After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 25 The Night Visit
Gou Jian just sat quietly in the dark, and could hear the conversation between Fan Li and Wen Zhong outside the tent, but he didn't want to pay attention to it.

For so many years, I have been living a life of hiding in Tibet. All the followers around me died, and I was dragged into a disciple.If he hadn't met Uncle Chen in Yingdu, he wouldn't have known the news that his father was seriously ill.

Yes, Goujian is Li.Concubine Tang died shortly after giving birth, and a helpless bastard could not survive in the palace.Fortunately, Concubine Lan and Concubine Tang were close and took care of Gou Jian as her own child.

Yun often spent many years fighting abroad, and his biological mother, Empress Li, was in charge of everything in the palace.

After experiencing dangers such as being hit by a collapsed rockery inexplicably and falling into the water for no reason, Concubine Lan secretly sent Gou Jian out of the palace and was taken to Chu State.

When Yun Chang found out, he was furious. He felt guilty towards Concubine Tang and tried his best to make up for it, but now he couldn't even keep her son.However, the Yue Kingdom had internal and external troubles at this time, and as the King of Yue, he could not offend Empress Li's huge family for a concubine, so he could only send someone to reprimand him to settle the matter.

Unexpectedly, Su Zhi got his mother's instruction and sent people to hunt him down.Gou Jian spent his youth chasing and fleeing, but he knew a lot about the mountains and rivers of Chu State.

After Yun Chang fell ill, knowing that his time was short, he missed Concubine Tang more and more, and wanted to see Gou Jian for the last time, so he secretly sent someone to Chu to look for him, which made Su Zhi even more jealous.

After Gou Jian returned to Yue State, he was taken by Fan Li to the language camp outside the city before he entered Kuaiji City.Fan Li was deeply used by Yun Chang, and he was named Beicheng Shou. In fact, he was in charge of the four guards.

Because he despised Su Zhi's stubbornness, Fan Li wanted to help Gou Jian to the top.

Thinking back slowly, Goujian smiled. He was the happiest when he was a cavalry soldier. Although it was bitter, tiring, and dangerous, his mood was relaxed.

Fan Li and Wen Zhong were taken aback by Gou Jian's sudden appearance, and hurried forward to salute.

Gou Jian said lightly, "Uncle Shao, can you send me to the palace?"

Fan Li thought that Goujian had finally made up his mind, and said happily: "The army can enter the city at any time."

"No, I will go by myself, the army will not move here."

Seeing the puzzled faces of the two, Gou Jian explained: "I will go to the palace to see my father, and I will leave after a little filial piety. Brother Meng and the others are still waiting for me."

Strong disappointment hit, Fan Li couldn't stand still, and tried hard to persuade him: "With a five thousand army in hand, all obstacles can be swept away. Su Zhi is domineering and has repeatedly forced the palace. His Highness happened to take him down, so how could he be the leader of the court?" give up?"

"Father is seriously ill. If I lead troops into the city to compete for the throne, and my brothers fight against the wall, won't it make father sad? Besides, I can't be the king of Yue."

Wen Zhong nodded in approval when he heard the words, and said: "Your Highness is really a filial gentleman."

Fan Li took a hard look at Wen Zhong, and said helplessly, "The city is full of stubborn people, and it is as difficult as going to the sky to enter the palace quietly. Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Today, there is an envoy from the state of Chu entering the city. The people of Chu are greedy for money. You can bribe them with a lot of money and bring them into the palace."

Asking his subordinates to open the city gate, Fan Li led Gou Jian into the city quietly, but unexpectedly, he had already fallen into the ears of Mu Zhi.

The guards outside the post house did not dare to stop him, so the person in charge hurried out to welcome Fan Li in.

"I don't know why Fan Chengshou came here?"

"Is the envoy from Chu State here? Fan Moute is here to visit."

The person in charge couldn't figure it out, but he was just a petty official, so he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he hurriedly sent someone to the backyard to report.

Hearing that Fan Li came to visit late at night, Meng Di was also secretly puzzled, and was about to go out to greet him, but heard a commotion outside the post house, as if someone had broken in.

Bringing Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu to the front yard, Fan Li and others were surrounded by several people.

"Gongbu, what are you going to do!" Fan Li shouted angrily.

"Hmph," Gong Bupi smiled, "Fan Chengshou entered the city with his front foot, and then came to find the envoy of Chu State, what is he going to do?"

"It's not up to the servants of the Prince's Mansion to dictate what the city guard does."

Interesting, Mengdi stood under the shadow of the tree and watched with great interest. Could it be related to Goujian?

Gongbu seemed to have thought of this too, and looked at the followers Fan Li brought one by one.

Xiao Liu suddenly whispered: "Brother Meng, isn't that Li?"

Following his eyes, there was a guard beside Fan Li looking around with his head down. It was the former student Li.

Although I still don't understand what happened, it seems that it is not good for Li.The situation was urgent, Meng Di bowed his head to give Xiao Liu some instructions, then laughed and led Xiao Wu out of the shadows.

"Fan Chengshou is really trustworthy, this envoy has been waiting for a long time."

As soon as this remark came out, the reaction in the field was different.Fan Li was taken aback, doubts flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly said, "I'm ashamed, sorry, thank you for waiting for a long time."

Gongbu showed a dubious look, cupped his hands and said, "Gongbu of the Prince's Mansion has seen the envoy."

Gou Jian's eyes flickered, and he almost opened his mouth to shout, but when he saw Xiao Wu winking, he restrained himself and bowed his head in silence.

"Could it be that Lord Gongbu is also looking for this emissary? I wonder if His Royal Highness means it?"

"This..." Gongbu hesitated, Fan Libi was actually an important minister of the Yue Kingdom, there was no evidence, even if the crown prince Suzhi came, he couldn't do anything about it.

Rolling his eyes, he said with a smile: "I dare not disturb the interest of the envoy and Fan Chengshou, but these few people may have mixed with spies from the state of Wu, so I have to take them back and interrogate them carefully."

"Gongbu! How dare you!" Fan Li drew his sword suddenly, and Gongbu was not to be outdone, and the two sides returned to the tit-for-tat situation.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the backyard, and someone shouted: "It's flooded!"

In the light of the fire, shouts and gongs rang together.

Everyone was in shock, and a group of people suddenly rushed out of the backyard, shouting: "It's drowning, run for your life!"

Chaos suddenly broke out on the field, and Gongbu just wanted to speak, but was washed away in an instant.

The posthouse official cried for his father and mother and ran to find water to put out the fire, and Meng Di also ordered people to help.

It seemed that there was a lot of momentum, but in fact there were only a few boards on fire. After a while, the fire was extinguished, and Meng Di apologized: "The people below are ignorant, and you made everyone laugh."

Gongbu hastily recruited his staff, counted the people under Fan Li's belt and heaved a sigh of relief.After thinking about it, he also understood that it would be difficult to forcibly take away these people tonight, so he signaled his subordinates to unfold a piece of silk cloth and compare them one by one.

Meng Di glanced sideways, and there was a portrait on the silk cloth, vaguely similar to Li.

Fan Li was surprised to see a man dressed as a guard beside him, it was Gou Jian who was standing here just now.Looking up, Meng Di nodded slightly to himself, expressing his reassurance.

This inspection was of course a waste of time, Gongbu repeatedly checked and still got nothing, he snorted coldly, bowed his hands to the two, turned and left.

(End of this chapter)