Listen to the worm in the curtain singing its new words, its song as sweet and sweet as the song of the nightingale. Xiao Yi asked after checking a few cases:
"What kind of insect is this singing?" Young Master Wuwu, who was sitting next to him, stood up, bowed to Xiao Yi, and said:
"Big Yi, please follow me and you will find out." Mr. Wu Wu followed Xiao Yi, who looked up at the curtain. After walking in, Xiao Yi was stunned and said:
"Cuihong." Cuihong turned sideways, raised his head and looked up, tears falling down, and said:
"Little...," he stopped talking, paused for a while, knelt down and saluted, and said:
"Xiangguo Big Ant." Little Ant stepped forward, stretched out his hands to help Cuihong up, and said:
"Cuihong, get up." Xiao Yi took out the towel from his arms, wiped away the tears on both sides of it, and said:
"I've made you feel wronged." Cuihong shook her head, tears streaming down her face, and said:
"Cuihong doesn't feel aggrieved. I'm satisfied to be able to meet the Prime Minister's big ant." The little ant stood in front of Cuihong, with the two insects close at hand, and said:
"Cuihong, I can't call you that in the future. Just call me Little Ant Brother as before." Cuihong was about to stretch out a hand to touch its face, but hesitated for a moment, retracted her hand and said:
"Brother Xiao Yi, you look a lot haggard." Xiao Yi nodded and said:
"Cuihong, tell me how you came to the ant tribe?" Cuihong said with tears in her eyes:
"Your Majesty conquered Pingfan, and my father and two brothers died in the battle. The family was changed. Thanks to the young master, I escaped from Jia's house. After I came to the ant clan, I owned a restaurant and ran it." Xiao Yi looked at Wu Wuxin who was standing behind him. Young Master, you can naturally see that Young Master Wu Wu is sincere to Cuihong, so he pulled Young Master Wu Wu forward and said:
"Master, what do you think of the green color?" Master Wuxin replied:
"Cuihong is very good." Xiao Yi said again:
"Cuihong will be free of you." Young Master Wuxin raised his eyes and said:
"Big Ant." Little Ant said:
"I have resigned from my position. I will leave the ant tribe and go north to the Middle Earth after the ant tribe and the termite tribe reach peace. I can't bear to see Cuihong suffer with me." Young Master Wu Wu nodded silently and said:
"Young people will take good care of Cuihong." Xiao Yi looked at Cuihong and said:
"Cuihong, I'll leave then." Just as Mr. You Wuyi was about to walk out, Cuihong took a few steps forward and said:
"Brother Xiaoyi." Xiaoyi stopped, turned around and looked around, saying:
"Sister, brother is gone, you don't have to see me off." Then he walked out of the curtain, Cuihong ran out and said:
"Brother Xiao Yi." Xiao Yi stopped for a while, then decisively walked out with Mr. Wu Wu, got in the car together, and headed to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Xiao Yi walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion and said:
"Prime Minister, Prime Minister!" Xiang Guo left the case and walked out, saying:
"Xiao Yi." He and Xiao Yi sat down hand in hand. Young Master Wu Wu then knelt down and said:
"The big ant of the prime minister." The ant of the prime minister looked at the little ant and said:
"Sikong Big Yi, what's going on?" Xiao Yi sat aside and said:
"We have just obtained urgent information about the termites, so let Mr. Wuxin present it." Mr. Wuxin presented the piece of bamboo. The Xiangguoxu ant took the piece of bamboo, returned to the table and sat down, facing Wuxin who was kneeling in front of it. Young Master, said:
"Master, please get up." Master Wuxin stood up and sat next to Xiao Yi. Xiang Guo looked at the bamboo pieces in his hand and said:
"The intentions of the termites are so vicious! They want to drain our ant tribe's treasury through trade wars. Fortunately, they were discovered early and can remedy the situation in time." He looked at the little ants again and said:
"Sikong Big Ant, do you have any strategy for this?" The little ant looked at Xiang Guoxu Ant and said:
"We might as well take advantage of the trick and sell them normal grain first, let them taste the sweetness, and numb their hearts, and then sell the cooked grain seeds, with normal seeds on top, the best ones with full grains. Seeds, the cooked seeds are at the bottom, increasing little by little. At that time, King Gou Jian of Yue sold the cooked seeds to King Fu Chai of Wu, which caused a food shortage in Wu, and then sent troops to destroy Wu." The bearded ants and the little ants faced Prince Wuxin , then Xu Yan said:
"Let Young Master Wu Wu be the border tax collector," he then looked at Xiao Yi and said:
"Sikong, what do you think?" Xiao Yi looked at Mr. Wu Wu and nodded in agreement. Xiangguo Xuantu walked out and said:
"I'm going to meet the king right away." Then he went out to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Xiao Yi and Young Master Wu Wu. Standing under the crabapple flowers, Young Master Wuxin asked:
"Big Yi, the song "Begonia Blossoms" must have been written here." Little Yi looked up at the falling petals of the Begonia flower, and felt something about it.
One by one, in the spring breeze, they softly and gracefully spread their pink petals, falling on the green grass, making a pink wedding dress for the green grass; falling on the edge of the small pool lined with pebbles, They use their delicate bodies to slowly inlay a piece of smooth, uneven, gray pebbles with strips of pink lace with a light fragrance; they fall in the small pool, on the water surface printed with blue sky and green shadows. , they are spread bit by bit, and with the microwave, each petal floats gently on the water, slowly approaching, and gathering into clusters of pink and white, a beautiful scenery.
In the sun, this is their last trace of fragrance. They are under the shade of the trees, on the water, with the sun warming through the branches and leaves, dancing with the wind on the pink petals, as if caressing, as if teasing, they Always floating silently, floating on the cool water, the secretly pink figure, from near to far, is deeply and shallowly printed on the back reflected by the blue sky and green trees, lightly describing a Soft, fragrant spring.
The little ant stood under the crabapple flower and remained silent for a long time before saying:
"Yes." Xiangguoxuyi sat on the boxcar, stuck his head out, looked back, and waved. The little ant walked forward and looked at the outstretched hand. Their eyes revealed their deep friendship.
The Xiangguo ant drove towards the Ant Palace, stopped outside the ant nest, walked into the ant nest, and stood in front of the gate of the Ant Palace. Another eunuch came in to deliver a message, saying:
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is waiting for your Majesty's summons outside the palace gate." The Ant King stood up and walked off the platform, saying:
"Xiang Guo came to see Wu Yi at this time. There must be something urgent. Please hurry up and invite me." Xiang Guo Xu Yi entered the Palace of the Ant King and knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty." The Ant King walked up to the pedestal and sat on the throne, saying:
"My dear, please stand down." After the bearded ant stood up, the ant king asked:
"What business do you have for me to see Widow Ant?" Widow Ant took out a piece of bamboo and said:
"Information related to the peace negotiation with the termite clan, please give it to your Majesty." The ant king took the bamboo piece from the hand of the ant, looked at it for a long time and asked:
"According to your opinion, what should the ant do?" The bearded ant told the little ant the strategy of dealing with the termites. After hearing this, the ant king was very happy and said:
"What kind of insect did this plan come from?" the bearded ant replied:
"It comes from Sikong Xiaoyi." In fact, the ant king had already guessed it and said:
"Sikong is good at strategy, so let's implement it according to this plan. Let Mr. Wu Wu be appointed as the border tax collector. Let the Prime Minister arrange this matter." Xu Yan saluted:
"I will go down and make arrangements right now," and then bowed and exited. The termite tribe's proposal and envoy, led by Jia Yi, got on the chariot and mailed out from the capital.
After Jia Yi got into the car, he was very majestic. When he passed by the west of the city, people gathered around to watch, and some merchants were crowded among the insects. Now that Jia Yi is in power, it means that they will not have a good life, which is really worrying for the insects!
The peace delegation left the West City in a mighty manner and drove slowly among the green mountains and green waters. There are many lush trees here. Due to the hot weather, the delegation stopped and rested in place. They looked at the people working in the fields under the scorching sun. They looked up at the delegation resting under the shade of the trees and Jia Yan sitting on the car. , with a condescending look, it is obvious that Jia Yan looks down on these common people working in the fields.
Then the mission continued on its way. Outside the Grand Canyon, a soldier came forward, looked up at it, and shouted:
"The termite peace envoy is out to envoy the ant tribe. Please open the city gate." Then the city gate was opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the delegation entered the Grand Canyon.
Xiao Yi accepted the duties of guest and led some officials to wait at the gate of the city. The termite delegation crossed the Qingshui River and met the little ants outside the city gate.
Jia Yi was sitting on the chariot and saw Xiao Yi standing outside the city gate. The little ant looked up at it and saluted:
"The officials are paying homage to Big Yi. On top of the car is Dr. Jia, the termite tribe's envoy." Jia Yi then got off the car and stood in front of Little Yi, saying:
"Sidian Big Yi, I am Jia Yi, the envoy of the termite clan." Seeing that it was so rude, the little ant showed a kind of arrogance in his eyes. He didn't care about it for the time being and said:
"Doctor, please accompany your officials into the city." Xiao Yi boarded the chariot, led the delegation into the city, and temporarily arranged for them to stay in the hotel.
The little ant faced them and said:
"Everyone, you all, have settled down temporarily in the post office, waiting for the king's summons." Jia Yi walked out and said:
"I wonder when the king of your country will summon us?" Xiao Yi replied:
"I don't know about this official. Please allow me to inform the king." Then Xiao Yi walked out, turned around and said:
"If you have any orders, just send your subordinates to tell me." After Jia Yi entered the ant tribe, he was not so peaceful. He moved around, gave gifts, clung to powerful people, and bribed court officials.
In the morning of the next day, everyone was talking about this matter. The little ants entered the court and faced them. Xiangguo Xuyi came forward and said:
"This envoy is really generous. He travels around giving gifts. When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was turned away by me." Xiao Yi said:
"Xiang Guo did a good job. This Jia Yi was originally a businessman, and managing things up and down is his usual method." Xiang Guo nodded, and then asked:
"What? I didn't give you a gift." Xiao Yi smiled and said:
"No, the court is deserted. Maybe it's because my official position is too small, and it doesn't like it." The Ant King walked up to the main hall, and all the ministers stood in an orderly manner, knelt down and said:
"My king will live for ten thousand years, and the ants will live forever." The ant king sat down and said:
"All ministers stand at peace." The ministers stood, and King Ant looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs under the main hall and said:
"Where is Si Dian?" Xiao Yi stood up, bowed and held the wat, and said:
"Your Majesty." The Ant King said:
"Sidian, can the termite envoy be accommodated?" Xiao Yi replied:
"Your Majesty, you have settled in the post house." The Ant King was delighted when he heard this and said:
"Be sure not to be rude." The little ant looked at the ant king above the court and said:
"Please keep this in mind." The Ant King asked again:
"Sidian, when will you summon the termite tribe's envoys to come to the Hajj?" Xiao Yi replied:
"We won't summon you for the time being." These words of Xiao Yi puzzled the civil and military officials of the court. The Ant King asked:
"Why is this?" Xiao Yi first looked at the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the Prime Minister Xu Yi, then faced the King Ant and said:
"After the termite tribe's envoys joined our ant tribe, they ran around, managed everything, bribed court officials, and made profits, thereby opening the door of convenience for our ant tribe. This was a harm. According to what I heard, the ant tribe's envoy Jia Yi Originally, he was a businessman. He used money to buy the hearts of insects. The reason why I did not summon him temporarily was to observe what kind of actions this lord would do in our ant tribe. After a while, I became anxious. Our tribe could take the initiative in negotiating peace. "Xu Yan stood up and said:
"Si Dian's clever move can dispel Jia Yi's anger." Xiao Yi replied:
"Exactly." Then the little ant retreated, and the ant king looked at the minister of civil and military affairs and said:
"Many officials in the government have accepted bribes from foreign envoys, right? How much have they received?" Some officials stood up and knelt down and said:
"I am sincerely frightened." Xiao Yi stood up and said:
"Today's imperial court is mostly filled with corrupt officials. They are trying to curb corruption and hand over the generous gifts they receive to the national treasury." The Ant King added:
"I have issued an edict from Widow Ant. Anyone who accepts bribes from now on will be found out and sentenced according to the severity of the crime. Anyone who accepts bribes of five thousand guan will be executed immediately."
