The corpses on the battlefield were lined up, and thousands of people who were outflanked by the two wings blocked the rear road guards and Song people surrendered, and at this time they disarmed one after another, raised their hands, and were tied together with hemp rope by the soldiers of the Le clan who cleaned the battlefield. And the cavalry who had made great achievements were still chasing and harassing the retreating Zheng Guoren, hoping to bite off a few more pieces of meat on them.

"That's how things happened during this period......" Back in the camp, after the thief, Wu Jing also quietly reported what he saw and heard to Zhao Wuxian.

Zhao Wuxian bowed his head, that fisherman was really not an ordinary person, he was able to subdue the thief who was higher than the human eye, and then asked, "What happened after this?" “

"Then they encountered a partial division sent by the Zheng people, and the fisherman discovered their ...... according to the frightening flight of the water birds."

Thinking of the scene at that time, Wu Jing was afraid, and the thief, who had been talking happily with the fisherman before, suddenly changed his face, and put a horizontal sword on the fisherman's neck, asking him to tell him what the situation was?

After a night of observation, Wu Jing almost predicted that the fisherman was probably not the one who came to rebel, and which spy would dare to be so high-profile in the enemy camp? But who can not doubt that he encountered enemy troops halfway through this wilderness?

But the fisherman didn't panic, but calmly said that this matter had nothing to do with him, and then pointed out the thieves and others to ambush in a few key positions, and wiped out the four or five hundred Zheng army's partial divisions!

"Afterwards, I caught the enemy leader and asked, sure enough, there was another guide, and it had nothing to do with the fisherman."

Wu Jing hesitated for a moment and continued to report: "Because I was afraid that they would escape and ruin the big thing of Sikou, I didn't leave anyone alive. ”

It turned out that Zheng Jun's coach You Su also made the same plan as Zhao Wuxian, but the guide he found was much worse. After grinding for a long time, I didn't find the right way, and I was about to force my way across the swamp to land. As a result, he was surrounded by the thieves who took the lead, and the whole army was annihilated. In the reeds at this time. It's probably been stained red by a pool of blood, but this is the ruthless style of thieves.

"What does the fisherman say about that?"

"I was just watching, I couldn't see joy, anger and sorrow in my eyes, and I didn't say a word."

Wu Jing suddenly knelt down and said: "It's all because the servants are careless, when they will arrive at the predetermined ambush point, when they turn around, the fisherman is actually gone, and after searching for a while, I found that he had already left the shore to board the boat." I'm paddling towards the lake......"

"And he just walked away?"

Zhao Wuxian was a little distressed, judging from the words and actions of the fisherman, even if he was not a plan, he was also a very capable hermit. He didn't meet the virtuous when he visited the virtuous, but afterwards the virtuous took the initiative to send him to the door to help, which was a gratifying thing, but why did he wave his sleeves and leave after helping? The boat is prepared in advance, which has the meaning of "leaving your clothes and leaving no body and name".

"The servants wading in the water can't catch up with the fisherman. I could only call him and ask him to come back, saying that Si Kou must have a heavy thanks, while Liu Xiajiao said directly. If the fisherman is willing to go out, he will definitely be able to get a high-ranking official in Xilu. But the fisherman was unmoved, and smiled. And he went, and said no more. Just sang a song......"

"What song?"

"He sang with wood pulp: The water of the waves is clear, and you can ...... it."

……

"The water of the waves is clear. You can wet my hair, the water of the waves is turbid, and you can wet my feet. ”

After parting ways with Liu Xiajiao, Wu Jing and others, the fisherman continued to wear his coat and rowed in the Mengzhu Lake and Marsh in a small boat, singing fishing songs and crossing several gentle but crooked rivers, completely leaving behind the people who might follow.

This is the other side of Meng Zhuze, where toads and crickets live, seabirds flying north of Sushen and Yan glide high in the sky, and local waterfowl nest and whiner in the sand dunes of the tidal flats.

The fisherman identified the direction, landed in the boat, dragged the fishing boat to the reeds and hid it, and when he turned around, a fox looking for shrimp and crabs on the beach walked leisurely through the lake, and a man in tattered clothes chased after him.

The fisherman showed a sneering laugh, and shouted loudly to the stumbling man: "Chu madman, the fox meat is so noisy and smelly, even if you are hungry, you can take out some bird eggs to eat, and go over and chase it!" ”

When the sloppy man with his cloak heard this, he immediately stopped chasing him, but pointed at the fisherman angrily: "Okay, you Xin Wenzi, you can count it as coming, throw me alone in this wilderness swamp, and I'm dying of starvation!" ”

Zhao Wuxian guessed right, the fisherman is indeed Ji Ran himself, he likes to travel in the sea, and often calls himself the "fisherman", as for the "Chu madman" in his mouth, it is the one Zhao Wuxian met when he visited Pushang. This person's name is Lu Tong, the word is connected to public opinion, and he is a person from Chu State, because Chu State orders Yin Zichang is impermanent, and he is crazy and crazy, and people call it Chu madness.

He and Ji Ran went to the Chengzhou Guard Room together ten years ago to ask Lao Tzu for advice and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, so they got acquainted and became friends with each other.

Faced with the complaints of the public opinion, Ji Ran lifted the fish basket in his hand and said, "Didn't I go to repay Zhao Zitai's gift?" No, when you come back from the road, you don't forget to catch a few grass carp, instead of complaining here, you might as well quickly dig a pit and find some driftwood and reed poles to light the fish. ”

When he heard that there was something to eat, he swallowed his saliva, and immediately lowered his head to help dig the pit, while digging, his mouth was not idle, and he continued to complain: "Finally, there is meat, do you know what I eat these days?" ”

Ji Ran pursed his lips: "It's not the old pear tree that harmed me, and the vegetable garden behind the house, which was originally well maintained, but now it must have been arched by a wild boar." ”

Chu Jieyu scolded: "You old man are still embarrassed to say? invited me to travel with the Song Kingdom, but it turned out that I caught up with the chaotic war of Zhuqing, and there were wars everywhere. It's so easy to run to Pushang, don't talk about meat inside and outside your house, you don't even leave a grain of corn, which makes my stomach sour and my face green! ”

Ji Ran raised his hand and opened the hand that was still stained with mud and wanted to reach into the fish basket, and sneered: "What a hungry ghost, if you want to eat meat, Zhao Xiaosikou invited you to Daiyi that day, why don't you go?" Even though it is impossible for you to eat last week's eight treasures every night, meat and sauce are definitely indispensable. ”

Chu Jieyu watched Ji Ran skillfully clean up the grass carp with copper sharpening, and said disdainfully: "I am different from you, I said that I want to be wanton for life, and I will avoid all the things that are involved. And what about you, Xin Wenzi? He claims to be unwilling to show himself as a prince, but in fact he hides utilitarianism in his heart, pointing fingers at the secluded place, and always paying attention to the disputes in the world. By the way, you still want to find a good disciple, inherit your strategy, and then secretly create a hegemon, which will benefit the world and no one will know it, this is your plan......"

The two old friends began to enter the rhythm of exposing each other's shortcomings, Ji Ran didn't answer, cleaned up the fish, wiped the white salt he carried with him, tied it with reed leaves, wrapped it in mud, and put it in the fire pit to roast, his movements were slow and orderly, making Chu Jieyu, who was waiting to see his reaction, impatient.

Only then did he raise his head and stare at Chu Jieyu and said: "I am vast, like a bird, I am general, like a Kunpeng, you old hungry ghost with a sparrow-like head, where can you understand?" ”

……

The delicious Mengzhu grass carp, after being grilled, is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a hint of reed fragrance, which is also a delicacy in the world. Chu Jieyu, who claimed to have known the taste of meat for a month, devoured it and was almost stuck to death by a fish bone, and Ji Ran kicked him the back a few times before helping him cough it out.

"It's just a bite of fish, old hungry ghost, you eat so fast, don't you want to die?"

The two complained to each other for a while, until they were tired of scolding, and Chu Jieyu asked with a rare straight face: "Meng Zhu's war should be over?" ”

Ji Ran looked up at the sun, it was already afternoon at this time, and the faint shouting and killing sound had stopped, leaving only death-like silence.

"It's over."

"Why don't you go and see the winner? After all, you also participated in it and gave Zhao Wuxian a big gift. ”

Ji Ran said firmly: "You don't need to look at it to know that the Zhao family will win, and the Zheng people, Wei people, and the second son will lose." ”

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because I am Ji Ran, whether it is calculation or calculation, there has never been a mistake!"

For a while, Chu Jieyu was silent.

When he was full of wine and food, he basked in the sun again and caught lice: "Then again, why do you want to help that Zhao Wuxian?" ”

A trace of sadness flashed in Ji Ran's eyes: "There must be an injury when two tigers fight, rather than fighting for three years like the Huaxiang Rebellion twenty years ago before the result, so that the Song Kingdom suffered heavy casualties and displaced people, it is better to let the decisive battle be divided into winners and losers as soon as possible." ”

"That's why I asked, why did you choose Zhao Wuxian instead of You Su, Gongzidi, and Le Daxin, don't tell me that it's really to repay the gifts he left in front of your house."

Ji Ran laughed and said: "Naturally not, I appreciate his attitude of Corporal Lixian, but more importantly, it is for his sentence 'prosperity, the people suffer, death, and the people suffer'." Coupled with his reputation of loving the people like a son, I think that if this person wins, it will be beneficial to the people of the Song Kingdom and Li Shu. ”

"But it's not good for the son's surname Sheji, I heard that Xiangshi Gu Bu Ziqing once prophesied, saying that Le Qi will die in the Jin Kingdom, but the descendants will have to aspire to the Song! Is it really going to be fulfilled now? If the Zhao clan wins, the Sicheng Le clan will definitely take power, and the Song State will be reduced to the Zhao clan and the country! ”

Ji Ran said coldly: "My family is the remnant of Yin Shang after the son of Jin, and he is not a remnant of Yin Shang with the surname of the son, and the society of the Duke of Song has a surname, what does it matter to me?" ”

PS: During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the word "common people" mostly referred to ordinary people.

The Analects. Yan Yuan": The people are enough, who is the gentleman and the insufficiency? The people are insufficient, who is the king?

Mencius. Liang Hui Wang Chapter Sentences": The ministers please speak for the king: Now the king's drum is happy here, and the people hear the sound of the king's bell and drum, and the sound of the pipe, and they raise their heads and tell each other: "My king's good drum music, why did my husband make me go to this extreme? Father and son do not see each other, and brother and wife are separated. Now the king is hunting here, and the people hear the sound of the king's chariot and horse, and see the beauty of the feathers, and they raise their heads and frown and tell each other: "My king's good field hunting, why did the husband make me go to this extreme? Father and son do not see each other, and brother and wife are separated. There is no other, and there is no joy with the people.

Ma Wangdui silk book A book "Lao Tzu": The people are not cured, and they are thought to be incurable. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thanks for the tip on the 23rd! Thanks to the book friend Xunlang, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, and the 123 ginkgo trees for the tip!