Chapter Seventy-Nine: Degraded to a Commoner
"The king, the old minister is really wronged, don't believe the villain's words." Wu Zixu defended himself, he didn't lie too much, because he believed that more than 20 years of love like a teacher and a father were enough to make Fucha trust him, but Fucha's next words made him feel like falling into an ice cellar.
I saw the husband staring at him, and said bitterly: "Wu Zixu, when you were chased and killed by the King of Chu and fled all the way to Wu State, it was your father who took you in and reused you, and allowed you to hold a high position, so that you have the opportunity to attack the Chu capital, dig the tomb of the King of Chu, and whip the corpse three hundred to avenge the revenge of your father and brother." After this king succeeded to the throne, he also respected you as a father and teacher, although there was a gap, but in the heart of this king, he always respected you as a father, and no one could compare with you; Until just now, this king reprimanded Bo Yao and trusted him in every way, but you actually ...... Do something like this; How can you be worthy of your father, how can you be worthy of me?! ”
"The old minister is really wronged." Wu Zixu cried out in tears, but shouting injustices without evidence was always so pale and powerless.
Wu Zixu also found out, so he tried his best to search for powerful words against him, but it really made him think of one, and said hurriedly: "King think, if the old minister really had an affair with Qi State, how could he agree to let people search the mansion, isn't that digging his own grave?" ”
Bo Yao sneered, and said cool words beside him, "Maybe you feel that the letter is hidden and will not be discovered, and as a result, you are smart and mistaken by you." ”
"Shut up, villain!" Wu Zixu stared at Bo Yao with fiery eyes, although he didn't know how the latter did it, he was sure that the letter must have come from Bo Ya's hand.
Bo Yao's heart was on fire, he was a very popular minister, he could be said to be under one person and above ten thousand, but he was humiliated by Wu Zixu as a "villain", which was really infuriating.
Before the change, when Wu Zixu gained power, he was helpless even if he was angry, but at this time, the catastrophe was coming, and he didn't know how to restrain himself, so he was looking for death!
The corners of Bo Yao's mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a sinister smile, and he said to the grief-stricken husband: "The minister has been at war with the Qi State before, and has been defeated repeatedly, and has always been puzzled, the Qi army seems to be able to know the minister's deployment, and now in retrospect, I am afraid that Wu Zixu contacted the old department of the army and secretly informed the Qi State of the minister's deployment, so that they could strike first." Speaking of this, he said with a look of regret: "It is really annoying that the soldiers have killed thousands of soldiers for their own selfish desires. ”
Hearing that Bo Yao reversed black and white there, Wu Zixu trembled with anger and said hatefully: "You...... You're spewing blood! ”
Bo Yao ignored him, knelt down with his husband, and said righteously: "Please make the king the master for the innocent soldiers, kill the soldiers, and give them justice!" ”
Wu Zixu was afraid that his husband would listen to Bo Yao's words, and said urgently: "The king must not listen to the villain's sophistry, the old minister has never done such a heart-wrenching thing." The old minister has no children in his life, and in the old minister's heart, those soldiers are like the old courtier's nephews, how can they ......"
"Enough!" The husband interrupted him sharply, and said with a gloomy face: "The human and material evidence are all there, how long do you want to quibble?" ”
Faced with the suspicion of the husband, Wu Zixu's heart ached, and he wept: "It doesn't matter if others don't believe the old minister, but you can't believe it, the king, think about it, over the years, has the old minister ever done something sorry for you?" ”
Fucha sneered and said sarcastically: "No? Oh, you first made the plan to drive away Master Sun; After that, he took control of the government and let the king act according to your orders, and committed many wrong things; This king is in a teacher-student friendship, and he doesn't care about you, but you have intensified, and when you are at war with the Qi country, you don't listen to the king's orders and act privately, resulting in the defeat of our country. After a pause, he sneered again: "This king almost forgot, you are the person of the king of Qi, so naturally you have to disobey the yin and yang, and lose this battle, otherwise how can you explain to the king of Qi!" ”
Every word and sentence that the husband said was like a knife, cutting Wu Zixu's heart fiercely, making him miserable, and said in a trembling voice: "So in the king's heart, Lao Chen has always been a sinner? ”
"Isn't it? The husband said expressionlessly, his face had long since disappeared from the respect and politeness he had when he first entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, "Thanks to God's kindness, let Fan Li get Master Sun's Codex and defeat the Qi army, otherwise the Wu Kingdom will be destroyed in your hands!" ”
Looking at that familiar face, Wu Zixu felt extremely unfamiliar, and after a long time, he said bitterly: "So, the king has been blaming the old minister for Sun Wu's affairs?" ”
Fucha didn't answer, but he had already given Wu Zixu an answer, a cruel and true answer.
"Haha...... Haha......" A desolate laughter sounded in the hall, obviously a laugh, but it made everyone who heard it sad.
Is a generation of famous generals finally coming to an end?
Bo Yao heard it harshly, and scolded: "When death is coming, what are you laughing at? ”
Wu Zixu ignored it, at this moment, Bo Yao was no longer qualified to let him pay attention, he only had a husband in his eyes, this king he had seen since he was a child.
After a long time, Wu Zixu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said abruptly: "So in the king's heart, what the old minister has done for Wu Guo for you is not as good as Sun Wu's codex?" ”
For some reason, when he heard this, his heart trembled, but he quickly calmed down again, and said indifferently: "If you don't cooperate with the enemy, this king can still respect you as a 'father', and today all this is caused by yourself." ”
"Collaboration with the enemy...... Collaborate with the enemy......" Wu Zixu repeated these two words over and over again, tears constantly welling up in his eyes, sliding over the wrinkled cheeks.
Thinking that he Wu Zixu was a horse for half his life, born and died, in the end, in the heart of his husband, he still couldn't reach Sun Wu, he couldn't reach a fluttering military book, and he couldn't even reach a Fan Li, which was really ridiculous; What's even more ridiculous is that he didn't even see it all clearly until now.
Bo Yao took the opportunity to speak: "The king, just now the soldiers said that if the evidence of the crime is found, he will apologize for the crime with death, and ask the king to give death according to his wishes!" ”
Fucha always thought that he would really want to see Wu Zixu die, which was also the purpose of his coming here today, but at this moment, his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't say anything about the word "death".
Originally...... He still has some feelings for Wu Zixu.
Seeing that the husband was slow to speak, Bo Yao couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and urged: "Please make an order immediately." ”
The husband's eyes sank, and he said unhappily: "When is it your turn to teach this king to do things?" ”
"I don't dare." Bo Yao realized that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "The minister is just bent on seeking justice for the soldiers, so he is in a hurry, and he asks the king for forgiveness." ”
The husband didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, turned his eyes to look at Wu Zixu, who was silently bowing his head and weeping, and after some hesitation, he said, "Wu Yuan, are you guilty?" ”
Wu Zixu raised his head, his eyes were calm after despair, and he said word by word: "The old man is worthy of the first king in this life, worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, what crime can he know?" ”
Seeing that he was still unwilling to give in at this time, his husband's heart was on fire, and he was about to reprimand, Wu Zixu said again: "It's the king, listening to the villain's slander and persecuting Zhongliang, I'm afraid that sooner or later he will ruin the foundation left by the previous king." ”
"Good soldier, you don't know how to repent when you die, and you curse the king, you really deserve to die!" Bo Yao scolded and cast a flattering glance at her husband.
Wu Zixu ignored him, looked at his husband and said: "The old man's life belongs to the Wu Kingdom, and the king can only take it if he wants to, and the old man only asks for one thing." ”
Since just now, Wu Zixu has not called himself a courtier, which means that the relationship between the monarch and the minister has completely broken down, the monarch is not the king, and the minister is not the minister.
"What?"
"When you die, ask the king to hang the old man's head outside the city gate."
The husband was stunned and said in surprise: "Why? ”
A trace of resentment flashed in Wu Zixu's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The old man wants to see with his own eyes how the Wu Kingdom perished!" ”
Hearing such rebellious words, the husband was furious, his eyes were about to erupt with fire, and the killing intent was even more surging into his eyes.
Bo Yao secretly rejoiced when he saw this scene, he seemed to have seen Wu Zixu being dismantled by his husband, as long as Wu Zixu died, he was the first person in the court, he had been suppressed for so many years, but he could be regarded as able to raise his eyebrows, he was really happy to think about it!
"You're so daring!" Fucha squeezed these words from between his teeth that contained great anger, but what Bo Yao didn't expect was that even in this case, Fucha still didn't say the two words he couldn't wait to hear.
He wanted to urge, but he was afraid that like just now, he would not like his husband, so he had to hold it in his heart.
Wu Zixu Muran said: "People are about to die, what else dare not be said." ”
"Good, good!" The husband said three good words in a row, his face was cloudy, and after a while, he said coldly: "Do you want to die, this king is not as good as you!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Bo Yao was dumbfounded, this ...... Isn't this butcher's knife already raised, why didn't it suddenly fall again?
In case Wu Zixu does not die, then he will definitely do his best to take revenge on himself, the hundred-legged insect is still dead but not stiff, not to mention Wu Zixu, who has been entrenched in the court for decades.
Thinking of this, Bo Yao couldn't help but feel excited, and he didn't care if his husband would like it, so he hurriedly said: "King, Wu Zixu's criminal is monstrous, and he can't be forgiven!" ”
His words, in exchange for the husband's compassionate gaze, "What crime he has committed and how to deal with it, this king has his own conclusion, and he doesn't have to worry about Dazai." ”
Bo Yao opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound, he knew that if he continued to talk, the person who died would be himself. And...... Looking at the husband's eyes, it is likely that he already knows what he is doing, and if this is the case, it will be terrible.
At that time, after a battle between heaven and man, the husband said coldly: "From now on, Wu Zixu will be deposed from all official positions and titles, demoted to a concubine, imprisoned in the mansion, and sent troops to guard it, without the order of this king, you are not allowed to take a step!" After that, he walked up to Wu Zixu and said slowly: "This king wants you to see the state of Wu expand its territory in the hands of this king, unify all countries, and become the overlord!" ”
"Overlord?" Wu Zixu sneered all over his face, "If you are stubborn and don't listen to advice, you will only make Wu Guo a stepping stone on the road to the hegemony of others." ”
He ignored his husband's ugly complexion, and said to himself: "You now favor Bo Yao and Fan Li, one of these two is useless, and he only knows how to slap horses; One is the meticulous work of the Yue country, you say, how such a person can assist the great cause. ”
The husband was taken aback, "What are you talking about, Fan Li is fine?" ”
Wu Zixu didn't answer immediately, he hated his husband's ruthlessness to him and wanted to see him suffer the consequences, but on the other hand, he remembered his love for many years, and he couldn't bear to be kept in the dark.
After a long time, he closed his eyes and said coldly: "It's okay to tell you, Zipi, the strategist next to King Yue back then, did not die, Gongsun Li killed a ghost for the dead, the real Zipi is Fan Li, he tried every possible way to get close to you and me, just to destroy Wu Xingyue." ”
"I know that you want to make Shi the queen, but don't forget, Shi and Fan Li met, Fan Li came to destroy Wu Xingyue, how could Shi not know, from the beginning, she deliberately approached, using beauty to confuse you, so as to achieve their goals."
This news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the husband froze in place, and Fan Li was just that, after all, he was just a courtier, but he was ...... The person who made a promise to him turned out to be Yue Guo's meticulous work?
"Got it, it's too late to turn back now!" The voice ringing in his ears made the husband almost wake up, suppressed his chaotic thoughts, and said coldly: "Whether it is a person or a ghost, this king will distinguish between himself, there is no need for you to have much trouble, you are good to think about it in this mansion." With that, he strode away with his sleeves and never looked back, like the irretrievable relationship between teacher and student, father and son......