In the seemingly prosperous and prosperous age of Zhao Guoxin's new crown prince, Lu Yan's plan was proceeding in an orderly manner.
The Longtai guards sent by King Zhao Yan to monitor the harem finally responded. Several guards carried a corpse in front of Zhao Yan. The leader knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we caught a person acting suspiciously in the Queen's Palace.
It was incompetent and no one was caught alive."
"Huh?" Zhao Yan groaned, walked to the body, scanned it with his eyes open, and asked, "What did you find from above?"
"Except for a tattoo on the shoulder, there are no other traces and nothing to indicate his identity."
"Stamp?"
"iOi" is mainly a circular imprint, with a short vertical bar on each side of the circle.
The guard took the initiative to expose the corpse's shoulders. Zhao Yan didn't care about any scruples and leaned over to take the imprints into his heart carefully.
What does this mark represent?
He used his brain to think, but could not come up with the result for the time being, so he waved his hand and said, "Pull it down. Don't relax, Queen, to prevent any fish from slipping through the net."
"Nuo." The Longtai guards took the order and dragged the body away and disappeared from the main hall.
At this time, a distant cry came from outside, "Your Majesty, the military situation at the border~"
"Here we go again, the Qin people are not done yet!" Zhao Yan complained irritably, waving his sleeves and returning to the throne, "Let him come in quickly!"
"Your Majesty, here comes the military intelligence report. The State of Qin suddenly stopped its activities yesterday. In order to prevent the Qin people from committing fraud, I am still on high alert."
"Humph, you have been bluffing people for ten days with great fanfare. Ying Zheng, you are still trying to save face and suffer the consequences." He looked like he had expected it, and dismissed Ying Zheng's behavior. "I know, the border
Thank you for your hard work, officers. In a few days, I will send people to the border to reward the army."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!" The soldier withdrew with gratitude.
Zhao Yan ordered his people to spread out the map of the Central Plains, rubbed his chin and said, "Hmm~ It seems that the Qin State is really flawless in attacking me, and the Yan State is destined to be destroyed this time. But after destroying the Yan State, the situation will
It’s still not optimistic.”
"Report~ Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Oh no, it's the border troops, it's the border troops!" A soldier yelled and rushed in while rolling and crawling.
"What's the border army? What happened to the border army?!"
The soldier lay on the ground, breathing heavily and slurring his words, "Li Mu, Li Mu's frontier cavalry has arrived a hundred miles outside Handan City, Your Majesty!"
"Wow!" Zhao Yan blew up everything in front of him, stood up with a look of horror on his face, pointed at the soldiers on the ground and shouted, "What did you say!"
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. Looking at the flag, the number of people is not less than 50,000."
"You bastard! Li Mu, you led the army back without an edict, what do you want to do! Come on, I have to go to the tower and ask Li Mu personally!"
Zhao Yan rushed out of the palace in a hurry, and his men went to help him get his armor and helmet, but before he could step out of the palace gate, the chamberlain behind him ran out in a panic.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the military talisman of the border army is missing. Your Majesty~"
"What did you say~" Zhao Yan threw away the guard who was following him, grabbed the coat of the servant with both hands, his eyes were red, and a gloomy voice came out from his throat little by little, "Where is the military talisman?"
"Your Majesty, I, I~"
"Plop~plop!" First there was a muffled sound as the body touched the ground, followed by the sword being unsheathed and pierced into the flesh, and the body of the chamberlain fell to the ground.
"Li Mu!" Zhao Yan held up the long sword dripping with blood, letting the blood stain his sleeves. He gritted his teeth and chanted Li Mu's name, and then led the Longtai guards to the tower.
…
The prince moved to his mansion
The family leader howled all the way and rushed into the gate of the mansion. When he found his master, he gasped, "Sir, something big has happened. Suddenly there is a huge movement of soldiers and horses in the city. The king himself has led the dragon tower guards to guard the city tower."
Zhao Qian was instantly pleasantly surprised. He grabbed both of Jia Zai's arms and brought his face close to him, "What? Do you know what happened?"
"It is said that Li Mu rebelled and rushed towards Handan with the frontier cavalry. Now the city is in chaos."
"Li Mu? Okay! Okay!"
The family leader shook his hand, broke free from his hand, and asked, "Sir, are you crazy? Li Mu rebelled and wanted to attack Handan. This is a serious matter that can lead to death."
"What do you know? Go and go." Zhao Qian was in a good mood and was too lazy to talk to his servants. After driving him away, he said righteously, "Li Mu rebelled and my father came to the war in person. As the prince, how can I cower in this place?"
Come to the rear, please put some armor on me, I am going to see my father."
Gongzijia's Mansion
In the deserted and miserable place, Zhao Jia listened to the commotion in the city outside, his eyes filled with the overwhelming joy of making a comeback.
He grabbed a servant who was running around in his house and asked, "What happened outside that made you so panicked?"
The servant raised his hands in the air, and the young master stared at him with his green eyes. He was so frightened that he swallowed his saliva, "Sir, it is said that Li Mu rebelled. The frontier cavalry has arrived at Handan City, and the king has personally gone to defend the enemy.
"
Zhao Jia put the servant down and murmured, "General Li Mu, it is true that you are the true loyal minister and good general of our Zhao country..."
When the servant heard these words at close range, he felt as if he had seen a ghost, "Ah? Master, you——"
Zhao Jia couldn't care less about this man, pushed him to the ground and rushed over.
While walking in a hurry, he bumped into someone head-on. The person grabbed him with his backhand and asked eagerly, "Master, Master, General Li Mu's 60,000 cavalry have arrived outside the city. What should we do next?"
Zhao Jia took a closer look and saw that it was Zhao Wei. When he asked him this question, he suddenly realized that he really didn't know what he should do when Li Mu arrived.
While his mind was spinning, he suddenly thought of a person, "Yes! Dunruo, Mr. Dunruo must know what I should do now. Zhao Wei, take me to Mr. Dunruo quickly."
She is indeed a loser who cannot be helped. It is worth it that I have done so much for the queen. After tomorrow, Young Master Qian will be the future king.
In Zhao Wei's heart, he despised Zhao Jia as if he were worse than a pig or a dog. He calmly said yes and led people to find Dunwei.
…
Pearl Court
An old man with a shining expression was sitting and playing chess with Lu Yan. It was a moment of weakness.
He moved the white chess piece lightly with his wrist and said calmly: "Li Mu is here. What are you going to do about what will happen next?"
Lu Yan leisurely placed the black pieces on the chessboard and praised: "Li Mu's reputation in Zhao is indeed astonishing. One hundred thousand border troops guarded the foreign tribes, 40,000 stayed behind, and the remaining 60,000 marched south to Handan without an order. These 60,000 had no objections.
The military power is overwhelming."
He weakly stroked his beard and shook his head, "Oh~ I can only say that Li Mu is indeed worthy of being a famous general in the world. Our country's plan was concealed from Zhao Guochao, but he was far away at the frontier. It's a pity."
The two of them got down slowly, and Chao Banshee opened the door and walked in. She saluted the two of them and said, "Master Imperial Master, Master Dun Ruo, Master Jia is here."
Lu Yan's hand holding the chess piece paused, and he said with waning interest, "I've become tired of the word "self-involved" over the past few days. Bring him here, it's time to finish."
"Haha, Master National Preceptor, your tail will also be taken away by me." After Dun Rui fell down, he let out a cheerful laugh.
Lu Yan shook his head and put down his hand, "In terms of chess ability, I am still no match."
"Haha, I'm so weak, thank you so much for your understanding, Master Imperial Master."