Starting from Yingdu, drive to the southeast first, to Shishou turn to the waterway and then to the southwest, it is half a distance again, the waterway in front is gradually narrow, the ancient trees on both sides of the bank are towering to the sky, the ape cries like a whimper, the big boat that Fan Li and Wen Chong took has been unable to pass, so they have to get on the boat and walk, and then go for more than an hour, even the path can hardly be seen, a trail that seems to have been a road is overgrown with weeds, and the gravel that falls after the rainy season on the rocks on both sides blocks most of the road, this kind of road is difficult to walk with a deep foot and a shallow foot, Fan Li, Wen Chong, and the accompanying samurai walked sweating one by one.
"Young Uncle be careful" Wen Chong suddenly pulled Fan Li, Fan Li stopped, looked forward with Wen Chong's eyes, and couldn't help but gasp, only to see a colorful snake, was spitting out letters, Shi Shiran crossed the road, because the road was full of weeds, and he couldn't see how long this big snake was, but his head was raised high, and it was more than three feet above the ground.
The triangular head the size of a snake bowl, covered with large and small tumors, was not evil, and as if there was no one around, a foot-long red letter kept shrinking, and slowly passed to the other side of the road.
Fan Li hurriedly clenched his saber and stood with bated breath with Wen Chong and the others, for fear of alarming the poisonous snake and being devoured by it.
The snake walked past like a military parade under the gaze of two doctors and more than 20 samurai.
Fan Li let out a long breath and looked at the lush mountain forest in front of him, the forest was deep and dense, towering and covering the sky, making the path both damp and dark.
A samurai with a sharp sword in his hand carefully chopping grass to clear the way muttered: "On this way, there are not only snakes, insects, poisonous mosquitoes, but wild wolves and tigers, and I don't know how many there are, but I hope we can reach it safely." ” The others did not speak, but they all prayed secretly in their hearts, and continued to move forward, turning over a mountain range, and the downhill in front of them were scorched black stones, and the rocks on this side were connected together, and every time it rained, there was a flash flood that washed away, so the stones were clean, and only a few wild grasses grew sporadically.
Fan Li and Wen Chong found a flat boulder, sat on it, the stone was hot by the sun, and the burden on the body was still hot and dry, a gust of wind came, but there was a chill on the sweat-stained face, and there was a stream not far away, rushing happily in the stone gap, and someone had already taken the skin bag to draw water.
Fan Li looked at the reckless mountains in the distance, and sighed: "Lipu this place, have you heard of it?"
"I've heard of it," Wen Chong also sighed, and replied: "Lipu is hundreds of miles south of Shishou, where there are deep mountains and old forests, and there are smoke miasma everywhere, and there are some uncivilized savages living in the mountains and forests.
There, I can't reach the whip of the Chu country, and there are only some savages who don't obey the royal way. ” Fan Li smiled bitterly: "Yes, that place, what do you want us to do to send us to death, we said to the king that the war was at the beginning of the peace, we should be compassionate to the people, stabilize the people's hearts, not to squeeze too much, arouse the people's grievances, and as a result, Fei Wuji returned to the color, and sent us to Lipu to serve as the county Yin and the county Sima in the name of Lipu, to appease the people's hearts and govern the place, but where are the people of my Chu country in a wild place like Lipu who does not obey the royal way." ” The barbarian land that the two of them talked about was actually a long time ago there was a Pu country that was an older civilization than the Chu State.
When King Wu invaded the Zhou, the Pu State had been established for a long time, and as the most powerful country in the south, it had participated in the camp of the King Wu of Zhou.
In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Pu people gradually moved eastward to neighbor Ba and Deng, and lived in the southwest of today's Chu State, distributed between Jiang and Han.
At that time, they were the most powerful in the south, and they were the heads of the 26 countries of Nanyi and Dongyi.
Then, after the state of Chu gradually became stronger, it attacked the Pu people, occupied its land, and drove its inhabitants.
The Pu people at this time but gradually weakened, under the blow of the Chu State Pu State perished, the Pu people were forced to flee to the south and migrate, and gradually moved south to disperse in the Lishui and Yuanshui basins, the powerful Pu State in the past was so far divided, in the difficult environment and living conditions, they could only hundreds of thousands of people live together as a tribe, Bai Pu left to live, scattered in those primeval forests, and the Pu State was therefore renamed Baipu.
Later, the Yi, Hani, Tujia, Brown, Wa, Gelao, De'ang and other ethnic minorities were all descendants of the Pu people.
At that time, they represented backwardness and barbarism, and the Pu people hated the Chu people for destroying their country and destroying their homes, forcing them into the wild mountains and rivers, so they were very hostile to the Chu people, and the single Chu people did not dare to go deep into the tribes inhabited by the Pu people, which was still the Pu tribe in the mixed area of Chu and Pu, like Fan Li and Wen Chong went to Li Pu, and only when the Pu people rebelled against the team, the soldiers of the Chu State had reached there, and let Fan Li and Wen Chong take dozens of warriors there to be officials, and their murderous intentions were simply naked and undisguised.
"Zi Yu, now that you know the situation of Lipu, what are your plans?"
Wen Chong took out the dried meat and water bag from his pocket, and was drinking and eating, when he heard this, he was surprised to say: "What do you mean by the young uncle?"
Fan Li looked around and said, "Fei Wuji clearly dislikes the two of us for going against him, and wants to put us to death, can't you see it?"
Wen Chong sighed: "I can naturally see this.
When you get here, you will already have mosquitoes, snakes, and miasma, not to mention what Lipu should look like, like you and me, who have never lived in the wilderness, will inevitably be unaccustomed to the water and soil when they get there, and if they get sick, they will die not long after.
What's more, the Pu people were driven out of their homeland by our Chu people and moved to the wilderness, and they have always hated my Chu people, Fei Wuji sent the two of us there, maybe he still wants to borrow the hands of the Pu people to take your and my surnames. ” Fan Li said: "Since you have an insight into the stakes, do you still want to rush to give your life in vain?"
Wen Chong smiled slightly, looked around, and lowered his voice and said: "But it's not true, young uncle, you don't know, I have been a petty official in Yingdu for a few years, and I have also made some friends in the field, among which there is a trader who often takes some mountain treasures and leather goods to sell in Yingdu City, I often take care of him, and we have a good relationship with each other."
This person is a Pu people who have lived in the cities of our Chu people, and because of the purchase of animal skins and mountain treasures, most of them are acquainted with the Pu people who live in the wilderness.
Yesterday, the king ordered that Li Han take someone to monitor you and me, and it was very inconvenient to move, but I still invited some friends to drink under the pretext that I was about to move to another place, and there was this person among them.
I have instructed him to go on the road first, rush to Lipu, with him to appear, the local Pu people will not embarrass you and me, you and I can also learn from the local mountain people, some ways to survive in the wilderness. ” Fan Li twisted his beard slightly, with a disapproving face, hearing that Wen Zhong lowered his head to drink water, Fan Li asked: "Even if you don't die, will you and I be a pair of savages there from now on?"
Wen Chong tried hard to swallow a mouthful of dry and hard jerky, and said with a slight smile: "Of course not only, we take this as an opportunity to not only gain a foothold there, but also lead the local savages to cultivate and build cities, and gradually let those who are not subject to the rule of the king submit to the jurisdiction of my king, as long as we succeed, there will be a large number of Pu people and their territories under the name of my Chu State, young uncle, that is the work of opening up the territory, no matter how arrogant Fei Wuji is, he dares to risk the world's great shame and embarrass people like you and me who have made great achievements in sealing the territory."
You think, the king is young now, naturally at the mercy of Fei Wuji, but the king is already ten years old, and in a few years he will be able to govern in person, Fei Wuji, this thief monopolizes power, and oppresses the royal family, and will be killed by the king at that time. ” Fan Li stared at him for a long time, and shook his head slightly: "Zi Yu, what you think is too simple.
Although the likes of Nangwa, Fei Wuji, and Yan General are the ministers of annihilation, their scheming and skills are extraordinary, otherwise it would be impossible to uproot Wu Hao and Bo Haowan, the deep-rooted Shiqing old ministers, who are above the officialdom of our Chu State, without fear, let alone call for wind and rain like this, and it is impossible to live forever. ” Wen Chong was stunned: "Then what does the young uncle mean?"
Fan Li said slowly: "Fei Wuji is arrogant and arrogant, who he wants to get rid of, he may not be willing to endure the miasma of the poor mountains and bad waters and the local wild surnames of the untamed mountain people."
You and I have been guilty of Fei Wuji, since he is determined to expel and exile you and me, I am afraid that although the Chu State is big, there will be no place for you and me in the future. ” Wen Chong's eyes froze slightly, and his expression became nervous: "Young Uncle Mo wants to escape to another country" Fan Li groaned slightly, and asked instead of answering: "Zi Yu, you look at Wu Wang Qingji today, how is this person?"
Wen Chong's expression moved slightly, and he replied: "Young hero, with great ambitions. ” Fan Li smiled with satisfaction and said, "And just after ascending the throne, I want to show my deeds."
The courtiers of the Wu State have just been replaced, and the country is in ruins, which is the place where people with lofty ideals can show their strength. ” "Young Uncle Mo wants to defect to Wu Wang Qingji" "It's not me, it's you and me."
Wen was silent.
Fan Li persuaded: "Speaking of which, it is said that Fei Wuji covers the sky with one hand because of the king's young age, but when Nangwa and Fei Wuji got rid of Wu Hao and Bo Wan, these old ministers of Shiqing, there was no meaning of the king.
Now the king is already in Fei Wuji's control, and it is difficult to predict whether he Chengren will be able to get rid of Fei Wuji's control and become a Ming monarch, and we are now saying that it is a catastrophe to blame Fei Wuji.
You and I might as well defect to Wu Wang Qingji, under the Ming Jun, maybe you can create a vigorous career, make great achievements in the world, and promote virtue all over the world. ” Wen Chong hesitated for a while, shook his head slightly, and said: "Young uncle, I think you are too worried, Fei Wuji has a lot of authority and a high status, he thinks we are an eyesore, just send us away, and he may not be eager to make people chase and kill."
You and I are both Chu Chen, and we don't have the blood and hatred of the soldiers, so I defected to other countries for no reason, how can it be reasonable?"
Fan Li said disapprerovingly: "In the past, Jiang Shang was also a merchant minister, and he didn't support the old master of the Zhou family's famous Guan Zhong who died under Jiang Xiaobai's persecution, Guan Zhong didn't support Xiaobai, and the achievement of the first monarch and the virtuous name As the saying goes: good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to serve, aren't these great sages we should emulate?"
No matter how Fan Li persuaded him, Wen Chong always hesitated with illusions, and refused to make up his mind, Fan Li had to sigh when he saw this: "That's it, that's the case, Fan Li will give up his life to accompany you to Lipu, but if you go to Lipu Road, Fei Wuji really makes people chase and kill, how do you treat at that time?"
Wen Chong raised his eyebrows and said: "If the young uncle really says it, Wen Chong will not hesitate anymore, and he will immediately defect to Wu Guo with you." ” "Good, gentleman's word" "Whip the Horse" The two of them each gave a palm, "pop papa" three high-fives, Fan Li Fan Li stood up, stood on the boulder and looked into the distance, muttered to himself: "Further forward, is Ai Ping, as long as out of Ai Ping, it is the world of the wild people, along the way, there are many trails, no one can figure out which road we are taking, but Ai Ping is a must pass."
If Fei Wuji wants to intercept people halfway, that is the last chance, you and I have to be careful. ” Wen Chong said hesitantly: "Young uncle, you are not a worm in Fei Wuji's abdomen, but it seems that he has already concluded that he will send someone to intercept and kill." ” Fan Li smiled slightly: "Yes, you have no family, I have a wife and children, yesterday you were busy inviting old friends, and when Anpai settled in Lipu, I also invited a group of relatives and friends to make a parting banquet."
At that time, I settled my family and asked them to flee to Chu with my wife and children after you and I left.
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A group of confidant warriors were arranged to meet them in Aiping. ” Wen Chong was dumbfounded when he heard this, and sighed: "Young Uncle is very thoughtful, but he is really too careful, what if Fei Wuji hadn't sent someone to ambush you and me."
Fan Li smiled slightly: "You might as well wait and see." ” Fei Wuji returned from the Chu Palace and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
First sent Fan Li and Wen Chong two eyesore guys to get out, and now said that the words to the King of Chu have been approved, and they have received a great gift from the Yue people, and they have done this important thing, Fei Wuji returned to the mansion with full ambition, and when he saw Li Han, he said: "Li Han, how is that thing done?"
Li Han hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the villain has been arranged, forty warriors dressed up in disguise, and brought the Pu people's bow and poisonous arrows to the road they must pass to ambush, and then they died in Huangquan, and the world only said that they were killed by the savages in Pudi, and there is no evidence to suspect the adult." ” Fei Wuji laughed: "Very good."
You go, summon Yue Guogaoru to see the old man. ” Li Hanxi said: "The big thing has been done" Fei Wuji said proudly: "When the old man goes out, he will naturally succeed." ” "Yes, yes", Li Han stepped forward with a smile and hugged him: "Do you want to go back to the main house to rest?"
Fei Wujiyin said with a smile: "Hey, it's not too late, what to rest, there is still some time, the old man went to accompany those Yue beauties, the Yue women are white in the world, it is really worthy of the name, those Yue beauties, the skin is delicate and slippery, as soon as they take off their clothes, it is as greasy as a pile of fertile snow, it is really white dazzling, it makes me ecstatic, hey, hey, hey, the old man will go and use it."
"My lord, please" Li Han accompanied Fei Wuji with a smile and watched Fei Wuji pacing to the back house step by step, then turned around hurriedly, went out and drove to the pavilion where the general of Yue Guo, Gaoru, lived.
This time, another windfall has arrived, thinking of this, Li Han's heart is full of joy Before Dr.
Qu Duan arrived in Gusu, thirty miles away from the city, he was ceremoniously welcomed by Sima Yingtao of Wu Guoda and Cai Yi, a great pedestrian.
This Dr.
Qu is tall and thin, with a pointed chin, high cheekbones, a pair of thick and long eyebrows, thin cheeks, and a slightly protruding mouth, which looks slightly funny.
After the king of Chu returned to Yingdu, Fei Wuji was in charge of power, and this doctor Qu did what he liked, presented a beautiful woman with wealth, won Fei Wuji's favor, and got the position of a great pedestrian of Chu.
When he came to Wu as an envoy this time, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, but when he saw that the Wu people greeted him with such a high standard, his originally serious face couldn't help but show a relaxed smile.
Just two years ago, the current king of Wu led a large army to attack the state of Chu; Just a few months ago, the former king of Wu, who had just been killed by the current king of Wu, entered Yingdu and burned and looted on a large scale, but now the two countries are allies, allies with very fragile relations, and the relationship between the two countries is indeed very delicate.
With the great envoy of the defeated country to the victorious country, the two countries have strangely become allies, and his mood can be imagined.
The state of Chu has always been a great power, not only above the state of Wu, but also above many princes in the world, which can compete with the Qi and Jin and despise the great powers of the world of Zong and Zhou.
However, this big country was captured by the small state of Wu, leaving a great humiliation.
Therefore, after Qingji returned to the country, the state of Chu sat still for a long time, waiting for the state of Wu to take the initiative to return the treasures and magnates that had been taken away.
However, a long time has passed, and the state of Wu has not yet returned the treasures, and the monarchs and ministers of the state of Chu have begun to lose their breath, and in desperation, they have to send envoys, hoping to achieve their goals through negotiations.
The heavy responsibility was on his shoulders, and Qu Duan was really a little nervous, but seeing Wu Guo's specifications and etiquette, his heart gradually quieted down.
The guard of honor is ten miles away from the city, Yingtao and Qu Duan are walking in the same car, talking and laughing, the fork in the road ahead suddenly rushed out of a vote of people, one by one lost their armor, the weapons were not complete, and they saw that the guard of honor did not pay attention to it, and rushed to the direction of Gusu City with a shout.
Dr.
Qu said in surprise: "Who are these people?"
After a while, a general hurriedly came to report to Yingtao: "Report to Da Sima, the defeated army was sent out to transport grain and grass, and the road encountered stragglers and robbers, and they were ambushed, so they fled back to Gusu." ” Ying Tao was furious, and shouted angrily: "These bandits and bandits are becoming more and more arrogant, one day, this general will ask the king for his life, and personally exterminate these lawbreakers, hum The soldiers brought out by Chizhong are really too angry, this is the first time that the military rations have been intercepted, and now they are still so embarrassed in front of the noble envoy of Chu."
Doctor Qu said in surprise: "Master Sima, what happened?"
"Oh, it's not a big deal, Dr.
Qu is frightened."
When Ying Tao turned to him again, he had become kind and pleasant: "When Gongzi Guang returned from the defeat of Chu State, he ate our ambush at the foot of Tianmu Mountain, and the five battalions were routed, and many soldiers fled.
After Gongziguang died, these people did not want to belong to the king of my family, and they had no way to make a living, so they had to rob the house and become bandits.
You don't see that they may not have been braver than our soldiers in the past, but now they are purely for survival, and they are all outlaws, enough to be ten, so they should not be underestimated. ” Doctor Qu immediately believed it when he heard it, and he said with a shocked face: "The team of soldiers who passed just now is five hundred, and these so many people are not the opponents of those soldiers and thieves, and the strength of their thieves is indeed not to be underestimated. ” He turned his head to look at the three hundred guards he had brought with him, and said with trepidation: "Fortunately, I haven't met them along the way, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen Master Yingtao today." ” "Yes, yes, these bandits fled east and west, once the soldiers pressed the border, they rushed into the lakes and mountains and forests, as soon as they heard that there was any noble treasure, they touched him and grabbed him, the action was more slippery than the yellow python, it was not easy to arrest, it was really a headache.
The doctor was lucky not to run into them here. ” Doctor Qu secretly thought in his heart: "It seems that although Qingji has become the king, the Wu State is still not very peaceful, no wonder he can't take care of the affairs of my Chu State."
Well, in this way, it is not that the Wu people intend to hide the treasures of my Chu country, and there is great hope for the success of my trip. ” Thinking like this, Dr.
Qu's heart suddenly relaxed, and he was afraid that Yingtao thought that he had heard that Wu had soldiers and bandits gloating, and it was not easy to show it, so he had to purse his mouth and frown tightly.
When Dr.
Qu entered the big city of Gusu, he saw that the scene in the city had changed again.
Just now he saw that Yingtao's honor guard on the road was clearly dressed and armored, and the military appearance was neat, but the guards at the city gate were in tatters, and there were few pedestrians on the streets of the city.
From time to time, you can still see some people hauling cars and carrying corpses in a hurry, followed by a group of women and children crying bitterly, and I don't know what happened, the fighting has long since stopped, and people continue to die.
Doctor Qu was not easy to ask, but he faintly heard about the plague.
Thinking of the tens of thousands of soldiers killed in the Mengze area of Chu State, exposing the corpses in the wilderness, the corpses were pressing, and the nearby farmers were also infected with the plague and many people died, Dr.
Qu couldn't help but secretly complain, and in front of Yingtao, he immediately took a face towel to cover his mouth and nose, so he had to breathe as little as possible in the air of Wu State, so he held his breath and took a breath, and he always had to hold his breath until his face was red, and then he covered his nose with his hand and secretly changed his breath.
I laughed in my heart.
In front of the palace, Dr.
Qu got out of the car, held a sword, accompanied by Yingtao, Cai Yi and the people of the palace temple to the palace council hall, all the way, you saw a lot of craftsmen, wrestlers and slaves, or with donkey carts or manpower, carrying a lot of sand, boulders, big wood and other building materials to the harem.
At this time, he had already entered the palace, and he was about to meet the king, and he was bound by etiquette, so he was not good at asking questions, but he secretly wondered in his heart: "Wu has just fought a few big battles, and this is going to be a big construction, and if you are so greedy for pleasure, it is not a matter of worry." ” To be continued: