Zhiming knew the other party's thoughts very well, and said: "The king doesn't have to worry, I have already said that I will not be an enemy of the nobles, and naturally I will not threaten the king by force." In fact, I also know that there are some historical festivals between the nobles and the state of Wu, and it is impossible to eliminate the resentment at once, but I also ask the king to think about it, if Cao Cao captures Jiangnan, it will be beneficial to the nobles? As I have just emphasized, Cao Cao is different from Sun Quan, he is a traitor in troubled times, and he is ruthless, and he will never allow an organization to compete with him for territory and power, otherwise it will not be possible to become the overlord of the Central Plains. With his nature, after conquering the state of Wu, he will definitely wipe out the nobles. With the strength of the Cao Army and the White Tiger Team, the nobles have no chance of winning, and they will face the danger of extinction. However, if Wu Yue reconciles, the two sides can unite against foreign enemies and achieve the goal of coexistence. What do you think, Lord?"

King Yue was silent, his heart was in turmoil.

After a pause, Zhiming said, "King, now is the time to test your decision-making ability as the head of the clan. If you think about it again, 'when will the grievances be retributed', the Wu-Yue dispute will come to an end one day, maybe tomorrow, or a hundred years later, the key lies in the decision of the leaders of both sides. If the king insists on fighting any longer, more people will be sacrificed. Now Lu Ji has been imprisoned, the communication between the Yue and the Wu Palace has been cut off, and the nobles are still facing a food crisis. The king has to think about the overall situation!"

Yue Wang's heart rhythm is disordered at the moment, and his brain cells are in a chaotic state, and he can't think normally.

Zhiming took advantage of the situation and said: "The dispute between Wu and Yue should be terminated from the moment the king is still in power. Living in an era of peace and prosperity is believed to be the common wish of the people of Jiangdong. Wu Yue should join forces to deal with Cao Cao, punish the Han thieves, and restore the Han Dynasty!"

King Yue began to feel a little moved, and he thought that this was not unreasonable.

"The king thinks about it, if Wu Yue reconciles, it will be beneficial to both sides. First, the two sides will not have to shed more blood and sacrifice, and second, the two sides can help each other and exchange ideas. You can provide a large amount of labor for the state of Wu, and the country of Wu can also provide you with enough food, so why not do it because we complement each other and make progress together? In my opinion, this matter is imperative!"

King Yue's heart was finally touched, and he said: "General Lei's words are very reasonable, this is the first time this king has heard of it, and it seems that it is indeed time to think about it." ”

Zhiming took advantage of the victory to pursue: "The reconciliation between the two sides will be more beneficial to the nobles than the state of Wu, because they will provide you with good living conditions, so that you will have enough food and clothing, so that you will not have a rebellious mentality; for them, it can also ensure the long-term stability of Jiangdong, and it will definitely have all the advantages and no disadvantages for the development of the economy, military and other aspects." Do you say yes, my lord?"

King Yue nodded thoughtfully.

"Wu and Yue have both suffered losses in history and can cancel each other out, which is an important prerequisite for reconciliation. And most importantly, this move will inevitably lead to the instability of Cao's army, and they are not accustomed to water warfare, so this battle will definitely be lost. As long as the Cao army, which was the largest force in the Han land, could be repelled, the eighty-one counties in the south of the Yangtze River would become the permanent territory of Wu and Yue, and no one would dare to violate them. Zhiming made an in-depth analysis.

King Yue had to nod and said, "I admit that General Lei is reasonable, and I personally deeply agree. But there is a problem, even if I agree to reconcile, my people may not agree, many of them have a common enmity with the Wu people, such as that Dabu, whose son died in the sneak attack on the Wu army's grain transport team last year. ”

"Is there such a thing? Does Dabu have any other children?" Zhiming felt that Dabu was quite pitiful.

"No, after the death of his only son, he became an old man. At that time, he did not eat or drink for several days, his body was as thin as a piece of firewood, and he also committed suicide by cutting his wrists twice, but fortunately he was found in time and rescued. At that time, he could be said to be angry and hateful to Wu Jun. It took almost half a year for him to slowly come out of the haze of losing his son. King Yue reluctantly recounted Dabu's tragic past.

"Your food is basically obtained by plundering?"

"That's right, because the mountains and forests are not suitable for growing crops. If there is no food, we can only gnaw mountain fruits every day. ”

"Why don't you go to the Central Plains to buy it? The Central Plains people should sell it to you. ”

"There are, but there are relatively few, after all, the road is far away, and the Wu State has been very strict in recent years, and our people are not allowed to leave the Jiangdong boundary for half a step, and all the work is carried out in secret. Moreover, for a large nation, this level of food supply is like a drop in the bucket, and the supply exceeds the demand, and only by attacking the grain transport team of the Wu army can we obtain a large amount of food. This is also the reason why I arranged for Lu Ji to go to Wu to do internal response a few years ago, but I didn't expect to end up hurting him. ”

Zhiming frowned, this problem is indeed quite serious, cutting off other people's food routes is indirectly equivalent to exterminating the clan, it seems that Wu Guo has also gone too far.

He said with deep sympathy: "I understand the situation of the nobility, which further illustrates the necessity of reconciliation. Lu Ji has confessed all the facts, and in the future, the grain transportation teams of Wu will definitely be more cautious, or even divert their routes, and if you do not have effective information, it will be difficult to predict the route of the other country, so that the source of food will be greatly reduced. ”

"That's why I'm going to consider what you've just suggested. However, there is a written rule in our clan that all plans related to the future of the nation must be discussed at a clan meeting and approved by more than two-thirds of the elders of the clan before they can be implemented. King Yue finally said the difficulty.

Zhiming didn't expect the Yue clan to have such a rule, so he asked, "How many elders are there in the nobles?"

"There are three major settlements of our ethnic group, namely Benzhai, Tanuki Mountain and Wuchao Mountain. Of course, there are many small villages, but only these three settlements have elders. There are three elders in this village, Dabu is one of them, and you haven't seen the other two, so I can take you to meet them later, and there are two elders each in Lishan and Wuchao Mountain, making a total of seven elders. That is, at least five elders must agree before the plan can be implemented. ”

Zhiming said: "I didn't expect that the family rules of the nobles were quite strict, and there was an elder system. So, the elders must be persuaded before there is any hope of reconciliation? When will the elders of the other two places be summoned?"

King Yue said: "It just so happens that tomorrow is the time of the monthly clan meeting, so there is no need to convene it, they will come over by themselves." General Lei can rest here for the night and talk about it tomorrow. ”

Zhiming knelt down and thanked: "The king can focus on the overall situation, and I am grateful!"

"General Lei, please get up!" King Yue hurriedly helped him up and said, "I should thank you! This is a matter of the survival of our clan, and this king will do his best to convince the elders." ”

"With you as the leader, it is really a blessing for the Yue clan!" Zhiming was very excited, he thought that King Yue was a fierce and evil person, an unreasonable person, and a person who could only compromise by force and coercion.

The king arranged a spacious tent for him and had a meal prepared. After Zhiming had a full meal, he was taken to meet the other two elders. After a brief chat, he went to see Yang Ji's situation.

Yang Ji was in a period of steady recovery under Dabu's careful care, and silver needles had been inserted into his acupuncture points.

Worthy of being a miracle doctor, Dabu's acupuncture and moxibustion skills can be described as excellence, and every needle is accurate everywhere it goes. Acupuncture requires the support of eyesight, and Dabu's eyesight is the best among all the elderly people of the Yue tribe, which is also a unique feature of him as a miracle doctor.

After acupuncture, Yang Ji's bleeding has completely stopped. An hour later, Dabu had to pull out needles, apply ointment, and change gauze for him, which meant that he could hardly close his eyes all night, and he would have to attend tomorrow's clan meeting as one of the elders.

Zhiming said to Dabu, "Thank you so much, uncle. ”

"This is what I should do," Dabb said. General Lei hurry up and go to rest, I'm watching here, it's okay. ”

"You don't rest?" Zhiming was afraid that he was too tired.

"I don't want to sleep tonight, there will be a lot of work to be done. No way, someone has to watch him. Dabb has become accustomed to taking care of patients overnight.

Zhiming was very moved, he didn't expect Dabu to take such careful and proper care of an outsider. He originally thought that Shanyue was a gang of robbers, but now he has changed his opinion, in fact, the Yue people are an ordinary people, just to survive, they have to be enemies of Wu. He suddenly felt that it was a sin to blame the Yue clan for stealing the blood dragon sword, but unfortunately the matter had come to this point and there was no turning back, and Pang Tong proposed this plan to help Wu Guo. Therefore, in order not to implicate the Tiangu Sect, he could only hide this matter to the end, and it was precisely because of this that he made up his mind to complete the mission of reconciling Wu Yue.

That night, King Yue tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Although Xiao Qiao is no longer around, he is thinking more about the whereabouts of the nation. Zhiming's words fully mobilized the enthusiasm of all his brain cells, and his mind was turbulent at the moment, as if he had just received a stormy baptism before the revolution. The memories of history and hatred kept haunting him, and he repeated the same question: If he reconciled, would it be a spiritual betrayal to his own people, a moral blasphemy against his ancestors, and a cruelty to his people?

Zhiming couldn't sleep for a long time, and woke up in the middle of the night, partly because of the cold weather, and on the other hand, he had a lot of thoughts, and some things made him both eager and worried.

He stepped out of the tent and looked up at the stars. Not long ago, there was a fierce fight here, and he used the Demon Slaying Sword to eliminate Wu Tianhu. The twinkling stars are like clusters of sacred flames that are both distant and close at hand, still in front of us, but cannot be touched. He began to search for some beautiful fragments from his memory bank, and once again experienced the joy of life, like a dream. Life needs reverie, and life without reverie is not fulfilling.

There was silence all around, most of the people had already fallen asleep, and only a few soldiers were still patrolling the area, shouldering the heavy duty of keeping vigil. Indeed, without these faithful soldiers, others would not be able to sleep peacefully and enjoy the pleasure of sweet dreams.

By the moonlight and the bonfire, Zhiming saw two sleepy soldiers standing in the distance, but they could only beat their spirits. Indeed, the vigil was hard. He just wanted to go over and chat with them, but suddenly remembered Yang Ji again, so he walked to his tent.

When he entered the camp, he saw that Yang Ji still had a silver needle stuck in his body, and Dabu was sitting on the side, squinting his eyes, always paying attention to his injuries.

Seeing Zhiming coming, Dabu was stunned for a moment, and then motioned for him to sit down.

Zhiming sat down and asked, "Uncle, aren't you really sleepy?"

Dab smiled and said, "Get used to it." The general still doesn't sleep?"

"I can't sleep, I have too many things on my mind. ”

"What is on the general's mind, is it convenient to say?"

"Forget it, at this time, it's better not to disturb your work. ”

Dabu nodded and said, "I'll have to pull out the needle, apply the ointment, and change the gauze for him later." ”

Zhiming was very aware of his responsibilities as a doctor, so he said, "Thank you so much, uncle, for taking care of my friend in such a meticulous way." ”

Dabu looked at Yang Ji, then at Zhiming, and smiled bitterly. Zhiming saw pathos in his eyes.

Dabu looked at Yang Ji and said, "You know, I used to have a son who looked like him. ”

Zhiming was stunned for a moment, remembering the story that King Yue told just now.

Dabu said: "He is very filial to me, since his mother died, our father and son have depended on each other, although life is very hard, but we still survived." ”

Zhiming listened intently, although he already knew the ending.

"Then he died. Dabb said this in a low tone.

"How did he die?" Zhiming asked knowingly.

"Killed by the Wu people. On that day, he and a group of clansmen went to the foot of the mountain to ambush, and when the grain transport team of the Wu army passed by, they rushed up to fight for food. Originally, things were going well, they killed the Wu army, and were about to return with a full load, when suddenly a cold arrow came at him, impartial, and hit him in the heart! That was the work of an unbreathed Wu army lying on the ground! You say, so many people, why is he the only one who died, God is not fair! Why did the god of death choose him? Son......" Dabu wept and wept with his face covered.

Zhiming looked at him at a loss, unable to think of any comforting words for a while. Looking at his eyes that were red with tears, Zhiming felt very uncomfortable, and at the same time understood why he took such good care of Yang Ji.

Dabu began to cry loudly, but he couldn't cry, and Zhiming sat aside, feeling sorry for him.

"He was only twenty-two when he died, a very good Yue archer, and he died in vain under the arrows of a checkmate enemy, it was too worthless......!

The sleeve that Dabu used to wipe his tears was wet, and Zhiming comforted him on the side. Seeing Yang Ji sleeping quietly, Zhiming even began to be a little envious, at least he got a temporary rest from his physical and mental health.

Dabu's tears finally dried up, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I am inseparable from Wu Jun! I vow to avenge my son!"

Hearing this, Zhiming was stunned. He suddenly had a bad feeling that Dab was going to stop his plan.