Chang'an Jun looked at the minister who suddenly broke into the banquet in surprise, and then watched him arguing with Zhao Bao. He really didn't understand what happened. The banquet suddenly became tense. Chang'an Jun didn't know the man in front of him.
He was called Yu Qing, but he still knew about the current Prime Minister Wei Wuji. This member of the Wei clan was also a distant relative of him. When he was in Qi, he often heard people talking about Wei's Lord Xinling.
In the state of Qi, good people refer to their own Lord Mengchang, Lord Pingyuan of Zhao, Lord Xinling of Wei, and Lord Chunshen of Chu as the four young masters. The people of Qi always have a complicated feeling about Lord Mengchang.
In terms of mood, Lord Mengchang was generous and made friends with guests, and he never cared about the identity of the guests when he made friends. When Lord Mengchang went to Qin to serve as the prime minister, the ministers of Qin objected to this matter, so the King of Qin had to put him under house arrest.
Lord Mengchang asked someone to find the concubine of King Qin, but she wanted a piece of fox-white fur from Lord Mengchang that was worth a thousand gold. However, Lord Mengchang had already given this treasure to King Qin. At this time, one of his retainers burrowed like a dog.
, stole this fox white fur from the King of Qin. The concubine persuaded the King of Qin, and the King of Qin let Mengchang go. At that time, Mengchang came to Hangu Pass in the middle of the night. According to the regulations, the door can only be opened when the cock crows.
Lord Mengchang was afraid that the King of Qin would regret it. At this time, another guest imitated the crowing sound of the rooster, which actually caused the roosters nearby to crow. The officials guarding the pass opened the door, and Lord Mengchang was able to escape.
Because of this, everyone in the world knew that even those who croaked and robbed dogs could be appreciated by Lord Mengchang, so more people followed him. In Qi, Lord Mengchang was regarded as a moral benchmark, although he united with other countries to defeat Qi
country, but this did not affect his reputation in Qi State. Even after King Qi Xiang came to power, he still treated the culprit who forced his father to death respectfully and maintained a friendly relationship with him.
Chang'an Jun was in Qi State, so he naturally heard a lot of stories about Mengchang Jun. However, in recent days, the Fourth Young Master has gradually turned into the Fifth Young Master. The story of Zhao Guo Ma Fu Jun suddenly spread in Qi Kingdom. Those who used to
Those who had troubled Mr. Chang'an did not dare to humiliate him anymore and asked him respectfully about Mr. Ma Fu. Mr. Chang'an was not stupid either. He pretended to talk about his friendship with Mr. Ma Fu and told everyone that Mr. Ma Fu regarded me as his younger brother.
treat.
Only then did Changan Jun no longer be bullied.
While Lord Chang'an was still recalling these things, another round minister rushed in. This minister was very fat and looked very happy. However, there were many soldiers who followed him.
As soon as the soldiers walked in, they surrounded the entire banquet. Chang'an Jun's heart trembled, and his face was full of fear. Zhao Bao stood up angrily and looked at Dong Chengzi who was exempted.
“Do you want to rebel??”
Dong Chengzi looked at him coldly and said: "Mr.
What does the assassination of Lord Xinling have to do with me?"
"You are spreading rumors in Zhao State..."
"Oh? Did anyone see me spreading rumors with their own eyes? Or was it you who saw it?"
Dong Chengzi did not reply. He gave an order and the soldiers were to escort the nobles to the palace. Zhao Bao and others were furious and drew their swords one after another, aiming at the soldiers. The soldiers did not dare to approach for a while. Zhao Bao forced
After retreating from the soldiers, he looked at the nobles and said, "Follow me to the palace. I want to accuse Dong Chengzi of being rude to the clan!"
In the palace, King Zhao was sitting on the throne, his face flushed, his fists clenched, and he looked at the nobles with very fierce eyes. Everyone had never seen King Zhao look so angry, which made him still shouting arrogantly just now.
The nobles who were standing there immediately became quiet. Chang'an Jun also quietly mingled among these people, raised his head and looked at his furious brother. When he was young, he strangled his favorite dog to death, and his brother had never done this.
Angry...
He remembered that his brother only cried and howled at that time, and even complained to his mother. As a result, his mother kicked him out of the harem. Chang'an Jun couldn't help but smile. When he was young, he was always prone to do some reckless things.
King Zhao stared at Zhao Bao angrily. Zhao Bao looked forward, his face still calm. King Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "Who is spreading rumors in Zhao land to frame Lord Xinling?!" These nobles just lowered their heads.
, without speaking, King Zhao said again: "I have heard that people with a noble status can feel guilty for their mistakes and can not avoid the mistakes they have committed. The second and third sons are the most noble people in the Zhao country. How can they even admit it?"
Don’t you even have the courage to make mistakes?”
Zhao Xun suddenly pushed away the people in front of him, walked out, looked at King Zhao, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I did this."
"You...why are you doing this?!"
"Wei Wuji is from Wei. When he came to serve as the prime minister of Zhao State, he must have thought about things that are good for Wei State first, and then thought about things that are good for Zhao State. You trust him so much, but he wants to make you lose your confidant.
, arrange his own confidants in the State of Zhao. What will you do if he commits rebellion? If he is a noble person and sees the people coming to assassinate him, he should leave the State of Zhao in order to avoid letting these people die.
..”
"But he didn't leave. I heard that he even drank wine and watched the people of Zhao die innocently outside his mansion. Is such a villain worthy of your reuse?"
The tall pillars made the palace look particularly solemn, and the exquisite clothes added to the solemnity. King Zhao was sitting on top, with a gloomy expression on his face. Zhao Xun proudly raised his head, waving his hands, his sleeves like phoenixes.
Spreading his wings showed Zhao Xun's excitement at this moment. This upright sage in the country rebuked Wei Wuji's villainous behavior with a sonorous and powerful voice. He couldn't help but shed tears when he talked about the innocent people who died tragically.
"Give him a short sword..." King Zhao said to his left and right.
Zhao Xun was not afraid. He first thanked King Zhao who gave him the sword, and then reluctantly said goodbye to the nobles. Then he knelt down on the ground and ended his "noble" life in a ceremonial manner.
, watching Zhao Xun fall in a pool of blood, the nobles cried bitterly, King Zhao looked at them, because Zhao Xun's death probably dissipated some of his anger, Dong Chengzi and Yu Qing stood in the distance, watching coldly
to their performances.
"Your Majesty...I heard that there are many thieves who have killed people and are protected by the nobles in the country. They become their retainers and are driven by them. This time it is these people who are spreading rumors everywhere...", Yu
Qing spoke again, and King Zhao agreed to him and ordered these people not to protect those criminals anymore, let alone keep them as his guests. Zhao Bao's face became even more ugly.
Obviously, just the death of Zhao Xun could not completely eliminate King Zhao's anger. King Zhao ordered these nobles to clarify all rumors in three days. If they could not do this, they would wait to accept a new round of King Zhao's anger.
Zhao Bao and others took the order. Not far away, Dong Chengzi stared at Zhao Bao. This was not what he wanted. In these days, all reforms were difficult to implement, and many innocent people died... However,
They still look so righteous and righteous.
The deaths of these people all fell on Wei Wuji, as if they had done nothing. Dong Chengzi wanted to tell the king, but King Zhao ignored him and just asked him to continue investigating the matter, and he left
Dong Chengzi watched King Zhao leave, but he already understood in his heart that no matter how angry King Zhao was, he would not punish these close people. No matter how many people he captured, it would be of no use.
When the nobles left the palace, Dong Chengzi blocked Zhao Bao. The other nobles sat in the carriage and left. Zhao Bao looked at the carriage in the distance. Lord Chang'an was standing behind him. He looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him seriously.
, asked nonchalantly: "What do you want?"
"You beast... do you know how many people have died in the past three days? You killed dozens of Zhao's best officials... You also killed 863 Zhao's warriors,
You used their admiration for Ma Fujun to let them die in the hands of soldiers for no reason... Many of them are honest farmers, and many of them crawled out of the blood sea of the mountain of corpses in Changping.
...You..How can you bear it?!"
Zhao Bao's face gradually became solemn, and he said seriously: "As a Zhao person, you should have the consciousness to die for the Zhao State. You and I are like this. If the Zhao State needs my death to become strong,
, I will die without hesitation, just like Zhao Xun today, wasn't it the same when you and Ma Fujun fought to the death in Bai Ren? We can all die, why can't those civilians die? "
"Their deaths were unreasonable. They did not die in the hands of the enemy, and their deaths could not make Zhao more powerful..." Dong Chengzi said.
"No, you don't understand. Wei Wuji's reforms are not good for the Zhao State. Why are the officials willing to die for the Zhao State? This is because they all have the same blood as King Zhao. The Zhao family rejects the same clan.
You don’t know what kind of disasters Wei Wuji has suffered. The officials selected by Wei Wuji are indeed talented, but will they regard Zhao as their home? Without morals and talented officials, how can they be empty?
Isn’t it more terrifying?”
"Do you know what those officials promoted by Wei Wuji did? They rushed to the place, for the reward promised by Wei Wuji, for their own political achievements, and regardless of the tired people, they wanted to take them to build roads, and some wanted to dig canals.
, Do you know how many people they killed??" Zhao Bao's face gradually became ferocious. He looked at Dong Chengzi and said angrily: "You are also from Zhao! Your father and ancestor were also generals of Zhao! You
Know what you should do?!"
"Bang~" Dong Chengzi suddenly hit Zhao Bao in the abdomen with the hilt of his sword. Zhao Bao bent his body and covered his stomach. Chang'an Jun behind him was startled, and he pulled out his sword suddenly, but was blocked by Zhao Bao.
Zhao Bao stopped him, Zhao Bao slowly raised his head and looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him. Dong Chengzi put away his dagger and said with a sneer: "Don't say you are so noble, you are just worried that Lord Xinling's reform will make
You and your relatives have just lost their current status and wealth."
Zhao Bao laughed and said: "I don't have any official position now, and I'm not a county guard... Can Wei Wuji's reform still take away my title? No matter what, you can be so vicious.
Guess what I think... But, I want to tell you, Zhao will always be the Zhao of the Zhao family, and no one can change this!" After saying that, he turned and left.
Chang'an Jun hurriedly followed behind him.
"Uncle...who is he?"
"Sikou Dong Chengzi was originally a local official, but he rose to his current position due to military merit."
"Ha~", a trace of disdain flashed across Chang'an Jun's face, and he said: "I know a few friends from Qi State... They can kill him, and they won't..."
"Shut up!" Zhao Bao reprimanded. Chang'an Jun shuddered and hurriedly lowered his head. Zhao Bao turned around and looked at Chang'an Jun seriously. He said: "Dong Chengzi is proficient in law. After serving as a military officer, his
The judgments are all very fair. He does not let the bad people go because they are related to him, nor punish the good people because they are evil to him. He is different from Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji's actions are harming the State of Zhao, but Dong Chengzi has done meritorious service to the State of Zhao.
of."
"You have to know that the Zhao State is the Zhao State of the Zhao family... We are the last ones who should do anything to harm the Zhao State, and those evil people who murder the Zhao State must be eradicated even if they die.
!", Zhao Bao warned, Chang'an Jun looked at him with some disapproval, nodded obediently, watching Zhao Bao leave quickly, Chang'an Jun took another deep look at Dong Chengzi in the distance, he still remembered
, when I was young, I also had a fat playmate who was pushed into Yachi. I don’t know if he survived.
Chang'an Jun smiled. When he was young, he would always do some reckless things.
Sure enough, it was much faster for these nobles to clarify the rumors than Yu Qing and others. It only took two days for the news to come out that King Han had not held Zhao Kuo hostage. Because Lord Xinling was injured, he
The direct struggle with the nobles ceased for a while, but the followers of Lord Xinling continued to fight with these people. The constant changes of local officials led to political chaos in various parts of Zhao State, and even affected the state.
Plant until this spring.
Zhao Bao went to Yu Qing personally and asked to stop temporarily during the spring planting period and not to embarrass local officials, so as not to affect Zhao's harvest this year. The two sides stopped temporarily. King Zhao saw that no one came to see him again.
Impeachment was very happy. He would visit Lord Xinling every day. Lord Xinling's health was also improving. This was worthy of King Zhao holding another banquet to celebrate.
At this time, Le Jian got his wish and finally encountered an attack from Bai Qi.
