Chapter 198: Han Wangran and Wei Wangrun (2) [two in one]
When Wei King Zhao Run asked about Han Wangran's recent situation, a scene emerged in Zhao Zhuo's mind, which was what he saw when he was summoned by Han Wangran in Jicheng Palace before being ordered to come to Wei.
situation.
At that time, Han Wangran's face looked haggard and his complexion was decayed, which seemed to be caused by long-term hard work, physical and mental exhaustion, and overwork. More importantly, Han Wangran did not know what happened to him that day. It is said that he fell down for no reason and hit his forehead on the king's head.
Going up the stairs makes him look even more haggard.
"Zhao Zhuo?"
Seeing that Zhao Zhuo was silent for a long time, Zhao Run had a flash of doubt in his heart and urged.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo woke up from his memories and immediately confessed to the Wei monarch in front of him.
Although he hesitated a little, knowing the stakes involved, he still did not dare to reveal Han Wangran's true story to the wise and cunning King Wei in front of him. He put on a smile and said: "Thanks to His Majesty King Wei, everything is well with my king.
"
"oh--"
Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhao Zhuo with deep meaning.
He could see clearly just now that when he asked about Han Wangran's recent situation, Han's envoy Zhao Zhuo was obviously distracted - based on his understanding of Zhao Zhuo, Zhao Zhuo would definitely not lose his composure on such an occasion.
"...Could it be that something happened to Han Ran?"
Zhao Run guessed calmly.
At this time, the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo was also a little troubled. He had already mustered up the courage to risk his life to provoke the King of Wei in front of him, so that he would send troops to attack South Korea in anger. This would completely destroy the power of the King of South Korea, Han Ran.
Entrust.
Unexpectedly, Wei Wang Zhao Run interrupted him several times and asked about Han Wangran's situation - as if he was asking about the status of an old friend who had been away for a long time, which completely disrupted Zhao Zhuo's draft.
After gathering his composure, Zhao Zhuo said sternly: "Your Majesty King Wei, your country is the overlord of the Central Plains, but what you do cannot convince the world... This time I, Korea, declare war on your country, it is not a challenge to your Majesty, but
Due to helplessness...the merchants of your country are as vicious as tigers and leopards, as greedy as jackals, and they ignore the friendship between Wei and South Korea..."
He angrily denounced the crimes of Wei merchants, and eloquently accused Wei merchants of how they defeated their Korean merchants with unfair and malicious competition, and spread the war to their Korean homeland.
Looking at Zhao Zhuo's devoted look, Zhao Hongrun felt something interesting in his heart: Do the Koreans really not know that the things that the merchants of Wei State did were actually inspired by him behind their backs?
"Are you really not knowing? Or are you pretending not to know?"
Zhao Hongrun thought about it and felt that the latter was more likely: Zhao Zhuo didn't know that those Wei merchants were behind Zhao Run's instructions. The former just had to pretend not to know, otherwise he would accuse the accomplices in front of the mastermind behind the scenes.
It seems a bit embarrassing and a bit funny.
And this can also prove that this time South Korea was indeed forced to have no choice, so it took this tactic and was forced to take such a funny step as "scoring the accomplices in front of the mastermind" in the hope that it could save the situation.
Because he knew this, Zhao Run stopped interrupting and just looked at Zhao Zhuo with a smile, wanting to see how far Zhao Zhuo could persist.
Facts have proved that when Zhao Run had no sense of cooperation, Zhao Zhuoyue became more and more embarrassed. Even though he braced himself and tried to support him, he could not hold on for long in the end.
This caused an eerie silence to suddenly appear in the hall, and you could hear a needle drop.
Seeing Zhao Zhuo's flushed face, Zhao Hongrun smiled and came to his rescue for the sake of the two of them having known each other for many years: "Okay, let's stop talking about this matter. It is still a matter with me, the monarch of your country...
…”
"Your Majesty the King of Wei..." Zhao Zhuo was about to speak again after hearing this, but was interrupted by Zhao Run, who smiled and said: "As the saying goes, a snake hits you within seven inches. When I, the great Wei Dynasty, attacked Qi, I happened to hit you at the waiting gate...
Don't tell me what "Qi State has not offended your country". According to me
As we know, although the State of Qi surrendered on the surface, it secretly had contacts with South Korea and the State of Chu. Not long ago, the State of Qi also specially organized a fleet to help you sell a batch of ordnance to South Korea by sea.
When I go to Chu State, I will attack Qi State, and there will be no mistake."
"..."
Zhao Zhuoya was speechless.
Previously, he had placed his hope in Wei Wang Zhao Run's decision to attack Qi State on a whim, but it turns out that Wei Wang Zhao Run made this decision after careful consideration, and the latter's strategic vision was very vicious. He could tell at a glance that Qi State was his "
The "Seven Inches" of the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Han, Qi, and Chu" are located.
Facing such talented and powerful enemy monarchs, Zhao Zhuo had no choice.
After sighing as if giving up, he asked helplessly: "What does Your Majesty, King Wei, want to ask?"
After hearing this, Zhao Run straightened his sitting posture, put his knees on the table, crossed his fingers, and asked with a smile: "I heard that in recent years, Han Ran has followed my example, the cock crows, the moon disappears, and even
It’s diligence…”
"Yes." Zhao Zhuo thought for a while, nodded and replied.
Zhao Run also nodded and said with some heartfelt emotion: "Of the monarchs in the Central Plains, the one I fear the most is your country's leader Han Ran. The others are Lu Bai, Xiong Tuo, Wei Fei, Gong Shu Xing,
I don’t even take it seriously…”
When Zhao Zhuo heard this, he was both surprised and moved. He couldn't help but straighten his back, because the tone of Wei Wang Zhao Run seemed to have the meaning of "I am the only hero in the world and your monarch Han Ran'er." Even Zhao Zhuo also vaguely felt that it was a little bit unnecessary.
Honor.
However, at this moment, Zhao Run suddenly changed his tone and said with a smile: "But I am very curious, how long can Han Ran last?"
Zhao Zhuo was stunned and asked in confusion: "What does His Majesty King Wei mean by these words?"
Zhao Run sneered and said with a bit of teasing: "Han Ran is indeed diligent, but as I said to him personally back then, I will not give him any chance! ... Over the years, he has treated
He is not as good as me on the outside, and he is not as good as me on the inside. He is hampered by me in every aspect and has been frustrated many times. I am really curious, how long can he sustain it? "
Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo felt a little angry for no reason in his heart, and his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched tightly subconsciously. His face was expressionless, and he said with neither humility nor arrogance: "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? I, Dahan, also
There was great glory when "Shangdang defeated Wei", but now it has fallen into this situation. The king of Wei is so complacent today, but it may not last long..."
"Be bold!"
The eunuch Gao He heard this and scolded in a high voice.
Zhao Run waved his hand, signaling Gao He to step back, and then said to Zhao Zhuo with a smile: "Zhao Zhuo, I have no other intentions. I don't mean to ridicule your monarch. I just feel that you, South Korea, have suffered repeated defeats over the years.
War, repeated defeats, why bother? Do we, the Wei Dynasty, really make you wait for sleep and food?... Ask yourself, in recent years, the war between our country, the Wei Dynasty, and your country has been fought by you, South Korea, every time.
Provoked, no
Really? Was it me, the Wei Dynasty, who took the initiative to provoke me once? Why didn't you just admit defeat and then work on restoring the national strength?" At this point, he added: "As long as Han Ran is willing to surrender, he will never provoke me again.
Wei, I can forget the blame. In fact, I have no desire for you, South Korea, and I have always believed that South Korea is located in the Northern Plains, and it has contributed a lot to the Central Plains against Beidi in recent decades..."
After listening to Zhao Run's words, the anger in Zhao Zhuo's heart disappeared, replaced by a complicated mood.
In fact, Zhao Run has made it clear: We, the Wei State, have nothing to desire for you, South Korea. Instead of spending a huge price to destroy your country, it is better to continue to let you, South Korea, guard the northern part of the Central Plains for the entire Central Plains and resist the Di in the Northern Plateau.
Rong.
To Zhao Zhuo, these words were spoken from the bottom of his heart.
It’s just that Zhao Zhuo knows that, including his Korean monarch Han Ran, there are still a large number of people in Korea who still have not given up on the lofty ambition of "restoring the country to its old glory". In order to achieve this ambition, Wei must
Defeated enemies.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Zhuo said euphemistically: "His Majesty the King of Wei's intention will be conveyed to our monarch word for word when I return to my country, but..." At this point, he paused for a moment and said, He seemed to be considering his words.
At this time, Zhao Run smiled and said what Zhao Zhuo was thinking: "However, Han Ran may not be willing to listen, right?"
"..." Zhao Zhuo could only remain silent.
"That's all." Zhao Run shook his head and said with a smile: "It's hard to have everything in this world go as planned... Since Han Ran wants to continue fighting with me, I am willing to accompany him. He is in this world.
, but it can also urge me to be diligent and uphold the country, and not to be complacent just because of some achievements.
Hi..." At this point, he glanced at Zhao Zhuo calmly, and changed his tone again: "In the past two years, I feel that my energy is not as good as before. I am no longer as energetic as I was when I was in my twenties.
, his appetite is not very good either, Han Ran is a few years older than me, how is his appetite?"
Zhao Zhuo didn't have time to think about it and said truthfully: "It's just a bowl of rice, and most of the dishes are vegetarian... Our Majesty doesn't like oily food."
"oh--"
The corner of Wei Wang Zhao Run's mouth raised a smile that was not easy to detect, and asked again: "When you fall asleep at night, how deep do you sleep?"
Zhao Zhuo shook his head and said, "I'm just sleeping lightly, and I'm often woken up by the slightest movement."
"..."
Zhao Run touched the short beard on his chin and looked at Zhao Zhuo with interest.
There are often small movements when falling asleep at night. If this happened to the veterans on the battlefield, it would be because they were too vigilant. But if it happened to Han Wangran, it would most likely be a sign of mental weakness and the cause.
It's nothing more than long-term fatigue and mental exhaustion.
Later, Zhao Run asked Zhao Zhuo circumstantially about Han Wangran's current situation. Zhao Zhuo didn't know what was going on and told the truth, saying that Han Wangran had an irregular schedule because of his hard work in handling government affairs.
After finishing the government affairs at hand, I grabbed a few bites of food, and even at night, I couldn't get enough rest.
Hearing this, Zhao Run felt a little emotional.
His diligence, to be honest, is just deceiving. Due to the internal dynasty, almost 70% of the state affairs do not need to be handled by him personally. In the time saved, Zhao Run sometimes writes and draws in the Ganlu Hall, and sometimes in the
You can fish and read in the Imperial Garden. If it is a sunny day, you can simply move a deck chair outside the palace and lie lazily in the sun.
But Han Wangran's diligence was real. He truly managed to rise when the rooster crows and rest when the moon is gone. He devoted at least eight or nine hours every day to national affairs, even delaying three meals and rest.
Sometimes when I think about it carefully, Zhao Run feels that he feels a little guilty for deliberately cheating an honest person like Han Ran.
But as he said to Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo and others, among the monarchs of various countries in the Central Plains, the one that Zhao Run fears and values the most is the monarch of South Korea, Han Ran, unless the latter gives up his long-cherished wishes and lofty ambitions.
, willing to submit to Wei State, otherwise, Zhao Run would not dare to let such a wise monarch of another country go unchecked, lest he be controlled by him in the future.
About half an hour later, Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, realized that his trip was destined to be fruitless, and King Zhao Run of Wei had finished asking questions about his Korean monarch Han Ran, so he said goodbye and left, preparing to go tomorrow.
Return to South Korea the day after tomorrow.
After Zhao Zhuo left, Zhao Run stood alone at the window of the study room in Ganlu Hall, silent for a long time.
Seeing this, the eunuch Gao He asked tentatively: "Is Your Majesty feeling emotional because of King Han?"
"Yes." Zhao Run nodded and said with a slight sigh: "It seems that Han Ran eats little every day and does many things. At the same time, he has many worries and stagnation in his heart. How can he live a long life?"
"This is not a bad thing for me, the Great Wei, is it?" Gao He said with some surprise, because he could see that the majesty in front of him seemed to be quite entangled with this matter.
"yes……"
Zhao Run nodded melancholy, but his mood was quite complicated.
From the perspective of the interests of Wei State, of course the sooner a virtuous king like Han Ran of other countries dies, the better; but from a personal point of view, Zhao Run really does not want Han Ran to withdraw from the stage of this era in this way. After all, they have known each other for ten years.
Over the past few years, even if we cannot be called close friends, we can be regarded as old friends who know each other very well, and on many things, the two sides have quite consistent opinions. Even if they are called confidants, it is not an exaggeration.
The next day, Gao Kuo, the Zuodu Lieutenant of Tiance Prefecture, came to report in person, saying that after the Korean envoy Zhao Zhuo paid a visit to Han Chao, the Korean envoy stationed in Wei, he embarked on a journey back to Jicheng, South Korea.
Zhao Run felt a little strange about this. After all, there was no need for Gao Kuo, who was currently serving as the Zuodu Lieutenant of Tiance Mansion, to go there personally for such a matter.
As if he noticed Zhao Run's doubtful gaze, Gao Kuo said with a strange smile: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing..."
After that, Gao Kuo took out a secret letter from his arms, handed it to Zhao Run respectfully, and said: "This is sent by someone from the Green Crows lurking in Jicheng, South Korea. There is news about Han Ran...
"
Zhao Run frowned, took the secret letter and glanced at it twice, then frowned even more tightly.
Because the Green Crows lurking in Jicheng wrote in a secret letter that after their verification, Han Wangran seemed to be in a trance one day and accidentally knocked his head on the king's steps in the palace, causing serious injuries.
Although the guard minister Ma Kuo immediately blocked the news, the Green Crows lurking in Jicheng still heard about this incident through their news channels, but they have not yet found out whether it is true.
"..."
Looking at the secret letter in his hand, Zhao Run remained silent.
At this time, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, hurried to Ganlu Hall and reported to Zhao Run: "Your Majesty, there is Feng Xuan, the envoy from the State of Qi, who is on an envoy to our country on behalf of the King of Qi. I sincerely request to see your Majesty... Your Majesty?"
After a long silence, Zhao Run said calmly: "Let your etiquette department handle this matter."
Different from his attitude towards Han envoy Zhao Zhuo, after learning that Qi envoy Feng Xuan had arrived in Luoyang, Zhao Run was not even interested in meeting him.
Firstly, in his opinion, it didn't matter whether he saw the Qi envoy or not. After all, even if he didn't see the Qi envoy, Zhao Run could roughly guess its purpose - it was just to implore him that the Wei State should not send troops to Qi State.
What tricks can be done?
Secondly, at this moment, Zhao Run was really in no mood to meet that Feng Xuan, and he had no interest in even using the irrefutable proof that Qi had colluded with Wei and Han and Chu in the past two years to ridicule him.
"Gao Kuo."
Passing the letter in his hand to the eunuch Gao He and telling him to keep it carefully, Zhao Run told Gao Kuo: "You must send more manpower to verify the matters recorded in the letter carefully."
"Yes!" Gao Kuo cupped his fists and accepted the order.
After instructing him on this matter, Zhao Run left the Manlu Hall on his own.
Seeing this, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, smiled bitterly: They are obviously envoys from other countries, so why is your majesty willing to receive the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo, but not the Qi envoy Feng Xuan?
To be more careful, when it comes to the threat to Wei State, South Korea is obviously more serious than Qi State, right?
In the end, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, could only attribute this matter to "cannot be judged by common sense" - he, the contemporary monarch of Wei State, was indeed a monarch who "cannot be judged by common sense".
In fact, the reason is very simple, it is nothing more than Zhao Run's own preference.
Although Zhao Run had guessed the purpose of the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo's visit before meeting him, he still met Zhao Zhuo because he and Zhao Zhuo had known each other for many years.
I came here just for Han Wangran’s sake.
But Zhao Run's impression of Qi was not good. The incident involving the arrogant Qi envoy Tian Hu and his sixth brother Zhao Zhao made Zhao Run fall in love with Qi because of King Lu Xi of Qi.
The little good feeling that arose has long since disappeared.
This is why he ordered the declaration of war against Qi without hesitation: he has no friendship with this country!
Not to mention that Feng Xuan, the envoy of Qi State, was trying his best to hope that Wei State would stop attacking Qi State, nor that Wei King Zhao Run was in a bad mood for the next few days after receiving the secret letter about Han Wangran's accidental injury.
I fished and read by the fish pond in the garden to pass the time and sort out my emotions. Let's talk about Han's envoy Zhao Zhuo leaving Wei and returning to the capital Jicheng.
Zhao Zhuo returned along the original route, that is to say, he passed through Yecheng, Handan, Feicheng and Julu on the way.
When he passed through Handan, Wei general Zhao Jiang, who was stationed in Handan, was still fighting with Wu'an defender Jin Pao, so the situation along the border was quite tense.
Fortunately, Zhao Zhuo was a Korean envoy who visited Wei many times. Not only was he well-known in Wei, but even Wei King Zhao Run had treated him as a guest of honor many times. Therefore, the Wei soldiers and generals in Handan and Yecheng were
He did not embarrass the enemy envoy. At best, he rudely ordered him to leave the battlefield as soon as possible to avoid being implicated in the war and losing his life in vain.
Although he was 'intimidated' by the Wei army's generals, Zhao Zhuo still stayed in Handan for a day, trying his best to get as much information as possible on the Wei army's side, and prepared to inform Le Yi and Yan Kui when they were on their way to Julu.
——This is the only thing he can do.
According to the information he inquired about, a few days ago, when he was going to Luoyang, Wu'an Guards Jin Fu led his army to attack Handan. Unfortunately, the Wei army refused to fight and simply defended the defense line of the military camp northwest of Handan City.
As a result, Wu Anjun was still unable to open up the situation for the time being.
Later, Zhao Zhuo found out that the purpose of his Korean general Jin Bo's attack on Handan was not to attack the fortress, but to anger Zhao Jiang, the king of Yan, who was stationed in Handan, and induce Zhao Jiang, the king of Yan, to attack Wu'an - in response to this matter
, Han Jiang Leyi also came up with a feasible strategy. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiang, the king of Yan who was known to be reckless and impulsive, would not be fooled this time.
This has caused the border situation between Wei and South Korea to remain in confrontation to this day.
Around mid-August, Zhao Zhuo finally returned to Jicheng, his royal capital in South Korea, and prepared to return to Han Wangran.
However, to his surprise, when he arrived at the palace, he was shocked to hear that Han Wangran was bedridden, which made him shocked and anxious.
"General Ma Kuo, what's going on?"
When he bumped into Wei Qing Ma Kuo in the palace, Zhao Zhuo asked eagerly.
Ma Kuo was silent for a while and then explained the reason in a dull voice.
It turned out that after Han Wangran accidentally hit his head on the king's steps, he started to have a fever within two days. According to the diagnosis of the old palace doctor in the palace, this was due to overwork. It was just because Han Wangran had a strong will in the past.
So forcefully support
But because I knocked my head that day, maybe because I was frightened, my will was no longer able to override my weak body, so my body collapsed all of a sudden. "Note: In today's terms, it is actually understandable.
for complications.』
After listening to Ma Kuo's words, Zhao Zhuo felt anxious and quickly went to the inner hall to visit Han Wangran, only to see the latter lying on the couch. Although the bandage on his head had been removed, the dark red scab was still quite noticeable.
People are shocked.
"Your Majesty."
After entering the inner hall, Zhao Zhuo greeted him softly, for fear of scaring the monarch.
In fact, Han Wangran did not rest at this moment. He was still thinking about the strategy to defeat Wei. Of course, he also noticed the movement when Zhao Zhuo stepped into the inner hall, and slowly opened his eyes.
But just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help but coughed a series of times, which made Zhao Zhuo's eyelids jump.
After coughing for a long time, Han Wangran wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, cheered up and asked, "What did Zhao Qing gain from his mission to Wei?"
After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo showed a little shame on his face and said: "I have disgraced my mission, please punish me."
"Yeah..."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Han Wangran's eyes and disappeared in a flash.
He did not blame Zhao Zhuo, because in fact he also understood that when he asked Zhao Zhuo to use aggressive methods to induce Wei King Zhao Run to send troops to attack Korea, this was just a case of seeking medical treatment in a hurry. How could people like Wei King Zhao Run
This little provocative method in the meeting?
It was just that Han Ran was feeling dizzy that day and his heart was urgent, so he made the last move.
Later, he thought about it over and over again and felt that this move was really a faint move among the faintest moves - doesn't this mean that he exposed his guilty conscience in front of King Zhao Run of Wei?
But the mistake has been made, and even if Han Wangran regrets it, he cannot undo it.
At this time, Zhao Zhuo began to talk about the process of his conversation with Wei King Zhao Run. When Zhao Run asked him about Han Ran's current physical condition, Han Ran, who was still in a daze, suddenly changed his eyes.
"You mean...Zhao Run asked me about my physical condition?"
"Yes." Zhao Zhuo said truthfully.
Hearing this, Han Ran frowned slightly, and then a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"I understand... If this is the case, I might as well use the trick..."