In the early morning of the next day, not long after Zhao Hongrun got up from the bed, he saw Zongwei Lu Mu walking in angrily and reporting the incident.
"Who?" Zhao Hongrun didn't respond.
Then Mu Qing shrugged and said, "It's Sun Jia, the descendant of Huyouhou."
"When did it happen?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
"Just now... Ordinary people didn't even ask for the weapons collected yesterday. As soon as the city gate opened, a group of people rushed out, as if they were being chased by something... Yan Mo asked the humble minister to ask His Highness whether it is necessary to send someone.
Let the cavalry chase." Mu Qing explained with his fists in his hands.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in amusement and said, "Forget it, let him go."
In his opinion, Sun Jia, the descendant of Huyouhou, was just a pawn and a pawn of King Qing Hongxin. There was no point in embarrassing such a person.
But having said that, isn't Sun Jia's courage too timid?
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun asked Wei Jiao and Mu Qing, "Did you ask anyone to make things difficult for others yesterday?"
Wei Jiao and Mu Qing looked at each other dumbfounded and said no.
Zhao Hongrun naturally trusted the words of the Zongwei.
"Could it be that Sun Jia is really that timid?"
Zhao Hongrun shook his head in amusement. Suddenly, he thought of the other person who came to visit yesterday, and asked: "Then... where is Liu Bingji?"
Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "I will go find out immediately."
After saying that, he bowed and retreated.
After a short while, Mu Qing came back and reported, "Your Highness, Liu Bing is already in the mansion next door."
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was having breakfast in the side hall of the government office, and was slightly startled when he heard this.
After casually eating a few mouthfuls of porridge with pickles, Zhao Hongrun took Wei Jiao, the head of Zong Wei, out of the government office and headed to the mansion where Liu Bing already lived.
That mansion was the residence where Zhao Hongrun had settled Sun Jia and Liu Bingji last night. It was about a hundred steps away from the county government office. It was said that it was originally owned by a wealthy family in Fenyin County, but that wealthy family was not there.
When the Qin army invaded Hedong County last year, they fled to Sanchuan County with their belongings. Therefore, yesterday Zhao Hongrun used this ownerless mansion to house Sun Jia and Liu Bingji.
In just a moment, Zhao Hongrun and his party arrived at the mansion on foot. Two Yanling soldiers guarding the mansion kowtowed to Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun nodded and greeted them, then walked into the mansion.
Passing through the front yard and arriving at the backyard, Zhao Hongrun happened to see Liu Bing sitting at the stone table in the backyard, accompanied by his two attendants, holding a cup of tea and looking at the two people in the flower garden with a smile.
Only the nameless bird jumped around him.
That expression was endlessly leisurely and calm.
"Master Liu is in such a good mood."
A dozen steps away, Zhao Hongrun said hello.
In fact, at this moment, Liu Bing had already noticed Zhao Hongrun and his party, so he placed the tea cup in his hand on the stone table, stood up, raised his hands and saluted: "Greetings to His Highness Prince Su."
"No courtesy." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to indicate that Liu Bing had taken a seat, and he came to the stone bench on the other side of the stone table and sat down.
"Young Master Liu." Looking at Liu's illness, Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile: "Just now, I heard that Young Master Sun Jia Sun, the descendant of the Marquis of Huyou, left Fenyin this morning...Does Young Master Liu know this?"
Liu Bing seemed not surprised that Zhao Hongrun would ask this question, and said with a smile: "I know... In fact, Sun Jia had discussed with me last night and planned to leave Fenyin this morning, but he was bumpy by the horses and horses on the way.
, it was really difficult to accompany him, so he left alone."
"That's it." Zhao Hongrun nodded in sudden realization, and then asked with a bit of surprise: "But why is this?"
"Don't you know, Your Highness Prince Su?" Liu Bing already smiled and said, "His Highness is not angry but powerful. Yesterday, he scared Sun Shizi quite a lot...especially His Highness's expression when he burned the letter. I saw it clearly. At that time
That grandson's face was pale and he was sweating profusely."
"Is there any?" Zhao Hongrun turned around and asked Wei Jiao and Mu Qing.
Wei Jiao and Mu Qing grinned and nodded in agreement.
Especially when Mu Qing smiled and said: "Your Highness, your expression is indeed scary sometimes, but you just don't know it."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun recalled what happened yesterday, when he recalled the events when he burned the letter of King Qing Hongxin, and he felt relieved: It was probably because he was unhappy at that time, and it showed on his face, which was why Sun Jia, the descendant of the Hou family, was frightened.
Escape from Fenyin.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun looked at Liu Bingji a little strangely, and asked with a chuckle: "Young Master Liu doesn't seem to be afraid of me?"
After Liu Bing heard this, he smiled calmly and said, "Yesterday Liu didn't say anything, let alone offended His Highness Prince Su. Why should you be afraid?"
After he said this, Zhao Hongrun remembered: Yesterday, Liu Bingji really didn't say a word.
"But...what on earth did this guy do here?"
Zhao Hongrun felt a little confused about the person in front of him.
"Prince Xiang...don't you have any special instructions?" Zhao Hongrun asked tentatively.
Liu Bing glanced at Zhao Hongrun and shook his head slightly.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun was secretly surprised.
And at this moment, Liu Bing was heard saying slowly: "I and Sun Jia, the descendant of Huyouhou, have come to pay homage to His Highness Prince Su. This can already express the position of His Highness Prince Xiang... There is no need for Liu to say more.
What, superfluous?"
Zhao Hongrun heard this and glanced at Liu Bingji.
Indeed, Liu Bing was already the legitimate son of the Liu family in Zhongyang and the cousin of King Xiang Hongjing. He came to Fenyin together with Sun Jia, the descendant of Huyouhou and the cousin of King Hongxin of Qing. The meaning was obvious.
But having said that, Zhao Hongrun had a vague feeling that Xiang Wang Hongjing, as an ally and supporter of Qing Wang Hongxin, was a little too perfunctory.
As for the Liu Bing in front of him, as the cousin of King Xiang Hongjing, his attitude was even more perfunctory, as if he just came to Fenyin for a trip and did anything to help King Qing or Sun Jia? No.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun asked with great interest: "Is King Xiang planning to repeat his old tricks? In my humble opinion, King Qing may not completely trust King Xiang, right?"
Think about it, when the original prince Zhao Hongli was powerful, King Xiang Hongjing supported King Yong Hongyu to overthrow the former. But now that King Yong Hongyu is powerful, King Hongjing of Xiang has turned to King Qing Hongxin to deal with King Yong. Even a fool can see that Zhao Hongrun is
What exactly is the plan of the three brothers?
After listening to Zhao Hongrun's words, Liu Bing already smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether King Qing trusts His Highness Prince Xiang in his heart. Even if he doesn't trust him in his heart, he will pretend to trust him on the surface and try his best to win over His Highness Prince Xiang..."
"..." Zhao Hongrun nodded slightly.
It is undeniable that Liu Bingji’s words hit the nail on the head.
Xiang Wang Hongjing clearly planned to rely on a more powerful brother and bring down another more powerful brother, using this method to gradually reduce the obstacles in front of him.
Couldn't Yong Wang Hongyu see it at the beginning?
Of course it's impossible. At least Zhao Hongrun knew that Yong Wang Hongyu was wary of Xiang Wang Hongjing from the beginning.
But even so, the two finally reached an alliance and jointly dealt with the former prince Zhao Hongli.
The reason is simple: if the former prince Zhao Hongli secures his position as crown prince, both King Yong and King Xiang will lose the opportunity to become kings.
But now, King Xiang Hongjing has turned to King Qing Hongxin. King Qing Hongxin may not trust him, the brother of the three kings, but he has no choice. If he doesn't win over King Hongjing of Xiang, King Yongyu will win over him.
Although Qing Wang Hongxin can be sure that Xiang Wang Hongjing also has ambitions for the throne, but what if? What if the third brother of the king is persuaded by Yong Wang Hongyu, then Qing Wang Hongxin will have to fight one against two, step by step
Follow the footsteps of the former crown prince Zhao Hongli?
Some people may say that since King Xiang Hongjing is a disruptor, why didn't King Yong Hongyu and King Qing Hongxin jointly expel this person from the field first, and then fight each other to win or lose?
The reason is simple, because there is no chance - without any evidence, if Yong Wang Hongyu and Qing Wang Hongxin want to suppress Xiang Wang Hongjing, they will inevitably fall into the trap.
Of course, the more important reason is that King Yong Hongyu at that time, and now King Qing Hongxin, did not regard the strength of King Xiang Hongjing as a top priority. At the beginning, King Yong's biggest enemy was Zhao Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, but now King Hongxin of Qing
The biggest enemy in his heart is King Yong.
Precisely because the threat is small, Xiang Wang Hongjing can have both sides. This is the way for the weak to survive, although Xiang Wang Hongjing is not a weak person.
Out of interest, Zhao Hongrun originally came here to test out Liu Bing. Unexpectedly, Liu Bing surprised him so much that Zhao Hongrun forgot his agreement with Kou Zheng and started chatting with Liu Bing here.
Through some verbal exchanges, Zhao Hongrun was surprised to find that Liu Bingji’s vision and talents were indeed worthy of being called a virtuous man. In fact, Liu Bingji could even talk about the current situation of various countries, and what he said
His strategy for Hexi and Hetao coincided with Zhao Hongrun's.
Just as the two were chatting in high spirits, Kou Zheng led his fellow disciples Shang Yang and Mu Ziyong here.
It turned out that Zhao Hongrun had made an appointment with Kou Zheng and others to discuss the location of the Fenyin garrison and the division of military farmland. However, because he and Liu Bing had already had a good chat with each other, he forgot about it, and Kou Zheng and others missed the opportunity.
So I found him.
"It's my fault."
Zhao Hongrun stood up and apologized to Kou Zheng and others.
Of course, Kou Zheng and his party were not dissatisfied. On the contrary, they were quite interested in Liu Bingji, a talented person introduced by Zhao Hongrun.
However, because Kou Zheng and others did not know the identity of the "Zhongyang Liu family" or even his relatives, they mistakenly thought that Liu Bing was the newly recruited retainer and staff of His Royal Highness Prince Su. Although they did not shy away from Fenyin County's
The map was spread out on the stone table, and the plan in his mind for the reorganization of Fenyin County was spelled out in detail.
This move made Zhao Hongrun and Liu Bingji a little embarrassed.
Of course, Zhao Hongrun's embarrassment only lasted for a moment. After all, Fenyin County's rectification plan was not an ulterior secret; but Liu Bing was already much more embarrassed. After all, he was not a member of King Su's lineage at all.
Watching a large group of people from King Su discussing countermeasures with him, it was an uncomfortable feeling for him to be among them as an outsider.
What's even worse is that Kou Zheng kept asking him "whether this arrangement is appropriate."
At first, Liu Bing was still a little shy about it, but as he chatted, his heart became more and more unbearable, so that later, he also joined the debate team, arguing with Kou Zheng, Shang Yang, and Mu Ziyong on the rectification strategy.
Pros and cons come.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Hongrun's heart moved slightly.
Liu Bingji's talent and knowledge made Zhao Hongrun even intend to recommend this person to serve as the "Pi Shi Order", but when he thought of the other person's identity, Zhao Hongrun's heart suddenly froze.