The night came in the rain from time to time, and two figures walked quietly down the street, perfectly concealing their figures by the night, all the way to the piano hall during the day, the door of the piano hall was hidden, and the lights were still on, as if they were waiting for someone.

The person who came was Fan Li and Wen Chong, after they closed the door, they walked to the back room, Yiguang was talking to Dongyun, saw them come in, got up to greet them, and said politely: "It's really hard to bother the two gentlemen to come at night, the tea has been prepared, I'll go and make it for the two gentlemen." ”

"Thank you." After the two of them sat down, Yiguang brought the freshly brewed tea, although the tea is not as rare as the one dedicated to Bo Ya in the day, but it is also a good treasure, which makes people's teeth and cheeks fragrant.

Dongyun sat awkwardly in the chair, pulling the clothes on his body from time to time, as if he was not used to it.

Wen Chong smiled: "I wonder you are dressed neatly, but it is eye-catching to see this appearance." ”

"Besides, I'm not comfortable dressing, but Yiguang just won't allow me to change this clothes, but fortunately, it's only this day." Dongyun said complainingly, if Wu Zixu was here, he would definitely hear that this was the voice of the shopkeeper of the piano hall that he heard during the day.

Yiguang took a sip of tea and smiled: "Who said it was only one day?" ”

Dong Yun was stunned, and then said with a somewhat ugly face: "Do you still want to wear it?" ”

Yiguang corrected: "It's not that I still have to, it's that I have to wear it every day." ”

Dongyun's expression was as if he had seen a snake and scorpion, and he shook his head again and again, "You can do whatever you want me to do, just don't give me this clothes, I am bound to be bound by my hands and feet, I can't even walk easily, and I have to be pretentious when I speak, I am really tired." ”

"Then my sister doesn't want to stay in Gusu anymore?"

"What do these two things have to do with each other?" Dongyun asked suspiciously.

At that time, Fan Li seemed to understand a little, and said to Yiguang: "Do you want Dongyun to have a legitimate identity?" ”

"Not bad." Yiguang nodded happily, "Sister Dongyun always wears chivalrous clothes and is equipped with a sword, if she appears next to Mr. Fan like this, it will definitely arouse Wu Zixu's suspicions, although we may not be able to find out, but we can't afford to gamble; Since the shopkeeper of this piano hall has accepted Mr. Wen's money and left Gusu, then we have to make good use of it, don't waste it. ”

"But ......" Dongyun still wanted to refuse, Yiguang said again: "Besides, in the future, we will be separated from each other, and there must be a place to gather; Although the Wenfu is good, it is easy to attract attention, and it is far less hidden than this piano hall. ”

"Separate everywhere? What does that mean? Fan Li was keenly aware of the problem in Yiguang's words.

Yiguang rubbed the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Sir, have you forgotten the third technique I wrote?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Li's face instantly became extremely ugly, "You want to enter the palace?" ”

Yiguang raised his eyes and smiled, as bright as the best spring light, "No one is more suitable than me." ”

"No way!" Fan Li rejected her proposal without thinking, "I promised Shi Gong to take good care of you, and I must not let you take this risk." ”

Yiguang was not surprised by his words, and only said lightly: "Mr. thinks, at this time, Yiguang can still be alone?" ”

Fan Li was stunned by her question, and then said, "Anyway, it's not good." ”

Seeing that they were-for-tat, Wen Chong was afraid of arguing, so he hurriedly played a round, "It's still early to enter the palace, let's discuss it slowly, don't worry." As he spoke, he quickly changed the topic again, "By the way, in today's scene, how much do you say Wu Zixu believes?" ”

Wu Zixu didn't know that the "chance encounter" to avoid the rain was deliberately arranged by Yiguang, and he didn't know that every word he heard was a carefully choreographed line.

Yiguang took a sip of tea and said indifferently: "I may not believe it all, but fifty or sixty percent should be there." ”

Wen Chong was stunned for a moment, and said in disappointment: "It's only fifty or sixty percent, isn't it in vain that a lot of effort?" ”

Yiguang smiled: "This is already a good result, at least tomorrow he will be willing to see Mr. Fan." ”

"Do you want Brother Fan to go tomorrow?" Wen Chong asked in surprise, and without waiting for Yiguang to answer, he said, "Will you be in a hurry, or will you delay it for a few days?" ”

"Tomorrow is just right, and if it drags on for a long time, it will make him think that Mr. Fan is going to see Bo Yao." Seeing Yiguang say this, Wen Chong cast an inquiring glance at Fan Li, who did not speak, obviously acquiescing.

Seeing this, Wen Chong clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and muttered, "God bless everything well tomorrow." ”

Fan Li said funny: "When did Brother Wen become so chatty? ”

Wen Chong opened his eyes and said helplessly: "The Yue Kingdom was destroyed, the king was captured, and only the two of us were left here to plan for the restoration of the country. ”

Yiguang smiled beside him, and didn't say anything more, if he asked for heaven to be useful, there would not be many wars in the world, life and death.

The next day, Fan Li went to Xiangguo's mansion to ask for a meeting, and sure enough, he was able to enter smoothly, and the porter led him all the way to the outside of the main hall, "Lord Xiangguo is inside, Fan Gongzi please." ”

After Fan Li thanked him, he walked in, a pair of stone blue boots with a thousand layers of bottom came into his eyelids, he lowered his head, and said respectfully: "Fan Li has seen Lord Xiangguo!" ”

"No courtesy." This familiar voice had already been expected by Fan Li, and he raised his head in surprise, "Uncle? How can you be in ......" In the middle of his words, he seemed to understand something, and said in shock: "Could it be ...... Are you Wu Xiangguo? ”

Wu Zixu stroked his long white beard and said with a smile: "Yes, it is the old man." ”

Fan Li was shocked, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "Yesterday, I lost my words with Brother Wen and offended Lord Xiangguo, and I also ask Lord Xiangguo to forgive me." ”

"Don't blame those who don't know, get up." Under Wu Zixu's words, Fan Li straightened up in fear, but kept his head down, not daring to look up.

"Your encounter and intention, the old man has heard almost everything yesterday, as far as the old man knows, Zipi is not a narrow-minded person, do you have any misunderstanding with him?"

Fan Li smiled bitterly: "I was also thinking like this before I went down, and I was bent on befriending Zipi and conspiring for a great cause, but the result was ...... The human heart is terrible. ”

Wu Zixu groaned: "You were once a minister of Yue, and Wu Yue is an enemy country, can you let it go?" ”

Fan Li arched his hand and said: "The king of Yue did not regard him as a courtier, and he did not dare to regard himself as a minister of Yue. As he spoke, he took a long look at it to the end, and said word by word: "I hope that Lord Xiangguo can give him the next opportunity, and guarantee his life in the future, and he will definitely live up to the trust of Lord Xiangguo." ”

Wu Zixu looked at him silently, and after a while, he said slowly: "You say that you are not a Yue Chen, but in the old man's opinion, one day is a Yue Chen, and this life is a Yue Chen; In case you are pretending to take refuge, and the old man takes you into the door again, wouldn't it give you the opportunity to make waves and mistake the Great Wu Jiangshan? So, you better go back. ”

Fan Li raised his head, with both grievances and anger on his face, and said indignantly: "I admire Lord Xiangguo and come to take refuge wholeheartedly, even if Brother Wen persuades him in every possible way, he will not change his original intention; I never thought that I would be so suspicious of Lord Xiangguo, it's just that. ”

He shook his head frustrated as he spoke, "Although the world is big, there is no place for Fan Li to show his strengths, and in this life, he can only be accompanied by idle clouds and wild cranes." After that, he arched his hand and said, "Don't disturb Lord Xiangguo, take your leave." ”

When he spoke, Wu Zixu's eyes kept on the left and right, as sharp as a falcon, but whenever Fan Li had a trace of abnormality, he didn't want to escape his eyes, but he didn't, and he didn't look for any traces of lying or disguise, it seems that he should be sincerely refuge.

When Fan Li stepped out of the threshold with one foot, Wu Zixu's voice came from behind him, "The old man has a matter that has been lying in his chest, and it is difficult to decide, I want to hear Fan Gongzi's opinion." ”

Fan Li retracted his steps, turned around and sneered: "Isn't Lord Xiangguo afraid that he is here to spy on intelligence?" ”

Wu Zixu didn't seem to hear his sarcasm, and said slowly: "The Yue Kingdom has been destroyed, but the King of Yue is still there, how to deal with it is really a difficult problem." ”

Fan Li knew that the previous words were just a temptation, and the one in front of him was Wu Zixu's test for him, and if he passed, he would be able to join his disciples and continue the plan later; Otherwise, he will lose Wu Zixu's trust and have no chance.

This answer can only be right and not wrong.

Fan Li's mind was spinning like a wheel, and when Wu Zixu and the others were a little impatient, he finally made a decision, raised his head and said: "If you want the great cause of Wu to be stable, King Yue-" He slowly spit out four words, "You must kill!" ”

This answer lifted Wu Zixu's spirits, and his body involuntarily leaned forward a little, and his eyes firmly grasped Fan Li, "Why?" ”

"The king of Yue will not die for a day, and the heart of the Yue people will die for a day; It may not be able to do so now, but what about ten or twenty years from now? Fan Li said in a deep voice: "What is really terrifying is never the open guns and knives on the battlefield, but the arrows hidden in the shadows." Now the State of Qi is here, the State of Chu is there, and the State of Jin is also there; Lord Xiangguo might wish to think about it, if one day, the State of Wu sends troops to conquer the State of Qi or the State of Chu, and the State of Yue attacks while the capital is empty, what kind of situation will it be. ”

"In the war, the most important thing is the rear supply, once the supply is cut off, it is equivalent to losing; At that time, the struggle for hegemony failed, but the capital was lost, and the foundation of the country that was finally laid was ruined. ”

Fan Li's words were simply a sentence of Wu Zixu's heart, and he happily praised: "Sure enough, you have a strategy and foresight, and it is really a big mistake to not reuse you!" ”

"Sangkook-sama has won the prize." Fan Li said lightly and arched his hand: "I will say goodbye below." ”

"Stay." Wu Zixu called him and said with a smile: "The old man wants to ask Fan Gongzi to stay in the mansion, is Fan Gongzi willing?" ”

Here it comes!

Fan Li was overjoyed in his heart, but his face was at a loss, "Stay in the house?" ”

"Not bad." Wu Zixu bowed his head and said: "Fan Gongzi is strategic and talented, it would be a pity if he was idle in the mountains and rivers." ”

Fan Li said with a complicated expression: "Doesn't Lord Xiangguo suspect that Fan is a spy of the Yue Kingdom?" ”

Wu Zixu stroked his beard and smiled: "If you are really a spy of the Yue Kingdom, when the old man asked you how to deal with the King of Yue just now, you would not have said the word 'kill'." ”

Fan Li frowned and said with some displeasure: "So...... Lord Xiangguo was tempted just now? ”

Wu Zixu bowed his hand in the direction of the palace and said solemnly: "The old man was entrusted by the former king on his deathbed, and he was responsible for the great cause of Wu State, so he really didn't dare to be careless, and asked Fan Gongzi to forgive me." ”

Fan Li looked at him deeply, for a long time, exhaled lightly, and arched his hand: "I understand, thank you Lord Xiangguo for being willing to believe in me; In the next must do my best, to assist the Xiangguo people to achieve a thousand years of hegemony. ”

"Good!" Wu Zixu nodded happily, "Where do you live now?" ”

Fan Li said truthfully: "Temporarily live in Brother Wenzhong's house. ”

"The old man has an empty house in the east of the city, and he will let people clean it up these days so that you can move in." Saying that, Wu Zixu said again: "Do you have words?" ”

"Yes, the word young uncle." Hearing Fan Li's answer, Wu Zixu bowed his head and said, "Okay, the old man will call you young uncle in the future." With that, he suddenly sighed again, his brow depressed.

"Sangkoku-sama is troubled?" Facing Fan Li's inquiry, Wu Zixu sighed: "It's not for Gou Jian's business, this person can't live in the world, the old man understands, you also understand, but the king doesn't understand." ”

"The king refuses to kill the king of Yue?"

"The king listened to the words of the villain, and he had to keep that Gou Jian's life, and the old man couldn't listen to it no matter how much he persuaded him." As soon as he mentioned this matter, Wu Zixu felt upset, and when he entered the palace this morning, he mentioned this matter again; This time, the husband did not oppose it openly, but he kept talking about other things left and right, and never answered positively, which made him feel that he had nowhere to do it.

"The king was only deceived by the villain's slander for a while, and when he comes to his senses, he will understand who is loyal and who is traitor." Facing Fan Li's persuasion, Wu Zixu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that by the time the king understands, it's too late." ”

Fan Li said suddenly: "I heard that before entering the city, a Yue girl killed the centurion and escaped?" ”

Hearing him suddenly mention this, Wu Zixu was slightly stunned, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

"Perhaps......" Fan Li pondered: "Lord Xiangguo can consider making some fuss in this matter." ”

Wu Zixu was aroused by him and said, "Go on." ”

"The fact that the Yue Nu killed the centurion and escaped is at least a person's life and death, not enough to mention; To put it more broadly, it is a microcosm of the current situation between Wu and Vietnam. The Yue women fled because they still remembered the old master in their hearts and refused to agree with the rule of Wu; If you want to surrender sincerely, you must kill Goujian! ”

Wu Zixu said thoughtfully: "Do you want the old man to take this opportunity to make a statement to the king?" ”

"Nope." Fan Li unexpectedly vetoed, "This is indeed an opportunity, but it is not enough to impress the king." ”

Wu Zixu was confused by him, "So what?" ”

"The power of one person is limited, but what about ten people, hundreds, or even thousands of people?" Fan Li smiled deeply and said: "We can use this incident to spread rumors that the Yue people are easy to kill, or that the Yue people will kill the Wu people; In this way, the people of Gusu will inevitably be disgusted with the Yue people. The king is the boat, and the people are the water; The boat can only move forward with the current, not against the current. ”

Hearing this, Wu Zixu suddenly realized, stroked his palms and smiled: "What a young uncle, it turns out that you want to use the power of the people to put pressure on the king, not bad, this plan is very good." ”

Fan Li said modestly: "The carving insect trick made Lord Xiangguo laugh." ”

"If this is a trick of carving insects, there is no magic plan in the world." Wu Zixu laughed loudly, and looked at Fan Li's gaze with a little more satisfaction and appreciation.

Although Gongsun Li and others are loyal, they are a little smart and thoughtful, but they lack strategy and foresight, far less than Fan Li, such characters don't know how to reuse, Gou Jian is really stupid and incompetent, no wonder he will lose the country.

In the Wen Mansion, Wen Chong was pacing back and forth anxiously, looking at the door from time to time. After a long wait, he finally saw a familiar figure, hurriedly greeted it, and couldn't wait to ask, "How?" ”

Fan Li smiled slightly, "As you and I wish." ”

"Good! That's great! Wen Chong's heart hanging in mid-air finally fell to the ground, and then urged Fan Li to explain the matter carefully, and after listening, he said with palpitations: "This Wu Zixu, if he is really an old fox, Brother Fan can handle it, if it were someone else, he would have been gnawed by him to the point that there are no bones left." ”

"Although I have become his guest, I have not fully trusted him, so you have to be careful in the future, and you must be careful not to be seen by him."

"Don't worry, I'm just a businessman."

"Tuk-tuk." There was a knock on the door outside, and it was a subordinate in the house, "Master, the girl you rescued last time has woken up." ”

"Got it, take care of it, let her go when the injury is healed." Wen Chong replied casually, a few days ago, when he went to the city to run errands, he picked up a seriously injured and unconscious girl at the bottom of the mountain, and he couldn't bear the girl's death, so he brought it back and placed it in the backyard wing, and asked a doctor for her treatment.