Chapter 22: What to ask for
The Shang state sent envoys to the country to discuss peace agreements and open trade with Fu.
King Wu was overjoyed and feasted guests.
At the time of the Wax Festival, the envoys of the Shang State were eager to see the sacrificial ceremony of the Wu State.
As the chief priestess, the cuckoo presides over the wax festival for the first time, and the cuckoo needs to wear a mask and dance the witch dance.
On this day, all the princes and ministers were arranged in order, and the people outside the altar surrounded the city.
The cuckoo danced and chanted:
Honghong universe, time gap.
Pray to heaven and have mercy on me.
Relieve my sorrows, forget my worries.
Tears were in my eyes, and I was stunned.
Lin Yu burst into tears when she heard this.
Childe wiped away tears again and again.
When the envoys of the Shang Kingdom saw this, they thought to themselves: My suspicions are true?
It turned out that before he left, the king of Shang handed him a wooden box and asked him to hand it over to the chief priest of Wu State.
The envoys of the Shang State pondered the peace talks along the way, and thinking about the relationship between the Shang King and the Great Witch of the Wu State was the best pastime.
After handing over the wooden box to the cuckoo, the envoy of the Shang State returned to the pavilion to wait for a reply.
When the cuckoo opened the wooden box, he saw a half-moon-shaped white jade, which was actually a pair with the one on his body.
The cuckoo thought for a long time, took an old handkerchief, and wrote:
Warm jade smoke, wisps, nothing to rely on,
It cannot be cut off, and there is no end to it, and there is no hope.
The cuckoo stopped writing, was stunned for a while, and burned the veil in the brazier.
The cuckoo took the jade from himself, put it with it, and still put it in the wooden box, and asked the envoy to return it to the envoys of the Shang state.
Gongzi asked the quasi-presiding priest to go to the mansion to assist in the sacrifice of the ancestors.
Gongzi Huo has been imprisoned for a long time, and his god is inevitably haggard.
Gongzi asked Du Juan: "I thought you liked Yu Fang, so I helped him deal with me, but I didn't expect it to be not." Can you tell me why you're dealing with me?"
Cuckoo said, "I think you know why. ”
Gongzi's words were filled with indignation: "The Wu State is weak in force and surrounded by strong enemies, if it were not for the leadership of a decisive and tough person like me, the Wu State would be annexed sooner or later." How long will the current peace deal last?"
Du Juan said: "Start a war, the soldiers will shed blood, and the people will be scattered, this is what you want? You also know that the Wu State is weak in force, if the war is defeated and the country is overturned, you and I will become slaves of the country." ”
Gongzi laughed and said, "Our political views are so different. ”
Du Juan said: "You don't seem to understand, political differences are not the reason. ”
Gongzi paused for a moment, and suddenly said, "If I hadn't used the means against Yu Yin, would I have a chance to join you?"
Du Juan didn't expect Gongzi Hui to suddenly ask like this, and after being stunned for a while, he said, "You don't know if you don't, you don't need to think about it." ”
Gongzi Hui said thoughtfully: "I remember that day Juan Er played the song "Huang Li", he left the millet and the seedlings of the grass. The line is vigorous, and the center is shaky. Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want. Who is this?" Gongzi Hui kept reciting in a trance: "Those who know me are worried, and those who don't know me are what I want." ”
The cuckoo left, and Gongzi Huo didn't seem to care.
Ten years later, the cuckoo is about to step down as the chief priestess, and on this day, the cuckoo somehow wants to go to the market to see.
"Girl, buy my jewelry and get jade. The cuckoo heard a voice.
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