So, under the instruction of the Marquis of Qi, Tian Qi personally led his people to Guanyi to capture Yang Hu.
When Yang Hu heard the commotion outside, he didn't panic and just sat in the house.
Tian Qi was also worried that Yang Hu would pull some tricks again, so he personally went into the official post to get Yang Hu.
When Tian Qi saw Yang Hu, he couldn't help but feel reassured. Then, with a calm expression, he spoke to Yang Hu with a smile:
"Yang Hu, I have an order from you. I want you to go to the land of Lairen in the east of our Qi country and stay for a while!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he also knew that his trip to Qi had failed, but he still seemed very calm:
"Haha, the Marquis of Qi didn't listen to Yang after all! That's fine, but... I, Yang Hu, am still a figure in the Lu State, so I hope you can give me some courtesy! Such recklessness, I'm afraid This is not the way to treat guests!”
When Tian Qi heard this, he snorted and smiled:
"If a tiger wants to eat people, how can it be treated with courtesy? But I won't lock you up. If you know what's going on, just go with me obediently?!"
Hearing this, Yang Hu slowly stood up and bowed deeply:
"Thank you, sir! But you don't know when to set off?"
"Well, the sooner the better!"
Yang Hu replied respectfully:
"Of course! Without further ado, we will leave today, Tiger will set off right away!"
Tian Qi originally thought that Yang Hu would try his best to resist, and even complain. Who would have thought that Yang Hu would be so calm and calm now!
Even when faced with the fact that he was exiled to Laidi, he actually seemed a little "impatient".
He couldn't help being surprised, and stared at Yang Hu for a while, then suddenly waved his hand to stop:
"Wait!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he looked back at Tian Qi and asked:
"Tiger is leaving now, but I don't know what other orders your lord has?"
Tian Qi narrowed his eyes and said extremely cautiously:
"Haha, I just thought about it again and felt that there is no need to rush... Mr. Yang, why not stay in the official post for a few more days!"
Tian Qi immediately changed his mind. He wanted Yang Hu to stay in Linzi for a few days and took this opportunity to observe carefully to see what other intentions Yang Hu had.
Therefore, Tian Qi actually directly removed the guards outside the official post, and instead sent a large number of plainclothes guards to guard it.
When it comes to Yang Hu's status as a retainer, Tian Qi originally looked down on him.
However, after all, he was just a retainer of the Ji family who controlled the State of Lu for several years and caused so many things. All this made Tian Qi pay attention to him.
Especially when he saw Yang Hu still looking calm and composed. I always feel that he must have other arrangements.
Therefore, Tian Qi decided to be cautious and watch him in the dark for a while.
…
In the next few days, the people arranged by Tian Qi kept reporting back and forth.
But most of those people only said that there was nothing unusual about Yang Hu in the past few days. He spent the whole day shopping around, but he never talked to anyone and only focused on eating and drinking. When he was tired from shopping every day, he just slept on the pillow. He didn't look like a person about to be imprisoned.
After Tian Qi heard this, he was very disdainful and said:
"I thought he was capable of anything, but it seems he is just a stubborn person, so there is nothing to worry about!"
At this time, Zhu Niu was admonishing from the side:
"Having said that, this person is not just an ordinary person after all! Now we still need to send him to the land of Laiyi as soon as possible, and keep him under strict supervision!"
Tian Qi, however, was indifferent to this and replied contemptuously:
"It's just a lost dog. Are you still worried about how much trouble he can cause in our country?"
Zhu Niu pursed his lips:
"It's right to be careful after all. In fact, it would be better if we could kill this person directly. However, it is difficult to explain to the Marquis of Qi, so we can only keep him for the time being!"
Tian Qi, on the other hand, glanced at Shu Niu rather disdainfully, and sneered:
"This kind of stuff is not worth mentioning at all. He is just a butler and has no status. He is not something to be afraid of in the Lu country, let alone now in the Qi country?"
After hearing this, Shu Niu had no choice but to remain silent.
After Shu Niu retreated, he came to Yang Hu's official residence and communicated with the person who was looking after Yang Hu:
"Besides eating and sleeping normally, is there anything else strange about Yang Hu?"
The man thought about it for a while, and then said:
"It seems that there is nothing unusual. However, he always asks when will he leave? It seems... that he is extremely excited about going to Donglai..."
Zhu Niu tilted his head, but he was extremely doubtful about this:
"He?...Why are you excited about going to the land of Donglai? There must be a scam here!"
The man replied:
"The younger one also made some insinuations, but Yang Hu always behaved very mysteriously. Only once when he was drunk, he said that Donglai was coming to the country of Ju. It seemed that he had someone over there in the country of Ju!"
Hearing these words, Shu Niu couldn't help but suddenly realized:
"That's it! This guy really has a back-up plan a long time ago!"
Therefore, Zhu Niu did not dare to be negligent, and did not check whether it was true or false at the moment, so he quickly took this person to see Tian Qi.
When Tian Qi heard the news, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and said:
"Hey! This kid has really prepared such a way out! No wonder he was so confident in the past few days! In this case, I can't let him get what he wants!"
Hearing this, Zhu Niu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and added:
"It's just... Yang Hu is extremely cunning and deceitful. I'm afraid we have to take this matter a step further before we can make a decision!"
Tian Qi glanced at Shuniu again and said:
"How can this be made clear?"
Shu Niu glanced at the man again and told him:
"After you go back, you still need to observe by yourself! If there is anything unusual, report it at any time!"
The man took the order and left. He was originally a handyman at Guanyi, but he was assigned by Tian Qi to deliberately get close to Yang Hu.
But actually? How could Yang Hu not understand the secret here? Therefore, I also deliberately let him get close and used him to send messages.
…
Until late at night, the man quietly returned to Tian's house. When Tian Qi and Shu Niu asked about it, the man said:
"Back to you two adults, it seems that Yang Hu is indeed quite well-connected in Ju State! It was originally said that Ju State and Lu State have always been at odds with each other, but Yang Hu has always been interested in making friends with them! His purpose is probably to I can get an extra escape route today!"
"And he also said that this is a common practice of the Lu people. When the Lu people are in trouble, they often run to Ju. For example, when Qingfu was celebrating his father, he eventually left for Ju."
"So, in his opinion, it seems that it is safe to go to Ju State!"
When Tian Qi heard this, he couldn't help but nodded:
"Well... I expected this to be the case! This Yang Hu... really left a way out for himself! Fortunately, he didn't take immediate action against him at that time."
However, Shuniu still felt a little strange about this:
"But...although it was true that Qingfu went to Ju State back then, but later the Lu people bribed the Ju people, Qingfu was not able to escape his life in the end. If so...wouldn't it be ridiculous to conspire with Yang Hu? Contradictory?"
"How could Yang Hu not know about Qingfu's affairs in the past? Today's situation is even worse than what Qingfu was prepared for back then. How can he be so sure about it?"
"Is there still some deceit in this...?"
The man heard Shu Niu asking this, but he could only shake his head and said:
"The villain has a low status. He is just a handyman in the official post. I don't know the authenticity of it..."
At this time, Tian Qi was already a little impatient. In his eyes, Yang Hu's move was extremely obvious.
Moreover, all the clues match up.
So, he just waved his hand and replied:
"Okay! They are all useless people! Just step aside!"
When the handyman heard what Tian Qi said, he didn't dare to say anything anymore and immediately left obediently.
After the handyman left, Tian Qi said to Shu Niu angrily:
"No matter what, we can't let Yang Hu go to the east! Since he wants to go east, we will specifically prevent him from doing so and send him to the west! Let's see how he takes the way to Ju!"
Zhu Niu wanted to say more, but Tian Qi had already given the order and ordered people to prepare the carriage immediately. Early tomorrow morning, Yang Hu will be taken to Xibi of Qi State.
…
Early the next morning, Yang Hu was escorted onto the carriage. Just in case, Tian Qi personally escorted him to the city and told the escorting general to pay special attention.
After Yang Hu's carriage had gone away, Tian Qi returned to the house and everything was normal.
Until ten o'clock in the afternoon, Shu Niuque, who had just returned from the official post, suddenly thought of something, and came directly to find the field to beg for words:
"No, no! Just now, I went to Guanyi to check, but I found that during Yang Hu's trip, a lot of things were missing from Guanyi!"
Tian Qi looked at Shu Niu very strangely, and looked at him with confusion:
"Oh! What is missing?"
"Yang Hu originally brought several carts of property with him during his escape this time, in addition to the people around him! But this time during the escort, those properties were not at the previous official residence, and I don't know where they went?!"
Zhu Niu's question was not unreasonable. Tian Qi thought about it for a while and realized that Tian Yanghu had indeed brought a lot of things, big and small, but now he couldn't see any of them.
"So what? Maybe he has spent too much these days and he has squandered it all?"
Shu Niu shook his head and thought about it carefully for a while.
Then, he suddenly exclaimed:
"Oh no! We have all been fooled! Hurry! Go catch up with Yang Hu! Xibi of Qi State is where Yang Hu wants to go!"
——
Chapter 613_Yanghu rushes to Jin
Tian Qi was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Shu Niu again in confusion.
Seeing that Tian Qi didn't believe it, Shu Niu quickly analyzed it with him:
"This matter... I'm afraid it's not simple! Yang Hu's actions have always been surprising! He must have used these properties to bribe many people around him. Of course, this also included the handyman! This person also He must have been bribed by him!"
When Tian Qi heard this, although he was a little doubtful, for the sake of safety, he immediately ordered people to chase Yang Hu.
At the same time, the handyman was also caught and tortured and interrogated.
However, Yang Hu had already walked out for a long time, and it was not so easy to catch up with them.
And that handyman also suffered a strange disaster from heaven, and almost lost half his life because of it.
But in the end, he never said that he was bribed, only that he always told the truth.
Zhu Niu was so anxious that he interrogated the slave himself, but the result was still the same.
This made Shu Niu confused for a moment, thinking to himself:
"Could it be that... I am really worrying too much?"
Just when they were all confused, the next day, the general chasing Yang Hu hurried back and said:
"Sir, Yang Hu has escaped..."
When Tian Qi heard this, he couldn't help but became furious and started to fight!
"It's just Yang Hu, how dare you do this! Is it possible that he can escape from his golden cicada shell again? With so many guards escorting him, how could he escape so easily?"
At this moment, the sergeants responsible for escorting Yang Hu were all naked, kneeling outside, holding a thorn on their backs to plead guilty.
The general responsible for chasing Yang Hu couldn't help but panic when he saw Tian Qi in anger. But after hearing his question, he didn't dare not reply, so he had no choice but to bow and reply obediently:
"The carriage that escorted Yang Hu... had saw marks on the axles and wheels. Therefore... after only walking for half a day, it was all broken! The carriage turned sideways, and Yang Hu took advantage of the chaos to escape. Yang Hu was so skillful that he actually grabbed the car directly. The horse ran away. And we... are not good at running horses, so we can't catch up!"
Tian Qi could not help but widen his eyes while listening:
"Where did those carriages come from?"
Shuniu replied:
"They are all carriages in the city!"
Tian Qi shouted:
"Check! Let me find out what went wrong!"
Shu Niu took the order and left.
The carriages that escorted Yang Hu this time were actually carriages from the city. Since Tian Qi never asked about such delicate matters, his subordinates took care of them for him.
Over time, many people knew which car company Tian would use in Linzi. This has been done before, and a similar situation has never happened, so this practice has been followed to this day.
After some in-depth investigation, Shu Niu discovered that Yang Hu had actually rented these carriages when he was wandering around a few days ago.
It turned out that Yang Hu had rented all these carriages first, and ordered his people to cut off their axles and wheels, tie them up with hemp rope, and then return them.
Under such circumstances, these carriages would naturally not be able to travel very far before they would break.
When Tian Qi learned the truth, he couldn't help but slap the case suddenly and roared angrily:
"You're careless! You're careless! I underestimated this Yang Hu. I thought he was just a foolhardy person, but I didn't expect that he would be tricked by him in the end!"
Shu Niu also knew that Yang Hu had probably run out of Qi State at this moment, and might even be about to enter Jin State!
"Sir, it seems that Yang Hu can't be chased back! This time... we have all been fooled by this person!"
Tian Qi said:
"It's really extraordinary that this person can make trouble in the Lu country! I was careless...Is there any way to remedy this?"
When Shu Niu heard Tian Qi's question, he could only remain silent for a moment, shook his head and said:
"Hey... now that the matter has come to this, I'm afraid there is no other way to think of it."
…
After Sun Wu sent Yang Hu into the territory of Qi, he returned to Qufu to return his orders to Li Ran.
When Li Ran heard that Yang Hu had gone to Qi, he wanted to persuade the Marquis of Qi to attack Lu, but he refused to comment.
He understood that Yang Hu's intention was not to really want Qi and Lu to restart the war, but to deliberately retaliate against Fan Yang.
On this point, Yang Hu and he both had a tacit understanding.
By now, Li Ran had of course understood Fan Yang's intentions, and knew that he most likely wanted to put the focus of the dark gang on Qi.
And making the world gradually get rid of the control of Jin State and leaving the world in a state of disorder and chaos is the first step of their grand plan!
Only in this way can powerful officials like them all over the world truly control the world!
Yang Hu's move was obviously to use the State of Lu to defeat the big chess game that Fan Yang had planned before his death.
After all, when playing chess with a master, you can never use normal thinking to deal with it.
But Yang Hu's move was not surprising. However, Li Ran was not optimistic about whether he could succeed.
After all, Tian Qi’s power in the Qi State is not insignificant, and Qi Hou Chujiu has difficulty in doing things independently. Therefore, if Yang Hu wants to join the Qi Mianjun this time, it is probably impossible to rely on the Qi Hou to succeed?
"Haha, if Yang Hu goes to Qi State, he will probably not be able to accomplish anything big. Not only that, I'm afraid he will encounter another difficulty!"
Hearing what Li Ran said, Sun Wu could only shake his head, not knowing how to answer.
After all, Sun Wu is really not very good at playing these tactics.
"Forget it...Whether Yang Hu can escape from this danger now only depends on his own ability."
Later, Li Ran changed his tone and said to Sun Wu:
"By the way! Chang Qing, you may not know yet, right? Now Kong Zhongni has been ranked as the chief military officer and is in charge of the Lu Kingdom!"
When Sun Wu heard this, he couldn't help being surprised:
"Oh? So fast?! Sir's plan really came true?"
Li Ran couldn't help but nodded:
"Well, as expected before, now the three Huan all have their own difficulties and have no time to take care of state affairs. Confucius has a close relationship with the three Huan, and as the Prime Minister of the Central Capital, he has always been highly valued by the public. Zhongni was Being appointed as the Prime Minister of Lu is a matter of course."
After hearing this, Sun Wu suddenly said to Li Ran half-jokingly:
"Haha, if that's the case, I'm afraid that Mr. Zhongni will be unable to get away for a while in Xinglin?! These disciples of Kong Zhongni, it seems that Mr. Zhongni has to worry more. I'm afraid that Brother Zhongni is out of reach! "
Li Ran turned around and looked at Sun Wu. In fact, he understood what Sun Wu meant.
What did he mean by this, was he afraid that Li Ran wouldn't be able to escape? In fact, what Sun Wu meant was that he hoped that Li Ran would not lose his ambition.
After all, in Sun Wu's opinion, blindly living in seclusion in the apricot forest is not what a seven-foot man should do.
Since Li Ran is still determined to conquer the world, how can he stay in this small space every day?
Li Ran and Sun Wu smiled slightly, and then shook their heads to show their helplessness.
…
A few days later, Li Ran was giving lectures to some of Confucius' disciples in Xinglin. In fact, these were Confucius' recent disciples.
In the professor's room, Fan Li suddenly ran over and stood at the door for a while without making a sound.
When Li Ran saw this, he asked calmly:
"Young uncle, what's the matter? It doesn't matter if you just come in!"
Fan Li glanced left and right at these young men aged fifteen or sixteen, then hurriedly walked in and said:
"Sir, Yang Hu really hit a wall in the Qi State, but it is said that he escaped from the Qi State by a trick. Now he has arrived in Jinyang. I have specially ordered someone to come and report!"
Li Ran nodded and responded:
"Okay! Got it..."
After Fan Li left, Li Ran was about to continue teaching when he heard a childish voice asking:
"Disciple Yan Hui, I would like to ask Sir, what do you think of Yang Hu?"
When Li Ran heard this, he smiled slightly, closed "Spring and Autumn" and asked rhetorically
"Oh? But I don't know what Ziyuan's wisdom is?"
Yan Hui, whose courtesy name is Ziyuan, is only fifteen years old now and has just become a Confucian disciple. However, when he speaks, he is neither arrogant nor impetuous:
"My disciple's experience is still shallow, so I'm afraid I'm not qualified to comment on this person. However, my respected master once said, 'As a minister, I will carry out the country's destiny, and I will not lose it for three generations.' If you say this, Yang Hu's harm to the world should be That’s great!”
Li Ran looked at the young man in front of him with interest and continued:
"Yang Hu has his own faults, but... we can't generalize them all!"
When the disciples heard this, they couldn't help but whisper among themselves. Yan Hui, on the other hand, was even more confused and said:
"Oh? Is there any merit to this person?"
Li Ran nodded in agreement and replied seriously:
"As the saying goes, 'The son of a rich man is unkind'. What does this mean? It's because everyone in the world is eager for quick success. Even a wise king like Duke Huan of Qi would kill his brother to fight for the country. The fundamental reason is, It’s just because the temptation of benefits is too great and too great to refuse.”
"This is the case between brothers, but what about the relationship between ministers? They are not brothers. If you can rely on the merits of the calamity to own a kingdom of ten thousand chariots and enjoy great benefits, then among the ministers, But who is not Yang Hu?"
original:
The Marquis of Qi held Yanghu and headed east. Yang Hu wants to go east, but he will imprison all the despicable people in the west. He borrowed a car from a local, wedged its axle, and returned home. Carrying the onions, he slept in them and fled. He was captured after pursuit and imprisoned in Qi. He fled with Cong Ling and went to the Song Dynasty, then to the Jin Dynasty, and became the Zhao family.
——"Zuo Zhuan"
Or it may be said: The son of a rich family is unkind, and people are anxious to benefit from it. Duke Huan, who was above the five uncles, would benefit greatly by killing his brother when fighting for the country. The relationship between ministers and masters is not that of brothers. If the success of robbery and killing is to control thousands of vehicles and enjoy great benefits, then who among the officials is not Yang Hu? Things are accomplished through subtlety and failure through carelessness. The ministers were not in trouble because they were not prepared. All the ministers have the heart of Yang Hu, but the king does not know it. This is subtle but clever. Yang Hu is greedy for the world and wants to attack the top, which is sparse and clumsy. It is contrary to Bao Wenzi's theory not to have Duke Jing punish the clever ministers of Qi, but to punish the clumsy tiger. The loyalty and deception of ministers depends on the behavior of the king. If the ruler is clear and strict, the officials will be loyal; if the ruler is cowardly and secretive, the officials will be deceitful. Knowing the subtle things is called enlightenment, and knowing nothing but forgiveness is called strictness. Isn't it wrong to punish Lu's chaos without knowing the clever ministers of Qi?
--"Han Fei"
(End of chapter)
