The table is full of exquisite food cooked from the imperial kitchen, with delicacies and sea flavors. The rice cooked on the table is short and round, and the rice is round and shiny in the bowl, like pearls. When you eat it, the rice is soft and smooth, thick but not sticky, with a strong rice aroma, which can really make people eat it forever.

"Where is this rice tribute?" Xia Ping'an did not eat the food, but after eating a few bites of food, he directly asked the maid who was serving him.

"The official family, this is Magu rice, also known as Yinzhu rice, which is tributed by Jiangxi South City!" The maid standing next to him replied.

"Oh!" Xia Ping'an nodded. He had never eaten this Chinese rice before. It was so delicious. Xia Ping'an ate two more bites of rice in the bowl. The health preservation method taught by the imperial doctor in the palace is also the rule in the palace. Even if it is the emperor, the first bite of food, you must first eat the staple food, that is, rice. The staple food enters the stomach and intestines and is easier to convert into the essence and energy needed by the human body. With this foundation, eating vegetables will be easier to digest. This is the way of eating the king and the ministers, the same as using medicine. In many cases, the so-called full food and the gods are weak, that is, when eating, the human stomach and intestines digest food consumes too much physical energy, and the order of digestion of the king and the ministers and the left order of digestion is messed up...

Today's meal was eaten by Emperor Renzong of Song. In this room, except Xia Ping'an, there were only palace maids serving him, and historians who were holding a pen next to him who recorded "Daily Notes" at any time.

Xia Ping'an was eating rice calmly, and suddenly chewed in his mouth and found a hard object shaking teeth. Xia Ping'an spit out the hard object from his mouth and found that it was a white gravel.

Seeing that there was sand and gravel in the meal the emperor ate, the palace maid serving him suddenly changed his face. This is not a trivial matter. The food the emperor ate was made in the imperial kitchen, and there were hundreds of people in the middle to check it. The gravel sand stuck in the rice was not discovered, which means that if something else was added to the food in the rice, it would not be discovered. In this investigation, someone might lose his head, and the lightest is also a heavy stick.

"Don't make this happen!" Seeing that the palace maid who was serving the narrator changed her face and wanted to call someone, Xia Ping'an quickly stopped it and said gently, "The color of the gravel is white. Like this Magu rice, it is difficult for the imperial kitchen and the people who checked the meal to find it for a while. It is understandable. This is a trivial matter, so don't disturb the palace!"

The palace maid who was serving next to him quickly agreed.

Xia Ping'an nodded and wanted to eat a few more bites of Magu rice. The world of this world bead was shattered.

...

In the secret room, the light cocoon was shattered, and Xia Ping'an opened his eyes and said softly, "The time for this divine power world bead is too short, and there is no chance of breakthrough fusion at all. This time, 18 points of divine power have been added!"

After looking at the watch, it took less than three minutes to merge this world bead. Then, Xia Ping'an picked up the next world bead and "repay thanksgiving" and prepared to merge.

After just meeting Wu Wuxin, Xia Ping'an returned to the villa on Hubin Road. Because it was still early tonight, he began to merge with the Border Pearl he had just obtained today.

During the day, after leaving the dominant temple, Xia Ping'an followed the clues and locations explained by the missionary mage of life Muge in the divine prison, Haider, and quietly explored and explored them at Coland.

Haider's public identity has been exposed, and the Bureau of Investigation has been fully involved. Haider's public residence and those who have close contacts in daily life are now under investigation and surveillance by the Bureau of Investigation. Only the hiding apartment he had concealed his identity, "Cunning Rabbit Three Holes" had not been completely exposed, but Xia Ping'an did not intervene easily, because Xia Ping'an was not sure whether the Bureau of Investigation had completely discovered these clues. If the Bureau of Investigation has discovered the clues and deliberately used his hiding place to fish, and wanted to fish out the hidden personnel of Life Mu Ge, he rashly entered the apartment, it would be difficult to explain. He could only observe and observe first. If the Bureau of Investigation offers a reward to collect clues of Life Mu Ge, that would be even better.

...

Before the integration of this realm bead by Song Renzong, Xia Ping'an had already merged the realm bead that was "full of evil".

The evil deed is the mobilization order and manifesto that King Wu of Zhou told the army when he attacked King Zhou of Shang. "Shang's crimes are punished by heaven's deeds" means criticizing King Zhou of Shang's various sins and counter-inflicting actions. Combining this world bead is to make a speech in front of the army for several minutes.

The world beads of Song Renzong were also easy to integrate. This world beads refer to the kindness of Song Renzong. If ordinary people go to a restaurant to eat in the gravel in the rice, they might make a big fuss. However, in order not to punish the servants in the palace, Song Renzong directly concealed the matter. Although this matter is a small matter, it can be seen that the "benevolence" of Song Renzong is really not bragging about. There are many similar things. Among these emperors of the Song Dynasty, Xia Ping'an admired the most was the humanistic Song Renzong.

It’s just a pity that the time for these two realms beads was too short, and it was too late to let Xia Ping’an “show his strength” end. The new divine power limit for the two realms beads was only 45 points, which was far from enough to add another level of “Divine Bone Ladder”.

"I hope this world bead can have a breakthrough fusion..." Looking at the last "gratitude" world bead in my hand, Xia Ping'an said to himself that Wu Zixu is Lie's husband, and his grudges are clear, but the ending of life is so sad.

...

After the blood dripped, Xia Ping'an was surrounded by a blue cocoon of light in a moment.

...

When Xia Ping'an opened his eyes, he found himself standing at the entrance of a city gate. In front of him, there were many ordinary people standing around a notice in front of the city gate and talking a lot.

Xia Ping'an looked at his hands, which were rough and dark, then looked at his feet, wearing straw sandals, and his clothes were also made of burlap.

I'll go!

Xia Ping'an thought that he would be Wu Zixu in this world bead, but he did not expect that he would become the "fisherman" of passers-by. Although the fusion of this world bead was not fatal, there was no divine crystal. Only if it could be integrated with this world bead.

One of the protagonists of this "Thanksgiving" Jiezhu has no name left in historical records, and is a young fisherman.

"Ah, what is the statement written on this notice?" The bustling ordinary people in front looked in the direction where the notice was, and asked the people next to them what was written on the notice.

There are only a few people who can read in this era, but this does not affect everyone's enthusiasm for watching the official notice. Xia Ping'an has always felt that the genes of the melon-eating masses inherited by the Chinese people may have started from watching the official notice in this era.

"Oh, something is not good. Wu Zixu, the general of Wu State, led a large army to attack our Zheng State. Our king knew that he could not resist, so he issued a notice to the whole country, saying that if someone in Zheng State could let Wu Zixu retreat and not come to attack Zheng State, gold, silver, treasures, fertile land and beauty, and be awarded the title, there would be a lot of rewards!" An old man in decent clothes stood under the notice and explained to the onlookers.

"Ah, Wu Kingdom is going to call?" Some people were a little panicked.

"Our king and those generals and ministers cannot let Wu Zixu retreat. We are all common people, so how can we get the Wu army to retreat!" Some people shook their heads.

Those who were talking nonsense didn't know that there were really people who could make the Wu army retreat, one of the melon-eating crowds who were watching the notice, the ordinary fisherman standing behind the crowd.

Xia Ping'an was literate. He looked at the notice, and the notice said that if he had this ability, he could directly report the list to meet the king.

After taking a few more glances, Xia Ping'an squeezed into the front of the crowd, walked directly to the bottom of the list and announced the list in surprise in the eyes of the audience around him.

"Ah, can he let Wu retreat?"

"Li Lang, you are crazy, how dare you reveal the list?"

"It's Li Lang, Li Lang by the East River..."

The crowd around suddenly became furious, and from those furious remarks, Xia Ping'an also realized that his name was Li Lang at this moment. This is really sloppy, which means the son of the Li family. In the relationship, Li Lang's father did not give this son a serious name that left a story in history.

As soon as Xia Ping'an announced the list, an officer with a strong beard at the city gate came over and looked at Xia Ping'an with suspicious eyes, "Is it yours?"

"It's my list!"

The officer smiled, "What a courage, you must dare to reveal the list of the monarchs and be careful to cut off your head!"

"If I dare to post the list, I will naturally have a way to get Wu Zixu to withdraw his troops."

"What method?"

"But I can't tell you this. Only Wu Zixu and I know this method!"

The officer had just said a few words to Xia Ping'an, but unexpectedly there were more and more people watching the fun. Someone here announced the list, and a large number of people rushed over to watch the fun. When the officer saw it, he was too lazy to say anything, so he brought Xia Ping'an out from the bottom of the list and then took Xia Ping'an to see his superior.

After some trouble, Xia Ping'an met the superior of the officer. Although the officials of Zheng felt a little tooth-pained about a fisherman's dare to reveal the rankings, none of them believed that this fisherman could let Wu Zixu retreat. Some people wanted to find out about the bush-bending method of Xia Ping'an to withdraw the army. However, this matter was a notice issued by the king after all. Everyone in Zheng knew that the fisherman was very strict and could not find out anything. They did not dare to leave or make things difficult for the person who revealed the rankings. They could only let someone escort Xia Ping'an to Xinzheng to meet the king.

Zheng State had a small land area, about 20,000 square kilometers, so in just one day, Xia Ping'an was sent to the palace of Xinzheng and met Zheng Dinggong.

At this moment, Duke Ding of Zheng was at a loss in the palace. Even if he had some ideas, he would not be able to post a notice across the country to find a way to ask Wu Zixu to withdraw his troops. However, if Wu Zixu did not withdraw his troops, he would not be able to stop him in Zheng State.

Zheng Dinggong originally thought that the swordsman with high martial arts skills or a talented strategist who came out, but unexpectedly, it was a dark and honest fisherman from Xingze. He was disappointed and did not order the guards to push Xia Ping'an out as a liar and chop off his head. He was patient.

When he saw Xia Ping'an, Zheng Dinggong's face was darker than Xia Ping'an's.

"You said you could get Wu Zixu to retreat?"

"Yes!" Xia Ping'an nodded.

"What kind of virtue do you have to let Wu Zixu retreat?"

Xia Ping'an smiled and said, "The virtuous and capable are all civil officials and military generals around the king. Since they cannot let Wu Zixu retreat, why don't the king let me, a person who is unvirtuous and incompetent, try it?"

When Mr. Zheng Ding heard this, he looked at Xia Ping'an seriously, as if he felt that the calmness and wit of this fisherman were a little different from that of an ordinary fisherman, so he nodded, "Okay, how do you want Zheng State to cooperate with you? Leading troops to command generals is probably not your strength!"

Zheng Dinggong's meaning is also very obvious. I can let you try it and provide some convenience, but don't want me to order the army to cooperate with your actions. You are not qualified.

"I don't need to lead troops to command the generals. I just need the king to ask me to go back home to get some things, then take me outside the camp of Wu Zixu's army, and give me a small boat!"

"It's that simple?" Zheng Dinggong was stunned and asked in disbelief.

“Yes, that’s that simple!”

Duke Ding of Zheng did not talk nonsense anymore and immediately asked a capable subordinate to follow Xia Ping'an back to Xingze.

When Xia Ping'an returned home, he didn't take anything else. He took the old oars on the boat at home. Then he was sent to the outside of the army camp of Wu by Duke Ding of the Sishui River by Duke Ding, and prepared a small boat for Xia Ping'an.

Xia Ping'an rowed the boat and rowed directly towards the Wu army camp. Early in the morning, the endless camp was silent, and all the Wu army was still sleeping. When the boat approached the Wu army camp, he sang on the boat, "The people in the reed, the people in the reed; cross the river, whose kindness? On the sword, the seven-star text; I will bring it to you. You are proud today, do you remember, the fisherman?"

The song was desolate and vigorous, echoing on the water, and the people in the Wu army camp naturally heard it.

After Xia Ping'an sang twice, a small boat came over the Wu army camp. Several soldiers were on the boat. They looked at Xia Ping'an and found that Xia Ping'an was a fisherman with no weapons on the boat. Then they asked, "Did you sing the song just now?"

“It was what I sang!”

"Our general wants to invite you to see you in the camp!"

Xia Ping'an didn't say anything nonsense, and directly followed the soldiers of the Wu army, rowed the boat and approached the Wu army camp. After getting ashore, he held the oars in his hand. Then he was taken to the tent of the camp by the soldiers of the Wu army and met Wu Zixu.

There was a man in the big tent with white hair and beard and a face full of vicissitudes of time, but his eyes were as bright and sharp as swords, and his temperament was like a hero, staring at Xia Ping'an.

Seeing Wu Zixu, Xia Ping'an felt a little sighing. This man could dig a grave to King Ping of Chu, but to the fisherman who saved his life, he could repay kindness, distinguish between gratitude and grudges, dare to love and hate, and be a lie husband. If there were no such figures in the Spring and Autumn Period, this era would be much lonely.

"I've seen the general!" Xia Ping'an bowed to Wu Zixu.

"You sang the song just now?" Wu Zixu asked.

"It's what I sang!" Xia Ping'an nodded, without saying nonsense, and directly handed over the oar in his hand, "Do you still remember this oar?"

The guards beside Wu Zixu in the tent took the oar and took it to Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu was slightly stunned when he saw the oar, and then a hint of excitement appeared on his face. He gently touched the oar with both hands, as if he was trapped in memories, "I didn't expect... for so many years... who gave you this oar?"

"This oar was given to me by my father. My father said that he used this oar to save the general's life. Today I will bring this oar to see the general!"

"Yes, I was chased and killed when I fled, but I was indeed rescued by a fisherman. What are your requirements?"

"Now your Wu Kingdom is attacking our Zheng Kingdom. Our king said, who can let Wu Kingdom and Wu Zixu retreat, gold, silver, jewelry, beautiful women in good fields, high-ranking officials and generous titles, and have many rewards. This reward is what I want. If the general is still thinking about the kindness of my father saving you, please don't attack Zheng Kingdom again, so that I can get that reward!"

The tent suddenly became silent. The guards beside Wu Zixu all stared at Xia Ping'an with wide eyes, as if they didn't expect that Zheng State, a small fisherman, would dare to make such a rude request to the general.

Wu Zixu closed his eyes and after half a minute, he opened his eyes. The light flashed in his eyes, looking at Xia Ping'an.

For those in the tent, it was like half a century has passed.

"Okay! Your father saved my life, and today I will repay you with this kindness. You can go back to see your king and tell your king to give you a fiefdom of hundreds of miles. I will lead troops back to Wu and no longer attack your Zheng State!"

Wu Zixu is worthy of being Wu Zixu!

Xia Ping'an breathed a long sigh, "General Xie, I actually have one more thing to say to the general!"

"Yesterday I dreamed that I had a dead father. My father said something to me. My father said, if I see the general this time and the general can repay our family with gratitude, then let me save the general again to repay the general."

Wu Zixu was full of eyebrows, a little incredible, "Oh, how can you save me again?"
To be continued...