It was the height of summer, the showers were at the beginning of the day, and the Wu Palace was very lively on the platform, which was full of pride after the husband broke the Yue Zhi, and felt that the low portal in the past could not publicize his great achievements, so that Dazai Boyao rebuilt and rebuilt. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As far as the eye can see, you can see that the lobby is tall and deep, the gate is painted red, and the intricately carved square rafters on the beams are painted with the images of dragons and snakes. There are red bricks bearing dust, there are bamboo mats laid out below, the smooth stone room is decorated with green feathers, the wall is hung with jade hooks bending and crystalline, the fine silk hangs between the walls, and the Luo yarn tent is set up in the atrium......

This palace is extremely skilled by the hands of skilled craftsmen, magnificent, extravagant and wasteful, by no means comparable to the simplicity and thrift of the era of King Wu, but it can meet the "great country style" that the husband likes.

On this day, the banquet held to celebrate the recovery of King Wu from a serious illness has been going on for a whole hour.

As soon as the Wu Guojia warrior holding the shield and sword dance retreated, the beauties from all over the country came on the stage one after another, and the black hair on the top of their heads was gathered into high cloud temples, and they were divided into two or eight columns, playing the sound of Zheng Wei and dancing the foxtrot. Swinging his clothes like bamboo branches, he bent down and clapped his palms, revealing his alluring waist, which made the guests in the palace salivate.

The musicians played the flute drum ensemble, beating the drums violently, the folk music of Wu Guo Cai Guo, and the elegant music of Chu Di, playing the Da Lu tune with the vocal cavity, and there was also a special mood, but if Yanling Jizi was there, I was afraid that he would frown and scold his husband for "not knowing etiquette music".

Under the cover of the clamor of cups and drunken conversations, King Wu sat on the king's couch with great interest, and only one seat lower than the high platform he was on turned out to be the prisoner Gou Jian under the stairs: in the past three years, whenever he was summoned to the banquet, he sat in the last row! Today, he can sit in the north, and the ministers of Wu also treat him with courtesy, although behind the superficial respect, there is a deep disdain.

"The King of Dung ......" seems to be snickering quietly.

Gou Jian's face was as usual, the food on the table in front of him was rich and diverse, the staple food was mixed with fragrant yellow sorghum and glutinous rice, the hoof tendons of the fat cow were stewed crispy and fragrant in Dading, and the famous Wu Guo perch stew made everyone's appetite move. Sake is squeezed from sake lees and frozen, and the sparkling sake is mixed with honey and filled cups for people to taste. Take a sip and feel cool all over your body, and the heat will disappear......

However, looking at these delicacies, Gou Jian had no appetite at all, no matter what he ate, the tip of his tongue still smelled of feces and urine......

Shame, sorrow.

In order to survive, in order to return to the country, he even tasted the feces of his husband.

"The king's urine (urine) taste is bitter and sour, this taste should be the breath of spring and summer, and the king will recover as before!" Thinking that after smacking his horn a few times, and describing the foul smell, Gou Jian's stomach swelled with nausea, and he almost wanted to vomit.

But no matter how disgusting it is, you have to endure it, no matter how much you can't eat, you have to eat and drink with a smiling face, how many pairs of eyes look at him...... What's more, that strategy did work, King Wu was suspicious, maybe Gou Jian's taste of dung made him a little shocked, so he let Gou Jian leave the stone room and continue to do the shepherding business, he finally escaped.

As Fan Li said, although the husband is cruel and arrogant, but he has the kindness of a woman, after he recovered from his illness, he also attributed part of the credit to Gou Jian's head, thinking of his loyalty, and the rewards are increasing day by day. He also let Gou Jian and his wife leave the horse pen and live in the Wu Palace, enshrine the same as the king of Wu State, and let him sit on the guest seat today to show his favor.

Fan Li frequently paid attention to him: At this time, it was just a blow to make King Wu undoubted the belief in Yue Guo.

So Gou Jian stood up and congratulated King Wu on his birthday, he bowed his head and said: "Gou Jian, the next minister, I wish the king a birthday, the emperor is in the order, Zhao Xia is four o'clock, the benevolent king, bow to Hongen, the emperor of heaven, descend the wings of Rui." May the king prolong his life, protect the country of Wu for a long time, inherit the salty inheritance of the four seas, serve the princes, and enjoy the hegemony forever. The wine is rising, and you will be blessed forever! ”

Every sentence said that the husband was in a bad heart, Wu Wang Dayue, and it became more and more pleasing to the eye to see Gou Jian.

Seeing this, Dazai Boyao also got up to congratulate King Wu on his birthday, and took the opportunity to say loudly: "Strange! Today, the king has recovered, and all the ministers have arrived, but only Xiangbang is missing. Although Xiangbang has always hated Yue Jun, today's banquet is a banquet for the king's birthday and blessing, and Xiangbang is not coming, which is really a bit excessive. ”

Opposite Gou Jian, the position that should have been Wu Zixu was empty, and the resolute old minister was angry with the kindness of the husband and woman, and refused to sit at the same table with Gou Jian, saying that he was sick at home and did not come to the banquet.

King Wu was silent, holding the wine a little sullen, and he became more and more dissatisfied with Wu Zixu, he thought: "The widow has been sick for more than a month, and Dazai has been around the lonely group, personally urinating for the lonely end, looking for good doctors and witches everywhere, and offering the widow's favorite food to relieve the pain. But what about Xiangbang? In addition to slandering Gou Jian, he didn't even say a word of concern, obviously he didn't take the widow to heart, he was really an unkind and unkind person! ”

On the other hand, Gou Jian, the king of a country was reduced to a servant, and his wife was a concubine, and he hollowed out his own state to worship Wu, but he did not have any resentment for three years. The widow is sick, he actually tasted feces himself, and he wanted the widow to recover, Gou Jian's subservience no longer needs to be doubted, if he obeys Xiang Bang's words and kills him, this is the widow's unwiseness, and it is not good for Wu State, just to give Xiang Bang a personal pleasure......"

As soon as he thought of this, the intention of the husband to return to Gou Jian became more and more firm.

He thought beautifully, the more difficult to govern, as soon as Wu Yan arrived, Yu Yue people either escaped into the mountains and forests, or swamps, and could not organize the people like Xu Guo. It's better to let Gou Jian rule on his behalf, and still pay tribute to Wu as he has done in the past three years, with grain, beauties, copper and tin, and a steady stream of northward transportation, so that he can not only get the practical benefits of the Yue Guo's tribute, but also reduce the trouble of governance, and let future generations praise their benevolence, isn't it beautiful?

As for Wu Zixu's worrying Gou Jian's "heart of a tiger and a wolf inside, and a beautiful word outside", it is simply alarmist, it is really so timid that the older he lives, the more he goes back......

He thought disdainfully: Besides, what great thing can a dung-tasting monarch achieve? The opponent of the widow is Zhao Wuxian, and it is the king of Chu! How can it be confined to a corner of the south of the Yangtze River and bury the pride and ambition of the eldest husband?

The husband clapped his hands, stopped the music in the hall, and announced with a smile: "The widow has made up his mind, and on the first day of the sixth month, he will pardon Yue Jun and return to the country!" ”

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Wu Zixu became famous and was sealed in Shenyi by King Wu, so he was called Shen Xu and Shen Jun.

He is one of the largest feudal monarchs of Wu State, with thousands of households, but his family does not seem to be rich, after the victory of the Fu Cha over the Yue Kingdom, he built a lot of buildings, and also gave Wu Zixu a lot of rewards, allowing him to expand the mansion, but Wu Zixu saved that effort, and used this jade silk to reduce the Qiu Jia and Tian Fu of the fiefdom, and also raised a few diners.

So Xiangbang Mansion is still like that, not big or small, the first entry into the door is the outer courtyard of 30 steps wide, paved with stone bricks, through the patio you can see the blue sky. The main hall separates the outer courtyard from the inner courtyard and is a place where guests are received and banquets are held. Behind the main hall is a small patio, with auxiliary courtyards on both sides, and many houses, including suites and single rooms, which are for the guests to live.

The practice of cultivating scholars in the Spring and Autumn Period has been a long time, but it was not until ten years ago that Zhao Ying of the Jin Kingdom accepted guests and raised 3,000 scholars, which made this set of employment system popular among the princes, and Wu Zixu was not exempt from vulgarity. Applying the Zhao system, the guests of his family are also divided into levels, the lower guests live in a single room, and the upper guests live in a suite, with their own small courtyard and special carriage and horse servants.

Among them, there is even a guest's residence, which is next to Xiangbang's residence, and there is even a small door directly connected, allowing him to visit the door at any time. You must know that there are wives and concubines and children of Xiangbang living in it, so he does not shy away from it, which shows that this person's status is extraordinary.

On this day, the small door creaked open again, and the white-haired Wu Zixu was wearing a regular suit, without a crown, only wrapped his head casually with a scarf, carried a pot of wine, and came to the door by himself.

There was a green plantain in the courtyard, and the yellow dog was lying on the side of the flowers, stretching out his tongue to watch the two of them practice swords in the courtyard courtyard......

A young man, dressed in armor, he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, with a silver crown and bundled hair, and his appearance was immature, vaguely like when Wu Zixu was not yet white-headed, and he was struggling to hold his sword with both hands to deal with the simple but deadly attack on the opposite side.

An old man, wearing blue-gray clothes, has a sharp appearance, thin like a dangerous rock, a pair of slender ape arms, his right hand is behind his back, and his left hand is holding Wu Jian, his movements are not fancy at all, but he is fierce and unstoppable, and the slight change of moves is endless.

Wu Zixu didn't bother them, he stroked his beard and looked at it for a while, and the winner was quickly decided, but when he saw the young man's oops, the sword in his hand was knocked away, and the old man pointed his sword against his chest, obviously defeated.

"It's a pity......" The young man was a little unconvinced, stomped his feet and said regretfully: "I almost won, Wuzi, you and I will come again." ”

The old man picked up the sword and threw it back to him, laughing without saying a word.

Wu Zixu coughed lightly, showing his existence, and reprimanded the young man with a straight face: "The kid is arrogant! Sun Wuzi, who wants to win the swordsmanship armor of the three armies of the Wu State, you can go back and practice for another thirty years! ”

The young man was shocked, and hurriedly put away his sword and bowed: "I've seen my father." "He is Wu Feng, the only son of Wu Zixu, Wu Zixu was already married in the Chu State, but when he fled, his wife committed suicide in order not to drag him down. After Wu Zixu entered Wu, he claimed that he would not break the Chu State and have no home, so it was not until he returned from Yingying that he married the daughter of the drifting mother who gave him food that year, and a year later he had Wu Feng.

Middle-aged child, Wu Zixu is not doting at all, he is extremely strict with this son, as long as he stares, Wu Feng does not dare to say a word.

"Zixu said this, the son can be taught, given time, or a brave general."

Sun Wu laughed, took the erection man's scarf, and let Wu Feng wipe the sweat on his head, as for him, in the confrontation just now, he didn't even see half a drop of sweat on his face, which shows that his swordsmanship is unfathomable. It is said that when his teacher Sima Sui Tho died unjustly, when Sun Wu fled from Linzi, a sword faced dozens of Qi armor soldiers, broke thirty armor in a row, and walked over the city wall, but did not kill a single person, the weight was handled very appropriately, so that he taught his son to practice swords in his spare time, Wu Zixu was very relieved.

After the three of them sat down in the pavilion surrounded by bananas, Wu Feng asked impatiently, "Has my father heard about it?" Last year, Zhao Han of the Jin State went to war with Zheng Guo, and there was a general, the handsome division blocked the Zheng army in Dongyu for more than ten days, and was defeated, so that the Zhao and Han families were pulled into Gao, this Zhao general, it is said that he is the elder brother! ”

The brother in his mouth is Wang Sunsheng, the righteous son raised by Wu Zixu, when Wang Sunsheng left Wu State, Wu Feng was still young, and when Wu Zixu came alone after sending an envoy to Qi State, Wu Feng Wow Wow, who had no playmate, cried. In the past few years, he has been thinking about this righteous brother, and the purpose of learning swords is to find him one day. The north and south are on different paths, and the news of the Jin State reached the Wu State, which was as short as three months and as long as a year and a half, so the incident that Wu Feng said was already a year ago.

Wu Zixu glanced at his son coldly, Wang Sunsheng's fate is the most regrettable point in his heart, as the grandson of the king of Chu, the great ambition in his heart is impossible to achieve in Wu, when the old king is in Lu, Wu Zixu can't help it, not to mention that now that the new monarch is in power, he has begun to dislike the old ministers......

However, seeing that his son is so affectionate, he is quite like his brother Wu Shang back then, and he did not inherit his strong character, which may be a good thing.

As soon as his heart softened, he said: "If you miss Wang Sun, you can go to repair a book and take it to the Jin Kingdom with a merchant." ”

Wu Feng went happily, Wu Zixu looked at his back, and then said lightly: "The young man doesn't know sorrow, Wang Sun was taught by me and Changqing, with his skills, it is not difficult to get out of the Zhao clan who is a virtuous minister and a fierce general, I just hope that one day, I will not fight against us." ”

Sun Wu laughed: "People don't have a hundred years of life, they often have a thousand years of worries, I have returned to the city, Zixu is also half cut into the ground, Zhao Wu may not be able to catch up on the day of the difficulty." Zixu is still worried about his recent situation, today's banquet of King Wu, why are you absent as a minister? ”

PS: When the Spring and Autumn Warring States honored each other, most of them were clan + son, such as Confucius, Xunzi, and Quzi. The only exception is Qi Guo, who likes names + sons, such as Sun Wu, in addition to calling him grandson, he is also called Wuzi: "There are 30,000 people who are not in charge of the world, who is it?" Said Wuzi also! - "Wei Xuanzi", and Kuang Zhang, also known as Zhangzi. The second chapter is in the evening

(To be continued.) )