Chapter 4 (1/2)
Goujian said, “Then the King of ChuHuzi”
Xue Zhu said, “Indirectly Feng Huzi said that after the army of Wu broke the capital of Chu Wu Zhixu took the sword fro When he returned to Wu, he heard of the skills of Feng Huzi, so he gave the sword to hiacy frohtful owner”
Goujian said, “Wu Zhixu let the sword go? He is truly a great hero to let such a treasure go” Then he laughed, “Fortunately, Fuchai has already taken care of him for me” Then he asked, “What did Wu Zhixu wanted in return fro Huzi?”
Xue Zhu said, “Wu Zhixu rateful after he received the sword, so he went to Wu and thanked Wu Zhixu in person Wu Zhixu treated as an honoured guest”
Goujian said, “That’s how he make people become loyal to him, even onto death”
Xue Zhu said, “Your Majesty is wise, but Feng Huzi didn’t understand Wu Zhixu’s true intentions, so he asked again and again how he could repay the great favour done to hi of an honoured guest”
Goujian said, “The old fox!”
Xue Zhu said, “Feng Huzi finally said to Wu Zhixu that he had little skill except forging swords In return for Wu Zhixu’s favours, he will forge a few precious swords for him”
Goujian slapped his thigh and said, “Got him!”
Xue Zhu said, “But Wu Zhixu said the kingdom of Wu already hadof a precious sword is a treing their sword, the sword refused to co herself into the fire Wu Zhixu had no intention of repeating that kind of tragedy”
Goujian said, “He didn’t want Feng Huzi to forge swords for hie”
Xue Zhu said, “Feng Huzi was baffled too Then Wu Zhixu visited hiain They said that the ar with superpowers like the kingdoeous, but their skills in chariot warfare were inferior Moreover, their swords and spears were not sharp enough Feng Huzi began to talk to Wu Zhixu about the way of forging swords What Wu Zhixu wanted wasn’t a few precious swords with mysterious powers, what he wanted was thousands and thousands of sharp swords”
Goujian understood and looked at Fan Li and Wen Zhong Worry filled Wen Zhong’s face He asked, “Minister Fan Li, what do you think?”
Fan Li said, “Even though Wu Zhixu is crafty, he is not wise enough to escape Your Majesty’s schemes”
Goujian laughed, “I am afraid that I have never been Wu Zhixu’s match”
Fan Li said, “Wu Zhixu is already dead What more can he do to threaten Yue?”
Goujian laughed, “True Xue Zhu Did Feng Huzi finally started forging swords?”
Xue Zhu said, “Yes He went to Mount Mogan He saw one thousand sword s there He corrected and improved their techniques After this, every sword in Wu is sharper than anything doms”
Goujian nodded, “So that’s why”
Xue Zhu said, “After one year, Feng Huzi becaued to continue, so he told Wu ZhixuHuzi to invite me to work for him as well I remembered the hatred between Wu and Yue If Wu’s sharp swords could kill the people of Ji and Jin, they could also kill the people ofHuzi not to return to Wu”