Chapter 27 24. Difficult ambitions

Wei Linggong not only did not reuse Confucius, but also let Confucius's car follow his and Nanzi's cars, and swaggered through the market.After being humiliated by this, Confucius said angrily: "I have never seen such a king who is more lustful than virtuous." In a fit of anger, Confucius left Weiguo again... In a small courtyard of Dr. Yun’s house, Confucius and his disciples stayed. The main room in the middle is where they eat, attend classes, and meet guests. The small house inside the main room is Confucius’ residence. , Zaiyu, etc. live in the East Wing, where Zilu, Yan Hui, Zeng Shen, Ran Geng, Ran Yong and other disciples live.

There were flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard. After dinner, Confucius and his disciples sat in the courtyard to drink tea and chat with Dr. Qu. Dr. Qu said to Confucius: "Master, when you come to the state of Wei this time, Duke Ling of Wei personally greets you. This means that Duke Ling of Wei may reuse you. If so, what do you plan to do?" Confucius said with full confidence: "I will make Weiguo change in one year and become prosperous and strong in three years." Dr. Qu shook his head after hearing this, and said: "I also had the wish of the master, but I couldn't realize it. In fact, I was also very honest and worked hard, but it didn't have much effect. I don't know what is the master's trick?"

Confucius said: "I don't have any unique tricks. The fundamental problem is to make the monarch not stupid, because once the monarch is stupid, it means that the power will fall, and then the fate of this country can be imagined. Is the lesson of the State of Lu still true?" Isn't it obvious?" After hearing this, Dr. Qu sighed with emotion: "Oh, why is Wei Guo like this today? The monarch is fatuous and the villain is in power. How can there be the demeanor of Duke Wen of Wei?" Just as I was talking, my family came to report: "My lord, the prince's car has arrived, and he said he has something important to do with Confucius!"

"Huh? I must have hired you." Dr. Qu smiled and twirled his snow-white goatee with his hands. "Let's go and have a look." Confucius also stood up excitedly. When I got outside the gate, I saw a palace car parked. Dr. Qu saw that the person in charge of the palace was coming, and the palace person came up to greet him. After saluting Dr. Qu and Kong Yu, he unfolded the yellow silk preaching: Confucius, the chief minister of the state of Lu, and the monarch of the state of Wei will travel to Chaoge tomorrow. Confucius is specially invited to travel with him, and it is impossible to refuse.

Confucius listened and looked at Dr. Yun.He smiled and said: "Please accept the order. This is a good opportunity for you to make your debut in Weiguo. After this tour, you may be hired." Confucius hurriedly received the order, and thanked him with a salute: "Confucius of the State of Lu thanked Lord Wei Ling." The next morning, the weather was fine and the sun was shining brightly. Confucius, Yan Hui, Zilu, Zigong, Ran Geng, Ran Yong, etc. were all very happy, and served Confucius early for breakfast.Confucius also put on new clothes and waited outside the gate for the palace carriage to pick him up.After a while, I saw a luxurious carriage galloping over, and it was the palace man in charge who came to pick up Confucius.

Dr. Qu, Zilu, Yan Hui, Zigong and others helped Confucius into the car, and waved happily to Confucius. When we reached the gate of the palace, the carriage stopped, and the person in charge said, "Master, please wait for a while." After a while, when drums were played, two palace doors opened slowly, and two rows of musicians beat drums and drums to clear the way, followed by a guard of honor holding umbrella covers and colorful flags, and then a car inlaid with gold and silver. The king's chariot galloped out, followed by a mighty phalanx of guards. After Wei Linggong's chariot came out, Confucius walked over to perform the ceremony of a monarch and a minister.

"My master is free from courtesy." Confucius thought that Wei Linggong would say: "Please get on my chariot and travel together." Unexpectedly, Wei Linggong said: "Today Nanzi is also traveling with me, please take another carriage." Confucius said I saw Nanzi greeting him in the car: "My master is busy." Confucius had to pay homage to Nanzi again. The man in charge of the palace asked Confucius to still get on the car that picked him up. Confucius felt that it was inappropriate and wanted to get off, but the general gave an order, and the drums started again. Drive through the central street.

The cars of the monarch, the monarch's wife, and Confucius swaggered through the city, causing a sensation in the whole city, and the streets were crowded.Wei Linggong deliberately ordered to clear the road slowly, not to disperse the crowd, so that more citizens could see them. He wanted the common people to know that I, Wei Linggong, belonged to a corporal, so I deliberately took a convertible car today. Nanzi even asked the car to go slowly. She is wearing the most beautiful clothes today. She wants everyone in the city to appreciate her beauty. She wants people to see that even Confucius is willing to travel with her. It can be seen that She is not a bad woman.

And Confucius followed Wei Linggong and Nanzi's car, as if he had been slapped, he was extremely embarrassed.His face was flushed, his eyes were lowered, and he wanted to get into the ground, but the car happened to be a convertible. What made Confucius even more unbearable was that the car drove extremely slowly, and these damn palace people were terrified.The trap had been explained long ago. When the band saw the car was going slowly, they simply stopped and played music on the spot. Confucius was ashamed, angry, and anxious. Sweat was dripping from his forehead. He kept wiping the sweat with a towel. What made him most embarrassed was that the crowd kept talking about it. Listening, but the more clearly it is passed on to people's ears.

"Hee hee, the monarch, the beauties, and the saints go out together in the spring, which is once in a thousand years, once in a thousand years." "Hee hee, the lady of the monarch is so beautiful, today is really an eye-opener." "Haha, that saint actually swims behind the beautiful woman." "Shh, keep your voice down so that no one can hear you." "Ah, that Confucius has such a wide forehead!" "A saint!" Confucius only felt that there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him, talking about him, and making fun of him. He wished he could get out of the car and leave, but felt that it was against etiquette, so he had to bite the bullet and sit in the car...

Confucius heard again and said: "The Confucius heard that he is very knowledgeable and very polite. Today, he accompanied the king to visit the state of Wei, so he thinks highly of us." "Yes, yes, it is a great honor for the monarch to invite you to travel with me!" Hearing a fair word at last, Confucius looked up gratefully, and saw an old man with white hair talking to his friend. The car finally drove out of the city to the suburbs, and Confucius breathed a sigh of relief. When they arrived in the suburbs, Wei Linggong and Nanzi got out of the car and were about to go for a walk.At this time, many people gathered around, all wanting to see the face of the king, beauties, and saints, and the crowd began to discuss in low voices: "Ah, Nanzi is so beautiful, she looks like a fairy. No wonder the king dotes on her so much." "This woman has a bad reputation. I heard that he messed around with Mi Zixia. Crown Prince Kuai Kui hated her to death." "Not only that, but also incest with his brother and son!" "Hush..." "All saints are willing to swim with her, what else is she not satisfied with?" The palace servants came to ask Confucius to get off the carriage. Confucius was so angry that he said bitterly, "Please tell the king that Qiu is not feeling well and wants to go back first." The palace people reported to Wei Linggong, and Wei Linggong said: "Since he is ill, let's send him back first!" So Confucius was sent back to the doctor's mansion. Confucius entered the room with a gloomy face, and Zilu, Zigong, Yan Hui and other disciples greeted him. They were eager to ask Confucius how he felt, but seeing Confucius' angry face, they dared not speak. Zilu asked, "Have you eaten, Master?" Confucius shook his head, and Yan Hui hurried to the kitchen to serve the meal. Confucius changed his clothes, took the porridge from Yan Hui, took two sips, put down the bowl, and sat down sullenly. Zilu was impatient. Seeing Confucius like this, he asked loudly: "Teacher, what's the matter with you? Who bullied you?" "Teacher, you said it!" "We will leave Weiguo tomorrow. I have never seen such a lustful and immoral monarch. I don't want to assist such a foolish monarch. Let's go." Confucius suddenly said this like a volcanic eruption. A string of words. The disciples were all stunned. Dr. Qu heard that Confucius was leaving, so he hurried over to ask why. "Yesterday, I agreed to stay and assist the monarch. Why did you suddenly decide to leave?" "Ah," sighed Confucius, "the king who loves sex more than love has no hope." "Did Lord Ling give you some embarrassment?" "It's not only embarrassing, but also humiliating. Let me walk around behind them, let me be a foil for them to play, and treat me as their decoration. It's a shame!" Dr. Qu was shocked when he heard this: "What, Nanzi has gone too? You didn't ride with the king?" Confucius nodded angrily, and said, "I have only been insulted twice in my life. Once when I was young, I went to a banquet and was rejected by Yang Hu; "It's outrageous, no wonder you are so angry." Dr. Qu said angrily. "Mr. Wei Ling only regards me as a foil for his virtuousness. He won't use me at all, so I must go." "Ambition is hard to develop!" Confucius sighed. Confucius and his disciples were about to leave, so Dr. Qu and Dr. Yan came to see him off, and sent food, dried meat, money and other things to Confucius and his party. Dr. Yan asked: "Where is the master going on this trip?" Confucius sighed: "I had to go to Jin State to have a look. I heard that Zhao Jianzi is very courageous, so I plan to cooperate with him to promote benevolent government in Jin State." "Oh, that's right, take care on the way, please use this meager amount of silver on the way!" "Thank you, thank you, I have caused you a lot of trouble when I stayed at your house last time." "Where, where, come back next time and stay at my house." Dr. Qu hurriedly said: "No, no, live in my house. I resign and stay at home. I am lonely and bored. I have a master here who can ask for advice at any time, so next time I have to live in my house." Doctor Yan said with a smile: "Okay, then stay at your house for a few days, and stay at my house for a few days." Dr. Qu chuckled: "That's fine, that's fine, so I don't want to tear Master in two." The car started, Confucius waved goodbye to the two elders, and the carriage drove slowly westward... Just after Confucius left the state of Wei angrily, a civil strife broke out in the court of the state of Wei, and the state of Wei fell into a period of no peace. That year, in the outskirts of Weiguodiqiu, a small river was gurgling, and the pebbles at the bottom of the river were clearly visible. A guard of honor came not far away, and then Duke Wei Ling’s luxurious palace chariot came to the river bank under the escort of the guards. Some people were playing on the beach, and some were fishing. After Wei Linggong came, he was driven away by the guards. place. The chariot stopped on the river beach, and the guards helped Wei Linggong and his wife Nanzi down. Nanzi is nearly thirty years old, but she is still very beautiful. She was originally a princess of the Song Dynasty. More than ten years ago, because of Song Wei's marriage, she married Wei Linggong, who was more than 30 years older than her.Wei Linggong regards her as a sweetheart and obeys her.Because she and Wei Linggong were arguing to ask her cousin to come to see him, Wei Linggong had no choice but to agree and accompany her to greet him in person. Nanzi looked at the other side of the river, hoping for the appearance of his sweetheart... It turned out that Gong Zichao was also a beautiful man. They grew up together and played together in their youth, and gradually developed a secret relationship... Nan Zi will never forget that it was also such a spring, and also on such a river bank of pink willows and green. He and Gongzi Chao ran after his elder brother, but suddenly Nanzi fell under a peach blossom tree, and Gongzi Chao also fell down... "You fell down on purpose..." Young Master leaned over to look at Nan Zi who was lying under the silk. "The same to you……" "No, I didn't do it on purpose." Gongzi Chao said. "You lied, you did it on purpose..." "no." "Then I'm going to get up." Nanzi angrily wanted to get up. "No, don't..." Young Master Chao stopped her. "You are so beautiful, just like this budding peach blossom." "Really...you are beautiful too, like the sun in the morning." Nanzi closed his eyes, and stretched out his arms towards Gongzichao... Since then, the two of them often went to the river to have an affair, and later changed it to night, and finally, their secret was known by the king.As a result, Nanzi was forced to marry far away immediately to avoid publicizing the family scandal. Nanzi cried as she got on the sedan chair and became the queen of Wei Linggong, who was more than 30 years older than her. She had been separated for more than ten years. She missed her love brother so much.So she and Wei Linggong quarreled and quarreled, and being angry was useless, and finally came up with the trick of refusing to go to bed with Wei Linggong at night, which made Wei Linggong very anxious, so Nanzi was allowed to visit her relatives honor. Ah, I want to see him so much... Nanzi seems to be really like a bride who is about to get married now, like a deer jumping around in his heart, shy and nervous, his face is as red as a peach, and he is singing in his heart: Ah, here we come, a carriage is coming from the other side of the river, guards of honor from the Song Dynasty are coming, and his love brother is here as a special envoy... The carriage arrived by the river, and the people in the carriage got off... Ah, it was him, the person I missed day and night. "Brother Chao..." Nanzi lifted his dress and walked towards Xiaohe. "Sister..." Young Master Chao also ran towards the river bank. The two finally met in the middle of the river... They stare at... How much I want to throw myself into your arms, but Mr. Wei is right behind you... I really want to hug you, but under the watchful eyes of everyone... "Okay, okay, come here quickly." Wei Linggong shouted. The people who came to greet Wei Guo beat the drums, and the two of them crossed the river side by side and walked towards Duke Ling of Wei. In order to facilitate the tryst with his lover, Nanzi insisted that the young master should live in a house in the outskirts of the city, and Wei Linggong had no choice but to agree.At the dust-cleaning banquet in the palace, Nanzi and Young Master Chao flirted with each other, and couldn't hold back any longer. That night, Nanzi took his father to the hotel where Young Master Chao stayed. When he arrived at the official residence, Nanzi asked his personal maid to guard outside Gongzichao's dormitory, and went in alone to have a tryst with Gongzichao. "Brother Chao..." When Nanzi saw the long-awaited face, he ran over excitedly and threw himself into Prince Chao's arms. "Nanzi..." Gongzi Chao held her face in his hands, ah, after more than ten years of separation, this pretty face is still as beautiful as a flower.He stroked her soft hair again, it was still black and shiny; he hugged her breasts tightly again, it was even plumper than when she was a girl; then he stroked her waist, ah, she was still so slim... Nanzi also opened her drunken eyes slightly, staring at her elder brother Chao, ah, his eyebrows and eyes are more beautiful and more affectionate than before, and his broad chest is stronger and hotter than when he was a boy... She pressed her body close to her elder brother Chao, and he hugged her even tighter with both hands... During the day, in the middle of the river, under the eyes of everyone, the lust that was desperately restrained, and the lust that could not be restrained at the banquet in the palace in the evening, was completely released now, like two unruly wild horses breaking through the fence and running wildly in the wilderness, so , They didn't even have time to get on the bed, and the two began to roll on the carpet to their heart's content, to vent to their heart's content, to release their heart's content... After the passion was over, Nanzi began to cry. "Brother Chao, if you don't come again, my youth and my appearance will be monopolized by Wei Linghui, a bad old man." "Hey, what can I do? Who asked my father to marry you far away?" "Don't mention my father, I hate him." At first, Wei Linggong only thought that it was a meeting between brothers and sisters, and it was necessary to talk about the family life, but Nanzi went to private meetings with the young master one after another, and the rumors kept coming, Wei Linggong finally understood.But it was too late to regret it, and he was afraid that his family's ugliness would be publicized, so he had no choice but to be dumb and sulk himself.He refused to let her go, but couldn't help her crying. The ministers in the court have heard about it, but they dare not ask.It's not easy to wait until the young master returns home, and this matter is considered to be temporarily closed. Unexpectedly, after one wave of ups and downs, another wave of ups and downs, Nanzi fell in love with the handsome and suave Mi Zixia again.From then on, Mi Zixia quickly rose from a small minister to a mighty powerful minister.Together with Nanzi, he seized the power, and the courtiers dared not speak out. The eldest son, Kuai Kui, was the eldest son of Duke Ling of Wei, and was about the same age as Nan Zi. He felt ashamed of the mother's lewdness, and was extremely dissatisfied with her arbitrariness of power.Therefore, Nanzi wanted to abolish Kuaikui and establish a new son.Wei Linggong was obedient to her, and he dared to disobey her, so he secretly tested Dr. Yun Boyu's opinion: "Ai Qing, the widow is getting old, the son Kuai Kui, do you think you are competent or incompetent?" Qu Boyu was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "From what the old minister has seen, the son Kuaikui is law-abiding, conscientious, revering his father and king, and cleansing himself. He should be qualified for his job. Please ask..." "Oh, just ask, just ask." Qu Boyu told Kuai Kui about this, but Kuai Kui didn't say a word, thinking to himself: This is what was expected, with a mother who asserts authority, of course the first thing she can't tolerate is a son who wants to make a difference... This is the signal that I want to abolish me and set up another... I have to find a way... The incident of Kuaikui assassinating Nanzi finally broke out in Weiwang Palace, but it was a pity that he failed. The reason is that Kuai Kui's assassin changed his mind temporarily. On this day, when Wei Linggong was not in the palace, Kuaikui came to the Shield Palace with the assassin Xi Yangsu he bought, and said respectfully to Nanzi: "Mother, my son has a new actor with superb skills. Called to perform for the mother, let the mother happy." Nanzi just woke up from a nap, her eyes were sleepy, her face was flushed, she was extremely charming, and seeing her eldest son who never looked directly at her, he suddenly became respectful to her, so her pink face turned into a peach blossom with a smile... "Ah... oh, it's rare for the son to be so filial, so please let him perform, I really want to have fun!" So Xi Yangsu performed jujitsu, and saw that although he was a man, his waist was as soft as a bend, his body was as light as a wild goose, and he was beautiful and elegant, which made Nanzi mesmerized... That Xi Yangsu can not only perform jujitsu, but is also good at playing the flute. While he is playing, his soft body undulates, flexes and stretches with the beautiful music, fully showing the male curves... Nan Seeing this, the child's blood surged, and he couldn't help becoming agitated... Kuaikui, who was sitting by the side, saw that Nanzi was already playing, so he signaled Xiyangsu to start, but instead of jumping up, Xiyangsu drew out the short sword hidden in his hair and stabbed Nanzi, but stopped playing the flute. , staring at Nanzi intently... It turned out that Xi Yangsu had never seen such an ecstasy beauty, his soul seemed to have been hooked away in an instant, and he stared at Nanzi bewilderedly while standing upside down, and forgot to take back his bent waist... ... Nanzi also stared blankly at Xi Yangsu, this indescribably wonderful and beautiful man... The eyes of the two beautiful men and women seem to be frozen... Kuai Kui was furious when he saw this, and blurted out: "Quickly kill..." Xi Yangsu just woke up from the trance, and when he drew out the dagger, Nanzi had already noticed it, she got up and fled, shouting: "My son kills me." When Kuai Kui saw that the matter was exposed, he ran away from the door, bumped into Wei Linggong who had just returned to the palace, and hurriedly fled. "Your Majesty, kill me..." Nanzi threw himself into Wei Linggong's arms and cried loudly. Xi Yangsu was quickly caught by the guards. "Chop him into pieces!" Wei Linggong shouted. "No, keep him, I want to watch him perform jujitsu..." Nanzi begged. "Okay, keep him." After Kuaikui escaped from the palace gate, he heard the cry of arresting the prince. In the dark night, he galloped on horseback and fled to the state of Jin.After the death of Duke Ling of Wei, Kuai Kui's son was established as the king of the country, and he served as Duke of Wei. From then on, the state of Wei began a long turmoil in the struggle between father and son for power.