Chapter 473: Meddlesome
Fan Li walked alone in the wasteland. Because King Wu brutally killed Luo Jiang, he completely fell out with King Wu.
Fan Li's departure made King Wu very scared. What he was afraid of was that Fan Li could go to any surrounding country and make the country strong quickly.
The problem is that the surrounding countries have enmity with the Yue State, and the Chu State in the west was once defeated by the Wu State, and even the capital Yingdu was breached. Now there are tens of thousands of troops facing off on the border between the two countries. Maintain a situation of no war and no peace.
The country of Qi in the north has just fought a battle with the state of Wu, although it is said that there is a truce, but the hatred is still there, the geographical location of the country of Qi is so good, and the products are so rich, as soon as Fan Li gets started, the state of Qi will be stronger than the state of Wu.
There is also the Yue State in the southeast, although it is now nominally a vassal state of the Wu State. But the hatred of losing the country will not be eliminated so easily. Moreover, King Yue is so benevolent and deeply respected by the people. There are also excellent assistants like Wen Chong under him. If Fan Li returns to his homeland, Yue will soon get rid of the control of Wu and become a strong enemy of Wu.
After Fan Li turned his face and left the country of Wu, King Wu regretted it. He hated that he shouldn't have offended Fan Li because of his careful eyes. Competing with a fifteen-year-old son for a woman and eating his son's dry vinegar is an ugly thing in itself. Not to mention the harm it brings to the country?
As a monarch, he is naturally selfish and narrow-minded, which makes him a big mistake. But as a king, King Wu did not have the habit of self-examination. All he could think of was to use the power of the entire country to hunt down Fan Li. His purpose is very simple, whether he is dead or alive, he will never let Fan Li leave the Wu State, so that Fan Li will never be able to help other countries deal with the Wu State.
But it backfired, and Fan Li was not so easy to kill. According to the report, a team of archers surrounded Fan Li. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle, and in the end Fan Li killed dozens of archers and fled.
Since then, Fan Li has disappeared, and no one has ever seen Fan Li again. More than a month has passed, will Fan Li still be in Wu State? Does it make sense to hunt down the whole country like this? King Wu ordered the pursuit to be stopped.
However, there is one person in Wu who is not idle, and this person is Wu Zixu.
Wu Zixu smashed the wine jar that Bo Yao gave to King Wu, which was considered to have completely offended King Wu. The difference is that King Wu has not taken him down. Maybe he thinks he still has value to use.
But Wu Zixu did not change his mind, and he was still wholeheartedly worried about the fate of Wu Guo. He got information that many places in the country, large and small cities, and even some rural market towns, were selling the same Quyang Dajiao.
Wu Zixu has drunk this kind of wine, and this wine is so good that no one can't help but dislike it. It is no wonder that everyone who loves wine, from officials to ordinary people, flock to it.
How much food does it cost to drink like this?
Also, where did that come from? Who is in this business? Where did all this food go? There's some conspiracy here.
Wu Zixu sent someone out for an unannounced visit, and the news he got was that the operator of this wine was Dazai Boyao? Wu Zixu felt that the matter was very serious. Because Fan Li is gone, Bo Yao is the most trusted person of King Wu.
There is some conspiracy here, and Wu Zixu can't fight Bo Yao. Bo Ya admitted that he was selling wine, why is it like this? Is it illegal to sell alcohol?
But if the grain obtained from selling wine goes to other countries, it will cause harm to the state of Wu.
On the surface, you can't fight with Bo Yao, and it's not illegal to sell alcohol. And King Wu won't listen to him. For the sake of the interests of Wu State, Wu Zixu had to resort to a little despicable trick, he sent some soldiers to disguise themselves as some ruffians and hooligans, and went to some sales points in Quyang to provoke and make trouble.
With the support of the local officials, they sent troops to defend the points of sale, so from time to time there would be incidents of guards and ruffians. Although the effect of this was limited, Wu Zixu still insisted on doing it. He can be regarded as doing his last bit for Wu Guo.
What people didn't expect was that this incident happened to Fan Li. If you meet, you will meet, Fan Li shouldn't care about this kind of trivial matter, he has more important and more important things to do, no matter who he has beaten whom, this matter can be easily settled with Bo Yao's ability.
But Fan Li just took care of this kind of thing that shouldn't be managed. And how many stories have been spawned out of the extraneous branches.
He had been away from Meng Kui for several days, and he would be able to leave Wu and enter Yue in two more days. He traveled most of the time at night and found an enemy to sleep with during the day. It's hard work, and I often don't get a good night's sleep.
On this day, Fan Li wanted to find a hotel to sleep in, so he walked into a small town. The town is small, and if you shout it here, you can hear it there. As soon as he entered the town, he was captivated by an unusual sound.
It was the shouts of hundreds of people.
Fan Li was surprised. How can there be such a fighting sound here? Walking further, I heard the impact of weapons ping pong. This is not an ordinary folk brawl, this is playing with life.
When I got closer, I was even more surprised to see that one side of the fight turned out to be the official army, and the other side was the clothing of the common people. These people dressed as ordinary people have a stronger combat effectiveness than those officers and soldiers, and they also put on a posture to fight against the enemy, and it is obvious that these people have been specially trained.
Fan Li used to be the supreme commander of the Yue army, and this matter could not be hidden from his eyes. This is strange, how can a formally trained soldier pretend to be relying on the people and fight with the official army?
There are bold people watching the excitement, but they are all hiding far away, ready to run away at any time. Fan Li said to a man in his thirties, "What happened here?" ”
The man glanced at Fan Li, saw that he was carrying a sword, and said, "Can't you see?" Fighting. ”
Fan Li said: "Who is fighting whom?" ”
The man said: "Look at the clothes, one side is the official army. ”
Fan Li said: "What about the other side? ”
The man said, "I don't know. ”
Fan Li said: "Why did the fight start? ”
The man said, "Do you smell the wine?" ”
Fan Li said: "I smell the smell of wine, and the street is full of wine." ”
The man said: "The hotel is doing business well, and suddenly dozens of ruffians and hooligans came to make trouble, beat the people in the hotel, and smashed all the wine jars of others. You know? The backstage boss of this hotel is a big official in the capital, and other people's hotels are protected by the officials, how can they make trouble like this? So the two sides fought. I said, why are you asking this? ”
Fan Li said angrily: "Where did these ruffians and hooligans come out, isn't this a clear bully?" ”
The man said, "They are clearly bullying people, what can you do?" Don't you see that they are not even afraid of the officers and soldiers? ”
Fan Li said: "I don't believe in this evil. ”。
The man said, "What do you want?" ”
Fan Li said: "I want to take care of this idle matter!" With that, he slowly drew his sword.