Chapter 18 Section VI

The generals were still drunk and shocked, King Qi had knelt down to salute, and said: "I respectfully welcome the king. I didn't know that the king was coming, and I didn't greet him from afar. I hope the king will forgive me." The King of Han neither answered the salute nor said "Excuse me", he went straight to King Qi's seat, sat down, picked up the Marshal Tiger Talisman on the commander's table, played with it in his hand, looked at King Qi with a smile and said: " Now that Western Chu is destroyed, the world will be settled, King Qi, you probably don’t need this, do you?”

Ji Jiang firmly grasped the handle of the jug, so she couldn't help but splash the wine on King Han's face. King Qi silently untied the purple ribbon around his waist, put it in front of the King of Han, bowed, stepped back a few steps, turned around and said to the stunned generals: "From today onwards, you will all be restrained by the King, do you hear me?" The generals were stunned for a while, and then they said unevenly: "I heard." "Yes." "Understood..." A general who was so drunk on the table said vaguely: "Great...king? Aren't you...the king?"

Han Wang still had a big grin on his face, but there was a sharp light like a bird of prey in the depths of his smiling eyes. King Qi said: "It's not me, it's the King of Han! Did you hear that?" He raised his voice and asked again. "Understood." This time the voices of the generals finally became a little more orderly. "Bang Dang!" With a sound, a wine jug fell to the ground, and the mellow spirits flowed out. Ji Jiang blasted out of the camp. The howling north wind was blowing on her body, making her bone-chillingly cold. Ji Jiang hugged his arms and sat on a small mound covered with withered grass, his body trembling.She was very cold, but her heart was like a fire burning. The fire made her want to cry, scold, and shout, but in the end she just bit her lips tightly.A mink cloak was draped over her body, she looked up and saw that it was King Qi, she shook her body and threw off the cloak.

King Qi put the cloak on her again, and said, "You'll catch a cold." Ji Jiang looked up at King Qi, his lips trembling, tears streaming down his face, and said, "Your Majesty, you are useless!" King Qi was silent for a while , Said: "Yes, I am useless." Ji Jiang said: "You told him to let him three times." King Qi said: "Yes, I told him to let him three times." Ji Jiang said: "This is the fourth time." King Qi said: "Yes, this is the fourth time." Ji Jiang cried, "Then how long are you going to endure? Your Majesty, tell me!"

King Qi sighed, stroked Ji Jiang's hair lightly, and said: "You will understand in the future, you will definitely understand." In the first month, the king of Han issued an edict: "The edict said: The land of Chu has been determined. After the death of Emperor Yi, he wanted to save the Chu people and determine his master. .Wei Xiangguo was built and waited for Pengyue. He worked hard for the people of Wei and humbled his soldiers. The party defeated the Chu army with a small number of people. He was the king of Wei's old place. He was called the king of Liang, and his capital was Dingtao."

People with a discerning eye can see at a glance that although the two kings were conferred in one edict, Peng Yue was actually just a foil. Peng Yue had fought in Liang for a long time, and after the war he became king in Liang, which was an agreement at the beginning.However, the king of Qi moved to be the king of Chu, which was obviously tantamount to derogation.It is even more far-fetched to use "learning the customs of Chu" as an excuse.How can there be any reason why people have to go to be king wherever they are?It can be seen that this edict is aimed at King Qi. Ji Jiang took the copy of the imperial edict to find the king of Qi—no, it should be said that it is the king of Chu now.

The king of Chu was writing something at his desk. Ji Jiang tossed the copy onto the table and said, "Your Majesty, take a look! This is what he promised at the beginning, "from the east of Chen to the sea, all sealed to the King of Qi!" " King Chu continued writing without raising his head, and said, "I've read it, it's true." Ji Jiang said: "That's right? You clearly said that it was a conferment, but now it has become a relocation. Your Majesty, are you right?" The King of Chu put down the pen in his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, let's move the seal. I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time, so I just went back to have a look and do a few things by the way."

Ji Jiang was so angry that he was about to tremble, and said: "Qi State has been governed by you so that the country is rich and the people are strong, and the profits from fish and salt are huge every year. He deprives you of it with a single edict, and throws you Huaibei, where the land is barren and the flames of war are extinguished." , you are not serious at all?" The king of Chu picked up the written brochure and stood up, walked to Ji Jiang, patted her on the shoulder, and said: "Chu country is not as bad as you think, come back with me and have a look, you will find many interesting things. Things are no worse than those in Qi State!" After speaking, he walked out.

Ji Jiang was angry and sad, and said: "My lord..." The king of Chu turned his head and said, "What's the matter?" Ji Jiang had no reason to say what he was full of. After thinking for a long time, he pointed to the handbook in King Chu's hand and said, "What did you write just now?" The King of Chu looked down and said, "Oh, this one, they asked me to draft a letter of recommendation." Ji Jiang said: "Push Dai Shu? What push Dai Shu?" The king of Chu said: "Push Dai Han to be the emperor." Ji Jiang looked at King Chu, speechless.The king of Chu smiled and said: "There is no way, I am the highest among the princes and kings, and I can only be the leader."

Ji Jiang still didn't speak, just looked at him. The King of Chu seemed a little uncomfortable, and smiled again: "Actually, I'm also quite annoyed, it's all bureaucratic, and when he makes repeated remarks, I have to lead my ministers to persuade him to come in again and again!" Ji Jiang stared into King Chu's eyes, and said word by word: "Da Wu, I really hope that you are the one who is persuaded to come in." A trace of disappointment flashed in King Chu's eyes, but he quickly lowered his eyelids and said calmly: "Stop talking, Ji Jiang, the general situation is over, the general situation is settled."

Ji Jiang sat down dumbly, looked at the back of King Chu, and said softly to himself: "My lord, is that you? Is it really you?" In February, under the unanimous recommendation of the ministers, the emperor of Han was located in the Yang of Sishui. In March, in the State of Chu, by the Sishui River in Huaiyin City, the King of Chu stood quietly fishing.After a while, someone brought two people over, one was an old woman in her seventies, and the other was a local official in her forties or fifties. The two saw the king in front of him wearing a purple gold crown and wearing a dragon pattern. The man in deep clothes knew that it was the new king of Chu, so he knelt down to salute. The king of Chu walked over, supported the old woman, and said, "Grandma, don't salute, I can't be your big salute." The old woman was taken aback, and stood tremblingly in front of the King of Chu, saying in fear, "Your Majesty, this, this..." The King of Chu waved his hand, and the attendants brought a heavy box and put it in front of the old woman. When I opened it, I saw a piece of golden light, and there was a neat box of gold nuggets! King Chu said: "Mum, this thousand catties of gold is yours. I'll ask someone to carry it to your home later." The old woman said: "Your Majesty, this... this is..." King Chu said: "Mum, don't call me king. Look carefully, who am I?" The old woman narrowed her dim eyes and said, "You are..." King Chu raised the fishing rod in his hand and shook it.The old woman suddenly said: "Ah! You are the young man who fished. Your name is Han... Han..." The king of Chu said: "Han Xin, mother, I was fishing with a hungry stomach at that time, and you were fishing here. Seeing my face looking hungry, you gave me the rice you brought for dozens of days. I was grateful in my heart, so I told you that I will definitely repay you well in the future. You got angry at me and said: "A man can't support himself. I only give you food because I think you are pitiful. Are you trying to repay me?" "Mom, now that I can support myself, please accept my gratitude." The old woman was both surprised and happy, and said: "Han Ruzi is promising! Good, good..." After the old woman left, the King of Chu walked up to the kneeling little official. The man kowtowed tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins. Back then, the villain had no eyes, and he treated His Majesty slowly..." The King of Chu said: "Mr. Yao Ting, you are not guilty, and you have kindness to me. It's a pity that you didn't die because of virtue. You think that's what I will do in this life. You can't expect anything in return if you do me good, so you don't bother to show any kindness. For me, well—” said with a wave of his hand, “Take back what you deserve!” A follower brought a round plate to Yao Tingchang, and there was a bunch of 100-piece zippers on the plate, Yao Tingchang was taken aback. The king of Chu said: "The meals I have spent at your house are worth this price at most, right? Take it, and I will teach you one thing by the way: those who do not expect to be rewarded for their kindness often get very rewarded; I hope to repay you, and I will never get it." Yao Tingchang felt ashamed and remorseful, picked up the tape with trembling hands, and fled as if to escape. The king of Chu picked up the fishing rod and was about to turn around to fish, but saw several guards escorting a man over.The man was tied up with ropes and came staggeringly under the push and shove of the guards. When he saw the King of Chu, he immediately knelt down with a "plop" and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, spare me! Your majesty, spare me!" The king of Chu was startled and said, "Who is this man?"Who told you to catch it? " A guard grabbed the man's hair, pulled the man's face up, and said: "My lord, we brothers were so angry that this kid dared to insult you, so we went to find out and caught him. I wanted to kill him with a knife, but I was afraid that you would not forgive me, so I brought him here and let you deal with him." The king of Chu saw that the man was trembling all over, with a frightened expression on his face. He nodded, smiled slightly, and said, "Yinhu, I remember you were quite straight before, why are you like this now?" Yinhu was shaking like chaff.His face was pale. The King of Chu leaned down and whispered in Yin Hu's ear: "When you asked me to drill your crotch, you probably didn't expect to have today?" Yin Hu was frightened out of his wits, and stammered, "I just beg...just beg...the King give...the villain a good time." King Chu straightened up, waved his hands, and said, "Untie!" The guard was startled, but he still untied the rope tied to Yin Hu's body. Yin Hu stood up tremblingly. The King of Chu looked Yinhu up and down, and said: "You have a good physique! What's wrong with you? You spend all day making troubles in the market! How about this? I'm short of a patrolling lieutenant in Xiapi, the capital city. You can come to Xiapi for me." Pi Xuncheng to arrest and steal. Use all your idle energy and energy on business!" Yin Hu and all the guards were stunned. The king of Chu turned around, threw the fishing line into the river, and started fishing again. Yin Hu didn't say a word, and fell to his knees with a "plop", kowtowing like garlic. The King of Chu waved his hand back, signaling him to back down. The guards looked at each other for a long time before one of them muttered, "Your Majesty, why..." The King of Chu looked at the float on the water, and said calmly: "When he insulted me back then, couldn't I kill him? It's just meaningless to kill him, so I endured until today, but today, I didn't kill him I thought about it—could it be that I have struggled all my life and gained today’s power and position just to avenge such a small person? It’s a bit ridiculous to think about it myself, and besides, "Speaking of this, the King of Chu paused, looked into the distance, "It's thanks to him that I can have today, and insult is also a kind of strength. So, you don't have to arrest him on purpose. But since you have arrested him, it's fine. Whether it's grace or hatred, you should It's all over, so you don't have to worry about it. Back to Xiapi Palace, Ji Jiang has been waiting very anxiously. "Your Majesty," she said while helping the dusty King Chu take off his cloak, "the envoys sent by the emperor are waiting for you. Those guys are very arrogant, they have the same virtue as their master, with eyes on their foreheads, With their nostrils up in the sky, bossing around, it seems like they are the masters of this place! My lungs are going to explode, when you sweep the world, my lord, these boys don’t know where the cat is!" King Chu said: "Oh, let me see, where are they?" Ji Jiang said: "In the side hall."