Chapter Sixty-Seven: Killing Feathers and Returning
Fanlou didn't thank her, but lowered his face and said in a fierce voice: "Do you know how dangerous it was just now, if it wasn't for the burning of Qi Army's grain and grass, you wouldn't have saved me at this moment, but died with me." ”
Dongyun was scolded by him a little stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly laughed, she had always been serious and unsmiling, but now this smile is like melting ice and snow, with a little bit of brightness and beauty, even Fanlou can't help but be a little stupid, he has seen a lot of beautiful women, including Yiguang who has the appearance of a fallen city; But no one's smile caught his eye like a winter cloud.
After Dong Yun laughed, he said slyly: "Do you really think that the grain and grass of the Qi army are so easy to burn?" ”
Fanlou was stunned by her question, "What do you mean?" ”
Dongyun no longer sold Guanzi, and said truthfully: "There is indeed a fire over there, but it is not the grain and grass of the Qi army, but some dead branches and rotten leaves. ”
Fanlou never expected such an answer, he was stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he vaguely guessed a few points, "You set the fire?" ”
"Or else?" Dong Yun bandaged his last wound and said with a smile: "You really thought I would give my life to save you?" ”
Fanlou said with a smile: "Shibei should be impressed for three days, even I didn't expect this strategy of yours." ”
Dong Yun said lightly: "One person counts long, two people count short, although you and Mr. Fan are resourceful, there are still some unexpected places after all." Speaking of this, she glanced at the soldiers who were resting or bandaging their wounds in the distance, and said in a low voice, "Is Mr. Fan really okay?" ”
"Don't worry." Fanlou sat up straight with difficulty, "He should already be on his way to Yue Guo at this moment, I have arranged all the stand-ins, and there will be no flaws." ”
Dongyun nodded, got up suddenly, and said, "You're okay now, I should leave too." ”
Fanlou said in surprise: "Where are you going?" ”
"Mr. Fan goes back this time, I don't know what kind of danger he will encounter, I have to help him." As he spoke, Dongyun was about to leave, but as soon as he took a step, there was a cry of pain behind him, it was Fanlou, he clutched his chest, and his expression was painful.
Dongyun frowned, "What's wrong?" ”
Fanlou said weakly: "I suddenly have a pain in my chest, I wonder if I was also injured?" ”
"It's impossible, the heart goggles are fine, how can they be injured." Dongyun muttered to himself, and then walked to Fanlou to check his chest for him, there was no wound, and when he was wondering, Fanlou suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "You can't go." ”
Hearing this, how could Dong Yun not understand, and said a little angrily: "You lied to me?!"
"Mr. Fan has already left, you don't know which way he is taking, he can't catch up at all, and Mr. Fan doesn't want you to follow."
"It's my business, it's none of your business!" Dong Yun shook off his hand angrily, it would not be so easy to change his usual life, but now that Fanlou is seriously injured, he has no strength.
Fanlou said with difficulty: "You don't know how to march and deploy troops, what can you do when you go?" If something happens on the way, it will make Mr. Fan feel guilty for the rest of his life. ”
Dongyun, who had already made up his mind, couldn't help but stop when he heard this, and froze there not knowing what to do?
Seeing that she had some intentions, Fanlou took the opportunity to say: "It's not safe here, take advantage of the fact that the chasing soldiers are not coming, you hurry back to Wu Kingdom, and find a way to tell Miss Shi about the things here, lest she really think that something happened to Mr. Fan." ”
Dongyun said with a complicated expression: "What about you?" ”
Fanlou heard the concern of Dongyun's words, and his eyes softened, "I'm fine, it's a big deal to fight with them." ”
Dongyun pursed her lips tightly, and in her heart, heaven and man were at war, and after a while, she stomped her feet and said, "I finally rescued you, but I don't want you to give your life again." Well, until you are healed and can protect yourself, I will follow you first. ”
Fanlou felt a hint of joy in his heart, but his face was a refusal, "I have my own perfect strategy, and I don't need you to protect me." ”
"Everything?" Dong Yun scoffed at his words, "If there was really a perfect strategy, I wouldn't have achieved this virtue." ”
Fanlou was a little embarrassed by her, "This...... It was just an accident. ”
"Alright." Dong Yun waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind, you don't have to say more, unless you want me to go to find Mr. Fan." ”
Seeing her say this, Fanlou had to give up, they were lucky, the Qi army did not come over, and after resting for the night, he led a group of wounded soldiers back to the camp with the support of Dongyun.
Seeing Fanlou come back alive, Gongsun Li was disappointed for a while, but he had followed Wu Zixu for so many years, and he couldn't even suppress this little thought, so he immediately greeted him with a smile, "It's really good that Brother Fanlou has returned safely, I was discussing with Lord Xiangguo just now to send someone to find you." ”
"Brother Gongsun is not dead yet, how can Fanlou be willing to die?" Under the seemingly amiable smile, there are a pair of cold eyes.
Gongsun Li said with a smile: "Brother Fanlou really likes to joke. Saying that, he said, "By the way, Brother Fan, why don't you see him?" ”
"Brother Fan accidentally fell off the eagle's beak cliff in the chaotic battle, and his life and death are unknown, and I asked Brother Gongsun to send someone to search for him immediately."
"Brother Fanlou, don't worry, I'll send someone to find it immediately." Gongsun Li patted his chest and agreed, and then said meaningfully: "You want to see people in life, and you want to see corpses in death." ”
Gongsun Li was about to leave, suddenly stopped, his eyes fell on Dong Yun, although Dong Yun was dressed as a man, but Gongsun was away from reading countless women, how could he not see that Dong Yun was a daughter, "How can there be a woman?" ”
Fanlou had already thought of a rhetoric, and it was presumed that she was a maid in the house, because she was worried about his safety, so she quietly mixed in with the soldiers.
Gongsun didn't delve into it, he asked a few words casually and left, and after he walked away, Dong Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice: "He's okay to send away, it didn't take too much effort." ”
"Okay?" Fanlou sneered: "Then you are wrong. ”
Dongyun said suspiciously: "Why?" ”
"Although Gongsun Li doesn't have as much thought as Wu Zixu, he is not easy to dismiss, how can he easily believe my words, but he didn't show it, he will definitely send someone to spy on you." As he spoke, a flash of light flashed through his mind, perhaps...... He can be like Fan Li, he will do what he wants, and let Wu Zixu and Gongsun Li endure hardships.
At that time, Gongsun Liyi came to Wu Zixu's tent, and as soon as he entered, he saw an unrecognizable corpse, Wu Zixu was holding a knife to look at it, saw him come in, handed it over and said, "Look at it." ”
"Yes." Gongsun Li took it respectfully, this knife is no different from what is used in the army, but the handle of the knife is engraved with the word "Fan".
He was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said to Wu Zixu: "So, this corpse is really Fan Li?" ”
Wu Zixu bowed his head and said: "Judging from the body ornaments, it should be Fan Li, but I don't know why his face was shaved so much." ”
"The eagle's beak cliff is more than 100 feet high, and the trees under the cliff are dense, so it is normal to be scratched, and you can see that he also has many scars on his body. The armor is broken. As he spoke, Gongsun took a step forward and said softly, "My lord, Fanlou is back." ”
Wu Zixu raised his half-white eyebrows, and said with some surprise: "He's not dead?" ”
Gongsun Li said meaningfully: "Not only did he not die, but he also brought a woman back, saying that he had been mixed with the soldiers." ”
"Weird?"
Gongsun Li nodded and said: "Before the expedition, I checked everyone around him and Fan Li, and there was no such woman, who obviously just came." ”
Wu Zixu slowly paced in the tent with his hands in his hands, and after walking a few laps, he stopped and said, "Before you came, the old man had just found out the reason for the sudden retreat of the Qi army surrounding Fan Li. ”
"What is it?" Gongsun Li asked eagerly, he couldn't figure it out, obviously the victory was in his hands, why didn't the Qi army take advantage of the victory to pursue.
"Someone took a pile of dead branches and rotten leaves near the Qi army camp and set it on fire, pretending that their grain and grass were on fire, and the Qi army was worried about the grain and grass, so they naturally retreated. In addition, according to the spies, it was a thin man who rescued Fanlou, and in addition, Fanlou shouted 'Dongyun' at that time. ”
"It's obviously the woman's name, it's obviously the maid next to him." Speaking of this, Gongsun Li showed a fierce look, "My lord, you have to be humble......" He compared a gesture of raising and falling with a knife.
"There's no hurry." Wu Zixu shook his head and said: "Let's see what tricks they play first, and ......" He walked to the motionless corpse, and said with a complicated expression: "The old man is always a little suspicious, if Fan Li is not dead, maybe he will contact Fanlou, you send a few capable people to spy on secretly, don't startle the snake." ”
"Commanded by humility." Gongsun Li Gongsheng responded, stepped out of the camp tent immediately sent people to monitor day and night, to the third night, accidentally found a carrier pigeon flying in the hands of Dong Yun, they let go of the carrier pigeon, secretly intercepted, found a bamboo tube on the foot of the carrier pigeon, inside is a thin silk, which is written about the sneak attack on Wu Jun.
"It turned out to be a traitor in Qi, this prosperous building is really hidden!" Wu Zixu snorted coldly, his face gloomy as iron.
"What now?" Facing Gongsun Li's inquiry, Wu Zixu dusted off the silk silk in his hand and sneered: "Aren't they going to sneak attack our army, then come to an urn to catch turtles and finish off these Qi troops in one fell swoop." ”
That night, the Qi army really sent people to sneak attack, Wu Zixu according to the plan, surrounded them, and annihilated and killed them one by one, watching the Qi army die in front of him one after another, Wu Zixu was undoubtedly proud, such a pride, let him ignore one thing, why the Qi army came to attack only 10,000 people, obviously the Qi army has 80,000 horses.
Just when Wu Zixu thought that he was about to win a big victory, the Qi army, which was several times more numerous than before, suddenly poured out of the shadows and surrounded them in the middle.
The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.
Until this time, Wu Zixu knew that he had been tricked, but it was too late, so he could only rush to the battle, and the result can be imagined, the battle was defeated, Wu Zixu was also injured, and was forced to return to Gusu first.
Fucha learned that Wu Zixu returned from killing Yu, he was shocked and angry, this defeat was equivalent to giving Ailing to Qi State, once the Qi army recovered, the next step was to attack Gusu. At that time, Wu Guo will end up in the same fate as Yue Guo two years ago, which is unacceptable to Fucha.
If it is said that the loss of Ailing Lingfu is dissatisfied with Wu Zixu, then Fan Li's "death" undoubtedly pushed this dissatisfaction to the top, especially after knowing Wu Zixu's private reform plan from Fanlou's mouth and deliberately killing Fan Li, it finally broke out completely.
Under the pretext that Wu Zixu was injured, the husband took back all his military power and let him go home to recuperate, and he didn't need to pay attention to the matter anymore.
Wu Zixu was unwilling, but no matter what he said, he couldn't make his husband change his mind, so he could only watch as the military power he had held for many years was taken back by his husband.
Besides, when I returned to the warm pavilion, I unexpectedly saw Yiguang's eyes red and his face sad, "What's the matter, who bullied you?" ”
Yiguang shook his head and choked up: "No one bullied, it was I who heard that Mr. Fan died on the battlefield, and I felt sad." After a pause, she said: "Although I have only met Mr. Fan a few times, and we don't have a deep relationship, I can see that he is a gentleman with a strong backbone, and what is even more rare is that he is very close to the king, I never expected that Mr. Fan would die young, which is a pity." ”
Hearing this, the husband sighed, held her hand and sat down, "This king is not sad in his heart, speaking of which, it is still this king who harmed him, if this king had stopped Wu Xiang from taking him on the expedition, he would not have died." ”
After Wu Zixu returned from defeat, his husband's address to him changed for the first time, and he was no longer affectionately called "Xiangfu" as before, but changed to the unfamiliar "Wu Xiang".
Yiguang shook his head and said: "You can't blame the king for this matter, it's because Wu Xiang is too careless." ”
Hearing the word "careless", the husband sneered with a sneer, "He is careless, he is simply intent on putting Mr. Fan to death, and his heart is really vicious." ”
Yiguang pretended to be dazed and said: "Wu Xiang and Mr. Fan have no grievances, why do you want to harm him?" ”
"The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty; Mr. Fan's fault is that he appeared in the grass house, in my eyes, so he was not tolerated by Wu Xiang; Fanlou too, but he was luckier than Mr. Fan and picked up a life. ”
Yiguang said sadly: "I originally thought that Mr. Fan was full of wealth, both civil and military, and he also had unique insights into the military books left by Sun Shi, if he assisted, he could help the king achieve hegemony as soon as possible; If you die on the battlefield, it's just that, I never thought that I would die at the hands of my own people, it's really sad and lamentable. After a pause, she said tactfully: "In this matter, Wu Xiang is really a little excessive. ”
"Not to mention some, it's just a kingless law!" The husband's fingers clenched and gurgled, and his eyes spewed out a terrifying cold light, and he wanted to kill people; For the first time in his life, he had murderous intent towards Wu Zixu, although he was also annoyed by his domineering autocracy in the past, he never hated him so much.
Sun Wu's affairs, Fan Li's affairs, are constantly touching his bottom line!
Looking at the extremely angry husband, Yiguang suddenly felt a little dazed in his heart, everything was going according to the plan, I believe that it won't be long before Wu Zixu will completely lose the trust of his husband, coupled with years of war, the strength of Wu will continue to be weakened; On the contrary, the country of Vietnam has been recuperating in the past two years, secretly developing its national strength; It won't be long before the strength of the Yue State will surpass that of the Wu State.
When the time comes...... Will the king of Yue tolerate his husband?