Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Four

Sun Wu tried his best and finally met Fu Chai, the king of Wu, but he found nothing. He felt angry in his heart. It is the second; and after retiring to the countryside, I have been in a dull mood. All the anger, anger, longing, anxiety, depression, helplessness, plus the wind and cold at night, internal and external attacks, combined in one place, making this tall and strong The man fell down. He came out of the palace, staggered and fell down before returning to the inn.Tian Di was so anxious that he carried Sun Wu back to the inn, and found that he was seriously ill, talking nonsense, with his eyes closed, his whole body was as hot as charcoal, and he couldn't eat a single grain of rice.Tian Di sought medical treatment for him in many ways, but he didn't get better.

On the tenth day of Sun Wu's illness, Tian Di anxiously went to inquire where there is a doctor who can rejuvenate his life in the alleys of the city. As soon as he left the door of the small inn, he met Jie Yi.Tian Di cried out in surprise, "You're here, my savior," and fell down on his knees, saying, "Sir, hurry up and save the general," weeping uncontrollably.Jie Yi hurriedly picked up Tian Di, and said, "I've been looking for you for a few days, take me to see Changqing!" Then he came to the small room in the inn.Jie Yi couldn't help but sit next to Sun Wu, observe Qi, feel the pulse, perform acupuncture, and asked Tian Di to ask for the prescription.From morning to noon, Sun Wu's face changed from dry and red to calm, and sweat appeared on his body and forehead.Sun Wu opened his eyes. When he saw Jie Yi, he was about to get up. Jie Yi hurriedly held him down and said, "Mr. Chang, you are still very weak. Don't try to be brave."

Sun Wu had no choice but to lie down as ordered, and said with a wry smile, "Sir! Why did Sun Wu come here!" Jie Yi said: "Why didn't Sun Wu do this?" Sun Tzu: "Oh, I never thought that I would fall down in this small inn and be unable to get up!" Jie Yi: "To be honest, Jie Yi did not expect the general to come to this field. Jie Yi heard from his teacher Bian Que that the four directions, the five grains, the five sounds, the five elements, and all things can be divided into five parts. There are five types of people. There are also five types of people. These five types of people have different strengths and weaknesses of bones and qi and blood. One is the Taiyin type. Color, follow the wind to make the rudder, mouse steals and dogs steal, has two faces, operates in turns, and lives extremely tired; the second is the Shaoyin type, greedy for profit and forgetting righteousness, loves to hurt others for pleasure, and sees the honor of others They are jealous, happy when they see others being hurt, restless, busy with their legs, hands, and mouth, and plotting to hurt others; the third is a sun-type person, who is prone to big talk, impulsive, and does not shed tears when he sees a coffin , hit the south wall without looking back, overconfident, often do abnormal things to make people dumbfounded, arrogant and violent, arrogant; fourth is the Shaoyang type, who likes to show their faces, is good at communicating and eloquent, and is complacent when he gets something occasionally , show off in public, do things carefully, and care about face, fluctuate, fluctuate, hot and cold. These four kinds of people are very easy to hurt the seven emotions and strain the five internal organs. Only the fifth type is the so-called peace of yin and yang. People! This kind of person, as the general said, advances without seeking fame, retreats without avoiding crimes, has peace of mind without fear, is good at improvising decisions, conforms to the law of the development of everything in the world, is respectful but not arrogant, and is not arrogant in adversity. To be discouraged, to act calmly, to act in an orderly manner, to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and to plan a strategy, this is the style of a gentleman."

"So, in your opinion, which type does Sun Wudang belong to?" "Of course he is a gentleman of peace between yin and yang. Like the general, the qi of yin and yang should be coordinated, and the blood should be in harmony. Even minor ailments are fine." "But didn't I collapse in this small inn? May I ask you, a student of Bian Que, how can you reason?" "That is to say, although the general is a person with peaceful yin and yang, there is also discord in peace. How can people not have the seven emotions if the grass and trees know the spring and autumn? The general is because the king cannot cooperate, and his will has been greatly frustrated. The two what..."

"But it doesn't matter." "I'm afraid I'm thinking about my youngest son. Also, haha, haha, you, Sun Wu, are in love with your concubine!" Sun Wu got up from the sickbed and wanted to refute, but Jie Yi held him down with a smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Changqing, you are trying to cover up the truth. What does it matter if you confess? Jie Yi knows the cause of the disease only after knowing this." Why did it arise, why did wind evil knock down our general? Is it a real disease or a weak disease? Is the disease on the outside or inside? It can also be used to reconcile yin and yang and treat it dialectically! You don’t ask Jieyi to tell the truth, but it’s not It’s the style of a gentleman, but it’s tabooing diseases and avoiding medical treatment.”

"Okay, you say, you say." Jie Yi pondered for a moment, then said with deep emotion: "Thinking over and over again, Jie Yi suddenly realized—it turns out that although a general is not a true kind, a sentient one is a true general!" Sun Tzu was deeply moved. Before I knew it, I was sweating profusely and felt much more relaxed. Sun Tzu: "My sons and daughters love each other so much, I feel so ashamed." Jie Yi: "Jie Yi has a good medicine that can be cured." Sun Tzu: "Huh?" Jie Yi: "My teacher, Bian Que, also told me that the sky is round and the earth is square. As for humans, their heads are round and their feet are square, and their up and down correspond. In the sky, the sun and the moon illuminate all directions. There are eyes like the sun and the moon that can see everything. The sky is full of ups and downs, and people have joys, anger, sorrows and joys. In the sky, thunder and lightning are thundering, and people have lips and tongues to tell their hearts. The sky has four seasons, and people have four limbs. Between heaven and earth, there are palace merchants. Five tones, people have heart, lung, spleen, liver, kidney and five internal organs. There are six rhythms that distinguish sounds between heaven and earth, and people have six internal organs. The sky has yin and yang, and people have husband and wife. The sky has day and night, and people have ups and downs. Besides the earth, the earth has mountains, and people have shoulders. The earth has deep valleys, and people have armpits. The ground grows fluffy grass, and there are countless hairs. There are twelve months in a year, and there are twelve joints in the limbs of a person. There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, and the human body is three hundred and sixty-five There are three acupoints. Heavenly stems are on the top, A, B, C, D, B, B, G, Xin, Rengui are used to count ten days. The two hands of a person are ten fingers in total. The earthly branch is on the bottom. It has ten toes, and the body plus the penis and testicles is twelve. A woman conceives in ten months, and the fetus in the uterus plus the ten toes on both feet is also twelve. Naturally, there are also people on the ground who do not grow grass in four seasons, and of course there are people who are barren all their lives. And so on, man and heaven and earth are corresponding."

"How does Sun Wu correspond to the heaven and the earth?" "So, Jie Yi has always wanted to point the general to see Lao Tzu." "Lao Tzu's Tao is really known as the door of all wonders, mysterious and mysterious. Sun Wu respects Lao Tzu's knowledge very much. Lao Tzu said that existence and non-existence are produced by comparison; difficult and easy are established by comparison; long and short are compared. Manifestation; high and low, opposite and significant... These are the words of great wisdom that list the contradictory status quo between heaven and earth and make people follow nature. But when it comes to quietness and inaction, Sun Wu not only disagrees, but also cannot do it No. Quiet and inactive, where is the art of war of 'all fight in the world'?"

"Let me ask you, how do you feel now?" "Oh? Help me up. Tian Di, bring some porridge and rice!" Jie Yi smiled. That night, Jie Yi and Sun Wu talked very speculatively... The atmosphere of war in Wu State is getting stronger day by day. Wu Zixu practiced as an apprentice day after day, and was so exhausted that he was thin and thin. Looking from a distance, he could almost see two bell-like eyes on his red face.The day of conquest of the Yue Kingdom is imminent, so Wu Zixu certainly dare not slack off, and Bo Pi and Hua Deng, who are both civil and military, have also worked hard to make the army more elite. It is powdered, but as if it has been sanded with gravel, the edges and corners are sharp.From time to time, King Wu's husband came to the training ground to perform military exercises in person.

In the early morning of this day, Fu Chai was preparing to beat the drums and rehearse the troops, when he suddenly saw two single horses running towards him.One was Sun Wu, who was hunched on his horse and had no energy, and the other was Sun Wu's servant Tian Di. Fu Chai asked, "General Sun, are you here to pester me again?" Sun Wu: "Sun Wu dare not." "Could it be that you have changed your mind and are willing to go out with the lonely king? If so, you can stay; if not, go away quickly." Sun Wu: "Your servant once again implores the king to allow you to let Yiluo and the child return home with Sun Wu!"

Fu Chai's face was very ugly. In an instant, there was even a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, his left hand also clenched the hilt of the sword on his body, and then let go, roaring: "Pass down the widow's life, perform soldiers!" The drums were loud.Fu Chai ordered the chariot to run forward. A group of running disciples separated Sun Wu, Tian Di and King Wu Fucha. Sun Wu struggled to get on his horse, intending to cross the infantry line sideways and go to see Fu Chai again.Perhaps it was because of Sun Wu's desperation and helplessness that his action of urging the horse was completely futile, even stupid. Played a half roundabout.Sun Wu stubbornly reined in and hit the horse. The horse became anxious, neighed, and raised its front hooves, like an upright cliff, throwing Sun Wu, who was still seriously ill, to the ground heavily.

Sun Wu, who fell into the dust, didn't make a sound at all. Tian Di rushed over and shouted repeatedly: "General! General Sun! Wake up...I didn't ask you to come, you came instead, this is going to kill you!" Many of the apprentices recognized Sun Tzu, and all of a sudden they surrounded him. Immediately a chariot sped up to the front, and on the chariot was Wu Zixu with white hair and purple face.Wu Zixu stood on the chariot, brandished his dagger, and shouted, "Go back to the ranks! Those who leave the ranks without authorization will be punished! Those who stay without authorization will be punished!" The apprentices did not dare to stay, and returned to the team one after another. Tian Di kowtowed to Wu Zixu's back: "Doctor Wu! General Sun is seriously ill! General Sun has passed out, he is dying! Doctor Wu, save the general..." Wu Zixu didn't turn his head back, he was still supervising the military exercise: "Hurry up, run! Didn't you hear the drum beating?" "General Wu! Wu Xiangguo!" Tian Di was still calling. Wu Zixu finally turned his head: "Wu Zixu can't help! What's your name? Send General Sun home for treatment!" "Wu Xiangguo, aren't you a bosom friend of General Sun? Give the king a good word and let our young lady and child go home!" "Military affairs, how can I care about you mothers-in-law?" "You, are you dying?" Wu Zixu gritted his teeth: "What are you talking about? I missed the military affairs and beheaded to show the public!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and directed the soldiers to move forward. Jie Yi came by car.Tian Di and Jie Yi carried the silent Sun Wu into the car and drove back to the inn. In the dim dust of the training ground, Wu Zixu stood on tiptoe on the chariot and looked towards Sun Wu. There seemed to be something wet in the eyes of the boss... The world's great joy and sorrow, great ups and downs, often come suddenly, which makes people unable to react at once.In the fate of a person's life, those long-awaited blessings may become more and more elusive.The catastrophe will come unexpectedly.Misfortunes and blessings depend on each other, opposites complement each other, what you pray for is blessings, maybe what you reap is misfortune; if you survive the misfortunes, maybe the lucky stars will come to appease you later.Life and death are often only one step away. The living are pursuing, longing, expecting, fantasizing, calculating, and may one day step over the Yin and Yang world, so even despair has no right to possess.Living people endure wind, rain, thunder, lightning, joys and sorrows, and use the resilience of life to stand shoulder to shoulder with the years, but they may not know that life is actually an extremely fragile thing. Sometimes life is broken, just a momentary thing.When people are as prosperous as emperors, there is a knife for slaughtering sheep hanging behind their necks. How many people can feel this sheep blade and know how to avoid it?How do people know that what they do is digging their own grave?Moreover, when I "digged the grave" for myself, it didn't appear in an external form, it might just be a kind of sentimentality, melancholy, nostalgia, and love.These worries, thoughts, and love affairs are sometimes all kinds of beautiful erosion to human life. People know that five labors and seven injuries will endanger youth and life, and they refuse to give up.Naturally, there are wise hermits, and their thoughts are far away from the world of mortals, but how do you know that they are not thinking and constructing spiritual mirages beyond reality?How do you know that some troubles of the world have not suddenly fallen into the empty baskets of their minds?People trek along the journey paved with ideals and fantasies, making pains and joys one after another.Whether the spiritual and material heritage is left or not, in the end, it is gone. Therefore, the living people regret, pain, and cry bitterly, but the dead people don’t know what kind of grief they are. No pity can be felt, suffering is the arbitrary interest and eloquent proof of the living. Sun Wu fell off his horse, returned to the inn, and lay down on the coffin. The next day, Tian Di and Jie Yi helped Sun Wu's coffin out of the city, and wanted to send Sun Wu back to his home in Luofu Mountain.Back then, Sun Wu walked into the Gusu General's Mansion standing upright, and now he walked out of the small inn sideways; back then, Sun Wu led the three armies to the top of the general's platform, but now only Jie Yi and Tian Di accompanied him, leaving the city deserted and silent.The fall of the peerless general could have turned the country of Wu upside down. There should have been grand ceremonies and funerals, but since the king of Wu was preparing for the battle intensely, the death of the general was neither a good omen nor bad for morale. I no longer know.What's more, Sun Wu has retired and is insignificant, so the court expressed silence.Tian Di and Jie Yi, a house slave and a quack doctor, were unable to stir up an uproar, and were unwilling to publicize it. Therefore, only a few people knew that Sun Wu stayed in the inn for a day. Silk Girl was standing at the door, looking towards the main road, when she saw Sun Wu's coffin from afar, she was greatly shocked. Since Sun Wu's departure, the silk girl has not kept her house, and has not thought about eating and drinking. She looks at the road at the door every day, hoping to see Sun Wu, Yiluo, Sun Xing and Sun Ming. When she sees the family of four returning home, she is always disappointed.She and her youngest son were the only ones left in the family, and they were inseparable. She had a fear of being lost, and often woke up in dreams at night.In any case, she had something to look forward to back then, but now, not only did Yiluo and her two children not come back, but her husband, General Sun Wu, was even more pathetic than not coming back outside, for he would die outside!Seeing Tian Di, Jie Yi and the hearse from afar, she couldn't believe that the one lying on the hearse was Sun Wu, she greeted him numbly, trembling all over, not knowing what to ask, when she heard Tian Di say: " General, he... is gone..." Silk Nu immediately spun, her legs went limp, and she passed out. Hearing the news, the surrounding neighbors and servants were in a mess, and while calling "Madam, Madam", they were amazed at the sudden tragedy of family destruction.Jie Yi hurriedly said, "It's important to save the life, and quickly carry the wife to the room." People rushed to get the silk girl into the room.At this time, there was no one in charge of the Sun House, so Jie Yi ordered Tian Di and the others to quickly settle down in the mourning hall, and no one was allowed to enter the silk girl's room, even the frightened and crying children were taken away.Then, give Bo Nu acupuncture treatment.Jie Yi's skills were extraordinary, and he was only busy for a moment, and the silk girl let out a long breath, as if she had returned from the road to the underworld, and opened her eyes.Silk girl opened her eyes, and immediately understood her miserable situation, she burst into tears, turned over and wanted to get out of bed to cry for her husband. Jie Yi held her down: "Ma'am, it's important to take care of yourself!" Silk girl cried: "The family is ruined and people are gone... People are gone... What should I take care of? What else do I have when I am alive... Smell..." The Wu Palace is arguing over Sun Wu's death. Fu Chai asked Wu Zixu and Bo Pi: "I heard that Sun Wu had fallen from his horse and died violently. It is really unexpected. I wonder what the two lovers have to say about this?" Wu Zixu: "I heard that Sun Wu came to Gusu to look for his Yiluo and his beloved son. Yiluo and the two babies were kidnapped again. Dazai Bopi, did you hear that too?" Bo Chu: "What if Bo Chu heard about it, so what if he didn't hear about it?" Wu Zixu: "Everyone in the court is talking about it, and it's making a lot of noise." Bo Pi: "Master Wu's word 'hijack' is too serious. Thinking about Sun Wu, who refused to serve the king at a time when the country was in urgent need of soldiers, but wanted to hide in Luofu Mountain and never come out, he had a double heart. Can you guarantee that Sun Wu will not go to other countries to seek greater power? Therefore, invite Sun Wu’s concubine and beloved son, and urge Sun Wu to serve Wu Guosheji again. General seal can also restrict one or two, which is really a good strategy." Wu Zixu: "Your Majesty, Wu Zixu knows what Sun Wu is like, and he definitely doesn't have any ill-conceived intentions towards your Majesty..." Fu Chai: "Don't argue! Since Sun Wu has already fallen to his death, what does it matter if he is not half-hearted?" Bo Pi: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that Sun Wu's death is a fraud!" Fu Chai immediately expressed great interest: "Huh? Go on." Bo Pi: "Why did Sun Wu fall off his horse and say he died? My lord, Sun Wu is well versed in deceit. There are twelve tricks in Sun Tzu's art of war." Fu Chai: "I don't understand, if Sun Wu really cheated his death, what is he going to do?" Bo Pi: "The golden cicada escapes its shell." Wu Zixu let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty, I can't believe that Sun Wu would be helpless to the point of feigning death." Bo Pi: "Your Majesty, life and death are all determined by luck. I used the divine tortoise to divination yesterday, and there will be no disaster if I capture Sun Wu!" Fu Chai let out an "Oh" and nodded. At this moment, Wu Zixu's heart was ups and downs. He knew that Bo Pi was always jealous of the virtuous and capable, and hated Sun Wu, and Sun Wu also dismissed Bo Pi.Now it seems that if Sun Wu really cheated his death and was still alive, Bo Pi would really do it.This is something that Sun Wu can't explain clearly anyway. Sun Wu refused to come out of the mountain and pretended to be dead. One dies.If this is true, Sun Wu is indeed too risky.He thought, he should come forward to help Sun Wu, and only he can help Sun Wu.Although he was worried about Sun Wu's retreat, after all, he recommended Sun Wu as a general, and together with Sun Wu, he fought in Yong and fought in Yingdu.Both he and Sun Wu were important ministers of the former king, but at that time, what was Bo Pi?Sun Wu returned to hermit.If something unexpected happens again in the future, he will indeed feel "sorrowful for the death of the rabbit".Of course, if Sun Wu had indeed fallen from his horse and died, he thought he should also go to the funeral to show his brotherhood and not let the world say that Wu Zixu was heartless and ungrateful. At this moment, Bo Pi hated Wu Zixu so much that his teeth ached.In his heart, he didn't want Sun Wu to come out of the mountain again. If Sun Wu called for a hundred promises in the military tent, what would be the prestige of Dazai, the highest military and political officer in the Wu Kingdom?He knew that Sun Wu would not come out of the mountain, and he was afraid that Sun Wu would make a comeback one day.After all, when Fu Gai rebelled against him, he chose Fu Chai and strongly advocated cutting off Sun Wu's head. After that, he tried hard to bridge the rift between the two with small favors, but the arrogant Sun Wu refused to accept it at all.This time, he offered a plan to Fu Chai and hijacked Yiluo. Unexpectedly, this plan led to "the death of Sun Wu".Sun Wu's death is a one-off; if Sun Wu is cheating his death, this is an absolutely rare opportunity, he doesn't want to miss it, he wants to eliminate future troubles. Fu Chai has his own ideas.He was already very angry and impatient with Sun Wu's actions. His idea was actually very simple. Sun Wu was indeed dead, and he died cleanly; once. Fu Chai said: "According to Dazai's opinion, then Sun Wu really cheated his death and deceived the emperor?" Bo Pi: "This is cut by the tortoise." Wu Zixu: "Your Majesty, you can't judge without seeing the truth!" Then he knelt on the ground and said, "The news I got is that Sun Wu fell off his horse and died after a serious illness. Please, Your Majesty, remember that Sun Wu assisted the king for his meritorious service. Wu Zixu is going to the funeral!" Fucha: "If Sun Wu is still here—" "The minister took Sun Wu to justice." Bo Pi hurriedly knelt down too: "Your Majesty, the decisive battle between the Wu Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom is imminent. Doctor Wu has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so let Bo Pi take a trip." Wu Zixu couldn't hold back his anger: "Is there no heavy responsibility on the Dazai's shoulders? Does the Dazai trust Wu Zixu?" Bo Pi: "Doctor Wu has spoken seriously again." Wu Zixu: "Your Majesty, Wu Zixu did recommend Sun Wu, and together with Sun Wu he assisted the late king for nineteen years. If Wu Zixu is not worthy of trust because of this, Your Majesty must definitely remove the right of the minister to lead the army. Don't let your subordinates lead troops to conquer Yue, and Sun Wu and Wu Zixu will be punished for the same crime in the future!" When it comes to the use of soldiers, and Wu Zixu's request to relinquish his military power, Fu Chai's most sensitive nerve is touched.He immediately opened his hands: "Both Aiqing, get up, get up. You are the left and right arms of the widow. How can the trust of the widow in Aiqing be described in words? Don't say that the soldiers are handed over to Aiqing, even the country is entrusted to you what!" Burke got up. Wu Zixu was still on his knees: "Your Majesty, please allow Wu Zixu to go to the funeral." "It's up to you, go back quickly." Bo Pi called out, "Your Majesty!" Fu Chai flicked his sleeves at Bo Pi, forbidding him to say anything more. Wu Zixu: "Your Majesty, Wu Zixu still wants to ask His Majesty to let Yiluo and the two children go, so that they can fulfill their love as wives and sons!" Wu Zixu made an inch of it!Fu Chai was angry in his heart, but tried his best to suppress his anger: "Why?" Bo Pi: "This is really about to fall into Sun Wu's plan." Indeed, Sun Wu's scheme was exposed by Bo Pi. No matter whether Sun Wu was cheating or real, the direct result was to coerce Fu Chai to release him. Wu Zixu naturally understood. Fu Chai pondered. Wu Zixu: "Your Majesty, regardless of whether Sun Wu really fell from the horse and died, even if Sun Wu cheated his death, you must let him go, Your Majesty. This is a good opportunity for Your Majesty to show your benevolence to the world! A mere woman, Compared with the reputation of the great king's benevolence, which of the two dolls is more important or less important? If the king wants to join the princes of the world, he must show his benevolence! Take a step back and say, Sun Wuruo is indeed a deceitful and deceitful king, what do you take? Isn't it easy for his family to punish the whole family? If Sun Wu is no longer alive, what's the use of detaining a woman and two children? If Yiluo and her two children are really not allowed to go to the funeral, people in the world will inevitably scold him as "inhumane" ', Your Majesty, please think twice." Wu Zixu is Wu Zixu, perhaps because he always sees things thoroughly, or because he has been side by side with Sun Wu for many years and knows Sun Wu too well.He clearly explained the "heart war" strategy of "Sun Tzu's death".Uncle Dazai was at a loss for words for a moment, stopped short, wanted to say something, but was stopped by Fucha.Fu Chai weighed the weight of Wu Zixu's words.Of course he knows that even if he is a noble person, he can't be unscrupulous.This Sun Wu just used Wu Zixu's mouth to force him to submit, and pushed him into a corner.After thinking about it, he still spit out the words he didn't want to say: "The widow was really moved by Dr. Wu's words of righteousness. Dr. Wu can go to the funeral immediately. If Sun Wu is dead, that's fine. If he is really pretending to be a ghost, you have to bring him to question. You must know that the widow will have a decisive battle with Goujian, the king of Yue. Soon, Qing must go and come back quickly, the widow only gives you three days." Wu Zixu: "That Yiluo..." Fu Chai was impatient: "Let it go, let it go." Bo Pi: "Bo Pi is willing to go with Dr. Wu." Fucha: "Don't meddle with Dazai." Wu Zixu hurriedly thanked him and withdrew. Bo Pi still wanted to argue, but Fu Chai said angrily, "Come on, let's see what you did!"