Gou Jian and his wife live in the stone room, according to the regulations of King Wu, Gou Jian and his wife are mainly engaged in two tasks: one is to maintain and clean the cleanliness of the mausoleum, and guard the mausoleum for the mausoleum; The second is to breed a horse with a poor husband and a horse breeder with a poor husband.

For He Lu to guard the mausoleum, it was because He Lu was killed by Gou Jian's general Linggufu, and later his husband made an oath in court to avenge his father. The husband almost didn't kill Gou Jian, but he was always taken by the soldiers, saying that he had violated his original oath. But since the death penalty has been avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, it is logical for Gou Jian to guard the mausoleum. And raising horses for the husband shows that the king of Wu is high and complacent, the Yue country is subordinate to the Wu country, and the king of the Yue country has become the prisoner of the Wu country, this kind of self-satisfaction, the husband wants the people of the entire Wu country to be perceived.

It is said that Gou Jian and his wife live in the stone room, and Fan Li is with him. But Wang Sunxiong only built this stone room that day, Fan Li couldn't, so he had to build a grass house not far from the stone room, with a wooden frame and grass, and lived according to Goujian.

One day, Gou Jian was brushing horses outside the stone room, and his wife Fengyi was holding a bamboo broom to clean the fallen leaves and weeds around the mausoleum. In addition to a high tombstone in front of this mausoleum, there is also a wide altar of worship. Fan Li carried a wooden barrel, ready to wash the dirt on the altar.

At this time, I saw that on the mountain road not far away, there were several light horsemen riding horses towards the mausoleum. While the three of them were in confusion, the light riders had already arrived at the altar.

Seeing that it was the palace guards, Gou Jian and the three of them hurriedly knelt down to obey the order. The guard led by the guard unfolded an edict from King Wu and read it out: "Lone plans to go out of the city at the end of this month to parade in the camp of the Dragon Banner Army, and the special service minister Gou Jian will accompany him!" ”

Gou Jian fell to the ground and shouted for orders. The guard glanced around coldly, nodded and said, "You are quite diligent. Remember, when the king is out of the city, this horse needs to be prepared in advance. The day before the trip. You will send this horse to the palace stables immediately, and you must not make a mistake! ”

Gou Jian didn't say anything, just nodded again and again. Seeing that the number was far away, Feng Yi sighed, looked at Gou Jian, and couldn't stop her tears.

Gou Jian's face was blank, and he didn't want to say much, so he still brushed his horses. Seeing this, Fan Li stepped forward and whispered: "The minister sent Jinong to visit the news in the dark, if King Wu has any intentions." He will report to me as soon as possible. The mausoleum is guarded by a messenger who will come to us as a food deliverer. ”

Gou Jian turned his head to look at Fan Li, nodded, and asked, "How did Jinong get this errand?" ”

"The minister asked him to go to Dazai, which was arranged by Dazai. There are many ministers in Wu who have the intention of killing us. If King Wu had listened too much, he would inevitably not be encouraged by these ministers. Besides, the military members of the prime minister are very appealing in the DPRK and China. We had to guard against it. ”

Gou Jian groaned for a long time. Said: "The widow looks at this Wu Wangfu is only about thirty years old, this person has leopard eyes and short hair and purple face, he must be a womanizer." If we are to receive the forgiveness of King Wu, we must do what he likes. You go and think of a way to inform the language. Carefully search for beauties in the country to win the favor of King Wu. ”

"The minister thinks that if we want to retreat and get the pardon of King Wu, one is to win the favor of King Wu. Just like the king said, we will give whatever King Wu likes; the second is to do a good job in Bo Ya's work, have a good relationship with Bo Ya, and gain his political support; The third is that we must make a submissive appearance and not have any dissatisfaction. King Wu will definitely do some testing for us and want to see our attitude. ”

"King Wu paraded his troops and let the widow accompany him, this is an obvious temptation."

Fan Li said: "The road to restoration is long. As long as the politics of the country are clear and the training of the army is in place, it will be worth it for the king to suffer here. ”

Gou Jian slapped the horse's ass with a wooden brush and said: "It is also bitter and happy, when the widow is the king, he has always been high, and he knows little about the suffering of the people. It is a blessing and a curse to suffer this today. ”

Feng Yi saw that the two of them were talking lively, so she interjected: "It is only right to think about returning to China first. It would be nice if I could do something else by the way. ”

Gou Jian smiled and said, "Madame means to touch the bottom of Wu Guo by the way?" That's a great idea! ”

Feng Yi said: "The concubine just thinks that in this difficult environment, we should also take the initiative to do something, and we can't sit still!" The planner is in the people, and the achiever is in the sky. Isn't it? ”

Fan Li said: "The minister once sent Jinong back to China to visit two things, one is to find the chivalrous woman Shu, who is good at stabbing skills; The second is to find the sword-casting master Xue Candle. Jinong reported to the minister, saying that the woman had found her whereabouts, and the minister had made arrangements and asked the woman to assist in training the army. This Xue Candle was not visited for the time being. ”

"The general is far-sighted, and naturally it is better. Women can help train soldiers, and Xue Zhu can create sharp weapons, which are all ways to strengthen the army. But the leak is secretly training in Guling, once it is leaked, you and I will die without a place to be buried! Be cautious in this matter! ”

At this time, a guard came to inspect, and the three of them stopped talking and went their own way.

Shortly after noon, Jinon came to the stone chamber with some grain, rice, vegetables and vegetables, and because it was sent by Dazai, the guards naturally did not stop him. In addition, Jinong used some belongings to check up and down, and those guards made it more convenient for Jinong and never interrogated him.

Jinong entered the stone room, put the grain, rice, vegetables and vegetables, and gestured to the bamboo basket. glanced at Fan Li carefully, his lips moved for a long time, and he stopped talking.

Fan Li didn't seem to see it, and he didn't pay attention to it. Seeing that Jinong was gone, Fan Li found a vacancy, and groped for a brocade from under the bamboo basket.

That night, Fan Li entered the stone room to pay homage to Goujian, and bowed down to stand under him after giving the salute. Fan Li said softly: "Jinong came to report that Queen Wu would go to the camp of the Dragon Banner Army to parade the army on the day after tomorrow, and ordered the king to accompany him. This matter is that King Wu wants to show off his martial arts in front of the people of the whole country. King Wu had no other intentions, and perhaps in all of King Wu's trips in the future, he would have to bring the king with him to show his merits and make the king mentally ready. ”

Feng Yi looked at Gou Jian's coarse cloth plain clothes, after this tossing, and the luggage had already been looted by the guards of the Wu army, the three of them were already unkempt and ragged.

Feng Yi stepped forward to straighten the green clothes for Gou Jian, and picked up the unkempt bun.

Gou Jian smiled slightly: "What's the matter, is the widow's outfit an obstruction?" ”

While the king slept, the concubine went and washed her coat. If you don't do it tomorrow morning, you won't be able to wear it the day after tomorrow. ”

Gou Jian turned his head to Fan Li and said, "The widow just remembered something. Just in case, you will send this Jinong to inquire with Dazai, and if there is any change in the Kunichu and Wu Dynasty, report back to us as soon as possible. If there is anything wrong, we should plan ahead of time. In particular, we must carefully investigate the matter of our secret military training. ”

Fan Li nodded, thought for a long time, and said: "The minister knows that the king of Lu Dao is worried that the matter of the training of the army in Guling will be known by the king of Wu, and once the king of Wu knows about it, the king will say that it is some stragglers, and it is a temporary force set up to maintain law and order in the country. ”

Gou Jian shook his head and said: "It's just a member of the Wu Guoxiang Army, this person is really difficult to deal with." If he catches the handle on this matter, he will definitely use this as an opportunity to instigate King Wu to be unfavorable to the widow. If we want to get out of the way, we must formulate a complete plan, and we can't just take a hammer and a stick in the west, do you say that's the truth? ”

"The soldiers have a straightforward personality and are not liked by King Wu, so we just have an opportunity to take advantage of it. The ministers and the Wen Chong once formulated three schemes for the king: one is to use the power competition between the king of Wu and the members of the army and Bo Yao to make the monarchs and ministers of the state of Wu disagree, which is called a plan of discord; The second is to take advantage of the characteristics of King Wu's liking for women, and the literature will carefully select beauties in the country to present to King Wu, which is a beauty plan; The third is the plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, our monarchs and ministers must show absolute submission in front of King Wu, no matter how King Wu treats us, there will be no complaints, even if we are cattle and horses, we will not feel humiliated. ”

After hearing this, Gou Jian couldn't help but nod his head and sighed: "Although God has been unfair to the widow. But it is really fair to give the literature and the general to assist the widow! ”

Seeing that the night was dark, Fan Li said goodbye and returned to his cottage. Lying on his back on the straw and bamboo mat, those hazy starlight and cold moonlight were scattered all over the ground. (To be continued......)