Xunzi came back, and he came back with murderous intent.
From Jinyang to Handan, they were intercepted and killed six or seven times along the way, and all the assassins were killed by Xunzi.
"Your Majesty."
Xunzi jumped off the carriage, walked to Zhao Kuo, and bowed.
His Confucian robe was still stained with blood, and he had a sword tied around his waist. His steps were steady and powerful, his eyes were sharp, and his whole body exuded a faint evil aura. He didn't know how many people he had killed.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Xun."
Zhao Kuo helped Xunzi up and said solemnly.
Needless to say, just from the blood stains on Xunzi's body, you can tell how many assassinations he experienced along the way.
This is how noble officials and gentry dare not confront the court openly, but they do evil things behind the scenes.
It can be said that these assassinations that Xunzi suffered were entirely blocked by Zhao Kuo.
Depriving someone of their money is like killing your parents. They don't care whether you are a monarch or who you are.
If Xunzi had not taken the initiative to help Zhao Kuo fight against these noble officials, all means would have fallen on Zhao Kuo.
Xunzi smiled, shook his head and said, "They are all small things."
"Come here." Zhao Kuo glared at the person behind Xunzi and said fiercely.
This person was Zhao Miao, Zhao Kuo's good friend. It was Zhao Miao and others who introduced Zhao Kuo and Li Mu to each other.
This time Xunzi went to investigate the embezzlement of rewards, and Zhao Miao was sent to protect Xunzi. But now it seems that we still don’t know who is protecting whom!
The blood stains on Zhao Miao's body were not as much as those on Xunzi's body.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Miao came over sheepishly, leaned over and said.
"The King asked you to protect Xun Qing. Is this how you protect him? If Xun Qing has any shortcomings, your life will not be enough to compensate him."
Zhao Kuoyang said angrily, the aura of the superior could not help but exude.
"I know my mistake." Zhao Miao said quickly.
Although the two were friends before, Zhao Miao did not dare to regard Zhao Kuo as a friend now.
"Your Majesty, don't blame him. I was just feeling itchy and couldn't hold it back." Xunzi said apologetically.
To be honest, Xunzi looked down upon these guards at all, and none of them were as strong as him.
Besides, as a hexagonal warrior, how could he hide behind and be protected by others? People who don’t know better think he’s not good at it!
"Don't Xun Qing know that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall?" Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.
This is Xunzi. If he is killed on the road, where can he reason?
"Are those few thieves enough to make a dangerous wall? Even if they come ten times more, they won't be enough for me to kill them all by myself." Xunzi raised his face and said with a look of arrogance.
As a man who travels around the world for business, Xunzi said that he had never seen any big storms or waves. He was not afraid of hundreds of bandits surrounding him, let alone a few assassins.
Living in troubled times, do you dare to run around without the strength to push the envelope?
"..." Zhao Kuo suddenly discovered that Xunzi actually had a warlike side in his heart.
But if you think about it carefully, it would be surprising if a man who dares to fight against heaven and earth is not bellicose!
"Heretic, you are finally back. I have been waiting for you for a long time." At this time, Kong Chuan rushed to Xunzi from behind, pointed at Xunzi and said loudly.
"Kong Chuan, you actually came to our country of Zhao." Xunzi said with pretended surprise.
"Hahaha, you didn't expect it. I have been cultivating for several years and came all the way from Qi to find you to avenge the humiliation I suffered." Kong Chuan was full of confidence and looked like you were waiting to see.
"Tell me, did you send the person who assassinated me?" Xunzi suddenly interrupted Kong Chuan and asked loudly.
"You...you are slanderous. I will only win you openly." Kong Chuan was so angry that his face turned blue and his whole body trembled. He had never been so slandered in his life.
"Look, I'm just joking, but you can't stand it anymore. With this little endurance, you still want to beat me?" Xunzi said with a smile.
Of course he knew that those assassins were not from the Kong Chuan sect. If they were really from the Kong Chuan sect, given the foundation of the Kong family, among other things, they could still afford to hire a transcendent realm warrior, so they wouldn’t send all the scumbags.
It seems that it was done by some low-class nobles and officials.
"Pfft..." Kong Chuan's face turned pale instantly, and the momentum he had built up until now suddenly disappeared...
He suddenly realized that all his preparations these days seemed to be in vain...
"Brother, calm down, calm down. The time has not come, the time has not come..." Kong Bin quickly consoled him.
With Kong Chuan's strength, he was no match for Xunzi, but it had only been a few days since their letter was sent out, and no one had received it yet. It would not be too late to deal with Xunzi after everyone arrived in Handan.
"Just wait for me." Kong Chuan said harshly and hid behind the crowd.
After a brief interlude, Zhao Kuo invited Xunzi into the carriage and walked toward the city together.
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In the main hall, several small cauldrons were steaming hot, and slices of meat, green onions, ginger, vegetables, and freshly made tofu were poured in one after another.
Everyone formed a circle around the small cauldron and scrambled to pick up food from the small cauldron. There was no distinction between the emperor and his ministers.
"I thought Xunzi would not be used to eating like this." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
In this era, nobles shared their food. Except for close relatives, they would not eat together. Xunzi was a great Confucian scholar.
"Your Majesty, you are now looking down on me, Xun Kuang. When I was traveling around to study, I was sometimes so poor that I couldn't even afford food. Do I still need to follow etiquette at this time? I am sure that Confucius said, 'If you don't eat meat if it is not cut properly, it will not be sauced.
When you don't eat, you are definitely not on the way to being hunted."
"Although this kind of eating around is not in line with Zhou etiquette, I think it is harmless. Eating is a matter of enjoyment, so why bother to restrain it with heavy shackles?"
said.
"I, Old Xiong, also feel that it is more comfortable to eat like this. You can eat whatever you want, just like we do in the army." Yan Xiong picked up a large piece of mutton from the cauldron and put it in his mouth regardless of whether it was cooked or not.
"The heretics dare to insult my ancestors." Kong Chuan suddenly stood up, pointed at Xunzi and said loudly.
"Sir, sit down first. Sir, sit down first. If you have anything to do, please tell me later." Zhao Kuo said quickly, almost forgetting that there was an ancestor here!
"The Rites of the Zhou Dynasty stipulates that 'the emperor eats too much food, including cattle, sheep, and hogs. The princes eat cattle, the ministers eat sheep, the husbands eat hogs, the scholars eat fish and grilled fish, and the common people eat vegetables.' Different status means different things to eat, and everyone eats them.
But eating them in a circle like this, without distinction between superiority and inferiority, and without respect for etiquette, is the food of untouchables."
Kong Chuan sat down and said angrily.
In this era, only 'untouchables' would eat together like this, and nobles would never do this.
Zhao Kuo wanted to say, "The Great Zhou Dynasty is dead," but he thought that the Zhou Dynasty still had some territory, so he held it back.