Zhuang Zhou came to Pushui and started fishing in Pushui. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Just when he was concentrating on fishing, the two Chu State doctors finally found him with a lot of effort.

"Zhuangzi" The doctor of the king of Chu began to come forward to talk, "There is a great thing to tell you here, our king of Chu is willing to divide the land for you, and hand over the government affairs of the state of Chu to you to take care of." ”

Zhuang Zhou continued to catch his fish as if he hadn't heard this.

Then Doctor Chu said this again, and Zhuang Zhou finally said lightly: "I heard that there is a divine turtle in the Chu country, and it has been dead for almost three thousand years. The king of Chu used a precious scarf to store its bones in the temple of the state of Chu. Two doctors, if you are this turtle, are you willing to die and enjoy this honorable status, or are you willing to live and wagging your tail in the mud? ”

The two doctors replied, "Of course we want to live and wag our tails in the mud." ”

Zhuang Zhou replied: "That's right, I am also willing to live in the mud and wag my tail." ”

The two doctors had no choice but to return to report back to the king of Chu.

After hearing Zhuang Zhou's reply, the king of Chu could only smile bitterly. It seems that the talents of the Song State are indeed as Zhan He said, and they can't be used by the Chu State.

Later, Dai Yan, who was in Fengyi, also heard about the king of Chu hiring Zhuangzi but could not, and he remembered that the greatest philosopher of this era was still hungry in the Song Kingdom. So he ordered Tian Buli to go to Fengyi and buy the book written by Zhuangzi for 100 gold. Dai Yan knew that since the king of Chu had failed to hire Zhuangzi with a fief, and his power was not as good as that of the king of Chu, it was even more impossible to let Zhuangzi go out of the mountain. And the acquisition of Zhuangzi's books, in his opinion, this is equivalent exchange, Zhuangzi has paid his own brains and the fruits of his labor, he should not refuse.

Sure enough, when Tian Buli came back to report to Dai Yan, he really got the book written by Zhuangzi himself. When Tian Buli returned to Dai Yan, he asked, "Childe, why do you value that madman so much?" ”

Dai Yan asked Tian Buli: "How did Zhuangzi become mad?" ”

Tian Buli replied: "When I asked Zhuangzi when Heaven and Earth were, Zhuangzi said to me: Heaven and earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me. If this is not a madness, then what is a madness? ”

Heaven and earth are born with me, and all things are one with me. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is indeed a very arrogant statement. However, as Dai Yan, who once debated with Hui Shi, Zhuangzi's view is actually the continued development of Hui Shi's "universal love for all things, and the unity of heaven and earth". Later, the idea of "the unity of heaven and man" put forward by Dong Zhongshu, a great Confucian of the Western Han Dynasty, should be a continuation of Zhuangzi's view.

It seems that this Zhuangzi is also a great philosopher who is good at summarizing and summarizing the thoughts of others. Dai Yan thought.

That's all Dai Yan can do to Zhuang Zhou, in his opinion, since Zhan He proposed himself and Zhuang Zhou as the "two sages" of the Song State in front of the King of Chu, he has to do his best not to let another great sage starve to death.

When Dai Yan listened to Tian Buli's report, Tang Yan hurriedly ran in and reported to Dai Yan: "Son, it's not good, something is wrong." ”

"What's going on, tell me slowly." Dai Yan said to Tang Ying.

"Today, the Yang Ling Jun of the Chu State is stationed in my Fengyi, but he does not abide by the agreement reached between our Song State and the Chu State not to invade the common people, and privately plunders the property of the people of my Fengyi. His private soldiers also killed two of my Fengyi people. Tang Ying reported truthfully.

"What?" When Dai Yan heard the news, he was first shocked, and then angry. "Tang Ying, don't you have any soldiers in your hands? Why don't you send troops and fight back against those who kill my people and infringe on the interests of my Fengyi? Even if you don't fight back, won't you go and advise Yang Lingjun to abide by the agreement reached between my Song State and Chu State? ”

"When I first got the news, one of the Mo Shuai I accepted led the troops out to persuade Yang Lingjun to stop, but Yang Lingjun was unmoved, and even sent troops to injure our people; After I got the news, I began to gather troops and horses to prepare for the attack, but the general Yingzhi stopped me, saying that this move would easily cause a big dispute between the Song and Chu states, and he advised me to exercise restraint and not to spoil the country's affairs. Tang Ying replied truthfully.

"Bullshit!" Dai Yan scolded. "How did the army come about, wasn't it made up of the people? What is the purpose of forming an army? In my opinion, there is only one purpose - and that is to protect the people, and to protect the country of which the people are composed! ”

After finishing speaking, he hurried to the military camp in Fengyi City and met the actual commander of the Song army, Yingzhi.

"General Yingzhi, the Chu army is plundering the property of my Fengyi people and killing the people of my Song State Fengyi, why don't you fight back?" Dai Yan asked angrily.

Yingzhi replied: "Before I left the capital, the king once told me that my Song State is a small country, and I should be cautious about a big country like Chu State, and I should not start a war in person. If the Chu army does not take the initiative to attack our country, we should not take the initiative to provoke them, so as not to leave a pretext for the Chu state to invade our country. ”

"Then now that the Chu army is killing my people and taking away my property, how can it not attack our country? As a great pedestrian of the Song Kingdom, I order you to send troops to attack the Chu army now! Dai Yan said to Yingzhi.

"Childe, for your orders, the subordinates will not obey their orders. The king made it very clear to me that I could only launch a counterattack when the Chu army attacked our country. Unless the Chu army begins to attack our cities or directly attack our army, I will never fight back. Yingzhi replied firmly.

Dai Yan was silent, of course he knew that Yingzhi had received orders from Song Junzixi by doing this. And the reason why Zixi wants Yingzhi to be so tolerant and restrained is actually because the Song State is weak and the Chu State is strong, he is afraid of provoking the powerful Chu State, and gives the Chu State an excuse to attack the Song Dynasty.

From Yingzhi's words, Dai Yan heard his decision, and also heard the fear of Song Junzixi behind Yingzhi's decision. If he wanted to convince Yingzhi to send troops, he couldn't do it.

However, Dai Yan didn't intend to do nothing and let Yangling Jun attack his territory and harm his people!

He walked out of the barracks, returned to the Yi Doctor's Mansion, changed into a military uniform, summoned the giant Tian Jiu, and ordered the giant to gather all the Mo family commanders and the three thousand soldiers of Fengyi.

Because they are in a state of combat readiness, these lieutenants and soldiers are actually stationed in Fengyi City, and they are gathered very quickly.

After the soldiers and generals were assembled, Dai Yan stood on a high platform built by the craftsmen of the Mo family to ensure that all the soldiers could see him, and then he said to these commanders of the Mo family and these soldiers from Fengyi: "Hello everyone, many of you should know me, and some of you don't know me, I am Ziyan, the lord of Fengyi, and your commander. The state of Chu invaded Qi, and it was I who suggested to the monarch that my Song State should open up the eastern border, let the Chu army be stationed and go to attack Qi through my Song State. When I discussed this condition with the Chu State, the most important request I made to the Chu State was that the Chu army should not harass the people of the Song State. However, just outside the city, the Yang Ling Jun of the Chu State openly ignored the agreement reached between my Song State and the Chu State, killed my people, plundered my property, and completely ignored me, the lord of Fengyi, and did not take my Song Kingdom in his eyes, he simply regarded me as no one in the Song Kingdom! “

"I once proposed to General Yingzhi to attack the Chu army outside the city to attack the people of my Song State, but General Yingzhi had his difficulties, he was afraid that attacking the Chu army would leave an excuse for the Chu State to attack my Song State. I can understand this, because he is the general of my Song Kingdom, and he needs to consider the problems of the country from the perspective of the entire Song Kingdom. ”

"And although I am a great pedestrian of the Song Kingdom, I have attracted the evil tigers of the Chu State and hurt the people of my Fengyi, this is my sin, I apologize to the people of Fengyi!" After speaking, Dai Yan took off his hat and bowed deeply to all the soldiers present.

These generals immediately exclaimed, "Son, can't be", trying to stop Dai Yan's behavior, but Dai Yan didn't listen at all.

After Dai Yan apologized to the generals, he said to them: "But after all, I am the lord of Fengyi and your lord. Now that my people have been hurt, how can I stay safe in Fengyi City? The state of Chu is strong, and the Chu army is indeed powerful, are we hiding in this city because we are afraid of them? I once heard that the Jin and Chu kingdoms fought in Yanling, the Jin army and the Chu army met, and the Jin army general Wei Qi met the chariot of the king of Chu, and there was the world's first archer Yang Youji by the side of the king of Chu - the ancestor of Yang Lingjun who killed my people outside Fengyi City now. According to the usual practice, the Jin army met the Chu army, and Wei Qi had to open a bow and shoot arrows to attack, but the king of Chu had the world's first archer Yang Youji by his side, and once Wei Qi opened the bow and shot, he would definitely die! Is Wei Qi scared? No, he shot directly with a bow, and an arrow blinded the eyes of the King of Chu Gong, and then he was also shot through the neck by Yang Youji and died! The Wei army inherited Wei Qi's spirit of knowing that he was dead and insisting on fighting, so the Wei army became stronger and stronger in the Jin Kingdom, and today, the Wei State created by the Wei family has become the first overlord in the world that overwhelms Qi Chu! ”

"I have also heard that when swordsmen compete with others, no matter how strong the opponent is, even if they know that the other party is the best swordsman in the world, they must show their swords when they know that they are invincible. Even if you fall under the opponent's sword, it will be glorious even if you are defeated. Now the Chu army outside is very strong, and the Chu state behind it is even stronger, but just because the opponent is strong, we will retreat in this city and let the Chu army wantonly oppress our parents and brothers? No, as the lord of Fengyi, as the general of your three thousand soldiers, I absolutely cannot bear such behavior! ”

Then Dai Yan took out the sword he was carrying, the sharp blade was exposed to the air, flashing with the cold light of Sensen, "We want to show the sword to the Chu army, those who are willing to walk with me, show your sword, go out with me to kill those unscrupulous Chu soldiers who infringe on our Fengyi people, and protect our parents and brothers!" If you don't want to, go back now, I won't blame you! ”

With a "bang", the sound of thousands of swords unsheathed at the same time sounded at the same time. And the rest of the people are not that they are unwilling to follow Dai Yan, but that the weapons they hold cannot be unsheathed like swords, and their weapons are either spears, or halberds, or curved bows—all of which are Song standard equipment issued to them by Dai Yan. At this time, they deeply hated that the weapon in their hands was not a sword, and regretted that they could not respond to Childe's words.

However, after all, they are hot-blooded Fengyi people, and they are trustworthy people of the Song Kingdom! All of them began to shout: "Protect my father and brother, bright sword Chu army!" Protect my father and brother, bright sword Chu army! ”

The voices of the 3,000 people shook the heavens and the earth like thunder.