PS: Chapter 2

At the beginning of summer, Huiji Mountain was like a green screen, sheltering the last land of the Yue people, and 5,000 Yue soldiers and tens of thousands of Yue people took refuge in the jungle, using their good mountain warfare to prevent the Wu people from going up the mountain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As the Wu army besieged this place for more than a month, the Yue people ran out of food, so they could only hunt and gather everywhere for a living, by peeling tree bark, chewing bitter vine leaves, eating toads and ant eggs to survive, but these things were not enough to fill the bellies of tens of thousands of people, the Yue people were already hungry, and whether they could hold on until the rainy season is still a question.

Gou Jian once defeated the king of Wu with Li, and his reputation shook the southern kingdom, so much so that Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, also called him "King of Yue" in writing, and sent envoys to make friends and marry Gou Jian's eldest daughter, hoping to form an alliance with the Yue country.

But now, Gou Jian is very embarrassed, looking at the powerful and airless Yue people stationed in a mess on the mountain, with countless wounded and sick, he can't help but sigh and say: "Is the lonely general here to end his life?" ”

"Shang Tang was imprisoned in Xiatai, King Wen of Zhou was besieged in Jinli, Jin Guozhong fled to Zhai, and Qi Xiaobai fled to Ju, and they all finally claimed to dominate the world. From this point of view, how can the king's situation today not be a blessing in the future? ”

A middle-aged scholar who was over thirty years old walked over, and after being trapped for a month, Fan Li also began to dress up like the Yue people, he walked on Huiji Mountain, and those who didn't know would not have thought that this unkempt guy would be the Chudi doctor next to the king. If he changed his language, he would never be able to be so free and easy, so when he went down the mountain, he still took a good bath, changed into a deep coat, and carefully hung up his sword before leaving.

Gou Jian saw that it was Fan Li, and his bird-like face showed a trace of shame: "Because I didn't listen to the doctor's advice, I rashly attacked Wu and went deep into the Five Lakes to get to this point......"

Fan Li brushed away his messy hair and said with a smile: "Those who can completely keep their merits will definitely follow the blessings of the Heavenly Dao; Those who can calm the overthrow must understand that humanity is the worship of humility. Now the king listened to the words of the doctor, and sent him to send a generous gift to the king of Wu, thinking that with the talent of the doctor, he would be able to make some gains. ”

It turned out that after Goujian, the king of Yue, was trapped in Huiji, he issued an order to the three armies to seek talents: "All my father, brother, Kundi and children with the surname of the country, as long as there is a person who gives advice to the widow to repel the Wu State, I will jointly manage the political affairs of the Yue State with him, and the fief will be allowed." ”

Like Fan Li, the same doctor from the Chu State, Wen Chong criticized him for this approach: "The ministers heard that the merchants prepared leather goods in the summer and fine arrowroot cloth in the winter. Prepare boats when there is a drought and vehicles when there is a lot of water, which is intended to come in handy when these things are lacking. If you have a family and a country, even if you are not harassed by your neighbors, you still have to choose ministers and samurai. Just like Demoika, the rain has already fallen, and it must be too late to look around. Now that the king has retreated to the Huiji Mountain, and then seeks the ministers for advice, I'm afraid it's too late, right?"

Gou Jian is ashamed, but he is sometimes self-righteous and cruel, but once he encounters setbacks, he will deeply reflect on himself, Corporal Lixian, he was like a child who admitted his mistakes to Wen Chong, Fan Li and others and said: "If you can let me listen to the high opinions of the second and third sons, why is it too late?" ”

His attitude of knowing that he can change his mind has left Wen Chong and Fan Li to stay, and after everyone discussed, they decided to send Wen Chong to the Wu army camp under the mountain to ask for peace, and now he has been gone for a day and a night, and there is still no news.

Goujian, the king of Yue, was a little anxious, pacing back and forth and asked, "If King Wu doesn't allow it, what can I do?" ”

Fan Li said: "If King Wu doesn't agree, the king might as well go and serve him in person and mortgage himself to Wu State." ”

Gou Jian's face was not very good-looking: "In this way, isn't Yue Guo equivalent to death!?" ”

Fan Li said earnestly: "Losing the national capital and being occupied by the Wu army, the Yue Kingdom is equivalent to death. Now if the king wants to recover, he can only do what Wuzi said......"

He clapped his fists and said heavily: "Throw yourself into the land of death and then survive, fall into the place of death and live!" ”

At this moment, Chou Wuyu, Xu Qian and others outside came to report, saying that Wen Chong was back!

Gou Jian and Fan Li glanced at each other, and hurriedly went to the mountain pass to greet each other, but saw Wen Chong kneeling on the ground far away, and said ashamedly: "The minister is humiliated by the king's order, and the king of Wu said that he will destroy the Yue country...... Unwilling to accept the conditions of the country! ”

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"King Wu's face is scorched, according to my guess, if there is not something wrong with Chen and Cai in the west, or there is chaos in the land of Xu and Dongyi in the north, so I don't want to stalemate with us until the plum rain falls in May, when it will be rainy all day, and the Wu army will not be able to fight for a long time. For these reasons, the husband was going to agree to the minister's request for peace, but at this time, Wu Xiangwu broke in and said a call, which roughly meant that the emperor of heaven rewarded the Yue country to Wu State, and Tianyu did not take the blame, but did not agree to the king's request for peace...... So the husband drove out the ministers. ”

Wen Chong didn't even drink a sip of water, and told the matter of the envoy to Wu Ying as it was, everyone looked at each other, Fan Li was pondering, and Gou Jian simply stomped his feet and said, "Bring my wife and son up!" ”

Mrs. Yue Wang, who was full of ink lines, and Lu Ying, the son of Lu Ying, who began to break her hair at a young age, were brought up, Gou Jian stared at them with red eyes for a while, and said in Yue: "Since Fucha and Wu Zixu want to kill all my Yue Kingdom, then I will kill my wife and children first, and then burn the treasures, and go to the battlefield to fight to the death!" Yu Yue Nan'er would rather die standing than live on his knees! ”

With a wave of his hand, he pulled out the sharp sword at his waist, and was about to slash at his wife and children!

Fan Li quickly ran to the front of the Lady of King Yue and Gongzi to block the sword, so that King Yue's sword stopped a few inches away from his chest, and everyone reacted and stepped forward to stop it, and his Chinese said: "The king is slow, things still have a turn!" “

King Yue's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he asked, "What's the turnaround?" ”

Wen Chong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "When the first envoy went to the court, he found out that King Wu had already retreated, but Wu Zixu was too smart and resolute, so King Wu insisted on destroying Yue, if there was no Zixu, the minister's plan must have been completed!" Wu Guo is not Wu Zixu's Yiyantang, and the only one who can compete with him is Dazai Boyao of Wu State. Bo Yao is from Chu and his ministers, he is very greedy and lustful, and he has openly asked me for bribes before. We can tempt him with a lot of money and beauty, let him help him speak, and ask the king to allow me to go down the mountain again to be accommodating, and maybe there will be a turnaround! ”

Gou Jian looked at his wife who was crying with her son in her arms, and sighed: "So far, it can only be like this......

His hand holding the sword hung limply, then raised it again.

It was a fine bronze sword, shining with cold light, and the body of the sword was covered with black diamond patterns, beautifully decorated, and the two sides of the sword grid were cast with patterns, inlaid with blue glass and turquoise. There are two lines of bird seal inscriptions on the front of the sword: "The Sword of Yue Wang Jiuqian (Gou Jian)", while on the back are two words:

Chunjun!

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"Chunjun", this is the most perfect sword of the Bronze Age, and legend has it that this sword is the only work of heaven and man.

In order to cast this sword, Yue Wang Yunchang specially invited the sword casting master Ou Yezi, who broke out of the tin of the Chijin Mountain for thousands of years, and ****** the copper out of the river for thousands of years. When the sword was cast, Lei Gong beaten, the rain master was drenched, the dragon held the furnace, and the emperor loaded charcoal. Ou Yezi inherited the order of the heavens and worked hard with the gods to forge and grind for ten years, this sword was completed, after the sword was completed, the gods returned to the sky, the Chijin Mountain was closed as before, if the waves of the Ye River rose again, Ou Yezi also died of exhaustion, this sword has become a swan song......

The last time Gou Jian showed Chunjun, Xue Zhu, a high-minded and arrogant swordsman who was as famous as Chu Guofeng's beard, was so shocked that he fell from his seat on his back, his face frozen and sluggish. After a long while, Xue Zhu suddenly woke up, and Gou Jian still remembered his ridiculous appearance at that time.

Xue Candle swept down the steps with a few leaps on his tiptoes, came to the "Chunjun" sword, bowed deeply, and then arranged his clothes with a solemn expression, took the sword from the waiter's hand, and carefully knocked a few times before slowly pulling the sword out of the sheath.

"Raise the sword with your hand, and its splendor is like a hibiscus. Looking at it, it is as rotten as the stars walk; Looking at its light, it is as muddy as the overflow of water in the pond; Looking at its conclusion, it is as steep as a trivial stone; Looking at his talents, he is rejuvenated like ice...... Priceless, priceless! ”

This is Xue Candle's beautiful words at that time, you must know that before, he evaluated the two famous swords of "Miao Cao" and "Juque" as "dull" and "coarse", and he didn't even bother to look at it!

Therefore, the Chunjun Sword is really the treasure of the Yue Kingdom and a symbol of the authority of the Yue King.

Gou Jian reluctantly stroked the sword, and sighed: "Back then, King Chu Ling wanted to exchange thousands of horses, three rich towns, and two big cities with markets for this sword, but the widow's father refused. ”

For the Yue people, the sword is as important as the teeth of a beast, but now Gou Jian, who is about to lose everything, decided to use him to fight, life and death, in one fell swoop......

He picked up the Chunjun sword in both hands and handed it to Wen Chong.

"I also hope that Dr. Chong can go to Wu Ying again, bring a beautiful woman and a heavy treasure to bribe Wu Dazai Yao, let him arrange for Qing to meet King Wu again, present him with the Chunjun Sword, and then relay Gu's original words."

In order to allow the Yue Kingdom to survive, Gou Jian's arrogance and bearing as the king of Yue converged at this moment, turning into perseverance and humility......

"The criminal minister Gou Jian worships the head again: the army of the Yue State is not enough to bother the king to continue the crusade, and Gou Jian is willing to dedicate the gold beads and jade and the children of the household registration to the king as gifts to reward the Wu State for condescending to crusade against the guilty country. I also hope that the king can allow Gou Jian to send his daughter and the king as concubines, and the doctors of the Yue Kingdom, the daughters of the scholars and the doctors of the Wu Kingdom, and the scholars as the concubines. The treasures of the Yue Kingdom, such as Chunjun, Juque, Hao Cao, Lijiao and other swords, were all paid tribute to the Wu State, and Gou Jian led the people of the whole country to join the king's army as concubines, and listened to the dispatch ......"

(To be continued.) )