the initiative to send him to death, and we couldn't save him. There's no way around it. ”

Fan Li hoarsely said, "Wu Guo is a great place, giving birth to these people who are willing to die and are willing to find death. Wu Zixu is such a person, and Gongsun Sheng is such a person. Luo Jiang is such a person. Zhong Chang is also such a person. There are many, many people like that. In their eyes, the survival of the country is more important than their own lives. ”

Tian Ji said: "Mr. is also such a person. ”

Fan Li said: "I am willing to be such a person." But I saw the world through, I thought more, deeper, and farther than they did, so I couldn't be such a person. But I always admire such people. Wu Zixu and I are enemies, we fought for decades, and finally became good friends, the kind of people who have the same heart. Wu Zixu's death saddened me more than my own death. ”

Tian Ji said: "I didn't spend much time with my husband, but I got to know people better. I now know why those Dryad Flower Demons desperately want to be human. ”

Fan Li sighed deeply and said, "But many people desperately want to be animals. Live in the world only for the desire of the mouth, the desire for lust. For the sake of selfish interests, regardless of the righteousness of life. Bo Ya is such a person. ”

Tian Ji said, "Sir, let's go." ”

Fan Li nodded and said, "Let's go." It's completely fine here. ”

The two led their horses and walked towards the mountains. The sun had gone down and the surrounding scenery had become hazy.

Suddenly, a dilapidated big house appeared in the mountain forest, and there was a plaque made of bricks on the lintel, and it was vaguely distinguishable that it was the three words "Zhou Gong Ancestral Hall".

There are no people around, who else will worship Zhou Gong?

Fan Li said: "It's dark, let's spend the night here, let's go on the road tomorrow." ”

The two went into the temple, cleaned a place, spread a cloth, sat down on it, took out dry food and water, and ate and drank a little. Then he hugged and lay down.

When he woke up in the middle of the night, Fan Li touched his side, it was empty, and Tian Ji had long since disappeared. Fan Li sighed, knowing that Tian Xi was gone, he would never see this beautiful demon fairy again.