Chapter 2 2. Settle accounts after autumn

Looking back at Liu Bang's life, the thing that made him most unbearable was the defeat of Pengcheng, especially after he escaped from Pengcheng, he was chased and killed by Ding Gong and Ji Bu, which was an embarrassment.Among the two, it was not Ding Gong that Liu Bang gritted his teeth the most, but Ji Bu.Jibu caused him to kick two innocent children off the car many times, and has been criticized by history ever since. At this time, Liu Bang heard that Ji Bu had absconded, and immediately offered a reward for his arrest: whoever is caught will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and if anyone dares to hide, he will be punished by his three clans!

Ji Bu, a native of Chu, was known as a chivalrous man and was famous in Chu in his early years.The so-called Ren Xia means that when the road is uneven, he draws his sword to help.With Ji Bu's character, if he hadn't defected to Xiang Yu because of the war, he would probably be a hero who wandered among the people and was offered as a savior by the people. In ancient China, the common people had three worship objects: one was the emperor, the other was Zhongliang, and the third was chivalrous men.If the emperor is far away, he has to rely on Zhongliang; if Zhongliang dies early or disappears, he has to rely on chivalrous men.In fact, in many cases, the common people in ancient China were more fond of chivalrous men.If you have grievances, even if a loyal official will help you avenge your grievances, at most it will encourage you to face life and reality bravely, and believe that the sun will still be bright tomorrow.The knight is different, he doesn't have so much nonsense, but he has many practical actions, for example, he will help you to settle the enemy quietly, kill him without leaving any chickens and dogs, and even rob the rich and help the poor. Throw a bag of silver for you on the roof.

It's a pity that by fate, Ji Bu was not regarded as a great knight, but now he has become a well-known wanted criminal.At this time, Ji Bu was hiding in a big family surnamed Zhou in Puyang. One advantage of a big family is that there are many people who can hide; but it also has its disadvantages, that is, there are too many people.The head of the Zhou family is actually quite bitter.It's not an option for Ji Bu to hide in Zhou's house all his life. Paper can't cover the fire. One day, I don't know which servant he offended and is informed. At that time, the Zhou family's blood will stain the Puyang River. It worked.

In order to protect themselves, the Zhou family decided to send Ji Bu away.But it's easier to invite gods than to send gods away, but if Ji Bu is upset, he can also kill the Zhou family immediately.Master Zhou thought about it, and finally came up with a risky strategy, which was to suggest that Ji Bu wrong himself, and sell his family as a slave. Master Zhou can figure it out, if Ji Bu is to be a slave, isn't that courting death? The truth is, Master Zhou was also prepared to seek death. He said to Ji Bu: "It's not an option for you to hide in my house all the year round. If you can listen to my plan, I will offer you one; if not, I am willing." suicide.

Ji Bu smiled: If you have a plan, just say it, no matter what, you are doing it for my own good, why bother to say such depressing things? Master Zhou finally plucked up the courage to say: I want you to cut off your hair as a slave, put on an iron ring, and sell dozens of slaves from my family to Zhu's house. Ji Bu was puzzled: cut off your hair as a slave and sell it to Zhu's family?Do you think the Zhu family won't recognize me if you ask me to change my vest? Director Zhou said helplessly: Yes, he might recognize you, but we also have to consider the possibility that he won't recognize you.

Ji Bu: Is there any other way? Zhou Dangjia: There is nothing wrong with it. Ji Bu: All right then.I am not strong, so you sell me as a slave. The so-called Zhu family is not in Puyang, but in Ludi.Sure enough, Master Zhou shaved off Ji Bu's head, took the slave tools, and transported Ji Bu and dozens of servants of the Zhou family to the Zhu family's club in the state of Lu in a large truck. I think, Zhou Dang's family and Zhu's family must have business dealings, otherwise they wouldn't be so familiar with each other.The reason why Zhou's family used so many servants to accompany the sale is to prevent people on the road from recognizing Ji Bu, and it is to prevent the Zhu family from seeing the flaws.

However, the Zhou family is shrewd, and the Zhu family is not stupid. He saw the problem at a glance.Your head of Zhou’s act of selling slaves has gone too far. The days of war and chaos are basically over. If you didn’t flee, why did you sell so many slaves for no reason? Master Zhu knew it well, but he didn't say anything.He still bought all these slaves and put them to work in the fields.One day, Master Zhu pointed to Ji Bu from a distance, and said to his son: You must remember that when it comes to farming, you should only listen to that bald man. Whatever he eats, you follow him.Don't ask why, just follow my orders.

After Master Zhu's instructions, he set off for the capital. Don't be nervous, the Zhu family is not going to inform, but looking for someone to lobby to rescue Ji Bu.Amitabha, Ji Bu really met a good man.In fact, all of this was not as expected by Mr. Zhou, because he had inquired about it long ago. The Zhu family is powerful, Luoyang City has his iron ties, and people's hearts are very good. The Zhu family's so-called iron relationship is actually the good old Xia Houying.When noble people meet noble people, of course it is easy to do things.The Zhu family came to Luoyang City and met with Xia Houying, who stayed at Zhu's house to drink for a few days.A few days later, Master Zhu asked Xia Houying: What crime did Ji Bu commit that made His Majesty pursue him so urgently?

Xia Houying laughed, the incident of Jibu chasing and beating his carriage in the past is still vivid, so it's worth not mentioning it.Therefore, Xia Houying had no choice but to answer Master Zhu with a groan: This Ji Bu once felt sorry for the emperor, and the emperor resented him very much, so he ordered him to be arrested. Master Zhu seemed to understand something when he heard it.He asked again deliberately: What do you think of Ji Bu? Xia Houying: He is a sage! Of course he is a sage, no one has ever chased Xia Houying's carriage so closely, only this Ji Bu almost caught up.

Master Zhu couldn't bear it any longer, and he finally uttered the rumors he had prepared: The so-called ministers are all working for the master, and Ji Bu, as Xiang Yu's general, embarrassed the emperor, that is called being loyal to his duty.Besides, Xiang Yu has so many subordinate generals, can the emperor catch them all?Now that the emperor has just won the world, the whole country will search and arrest Ji Bu because of his resentment, that's not too broad-minded.Ji Bu is such a sage, the emperor is so eager to arrest him, there is no place in the Central Plains, he either fled north to Hunu, or south to South Vietnam, isn't this using his own people to support the enemy?Why don't you persuade the emperor about such unwise things?

Xia Houying suddenly understood.The Zhu family came all the way to Luoyang, not for his drink, but for Ji Bu.In this way, isn't Ji Bu hiding in your Zhu's club? Xia Houying thought about it and smiled knowingly. Master Zhu also laughed. We know that Xia Houying's life was the life of the Savior who sacrificed his life, and it was also a life of saving lives and healing the wounded. We have never seen him save people, but never seen him harm anyone.The Zhu family found the right person. Sure enough, Xia Houying immediately agreed to intercede with the emperor for Ji Bu.Not long after, Xia Houying seized an opportunity to state his interests to Liu Bang according to Zhu's family.Liu Bang suddenly realized that he immediately lifted the arrest warrant and pardoned Ji Bu.Soon after, Ji Bu was called into Luoyang City and worshiped as a doctor. Jibu flew into the sky overnight, and everyone in the world knew that Ding Gong, who was on the run, was also ready to move. It is generally recognized that Ji Bu was a sage.Ding Gong is also a sage, this is what Liu Bang called out when he was in a hurry.But Ding Gong thought that he was Ji Bu's mother's younger brother, and he let Liu Bang go. If he had an audience with Liu Bang, he would definitely be able to live a bright life! In fact, Mr. Ding's calculation was really wrong.It never occurred to him that he and Ji Bu were not of the same species at all, he would live without seeing the light, and would die faster if he saw the light.Sure enough, when Ding Gong begged to see Liu Bang with confidence, Liu Bang sneered and shouted loudly: Take it for me! Mr. Ding is really confused now, I will let you go, if you don’t make me an official, why should you take me down? Small sample, let me tell you clearly, you just let me go if you die.Jibu chased me madly, that was loyalty to his duty; you let me go, this is called dereliction of duty, understand? Then, Liu Bang ordered the soldiers to escort Ding Gong to parade in the army, and announced his crime: Everyone, Ding Gong was unfaithful to King Xiang, and it was he who made King Xiang lose the world. After the reading, he cut it off with a knife, and blood splashed on the ground. Liu Bang said again: If anyone imitates Ding Gong in the world of Han, his head will fall to the ground! Liu Bang's trick is to use his strength to fight his strength, and kill one to warn others.This method of killing kindness can be described as vigorous. Not only did he not receive the slightest criticism, but he deterred the army and became a classic teaching material for future emperors. It's a pity that Mr. Ding's little life taught people in the world not to be the kind farmer who saved the snake at will!