Chapter 32 2. Late fulfillment

Qiyou was the younger brother of King Yimo of Wu. Speaking of which, Wu is also an "ancient civilization", and its ancestor was the uncle of King Wen of Zhou, known as "Wu Taibo".It's a pity that this ancient civilization was silent and unknown in the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties.It was not until the middle of the Spring and Autumn period that the name of the country of Wu began to be seen in "Spring and Autumn", and the monarch of Wu was only seen in "Zuo Zhuan", and it was in the same year.Because in this year, an old friend of ours came to the country of Wu.

This old friend is Xia Ji's last husband, Wu Chen. In 584 BC, or the year before, the shaman who had already become a doctor of Jin State was allowed to go to Wu State, met King Shoumeng of Wu, and persuaded him to ally with Jin State.The purpose is to deal with Chu State. It is inevitable for Wu Chen to oppose Chu.On the one hand, Chu is the sworn enemy of Jin.From the Battle of Chengpu to the Battle of Bi, the two countries fought continuously.Even those middle-level countries (such as Zheng and Song) and small countries (such as Shen attached to Chu, and Jiang attached to Jin) were also unlucky.As the ministers of Jin, the shamans must of course unite with Wu to oppose Chu.On the other hand, Zizhong and Zifan, the great masters of the Chu State, had already killed all the clansmen of Wu Chen and Xia Ji's former lover (son of Lao Xiang).Zifan killed people because Wu Chen took Xia Ji away.Zizhong killed people because the witch officials had prevented him from obtaining fiefs.The beams formed by the two sides are inextricable.Blood feud, and even more deduce a thrilling historical drama.

The sorcerer envoys Wu, which is the prelude to the drama. Determined to take revenge, Wu Chen brought thirty chariots, as well as drivers and snipers.He used these chariots and soldiers as coaches and coaches to teach the Wu people to march and fight, and to attack the city.He also let his son serve as a diplomat of Wu State and established extensive diplomatic relations with countries in the Central Plains.With both military and diplomatic means, Wu State began to attack Chu, Chao (now Chao County, Anhui Province), Xu (now Si County, Anhui Province), and occupied Zhoulai (now Fengtai County, Anhui Province).Zizhong and Zifan were beaten to the point of being exhausted. 4

The state of Wu has risen. The rising state of Wu became the sworn enemy of Chu.In 537 BC, the people of Chu united with Yue and Dongyi to attack Wu.Due to insufficient defense, an army of Chu State was defeated by Wu State.So the king of Wu sent Kuiyou to work in the army.This was originally a noble etiquette in the Spring and Autumn Period.But the people of Chu arrested Kaiyou unreasonably and wanted to beat him up. This is too outrageous. Outrageous is for sure.Qiyou was the younger brother of King Wu, the son of Wu.He came to work in a polite manner, and if he couldn't entertain him, that's all. How could he be arrested?In this encounter, the Wu people were the victors, and Ke You was not a prisoner of war. How could he kill him?It is an international practice, and it is also the minimum moral etiquette and rules of the game. How can it be so broken?It really doesn't make sense!

But at this time, Lord Chu was Lingwang.It's no wonder he's outrageous. Kuiyou was taken to the execution ground. King Ling of Chu sent someone to ask him: Didn't you do any divination before you came? Qiyou said: divination.lucky! This is strange.Ji, why did you become a ghost under the knife? Qiyou explained that the widow heard that the great king, you are going to conduct military exercises in our country, so he went to the Taimiao to use the tortoise shell for divination.The widow said to the ghosts and gods: I will send people to reward the Chu army soon. I will take this opportunity to observe the anger of the king of Chu so that we can prepare for the battle. I ask the gods to express whether this can be successful.The sign displayed by the tortoise shell is auspicious.Facts have also proved that we have succeeded.

This is strange again!Killed, is success? Of course there are explanations. Qiyou said, if the minister is going to your country this time, if the emperor treats the envoy with a smile on his face, our country will surely breathe a sigh of relief.In this way, our country will relax its vigilance, forget the danger, ignore the preparations for war, and it will only be a few days before the country is destroyed.Now the emperor is furious and furious. He not only abuses the envoys, but also encourages them. Our country knows that we can't enter Kuma with swords and guns and release Nanshan.Although our country is weak, if we are well prepared, we can still deal with your army.The key is to be prepared.In short, no matter how the emperor treats the envoys, our country will know what to do.Be it war or peace, one has to be mentally prepared, of course.

Next, Jiyou said: What's more, our country's widowed monarch does divination in the Taimiao for the sake of the country, the people, the country, the country, and the country. How can he be an envoy alone?I don't regret my life, so please take it as a drum.If you can exchange for national security with a small life, which one is more auspicious? King Ling of Chu had nothing to say, so he had no choice but to not kill Qiyou, but he would not let him go.It wasn't until the nineteenth year of Duke Zhao that Kaiyou was released and returned to China.At that time, he had been imprisoned for fourteen years, and Chu Jun was no longer King Ling, but King Ping.

It is worth noting that it is the last paragraph of Yuyou. Jiyou said this: Since there are tortoise shells, what things can't be used for divination?The result of divination is nothing more than good or bad.Where there is good luck, there is bad luck, and where there is bad luck, there is good luck. Who can be sure that bad luck or good luck must fall on a certain thing?For example, the auspicious divination in Chengpu in your country didn't come true in the battle of Zai later? 5 This is debatable. Logically speaking, if the so-called "Omens of Chengpu are reported in Bi" is true, it means that the omens of each divination may not be fulfilled immediately.This is of course not impossible.The question is, if fulfillment or fulfillment is late, or not on time, and it is not even clear when it will be right, then what do we need to do divination?You know, every time you do a divination, you must have a "fate speech", which is equivalent to a fortune teller asking you "what is it".It cannot be said that I asked whether this business can be completed, and it will not be fulfilled until the next transaction is made twenty years later, right?

The question that arises from this is: Do people in Zhou believe in ghosts and gods, fate, providence, divination, witchcraft, sacrifices, etc., or not? This is a question related to our national cultural psychology, and we must ask it. 4.See "Zuo Zhuan Seven Years of Chenggong". 5.For the matter, see "Zuo Zhuan · Zhaogong Five Years".