The two war horses carried Fan Li and Zimei and ran south. They said goodbye to Qi Hou Mourning Gong and Xiong Fei, and ignored the reluctant eyes of Xiong Fei's wife Meng Shu and daughter Hong'er, and kept running on the way back to Wu all the time.

Zimei said: "Fan Jun, is it true that Mourning Gong said that the Qi State would not raise troops to attack the Lu State, but would use peaceful means to resolve the dispute?" ”

Fan Li looked at Zi Mei, smiled "sneered", and said, "Zi Meijun, how did you become as stupid as Xiong Fei?" Keep asking these heartless questions. ”

Zi Mei shouted coquettishly: "Don't come, Fan Jun, you hurt me again!" People don't understand before they ask you. ”

Fan Li sighed and said: "Zimei, you are an immortal, but you still don't know enough about the sinister hearts of people. ”

Zimei said: "I followed you all the way, and when I saw you say this and that, I saw that and said that, the same thing, to different people, I can say different flavors, I have made you confused." ”

Fan Li said: "Yes, there are different ways to achieve different goals. We went to Lu to tell them that when Lu encountered something, Wu would definitely help, and you should rest assured to go to the crusade against Lu. As a result, Lu Guo believed it, and as soon as the army moved, he knocked down the capital of Lu Guo and arrested Yi Ziyi. And we went to Qi to believe that Wu is now in economic recession, internal contradictions are very sharp, and Wu no longer has the ability and capital to fight a large-scale war. The State of Qi can rest assured and boldly attack the State of Lu. And they believed. Add to that your bee maze and make them feel like they can win this battle. It strengthened their resolve. I estimate that now the Qi State is already mobilizing troops and horses, preparing grain and grass, and preparing to Valu."

Zimei said: "It turns out that the mourning prince promised to settle the dispute peacefully, is it fake, is it to fool us? ”

Fan Li said: "Of course it's fake. You must know that no matter how good our personal relationship with Xiong Fei and Mourning Gong is, after all, we each represent two hostile countries. Mourning Gong and Xiong Fei are sincere to me personally, such as inviting me to live in Qi Country, which is true. But on national affairs, what he said was false. For example, his promise not to attack Lu again, but to settle disputes by peaceful means, is all fake, and the ghost believes it. ”

Zimei said: "I understand, the so-called diplomacy is to calculate each other and dig holes for each other. ”

Fan Li said: "However, I also told the truth, for example, I said that I am disgusted with the strife in the world, and I will one day withdraw from the strife and go to live a quiet life, which is my heartfelt words." I'm going to take a few of you to live in the Qi country in the future. ”

Zimei glanced at this handsome man, and there was such a thought of birth under his good-looking appearance. said: "Fan Jun, you have repeatedly revealed the idea of retreating bravely, are you really willing to give up the glory and wealth that everyone is pursuing?" ”

Fan Li looked at the green mountains in the distance and said, "Zimei, you don't know anything about Fan Li. Glory and riches are like dung to me. In this world, everyone is scrambling to do bad things, and what it brings to the public is endless suffering. I don't have the ability to stop others from doing bad things, but I can control it for myself. It's okay for me not to do bad things myself, right? ”

Zimei glanced at Fan Li deeply and said, "Fan Jun, you are a good person. ”

Fan Li smiled bitterly and said, "You say I'm a good person, but I, a good person, are doing bad things now." ”

Zimei was confused again: "What bad things are you doing?" ”

Fan Li bit his lip, was silent for a while, and said: "Now, we have provoked two wars, one has already been fought, more than 20,000 people have died, and the other is about to start, and we will provoke a larger war next, these wars will add up to more than 100,000 deaths." What's even more serious is that we are still brewing a decisive battle between Wu and Vietnam. Do you know how many people are going to die in these wars? ”

Zimei said: "In this way, is it wrong to fight for the great cause of restoring the country of Vietnam? ”

A painful look appeared on Fan Li's face, and he was stunned for a while. said: "Zi Meijun, your question is too powerful, I don't want to answer it." Say it. ”

Zimei said: "I can't say it well. However, I think that although the great cause of restoring the country will have to pay a lot of price and many people will die, it still has its legitimacy. After Wu defeated the Yue Kingdom, he not only plundered the fruits of their labor in large quantities, but also deprived them of their dignity, and even the kings of the Yue Kingdom had to bow down to them. If the Vietnamese people want to get rid of the situation of being plundered, bullied, and humiliated, peaceful means will definitely not work, and they must achieve it through war. ”

Fan Li was silent. Horses run ahead. Zimei followed up and said, "Fan Jun, am I not right? ”

Fan Li said: "I don't comment on whether what you said is right or not, but at least that's the reason for me to struggle." I just want this to be over sooner rather than later, and I'm going to be far away from the land of right and wrong. ”

Zimei said, "What do we do next?" ”

Fan Li said fiercely: "Do everything you can to provoke King Wu to join this battle between Wu, Qi and Lu." Drive! ”

The two horses spread their hooves and galloped south.

The two were hungry and thirsty, and they stayed day and night, not just one day, and had returned to Gusu, the capital of Wu. When I entered the palace and inquired, I learned that King Wu had not lived in the palace for a long time, and he and Xi Shi had been living in Gusutai. He handed over the state affairs to Bo Ya to take care of, accompanied the beauties, drank fine wine in Gusutai, watched singing and dancing, hunting, rowing, and played in the dark.

Bo Yao was handling affairs in the palace, and said to Fan Li: "If the young uncle is in a hurry, you should go to Gusutai to see the king now." If you don't feel in a hurry, rest for a day or two and then go see him. ”

Fan Li said: "The matter is still relatively urgent. The Lu State and Qi State in the north are actively preparing for war, and the big war is about to break out, so we should let the king know earlier. ”

Bo Yao said: "Young uncle, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are just working around like this. You really don't take a break for a while? ”

Fan Li shook his head and said, "Let's go to Gusutai to see King Wu!" ”

"Well," said Bo Ya, "Well, I will go with you to the king." ”

The three of them rode out of Gusu City, quickly whipped their horses, and traveled more than ten miles, and in a blink of an eye, they had arrived at the world's largest garden.

Someone led them to ride a horse, and the three of them hiked up the mountain. I saw that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the river is bent, the flowers are blooming, those buildings are carved and painted, the golden and brilliant, and the end is a fairyland on earth.

The chamberlain said, "The king is playing in the porch of clogs." ”

He said, "Lead the way with your head." ”

The chamberlain agreed, and led the three of them along the winding corridor towards the clogs corridor. From afar, I could hear the sound of music coming from the clog corridor, as well as the crisp singing of the girls, and the rhythm of the music, there was a clanging sound.

Fan Li said: "What are you doing here, making such a loud noise? ”。

The chamberlain said, "My lord forgot? This is the clogs gallery. Dozens of urns were placed on the ground, and wooden planks were laid on them, and the girls danced on them, and this sound was made. ”

Fan Li said, "Oh-"