Chapter 60 The fourth node is no sleep

Qu Yuan received an urgent report from Kuaima: Su Qin and Chun Shenjun have already passed Langya, and will arrive in Yingdu tomorrow night!He also said that the two were going to enter Linzi Jin to meet the king of Qi, and invited Meng Changjun to enter Chu together. When they heard the urgent news from Da Sima, they gave up entering Qi and went straight south.Qu Yuan was very excited, and immediately began secret preparations to make everything in order before Su Qin and Huang Xie arrived in Yingdu. When the lights were on that day, a business caravan entered the north gate under the flag of Qi. A caravan knight who looked like a butler whispered to the general guarding the gate, and the well-covered caravan entered the city without inspection.As soon as they entered the city, the van and guards went to the inn, but the caravan turned around and arrived at the gate of Da Sima's mansion, and drove directly into the side gate where the carriages and horses entered.

"Mr. Wu Xin and Mr. Chunshen, you have worked hard all the way!" Qu Yuan greeted them with a smile. "After so many years, Qu Zi will look more like a dusty man." Su Qin said with emotion, and shook hands with Qu Yuan. "Oh, one is black and thin, and the other is white-haired. It's hard work! Let's go, let's have a drink first." The three of them entered the hall, and the food and drinks for the three cases had been set up, Qu Yuan toasted the two of them with the wine to cleanse the dust, and began to talk about it.Chun Shenjun talked about the process of searching for Su Qin, Su Qin talked about the situation in Yan State, and Qu Yuan kept asking about it, so he was very emotional.Jun Shen smiled and said, "Oh, brother Qu, how did you make us come back so mysteriously? Don't you want the King of Chu to know?"

Qu Yuan said: "It's not that I don't want the king of Chu to know, but I don't want Zhang Yi to know." "Oh yeah, Zhang Yi is in prison, how does he know?" Qu Yuan shook his head and sighed heavily: "The king of Chu has released Zhang Yi." "Oh, didn't Zhang Yi run away? Let the tiger go back to the mountain!" "Zhang Yi didn't leave, she's still in Yingdu." "Oh, this Zhang Yi, you are so bold! You are still lingering after escaping death?" Su Qin smiled slightly: "This is Zhang Yi. If the mission is not fulfilled, he will never retreat."

"Mr. Wu Xin, the state of Chu has reached the crossroads of life and death." Qu Yuan sighed: "If the king of Chu can let Zhang Yi go, he can turn to the old family and beg for peace with the tiger and wolf Qin. If so, the state of Chu will He is really about to die. Tell me, Mr. Wu Xin, how can you turn the King of Chu around?" Qu Yuan's tone was very sad, but his eyes were shining brightly. "Su Qin thinks about it all the way, the state of Chu is really in danger." Su Qin first put down a judgment on the general situation: "The king of Chu has no opinions, is easy to be bewitched, and is easy to act on his own will. Faced with such a king, you can't act too hastily. Su Qin thinks: one, Don’t force the king of Chu to kill Zhang Yi again, so as not to fall into an irreversible deadlock. Second, Da Sima should leave Yingdu, temporarily avoid the vertical and horizontal vortex, and go all out to train the new army. Once the 100,000 new troops are trained, Chu The country will have a foundation, and it will be a different world. Three things, Lord Chunshen and I will try our best to stabilize the King of Chu, at least not to make the King of Chu turn to the old forces. Once the King of Chu is stable, we can unite with Qi and Yan to restore it again. Combine."

"Oh, what Mr. Wu Xin said is right. Our king, we have to spend some time. Otherwise, if he changes the order every day, it will be in vain." Chunshen Jun discussed with Su Qinduo along the way, and immediately agreed. Qu Yuan was silent, and sighed for a long time: "Wu Xinjun, you have changed a lot after a big defeat." Su Qin understood that Qu Yuan was not without ridicule, but he just smiled lightly: "Qu Zi, Yan Guozi made me think a lot: whoever has strength has power, and the reason why we failed in the past is that we have no strength." "So, Lord Wu Xin advocated that Qu Yuan devote himself to training the new army?"

"It seems that Qu Zi is very disapproving." "No." Qu Yuan suddenly stood up: "I have a more concise and direct method to stabilize Chu State in one fell swoop!" "Oh, let's talk about it soon." Qu Yuan went to the corridor and looked at the heavily guarded soldiers swimming in the distance, closed the door, turned around and said in a low voice, "Sima Cuo of Qin personally led an army of 200,000 troops, stationed outside Wuguan, in order to deter Chu and protect Chu. Zhang Yi. I didn’t report to the King of Chu, ah, and I didn’t have time to report. My solution is: secretly kill Zhang Yi, and force Qin to attack Chu! As long as Chu State fights Qin with all its strength, Chu State will have hope!”

"Ah!" Chun Shenjun was so surprised that he didn't even have the "Oh!": "This? Is this a good idea?" "Okay!" Qu Yuan clapped the table and said, "This is exactly the strength strategy Wu Xinjun said! You can't just talk to the King of Chu forever, you have to force him to do it! I have a hunch: the King of Chu will depose you and me soon, If you miss this opportunity, Chu will be slaughtered forever!" Chunshen Jun was speechless for a while, but just looked at Su Qin blankly.There was no longer a trace of smile on Su Qin's face, and he was so indifferent. Seeing Chun Shenjun staring at him, he shook his head silently.Qu Yuan sat down and said with a slight smile: "Su Zi, the friendship between classmates and the overall situation of the world have to be weighed?" Su Qin still didn't speak, but stood up silently, opened and closed the door, and looked at the soldiers swimming around , turned around and said with a smile: "Qu Zi, it seems that you have already made up your mind, can you allow Su Qin to say something?"

"Oh yeah, what is this talking about? Say it quickly." Chunshen Jun knew Qu Yuan's nature, and he was afraid that he would become stubborn, so he hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over.But Qu Yuan smiled: "If you can tell Su Zi, can you still listen to Su Zi?" "No matter who the opponent is, it should not be an assassination." Su Qin said solemnly: "Since ancient times, no country has defeated the enemy by assassination, and there is no country that has stabilized itself by assassination." Su Qin gasped and sat in front of the case. : "Let's talk about Qu Zi, can you kill Zhang Yi? Zhang Yi entered Chu at this time, and the King of Qin was able to drive 200,000 troops out of Wuguan. Anzhi didn't have many precautions? If he can't kill him, the overall situation of Chu State will immediately fall into chaos, and the consequences will be disastrous. Anticipation, Qu Zi, Qu Zi, you have to think twice."

"Oh, Brother Qu, I think I have to think about it." Qu Yuan thought for a while, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Okay! Wu Xinjun is right, it was a whim, and if you don't kill it, you don't kill it. But Su Zi, you can't tell Zhang Yi to plant an enemy for me." "That's natural." Su Qin nodded with a smile. At this time, the elders of Qu's family came in and reported: Someone sent a secret letter, please hand it to Wu Xinjun.Su Qin took the mud-sealed bamboo tube, opened it, smiled and said, "Ah, it's a letter from Zhang Yi, asking me to meet at Yunmengze tomorrow night."

"Oh, how can I get there? I can't!" Chun Shenjun shook his head repeatedly. "Chunshen Jun, don't worry." Su Qin said with a smile: "Guiguzi is a family, public and private are very clean, it's just friendship, nothing will happen." Qu Yuan said: "Do you want to send a few people to guard the boat?" "No need." Su Qin said with a smile, "It's enough to meet classmates in a flat boat!" The three of them kept talking until the fourth watch before they dispersed.Su Qin was exhausted from running around for days, and he fell asleep until the sun rose three poles above the sun. Just after washing up, he saw Jun Shen hurried in: "Oh, Lord Wu Xin, the king of Chu has sent a servant to summon you." Su Qin was surprised: "The king of Chu How do you know I'm coming?" Chunshen Jun said with a wry smile: "Oh, I can't tell, the state of Chu is really haunted!" Su Qin thought for a moment: "Okay, I'll go, you can wait for me to come back .”

King Huai of Chu respected Su Qin very much and specially met with him in his study alone.Although the coalition forces were defeated, Hezong did not officially disintegrate. After all, the prime ministers of Su Qin's six countries still retained in name. King Huai of Chu still called "Prime Minister" one by one, which seemed very cordial.Su Qin first narrated the many reasons for the defeat of the six countries and the changes in the countries after the war, especially the changes in the three countries of Yan, Zhao and Qi. The great cause of resisting Qin Dynasty is still promising.King Huai of Chu patiently listened to Su Qin's long speech, but at the end he smiled lightly: "Prime Minister, those things are just like that, let's discuss it in the long run. I would like to ask the Prime Minister, is there a 300,000 Qin army outside Wuguan? " "Yes, but only 200,000, under the command of Sima Cuo himself." "How did the prime minister know?" "Great Sima Qu Yuan informed." "Prime Minister, this Qu Yuan is the king's chief Sima, why didn't he report to the king?" "The king of Chu forgives Su Qin and said bluntly: Qu Yuan went back to Yingdu just to report this urgent military situation. Please ask the king of Chu how to deal with it? Unexpectedly, he had a dispute with the king of Chu because of asking to kill Zhang Yi. The king of Chu fled away, causing Qu Yuan to fail. Report, and when he returned home, Qu Yuan became depressed and fell ill." King Huai of Chu gave a long cry: "This Qu Yuan, as soon as I saw this king, I hurriedly said Zhang Yi first, just regardless of the severity! If the prime minister hadn't explained it, how would this king speak to the courtiers?" "Great Sima is loyal, and may the King of Chu see clearly." "It doesn't matter if you don't talk about it." King Huai of Chu seemed to be depressed, knocking on the desk and said, "Prime Minister, do you think I am easy to do as a king? Saying things here is good, talking things is good over there, everyone is like a cockfight." Hold on to one reason! I, can I not weigh it carefully?" Su Qin said with a smile: "I have a law, the king of Chu will listen to it." "Say it quickly, the king wants to listen." "Go inside and get old, and be single-minded. This is the secret of the success of the kings of the Warring States Period." "The prime minister said: don't listen to the harem, don't listen to the veterans, just make up your own mind?" King Huai of Chu blinked his eyes quickly. "As far as I know, the King of Chu's arbitrary decisions are all wise." Su Qin nodded and smiled. King Huai of Chu let out a long cry: "Why doesn't this king want to be arbitrary... Cough, it's fine if you don't say anything." Su Qin returned to Chunshenjun's mansion and told him that he had met the king of Chu. After hearing this, Chunshenjun immediately drove to Da Sima's mansion, but Qu Yuan was not there.Mr. Chunshen was in a hurry, so he found the Sheren who was usually in charge of Da Sima's documents and explained the situation. This Sheren was Qu Yuan's confidant. The comment, and affixed with Da Sima's seal, he personally presented it to the palace on a flying horse. Su Qin felt relieved, so he galloped out of the city, boarded the fast paddle boat prepared for him by Lord Chunshen, and walked out of the water gate leisurely. When the sun sets on the mountain, a small boat enters the water of Yunmengze.Seeing that the vast ocean has turned into a golden-red splendid brocade, the dots of islands are like clusters of burning bonfires, and the evening glow dissipates, the night sky is blue, and a round of bright moon and jade plates are inlaid among the dots of islands, and the splendid brocade suddenly changes. Tens of thousands of silver lights scattered on the blue ocean, and the clusters of burning bonfires also turned into dark green hills.The little fishing lights floating down the mountain are like countless little stars in the sky in the shadow of the mountain.A small boat floats close to the shadow of the island and the mountains, as if in a dream of heaven. "The one who came is Brother Su—" A long call came from the shadow of the mountain. "Brother Zhang is in front—" Su Qin raised the lantern and swung it sharply. But seeing a wind lantern that was also swinging, greeted slowly amidst bursts of laughter, finally, the figures on the bows of the two boats were clearly visible under the two wind lanterns.As they gradually approached each other, they both stood at the bow of the boat and looked at each other. They hadn't spoken for a long time, and suddenly, they both laughed out loud at the same time. "Brother Su, there is a good place ahead, let's have a drink!" "Okay! Let's tie the fast boat." In the light of the fishing fire, the two boats floated towards the island like flying. "Brother Su, this is Tian Ji Island, the place where Zhang Yi avoided disaster!" "Good place! It's been a long time ago." Su Qin laughed for a while. Amidst the laughter, the boat approached Shitiao on the edge of the island.The two of them abandoned their boat and went ashore, followed the stone path up the stairs, and came to a thatched pavilion on the mountainside. They saw that there were already two jars of wine, two squares of meat, and two pottery bowls on the stone table in the pavilion.Su Qin smiled and said: "It seems that Brother Zhang came prepared." Zhang Yi said with a smile: "I entered Chu first, and figured that Brother Su will come too, so naturally I will be a landlord." Su Qin shrugged his nose and pointed: "Ah, Good wine, good meat, good household items, all kinds of color, good!" Zhang Yi laughed: "The old rules: you are Lanling wine, I am Handan spirits; you are meat, I am a piece of beef; two rough pottery bowls, no Divide up and down." Then he opened the wine jars and poured them all up with a thud: "Come on, brother Su, let's make a bowl of reunion wine first!" The two raised their bowls and bumped each other, saying "It's done!" They drank with a gulp do. At that time, the bright moon was hanging high in the sky, there was a big lake under the mountain, the wind was blowing in the valley in the pavilion, and the fishing fire was lit in the lake. Su Qin couldn't help sighing: "Yunmeng Lake is so beautiful. I really want to stay here forever and be a fisherman like Tian Ji." In the woodcutter's career, friends come from afar, and we have a long night of drinking together, isn't it a joy?" "Brother Su, Tian Ji is of course living in seclusion." Zhang Yi also sighed: "But after twists and turns, he was dragged back in the end. Once he is involved, how easy is it to get out?" "Come on, don't say anything, do it again!" Su Qin raised the big pottery bowl and drank it dry in one gulp. Zhang Yi clapped the case: "Okay! Brother Su is good at drinking, let's do it!" He drank it all in one go. "Brother Zhang, what do you think about the most when you fail and suffer?" "Success! Glorious success." Su Qin laughed loudly: "It seems that this is the only thing we have in common." "Brother Su, let me ask you a question: What is your deepest experience of these years of ups and downs?" "People, the original dream will never be realized. What about you?" "Celebrities pursue power and get it, but it's nothing more than that." "Okay! Let's do it again!" Su Qin drank a bowl and stared at Zhang Yi: "This round, you won." "I won?" Zhang Yi laughed and shook his head: "It's just a chance. If the three giants, King Chu Wei, Qi Wei, and Wei Hui, hadn't passed away suddenly, the outcome would be hard to tell." "Qing Shi only talks about success or failure, without asking why. Without opportunities, no one will succeed." "Brother Su, are you waiting for the next opportunity?" "Yes, this opportunity will definitely arise." Zhang Yi sighed: "Brother Su, we are all familiar with the state of Qin, and we are even more familiar with the six countries of Shandong. Comparing the two, this opportunity will never come to pass. Our original intention was to speed up the demise of the old system of corruption, but why do we want to do it now?" Help him survive?" "Brother Zhang, don't forget that we still have an original intention: to make all the heroes of the world compete on an equal footing." "Brother Su," Zhang Yi said anxiously, "Let's go to Qin State. It's a country with a new legal system. If you and I work together to help this new country rule the world as soon as possible, wouldn't it be a great joy in life?" Su Qin smiled: "Brother Zhang, God misplaced us: At the beginning, I thought of Qin, but was forced back to Shandong; you thought of Qi, but was forced to Qin. The fate is like this, everyone is in their positions, how can Su Qin reverse the situation?" God acted?" Zhang Yi was silent for a long time: "Alright, you stick to one original intention, and I stick to one original intention. The only thing we can do is compete." "There may not be only one right way, and none of us betrayed the belief of the strategist." "Brother Su, I did what I knew I could do, but you did what I knew I couldn't. You are suffering more and harder than me." Su Qin raised the big pottery bowl: "It doesn't matter if you don't talk, come on, do it!" The two bowls collided, and the two gulped it down. Talking more and more during the wine, sometimes impassioned, sometimes forgetful, talking about the classmates who practiced in Wangwushan, talking about the teacher who will never forget, talking about the ups and downs since leaving the mountain, and talking about the thousands of tastes on the road to success, Before you know it, the sky is bright.Wang Yangyun Mengze water mist is transpiring, the world, mountains and rivers are buried in the boundless white fish maw, only the faint fishing fire, shining warm bright colors in the vast water mist, the long fisherman's song follows the wind and fog, the long Floating among the green mountains and green waters: "Okay! You can't sleep with a little fishing fire!" Su Qin laughed, and Zhang Yi laughed, both of them were drunk.When the revelry was fading, it was you who held me and I supported you, laughing all the way down the mountain while stumbling.