Not far from the west gate of Gusu City, the Xiangguo Mansion is brilliantly lit. This day is the 70th birthday of the old Sangkook, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have come here to celebrate the birthday of the Sangkook. On the long street of the West Gate, a row of cars come and go, shuttling endlessly, and the guests in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion welcome in and out, so lively.

The old housekeeper Wu Zhong was even more busy, leading the whole house to first lay out the venue, arrange flowers and willows, serve tea and water, receive gifts, give rewards, prepare dinners, arrange expenses, and was very busy. Gongzi Wu Feng naturally took on the overall responsibility and received these relatives, friends, civil ministers and military generals for his father.

The soldiers wore a red brocade robe, a golden crown with a bundle of hair, white hair and red faces, and although they were old, they still had strong bones and extraordinary energy. He sat on the front of the hall, smiling and accepting the greetings and congratulations of his subordinates, relatives and friends.

Yue Peng was standing in the shadow of the lamp behind the soldier at this time, since he was deposed by his husband, he defected to the soldier and became a senior staff member in the Xiangguo Mansion, serving by the side of the soldier to protect his safety.

There are two rows of banquets in the hall, each person has a few cases in front of them, and the guests kneel on the table, first offer wine to Xiangguo to celebrate his birthday, and then they will drink and feast.

Although many of them were regular customers, and those guests who were born could not enter the hall at all, Yue Peng still did not dare to be careless. Xiang Guo has made a lot of enemies for private and public purposes all his life, and there are many people who want to take his head. Although Yue Peng has the courage of ten thousand people, but others are in the dark and themselves are in the light, so how dare they have the slightest slack!

At this time, a slave sneaked up to Yue Peng's side and muttered a few words to him. Yue Peng bypassed the curtain on the side of the hall and followed the slave out of the main hall.

Dozens of steps away from the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a single horse car was parked. In the car sat a man in black, wearing a bamboo fence on his head, half-covering his face.

Yue Peng went up alone, held his breath and looked at it carefully for a while, saw the face of the man in black clearly, nodded, and looked very familiar.

The man pulled out a bag from his coat. whispered: "The head of my family sent a villain to inform Xiangguo of something important, and this bag must be handed over to Xiangguo in person." ”

Yue Peng agreed. The man said no more, and disappeared into the night in his carriage.

It was not until the time of the chaos that the guests dispersed, and the old Xiangguo was also tossed enough. I just got up and was about to go back to the backrooms to rest. Yue Peng came up and said that there was something important to discuss. The soldiers were surprised. It is said that on an auspicious day like today, if there is no particularly important matter, Yue Peng will definitely not disturb himself.

Yue Peng helped the drunken soldiers, crossed the back corridor, came to the study, and sat down with the soldiers.

The soldier looked at Yue Peng and asked a little strangely: "Is there anything important about Yue Peng so late at night?" “

Yue Peng said with a guilty face: "The palace just sent the news. The young general didn't dare to delay for half a day, so he disturbed Xiangguo! ”

Yue Peng took out the bag. Present it to the soldiers. The soldier opened it and asked, "Did you just get this?" Could it be in the palace? ……”

Yue Peng didn't squeak, and looked at the soldier a little nervously to see how his face changed.

The soldier looked at a bronze base ox body oil lamp on the desk and looked at the letter, but it was a white silk with black handwriting on it.

When the soldier read the letter, his face was indignant, and he said, "How unreasonable! We got the news from the eyes in the palace that the king had agreed to allow the prince to return to China. Ay! If the king does not cut down the grass and eradicate the roots today, he will leave trouble for himself, and he will regret it too late! ”

Yue Peng was surprised and said: "The king has not discussed such a major matter with the ministers in the court, how can it be said that the king has agreed?" ”

Wu Yuan said: "This letter says that the king was bewitched by Zheng Dan and had promised to pardon the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom and allow them to return to the country; Moreover, the king has secretly ordered Taishi to choose an auspicious day, release Gou Jian's monarchs and ministers, and cook raw rice first, even if we ministers oppose it, it will be useless. After all, the king has no jokes, and the king's words can't be taken back. ”

Yue Peng suddenly realized: "No wonder the king has a seven-day holiday for Xiangguo, and he wants to use these few days to indulge the monarchs and ministers of Yue Guo back to the country." By the time Xiangguo learned the news, this matter had already been completed, and it was too late for Xiangguo to oppose it, what a clever plan, a wonderful plan! ”

The soldier stood up, walked to the window, looked at the stars in the sky, and sighed: "The lord of a country, the eyes of the rat are inch-eyed, that is, my soldier has the heart of the seven tricks, what can I do?" ”

Yue Peng said: "Now that I have learned the news today, how can Xiangguo stand by and watch? ”

"The old man has tried his best not to make the king make a terrible mistake, and if he is not careful, he will retreat from the north and south. The old man had to think of a perfect way to persuade the king to take back his fate! ”

Seeing that Wu Wangfu was so determined to exonerate King Yue, the soldiers were very sad. For Wu Yuan, Wu, a small country in the southeast, has always been ignored and forgotten among the princes. Until that day, he was burdened with a sea of blood and fled from the state of Chu. In order to take revenge, in order to fulfill their respective promises, two aspiring young men came together and fought side by side to create a powerful Wu kingdom that made the princes look sideways! However, today's successor, the successor he chosen, began to part ways with himself.

We can't destroy this mighty country at his hands, as long as our soldiers are alive!

Early in the morning of the second day, the soldiers went to the court to meet the king of Wu.

The husband was a little surprised, didn't he give this old guy a few days off? On his 70th birthday, as the master, although he did not give him a generous reward this year, he still prepared some gifts to show his sincerity, and specially granted him a seven-day holiday, so that he could be quiet for a few days. Why did this old guy come to court today? Weird, weird!

The monarchs and ministers returned to their respective thrones, and King Wu smiled and asked: "The widow has approved the seven-day holiday of Xiangguo, why is Xiangguo so diligent and comes to the court today?" ”

"Old minister, thank you for your kindness! It's just that the old man is idle at home, and I, who are old, can do one day at a time. And yesterday the old man accidentally turned over a historical book, and he thought it was very interesting, and wanted to tell the king about it. ”

The husband didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, so he had to laugh dryly: "Xiangguo said, let the ministers also listen to it, and see what kind of allusion it is?" ”

The soldier then narrated:

"During the reign of King Xia Ji, Shang Tang, the head of the subordinate state (or tribal leader), led his people to continue to develop agriculture and breeding, tamed cattle and horses, and rammed the city walls, so that a small Shang tribe gradually grew and became a prince capable of competing with the central dynasty. Later, someone told Shang Tang that he had a rebellious heart, so King Xia Wei found an opportunity to detain Shang Tang when he went to the court to pay tribute.

However, the clansmen of the Shang tribe carried out activities up and down, bribed the close ministers of King Xia Ji, and persuaded King Xia Ji to let Shang Tang return to China. Xia Wei imprisoned Shang Tang and did not punish him, and even if he returned to China, he was a self-inflicted disaster; Later, Shang Tang raised the strength of the whole country to conquer Xia Ji several times and destroyed Xia, so that there was a later great Shang. ”

Although the demise of Xia Zhi was the result of a series of tyrannies such as King Xia's tyranny, excessive indulgence, and killing of Zhongliang, the soldiers reminded the husband from another angle.

Later, the old minister saw the article of King Su again. Although this merchant also lost some power to the country, he attached importance to agriculture and developed textiles, which greatly increased the national strength. He not only reused the low-level figures, but also dared to use the untouchables as officials, and was the most enlightened monarch in history; Later, after a series of conquests in the south and in the north, the Shang Dynasty became a powerful state.

However, after the rise of King Wen, he was secretly denounced by Chonghou Hu, and was imprisoned in the palace by the King of Zhou. King Wen pardoned King Wen and did not punish him, leaving a trouble, after King Wen and King Wu's strategy, there was only a great Zhou Dynasty. If Shang Xuan resolutely killed King Wen that day, it would naturally hurt the vitality of Zhou Guo, and Shang Xuan might not have that result. ”

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, Bo Yao couldn't hold back for a long time and was eager to refute it.

But King Wu stopped Bo Yao's speech, he thought about it, and said silently for a while: "The meaning of the country, the widow has already known, although the survival of the country is not an overnight thing, but if the disaster is not removed, it will suffer from it, yes!" ”

The soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and from the words of King Wu, it seemed that they already had the intention of killing Gou Jian. (To be continued......)