The husband sat on the chariot, and he picked up the curtain and glanced at the stable. Seeing that his father's tomb was approaching, he ordered the emperor to stop the carriage.

The convoy came to a halt, and the chamberlain brought a wooden pier wrapped in embroidered brocade and helped the husband out of the carriage.

The mountains on Tiger Hill are full of gold, but on the side of the mausoleum, the pine and cypress are lush. Fucha looked at the horse farm for a while, and said to the accompanying Boya, "Did Dazai see it?" This Yue country is just a small country, and Gou Jian is the monarch of a small country, but you see that they are three monarchs and ministers, the courtesies of husband and wife, and the courtesies of monarchs and ministers; Respect and humility are orderly, the ministers return to the ministers, and the monarch has the honor. Ay! The widow sometimes thinks to himself, I am a dignified Wu, but I may not be able to do this! ”

As soon as Bo Yao heard the words of King Wu, he thought to himself: "The king is often restrained by the soldiers and is dissatisfied, so he makes these words. So he took the opportunity to provoke: "The king is a promising king, in his prime, with the world in mind and ambitions in all directions." The king is so young and ambitious, and the ministers should serve with all their hearts, how can there be no one who is not honorable? ”

"Humph!" King Wu snorted and said: "Some people are proud of their merits, relying on the old and selling the old, what can the widow do?" He lost his courtesy, but the widow could not ignore the king's courtesy! ”

Bo Yao sighed: "This Yue monarch is indeed pitiful and respectable! According to the current situation, Gou Jian and his wife are slaves, and if they change others, they have long been without the share of monarchs and ministers, but Fan Li still treats them as kings, such monarchs and ministers will never abandon them, and they are deeply respectable! ”

King Wu didn't say anything more, walked all the way, and didn't need the waiter to support him, and soon the group had already come to the altar of the royal tomb. Those guards of the forbidden army have already set up sentry posts around the Hulu Cemetery of Tiger Hill; Gou Jian, Feng Yi and Fan Li. Then he knelt on the ground to greet the king of Wu.

The husband sent his attendants to sacrifice the heads of the three animals, burned the white-clothed white cranes, and personally sprinkled wine in front of the mausoleum as a tribute; After prostrating at the altar with the courtiers. The husband led the ministers around the tomb of Helu, and saw that the cemetery was very neat, there was no trace of weeds, and the cypress trees and pines planted everywhere were also growing extremely luxuriantly. The husband almost nodded, and said to Bo Yao: "Gou Jian works hard and lives up to the trust of the widow." This raises horses and looks at the mausoleum. Although it is done by subordinates, it is not easy for Gou Jian to be able to bow down and do it himself! ”

King Wu looked at the horse farm for a while. I saw that the stable was fresh and clean, and it seemed to have just been cleaned; Several of his horses were refreshed and had hair like satin.

The husband stood in the middle of the altar and said to the three Gou Jian who were kneeling in front of him: "You and other monarchs and ministers are still doing their best, which is in line with the will of the widow!" Get up and speak. ”

The husband looked at the stone chamber. To the left of this stone chamber is a wooden door. There is a wooden strip window in the upper right, and the window is like a sinus; The stone crevices of the stone chamber were stuffed with dirt and clumps of weeds grew on them; Not far from the stone room, a pointed grass hut built with wooden frames and grass seems to be Fan Li's shelter.

Wu Wangfu saw that the king of Yue was in ragged clothes and his face was withered, so he said to Bo Yao beside him: "Although Gou Jian is a minister of Wu, since he is a subject of Wu. It can't be too humiliating, and Dazai can give more compensation in the future. Send some daily necessities. ”

Bo Ya nodded in agreement. After thinking for a while, the husband said to Gou Jian: "The widow came here in person today for two main reasons: first, the widow wants to come here to see the environment here and see how you live here?" In order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Then there are some questions that the widow still doesn't understand, and I want to ask the king of Yue and the ministers. If you want to talk to you from the bottom of your heart, it is best to be able to express your heart and say a few words from your heart. ”

Gou Jian bowed and said: "Please ask the king, the criminal must know everything." ”

Fucha waved his hand to the guards around him, telling everyone to retreat, leaving Bo Yao to stay at his side.

Fucha cleared his throat and asked: "General Fan Li, the widow agreed to the begging of the Wen species that day, and the main force of your retreat from Gucheng Mountain returned to Guling, the hinterland of the Yue Kingdom, and I heard that there are 10,000 people?" ”

Fan Li replied: "What the king said is true, the remnants of the army that the young general commanded that day had a little more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. However, after returning to the country, the young general was ordered by Lord Dazai to scatter the soldiers for the people, and disbanded the 10,000 soldiers and horses, so that they could unload their armor and return to the field. ”

"Oh, do they usually train? For example, when the farm is not working, they can regroup. The husband prompted.

"When the young generals were still in the country, they were already scattered all over the country. This army no longer exists, let alone has no training. According to Dazai, this army must disappear completely. ”

"How did the widow hear that there is another commander in this army, named Jie Yong?"

"Ha Lu Ha! The king doesn't know what to do? This is a nobody in the Yue country, even if the Yue country still has an army of its own, the widow will inevitably use the nobles of the fathers, how can such a nameless person lead it? There must be someone who wants to frame us, so there is such a funny and inexplicable statement! Fan Li felt that this matter was very ridiculous.

"My lord, this is a trumped-up charge! The criminal minister Gou Jian assured the king here: As long as this matter is true, the king can ask me at any time! ”

The husband nodded and said: "The widow doesn't believe in this either, the reason is very simple: your monarchs and ministers are under the control of the widow, and if you hide this matter, you can't escape." Who would be so disregarding their lives and making a cocoon for themselves? ”

"The king is wise! This is a truth that cannot be understood anymore! Bo Ya complimented.

"The widow also heard that there is an incident, that day the Vietnamese army used the strategy of attacking the east and the west, deceived Bo Yao, and led 5,000 soldiers and horses to highlight the encirclement.

Gou Jian said: "The foreign minister returned to Huiji at that time and ordered Wen Chong to come to beg for peace with the king. Later, when our monarchs and ministers entered Wu, these 5,000 soldiers and horses stayed in the country, and later heard the report of the literature, saying that it had been changed to patrol posts and used to maintain domestic law and order. ”

"The meaning of the widow is that the Yue country only needs one or two thousand patrols to maintain law and order in the whole country, and this redundant man should be eliminated. According to the terms of peace negotiated between Wu and Vietnam, Vietnam cannot have its own national defense army! ”

Gou Jian nodded in agreement, and apologized: "Some things have not been done properly, and it is our dereliction of duty to annoy the king!" The guilty should let the kingdom be changed according to the king's instructions. In the Yue Kingdom, everything depends on the king and the kingdom, and the minister is here to express his deep gratitude! ”

The husband stared at Gou Jian, and said slowly for a long time: "The widow violated the oath before the court, brushed the will of the minister, and pardoned you and other monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom, and the widow has no other, so I beg you to live up to the widow's grace today!" Many ministers suggested that the widow destroy the Yue country, but the widow did not do so, because he wanted to take the Duke of Qi Zhihuan as an example and dominate the world without destroying a country. ”

Bo Yao said: "My king is a benevolent and righteous king, and even if he is under great pressure, he still forgives you. A few days ago, the king also sent an envoy to the country of Yue to inspect the suffering of the people, seeing that after the defeat of the country of Vietnam, it was full of devastation and floods, and the king decided to donate 3,000 pieces of grain to the country of Yue free of charge to help you tide over the current difficulties. ”

Gou Jian knelt on the ground and thanked him again.

"If the widows want to dominate the Central Plains, they must pacify the southwest. If the Yue State can become our big rear, the widows can concentrate on the north, first conquer the Lu State, and then try to the Jin State and the Qin State. As long as we defeat the Lu State, our road to the Central Plains will suddenly be clear. ”

Bo Yao said: "The king has the ambition to dominate the Central Plains, and Wu Yue is a country with a strip of water, as long as Yue Guo becomes a subject country of our Wu State and loyally submits to the king, why does the king have to destroy the Yue country?" The king has come to talk with you from the bottom of his heart, and to understand the thoughts of your kings and ministers. ”

Fan Li said: "The widow voluntarily joined Wu as a minister, and he also had the desire to cover up his war. War will only bring disaster to the country, and the king knows it well, and he is really a rare benevolent monarch in the world. The territory of the Yue State is narrow, the people are depressed, and the king is to destroy the Yue Kingdom, which is not of great significance to enrich the territory of the Wu State. But the king established the country with benevolence and tenderness in the world, who among the princes of the world is not convinced? ”

After hearing this, the husband was very happy, and said to Bo Yao while walking: "The monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom entered Wu as ministers, and raised horses and guarded the tombs for the widows, the conditions here are bad, and Dazai will arrange it in the future, and build a few more residences here, so that the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom can live in the room. ”

Bo Yao obeyed, and the husband led everyone around the stone room and came to the horse farm, and the husband went up and patted the horse's shoulder, and said to Fan Li: "This horse horse is not as good as a horse in the Western Regions, not only the horse is fast, but also the endurance is quite good." The method of rearing shall not be changed slightly. In particular, concentrated grains and coarse grains should be fed routinely. The fine grains are mainly northern soybeans, supplemented by cereals; The coarse grain is mainly forage, supplemented by a little salt every day, and these horses are very well bred these days. General Fan Li, you have been a general for many years, and you often accompany war horses, no wonder you are very skilled in feeding horses. ”

Fan Li bowed and replied: "As a soldier, you must know the horse." The young general is not talented, but he only knows a thing or two. ”

Seeing that it was not early, Wu Wangfu instructed the king of Yue and his ministers a few words, led the forbidden army, and went all the way back to Gusu. (To be continued......)