As introduced earlier, Mi Zibian and Wei Linggong are the patriotic version of "Liang Qiu and Qi Jinggong". It is said that when Mi Zibian was young, he went to the peach forest with Wei Linggong to play, he picked a ripe peach and tasted it, and felt that the taste was wonderful, so he held the peach with his own hands and fed it to Linggong to eat. Wei Linggong boasted while eating: "Zifang loves widows very much. ”

Another time, Mi Zibian received the news that his mother was seriously ill, and in a hurry, he drove Wei Linggong's Xuan car out of Diqiu overnight. According to patriotic law, he should be sentenced to "amputation". But Wei Linggong not only did not punish him, but praised him for his filial piety.

But Wei Linggong is not as "persistent" as Qi Jinggong's affection, and after Mi Zi is old and declining, Wei Linggong begins to alienate and hate him; But Mi Zibian didn't realize it, and still treated Wei Linggong in the same way as before.

Confucius did not look up to him because of his kinship with Zilu; On the contrary, Confucius hated his disgusting appearance and mannerism. Not only Confucius, but even the disciples sneered at that man; Zilu also felt that he couldn't raise his head in front of Confucius. Since Mi Zibian couldn't get any benefits from Confucius, he turned to get rid of Confucius.

One day not long ago, Mi Zibian came to meet Wei Linggong. Wei Linggong looked at his shameless face that was full of pleats but still pretended to be affectionate to him, and his heart was like turning over the river. The two chatted casually, and Mi Zibian suddenly said something "with hints". If in the past, Wei Linggong would only treat the other party as flirting, and even respond positively; But that time, he was furious and scolded Mi Zibian: "Not only did you let the widow eat your leftover peaches, but also stole the widow's car, and the widow did not punish you, which is already an extrajudicial favor." And not only do you not repent, but now you are saying such shameless things. See how the widow teaches you! ”

With that, Wei Linggong raised and drew a horsewhip and whipped it at him. Miko was so frightened that she jumped up and fled like an electric shock.

Mi Zibian returned home with tears of grievance, he picked up the mirror and looked at it, and the image in the mirror made the humiliation disappear suddenly. He couldn't help but scold: "Just you, an old demon, who will you smoke if you don't smoke you?" ”

Mi Zibian was afraid of continuing to be retaliated against by Wei Linggong, and did not dare to go to court for several days. Wei Linggong asked the secretary Kong Yuan: "The widow taught Mi a lesson a few days ago, did he have a grudge against the widow?" ”

Kong Yu said: "Has the prince forgotten the words of the first doctor Shi Yan? ”

It turned out that there was a similar small grudge between Wei Linggong and Mi Zibian more than ten years ago, and Wei Linggong also asked Shi Yan the same question.

At that time, Shi Yan said: "Mi Zi is a flawed product! Hum! Haven't you ever seen a lackey? The dog depends on its owner to keep it alive, and when the owner whips it in anger, it howls and runs away. But does a dog dare to resent its owner? Of course not. When it is hungry, it will naturally wag its tail and return to its owner to beg for food. Don't worry, he knows that if you dare to resent you, you won't have anything to eat, so he will be back soon. ”

Sure enough, the next day, just like last time, Mi Zi entered the palace as if nothing had happened. In fact, he wanted to hide for a few more days, but suddenly heard that Wei Linggong and Confucius had a conflict, so he decided to take the opportunity to muddy the water and alleviate his resentment against Confucius by strengthening Wei Linggong's resentment towards Confucius. Wei Linggong is a very emotional person, at that time, his excitement was focused on Confucius, and Mi Zi Fang changed his serious face, so he didn't think Mi Zi was so annoying.

The two chatted and talked about Confucius, and Mizi said righteously: "Confucius's ancestors were not allowed to be in the Song Kingdom, so they fled to the Lu Kingdom. Kong Qiu is not sensitive, and he is not allowed to enter the Shi in the Qi State (blocked by Yan Zi), and he is not allowed to be in the Lu State in Sanhuan. Under the guise of 'teaching', he froze and cheated, and advocated 'returning to the Western Zhou Dynasty'. Can the Western Zhou still go back? At the time of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the land of Weiguo was only a hundred miles in radius, but now it has expanded to five hundred miles; Should the extra land be returned to the royal family? Even if it is returned, can the Zhou royal family keep it?

"The princes of the world are grabbing land and population, but we have to spit out what we get, isn't that the way to destroy the country? Kong Qiu enjoyed the benefits of the office, but instead of being loyal to the country, he did despicable things that undermined the society. Once he has done it, my prince, he will destroy the country with the support of the prince! The prince left Kong Qiu in the defense of the country, which is to cultivate the great thief who died in the country! It was precisely when Sanhuan realized this that he expelled Kong Qiu! ”

Wei Linggong didn't expect that Confucius was actually sent by God to destroy the country, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Wei Linggong recalled what Confucius had done during the three years of defending the country, and found that he had indeed had many "disloyal" behaviors to the office, such as he had always opposed fighting against the Jin state and opposing the expansion of military power.

Confucius's image of a gentleman as gentle as jade in Wei Linggong's heart collapsed in an instant, and was replaced by a hideous-looking and faithful demon.

Although Wei Linggong has lost his trust in Confucius, the reverence that has been gathered for a long time cannot disappear in a short period of time. Wei Linggong intended to emulate Lu Dinggong's approach to solving the problem, and from then on he began to deliberately alienate Confucius, and rarely invited him to participate in discussions on major national affairs.

Confucius felt the change in Wei Linggong's attitude towards himself, and guessed the reason for this; But he still had a glimmer of hope for Wei Linggong, and he still believed that he could do something to change Wei Linggong's mind - after all, a monarch like Wei Linggong who respected him was hard to come by.

But soon an incident broke his confidence completely, and he made up his mind to leave the country and continue on the path of exile.

In early summer, Wei Linggong planned to go out on an outing with Confucius and other doctors. According to Wei Linggong's usual practice, he would ride in the same chariot with Confucius, and his wife and doctor would follow in their respective chariots. But this time it was different, Wei Linggong and his wife Nanzi walked in front of the Xuan car, and Confucius sat in the back car in a daze.

At the end of the outing, Confucius gathered his disciples together and said, "I have never seen a monarch who is as lustful as virtuous, and the Marquis of Wei is especially excessive. Weiguo can't stay, I plan to go to Chen and Cai, do you want to stay in Weiguo or set off with me, decide for yourself! ”

Some of the disciples had already found good jobs in Weiguo, and although they could stay and regretted the decision made by their teacher, they decided to quit their jobs and follow Confucius in all directions.

A few days later, Confucius bid farewell to Wei Linggong and embarked on a journey to the Central Plains.

Wei Linggong and Confucius are really a peculiar pair: before Confucius came to defend the country, Wei Linggong admired him; After Confucius arrived in Weiguo, Wei Linggong doubted him; After Confucius went into exile, Wei Linggong was shocked again - he soon discovered that Wei Guo had neither become dangerous because of Confucius's arrival, nor safe because of his departure.

A few days later, Wei Linggong fell ill and died soon after. When Confucius heard the bad news, he couldn't help but shed tears for his confidant who didn't know him.

When Confucius arrived in the state of Chen, Chen Mingong behaved lukewarmly. Chen Mingong gave him a good salary, but he didn't give him the corresponding position and respect.

Confucius had nothing to complain about – after all, every time he went into exile to a new country, he had to be demoted to a lower position. He felt that since he didn't have the right to deal with too many political affairs, he could just calm down and talk about learning. But he didn't expect that this seemingly peaceful country was only enjoying a brief peace before the storm, and the hurricane of war would soon tear off the roof of the ancestral temple.