In August of this year, Song Wengong died, a month before Wei Mugong. Duke Wen of Song was the first monarch of the Song State to be buried in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period. The area of his tomb is larger than that of the Song ancestors, and even reaches the scale of the Shang king; The servants burned the shells and spread them on the floor of the coffin (to absorb moisture), the craftsmen carved elaborate patterns on the surface of the coffin, and the number of funeral chariots and horses increased.

The most shocking thing is that the Song people reinstated human martyrdom, an ancient and cruel system that prevailed in the Yin Shang era and had long been abolished by the Zhou people, but at this time there was a resurgence in the Central Plains.

The coffin and coffin of Song Wengong all adopt the level of the burial Shang King, and there are countless burial objects. In short, the funeral of Duke Wen of Song seriously violated the Zhou rites and usurped the status of the duke.

Later generations of gentlemen said: "Hua Yuan, Leju has a heart of disobedience." The courtiers should solve the troubles for the monarch, and they should fight to the death to uphold justice. And these two people, the monarch seduced and bewitched him when he was alive, and after his death, he preached extravagance and put the monarch in the ranks of the treacherous, what kind of good ministers are they? ”

Thirteen years ago (the eleventh year of Lu Xuangong), the king of Chuzhuang fought against Chen Guoxia to conquer Shu. After the rebellion was quelled, King Chuzhuang was particularly interested in what kind of woman was Xia Ji, who could fascinate the first monarch and two ministers of Chen State, but who could make the three lovers live in harmony, forget the difference between monarchs and ministers, extinguish jealousy, degenerate without shame, and finally caused one death and two escapes?

When Xia Ji, who was dressed in filial piety clothes and had already looked down on all the sinister sufferings in the world, was brought to King Chuzhuang, he suddenly became enlightened, and suddenly felt that he didn't need a reason to do anything shameful for this woman.

King Chuzhuang immediately moved his heart towards Xia Ji and planned to include her in the harem. But Shen Gong Wuchen (Qu Wu) advised: "No, the king has summoned the princes to fight against sinners; If Naxia Ji is a concubine, it will be considered that she is greedy for her beauty. Lust is fornication, and fornication is a great sin.

"There is a saying in the Book of Zhou: 'Mingde is prudently punished.'" This is the foundation of King Wen of Zhou to create the Great Zhou. Virtue should be admired; If you punish carefully, you must punish the crime. It is not wise to be a teacher of princes, but to commit a crime. Ask the king to think carefully. Only then did King Chuzhuang suppress the desire in his heart and no longer mention the matter of taking concubines.

When the prince saw that Brother Wang gave up Xia Ji, a ** fire also ignited in his heart. It was the Shen Gong Wuchen who liked to persuade people to learn well and said to him: "This woman is a bad thing, his first husband Ziman, and his second husband Zixia were killed by her early, Chen Linggong and Xia Zhengshu were killed, Kong Ning and Yi Xing's father died, and Chen Guo perished because of her." If you are next to it, you will die, and if you touch it, you will die; Where in the world is there a more ominous woman than her? There are countless beautiful women in the world, why bother with her? The prince was frightened by his words, and finally chose to give up.

Helpless, Xia Ji had to pack her bags and prepare to return to her hometown of Zheng Guo. The king of Chuzhuang took pity on her loneliness and helplessness, and the doctor Lian Yin Xianglao had just suffered the pain of losing his wife at this time, so the king of Chuzhuang gave her to Xianglao.

Xiang Lao suddenly got a stunning beauty who was famous all over the world, and he was so happy that he was going crazy. But happy times are always so short, the harder it is to get, the more afraid of losing, and the more afraid it is, the easier it is to lose.

A few months later, the newly married Xiang Lao reluctantly bid farewell to his beloved wife and took his son Hei to embark on a journey to defeat Zheng Guo. In the later battle of Yi, Xiang Lao died under Xunshou's arrow while inspecting the battlefield, and his body was also snatched by Xunshou.

The grief-stricken Natsuhime becomes a widow again. And every time the king and the prince of Chuzhuang thought of the admonition of Shen Gong Wuchen and the tragic end of her ex-husbands, they couldn't help but touch their chests and secretly exclaimed, "Good luck".

After Xiang Lao's death, Hei Yao inherited his father's property and family, and began a chaotic relationship with Xia Ji. Qu Wu saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. In fact, he repeatedly prevented others from getting Natsuhime in order to create opportunities for himself. Qu Wu has already had a private relationship with Xia Ji, and now he wants to prove that Yanshun is marrying Xia Ji.

But in order to get beauty, you have to give up your status and future. Qu Wu often couldn't sleep at night, and after weighing the trade-offs and thinking about it, he resolutely decided to take Xia Ji away and fly away.

Qu Wu said to Xia Ji, "Those fallen monarchs only covet your beauty, and only I treat you with true affection. If you are willing to stay with me for the rest of your life, I will marry you justifiably. ”

Natsuhime said, "This is the end of my life. The deaths of my ex-husbands were not my wish; I didn't take the initiative to give my arms to Chen Hou and the doctors; I also have a terrible aversion to the Black Lord. But it really happened, and God gave me beauty, but it inflicted all kinds of suffering and sin on me. Only on the day of my death will my suffering end.

"So, every day I now hope that I will die early, but I can't kill myself, so I have to confine myself so that I don't cause sin again. You'd better leave me! Don't come to me again. ”

Qu Wu said, "You are innocent, but you have suffered great misfortune; Because of this, you are being treated unfairly, so don't blame yourself. Heaven has asked me to come here to make up for the harm caused to you by others, so that you can get the fairness and happiness you deserve.

So, if you still want a good life, do what I say. I have decided to give up my position and my family property to stay with you for the rest of my life; If you still don't agree, then I really have nothing! ”

Xia Ji was moved to tears, for the first time in her life, she had true feelings for a man, and she rekindled the flame of hope for life; She took Qu Wu's hands and swore that she would never be separated from him again, rich or poor, alive or dead.

In order to fly away with Xia Ji, Qu Wu racked his brains to devise a complex and ingenious plan that included several steps.

As mentioned earlier, the reason why Xiang Lao was shot was because Zhishou's son Zhi Gang was captured by the Chu army: Zhishou returned to the battlefield again to find the unlucky man in order to obtain a bargaining chip for exchanging his son in the future.

Qu Wu had a close personal relationship with Dr. Zheng Huangxu, and Huangxu had a very close relationship with Zhishou. One day, Huang Xu received a secret letter from Qu Wu, and after reading the secret letter, he contacted Zhishou according to Qu Wu's request to arrange the exchange of the two countries' corpse for Zhigang. Soon the Jin people replied: "This matter can be done." ”

Zheng Xianggong was overjoyed, and he hurriedly sent an envoy to the state of Chu, telling the king of Chu Zhuang that he could facilitate the exchange of prisoners of war and remains between Chu and Jin, and thus make the two countries reconcile; Finally, Xia Ji was asked to come to Zheng Guo to greet Xiang Lao's coffin.

King Chuzhuang asked Qu Wu: "Is this matter credible?" ”

Qu Wu said, "Of course it is true. Zhigang's father, Zhishou, was a favorite of the Marquis of Jin and had been promoted to Zhongjunzuo; Zhishou risked his life to return to the battlefield for his son, which shows Zhigang's status in his heart.

"The purpose of Zhishou taking away Xianglao's body is to exchange for his son, he is friendly with Huangxu, and he must pass on information through Zheng Ren; And the Zheng people did a lot of harm to the Jin people during the Battle of Yi (provoking the Jin army to attack the Chu army first), and the Zheng people were afraid of the Jin revenge, so of course they would curry favor with the Jin people in order to facilitate this deal. ”

The king of Chuzhuang agreed to send Xia Ji to Zheng Guo to meet the corpse. Xia Ji said a meaningful sentence before leaving: "If you don't have the corpse of the old man, I won't return to Chu again." ”

After Xia Ji returned to China, Qu Wu secretly made a dowry, and Zheng Xianggong immediately agreed to the marriage.

After the death of King Chuzhuang, the Jin State was about to attack Qi, and the Qi people came to ask for help. The king of Chu was ready to unite the countries to attack the Jin army, so he sent Qu Wu as an envoy to the Qi state to inform the Qi people of the situation.

Qu Wu took all his possessions with him when he traveled. On the way to the mission, he met Uncle Shen and his son Shenhou kneeling, he had a ghost in his heart, and he didn't dare to communicate more with his father and son, so he hurriedly said hello and continued to hurry.

Shenhou knelt down and said: "It's strange, there is fear of war in the master's eyes, but there is also the joy of "Mulberry Forest"; He's going to elope with a woman without telling the king! ”

Qu Wu completed his mission and embarked on the road back to China. He ordered the deputy envoy to return to Chu with the team, and he rushed to Zheng and held a wedding with Xia Ji as he wished. Qu Wu didn't dare to stay in Zheng for a long time, he wanted to take Xia Ji to Qi State, but Qi State had just been defeated in Qi not long ago, Qu Wu said: "I will never go to the defeated country." Then he fled to the Jin Kingdom, and if the Duke of Jin Jing got the treasure, he was named the doctor of Xingqiu, and Qu Wu changed the clan to "Xing's".

The mystery that has been deposited for many years has finally cleared the clouds and seen the real culprit. No one would have thought that the real culprit would be the honest man who persuaded people to be kind back then. Shen Gong Wuchen played the king of Chuzhuang and the prince around, and finally pried away the woman who was haunted by their hearts.

For a while, there were a lot of jokes in the state of Chu that blackened the prince's IQ, and the prince was furious and said to the king of Chu: "Qu Wu deceived the king, and actually defected to the enemy country for a woman when he carried out the king's order; Such a humiliating thing had never happened in the Chu State. If Qu Wu cannot be punished, it will aggravate the humiliation of the Chu State, and it will also fuel the ambition of those who do not submit. Therefore, the minister begged the king: do not hesitate to redeem Qu Wu from the Jin Kingdom, and cure him for the crime of treason and treason, so as to set an example! ”

King Chu said, "Uncle, let's give up my plan!" Qu Wu is doing a lot for his own benefit, and his fault is indeed very serious; But he was loyal to his ancestors, and no one can deny that. Loyalty is the foundation of maintaining society, and his loyalty covers many faults. If he is beneficial to the Jin Kingdom, although the ransom is valuable, will the Jin Kingdom agree? If it is not beneficial to the Jin State, the Jin people will naturally abandon him, where is the ransom needed? ”

The prince left in a huff, he was not willing to sit back and watch Qu Wu live a free life in a foreign land, and he had nothing to do. As time passed, this hatred grew stronger, and he was caught in it and had nowhere to vent and sleep.

Five years later, the prince finally persuaded his brother Ling Yin Zizhong, who had always been to the left of his behavior, and the two brothers teamed up to destroy Qu Wu's blood relatives and henchmen in the country.