Wu Zixu investigated all the places where Fan Li might go, and investigated a large number of people who might have seen Fan Li. The result was nothing. Could it be that Fan Li really went home to keep filial piety? Have been honestly carrying it in my hometown for so many days?

No, Wu Zixu didn't believe it anyway. He neither believed that Fan Li's real purpose of returning to Chu was to go home and keep filial piety, nor did he believe that Fan Li did not have any activities.

But if you want to prove that Fan Li did something unfavorable to Wu Guo, you need evidence, but Wu Zixu can't collect evidence.

Without evidence, it is impossible to destroy Fan Li's image in front of King Yue, and Fan Li can also return to Wu at any time to bewitch King Wu, and the day of the destruction of Wu is not far away.

A great sense of crisis weighed down on him.

Could it be that Fan Li really went to Wandi Sanhu? Anyway, seeing is believing, let's go to Fan Li's hometown to have a look.

Wu Zixu took his entourage, and after more than half a month of trekking, he finally came to the three households in Wandi. Along the way, all the way.

He met an old man on the road. The old man lives on crutches, stumbling and rushing, and he looks like he can fall at any time.

Wu Zixu stepped forward and saluted: "Uncle, how do you go to Sanhu?" ”

The old man stopped, looked Wu Zixu up and down, and said tremblingly, "You are Wu Zixu, right?" How do you have the face to go back to the Chu State? ”

Wu Zixu only felt that his face was on fire, and he reached out to draw his sword beside him, only to find that he didn't have a sword.

The old man is so rude! He felt angry.

But it would be even more humiliating to beat the old man for this. Wu Zixu felt a blockage in his heart. He gave the old man a hard look and continued to walk forward.

Suddenly, two women appeared in front of them, one appeared to be in her thirties, and the other was a girl who had not yet been married. Two people carry a basket with purple mulberries in the basket.

Wu Zixu stepped forward and said, "The old man is polite!" ”

The two women seemed taken aback and screamed softly. looked at Wu Zixu.

Wu Zixu said: "May I ask the two eldest sisters, how to go to the three households?" ”

The older woman looked at Wu Zixu with a look of disdain: "You are Wu Zixu, right?" How do you have the face to go back to the Chu State? ”

The two women walked away, only to hear them muttering quietly: "This person is really shameless!" ”

"......" Wu Zixu looked at the backs of the two women, opened his mouth a few times, but couldn't speak. A sense of shame that he had never felt before hit his heart, and he suddenly felt that he had lived so despicable and shameless!

Wu Zixu stood on the road, in a daze, and had to walk forward again.

In front of it is a hillside, and on the hillside is a green grass, and a herd of white sheep grazing on the grass. A teenage boy with a whip in his hand herding sheep.

Wu Zixu stepped forward and asked, "Little brother, how do you go to Sanhu?" ”

The kid rolled his eyes and said in a child's voice, "You're Wu Zixu, right?" How do you have the face to go back to the Chu State? ”

As he spoke, he waved his whip and drove the flock: "Let's go, let's go, the grass here is dirty and can't be eaten!" "Driving the flock, he climbed over a hill and disappeared.

Wu Zixu stood on the hillside in a daze, only hearing the birds in the forest, the wind whispering, the drifting land, the thick clouds, everything was real and trance, like in a dream.

A middle-aged man walked over with a hoe and bowed deeply to Wu Zixu: "May I ask if it's Wu Xiangguo?" ”

Finally someone spoke to him well, and Wu Zixu hurriedly returned the salute: "It's Wu Zixu down there." ”

The man said, "Are you looking for Dr. Fan Li?" ”

Wu Zixu said: "I was looking for Dr. Fan Li. I asked a lot of people, but they didn't talk to me well and laughed at me. ”

The man smiled slightly: "They are all rude, the people in the mountains and fields are vulgar, don't care about Xiangguo." Do you see this creek? ”

Wu Zixu nodded: "I saw it." "It was a small mountain stream that was only two feet wide.

The man said: "You follow the creek all the way to the north, about three miles away, and you will see a thatched house, which is the house where Dr. Fan Li guards the mausoleum. Go there and find him. ”

The man walked away with a hoe. Wu Zixu stood stunned for a while, and then said to his entourage, "Let's go." ”

The two of them walked north along the stream, and walked two or three miles, and saw in the distance a thatched hut under the shade of green trees on a hillside to the north. This is Fan Li's thatched hut?

When I came to the door, I saw a beautiful teenage girl walking out of the yard, and she curtsied: "May I ask if it's Wu Xiangguo?" ”

Wu Zixu felt a little ignorant, and couldn't help but return the salute and said: "Old man Wu Zixu! ”

The girl smiled slightly: "Lord Xiangguo, please come in, camellia is used as wine, and you can entertain guests." ”

Wu Zixu followed the girl into the courtyard, which is the kind of three-room main house, with two wings on each side, one side is the kitchen, and the other side is the layout of the guest room, the small courtyard is narrow, but it is very clean.

The girl led them into the main house. There is a bed, a table, and a bookshelf in the room, on which are placed rolls of bamboo slips, and on the table is an iron carving knife, next to which are bamboo slips waiting to be compiled.

The girl wiped the stool with a rag, invited the guest to sit down, and offered two cups of tea.

picked up a piece of bamboo slip and said to Wu Zixu: "My lord, please look at this." ”

Wu Zixu took the bamboo slip and looked at it, and there were a few words engraved on it: Xiangguo wait a minute, Fan Li will come back tomorrow.

Wu Zixu was a little dazed, looked up at the girl, and said, "Doctor Fan is not here?" ”

The girl said, "My husband went out to visit a friend." Come back tomorrow. ”

Wu Zixu said: "How did he know that I was coming to visit him? ”

The girl's face flushed slightly, and she said, "This concubine doesn't know, the concubine only does what the husband tells her." ”

Wu Zixu said: "How long has it been since Dr. Fan came back to guard the tomb and do his filial piety? ”

The girl said, "It's been about half a year. ”

Wu Zixu said: "Has the girl been serving Doctor Fan here? ”

The girl said, "No, Mr. has been here alone all the time. It is not etiquette for a concubine to serve a gentleman, but when an adult comes, the concubine is here to receive it. ”

Wu Zixu nodded and sighed softly. He said, "So, I bothered the girl." ”

The girl smiled slightly: "You are welcome, adults. Visitors from afar? ”

The girl went out, and in a short time the food was delivered. Millet bread, cowpea paste, and a few fresh vegetarian dishes. Wu Zixu hadn't eaten such a meal for a long time.

After the meal, I asked the girl: "Where is the mausoleum of Dr. Fan Li's ancestors, we want to go to pay tribute." ”

The girl said, "It's not far away, it's on the side, I'll take the adults there." ”

It was a mound of dirt, and it seems that Fan Li has not repaired it, and he does not plan to repair it in the future. The person is already dead, and there is no point in the mausoleum being done well. If the sacrifice is there, it will not be forgotten in the heart.

In front of the grave there was a small stone platform made of stone slabs, on which the girl placed a few fruits and vegetables, then lit incense and stepped aside.

Wu Zixu straightened his clothes, dusted off his dust, and bowed respectfully to the tomb a few times.

The girl came over, curtled her knees, and bowed: "The gentleman instructed the concubine to return the salute." ”

At this time, it was already dusk, and a round of red sun slowly fell into the mountains and forests to the west, and among the trees, the birds chirped, and the mountains and forests were surprisingly quiet.

Wu Zixu said: "Girl, your husband is a master!" ”。

That night, the entourage suddenly woke up, heard movement in the courtyard, got up and came out, only to see Wu Zixu hiding in the corner and crying softly.

The attendant stood stunned, he didn't know why such a big man was secretly crying.