CHAPTER IX

Yiguang carefully poured the decocted medicine into the bowl prepared in the morning, and distributed it to those sick Yue women, one of the bowls was for Zheng Dan, she picked up Zheng Dan, who was rolling hot, and said softly: "Sister has drunk the medicine." ”

Zheng Dan nodded, drank the bitter decoction one by one with her hand, and after drinking the last sip, Yiguang wiped the medicine stains from her lips for her, and said, "While it's still dawn at this time, sister should sleep for a while." ”

The position in the prisoner car is cramped, even if it is sleeping, it can only be half sat and half reclined, which is because other Yue women are afraid of being infected and deliberately avoid it, otherwise there is no even this position.

When Yiguang was about to continue to decoction, Zheng Dan suddenly grabbed her hand, and the latter said in surprise: "Sister? ”

Zheng Dan said astringently: "Tell me honestly, can I really get better from this disease?" ”

Hearing this, Yiguang smiled, "Sister doesn't believe in my medical skills? ”

"No, it's just...... Many people have died because of this disease, I ......" Zheng Dan didn't know what to say, Yiguang saw her worry, and smiled: "Although dysentery is terrible, it is not incurable, the reason why they died is because no one treats them; Now with these herbs, my sister will definitely be able to cure the disease. ”

Yiguang's words calmed Zheng Dan's mind, she looked up and saw the bright full moon in the night sky, "Look at this moon, doesn't it look like it was when we sat at the door before?" ”

Yiguang followed her gaze and said softly, "Like." ”

"The bright moon is still the same, but we can't go back to the past." Tears rolled down from Zheng Dan's eyes silently, slid across his hot cheeks, and disappeared into the darkness, "Yiguang, I miss Ramie Village." ”

"I want to, too." Yiguang took a light breath, suppressed the sadness that permeated his chest, and held Zheng Dan's hand, "Yes, we can definitely go back; So before that, no matter how many difficult things are encountered, my sister must hold on, don't ...... Don't give up. ”

Zheng Dan looked at her fixedly, and suddenly laughed, with a little tears in his smile, "I know that you said it on purpose to comfort me, but I still can't help but believe it, isn't it stupid?" ”

Yiguang didn't speak, just held Zheng Dan's hand tightly, only these hands could make her really feel that she was still alive and alive in the world.

If one day, even Zheng Dan leaves her, she doesn't know what else she can live on, maybe ...... It's looking for my lost father.

In such silence, Zheng Dan suddenly said: "Yiguang, I want to listen to you sing, just the one you usually sing." ”

"Okay." Yiguang nodded, and sang softly, "Tonight, he will be in the middle of the boat, and today he will be in the same boat with the prince." Shame is not ashamed to be ashamed. I was troubled and learned about the prince. The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is pleasing to the king. ”

Qingyue's beautiful singing echoed in the night sky, and it reached the ears of the Yue women with the wind, causing them to cry.

This Yue song is not sad, but at this time, it reminds them of their hometown and family; After many years, I don't know when I will be able to return, maybe I will not be able to set foot on the land of Yue again in this life, and become a lonely ghost wandering in the country of Wu.

Even Yalan, who has always been arrogant, was quiet at this time, silently listening to the gentle and quiet singing.

I don't know who followed first, one, three, five...... More and more, and when they got to the back, all the Yue girls sang along.

The faint singing voices tell their homesickness and the sadness of going to a foreign country......

Wu Jun also heard it, but at this moment, they all chose to be silent, although Wu Yue is different, but they are the same people as each other, they all have families, and they have seven emotions and six desires.

These Yue women are miserable enough, so why should they kill even such a little bit of freedom.

On the hillside in the distance, Fan Li stood on the horse, listening to the song from afar, it was a small song of the Yue Kingdom, looking along the place where the song came from, the fire was dotted.

In this world now, there is only one place where so many Yue women will gather, and that is the army of the Wu State, so he can be sure that the army of the Wu State is under the mountain.

King...... And Shi Gong's daughter is likely to be there.

Thinking of this, Fan Li had an urge to ride his horse and run over, but this impulse, like the night breeze blowing on his face, disappeared in an instant.

He rushed over like this, which was tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger, not only could he not save anyone, but he would also lose his own life.

He had already made up his mind to pledge his life to the country, but it was by no means such a meaningless promise, if not, he would not rather bear the favor of the public and escape from the palace.

What he wants to save is not one person and one pawn, but the entire Yue country!

Thinking of this, Fan Li took a deep breath of the air with the smell of grass, and the next moment, a sense of determination crossed his face, pulled the horse rope, turned around and ran to the other side; He wanted to arrive in Gusu before the Wu army.

After two consecutive days and nights of hurrying, finally arrived in Gusu, compared with the war everywhere, the people are not living in Huiji, Gusu City is simply like a paradise, the city is prosperous and splendid, the people live and work in peace and contentment, everyone has a smile on their faces.

Yes, Wu Guo won, they should laugh, but who would have thought that behind this victory, there are white bones and blood everywhere.

Fan Li, who was in the dust, led the horse and walked slowly in the crowd, after passing through several streets, he came up to a high gate compound, with the copper ring ring, the vermilion gate opened a crack, poked out a head, and looked at Fan Li suspiciously, "Who are you?" ”

Fan Li arched his hand and said: "My surname is Fan, I am an old friend of your master, please let me know." ”

"Then you wait here for a while, and I'll go and say goodbye." With this, the porter closed the door again.

After touching a cup of tea, the door opened again, this time not only one crack as before, the whole door was opened, and the doorman said politely: "Master invites Mr. Fan in." ”

Fan Li nodded, followed him to the front hall, a round-faced, broad-nosed, slightly chubby middle-aged man sat on the top, saw him come in, his body moved, as if he wanted to stand up, but for some reason he held back, forced to press and excitedly said: "Brother Fan, you are here." ”

Fan Li also had the same excitement in his eyes, but like the literary species, he didn't show it, and faintly called "Brother Wenzhong".

"It's none of your business here, go down." After sending the porter to retreat, Wen Chong hurriedly got up and stepped forward to hold Fan Li's arms, "You can be regarded as here, I have been worried about it for the past few days, I am afraid that you have three strengths and two shortcomings." ”

Fan Li shook his head and said, "I'm fine, but Huiji has fallen, and the king has also been arrested by his husband." ”

Hearing this, Wen Chong sighed heavily, "I already know that this is the hottest thing in Gusu City now. As he spoke, he smiled bitterly: "I expected this battle to be difficult, but I didn't expect to lose so badly." ”

Speaking of this, Wen Chong said suspiciously: "Didn't you think of countermeasures at the beginning, how could this still happen?" ”

Before the Wu-Yue War, Fan Li had quietly come to see the Wen Chong, and he expected that there would be a big war between Wu and Yue, and he also analyzed the situation of Wu State clearly.

Wu seems to be strong, in fact, because of the uncontrolled expansion, it is already a strong foreign force, and at the time of the first war, it may be able to firmly suppress the Yue State with strong troops, but as long as it takes a long time, whether it is the supply of grain and grass, or the state of the soldiers and the backup, there will be a significant decline, so the last thing Wu wants to see is that it cannot be supplied for a long time.

There is indeed a gap in strength between Wu and Vietnam, and if you want to win Wu State, there is only one way, and that is - drag!

It stands to reason that although the Yue Kingdom is a little weaker, it is not a problem to delay it for a month or two, so Wen Chong never thought that he would lose so quickly and so miserably.

As for the type of literature, he was a native of Chu, and later settled in Yue, and like Fan Li, he became a counselor around Goujian, the king of Yue.

Three years ago, after the discussion of the monarch and ministers, it was decided to let Wen Chong come to Gusu, as a businessman to make friends with people from all walks of life here, accumulate contacts, and secretly steal information to send back to Yueguo, the information of the Fucha day and night training is he sent back, after Gou Jian received the news, he decided to preemptively send troops to attack Wu, but unfortunately, in the end, it was difficult to escape the defeat.

Fan Li said in a deep voice: "King Wu is good at fighting, Wu Zixu is good at strategy, one martial arts and one literature, although I tried my best, I still couldn't hold them back." ”

Hearing the word "Wu Zixu", Wen Chong's eyes showed deep jealousy, in Wu State, there may be people who don't know the name of the husband, but they definitely don't know the name of Wu Zixu.

"And what are you going to do now?"

Under the gaze of Wen Chong, Fan Li said word by word: "The king can't die, and the Yue country can't be destroyed!" ”

Wen Chong muttered it again, and said with a wry smile: "These ten words are easy to say, but they are as difficult as climbing to the sky." ”

Fan Li said without thinking: "No matter how difficult it is, I will do it." After a pause, he said again: "Brother Wen is willing to go with you?" ”

Wen Chong smiled slightly, "You and I have always advanced and retreated together, and now we should go together; Besides, isn't this what I came to Wu for? ”

"Thank you, Brother Wenzhong!" Although he knew that Wen Chong would definitely help with all his might, when he heard the exact answer, Fan Li was still a little excited in his heart.

"Don't say anything like that." Wen Chong pulled him to sit down, and said in a deep voice: "You can live here with peace of mind, and when it comes to recovering the country, let's slowly make plans again." ”

Fan Li nodded, and said, "There is one more thing, I want to ask Brother Wen for help." ”

Wen Chong said boldly: "Brother Fan just speaks." ”

"The restoration of the country can be plotted slowly, but the king's life will be in danger at any time, and we must immediately find someone to persuade King Wu to keep the king's life, and we must not let King Wu move to kill."

Fan Li already had an idea in his heart, and immediately said: "There are three people that Wu Wangfu trusts the most, one is Wu Zixu; One is Bo Ya; The last one is his younger brother, Childe Mountain. ”

"Wu Zixu needless to say; As for Gongzishan, this person has an upright and generous temperament, and he was originally a good person, but unfortunately, he obeyed Wu Zixu's words, which can be said to be blind obedience; Wu Zixu's words are enough to overturn all our efforts, and it will also expose our identity. Therefore, in this matter, the only person who can help us is Bo Ya. ”

"This person seems to be loyal to the king of Wu, and he is also the minister of the former king of Wu; In fact, he is narrow-minded, and he is a villain; And he has never dealt with Wu Zixu, so it shouldn't be difficult to win him. ”

"Do you have a way to get close to him?" Along the way, Fan Li has already explored Wu's internal affairs, and the candidate in his heart is also Bo Yao.

Wen Chong smiled slightly, "How could I let go of such an important person, from the tea and wine he used to the clothes and jewelry worn by the ladies and concubines in his house, they all came from my shop; When he comes back, I'll do it right away. ”

Fan Li bowed and said solemnly: "Whether the king can survive or not depends on Brother Wenzhong." ”

Wen Chong hurriedly supported him, "What is Brother Fan doing so politely, this is what I should do." As he spoke, he said: "Zipi has come all the way, it must be very hard, I will let the subordinates boil water, you take a good bath, these days, you will live in my house, I will tell the subordinates that you are my old friend in the Chu State." ”

"Thank you, Brother Wenzhong." Saying that, Fan Li remembered something and said, "Zipi's name, please don't call Brother Wen in the future." ”

Wen Chong was surprised and said, "Why is this?" ”

Fan Li told what happened in the palace of King Yue, and said in a deep voice: "If you let Wu Zixu know that Zipi is not dead, he will definitely chase after him." ”

Wen Chong is a person who understands a little, and immediately said: "I understand, Zipi has died in the palace of King Yue, and now you are just Fan Li, Fan Li, a Chu person." ”

In the next few days, Fan Li has been living in the Wenzhong Mansion, and every day there will be spies to pass on the whereabouts of Wu Jun to the mansion.