The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Shangqiu City (the capital of Song State is sometimes called Song City or Suiyang)

Shangqiu has a population of more than 100,000 people, and is home to many local handicraftsmen and foreign merchants. It has a special trade market, "hundreds of craftsmen live in shops", and many shops. In addition to grain shops, oil shops, and car markets, there are also silk and linen fabrics, wood products, lacquerware, jade, pottery, shoes, hats and other goods. Everything in the world is gathered in Shangqiu.

Song State also has a lot of talents, including Mozi, Zhuangzi, Gongshu Ban (Lu Ban) and other great talents, and the current Wei State Prime Minister Huizi is also a Song State.

Shen Buhai came to Shangqiu, Song State with the purpose of Korea. This time he came to test whether there are capable people in the court of Song State.

Shen Buhai and his companions arrived at the post station. The Chinese official who managed the post station came out quickly and bowed to Shen Buhai, saying, "I am a senior official of the State of Song and I am here to see the envoys from the State of Han. I wonder what the envoys from the State of Han are doing in our State of Song?"

"It's just that I want to see the king of your country. Please help me inform him." Shen Buhai replied.

"Then please rest here for a while, I will report immediately."

Song Dynasty Court

After listening to the official's report, Prince Han of Song asked the ministers: "Everyone, should we meet the envoy of Han now?"

Prime Minister Lu Ting stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Han is strong and Song is weak. I think it is better to meet the envoy of Han immediately. If we offend him, I am afraid that Song will be in danger of national destruction."

"Okay, summon the envoy of Han immediately."

Shen Buhai walked into the hall with an attendant. When he saw Zihan, he did not bow, but just bowed and said: "Greetings, Lord Song."

The ministers of Song were angry when they saw Shen Buhai being so rude. Prime Minister Lu Ting stood up and angrily scolded: "Han envoy! This is Song, not your Han! If the Han envoy understands Zhou Li, he should salute!"

Shen Buhai laughed loudly and said: "My Han has 200,000 soldiers and 10,000 chariots. Why do you think that the small country of Song wants me to come and pay a visit to you! I wonder if the Lord of Song thinks what I said is right? "

Prince Han of Song was originally a coward. When he heard Shen Buhai's words, he was neither annoyed nor resentful, but responded with a smile: "What the envoy of Han said is very true. I wonder what the envoy of Han is here for?"

Shen Buhai immediately asked his followers to open the wooden box, and saw two sets of chain links in the wooden box. Shen Buhai smiled and said: "My king heard that your country has many talents, so he specially made two sets of chain links and wanted to ask your people to untie these two sets."

Prince Han of Song laughed after hearing this and said: "Isn't it just two sets of chain links? Ministers, go up and untie them."

Everyone in the court picked up the chain links in the wooden box to observe. As a result, after nearly an hour, these ministers of Song still had no clue. Prince Han of Song saw that his ministers could not untie it. Isn't this a disguised way to show that there is no one in his country of Song! He sat there awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

After putting down the chain, Prime Minister Lu Ting said to Shen Buhai: "Han envoy, we haven't figured out the clues today, but we will definitely solve them tomorrow."

"Okay! Then I will wait for your good news.!"

When Shen Buhai had just left, Prince Han of Song said hurriedly: "Everyone, can you solve it? If you can't solve it, doesn't it mean that there is no one in Song!"

Prime Minister Lu Ting suggested: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I heard that there is a man named Zhuangzi in the suburbs of the capital. He is very smart. Why not invite him to the palace to solve it?"

"Okay, invite him tomorrow! As long as you can break this chain, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

The next day

Shen Buhai walked into the court of Song arrogantly, and looked around. He saw a conspicuous person in the middle of the pair of ministers of Song. Although this person had disheveled hair, he did not make people feel disgusted. Instead, he looked like a hermit.

The disheveled man stepped forward and said to Shen Buhai: "Excuse me, envoy of South Korea, where are the two chains? ”

Shen Buhai then took it out and handed it to the dishevelled man. The man took the first chain and just took a look at it and quickly untied it. Everyone present was amazed.

Only Shen Buhai remained calm, as if he absolutely could not untie the second one. The dishevelled man took the chain again and looked at it for half an hour, then put it in the wooden box and said, "I can't untie this chain, because this chain can't be untied."

At first, everyone thought that this man couldn't untie it and felt a little sorry. When the king of Song heard that it couldn't be untied, he was already angry and his face was red, but the next sentence shocked everyone, it turned out that this chain couldn't be untied.

Then the man asked Shen Buhai again: "Messenger of Han, am I right? This chain can't be untied. ”

Sheng Buhai bowed respectfully to the man and said, "Sir, you are right. This chain was made so that people cannot untie it. May I know your name?"

The man said nonchalantly, "I am Zhuang Zhou."

"So it is the famous Zhuangzi! Shame! Shame!" Shen Buhai said respectfully again.

Zhuangzi said to the crowd, "Since it has nothing to do with me, I will leave." After that, he left in style.

Song Gongzi Han praised, "What a great man!"

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Han Guo Court

After listening to Shen Buhai's description, Han Wu asked, "Shenzi, according to you, the group of people in the Song court are all good-for-nothings?"

"That's right!" Shen Buhai replied.

Han Wu asked again, "What do you think of Zhuangzi? ”

“This man is a hermit who does not associate with the secular world, so he will not care if we attack Song. But I heard that Zhuangzi is a bosom friend of Wei’s Prime Minister Huizi.” Shen Buhai said.

Han Wu said worriedly: “Then I want to attack Song, what if Huizi stops me?”

“Don’t worry, your Majesty, Wei has attacked Song and Huizi has no objection, so our Han can also attack! But we still ask Wei to attack Song with us, so that the chances of winning will be greater!”

Shen Buhai said again: “Your Majesty, we should immediately send envoys to Wei to discuss with the King of Wei."

"Yes."

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Qi State Court

After listening to the reports of the crowd, Duke Tian Yinqi of Qi was about to dismiss the court when Sun Bin was carried in by several people.

When Tian Yinqi saw Sun Bin, he stood up and saluted and said, "What can I ask for, Grandson?"

Sun Bin said, "Your Majesty, after my deduction, I can determine that if my Qi wants to dominate the world, it should establish a good relationship with Song!"

"Why?"

"Song is close to Xiangling, an important town in Wei, and my Qi can benefit from it." Sun Bin replied.

Tian Yinqi was still puzzled and asked, "Please explain it clearly, sir. ”

Sun Bin explained: "The Wei army is unmatched in frontal combat. If our Qi army fights head-on with the Wei army, it will definitely be defeated. Therefore, we must win through strategy, and this Xiangling is a big chess piece I play. We just need to wait for the east wind from Wei. ”

Sun Bin said again: "In order to make Song and my Qi allied, I think we can marry the princess of Song. As far as I know, the princess of Song is also as beautiful as a flower, like a fairy from heaven. ”

Tian Yinqi was originally a lustful person, and immediately agreed: "Okay! For the great cause of Qi, I am willing!"

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