History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 21
The ministers are often the guests of the princes and officials, and they are the counselors.

Feng Yun just thought that this young man from Baoguo was talking nonsense.

"I'm just teaching my disciples with a few words, but I don't deserve such courtesy from you."

The implication is that this young man from Baoguo didn't even think about fooling Feng Yun into following him with just a few words.

Feng Yun looked at him funny.

The young man scratched his head and whispered: "My father is the only direct heir in Baoguo. Sir, should you know who is more senior between Baoguo and Da Ting?"

"If you, sir, come with me to praise you, I can treat you as a sergeant. If you, sir, have higher talents and virtues, you can easily get the position of a doctor."

Feng Yun thought this man was interesting, but he didn't know what advantages he had that attracted him, or what difficulties the young man had that needed him.

"The moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror."

"You don't have to allow me this. I can see that you are in trouble, otherwise you wouldn't stop me from the fields, a man from a small country."

"Oh, sir." The Baoguo boy saw Feng Yun about to leave and hurriedly stopped him.

"I'm just telling the truth to you, sir." Bao Guo was far away from the court, and the young man didn't have much scruples, so he told Feng Yun.

"More than ten years ago, the king of Bao State passed away and the Great Zhou Kingdom wanted to annex it. In order to stabilize the Great Zhou Dynasty, my uncle asked my father to serve as an envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty and go to the southeast to join the Wu Kingdom to serve as an official to stabilize the Wu Kingdom. Independent of Zhou Zhixin.”

"My father was jealous in Wu and could not be used for anything. He was sent south to the hostile Dongyi-Yue Kingdom. After my father was born and died, the Wu Kingdom continued to submit to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and my Bao Kingdom was not conquered by the Great Zhou Dynasty. Annexed..."

"Now that my uncle has passed away, he has no heirs, and my father is the only direct descendant. So I invited the monarch of Zhou Dynasty to let my father return home."

Hearing this, Feng Yun's eyes flickered.

You must know that Yue Guo is in the gap with Da Ting...

"The state of Bao is in the west, and my court is under the state of Wu. You are taking a detour from the court, but are you afraid of changes on the way?"

Feng Yun said it in one word.

This made the young man admire him even more.

"Sir, can you teach me..."

"Brother, how can you talk nonsense!"

Just when the young man was surprised by what Feng Yun said, his surprise turned into joy, and when he discovered that Feng Yun also knew about the strategy, a young girl trotted out from the side.

The girl is eleven or twelve, but her beauty and beauty can also be seen, but beneath her beauty, there is more of a tragic beauty that makes me pity her.

"Mei, why are you here? Father Jun can take care of you..."

"Stop talking!" The girl took the boy's hand and looked at Feng Yun warily.

His eyes were slightly cold and his etiquette was inappropriate.

She said: "Sir, don't listen to my brother's nonsense. He and I are just the sons of businessmen, traveling with our father to do business." After that, she looked at Feng Yun.

In the woods behind her, Feng Yun could vaguely see a few pieces of clothing.

Feng Yun understands.

"Whatever the girl says, let it be." Feng Yun was slightly happy. He was a stranger. These guards could not hurt him, but he had no idea of ​​sudden right and wrong.

"Mei, this gentleman is talented!" The young man whispered to the girl: "We were born and raised in a barbarian land. This time we are going back to Baoguo. Baoguo is close to the Zhou Dynasty and is a place that pays attention to etiquette. This person just now The master taught his disciples, and I listened with fascination. He is exactly the master we need."

After saying this, the girl is still dissatisfied. Etiquette... their father will naturally teach them.

Seeing her like this, the young man quickly told the girl the story Feng Yun had just told.

The girl was stunned.

Do the environment and parents affect a person's growth?
Putting it into perspective, the two of them grew up in a barbarian land because of the evil environment. Although their father was talented in literature and martial arts, he was busy with affairs and was tired of running for the safety of the country and fighting endlessly with the country of Yue.

The two of them seemed to have no father, and their mother died first, so they could only grow up on their own.

It is indeed as Feng Yun said, because of their environment and their parents, girls do not know how to weave and boys do not know etiquette... Now, the two are about to return to the country, but this state is absolutely unable to resist those concubine clan members who have been entrenched in the country for a long time. If it is because of my own misconduct that my concubine clan members are in trouble and my father is distressed...

If Feng Yun can see the problem and let his disciples learn from it, then there must be a solution.

"Excuse me, sir, I was rude just now."

The girl continued: "Sir, he lives in Da Ting, which borders the Yue Kingdom but is weak. I was worried that my father would tell me my father's whereabouts in order to make good friends with the Yue Kingdom, so I wanted to hide it."

This girl is much more attentive than the boy, and these words made the scene less miserable.

"Sir..." The girl's eyes moved slightly, and she said to Feng Yun: "Sir, you are staying here to know the news about the Yue Kingdom, right?"

This girl is too smart.

Feng Yun did not cover up, nodded and said: "It is human nature that the great court is in trouble in the Yue Kingdom."

After hearing this, the girl said: "The story you just told me is like a beacon to my brother and me, letting us know the difficulties we are facing now. In this case, I want to make an alliance with you."

"Today's affairs of the alliance cannot be heard in two ways. As a gift from the alliance, I can inform the intelligence of the country of Vietnam."

Feng Yun heard this and nodded.

"can."

Hearing this, the girl stepped forward two steps and said: "From the Yue Kingdom, an innate Qi practitioner has come, and he has been named a great divination master to help the Yue Kingdom stargazing."

This sentence alone made Feng Yun frown.

When the girl saw this, she saluted and said, "Sir, I hope you won't reveal my father's whereabouts..."

"Let's go, brother."

The young man touched his face and sighed.

"Mei, I originally wanted to tie this person up and leave."

The girl said angrily: "A chivalrous person breaks the law with force. You are a young master now, and you are not a chivalrous man who goes around with a sword to "fight for justice". If there are rumors about kidnapping soldiers, you will be ruined!"

"Wait a minute." Feng Yun absorbed the news and stopped the two of them.

Then he said: "There are three difficulties for you and your father to return home."

"If the road is difficult and dangerous, the Yue Kingdom will definitely not let you go. What's more, the Wu Kingdom knows your father's talent and will not let you go easily."

"And you have to wait until your clan members have the same surname. If your legitimate son dies, you can adopt the clan clan."

"I guess you are going from Yongguo to Baobao... But I advise you to take a detour from Jingman, go up the mountain road, and go up to Baobao. That is the safest way."

"There are two advantages to this. One is that you have been with Dongyi for many years, so you are familiar with the Jingman land, and the country of Ba is vast and has rugged mountains, so it is easier for you to hide."

The girl looked at Feng Yun blankly, and the boy was even more surprised.

Feng Yun continued: "The second difficulty is that of the clan."

"You have been away from Baoguo for more than ten years. You have no foundation in Baoguo. You will definitely be ostracized by your clan members. If you become the king, you will be just a puppet."

Their father had told the two of them about this matter.

"Sir, can you teach me?" The girl moved faster than the boy, and then saluted.

Feng Yun said: "Under the Great Zhou Dynasty, the dispute between the clan and the scholar-bureaucrats was just for fame, food, future generations, and family inheritance..."

"Then your father can learn from each other's strengths to make up for his weaknesses."

"Learn from each other's strengths?" The boy and girl didn't understand.

Feng Yun chuckled and said: "The country is a tripod. It is very dangerous to push the tripod in front of the rebels. But your father has been able to hold on in this Dongyi land for more than ten years. This is a victory in danger."

(End of this chapter)