In February, when the cold winter has passed, the spring is gradually budding, and the willow trees that have been silent for a winter begin to pull out green shoots, and from time to time there are warblers skimming the delicate branches and buds, leaving a series of clear calls.

In this season of recovery, a battle report of 800 miles was rushed into Gusu City - the Qi State is coming!

The king of this generation of Qi is Qi Jinggong, who ascended the throne at an early age and reigned for more than 50 years, and has been committed to strengthening the Qi State, trying to restore the hegemony of Qi Henggong and dominate the Central Plains.

For many years, Qi Jinggong had been competing with the Jin State for the supremacy, and no one expected that he would suddenly turn his gun and attack the Wu State.

When the war report came, the State of Qi had already crossed the border and pointed directly at the capital of Wu, Gusu, the situation was extremely critical, the State of Qi was a big country, the country was strong and the army was strong, far from being comparable to the original Yue State; The husband did not dare to hold it up, and immediately summoned Wu Zixu and Bo Yao and others to the court to discuss matters.

At the same time, another war report was sent to the court, the content of which made Fucha's heart even heavier, according to the war report, the border Wu army rushed to the battle, was poorly prepared and demoralized, suffered a heavy defeat, and suffered numerous casualties.

"The King." After a period of silence, Wu Zixu took the lead in standing up, "The old minister is willing to lead the troops to fight and block the army of tigers and wolves of the country." ”

The husband bowed his head and said: "Father Xiang's soldiers are like gods, and the military discipline is strict, so he is the best candidate to lead the troops this time." ”

"The king has won the award, although the old minister is slightly capable, but the most important thing is the morale of the soldiers, and the morale is invincible, with one block ten; If morale is low, everything will not go well, and even if the old minister has three heads and six arms, it will not help; Therefore, the top priority is to improve the morale of the soldiers. ”

The husband said thoughtfully: "What the father said is very true, I don't know if the father can improve the morale of the three armies?" Or is it ...... Father Xiang wants this king to enlist? ”

"The Great King is the Venerable of All Vehicles, so how can he take risks easily." Wu Zixu shook his head again and again, and then said: "The old minister has a way to improve morale, but I don't know if the king is willing to use it." ”

The husband said without thinking: "But if it can improve morale, this king is naturally willing." ”

Wu Zixu was about to speak, but Bo Yao, who had been watching coldly, suddenly said: "The method that Lord Xiangguo said should not mean the execution of King Goujian, right?" ”

Seeing that his heart was broken, Wu Zixu did not deny it, raised his head and said: "The king has lived in the palace for a long time, and he doesn't know about the military camp, and the soldiers have always been puzzled by the fact that the king did not kill Gou Jian; I thought that it was not easy to conquer the Yue Kingdom, and I saw that I could incorporate the Yue Kingdom into the territory and open up the first step in the hegemony of my Wu State, but the king listened to the greedy words of the villain, neither killed Gou Jian, nor fully accepted the Yue Kingdom, which really chilled the hearts of the soldiers. ”

Bo Yapi said with a smile: "This is a coincidence, I just went to the military camp a few days ago, and the soldiers are praising the king for his magnanimity and benevolence, and he is a virtuous king, which is exactly the opposite of what Xiangguo said; I don't know if it's me and the soldiers I met are not the same group, or is someone taking advantage of the topic to play and reverse black and white? ”

Wu Zixu's cold and murderous gaze swept over Bo Yao, "Are you accusing the old man?" ”

Bo Yao said with a smile: "I'm just telling the truth, what is going on, Xiangguo himself knows." ”

Wu Zixu snorted coldly, and said to his husband: "The king, if you don't kill Goujian, the soldiers are not angry, and the morale is low, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the army of Qi State, and I ask the king to make a decision immediately." ”

"King!" Not to be outdone, Bo Yao said: "It is precisely because of Qi's attack that I can't kill Gou Jian." ”

"Oh?" Fucha said with interest: "Why is that? ”

"If you don't kill Gou Jian, then the whole country of Yue will be grateful to the king, and you can help us resist the army of Qi together; But if you kill Gou Jian, grace will become hatred; If you change the weekdays, it will be fine, but when is it now, when the Qi State is coming, once it turns against the Yue State, the Wu State will be attacked by the enemy and put itself in the middle of fire and water! After saying this in one breath, Bo Yao still didn't give up, and said sharply: "Listening to Xiangguo's words just now, I really doubt that Xiangguo is really thinking about Wu Guo, or wants to destroy Wu Guo and destroy the king!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Wu Zixu was so angry that he trembled all over, his beard was all open, if he had a knife in his hand at this time, he would definitely kill Bo Yao without hesitation, "The old man is loyal to the king of Wu State, you despicable villain dare to slander the old man like this, it is really damned!" ”

"True or false, Xiangguo knows best in his heart." Bo Yao knew that what he said just now offended Wu Zixu to death, but he and Wu Zixu were already in a situation of endless death, so why not be afraid of more.

"Humph!" Wu Zixu glared at him fiercely, and said to his husband, who hadn't spoken much since just now: "King, the old minister is willing to take the head of Xiang Shang's head to guarantee that as long as Gou Jian dies, the old minister will definitely repel the Qi State and ensure the stability of my Wu State!" ”

Hearing this, Fucha frowned slightly, Bo Yao was the best at observing words and feelings, and immediately pointed at Wu Zixu and said, "You are threatening the king!" After a pause, he sneered again: "If there is really something wrong with the king of Wu Guo, even if you Wu Xiang has ten hundred heads, it will not be enough to cut off!" ”

Wu Zixu was so angry that he couldn't speak, he knew that he was not Bo Yao's opponent when it came to the benefit of his tongue, so he didn't argue about the length of this word, and only said to his husband: "Please give an order immediately!" ”

Although Fucha was originally inclined to Bo Yao, he was still hesitating, after all, what Wu Zixu said was not completely unreasonable, but Wu Zixu's strong words suddenly aroused his rebellious heart and completely forced the balance in his heart to Bo Yao's side.

Over the years, he has been controlled too much by Wu Zixu, from marching and fighting to governing the country, and even his own lifelong events, Wu Zixu has to intervene, which really disgusts him; If it weren't for the fact that he insisted on not allowing it, I am afraid that Wu Rong would have become the queen of Wu by this time.

Seeing that her husband didn't speak for a long time, Wu Zixu urged unhappily: "The king ......"

"Alright." Fucha interrupted his words and said in a deep voice: "This king has thought about it carefully, Dazai is indeed reasonable, killing Gou Jian at this moment is tantamount to putting the Yue country in a hostile place, in case the two countries of Qi and Yue join forces, it will be greatly disadvantageous to my Wu country, so ...... Gou Jian can't be killed. ”

Fucha not only took into account what Bo Yao said, but also considered that Yue was the homeland of Yiguang, and weighed many parties before making this decision.

Wu Zixu didn't realize that he had made a mistake invisibly, and he was very angry when he saw his husband standing on Bo Yao's side, "The villain has misled the country, how can the king listen to the villain's words, Gou Jian must be killed!" ”

Fu Cha slowly turned the jade wrench on the thumb of his right hand, I don't know what he was thinking, after Wu Zixu urged again, he said indifferently: "If after Gou Jian's death, the Yue Kingdom rebelled as Dazai said, and even colluded with the Qi State, what should I do?" ”

"The old minister will never allow them to hurt Wu Guo at all!" Wu Zixu's ambition only attracted a chuckle from his husband, "It's a good thing to be ambitious, but you also have to do what you can, with the power of your father, how can you resist the armies of the two countries?" Even if you are barely allowed to block it, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, but it will give other countries a chance to take advantage of the situation. ”

Wu Zixu was speechless by him, but he still refused to give up, "But ......"

"Alright." The husband said impatiently: "This matter ends here, Xiangfu will go back to train the soldiers well, and be ready to meet the Qi army at any time." With that, he waved his sleeves and "retreated."

Gongsun Li was waiting in the mansion, and when he saw Wu Zixu coming back angrily, he asked cautiously: "Why is Lord Xiangguo so angry, doesn't the king agree with you to lead the troops?" ”

When it comes to Fucha, Wu Zixu is both angry and sad, "The king is getting more and more confused now, and if this continues, Wu Guo will be defeated in his hands sooner or later." As he spoke, he recounted the events of the court.

After Gongsun Li listened, he was also indignant, "Bo Ya villain, he can only talk on paper all day long, and he doesn't know how to march and fight at all, otherwise how could he have fled in a fiasco in Yue last time, and I don't know what kind of bewitchment the king has bewitched, so he listens to his words like this." ”

Wu Zixu said coldly: "The king is confused, the old man can't be confused, otherwise how can he be worthy of the trust of the first king." ”

Gongsun Li said in embarrassment: "But the king has made up his mind, and if he wants to change his mind again, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

"No matter what, the old man can't sit back and watch the king make a fool." Wu Zixu said in a deep voice: "While I am still gathering soldiers and horses these days, I will think about it and see if there is any way to let the king restrain himself from the precipice." ”

"Yes." Gongsun Li agreed.

On the second day, Gongsun Li hurried to Xiangguo's mansion, and after a secret conversation with Wu Zixu, after leaving, Gongsun Li quietly came to the prison where the death row prisoners were held, and stayed for a long time before leaving; As for what he talked about and did, no one knows.

That night, several houses in the city were damaged and even injured, according to those who were injured, all of them had a tattoo on their arm, the word "Yue".

When the husband learned about it, he ordered someone to search for them, and found them in a dilapidated house, and sure enough, as the injured said, there was a word "Yue" on their arms, and after interrogation, they all admitted that they were Yueren; Later, a letter from Qi was found on one of them, which was believed to say that Yue and Qi had already colluded together, and only after the Qi army arrived in Gusu, Yue would raise troops to attack the back of Wu, forming a two-sided attack.

When Yiguang came back from checking the pulse of the Queen Mother, he saw that Fucha was holding a letter and was distracted, walked behind him, and pressed his stiff shoulder for him with moderate strength.

The husband came to his senses, shook Yiguang's hand and said, "I'm back." ”

"Hmm." Yiguang said softly: "Why does the king look so fascinated? ”

The husband didn't say anything, just handed her the letter, "Look. ”

After reading the letter, Yiguang said: "Is it big?" ”

"This king doesn't know, what about you?" Fucha shook his head, in front of Yiguang, he didn't need to hide anything.

Yiguang said with a smile: "I am a Yue person, isn't the king afraid that I will favor the Yue country?" ”

"This king believes in you." A simple sentence, but it contained a deep trust, which made Yiguang's heart warm, and he said softly: "I don't dare to say that it must be fake, but it is indeed a little suspicious." ”

The husband said with interest: "How can you see it? ”

"The king just said the day before yesterday that he would not kill the king of Yue, and something like this suddenly happened yesterday, doesn't the king think it's too much of a coincidence? Also, I remember that there was no moon last night, and it was so dark, how could the people who were attacked clearly see the word 'Yue' on their hands? ”

Fucha said thoughtfully, "You mean...... Someone deliberately arranged all this? ”

Yiguang wanted to speak and stopped, but when the husband saw her like this, he said, "There is no one else here, you can only say anything you have to say." ”

"Hmm." Yiguang nodded lightly and said, "If I can, I would like to meet those 'Yue people' who were caught." ”

"Okay." The husband immediately nodded in agreement, and took Yiguang Weifu out of the palace and came to the prison where those people were held, there were five people in total, whether they were tall or short and thin, and they were different.

The jailer ordered them to raise their right hands, and sure enough, there was a word "Yue" tattooed on their arms, and Yiguang said through the prison door: "Where are you from, why do you want to collude with the Qi State?" And who sent you? ”

The men just glanced at Yiguang and then turned their heads away, without saying a word, and Yiguang was not angry, but ordered the jailer to open the prison door.

The jailer said in embarrassment: "These people are all outlaws, although they are handcuffed and handcuffed, they are still very fierce, and if they are opened, I am afraid it will be bad for the girl." ”

Yiguang looked at Fucha, who said: "The king is here, the guards are also there, they can't turn over the wind and waves, you just have to open it." ”

Seeing that the husband said the same, the jailer had to take out the key and open the door, don't look at the husband, although he said it easily, he was actually very nervous, and followed Yiguang closely, not leaving an inch.

Yiguang stared at the five people for a moment, and suddenly said, "You are not Yueren. ”

Hearing this, the faces of the five people all changed, and although they quickly pretended to be indifferent, they did not escape Yiguang's eyes.

Yiguang glanced at the tattoos they had exposed on their sleeves and said to the jailer, "Go get a basin of water." ”

"Yes." The jailer moved quickly, and in a short time he brought a basin of clean water, and Yiguang took out a finger-sized bottle from his sleeve, poured some white powder into it, and when it was ready, she said, "Rub this water on their tattoos." ”

The expressions of the five people changed, the handcuffs on their hands made a slight noise, and there was a hint of fierceness in the eyes of looking at Yiguang.

The husband saw all this, and glanced at the guards behind him, and the guards understood, and pulled out two knives from their waists and crossed the necks of those people. The few people who were about to move felt the cold in their necks, and suddenly quieted down, not daring to move again.

As the jailer smeared the water under the tattoos of the five men, an astonishing scene appeared, and the originally clear tattoos gradually blurred, and finally disappeared completely, turning into a puddle of cyan juice.

Not to mention the jailer, even the husband was dumbfounded, "How can this be?" ”

Yiguang smiled faintly, "This is the sap of the thousand-year-old agarwood tree, after chiseling and adding special medicine, it will turn cyan, and it will not be washed away by rubbing it on the body, and it will not fade for a long time, just like a tattoo." ”

Hearing this, how could Fu Cha not understand that these five people were not Yue people who colluded with Qi at all, but deliberately pretended to provoke disputes between Wu and Yue, "Who are you, and who sent you?" ”