In 381 B.C., the king of Chu mourning, who was riding Wu Qi's free tiger, died, and it was obvious that the foot that the king of Chu had stepped on Wu Qi's neck no longer had the strength to continue. I don't know if the king deliberately acquiesced, or the prince was too weak, but several old nobles whose interests and status had been greatly hit by Wu Qi's reform in the Chu State actually launched an army and rioted.

Wu Qi was hit by an arrow, fled all the way, ran directly to the mortuary place of the king of Chu, and made a shocking move: hiding behind the corpse of the late king of Chu, shouting: "The ministers rebelled and plotted to kill the king!" ”

A dead man has no resistance, and even a dead king, his majesty and glory are not much different from a sack of sand if he is not backed by violence. Many nobles fired arrows together, and Wu Qi was shot together in this way and King Chu Mourning, who supported him in reforming and changing the law. The only difference is that King Chu Mourning has long since died, and in addition to having some more bows and arrows on his corpse, he has only lost some of the deceased king's dignity and majesty. Wu Qi, on the other hand, lost his life and all his dreams in this turmoil.

After this incident, Xiong Zang, the crown prince who was "weak and powerless" to protect his father's corpse and the important ministers of the state, ascended to the top of power, and immediately arrested and liquidated all the old aristocratic forces that had hurt the body of King Chu Mourning, and more than 70 traditional aristocratic and wealthy forces of Chu State were convicted and beheaded the three clans. And Wu Qi also brought his extreme pragmatism to the climax, and he used his life to successfully drag these more than 70 traditional nobles into the water. Of course, the newly succeeded King Chu Su liquidated and killed these old nobles, and at the same time ordered Wu Qi's corpse to be shown to the public as a punishment.

King Jing died, and all the nobles came. The corpse was in the hall, and the nobles shot Wu Qi together. Wu Qi shouted: "I show my son, I use soldiers." Pulling out the arrow and leaving, the corpse inserted the arrow and said: "The ministers are in chaos! "Wu Qi died, and the law of Jing State, Li soldiers in the king's corpse, all aggravated crimes, arrest the three clans.

- "Lü's Spring and Autumn"

A generation of famous ministers and good generals ended up with no corpses. In fact, as early as when Wu Qi swore not to become famous, not to return to his hometown, and even when his mother died, he would never return home to keep filial piety, and then killed his wife, gained the trust of King Lu, and then obtained the authority to unify the army, his tragic end was doomed.

His choice is destined to be full of thorns on his way forward, and there will be no relatives who can really trust and rely on, because he has already wielded a sharp sword to cut off all these human emotions. People who have chosen to be lonely are not eligible for the happiness of realizing their dreams. Because happiness is an emotion in the world, and the realization of dreams is only a part of obtaining happiness, not the whole thing, he cuts off all emotions, which is equivalent to cutting off all the channels for himself to run to the dream of happiness.

Wu Qi recognized his loneliness, he was not afraid, because he believed in his own strength and talent, but he ignored it: not all relationships in this world are purely interests, but more are maintained by emotions. He thinks that the relationship of interests is only success or failure, but he does not see clearly, the so-called interests include a lot, including emotion, humanity, trust, support, protection, and unreserved risks.

He wanted to touch his dreams, he wanted to do his best to move towards the light, although he constantly admired "virtue" and "benevolence", and treated his soldiers as emotionally as relatives, however, he himself knew that like relatives, he was by no means relatives, but just another more effective means of using the emotions of these soldiers.

Just like when he was an official in the Wei State, Wu Qi even abandoned his noble status as an important minister and chose to suck out pus from his mouth for an ordinary soldier suffering from poisonous sores. Wu Qi's behavior like a relative touched many people. However, the real relative of this ordinary soldier, his mother, wept loudly. Because her husband was also a soldier under Wu Qi, Wu Qi treated and took care of him with great care, and also sucked out the pus in the poisonous sores with his mouth, so that this husband fought desperately for Wu Qi's dream, moved forward bravely, and did not retreat until death. And now, the same method has been implemented on her son again, how can she not cry?

Rise as a general, and share food and clothing with the lowest soldiers. There is no seat in the room, there is no riding in the line, and the food is won by the person, and the labor is shared with the soldiers. If you have a stroke, you will start sucking it. The mother cried when she heard this. People said: "The pawn is also, and the general, the army sucks itself, why cry?" The mother said, "Not really." In previous years, Duke Wu sucked his father, but his father did not fight and died in the enemy. Wu Gong is now sucking his son again, and the concubine does not know what his death is. It's to cry. ”

- "Historical Records"

In order to realize his dream and achieve the desired goal, Wu Qi lowered his noble status to suck the poisonous sores on the body of an ordinary soldier, in his opinion, such a means is effective enough to motivate the soldiers to fight to the death, then, what is his identity!

It's a pity that Wu Qi just keeps imposing such means on others, and ruthlessly refuses the help that others want to give him. He hates ties, and all worldly emotions and human nature are shackles to this extreme pragmatist. He refused and resisted, and while fighting to the death against the torrent of the times, he insisted on walking alone, and regarded all his relatives who wanted to help him as an obstacle.

When his mother allowed her ambitious son to spend all her fortune to pursue his dreams, but did not mix up his eyebrows, the mother should not regret it; Although the law was chaotic during the Warring States Period, what kind of eyes did the mother of a murderer who killed dozens of neighbors face after Wu Qi swore a gambling curse and fled?

When the mother was dying, Wu Qi still chose to pursue his dream, and also cut off relations with his teacher Zeng Zi because of this incident. At that moment, this old lady who did not leave her name in any historical materials should be a little sad in her heart. After all, even if his son doesn't achieve anything, he can still come to let himself take a last look, but unfortunately, that vow has become a shackle for Wu Qi not to go home for mourning, and it has also become a shield for him to push away a few rare emotions in the world.

When Wu Qi's wife of Qi faced the sword wielded by the person next to her, she should not regret it, after all, in this era, women are the vassals of men, since she regards herself as Wu Qi's wife, then she also gives her husband the right to control all her fate, she may not be afraid, and she is a little happy and relieved! Because she can be a stepping stone for her husband to continue to pursue his dreams.

But Wu Qi didn't know that although his mother and wife could be abandoned by him without hesitation, and become the cornerstone of no regrets for his ideals and beliefs, even if they were cornerstones, they did exist, and when he went farther and farther on this road, Wu Qi, who refused all new ties, no longer had a cornerstone to use as a stepping stone. He has nothing and nothing to abandon, at this time, in this gamble of fate, Wu Qi's chips are only himself.

The king of the general path is ruthless, often complaining about the jealousy of the nobles, but he did not expect that on his way forward, all the sunshine and warmth have long been gone, Wu Qi continued to move forward, according to his own ideas and beliefs, throwing off everything and running desperately, after all, he felt that the light of the dream was not far away.

However, fate is always fair, although it will not easily show its strength, but it is always in the dark, planning everyone's life trajectory. Fate will not let a person win forever, let alone give all the favor to a lone wanderer who is trapped in the abyss of loneliness.

As a result, Wu Qi can serve as an important minister of Wei, he can let go to create a new military system according to his own plan, and he can lead thousands of troops who are convinced by his means and are willing to give their lives for it, fight on the battlefield, and shock the world; He can come to the state of Chu, get the powerful power to call for wind and rain, and build a country step by step according to his own ideas, and build a chariot that can carry him to move madly towards his dreams.

It's a pity that in the end, it was not Wu Qi who sat in this car. Because, he is always alone, he is the only one in the car, even if he can still roll forward, it is difficult to see the real direction, and in the end, he will definitely be lost in the boundless darkness filled with loneliness.

When he chose to abandon everything and run towards his dream, in fact, fate had already arranged the final ending for him. Although Wu Qi may not have seen through the arrangement of fate, he thinks that he has seen his figure and footsteps clearly, he is pursuing his ideals, pursuing the perfect self conceived in his heart, moving forward step by step, only loving himself.

Perhaps, Wu Qi walked and found that his surroundings were getting darker and darker, but he still comforted himself and told himself that he had not made a mistake and that he could continue to walk. Even in the gamble of fate, he looked around him and found that there were no chips, so he threw himself on the table, he was still happy and did not regret it! After all, that's the path you chose.