The time goes back to late September, when Julu Shou Yanju accepted Han Wangran's secret entrustment and returned to Julu City.

After returning to Julu City, Yan Kuai summoned one of his confidants, "Chang Hong", and ordered him to lead a group of elite soldiers in disguise and go to Wei to try to rescue Han Wu, the Marquis of Li.

In order to avoid being exposed, Yan Kui did not even tell the frontline coach Le Yi about the matter.

Chang Hong accepted the order and did not dare to delay. He immediately took about forty-five elite soldiers and went to Wei State disguised as businessmen. Because the Wei State did not know that it was because of the "never be implicated in good or evil relations with other countries." "The country's merchants" promise, but in order to show Wei's magnanimity as a great power, therefore, even though the relationship between Wei, South Korea, and Qi is becoming increasingly tense, the Wei court has not yet issued a formal edict. Expelled the Korean and Qi merchants from the country.

Therefore, it is still a good idea to pretend to be a merchant and sneak into Wei State. The only problem is that pretending to be a merchant will arouse the hostility and boycott of the local merchants in Wei State. However, Chang Hong is not really doing business. So it doesn't matter.

In fact, a better way would be to pretend to be a merchant from Lu or Chu, but unfortunately, Chang Hong neither knows the elegant accent of Lu nor the dialect of Chu.

On September 26, Chang Hong took a group of his elite soldiers disguised as laymen and arrived at the Bolangsha River Port in Wei State by boat. The soldiers of Wei State who were responsible for maintaining law and order there checked. After they issued the "trade permit", they looked at Chang Hong and others with strange eyes. They probably thought it was a bit incredible: Are there any Korean merchants who dare to come to Bolangsha these days? Aren't they afraid that the local merchants of Wei will unite? Did you swallow them?

But even so, those Wei soldiers did not embarrass Chang Hong and others, and waved their hands and let them go.

When he came to Bolangsha for the first time, Chang Hong was inevitably attracted by the prosperity and excitement of this port city. If he hadn't had an important responsibility, he would have been very eager to visit this port, which was one of the best in Wei and even the entire Central Plains. The port city, after all, has everything you need, whether it’s specialties from various countries, or Rouge Tower Lane, which is the most attractive to men. Even, as long as you know the way, you can also buy slaves in this port city, whether it’s a Hu man or a Hu man. female.

It's a pity that Chang Hong has an important responsibility, so he can only look at it with nostalgia for a few times, and then immediately goes to Daliang.

Daliang is the old capital of the Wei State. Since the Wei State moved the capital to Luoyang, Daliang has inevitably been affected. However, it is close to Bolangsha and there is the famous "Daliang Academy" in the east of the city. Therefore, It is not that it has become depressed. What is interesting is that due to the existence of the "Daliang Academy", Daliang has gradually become a holy place for scribes and students from all over the world. Students in green shirts and scarves can be seen everywhere in the city, and it seems to be gradually forming a local humanities Phenomenon.

In time, it will probably become a gathering place for cultures from all over the world.

The martial law in Daliang is actually not strict. This is probably because there are still 20,000 imperial guards stationed inside and outside the city. After the Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, there were only about 70,000 or 80,000 imperial guards in Daliang after the Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang. About 50,000 of them were transferred to Luoyang, leaving only more than 20,000 still stationed in the capital of Daliang. Of the 20,000, about 5,000 were stationed in Daliang City, responsible for maintaining daily security, and the rest The men and horses were stationed outside the city, in the two military camps of the "Dhun Shui Army" and "Yu Shui Army (later used to station the anti-rebel army)".

Perhaps because there were enough troops stationed there, Wei never worried about the security situation in Daliang.

In the evening of that day, Chang Hong and his party successfully entered Daliang City.

After entering the city, they first stayed at an inn in the city. Then Chang Hong took two or three soldiers in disguise and went to visit the residence of Lihou Hanwu.

At the same time, Lihou Hanwu was having dinner with his wife, concubines, and children at his house.

To elaborate, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, had a somewhat special status in the Wei State. He was both a prisoner captured alive by Wei General Wu Ji on the battlefield and a hostage sacrificed by South Korea. But the embarrassing thing is that this hostage actually had no meaning to the Wei State. Too much meaning.

Could it be used to threaten South Korea?

Don't be kidding, will Han Wangran compromise because of Li Hou Han Wu?

On the other hand, killing him would not work, because killing Lihou Han Wu would be beneficial to Han Wangran.

Therefore, the hostage Lihou Hanwu was simply worthless in the eyes of the Wei State. It was tasteless to eat and it would be a pity to abandon it. Fortunately, Wei King Zhao Run admired Lihou Hanwu's stubbornness and refused to bow down to the death, and ordered the court to treat Han Wu well. Otherwise, Han Wu would Life in Wei was by no means so stable.

While Han Wu's family was enjoying their meal happily, a servant suddenly came to report that there was an "old friend" outside the house who wanted to see him.

Hearing the word "old friend", Li Hou Han Wu looked a little dazed, because during the years he was under house arrest in the Wei State, few people came to visit him in the Wei State, except for the Daliang court who once lived in the country. Apart from taking care of him, they basically ignored him. As for South Korea, very few people came to visit him, and at most they only received a few letters.

And these letters were only from the first few years, and then basically disappeared.

I remember that the last time someone came to visit him was several years ago. The person who came to visit him was "Han Yang, the former Marquis of Dang Yin", the nephew of Kang Gong Han Hu.

That time, Han Yang and his family came to visit him and stayed at his house for a while.

During this period, Han Yang told Han Wu about the current situation in Korea at that time. For example, because he was dissatisfied with Han Wangran's attitude towards Han Wu, he went to the valley to guard Ma She. As a result, Ma She died of depression. Afterwards, Han Wangran also acted out of anger. Anger reduced Han Yang's title.

When he heard that, Han Wu felt a little complicated.

At first, he didn't expect that Han Wangran, whom he regarded as his younger brother, was actually a secretive person, and finally took the opportunity to regain the king's power.

Secondly, he never expected that when Han Wu came to the end, only Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, a political enemy who had hated each other at the time, would remember his achievements in his heart, and in order to avenge him, he would end up with nothing and become nothing more than a commoner.

When he thought that Han Yang had moved to Hanoi County of Wei State, hiding his name and preparing to spend the rest of his life, Li Hou Han Wu felt very sorry, because in his opinion, Han Yang was a man comparable to Yan Cree, Qin Kai and other Koreans. The talents of the generals, both in literary and military skills, are much better than those of Wei's Chengling King Zhao Shen and Yuanyang King Zhao Kai.

It's a pity that Han Wangran refused to use Han Yang because of his relationship with Ma She, the former Shanggu Shou, and Han Yang refused to be used by Han Wangran because of his relationship with Li Hou Han Wu, causing South Korea to lose another talent.

"Who is he?" Han Wu asked.

The servant shook his head and said: "The other party only mentioned that he was an old friend and did not reveal anything else."

Hearing this, Han Wu frowned slightly, feeling that the other party's purpose might not be that simple.

After thinking for a while, he ordered: "Invite him to the study."

"Yes!" the servant responded and left.

After exchanging a few words with his wife and children, Han Wu went straight to the study room of his house and waited for the visitor who did not want to remain anonymous.

After a while, a servant led a man in ordinary clothes to the study.

Han Wu glanced at the other person and frowned slightly, because he felt that this man seemed familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but for a while, he couldn't remember who the other person was.

And this man was none other than Chang Hong, the trusted general of Julu Shouyan Cree.

"Lihou."

After the servant retreated, Chang Hong saw that there was no one around, so he cupped his hands and clasped his fists, and saluted Lihou in a low voice: "The last general, Chang Hong, has met Chang Hong."

"Chang Hong..."

This name seemed to open up the memory of Korea in Lihou Hanwu's mind. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly said: "You are a general of Yanfu."

"Marquis Li still remembers the last general?" Chang Hong was a little pleased.

Li Hou Han Wu smiled noncommittally and looked calmly at Chang Hong up and down.

Thinking of Yan Crepe, Marquis Han Wu also felt a little complicated.

Once upon a time, Julu Shou Yanfu was a military commander in his Hanwu lineage, and was highly regarded by Hanwu. After Hanwu fled to Wei, Yanfu also had correspondence with him, and occasionally We also sent people to deliver some specialties. Although the value is not high, the most important thing is the thoughtfulness.

But even so, Yan Kui never mentioned anything about "welcoming him back to the country" in his letter. The reason was later confirmed by Han Wu from Han Yang: it was just because Yan Kui recognized Han Wangran quite a lot. .

As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to roost in. Although Han Wu inevitably still had some grudges in his heart, it was not unacceptable.

However, Han Wu was still surprised when he saw that Yan Kuai had sent his favorite general for no reason today, so he asked Chang Hong about his purpose.

Seeing this, Chang Hong took a few steps forward and said to Han Wu: "Marquis Li, I have come here specifically to help Marquis Li get out of trouble..."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Li Hou Han Wu glanced at Chang Hong in disbelief.

To be fair, if we insist on saying that he was "trapped in the Wei State", that is not necessarily the case. In fact, the Wei State monitored him quite loosely.

Strictly speaking, it was not that Wei State did not allow him to return to South Korea, but the existence of Han Wangran, which prevented Lihou Han Wu from returning to South Korea. If he returned to South Korea, it might affect Han Ran's throne. By then, Han Ran would be in an embarrassing situation. Wu's situation was also embarrassing. Rather than being like this, it would be better to stay in Wei.

This was the fundamental reason why Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, stayed in the Wei State, and it was not because of the Wei State's force. In fact, the Wei State had long ago not cared about whether he stayed in the country or not.

But when Chang Hong mentioned this matter, Li Hou Han Wu couldn't help but think about it.

He frowned and asked: "What happened in the country? Did something happen to Han Ran?"

After hearing this, Chang Hong said to Lihou Hanwu: "Lihou, now in the country, the king is about to be appointed, and Duke Zhuang will steal the throne. The general specially asked me to welcome Lihou back to the country and take charge of the overall situation."

"What?!"

Li Hou Han Wu's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He grabbed Chang Hong's shoulders and asked with wide eyes: "You said Han... you said he will die soon?! How is this possible?!"

You must know that Han Wang was more than ten years younger than Lihou Han Wu. Han Wu never believed that his adopted brother, who should have been in his prime, would actually die soon.

"What happened?" Lihou asked eagerly.

Chang Hong shook his head and said: "It's not what Marquis Li thought. It's just that the king has worked day and night over the years and became ill from overwork..." Then he told Han Wangran about the incident in the palace a few months ago when he accidentally fell and broke his head. When I saw Han Wu, I heard Han Wu hesitate to speak several times.

Han Wangran's face flashed through his mind.

To be honest, Han Wu did not hate Han Ran. After all, the latter just did some things that a monarch should do. On the other hand, Han Ran did not eradicate him in order to eliminate hidden dangers, which had fulfilled his brotherly love.

Therefore, whenever he recalled the past, he only felt a little bit emotional, feeling that God's unpredictability had brought his two brothers to where they were now.

Seeing that Han Wu was silent for a long time, Chang Hong urged: "Marquis Li, without further delay, please pack your bags immediately and follow the general back home."

Li Hou Han Wu frowned and thought for a long time, and finally nodded slowly.

On the same day, Lihou Hanwu asked his wives and concubines to pack their bags, and then the next day, under the protection of Chang Hong and others, he disguised himself and quietly left Daliang.

After Lihou Hanwu fled, among the servants of Lihou Mansion, the informants sent by Daliang Mansion realized something was wrong and quickly reported the matter to Daliang Mansion.

"Li Hou Han Wu escaped?"

Chu Shuli, the president of Daliang Mansion, was quite at a loss when he learned about this matter.

Although the hostage Lihou Hanwu had little effect on the Wei State, he could not just let him escape.

So Chu Shuli sent soldiers to hunt him down, and at the same time he sent people to report to the Luoyang court.

At this time, Wei Wang Zhao Run was in the Manlu Hall of Luoyang Palace. He had just received a secret letter from the Qingya people in Jicheng, South Korea, from Gao Kuo, the Zuoduwei of Tiance Mansion, and learned that "Han Wangran was suspected to have died." information.

Zhao Run was skeptical about this news.

Because this incident was too coincidental: when Han envoy Zhao Zhuo came to Luoyang in July, he, Zhao Runcai, asked about Han Wangran's physical condition in a subtle way. In the end, Han Wangran passed away in less than three months?

And just when Zhao Run repeatedly read the secret letter and thought about whether the news was true, he saw Gao Kuo coming back and reporting another incident: a few days ago, Lihou Hanwu escaped from Daliang, suspected of Fleeed back to Korea.

"..."

Zhao Run remained silent, sitting behind his desk and thinking about the connection between the two things.

According to common sense, these two events are closely related. It is simply that Han Wangran really passed away, and then some people in South Korea who were still loyal to Lihou Hanwu tried to rescue Hanwu.

But his intuition told Zhao Run that this matter was not that simple.

After thinking for a moment, he simply came to Chui Gong Hall to discuss the matter with the ministers of the inner court.

However, the ministers in the inner court also had different opinions on this matter and could not reach a unanimous opinion.
To be continued...