Chapter 64: The Art of War
Fanlou was the first to react, and said with a hint of ecstasy: "Have you found Sun Wu?" ”
Fan Li said: "I got your message that day, I immediately asked Dongyun to check, Dongyun traveled extensively, after several inquiries, he finally found Sun Wu's whereabouts, originally he never left Wu, built a thatched hut in the mountains, and wrote his life's views on the art of war in the book, which is this "Sun Tzu's Art of War"; Shortly after he finished writing, he died of illness, leaving only the book; His thoughts at that time should have been intended to be left to King Wu, but unfortunately he didn't find the opportunity, and now we can be regarded as fulfilling his wish. ”
Yiguang thought about it for a while, and he already understood what Fan Li meant, "Mr. plans to hand over this military book to King Wu?" ”
Fan Li nodded and said: "I have read the content in it, it is all extremely subtle and mysterious in the art of war, and his attainment in marching and arranging the formation should be far better than Wu Zixu, no wonder Wu Zixu tried his best to drive him away." ”
Yiguang took the book and flipped through a few pages, and handed it to Fan Li, "Sir, put it away." ”
Fan Li was stunned, "Aren't you going to give it to King Wu?" ”
"It's for King Wu, but it's not for me, but for Mr." After a pause, Yiguang said again: "I will find a suitable opportunity to bring King Wu to meet Mr." ”
"Why is that?"
"Mr. once said that Wu Zixu has become suspicious of you and no longer trusts you; Now I don't do it, just flawless for a while, or want to lure out the person behind Mr., once he recovers, he will inevitably attack Mr., although Mr. is resourceful, but he is weak, not his opponent at all, this must be clear to Mr. ”
Hearing this, Fan Li already understood a little, "So you want me to lean on the big tree of King Wu?" ”
"Not bad." Yiguang said solemnly: "In Gusu City, only King Wu can keep Mr. Although King Wu and Mr. have only one side, but the impression is very good, and now I present this book "The Art of War", I believe that I can exchange it for King Wu at a critical time. ”
Fanlou said on the side: "The plan is a good plan, but there is a loophole, and a bad one is easy to self-defeat." ”
Yiguang smiled slightly, "General refers to the relationship between me and Mr. Fan?" ”
A hint of admiration flashed in Fanlou's eyes, this woman was always able to easily guess the thoughts of others, and she was as smart as a fairy in the forest.
At that time, Yiguang said again: "So I have to ask the general to help." ”
"Me?" Fanlou pointed at himself in surprise, not understanding how it had something to do with him.
"Mr. Fan is a book keeper, and the general is a book seeker, so the general has to bring King Wu to see Mr. Fan." Yiguang's words are like tongue twisters, quite obscure; But Fanlou and Fan Li are both extremely smart people, and they soon understood what she meant.
Fanlou touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "It's okay now, even I was surrounded by you, but it's really a big loss." ”
Yiguang laughed when he said it, covered his lips and said, "So the general agreed?" ”
"If I don't agree, you and Brother Fan are afraid that they will complain about me."
Fan Li smiled loudly, got up and saluted Fanlou, "Thank you, Brother Fanlou." ”
Dongyun looked at them there, and she was envious, she didn't have the intelligence and resourcefulness of Yiguang, nor did she have the all-encompassing ability of Fanlou, so she could only silently stay aside.
After Yiguang left, Fanlou deliberately walked a little slower, walking side by side with Dong Yun, after walking a few steps, he suddenly raised his hand, and with five slender and good-looking fingers passing by, Dong Yun felt that there was something more in his hair, and reached out to touch it, it was a hairpin, she subconsciously wanted to take it off, but was stopped by Fanlou, "This is your reward for finding Sun Wu, don't take it off." ”
Dongyun frowned and said, "I don't need your reward, and besides, I'm not suitable to wear these things." ”
"I look good-looking, girls should wear more hairpins, don't comb like men all day long."
Girl......
These three words made Dongyun a little trance, her parents died when she was a child, wandering the rivers and lakes, although she was a daughter, she has been wearing men's clothes, over the years, even she herself has almost forgotten that she is a girl in her twenties, and she can also wear red makeup and smile shamefully for the person she likes.
Favorite people...... Dongyun looked at Fan Li who was walking in front with a complicated expression, as early as when she was in Hanshui, she secretly promised Fan Lifang, but the latter never knew her intentions, and she didn't dare to show it, so she followed silently.
Maybe...... In this life, you can only be the shadow around Fan Li.
Dongyun came back to his senses and reached out to take off the hairpin, which was a white hosta like an orchid, unassuming, but very delicate, and the tentacles were warm, "I'm still not used to it, you can take it back." ”
Fanlou didn't take it, raised his eyebrows and said, "You just dislike what I sent so much?" Without waiting for Dong Yun to speak, he said again: "Okay, I'll just take it back, but you seem to have one more thing you forgot to give me back." ”
Dongyun said suspiciously: "What is it?" ”
"The handkerchief you gave you last time, and you forgot it so quickly?"
Dongyun was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Didn't you tell me to burn it last time?" ”
"Really?" Fanlou said disapprenousively: "The last time is the last time, this time is this time, in short, if you want to return the hairpin, you must return the two things together." ”
Dong Yun said angrily: "You are obviously a scoundrel. ”
"So what?" Fanlou raised his lips and chuckled, his appearance was feminine, and when he smiled like this, he was even more evil.
"You ......" Dongyun didn't know how to argue with him, but said, "Anyway, I don't want your hairpin." ”
"Don't, unless you give me back the veil." As he spoke, Fanlou took the hairpin and inserted it on her head again, warning: "Don't take it off, otherwise I will buy ten hairpins and insert them in your bun." ”
Dongyun was so troubled by him that he had no choice but to give up and reprimanded "scoundrel" in a low voice.
When Fanlou heard it, not only did he not think it was a pestle, but he laughed even more happily, as if this was a compliment.
After Yiguang went back, as if nothing had happened, he went to Baining Hall every day as usual to ask for peace for the Queen Mother, and picked up herbs when he was free, or went to visit Zheng Dan, since the last time, Zheng Dan treated Yiguang more and more indifferently, no matter how Yiguang spoke, he rarely answered, extremely alienated, so that Yiguang was lost, the only relief was that Gongzishan had never been to Mingfeng Hall again, it seems that the two should have broken off contact.
The front-line battle reports kept coming, and where the Qi army passed, it was like a bamboo, and it was closer to Gusu than one by one, but Kefu had not found a way to march and arrange the formation that was enough to resist the Qi army, which made him distressed.
Don't...... Do you really want to kill Gou Jian to cater to Wu Zixu?
This thought was like a nightmare in Fucha's mind, and by this time, he no longer cared about life and death, but about the face and dignity of the king.
Strictly speaking, this is a contest between the king and the minister, he doesn't want to lose and can't lose!
Yiguang saw that the time was about the same, so he persuaded him to go out of the city for a walk, at this time it was spring, the most suitable to go out, go out to relax, maybe you can think of a better way, although the husband is not interested, but can not hinder Yiguang persuasion, so they go out of the city together.
Along the way, the spring is bright, the grass grows and the warbler flies, but the husband's mood is slightly stretched, and when he walks to a mountainside, he "accidentally" meets Fanlou.
The husband was surprised and said, "Why are you here?" ”
Fanlou said according to the words arranged in the morning: "Back to the king's words, Dazai-sama heard that Mr. Sun might live on this mountain, so he asked the minister to come and take a look." ”
Fucha was shocked in his heart and said, "Which Mr. Sun?" ”
"Mr. Sun Wusun." Hearing this exact answer, Fucha showed excitement, "Really? ”
"The minister is not sure, but I heard that after Mr. Sun left the palace, he lived in seclusion on the mountain." Before Fanlou's words fell, the husband couldn't wait to go up the mountain, and he couldn't even take care of Yiguang, and it could be seen that he had a deep affection for this teacher.
All the way to the top of the mountain, a thatched hut came into view, but when he got closer, the husband hesitated and did not dare to step forward, he wanted to know if Sun Wu was inside, but he was afraid that after opening the door, his hopes would be disappointed.
Just as he was panicking, a warm soft flutter held his broad palm, "I'll go with the king." ”
Looking at Yiguang's eyes as gentle as water, a sense of courage rose in his heart, nodded vigorously, and walked towards the thatched house step by step.
"Squeak!" As the wooden door was pushed open, a thin back appeared in the sight of the husband, like the person in his memory, and his voice suddenly became choked, "Teacher......"
When the man heard the voice, he turned around slowly, and it was a young face, it was Fan Li, and when he saw the husband, he quickly stood up, "See the king." ”
Looking at that face, Fucha felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head, his whole body was cold, his lips were muttering, and it took a long time to barely condense into a sentence, "Why are you here?" ”
"The grass people accidentally discovered Mr. Sun's thatched house, and they were fortunate to have a peek at the codex written by Mr. Sun during his lifetime, and benefited a lot, so they guarded the house for Mr. Sun."
Fucha didn't hear his words at all, and his whole mind was on the word "before death" that Fan Li said, that is...... The teacher died?
This sentence struck his throat like a thorn, and it hurt him for a while.
Suddenly, the husband turned and walked towards the door, he wanted to escape, and without asking, he did not know that the teacher was dead; If you don't ask, you can be a teacher and still live a good life.
However, he wanted to know what was written in the teacher's codex, but he was mentioned, and how the teacher had spent all these years.
He stopped and said in a dumb voice, "When did the teacher pass away?" ”
"The grass people asked the hunters who lived nearby, and according to him, Mr. Sun passed away five years ago." As he spoke, Fan Li picked up the codex and came to the husband, "This is what Mr. Sun left to the king, please take a look at it." ”
The husband took it with trembling hands, opened the book, looked at the familiar handwriting on the cover, almost shed tears, quickly held back, and turned the inner page, just as the cover wrote, inside is a method of using war, each with detailed annotations, it can be seen that the author has spent a lot of effort.
The husband was holding the book, choked up and couldn't speak, the world thought that he only had one teacher, Wu Zixu, but they didn't know that before that, there was also a teacher named Sun Wu; At that time, he was still young and could not understand the esoteric art of war, so the teacher evolved the art of war into stories and told him in detail, and his favorite thing to do every day was to stick to the teacher and listen to him tell wonderful stories.
But later, the teacher left, although he was young, he already understood the meaning of separation, pulled the corner of the teacher's clothes and cried, and refused to let go, but in the end he still couldn't stay; Later, he had Wu Zixu as a teacher, and gradually he stopped mentioning the past, but he never forgot Sun Wu in his heart, and after he ascended the throne, he also ordered someone to look for it, but unfortunately he didn't find it; I never expected that today's distraction would find the teacher's retreat, but unfortunately he came five years late and failed to see the teacher's last face.
On the last side of the codex, there is a message to his husband, hoping that he can see this book and use the art of war on it to make achievements and achieve hegemony.
The husband held back the sourness in his eyes and said, "Do you know where the teacher is buried?" ”
Fan Li nodded, and led the husband to a place not far from the thatched house, where a tomb stood alone, and the tombstone was only engraved with the words "Sun Wu's Tomb".
The husband looked at the tombstone with red eyes and muttered, "Teacher, why are you leaving, why do you refuse to see me again even though you are so close?" ”
Fan Li said softly: "It's not that I don't want to see it, but I can't see it." ”
The husband shook his body, turned his head and said, "What do you mean?" ”
Fan Li sighed: "Although the grass people have never met Mr. Sun, they can see from the words of the codex he left behind that he is an open-minded person, and he has a deep affection for the king, otherwise he would not have worked hard to write this book to help the king achieve hegemony." Leaving should be a last resort. ”
Fucha shook his head and said, "The teacher taught well at the beginning, but what difficulties can there be." ”
"The court has always been a complicated place, and the king was young at that time, and he didn't know what was sinister." Hearing this, Fucha said angrily: "Who is so bold as to dare to force away this king's teacher." ”
Hearing this, Fan Li hesitated and hesitated: "There is a sentence that the grass people don't know whether to say or not. ”
"There are no outsiders here, just sir." After getting the words of the husband, Fan Li said in a deep voice: "The king might as well think about it, after Mr. Sun leaves, who will benefit the most, and that person is the one who is most likely to force Mr. Sun away." ”
Wu!
These three words swept through Fucha's mind like a silver snake, he didn't doubt it when he grew up, but he didn't have real evidence, and secondly, Wu Zixu was also his teacher after all, and he didn't want to think about it in a bad place, but now, ...... There's no room for him not to want to!
"Click!" A slight voice sounded in Fucha's heart, as if something had broken, and Fucha knew that it was his last trace of affection for Wu Zixu.
Sun Wu's matter was like the last straw, which completely crushed his feelings for Wu Zixu, from now on, he and Wu Zixu are monarchs and ministers, and they are only monarchs and ministers!
After worshipping Sun Wu, the husband returned to the thatched hut to study the book "The Art of War", Qi came to Fan, Wu Zixu had a lot of difficulties, and what he needed most now was this book of the Art of War.
Don't look at this codex only less than 20 pages, but it is broad and profound, the mystery is unfathomable, in order to understand the essence, Fu Cha and Fan Li, Fanlou are all extraordinary, with a strategy. The three of them deduced the battle situation in the thatched cottage together, and transformed a small square table into thousands of troops and horses, mountains and rivers under the hands of the three of them.
Yiguang stood quietly aside, his eyes kept falling on Fucha.