Chapter 52: The Bitter Meat Scheme
To know that King Wu was not very kind to see him, he came up with a cruel jihua.
To leave the king of Wu said: "Qing Ji recruits dead soldiers, and if you want to be unfavorable to the king, you have to get rid of it." The last time General Ziwen missed, Qingji must no longer easily trust the people of Wu who defected. The minister has a strategy, so that Qingji can be taken in, as long as he can get close to Qingji's body, the minister's major event can be determined! ”
He Lu rummaged through the bamboo slips on a few cases, looked at him from time to time, and listened to what he said.
"It's called the 'Bitter Meat Meter.'" The minister pretended to have a gap with the king, and fled with guilt. But to convince Qingji of it, the king can make this bitter trick: order the minister's right hand to be cut off, and the minister's wife to be killed. In this way, the minister and the king have become incompatible. The minister fled to defend the country and defected to Qingji, as long as Qingji learned the news, he would definitely trust and take in the minister by his side. ”
He Lu paused for a moment, shook his head, and said with some displeasure: "You are a citizen of the Wu Kingdom, you have no fault and no crime, and let the widow mutilate your body and kill your wife, the widow is not an unkind king, how can you do such a cruel thing?" ”
He got up and knelt down and said, "Since the minister is the king's people, and now the king is in trouble, as a courtier, he will definitely go to the king's troubles." If a courtier is only at ease with his own small family, lives a carefree life, and ignores the troubles of the country and the king, it is disloyal as a courtier; The king is a virtuous king, and Qingji has bad intentions, concentrates on plots, and ignores the righteousness of the country, but the ministers close their eyes and don't see it, which is unjust! How can a minister be an unfaithful and unrighteous man? Therefore he asked the king to agree. ”
Lu Lu was unhappy, stood up, and kept pacing with his hands behind his back, still having difficulty deciding. After a long time, he shook his head and said: "This will trap the widow in being unkind and unjust, your bitter trick may be of some use, but it does make the widow very difficult." ”
He wanted to leave the kowtow to the ground, and bowed down and persuaded bitterly: "Even if the king kills my whole family, as long as the king does not forget the heart of the minister who died for the country and the lord, the minister will never give up!" ”
Seeing that he wanted to leave so stubbornly, he made a request to leave: "The widow will definitely show your family, set up a monument for you, and make you famous for future generations, so as to show your immortal merits." ”
He wanted to leave King Wu, return to the Longwei camp, and tell the soldiers about King Wu's summons. The two discussed carefully, perfected a seamless jihua, and reported to King Wu.
One day in the morning. King Wu gathered the monarchs and ministers to discuss national affairs, and promoted the warriors to leave as doctors and help the soldiers to train the soldiers.
After the ministers finished playing state affairs, He Lu announced his retirement from the court, but he saw a person kneeling in the center and shouted: "The king is slow!" The minister has something to do with it. ”
He Lu only took a few steps, then turned around, his face a little unhappy: "Who is making a noise downward?" ”
When the ministers saw King Wu turn around, they had to stand back in the court, and saw that it was the short man who had just become a doctor, kneeling in the hall like a ball.
He Lu sat back in his seat and asked in a deep voice, "What do you have to say?" ”
To leave: "The king has been in the country for several years, and there has been no move. The ministers thought that the king had lost the heart of striving for hegemony, and was content with pleasure, and had no ambition! Although the minister is only a martial artist, he also knows that my country lives in a corner, the territory is small, and the strong neighbors look around. If the king does not want to forge ahead and is content with the status quo, the day when I will destroy the country is not far away! ”
There was anger on his face, and he was about to ask and leave. At this time, he saw the soldiers coming out of class, knelt down and played: "The words of leaving are very true!" The minister also felt the same way. In the past, the king had the ambition to soar to the sky, but now it has been several years since he won the country, and he has not seen any extraordinary moves, which really makes the subordinates feel cold! To leave the known as a warrior, extraordinary intelligence, can be a general. The minister asked the king to leave and lead the army to attack Chu in order to achieve a great cause! ”
He Lu couldn't help but scold: "The widow is about to leave, his body is no more than five feet long, no different from a child, how can he be allowed to be a general?" Isn't there anyone in my Wu country? Moreover, the affairs of the country are initially decided, and the people are just a little peaceful, how can they use troops lightly? ”
When the ministers saw that King Wu was angry, they all stood silently and did not dare to speak.
He still forcibly admonished: "These are just whitewashes!" The king is unkind and untrustworthy! The soldiers have taken a lot of trouble to plan for the king to win the country, and they are already full of liver and brain, and they are loyal. But the king has never avenged the soldiers, and he lost the promise of a thousand gold, how can he be trusted? Isn't the king ashamed of himself? ”
King Wu was furious and took the case: "You are a savage in the countryside, how can you talk about national affairs lightly!" He also humiliated the widow in court. The unpunished immorality of such disloyal and unfilial arrogances is not enough to appease the wrath of the widow! So he ordered the wrestler to go down to the court with 100 rods, and cut off his right arm.
All the ministers were shocked and wanted to persuade them, but when they saw that King Wu was angry, they were speechless.
Two wrestlers stepped forward, like chickens, and escorted them down the hall. After a while, a terrible scream sounded outside the courtroom. He Lu was especially unrelieved of his hatred, and ordered: "The medical officer bandaged in order to leave, and he was thrown out of prison." It is rumored that the forbidden army has arrested his family, and he will be questioned for his guilt after the widow! ”
When the soldiers saw that King Wu was so closed-minded, they were very unhappy, so they sighed angrily and left the palace.
After half a month, the matter gradually spread out, and everyone knew about it. Seeing that the time was ripe, the soldier called Gu Xin and advised: "If you want to leave my friend, this time I was also questioned by the king because of me, so I have been uneasy in my heart. You go and think of a way to get him out. ”
Gu Xin was a little puzzled: "The king has always been obedient to Mr., why didn't the lord directly ask the king for his order and forgive the sin of leaving?" ”
"This time, if not, the king is furious, and he wants to leave for my own sake, so how can I come forward to save him? Even if I ask the king, the king will not listen. ”
Gu Xin nodded and took the order, and went to plan for himself.
One day, Gu Xin took the wealth and silk, sneaked into the prison officer's house, and gave the gold silk to entrust him with the matter of leaving.
But the jailer said, "If I let go in private, I will be guilty." I've heard that there are many knights under Lord Wu, so why don't you think of a plan to rob the prison, even if you leave and want to leave, I can get out of it. ”
So Gusin reported back to the soldiers and told him the words of the jailer. The soldiers ordered Yue Peng and Ali Sell of the Long Wei Camp to think of robbing the prison together with Gu Xin, and wanted to let them go or leave.
One day, the moon was dark and the wind was high. The jailer also made arrangements, and only a dozen people were ordered to guard the prison. Gu Xin, Yue Peng, and Ali Sell put on black shorts and touched this prison in the north of the city.
The prison was preceded by a row of wooden fences, and on the left side of the fence was a sentry tower made of wooden posts, but there was no sound on the sentry tower, and there was no one on it. It's just that there are two guards in front of the prison gate, and while the two are not prepared, Ali Sell and Yue Peng have already dodged closer, and they passed out with one move to lock their throats.
The cell was dimly lit, and the jailer had previously instructed him to leave cell No. 32. I was ready to leave, and when I saw someone robbing the prison, I had already started inside.
Because there is help from within the prison, and this is just a show, it is for others to watch. A few of them should be together, and it didn't take much trouble to rob them and leave them.
Taking advantage of the night, he escaped from the city and got on the main road, Gu Xin stopped and said to the three people: "I am ordered by Lord Wu to cooperate with Yue Peng and Ali Sell to rob and leave." The adult has an order: Yue Peng and Ali are going to leave together and go to Weiguo to complete the mission of assassinating Qingji. Please obey the assignment of the two of you to leave in all actions, and do not disobey them! ”
The three of them were ordered by the soldiers, said goodbye to Gusin, and came all the way to defend the country.