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Wu Zixu stayed in place alone and cursed for a long time, but even he didn't know who he should curse. Is it to curse his own life experience, or to curse King Wu's confusion, or to curse Fan Li's poison?

As a nobleman of the Chu State, Wu Zixu was supposed to serve the Chu State, but he led the Wu people to capture the capital of the Chu State, dug up the cemetery of the King of Chu Ping, and angrily whipped the corpse of 300 corpses to avenge the revenge of his father and brother. He thought that his greatest desire in life was revenge, and only with revenge could his life be meaningful. But in the end, he found that when he avenged the revenge of his father and brother, he actually had no choice, because he was no longer the enemy of King Chuping, but the enemy of the world, because of his perverse behavior, he finally made him shameless to face his father and fellow villagers and stayed away from Chu from then on. Of course, his ending is also strikingly similar to his father Wu Hao, and he was finally murdered by the authorities.

This may also be the tragic fate that many important ministers who have contributed to the society cannot escape.

Captured Yingdu, Wu Zixu excitedly raised his knife and rushed in first, he was extremely brave and unbeatable, but the anger that Wu Zixu had always wanted to excrete, the pleasure he wanted, did not come with the capture of Yingdu and the whipping of King Chuping. Yingdu, who had worked for his family for generations, was in ruins, and his former friends fought him to the death on the battlefield, and he knew from their expressions that they could not understand his revenge, and hated him to the core. They all rushed towards him, rushing at him as if they were not dying, trying to kill him with their own hands, he saw that his friend who had sympathized with him and helped him because of the killing of his father and brother was killed by Wu Bing, before they died, they all gritted their teeth and cursed him for not dying well, he was in pain like a knife, but he could not do anything. This is something he didn't expect, he didn't expect that revenge for himself would be such a consequence.

After an hour of melee in Yingdu, after the soldiers of Chu withdrew from Yingdu, Wu soldiers began to burn and loot, doing all kinds of evil, Wu Zixu originally thought that he led his troops to attack Yingdu just to kill the descendants of King Chuping, just to avenge his personal revenge, he imagined that the battlefield scene would be a little difficult to control, but he did not expect such chaos. His military order to stop them could not be delivered because the Wu soldiers had already entered the street fighting, and those Wu soldiers had already rushed into the homes of civilians to burn, kill and loot, and did all kinds of evil. In an instant, the fire was in flames, and the people scattered and fled in the streets, some were deliberately killed by soldiers under the broadsword, and some died under the hooves of horses because they couldn't dodge. The shouts in the streets shook the sky, the children howled because they had lost their mothers, the mothers cried because they had lost their children, and the corpses in the streets of the city were all covered with blood, all of which he had caused in order to take revenge.

Since then, he has become a public enemy of the people of Chu State, and he has become a sinner in the world.

Although his ancestors have contributed to Sheji, so what, no one remembers what their Wu family has done for the Chu State, except for himself, who uses his ancestors' merits to the Chu State to offset his own sins, and few people will remember the injustice suffered by his father and brother and die for it.

His father, Wu Hao, and Fei Wuji, an important minister of the dynasty, were both teachers of the prince of Chu at that time, because the prince respected Wu Hao and hated Fei Wuji, so he took a long vacation to prevent Fei Wuji from approaching him, let alone teaching him to solve his doubts. The prince said that he wanted Fei Wuji to go back to rest, and he didn't have to work so hard to accompany himself in his palace, because it was enough to have Wu Luxury, in fact, the prince hated Fei Wuji, and everyone around the prince knew it. But what can Fei Wuji do, he is the prince, and he can do whatever he wants. Fei Wuji didn't dare not go to Tai** every day to find the prince, and the prince sometimes let his guards block him at the door and let him go home. Such an embarrassing situation made Fei Wuji's life worse than death, and he vowed to change it to win life.

Fei Wuji knows that the status of the crown prince was given by the emperor Chuping in the current dynasty, if the emperor does not reuse the prince, or even suspects the prince. Fei Wuji is looking for such an opportunity every day. If a person wants to take revenge on someone, he can always find an opportunity, and this opportunity is not made by God, but he tries to find it.

The opportunity has finally arrived.

Qin Aigong of Qin State agreed to King Chuping's marriage proposal to marry his eldest sister Meng Huan to the crown prince, but on the way back to Chu State, this peerless beauty was transferred by Fei Wuji, who welcomed her relatives. Fei Wuji shamelessly provoked King Chuping to occupy Meng Huan, and married one of the palace maids who was very attractive to the crown prince. Although all this seemed to Fei Wuji to be unaware, there were rumors in the palace, which made it difficult for Fei Wuji to sleep.

Fei Wuji was afraid that the prince would find out about his conspiracy and be unfavorable to him, and in order to pull out the thorn in Wu Hao's side, he instigated King Chuping to transfer the prince to the outside of the palace to guard the city father, and let Wu Hao assist the prince. In this way, he killed two birds with one stone, keeping the prince and Wu Hao away from him, and if the defense of the city failed, Qin Aigong would also condemn them.

But God seems to have deliberately opposed Fei Wuji, the prince and Wu Hao have done a good job in the city father, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and they support and love the prince and Wu Hao very much, and these have also spread to the palace, so that the prince and Wu Hao have been supported by more people.

In this way, Fei Wuji was even more worried about the bad things he had done, he was afraid that the prince would inherit the throne in the future, and it would be unfavorable to him, so he found an opportunity to say bad things about the prince in front of King Chuping, and he said it to the truth, he said, "The prince knows about Meng Huan and has a grudge against the king, he has secretly colluded with Wu Hao to Qi and Jin, intending to rebel, and he has been fighting in the city for a long time. The crown prince's voice in the palace is now on par with the emperor, and once he rebels, this is very dangerous. If the king can't immediately abolish the crown prince, I'm afraid there will be trouble after a long time, and it will be too late. Why don't the kings follow King Mu and abolish the elders and establish the young, so that their descendants can prosper and enjoy their old age. ”

King Chuping was trying to set up Meng Yingsheng's son as the son of the world to please her, but now Fei Wuji's words were in the middle of it, he really believed his words, first recalled Wu Hao, and then planned to send troops to arrest the prince.

After Wu Hao was called back, King Chuping was impatient to even cover up his ugly intentions, but asked him bluntly: "The prince has the intention of rebellion, don't you know, why hasn't he reported to this king for a long time?"

Wu Hao had already thought carefully about the truth of the matter on the way back when King Chuping recruited him back, he knew that no matter what, it would be useless, he looked down on King Chuping, a person who wanted to kill his own son on trumped-up charges, and he did not hide his contempt for King Chuping, "The king is a father, but he does not have the loving heart of a father, he occupies his daughter-in-law and does not want to repent, and he also slanders the prince, I don't know how the king is a father and a king." ”

King Chuping was speechless.

Wu Hao sighed, "The king did something wrong, he could have repented and minimized the mistake or it was not too late, but the king was not like this, but did more wrong things to cover up. I don't know a lot of things, you think you do it seamlessly, but in fact you want to cover it up, those scandals that you think others don't know, in fact, have long been spread in the palace and outside the palace, and the prince has long known about it, but the prince is kind-hearted, and he doesn't have the slightest resentment, and he hasn't thought about rebelling because of this. The crown prince said that when the emperor married Meng Huan, he had never met her, and there was no love for Meng Ying, so why should father and son be at odds because of her? ”

"You are talking nonsense, you are not afraid that I will kill you. ”

"What hope do I have for a man who can even be arrested by his own son on trumped-up charges, the reason why I didn't run away is just to do my best. ”

King Chuping was ashamed and didn't know what to do with such an upright courtier. Fei Wuji immediately gave him another slander, "He just wants to win the king's sympathy before he says this, as the prince's teacher, his eloquence is not that the king doesn't know, he can't say anything, so you must not listen to him." Once the king released him, he was bound to hold a grudge, and he would definitely spare no effort to encourage the prince to rebel in the future. The king now has no way out, so he can only go on as always. ”

King Chu Ping had no opinion at all, he knew that he was on the wrong path but he couldn't turn back, so he could only walk with his head held high with his conscience, "Then what should I do?"

"Kill Wu Hao, and then arrest the prince. ”

King Chuping was speechless for a while, after all, he knew that he was wrong, and besides, he was his son after all.

"Wu Hao also has two sons, after his death, they will definitely seek revenge on the king, which will definitely make the lives of the Chu State miserable. He attached himself to the ear of King Chuping and said a "clever plan".

King Chuping then came to the cell where Wu Hao was imprisoned again, and pretended to loosen the ties for him, saying: "You instigated the prince to rebel, and it is supposed that you should be beheaded for public display, but I remember that your ancestors have meritorious deeds, and you are loyal to this king as a courtier, I can't bear to condemn you, but I will not use you again from now on, you go home and retire." However, as a monarch, I want to be benevolent. I heard that you have two sons, both of whom are capable of writing and martial arts, and I want to give them officials, first, so that they can serve the country, and secondly, they can also eliminate your sins, so you must recall them. ”

Wu Hao knew that this was a trap set by King Chuping for himself, and wanted to catch their father and son, "But now that they all know that I have been arrested by the king, how can they be willing to come?"

King Chuping said: "Didn't you say that you are a loyal minister, now is the time to verify whether you are a loyal minister, you just have to do what I say, whether they come or not, it has nothing to do with you." ”

"What can I do to recall my son?" Wu Hao asked in a trembling voice, his heart was swayed by a tragic emotion, he didn't know what it meant for him to do this, did he want to achieve the reputation of the Wu family's loyal martyrs or obey the orders of King Chu Ping? Or did he still have illusions about King Chu Ping, hoping that he would really make an official to his son, so that he would let the prince go, right? Yes or no, he could only try, in this way, the prince might still have a little bit of life.

"It's not difficult, you just have to pick up the pen and write according to what I say. ”

Soon after, the messenger met Wu Shang, the eldest son of Wu Hao, and congratulated him, but Wu Shang unhappily asked the messenger where he had come from. The messenger then handed the letter to Wu Shang, and the letter had been sealed by King Chuping himself, without the slightest error. Wu Shang opened the letter, and the familiar pen and ink made him seem to see his father in front of his eyes, and he couldn't help but burst into tears and wept bitterly.

"Wu Shang, my father committed the crime of treason, and the crime was so heinous that he should have been beheaded immediately for public display. However, the king remembered that my ancestors and I had contributed to the society, and decided to let me go home to retire and give your brother an official knighthood, so as to atone for my father's sins. Don't make a mistake when you receive it, and return to the DPRK quickly. ”