"But Xi Shi is my wife, and I can't possibly watch her die."

Li Er pointed to the sword at the middle-aged man's waist and said, "Didn't you find the Longyuan sword that Wu Zixu used to commit suicide? Maybe you can calm that donkey's temper."

"Teacher, please don't be joking. Just take out this sword and don't irritate him." The middle-aged man took off the long sword with a wry smile on his face.

He found this sword from Chu State, originally to improve his relationship with Sun Wu. It would be okay if Sun Wu didn't sharpen the halberd, but now Sun Wu is sharpening the halberd. If he brings Long Yuan to Sun Wu, he will probably be stabbed a few times.

A hole came out.

"I'm not kidding." Li Er smiled and said, "You always like to go straight like this, don't you know how to turn around? Did I tell you to send it there in person?"

"Teacher, what do you mean, let Mr. Chang Sang help?" The man seemed to have understood something.

"Although Lord Chang Sang is okay, he is famously unwilling to cause trouble." Li Er explained to the middle-aged man,

"It's best to let Ouyang help with this matter. He just came to Shennongjian, and he will help you no matter what. Moreover, Sun Wu will give him some face, and no matter how bad it is, he will not kill him. Although it is impossible to completely eliminate

It’s a grudge, but it can still suppress his temper for a while. It’s enough for you to complete Shennong Powder.”

"Student, I understand." The middle-aged man saluted Li Er, "I'll excuse you, student." After saying that, he quickly left Li Er's small courtyard.

He couldn't stay in Shennong Stream for a long time, otherwise he would be in trouble if he was blocked by Sun Wu. He had to stop Ouyang before he arrived at Shennong Stream and ask him for help.

"Fan Li, Fan Li...it's not that I won't help you as a teacher, but your temper is that you really can't take any time off..." Li Er looked at Fan Li's back and couldn't help but sigh, "After all, the one who suits you is from outside.

The world."

The old man shook his head, then took out the bamboo slips in his sleeves with great interest, and murmured to himself: "The sky and the earth are empty, filling the four directions, and there is something beyond the sky and the earth... I don't know if there is a sky beyond the sky, or the son of the void, I really want to

Find out. Alas..."

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Before Ouyang could see Shennong Stream, he was blocked by Fan Li.

This old boy obviously knew Zhao Zhen's sheep herding rules. He didn't know where Zhao Zhen went to herd sheep, but he waited at the first fork of the river early.

Gee, I’m so unhappy. He’s so handsome even at his age.

When Zhao Zhen introduced him to Ouyang, Ouyang let out an unhappy "tsk" sound in his heart.

The only thing that gave him some psychological balance was that Zhao Zhen didn't seem to have fallen in love with him.

It was great not to witness others having a harem. He sighed deeply.

"I'm Fan Li, I've met Ouyang." The handsome old man bowed respectfully.

"I've met Dr. Fan Li." Ouyang quickly returned the greeting.

After being trained by Sun Wu in the past few days, he was finally able to make a standard "meeting gift".

Although etiquette and music collapsed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this was only relatively speaking. The hearts of these scholar-bureaucrats were actually brighter than anyone else.

It was really difficult for a modern person to act willfully in ancient times.

"I've met the girl Zhao Zhen." Fan Li bowed gently to Zhao Zhen again.

"Oh." Zhao Zhen rolled her eyes and looked at Ouyang

He said, "Fan Li must be here to find you, and the matter must be very troublesome. It must be inconvenient for me to listen, otherwise he wouldn't be so respectful. So be careful and don't suffer a loss. If you really want to suffer a loss, just talk to him."

I said, sister will definitely find your place back."

After saying that, she continued walking upriver with her flock of white apes, and glared at Fan Li demonstratively.

Zhao Zhen looks like she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she is actually twenty-six.

When she learned that Ouyang was two years younger than her, she immediately recognized Ouyang as her younger brother, regardless of the fact that Ouyang had a mature face that could be an uncle.

Ouyang touched his nose in embarrassment and looked at Fan Li, and found that the other person was also touching his nose in embarrassment and looking at him.

He was not that surprised that Fan Li was the last resident of Shennongjian. Instead, he felt that "it should have been him".

Fan Li was an early business theorist and one of the pioneers of Chu studies. He was revered as the "Business Sage" by later generations. Although he was born in a poor family, he was smart, studious, and knowledgeable. He met Chu Wanling Wenzhong and had a close relationship. Because he was dissatisfied with the Chu Dynasty at that time

The country's politics were dark, and non-nobles were not allowed to join the officialdom, so they all defected to Yue.

The most famous thing is that he assisted King Gou Jian of Yue, "suffering from gall" and counterattacked to destroy Wu.

After completing the feat of destroying Wu, he uttered the wise saying that has been passed down through the ages: "When the flying birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked." and quickly took his family to live in seclusion.

Afterwards, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, really began to clean up the heroes who had assisted him in achieving hegemony. In particular, Fan Li's good friend Wenzhong received special treatment from Gou Jian. He was rewarded with a sword named "Lu" and asked him to kill himself.

What Ouyang admired most was Fan Li's three subsequent seclusions.

For the first time, he lived in seclusion in the land of Wuyue, next to the West Lake. However, because of the news of Wen Zhong's death, Fan Li was frightened and immediately moved to Qi State. He changed his name to Gui Yizipi and settled in a cottage by the sea.

He worked in the fields himself, fished part-time and dried salt, and soon accumulated tens of millions in property.

In addition, Fan Li was always generous with money and doing good to his hometown. His wisdom and ability were quickly praised by the local Qi people. Word of mouth spread, and the king of Qi invited him to Linzi, the capital, to worship him as the prime minister in charge of government affairs.

Although he was a very popular minister, he exclaimed: "Being an official can bring you a lot of money, and running a family can bring you a lot of money. For a commoner who started from scratch, this has reached the extreme. Being honored for a long time is probably not a good sign."

So, only three years later, he retreated bravely again, returned the seal to the King of Qi, and distributed all his family wealth to his close friends and fellow villagers.

Dressed in commoner clothes, Fan Li moved to Taoyi of the Song Dynasty for the third time. In this, the best business place in the Song Dynasty, which was "among the world", he used the art of planning to manage property. Within a few years, he accumulated business capital and became extremely rich.

, so he named himself Tao Zhu Gong.

If a person is rich once in his life, or for a few years, standing at the pinnacle of power is already the top of the world. But if he can be rich no matter where he is, he can be a high-ranking minister. Ouyang can't do it anyway.

In particular, this old boy is really stubborn. He packs up and leaves immediately at the slightest sign of trouble. He even refuses a fortune worth tens of millions of dollars without even frowning. His decisive and resolute character is amazing.

Moreover, there is also research that proves that he is Lao Tzu's apprentice, that is, the apprentice of Mr. Li Er in Shennong Jianli. Now it seems that there is some basis for it.

Fan Li studied in the State of Chu when he was a boy, and Li Er was traveling in Chu and Yue at that time. In addition, when Fan Li served as the Prime Minister of Qi,

Introducing Huang Lao's learning into Jixia Academy, there should indeed be a master-disciple relationship between the two.

Fan Li didn't understand Ouyang in front of him, but Ouyang already knew Fan Li very well.

No way, this guy appeared in the nine-year compulsory Chinese textbook. At that time, the classical Chinese article was still required to be memorized. During the exam, it was repeated over and over again, and it was difficult to forget it.

"Ahem, if you have any questions, just tell me."

Ouyang was the first to break the embarrassment. After all, he is his idol, so he can't just let it go, right? Take the initiative.

After all, he married the most beautiful woman in the world, became the richest businessman in the world several times, and finally lived to die at the age of eighty-eight.

He is probably only one step away from being perfect like Qin Shihuang and unifying the world, right?

Winner in life!

"Well... I mainly want to ask you for a favor. This favor may be yours."

"Sir, it doesn't matter." Ouyang saw Fan Li's concerns, but he didn't agree immediately.

He is already an adult, and his experience in society has taught him a clear truth: "Never speak too fully."

"I would like to ask you to help me bring this Longyuan Sword to Sun Wu." Fan Li said, taking off the sword from his waist and offering it with both hands solemnly.

Ouyang understood that Fan Li's attitude was not "respect" for him, but "respect" for the sword.

The Longyuan Sword is also known as the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword in history. Legend has it that it was forged by two great swordsmen, Ou Yezi and Ganjiang.

It is said that Ou Yezi and General Qian made this sword by cutting open Mount Ci, releasing the mountain streams, and leading it to the seven pools surrounded by the Big Dipper stars next to the sword-making furnace, which are called "Seven Stars". After the sword is completed, looking down at the sword body, it looks like

Climb a high mountain and look down into the abyss. It is misty and deep, as if there is a giant dragon lying down. It is called "Dragon Abyss".

Therefore, this sword is called "Seven Stars Long Yuan", or simply "Long Yuan Sword".

The blade of the Longyuan Sword is quite broad, and the lines on it are like layers of abyss and ravines, full of a sense of thickness, as if it really is like an abyss.

There is another allusion to this sword, which involves Su Wu’s close friend Wu Zixu.

At that time, Wu Zixu's father, Wu She, served as Prince Chu Ping's tutor, but due to Fei Wuji's slander, he and his eldest son Wu Shang were killed by King Chu Ping.

On the way Wu Zixu fled from the Chu State to the Wu State, he was chased by Chu soldiers and horses. He fled to the bank of the Yangtze River without choosing a road.

I saw only the mighty river and its vast turbulent waves. Without a boat, it would be difficult to cross the river.

There was a heavy flood in front of him, and there were pursuers behind him. When he was extremely anxious, Wu Zixu found a small boat coming rapidly upstream, and the fisherman on the boat kept calling him to get on the boat.

After Wu Zixu boarded the boat, the boat quickly disappeared among the reed flowers and disappeared. The pursuers on the shore left in anger.

The fisherman carried Wu Zixu to the shore and gave him wine and food. Wu Zixu thanked him profusely and asked him his name. The fisherman laughed and said that he was wandering on the waves, so what was the use of his name? He could just call him "Yu Zhang Ren".

Wu Zixu thanked him and said goodbye. After walking a few steps, he turned back with concern and took off the sword passed down from generation to generation: Qixing Longyuan from his waist. He wanted to give this sword worth thousands of gold to his father-in-law as a thank you, and asked his father-in-law to give him tens of millions of dollars.

Don't reveal your whereabouts.

The father-in-law took the seven-star Longyuan sword, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said to Wu Zixu: I saved you just because you are a loyal person of the country and have no intention of repaying you. Now, you still suspect that I am greedy for profit and have little faith, so I have to use this sword to show my nobility. Said

After that, the fisherman killed himself with his sword.
Chapter completed!