Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 84: Young Master Lian

When the boat reaches a place with wide water, it is required to dock and change to a larger boat.

He Bo parked the boat steadily and couldn't help but say, "I heard that meeting is a kind of fate. Can I say a few more words to you as a farewell?"

Wu Qi chuckled, "You are a boatman, how can you behave like a gentleman?"

"You go ahead and tell me!"

Perhaps it was because he had embarked on a new journey and was away from the Wei State, which annoyed him, that Wu Qi was in a good mood.

He stood with his hands behind his back and his chin slightly raised, looking at the old and simple boatman with a look that implied condescension.

He Bo didn't mind his arrogance.

When an incompetent person is arrogant, it will cause dissatisfaction among others.

When capable people are arrogant, others will call it "personality".

Wu Qi was a capable man with a very distinct personality.

He Bo said to him while paddling, "I heard that the prouder a person is, the more likely he is to ignore the dangers around him."

“Thus, those who are good at riding often fall from their horses, those who are good at swimming often drown, and those who are good at fighting often perish on the battlefield.”

"The situation in Chu is very complicated. You don't know much about it, but you look so confident and think you can succeed. So I can't help but worry about you!"

Wu Qi laughed out loud. "You are a boatman who travels on the water and has never been to Wei. How can you know about the affairs of Chu? And how can you worry about a noble like me?"

"You really think too much."

"Your words really hurt my feelings!" He Bo sighed, feeling that it was really hard to persuade people with kind words.

"In that case, what else can I say?"

He turned and left without trying to change Wu Qi's decision.

The subordinate was a little worried. "What the boatman said makes sense. Although the King of Chu supports you, he may not be able to suppress the nobles in the country."

Wu Qi said disdainfully, "The King of Chu only needs to fulfill his duties as a monarch and trust his subjects."

"Isn't it enough to change the state of Chu with a minister like me?"

"The boatman's reasoning is just the common sense of ordinary people. Heaven and earth gave birth to a sage like me to surpass ordinary people. How can we generalize?"

"Let's go!"

Wu Qi put this little experience behind him and continued to move south.

In Anyi City,

Gongzi Lian walked out of Gongshu Zhuo's mansion with uncontrollable joy on his face.

Then he returned to normal, got in the carriage and returned to his residence.

Only when he returned to his living room did Gongzi Lian dare to show his joy again.

He said to his confidant, "I visited Gongshu Zao, and he said that Yingren is indeed dead!"

"It's a good thing he died!"

"It's a good thing he died!"

As he spoke, Gongzi Lian began to sob and shed tears.

"His son is only two years old. I finally have a chance to return to Qin!"

Prince Lian was originally the crown prince of Qin Linggong Ying Su. After his father's death, he should have inherited the throne of Qin.

As a result, his great-uncle brazenly usurped the throne and proclaimed himself king, becoming Duke Jian of Qin.

The ten-year-old Prince Lian was forced to go into exile in the State of Jin, seeking refuge from the Wei family.

It has been twenty-seven years now.

Prince Lian watched as the Wei family divided up the State of Jin and became the new vassal states of the world. He also heard that the Prime Minister of Qi was about to become the new king of Qi, and he became very anxious.

Although he was young and suffered many hardships, Gongzi Lian was not stupid.

He clearly realized that the world was increasingly out of control.

The Zhou emperor could not protect the Jin State, which had the same surname as him, let alone the foundation laid by his ancestors.

The ancestral temples of Ji Jin and Jiang Qi were crumbling. How long could the ancestral temple of the Zhou emperor last?
The ancestral temple of Qin
When can we settle down?
He had always wanted to return to Qin, his hometown, and take back the position that should have belonged to him, but he had never found an opportunity.

When he escaped from Qin, he was still young and Duke Jian of Qin controlled the government. No one would risk angering Duke Jian of Qin to bring back Prince Lian.

When Prince Lian grew up, Duke Jian of Qin's son Ying Ren succeeded to the throne and did quite a bit.

Although the Wei State in the east frequently suppressed him, Ying Ren managed to organize the entire Qin State and used manpower and blood to stop the Wei State from advancing westward.

In the past two years, it even took over part of the Hexi area.

Prince Lian was so desperate that he thought he would never have the chance to return to Qin.

Can turn around,
Who knew that Ying Ren would die of illness like this!
He died in his prime, and his son was only two years old. Who knew whether this boy could live to adulthood and stabilize the Qin State, which was weak and chaotic due to years of war?

Prince Lian therefore took action and began to contact important officials of Wei, hoping to gain their support and persuade the Marquis of Wei to let him return to Qin.

As for why he didn't just go directly to the monarchs and make all kinds of promises to them like Duke Hui and Duke Wen of Jin did, but instead took a detour to look for the ministers of Wei?

That was because Prince Lian did not want Wei Hou Ji, who loved war and had a fierce personality, to take the opportunity to interfere in the affairs of Qin.

If he attracted a vicious tiger when he returned to Qin, Gongzi Lian would probably become a sinner of Qin!
Therefore, the most important thing was to let the Marquis of Wei let him go, rather than letting the Marquis of Wei realize that he could use the opportunity of supporting him to return to the country and seize the throne, thereby dividing the land of Qin.

“But I still have to endure.”

Ying Ren had just passed away, and he had to continue waiting. He would only take action when the Qin State became even more chaotic and unbearable due to the young ruler in power!
But it doesn't matter,
Gongzi Lian has endured for more than twenty years.

He had a plan, he just had to execute it!

just,

When Gongzi Lian went to visit Gongshu Zao later, the servant did not open the door.

The servant relayed Gongshu Zhuo's words to Gongzi Lian, "We should not contact each other again. I'm afraid the king will misunderstand."

The news that Wu Qi had fled to Chu State,
By this time, it had spread.
The Marquis of Wei was furious.

Because before, he always thought that Wu Qi was secretly communicating with the State of Qin, but he turned around and ran south.

This made the Duke of Wei feel that he had been deceived.

But he won't admit his mistakes.
The State of Wei was the hegemon of the world.

The king of Wei can never be wrong!
So the Marquis of Wei began to provoke Gongshu Cuo.

Gongshu Zhuo behaved obediently during this period and stopped meeting with other ministers in order to avoid angering the increasingly overbearing and agitated monarch.

Gongzi Lian was affected by this and was turned away.

His plan to return to China collapsed before it could even be considered as a "startup halfway".

How happy the day before yesterday was,

How depressing today is.

Gongzi Lian got on the carriage and said to his confidant who was driving, "Let's go outside the city!"

"I'm going to go outside to relax!"

The confidant said, "Aren't you going to meet other Wei officials?"

"I can't even get into Gongshu Zao's house with my money, let alone other people?"

Gongzi Lian thought:
The Marquis of Wei had become suspicious, and even his favorite prime minister was trembling with fear because of this. He was afraid that his future days would be just like before.

When he first arrived in Wei, Duke Wen of Wei wanted to use Prince Lian to interfere in Qin, so he treated him with courtesy and also sent people to monitor him.

However, Duke Jiangong of Qin and his son were not completely incompetent monarchs, and they had been in power for a long time, which caused his value to decline rapidly, and Prince Lian was thus freed.

right now,

The war between Wei and Qin continued, and the Marquis of Wei was afraid that he would send someone to keep an eye on him again.

It is not necessarily that they are using themselves to make profits, but there is still a possibility that they are taking the opportunity to vent.

Thinking like this,

Prince Lian's carriage arrived outside Anyi City.

"I'm going to go for a walk by the water."

The young master got out of the car and didn't ask anyone to follow him.

He walked for a while, then his shoulders slumped and his head lowered, looking lost.

As he walked, Gongzi Lian picked up another stone and threw it into the river, trying to vent his anger.

"what!"

He Bo, who had just poked his head out of the water, was shot innocently. He then covered his head and lay on the river surface, posing like a floating corpse.

Gongzi Lian never thought that there would be someone so bored that he would lurk in the water. He thought he had accidentally killed someone.

He tried to run away, but eventually turned back, waded through the water, and pulled the "floating corpse" ashore.

"How did you get in the water?" Gongzi Lian saw that the man was not dead, so he simply squatted on the ground and asked him, "You don't look like you should do such a thing."

The man opposite was handsome and had fair skin. In any case, he didn't look like a villager who lived a hard life and had to rely on swimming and fishing for a living.

"Swimming is my nature. How can I say it's right or wrong?"

He Bo rubbed his forehead and didn't say that he was actually secretly observing Gongzi Lian just now.

It's getting dark now, it's not a good time to leave the city.

As a result, someone came out of the city and came to the river alone, wandering around, looking like he wanted to jump into the river.

Just when He Bo was about to speak up to persuade the other party, a big rock was thrown in his face.

then,

He Bo cooperated by shouting, lying down, and fainting, which scared Gongzi Lian.

"I think you're crazy."

"You came to dive in the hottest July. If the rock I threw was bigger, you would have died."

Gong Zilian said unhappily.

"Then why are you coming out when everyone else is busy going back to the city?"

"I came out to relax!"

He Bo said "Oh" and immediately became interested. "Are you unhappy about something? Why don't you tell me about it?"

"I told you that you can't help me solve it."

"But maybe it can make me happy!" He Bo got up from the ground and squatted opposite Gongzi Lian.

"I see that you are not young, but you look so sad. Could it be that you are not getting along with your wife?" He Bo began to analyze.

Although as a ghost, he can understand many people and things through secret observation.

But in the past few years, He Bo has become increasingly lazy and no longer insists on keeping abreast of all movements in the basin.

If we could know everything in advance,
Then there will be no surprise at all.

He Bo feels that life needs some surprises to be interesting.

So after arriving in Anyi, he didn't even try to spy on Ximen Bao's life, let alone Gongzi Lian. He just stayed in the Sushui River, waiting for the progress bar to refresh.

With He Bo's current accumulation, it's just a drop of water, and he can easily win!
I can’t even use it to collect incense and offerings when I go back!

Gong Zilian just said angrily, "I don't have a wife."

He Bo took a breath of cold air.

"I see you're almost fifty, and you don't look poor in your clothes, and you're still not married. Is there something you're hiding?"

Gongzi Lian became even angrier, "I'm not fifty, and I don't have any unspeakable secrets!"

"I'm only thirty-seven. Do I look old?"

So He Bo was even more shocked, "At such an old age, there is no problem with his health, but he just doesn't want to get married..."

"Are you a fellow traveler of Duke Ling of Wei?"

"You fart!"

"You look so old, you must be feeling suffocated!" He Bo said affirmatively, folding his hands.

Gongzi Lian was so angry that he laughed. Then he restrained his mouth, stood up with a stern face, pointed at the calm river surface, and said to He Bo word by word,
"Get back into the river!"

(End of this chapter)