Chapter 203: Straight as a string, curved as a hook

Although he knew very well what his goal was, a trace of pain still lingered in Su Yi's heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I can clearly feel the passionate loyalty of the courtiers, and the mourning for the mediocrity of the monarch, and even the hatred of being framed by the courtiers, the sorrow of being expelled by the people of my country, the humiliation of being captured by the enemy, and the pain of the tragic death of my comrades-in-arms in front of my eyes, are all so unforgettable, and they have left an indelible imprint on my heart. ”

"If ordinary people accept this kind of test, they will inevitably be unbearable and their minds will collapse, but I have experienced the great suffering in Nanke's dream, but the small tribulation in front of me is dwarfed and not enough to worry about!

Su Yi strengthened her will, forcibly suppressed the grief and anger rolling in her chest, and silently endured the harsh criticism of the enemy army.

In this contest of wills, Su Yi won a temporary victory.

The enemy generals were no longer able to raise their strength against Su Yi, but they did not dare to kill him privately; the army returned to the enemy's capital, and Su Yi was handed over to the criminal department.

Su Yi returned to the gloomy prison again, and the emperor would occasionally send people to persuade him to surrender, but Su Yi refused to obey.

But what is very strange is that Su Yi's accommodation conditions are improving day by day.

Then the picture turned, more than ten years have passed, and one day, Su Yi received news in prison: the world has been unified, the disputes between the Central Plains and Jiangnan have calmed down, and he was summoned by the emperor.

Su Yi sorted out her clothes and came to the main hall.

"I have heard for a long time that General Su is a wise man in the world, and your loyalty to the country and your heroic and unyielding integrity are impressive, but the Ye country has been destroyed, and you no longer need to abide by the righteousness; if it is decided that there are thieves and robbers inside and grass approaching outside, why don't you want to serve the country, be loyal and brave for the people of the world and the dawn?" the emperor smiled.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, the general of the defeated army is not brave enough, since you can dominate the world, you can see it, and there must be virtuous ministers who can be assisted, why should you stick to the criminal ministers and defeat the generals? In addition, "Zhuangzi" has a saying: 'The husband's sorrow is greater than the death of the heart, and the death of the person is secondary', now the heart of the guilty minister to serve the country is dead, even if there is a little talent, there is no intention to play, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me, give the guilty minister a death!" Su Yi said calmly.

"I love only my life, how could I give General Su to death? Do you recall that in all these years in prison, I have neglected you?"

"Your Majesty is gracious, and the guilty minister is terrified. ”

"Since you know your kindness, why don't you want to repay it? Could it be that General Su still has the loyalty of his homeland in his heart?"

Su Yi didn't answer immediately, but closed his eyes, carefully recalling every scene he experienced in the illusion, and only then did he open his mouth to read:

The straight string is not like a curved hook, and many sages have been imprisoned since ancient times.

Life is immortal when it dies, and it is still worrying about the road.

Poor Du Yukong was bleeding, and he wished that Yan Yan would behead him.

The end of the long compilation is still here, and the maid in the stove is ashamed.

This poem is a poem written by Wen Tianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty after being captured by the Yuan soldiers, the whole poem is four sentences, the first sentence borrows the allusions in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"; the nursery rhyme of the late Han Dynasty has a cloud: "straight as a string, the side of the road of death; curved like a hook, anti-feudal marquis", roughly meaning: the character is as upright as a bowstring, most of them fall to the end of the world, exposed to the side of the street; but those who are not right-minded, tend to be inflammatory, but those who are not right-hearted, tend to be inflammatory, but instead worship the marquis, enjoy the glory and wealth.

But this poem is not to laugh at the meaninglessness of "straight as a string", but to denounce and satirize those villains who are "curved like a hook" with "many sages have been imprisoned since ancient times": even if you are a marquis and worship the prime minister, you will not be able to go down in history like the sages of the past dynasties, just because "your name is immortal when you die, and you are still worried about your life"!

Although there will be an end of life one day, but the reputation will spread with the annals of history, even if the marquis worships the prime minister, there is no worry about the wealth, but the path is not right, what example can be made for future generations?

These two sentences express the pride of the poet "straight as a string", and the string is like a backbone, no matter how much external force pulls and blows, the bowstring will always regain its integrity, and the backbone will never stop.

The last two sentences quote two allusions.

At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Du Yu, the king of Yu, helped King Wu of Zhou to conquer the Zhou, and then established the ancient Shu kingdom in the Bashu region, known as Emperor Wang.

But Bashu is a basin, surrounded by mountains, whenever the river floods, it will flood sideways, Du Yu tried his best to build embankments and dams, and personally led the people to take refuge in the mountains, but after all, it is a symptom but not a cure, the annual flood is still flooding, and the people are not living.

Later, a sage named Turtle Ling arrived, served as the minister of Shu, spent several years digging Wushan, channeling the river, and finally fundamentally cured the flood; because of his merits, Du Yu followed the tradition and ceded the throne to Turtle Ling.

After Du Yu abdicated, he lived an idle life, but he didn't expect that soon after, there were rumors among the people that Du Yu would give up the throne because he took advantage of the turtle spirit to control the water and had an affair with the latter's wife, and then he was exposed and was ashamed to abdicate the throne.

After Du Yu heard this, he was angry, and he was old and frail, and soon he couldn't afford to get sick, and he died of hatred before he could prove his innocence; then Du Yu's soul turned into a bird, chirping day and night, the voice was sad, the people of Shu recalled Du Yu's merits, and their hearts were sad, so they called this bird "cuckoo" or "Du Yu", and the people of later generations also used the legend of "Zigui crying blood" to express grievances and grief.

And Yan Yan's story is even more well-known: when Liu Bei attacked Jiangzhou in order to take Xishu, Zhang Fei defeated Yan Yan and asked why the latter did not surrender, Yan Yan said solemnly: "Your behavior of violating my Jiangzhou is rude and unjust, and now our army is defeated, there are only decapitated generals, no generals who surrender." ”

Zhang Fei was furious and asked his subordinates to take Yan Yan to behead outside the account, but the latter's face remained unchanged and said: "If you cut off your head, why be angry?"

Zhang Fei admired Yan Yan's courage, and only then did he release him.

And the poet uses these two allusions to express his ambition: he will never leave his unjust name to future generations like Du Yu, and would rather follow Yan Yan's generosity to die!

Su Yi's hidden words are: If I surrender at this moment, I can naturally save my life, but how will people in the future view me?

The emperor also heard Su Yi's voice, and had to sigh at Su Yi's righteousness.

"General Su compares himself to Yan Yan, how can I lose? Zhang Fei released Yan Yan, so that both sides won a reputation through the ages, and now I release the general, so that you can return to your hometown and retire to your old age!"

This oracle allowed Su Yi to regain her freedom.

Su Yi returned to her hometown, but she had already been different.

Looking at the completely unfamiliar hometown street, Su Yi was full of doubts.

"This script is not right! It stands to reason that I have passed the biggest hurdle, so why can't I pass the test?"

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(ps: First of all, I apologize to my comrades-in-arms, this chapter was changed and deleted at night, deleted and changed, and I wasted five or six hours in vain, and it was only now that I coded a more satisfactory chapter, embarrassing, not much explanation, try to make three more tomorrow, and strive for four more compensation) (To be continued.) )