The soldier unfolded the letter and said, "...... As an old minister of the Chu State, the elder brother was full of grievances and vowed to take revenge, which has his own reason. But as a close friend, my brother has a word to ask my brother to judge: Mr. is an old minister of King Ping, if he beheads the head of King Ping and inflicts guilt on the dead, I am afraid that it will arouse the anger of the people of Chu. In this way, the Chu people will join forces to resist the division of our country, and Mr.'s strategy to destroy Chu will definitely come to naught. Please think deeply, brother! Second, the elder brother relied on merit to take revenge, and the generals already complained. ”

Wu Yuan thoughtfully, put away Sun Wu's letter, and said to Yue Peng: "You send someone to find the old mason, the place we dug out is a suspicious grave, do you think he has something to say?" I'll take a trip back to Yingdu for the time being. The tomb of King Ping will be made after I return. ”

The soldiers took a few guards, beat their horses back to Yingdu, and went straight to Sun Wu's Chinese army camp.

After the two met, Sun Wu knew the meaning of the soldiers' visit, so he ordered the left and right to retreat, sit on the ground alone with the soldiers, and have a conversation with tea.

"Brother is here for King Ping's business?"

The soldier frowned and said, "I have also read Brother Xian's letter, and I know that Brother Xian has always opposed my grave digging and revenge. Now the major affairs of Chu are undecided, I am alone in the Chu realm, the hearts of the Chu people are boiling, and the strategy of destroying Chu still has a long way to go, if you touch the anger of the Chu people again, it is indeed not an unwise move. But I swear first, I have to take revenge! ”

Sun Wudao: "If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault?" King Ping is the old master of his brother, if his brother is in return, the king is a person with a heart, what will he think? To put it another way, wouldn't the king have his own opinion? ”

Wu Yuan Fang realized, although He Lu also allowed his revenge on King Ping. But in the bottom of my heart, I may have my own reservations. Yes, any monarch is afraid of encountering such a powerful minister, and in his heart, these monarchs will naturally take strict precautions.

"The brother's attempt to behead the king's body is of no benefit to the living, useless to the dead, and only to the hearts of the people. Brother doesn't know. Just a few days ago, some Chu scholars scattered in Yingdu gathered hundreds of people and attacked and killed our night patrol soldiers at night. In this way, the people of Chu are not convinced! Sun Wu was very worried about Wu Jun's current situation.

The soldiers were shocked: "Chu rebelled, and responded to every call. When I was in Chu in the past, I knew that the Chu people had a rebellious spirit. ”

"Therefore, under this situation, wouldn't it be wise to provoke the anger of the Chu people again?"

The soldiers knew Sun Wu's good intentions, although they did not let go. In fact, I already have an idea in my heart.

The soldiers said goodbye to Sun Wu and returned to Liaotai Lake. Seeing that Yue Peng had already found the old masonry and arrived in Liaotai. The soldier asked the reason carefully.

The old man said: "This is just a suspicious coffin that was arranged to be built, and the real coffin is directly below this coffin, and the general ordered the sergeant to continue to excavate." ”

The sergeants picked up the sarcophagus and continued to excavate. Then I saw a cave, and a coffin was placed in the middle of the square stone cave.

I saw a tall copper tripod standing in front of the coffin. The pattern is intricate and gorgeous; Around the coffin, there are some ritual utensils and weapons neatly placed: there are one small ding, four gui, four mustaches, four fangs, two dun pieces, two beans, two bamboo sticks, two zun pieces, two pots, four zun ties, four jian, four plates, one qian and six braided pins, six yong bells, and six button bells. On the periphery of the tomb are bronze weapons, swords, spears and other weapons. It seems to be guarding the coffin in the center of the cave.

In the middle of the cave is a colorful nanmu coffin, the lacquer painting on it is still bright as new, and the black base is decorated with gorgeous dark red patterns, with hunting pictures, inscriptions and animal patterns. Although the coffin has been buried at the bottom of the lake for more than ten years, there is no standing water in the tomb because it is very tightly sealed. So the coffin is very well preserved.

The soldier ordered the sergeant to open the lid of the coffin, only to see King Ping lying on his back in a pile of funerary jade, with mercury around the body, and it seemed that King Ping's skin had not changed and his face was like life.

When the soldiers saw the corpse of the enemy. Furious. picked up the nine-section bronze whip in his hand, wanting to whip King Ping.

The bronze whip shifted direction in mid-air, and the nine-section copper whip in the soldier's hand sounded a dull sound on the hard Nanmu coffin. The soldier could no longer control his emotions, and repeatedly whipped the thick coffin with a steel whip, until the sawdust flew everywhere.

"You blind, dumb man! If you don't distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and kill my father and brother, won't you be wronged! The soldiers wept bitterly as they whipped the coffin. The surrounding sergeants all hid their faces when they saw this, and their expressions were worried.

After the soldiers whipped the coffin of the king, refilled the earth and closed the hole, and removed the sand bag, the tomb of the king of Ping was still left in the vast Liaotai Lake.

One day, he drank with his brother-in-law in the back garden in the Chu Palace, and the concubines and maids were around. The two brothers were drunk, and he asked, "The widow recently heard that the virtuous brother was stationed in the house of Nangwa and accepted the bride of Nangwa?" ”

The husband smiled: "My brother has left the chariot on horseback these days, and he is very comfortable with wine and beautiful women." It's no more than some generals, who are just asking for trouble! ”

He Lu knew that his husband was referring to the soldiers, and this younger brother had always been very unhappy with his reuse of the soldiers.

"Why is he asking for trouble?" He asked.

When the younger brother heard that he had won the order of the king's brother, he transferred troops to dig the tomb of King Ping in Liaotai Lake, and heard that he would also behead and whip the corpse to avenge his family. Isn't that self-inflicted? King Ping has been dead for more than ten years, even if his body turns to ashes? ”

He Lu pondered for a long time: "What the soldiers did was excessive!" But the widow had already agreed to his request, even if it was a reward for his exploits! ”

The husband disagreed: "If the soldier is so open-minded, he will repay him, if Brother Wang does something wrong to him, won't he do the same?" ”

He Lu personally held the pot for her husband and sighed: "My brother and the soldier are the widow's right-hand men. The soldiers have won the throne for the widow, and the enemy country has made great contributions, even if there are shortcomings, the widow can tolerate them. ”

According to the old system of the Wu State, the throne is generally a brother-in-law, but since he took the throne, he sealed his eldest son Bo as the crown prince early, and he lost the hope of the husband. It is said that this decision was the advice of the soldiers to He Lu in private.

The husband took over the conversation and said to He Lu: "The soldiers rely on their merits, and Brother Wang is well versed in the art of control, and he is safe. But such a strong minister, can the prince control it the day after tomorrow? Although the younger brother said rude words, it was also the truth. ”

At this time, a servant came in, and when he saw that his husband was on his side, he kept silent.

He Lu took advantage of the wine and asked the attendant to speak.

The attendant said: "By the order of the king, the villain found out that Mr. Wu found the coffin of King Ping in Liaotai Lake, which originally said that he would behead the corpse and ask for the crime, but then for some reason, Mr. only whipped the coffin for 300 to avenge the family. Later, after some inquiry, the villain knew that Mr. had returned to Yingdu, and he had changed his mind after following the persuasion of the boss General Sun. ”

He Lu was a little happy, and said to his husband: "The widow knows that Mr. will not do this, otherwise he will anger the Chu people and raise troops against Wu together, even if the widow has thousands of troops and horses, he is helpless." It seems that the gentleman will still focus on the big picture! ”

The husband instigated: "Brother Wang, you see, these two people breathe out of one nostril, and they both have heavy soldiers. The younger brother is really worried about Brother Wang! ”

He waved his hand: "Such words must not be messed up." Brother Xian is already a little drunk, step down! ”

The husband got up and saluted, staggered and left. He Lu sat alone on the couch and chewed on his husband's words again.

It is said that after the soldiers whipped the coffin of King Ping, they could be regarded as having an explanation for the revenge of their family. But King Zhao has not seen any news, after all, it is a big trouble. As long as King Zhao is still there, even if the state of Chu has not perished, it has not been conquered.

The soldiers then played the king of Wu and sent countless fine works to the south to find out the news of King Zhao.

The soldier said: "When King Zhao fled south, he must collect the remnants and gather the border generals who are guarding everywhere to resist our army. If you don't plan ahead, you will become a problem for your henchmen. The minister volunteered to lead his troops to pursue the remnants of King Zhao to get rid of the trouble! ”

Quasi-playing. Ling Wu led an army of 30,000 and left Yingdu, pointing at the southern frontier of Chu State, wanting to find King Zhao.

Description: In the historical books and legends of the past dynasties, there have always been two versions of the "whip corpse" and "whip coffin" of the king of Chuping. I thought that under the circumstances, as a mature politician and military strategist, the soldier should have some control over what he did. Therefore, I prefer the legend of "three hundred whip coffins", which is more in line with historical facts. (To be continued......)