"The envoy of the State of Chu, Dr.
Qu Duan, asks to see him" "Xuan" The news was transmitted from His Royal Highness, Qu Duan ascended the hall accompanied by Yingtao and Cai Yi, and saw that there were many officials sitting on the left and right sides of the hall, and there were several cases in front of one person.
Qu Duan didn't squint, walked straight to the hall, and said with a deep bow: "Doctor Chu Qu Duan, I have seen His Majesty King Wu." ” "Doctor Qu is exempt from courtesy, and he will take a seat."
"King Xie" On the left side of Qingji, there was an empty sheet, bowed to thank him, and was guided by the temple people to sit down.
Qu Duan sat down at the table and arched his hand: "The king has recovered the Wu Kingdom, which is gratifying."
When Qu Duan came, our king repeatedly instructed him to congratulate the king on his behalf, and wished that Wu would be strong, Wu and Chu would be friendly, and that they would last for a thousand years. ” Qingji said with a smile: "When the widow ascended the throne outside Gusu City, the Chu State had already sent a congratulatory envoy.
At that time, the country was undecided, there was still a husband in the city of Gusu to mess with the government, the state of Chu could stand so firmly on the side of Qingji to support, the widow remembered, Wu and Chu stood in the south of the Yangtze River, if they could be friendly from generation to generation, and form a brotherly state, it was also the wish of the widow.
This time, your envoy came to my Wu country, and I don't know what mission he brought with His Majesty the King of Chu."
Qu Duan hesitated slightly, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Qu Duan is here to bear the two missions of my king.
When he attacked our Yingdu, he took away many national treasures and artifacts of our Chu State, many of which have been inherited for many years and are of great significance to our Chu State.
After my king returned to the capital, he has been depressed and unhappy, shameless to enter the temple, tell the ancestors, the king defeated the husband, to unify the Wu country, my king was very happy to hear it, looking forward to the king can return the captive artifacts of my Chu country, but the new state of Wu, a hundred wastes to be revived, my king thinks and the king said that there are thousands of opportunities, and the doppelganger lacks skills, so he sent his ministers to Gusu to receive and transport the treasures of my Chu country back. ” "Ah, it turns out that Dr.
Qu is here for this matter" Qingji heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy, and the ministers on both sides also exchanged their heads, and the buzzing sound was endless.
Seeing this, Qu Duan couldn't hold his breath and said: "Why is the king groaning, there can be difficulties in it" Qingji said: "The widow and the state of Chu have been side by side to resist the Lu, each other is an ally, the widow broke the Chu, the treasure of the Chu country, after the widow occupied Gusu, he also wanted to return these artifacts to the Chu country as soon as possible, in order to repay the kindness of the Chu country, with the righteousness of all brothers, but alas" Qingji sighed and said: "Your envoy is in front of you, and some words are really difficult for the widow to say" Qu Duan stood up nervously and said, "The king doesn't hurt to say it. ” "Doctor Qu, don't hide it" At the right of Qingji, a young man sitting opposite Qu Duan suddenly arched his hand and said: "The husband is hard to guard Gusu, vowing to die with the city, for this reason, he has slaughtered many Shiqing clans, and prepared more things in the city to set fire, preparing to burn the city once the city is broken."
I believe Dr.
Qu has also heard of this.
When our king ascended the throne outside the city of Gusu, the envoys of your country and the envoys of other countries came and knew what their husbands had done. ” Qu Duan's heart became uneasy, knowing that this most important errand was afraid that there would be more twists and turns, he forced a laugh and said: "This must be Dr.
Wu Xiangsun Wu."
"Exactly below" "Sun Xiangguo's name, Qu Duan admired him for a long time."
Qu Duan said a polite word, and said: "Qu Duan did know about the husband's actions, but Qu Duan heard that the king invited Daxian Jizi to come forward, saying that the defenders in the city opened the door and surrendered, and they were able to calmly recover Gusu."
Qu Duan entered the city, and what he saw on the streets can also confirm that this rumor is true."
Qingji said with relief: "Your envoy knows the details of the widow's entry into the city, so it will be much easier to explain, otherwise the widow is really a little difficult to speak." ” The smile on Qu Duan's face stiffened a little: "What does the king mean by this?"
Sun Wu said: "Doctor Qu is far away, and my king is still worried that the doctor does not know the situation of my Gusu, so it is difficult to dissect it.
Our king defeated Gusu, and it was thanks to Jizi Gaoxian who came forward to persuade the defenders in the city to abandon their weapons and surrender, so that Gusu City and Nafucha were not burned.
At that time, Sun Wu was the first to lead his troops into the city, but unfortunately he was still one step too slow, and Rong Nafu fled from the palace.
The husband did not have time to burn the whole city, but he had time to burn the palace, he closed the palace door, ordered the dead to guard, and rushed back to the harem, and burned all the palaces and pavilions where the treasures and property were stored, and the fire soared to the sky, and the city was all seen, when Sun Wu broke into the palace, he only had time to cut off the source of the fire, so as to avoid the fire affecting the entire palace, but the husband and the treasure palace were all turned into ashes."
Qu Duan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he exclaimed in surprise for a while: "What is the wealth of my Chu country, all of which have been turned into ashes."
Qingji gritted his teeth and said: "Not to mention the Chu State, even the savings of my Wu State for many years have all come to naught, so that the widow enters the Wu Palace, because the treasury is empty and the financial resources are scarce, and he wants to revitalize the world, but he is stretched thin everywhere."
Nafucha was burned to ashes in the Star Picking Tower, otherwise, even if he had an appointment with Ji Zi Daxian, the widow would have cut him with a thousand knives to eliminate the hatred in his heart."
Qu Duan muttered: "The mountain of treasures and artifacts was actually burned."
Under him, Ying Tao coughed and said with great pain: "The husband is fierce and cruel, brave and brave, good at wine and silver, and good at women."
Its behavior is no different from that of the king of Zhou, and its death is unexpectedly similar to the behavior of the king of Zhou wearing treasure clothes and holding fire on the deer platform.
It's just this, my king felt that he couldn't explain to the Chu State, often worried about it, and learned that your envoy came, but also worried about it, fortunately, Dr.
Qu actually knew a lot about my Wu State, and I must know that the Gusu Wangcheng was on fire, and now the pavilion in the Wu Palace has collapsed a large area, and it is being rebuilt day and night. ” Qu Duan heard the words of suffering, and he deliberately sold some of the news he had heard, originally to beat Qingji and let him know that Chu was not ignorant of Wu's recent movements, but Wu Ren insisted that all the treasures were burned by his husband.
Fucha is dead, who can he confront Qingji when he broke the city, it is a fact that there was a fire in the royal city, as for what was burned, even the Wu army that had attacked the royal city also knew very little, let alone ordinary Gusu residents.
He could neither deny the fact that there had been a fire in the royal city of Gusu, nor could he have conclusive evidence that the treasures of the Chu people had not been burned with the fire, so he could not tear his face and question Qingji.
Qingji sighed, feeling extremely sorry and sad for not being able to return the treasures of the Chu people, Qu Duan was speechless, and suddenly remembered his other mission.
That is to be ordered by the king of Chu to take back the hundreds of powerful people who were taken back to Chu as hostages.
Speaking of these people, the king of Chu certainly desperately hoped that they could go back as soon as possible, so the queen mother had summoned him before he set off, but Fei Wuji, who was now in power, did not want these magnates to go back and disrupt his political deployment, so he also taught Qu Duan an opportune opportunity.
Qu Duan originally took refuge in Fei Wuji to soar, so he naturally adhered to his words, but the huge wealth that the King of Chu and Fei Wuji cared about the most was now burned by Qingji, so he had to hit these Chu magnates who were imprisoned in Gusu City, Chu State's confused debt, the debtor's father and son are dead, if there is no real evidence, Chu State really can't do anything about Qingji, maybe those magnates know what insider information.
No matter what, you have to see them first, and if you master the certificate, you can challenge Qingji.
Thinking of this, Qu Duan calmed down and said: "My king is full of joy, looking forward to Qu Duan's successful return, I don't want to think that this is the case, alas, my king will be disappointed."
This is not the king's fault, and the king does not need to be too disturbed.
Qu Duan came to Wu here, the second thing was to pick up the Shiqing clan who had been taken away from my Chu State, I don't know where they are now, Qu Duan wanted to see them, and asked the king to bother arranging their return. ” "This matter is not difficult" Qingji agreed, and said: "A total of one hundred and thirty-four powerful people were taken captive in the Chu State, and three people died of illness during their detention on the way and when they arrived in Gusu, and now there are one hundred and thirty-one ministers, because of the plague rampant in the city, hundreds of them live together, it is very dangerous, and the widow has now arranged for them to temporarily live in the barracks at the foot of Gusu Mountain, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the air is fresh, it is much safer than finding a mansion in the city to live." ” Qu Duan was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Is there a plague in Gusu City now?"
Qingji patted the throne and said hatefully: "Yes, during the siege of the city, many people died in the city, especially when the husband sent the slaughter of the sect to exterminate the clan, in order to shock the people's hearts, they were not allowed to bury the bodies of the dead, but they were hung on the pole to show the public, the weather was hot, the rancid smell was unpleasant, and now the epidemic gas has been formed, and many people have died in the city." ” Once the plague is rampant, there are only a handful of people who can be cured, and they can only suffer in death, and when the epidemic is over, the climate disappears by itself, it is simply an irresistible slaughter.
Qu Duan secretly complained when he heard this, it was really not the right time for Wu to come this time, and he couldn't wait to escape from Gusu City immediately.
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Ying Tao comforted on the side: "Your envoy can rest assured, no one has been found sick in the pavilion arranged for your envoy, and it is a very safe place in Gusu City except for the palace." ” Ying Tao lowered his head, sat Chi Zhong, before Ying Tao's voice fell, Chi Zhong coughed, coughing so red that his face was red and his ears were hoarse, and Ying Tao and the person on his right quietly moved to the side, as if they were afraid that his spittle stars would splash in front of him.
Chi Zhong finished coughing, gasped and said enthusiastically to Qu Duan: "Don't worry, Doctor Qu, you are a distinguished guest of Wu Kingdom, and my king will not treat Doctor badly."
I personally took someone to arrange that courtyard, and it must be clean and safe.
When he left the palace, the contemptible man led the noble envoy forward. ” Qu Duan asked in shock: "I don't know the name of this doctor."
"The contemptible person is Wu Guosi Kou Chizhong, cough cough, see and laugh, and say that he occasionally feels cold, and it is not a big deal."
When Qu Duan heard that he seemed to be hooked by a powerful ghost, he was willing to go with him, and said to Qingji in a hurry: "My king, my king is concerned about the people of the Shiqing clan who are still detained in Wu State, Qu Duanxi is a royal minister, and he should be worried about the king.
Since I, the Secretary of Chu State, now lives at the foot of Gusu Mountain, Qu Duan should go to visit and take care of them, and share weal and woe with them, so Qu Duan will not live in the city pavilion, and arrange a place for Qu Duan at the foot of Gusu Mountain. ” When Chi Zhong heard this, he hurriedly said: "Ahem, ahem, that is the case, then Chi Zhong will accompany Dr.
Qu to the foot of Gusu Mountain." ” Cai Yi said with a smile: "General Chizhong is infected with the wind and cold, so let's go back to the house and rest."
Dr.
Qu was ushered in by the lower officials and General Yingtao, and it made sense that we would send him to the bottom of Gusu Mountain. ” When Qu Duan heard this, he couldn't help but glance at him gratefully.
In the military camp at the foot of Gusu Mountain, the magnates of the Chu State who were detained in the Wu State temporarily lived here.
Their current status is no longer a prisoner of Chu, but a distinguished guest of the Chu State, so there is no restriction on freedom.
But soon after they moved outside the city, they heard that there was a plague in the city of Gusu, so that the place also became nervous, and although they had no worries about food and clothing, they were also subject to many restrictions on their movements.
Wu Wang Qingji took great care of them, and in order to prevent accidents, he sent a palace doctor to take care of them early, and boiled epidemic prevention drugs for them to take every day.
I don't know what herbs are used in the herbal soup, it's better when I don't eat it, once I take it, my stomach is like turning over the river and the sea, these old people in brocade clothes and jade food pinch their noses and pour it down, and after a short time they vomit and diarrhea, and they are all red and full of big belly poop, but now they are pale and thin.
But when they drank this medicinal soup, their hearts became much more steady, and if they kept hearing that a few people had died in the city today, and that all their families would have fallen tomorrow, they would always be frightened and fall asleep, especially since two days ago there was a soldier in the camp who also died of the plague, and they each lived in their own huts, and there would be a lot less chatting with each other.
There are a lot of mosquitoes on this mountain, and I don't know if these Chu magnates are not accustomed to the water and soil of Wu State, or the mosquitoes of Wu State are more powerful than those of Chu State, as long as they are bitten, the bite will swell up a bag the size of a child's fist, swollen and itchy, and it will bleed when it is scratched, and it will not be good for ten days and half a month.
They asked the Wu people for high-quality incense, but they heard that the husband was dying with a fire to burn the palace group where the Wu palace stored valuable materials was burned, that is, Wu Wang Qingji is now using mugwort smoked mosquitoes, so he had to follow the customs, every time he burned wormwood in the room to tend to mosquitoes, it was uncomfortable to smoke at the beginning, and he did not feel the smell for a long time, so he was also calm.
Qu Duan, accompanied by Yingtao and pedestrian Cai Yi, went to the Gusu Mountain, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the air is fresh, as Wu Wang Qingji said, only to see a small wooden house on the mountain, full of smoke, and the wooden houses are hidden in it, as if it is a huge incense burner.
The pungent smell of burning wormwood mixed with the smell of boiling herbs was so breathless that many of the patrolling soldiers around them covered their mouths and noses with wet wipes.
In this situation, it seems that the plague is rampant on this mountain, and it has already become a disaster area that is a hundred times more serious than that in Gusu City.
Qu Duan couldn't help but change color slightly when he saw it, and hesitated under his feet, Cai Yi knew his intentions, and hurriedly said: "Doctor Qu, don't worry, my king attaches great importance to these nobles of Chu State, and takes care of them very thoughtfully. ” As soon as the words fell, a soldier with wet wipes on his face and only two eyes showing came over with a steaming bowl: "Please take this epidemic prevention medicine first." ” Qu Duan took the bowl, looked at Ying Tao and Cai Yi, and hesitated: "You two" The two of them smiled and replied in unison: "Doctor Qu drinks it, we have already taken it today." ” In the palace of Gusu, as soon as Qu Duan left, Qingji laughed, and now it is said that the prank of teasing Qu Duan is very interesting, so that he can't help but be very happy when he has been tired of state affairs recently.
Candle Yong said worriedly: "The king said that this move is a bit hasty, in the past, it was said that Qi Qinggong teased the envoys of the four countries, so as to attract a catastrophe, a lesson from the past, how can we repeat the mistakes of the past." ” He was talking about Qi Qinggong's teasing of the envoys of various countries more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, the Jin State lost its hegemony, and the king of Chuzhuang who replaced it had just died, and the overlord of the Central Plains was temporarily vacant.
At that time, the envoys of the four countries of Jin, Lu, Wei and Cao visited the State of Qi, and it happened that the visiting ministers of the four countries were a little wrong, and the commander of the Chinese army in the ruling state of the Jin State was blind in one eye; Ji Sun Xing's father, the secretary of the Lu State, was a bald head; Sun Liangfu, the secretary of the country, is a cripple; The son of Cao Guo, Ji Shou, is a little hunchbacked.
So Qi Qinggong was full of childlike hearts, and the pedestrians sent to greet them to the palace were also a one-eyed dragon, a bald man, a lame man and a hunchback.
If it's just a coincidence, the envoys of the four countries lead the way to the same flaws as them, which is obviously deliberately playing tricks on them, making the envoys of the four countries angry, so they are angry with the country.
Two years later, Qi and Jin went to war for some reason, and the ruler of the Jin State, Xu Keqin, led 800 chariots, and the "Four-Nation Alliance" of Lu, Wei, and Cao, who had also been insulted, came in anger, and defeated the Qi State, and Qi Qinggong himself almost became a prisoner.
Qingji also knew this history, so he smiled at Zhu Yong: "Sikong don't worry, the situation of the widow today is very different from Qi Qinggong's time, Qi Qinggong's plan is fast for a while, and the gains outweigh the losses for the sake of teasing."
The widow is not like this, for the future of Wu State, some means should still be used when they should be used. ” Candle Yong was still waiting to speak, and he was afraid that he would make Qingji unhappy, so he hurriedly said: "Qu Duan has already gone to Gusu Mountain, and Doctor Chizhong coughed a few times, which must have scared him so much that he didn't dare to return to the royal city."
In order to deal with this Chu envoy, we have also delayed a lot of things, if there is nothing else, the king should retire from the dynasty and let the ministers go their own way. ” Qingji bowed slightly, and the people of the Imperial Temple got his signal, and stood in front of the steps and was about to announce his retirement from the dynasty loudly, when a guard suddenly hurried up to the hall and bowed forward: "King Qiqi, the convoy of the general Jinglin escorting the prince of Yue has arrived at the Snake Gate." ” Qingji just turned around to walk into the screen behind the throne, when he heard this, he suddenly stopped, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice: "You mean that Gou Jian has arrived?"
To be continued: