I walked into a wine shop and asked for a plate of salted duck, a plate of flower cooking quails, a plate of dried fruits, and three taels of "Hantan incense". I lifted the corner of the mask upwards to reveal my mouth, and a man ate and drank with his head down, and four elegantly dressed men sat at the table opposite, discussing in a low voice—

"I guess there's something big going on lately."

"What can be a big deal about this calm and calm?"

"I've heard about it, Yue Wang Goujian has been moving a lot in recent years! first called on the people to raise pigs, and then gave gifts to Wu Wangfu from time to time these days. ”

"What's wrong with this? Calling on the people to raise pigs is to improve the quality of life of the people, and Gou Jian is a prisoner of King Wu, and it is natural to give gifts to King Wu. ”

"No, no, no, there is no problem on the surface, but if you think about it carefully, Gou Jian called on the people to raise pigs, one is to encourage fertility - 'give birth to a husband, two pots of wine, and one dog; Raw woman, two pots of wine, one dolphin. 'In order to increase the number of people in Vietnam; The second is to strengthen the army, and to put it bluntly, it is to improve the food of the soldiers and improve their combat effectiveness.

And recently, Yue Guo began to bribe King Wu again according to the strategy of the doctor, and sent King Wu jade silk delicacies, precious timber, beautiful Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, which was nothing more than to promote King Wu's arrogance and indulgence. Yue Guo tried to continue to consume the people's power and financial resources of Wu State, before Wu Wangfu almost did not listen to Wu Zixu's advice, lent the grain to Yue Guo, on the other hand, this also slowly deepened the contradiction between Bo Yao and Wu Zixu, you see that later this traitor Bo Yao said bad things about Wu Yuanwai in front of King Wu, Wu Yuanwai lost his life, and he was in the arms of Gou Jian. ”

"When you say this, Gou Jian is really planning something. I also heard that Gou Jian slept on firewood and grass, and tasted bitter gall when he ate and slept, and it seems that he was determined to develop the Yue Kingdom and make it strong enough, I think there will be a war between the Yue Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom! ”

"I heard that the Yue Kingdom secretly contacted the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Jin, and was preparing to crusade against the Wu State together."

"By the way, I suddenly remembered that many of the important ministers of the Yue Kingdom, Fan Li, etc., are from the Chu State, so the relationship between the Yue State and the Chu State is closer."

"And you think about it, the Yue Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom are feuds, the first king Lu was cut off by Gou Jian and bled to death, and Fucha once defeated Gou Jian's army. After Gou Jian was sent back by his husband, he tried his courage and strengthened the country with elite soldiers, so he would definitely start a war with Wu State. ”

"In my opinion, the Wu Kingdom will be defeated in this battle." The man visibly lowered his voice.

Another man whispered: "I also feel that the state of Wu will be defeated, you see, the king of Wu twice led his troops to crusade against the state of Qi, although in the end the battle of Ailing Wu won a complete victory, but the national strength of the state of Wu has also been greatly weakened because of this, and the country of Yue has gradually become stronger, this war, the state of Wu is vulnerable." ”

……

I didn't listen to their conversation, I didn't eat much, I put down a few punshells on the table and left.

When I came to Xu's house, I was stopped by two people in front of the door, "What person?" They snapped.

"Trouble the two of you to go and tell Mrs. Xu, saying that Wu Qing wants to see you." I replied.

After a while, I got a reply: "Mrs. Xu asked Mr. to come in, and she was waiting in the pavilion." ”

I walked into the Xu Mansion, and although I knew the way, I still pretended to be the first time very cautiously, and followed the people to the Yiqing Pavilion. Sui'er sat in the pavilion, and the begonia nanmu round pestle didn't know when it was replaced by a stone bench, "Mr. Wu, please take a seat." Sui'er pointed to the stone bench in front of me, "I don't know what Mr. Wu is doing this time?" ”

"Mrs. Xu, I have something urgent to tell you today, I heard that King Goujian of Yue will crusade against Wu State soon, and Wu Guo is in a catastrophe this time, so please Mrs. Xu leave Wu Country with Xiaozhi as soon as possible." I tried to make my tone sound heavy.

Sui'er said with a sneer: "It turns out that Mr. Wu can not only tell stories, but also predict that there will be a war in the Yue Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom, and he is really not an ordinary person!" ”

"Mrs. Xu, don't make fun of contemptible people, what I said is true, Wu Guo will be annexed by Yue Guo at any time, it is no longer safe here, please leave Wu Guo with her family as soon as possible!" Again, I emphasize.

"Okay, thank you for your advice, if Mr. Wu has nothing else to do, he can leave the Xu Mansion." Sui'er got up and prepared to leave.

"Sui'er!" I got up with it, but I didn't pay attention to calling Sui'er's name, and I started to get nervous.

"How long do you want to pester me? Didn't I say we should never have any more dealings? Should I call you Mr. Wu or Mr. He? Oh, by the way, do I want to call you 'brother'? Sui'er said without looking back, "Your brother is really good, taking advantage of your brother-in-law's violent death to disguise himself as him, and then come to seize what doesn't belong to you and deceive the people who trust you the most!" ”

"Sui'er, I admit that what I did was really wrong, I have made my appearance unrecognizable, I just hope to face you with a new identity, why don't you just refuse to forgive me? Okay, put this aside, the most important thing now is that you get out of here as soon as possible, Wu Guo is indeed not safe, you don't think about yourself but also for your children! ”

"Uncle!" Xiao Zhi suddenly ran over, "When did you come?" ”

I squatted down and picked up Xiao Zhi, "Uncle came to see Xiao Zhi." ”

"Uncle, you said the other day that Jiu Suihe and Da Chun Shu lived together sweetly after changing into human form, but Xiao Zhi couldn't figure it out, if they really love each other, why do they have to change into human form?" Xiao Zhi asked me with big watery eyes.

"That's because they don't love each other at all." Sui'er took Xiao Zhi from my arms, turned around and said to me: "Don't worry about our mother and son, Mr. He has my own arrangements, now please leave!" "Sui'er gave another eviction order, there was no way, I had to leave.

"Mother, why did you let your uncle go? He has a voice like Daddy, and he's a great storyteller! I heard Xiao Zhi ask Sui'er, "Why can't you leave your uncle to play with Xiao Zhi?" Also, isn't the uncle's surname Wu? ”

I couldn't help but slow down, but I didn't hear Sui'er behind me, she was silent, I didn't know what was going on in her heart, or she didn't want to mention me at all.

I sped up and left the Xu Mansion in a lonely way......

Sure enough, Wu Wangfu began to abandon the government, alienated loyal ministers, and he was so happy, the national strength gradually overdrawn, the people's power was lost, in addition, there was a large-scale famine in Wu State, the people ate rice and shrimp and crabs to the point that there were no left, and the hungry people began to unite and forced into those rich and noble families to compete for food, and Xu Mansion also became the target of the hungry people, and the grain was looted. Fortunately, Sui'er still followed my advice and moved out of Wu early, but I don't know where Sui'er is.

In the fifteenth year of King Goujian of Yue (482 BC), King Wu sent troops to participate in the meeting of Huangchi, King Goujian of Yue seized the opportunity to lead his troops to rise, led a heavy army to crusade against Wu, captured Prince You, Wang Sun Miyong, Shou Yuyao and others, and invaded the capital of Wu. In the winter of that year, Wu Wangfu hurriedly sent an envoy to send heavy gifts to Yue Guo and ask for reconciliation.

In the nineteenth year of King Goujian of Yue (478 BC), King Goujian of Yue led his army to attack Wu for the second time, and confronted the army of Wu in Kaze. At night, Gou Jian ordered the left and right armies to beat the drums and launch a feint, Wu Wangfu almost did not know the enemy's situation, and immediately sent troops to resist, and at the same time, the main force of the Vietnamese army quietly crossed the river and launched a fierce attack on the Wu army, defeating the Wu army. In the end, in this battle of Kasawa, the Vietnamese army defeated the main force of the Wu army in three battles and three victories.

In the twenty-fourth year of Goujian, the king of Yue (473 B.C.), Goujian, the king of Yue, led the army to crusade against Wu for the third time, and the army of Yue besieged the capital of Wu for three years, and Wu completely collapsed, and took the initiative to surrender to Yue, and Wu perished.

It is rumored that Gou Jian wanted to move his husband to Yongdong, but he was politely refused, and soon after, his husband hanged himself. Before he died, he also sent someone to tell Wu Zixu: "If people don't know anything about death, it's okay." If I know after death, what face will I have to go to see the soldiers? "But what's the use of saying this now? The state of Wu has already been ruined in his hands, and he himself has ruined himself, it's late, it's late, it's late, it's late!

Let's say that after Goujian, the king of Yue, annexed the state of Wu, he began to vigorously rectify and implement a series of policies and systems, most of which were beneficial to the people, such as reducing taxes. The lives of the people have gradually improved, and those generals of the former Wu dynasty have also treated each other with great courtesy, and there is no intention of slacking off. All over the country are praising and singing the voice of King Goujian.

After the Wu-Yue War subsided for a while, I decided to look for Sui'er, not for anything else, just to see how she was doing, if she was not doing well, I would do my best to help her, whether she accepted it or not, at least my conscience would be better; If she is doing well enough, I will leave silently and never disturb her life. But I don't know where Sui'er will go, the huge world, where should I start, it's really a sad question.

I suddenly remembered that day I told Sui'er as Xu Cheng that I buried He Chun in a beautiful place, I wonder if Sui'er would think that Xu Cheng's body was buried in that place? But that place is completely made up by me, where will Sui'er go to find the so-called beautiful scenery and fragrant birds?

Ailing, the name of the place suddenly flashed through my mind. Yes, Ailing, Sui'er must have thought that Xu Cheng died violently in the Battle of Ailing, and then I buried Xu Cheng in a corner of Ailing, Sui'er has a good chance of going there, I am ready to leave for Ailing immediately to find Sui'er, try your luck.

I bought a good horse with my savings and rode to Ailing. After trekking through mountains and rivers for more than two days, I changed several horses and finally arrived at the place of Ailing. I asked the locals if there was a woman who moved in with a little boy a few years ago, hoping to find Sui'er here.