As soon as Wu Zixu arrived in the Song Kingdom, a civil war broke out in the Song Kingdom, and the situation was very unstable. It was not a taste for Wu Zixu and Prince Jian to stay there, so they left together. Where will their next stop be? Spring and autumn war chaos, to find a happy terminal is really not easy! They later arrived in Zhengguo, and although the people of Zhengguo received them very kindly, under the pressure of the Chu state, Zheng Guo did not dare to stay with them for a long time.
So they went to the Jin Kingdom again, and the Jin Kingdom would not leave them in vain. That Jin Qing Gong is very good at planning plates. He said to Prince Jian, "I heard that you have a good relationship with Zheng Guo. I think so, it is better that you go back to Zheng Guo and do our internal response. When we defeat Zheng Guo in one fell swoop, we will divide it up for you, how about it?". Crown Prince Jianzheng was worried that he had lost his original noble status and wanted to get a king to do it, which was exactly what he wanted. Therefore, he returned to Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo did not refuse to come.
Prince Jian then became a spy in Zheng Guo. This Zheng Guo is really enough to be wronged, and he was sold to help the number of people to pay. Fortunately, things were revealed later. As the saying goes, "Heaven has done evil, and it is still against it; Do not live by your own sins. Prince Jian was fiercely planning how to make peace with the Jin Dynasty and capture the State of Zheng. But because of a little personal affair, he fell out with the entourage below. Prince Jian's temper was really irritable enough, and he said that he would kill the retinue at every turn. The entourage had a sense of dissent, so they announced to Zheng Guoguo the real reason for Prince Jian's return this time. Zheng Dinggong was very angry when he heard this, so he killed Prince Jian with his son. It can also be seen from this incident that even if Prince Jian can survive, he is not a person who can achieve great things. Comparatively speaking, Wu Zixu was more calm.
After the death of the prince, Zi Xu lamented the rashness of prince Jian. In desperation, he could only take xiong sheng, the son of the crown prince, and flee in the direction of the state of Wu. He knew that King Chu Ping had already posted his wanted warrants at the city gates of various parts of the Chu Kingdom, and his heart was a little uneasy. So I didn't dare to show my face during the day, and I came out at night to hurry. After all the hardships, zhaoguan was finally reached at the junction of Wu and Chu, but the city gate here was particularly tightly guarded. Zi Xu was so worried that he couldn't sleep for several days. Hell ahead is heaven, and beyond that is heaven. Most people would stop at the gates of hell, but Wu Zixu couldn't and didn't want to, but he couldn't do anything about it. Fortunately, he later met a kind person named Donggao Gong. He sympathized with Wu Zixu and took him to his home. Since then, Wu Zixu has had a temporary safe haven, but he thinks day and night, and his family's revenge has not been repaid, how can he steal peace. Because he thought too much, overnight, he changed from green silk to white hair.
The next day, Donggao Gong almost didn't recognize him. This was originally a heart-wrenching thing, but it unexpectedly helped Donggao Gong to flash a glimmer of inspiration in his mind. He remembered that he had a friend who was very similar to Wu Zixu, just like letting him impersonate Wu Zixu to pass. Even if the guard catches this fake Wu Zixu, it will be fine, after all, it is fake, and there will always be a day when it will be released. And that Zhen Wu Zixu, because his hair was all white and his appearance had changed, the guard could not recognize it, so he was fooled by him.
This white hair is truly a gift from God. It can be said that good luck is also because of this white hair. This white hair is simply a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao.
After Wu Zixu passed the Zhaoguan Pass, a very interesting thing happened, which also proved that he was lucky. He and Sheng escaped the "ghost gate" and still did not dare to slow down.
Wu Zixu was extremely thirsty, and unconsciously said, "If only there was saliva to drink." As soon as the words fell out, his horse suddenly raised its front hoof and scraped the ground hard, and soon he saw a clear spring gushing out of it. What a miracle, I've heard of dogs plowing the ground, I've never seen a horse can plan the ground, and throw a glance at the clear spring. We do think it is a legend, but this spring did stay, known as the "horseshoe pit" by posterity, and the spring water is exuberant and sweet, in the past, pedestrians passed by, they had to stop and drink water.
Wu Zixu was nourished by this sweet spring, and he desperately rushed forward. Unfortunately, there was a big river in front of me blocking the way. Wu Zixu was very anxious, not knowing that he was being favored by heaven and that someone would come to his rescue. Sure enough, an old man who was fishing came over with a small boat at this time, and Wu Zixu took his boat and crossed to the other side of the river. Zi Xu was very grateful, so he took off the sword he was wearing with him and handed it to the old fisherman, saying, "This sword was given to my grandfather by the King of Chu, and it has been passed down for generations, and it is no different from the heirloom treasure." Although it is not worth much, there is also a hundred taels of gold. I send it to you now to show my heart. ”
The old fisherman said with a slight sullenness: "In order to hunt you down, the king of Chu offered a reward of 50,000 stones of grain, and promised that if anyone denounced you, he would be knighted as a doctor." I don't want him to do that, but I want you to make a small profit? You look down on me too much. Wu Zixu knew that he had been disrespectful and quickly apologized to the old fisherman. Then he collected the sword, bowed to the old fisherman, and then hurried on, his target was Wu Guo. But before he reached Wu Guoding, he fell ill and had to stop. In this case, the cost of the road would have to increase, and he really had no financial resources, only to live by begging. This matter has become a laughing stock in some people, but the eldest husband should be like Mencius said: "Where the Tao is, although there are thousands of people, I will go to it."
Anyway, he finally arrived at wu. Through Gongzi Guang's relationship, he met with King Wu, but he was not reused. This is also normal. Think about it, how can a person who flees with a small master quickly get the approval of the monarch of another country? What's more, they also have a previous record of doing internal responses for the Jin Dynasty. However, at this time, the best psychological state is not afraid that others will not know me, but that I will not have talent. If I have talent, am I afraid that there is no place for me? Wu Zixu is such a person with a particularly good psychological quality. He stayed in Wu for a long time and still didn't have much to say. But he can adjust his mindset and wait for the right moment.
Once, at the junction of the Chu and Wu states, silkworm women of the two countries had a dispute over mulberry leaves. The two countries have dispatched troops to this end and made great efforts to do so. The State of Wu defeated the State of Chu and took several cities back. Wu Zixu was pleased and wanted to persuade King Wu to strike iron while it was hot and wipe out the entire Chu state. Gongzi Guang knew that Zi Xu hated the State of Chu, so he suspected that he was declaring a personal vendetta, so he said to King Wu: "Don't listen to him, the State of Chu is not so easy to defeat." King Wu did not mobilize troops. Zi Xu saw that this Prince Guang was not really thinking about the Wu King, and he had ambitions to usurp the throne. It was better to wait until he had killed The Wu King and sat on the throne of the monarch before coming out to assist him. So he and Sheng retired to the countryside and planted fields.