In the palace of King Zhao, King Zhao originally wanted to hold a banquet. Fortunately, Zhao Kuo dissuaded him. King Zhao decided to hold a banquet on another day. He summoned the ministers of the country to discuss what had happened in the near future. When the ministers entered the palace, King Zhao was holding Zhao Kuo's hand and asking him something. Everyone paid homage to them and then sat down. Zhao Kuo still did not hold any position in the country, but his status. The respect of the ministers for him is far higher than that of the prime minister, false prime minister and others.
When Dong Chengzi arrived, he looked a little tired, breathing heavily, and his hair was thinning. He was round and sat next to Zhao Kuo. Dong Chengzi heard what happened outside the city, and he had many questions to answer. I asked Ma Fujun. After him, Pang Gong also came. There was no trace of worry on his face. He looked at everyone with a smile. Sitting next to Dong Chengzi, he began to laugh at Dong Chengzi, who was panting beside him.
"You're not yet forty, why are you out of breath like this?"
Dong Chengzi looked at Pang Nuan helplessly and said, "I'm not as strong and healthy as you." Dong Chengzi came in a carriage. The reason why he was so tired was because he entered the hall on foot and walked from the palace gate. There are many steps to the main hall. Not to mention Dong Chengzi, even people like Yu Qing and Xu Li dare not say that they can walk into the main hall without breathing. Well, Pang Gong obviously can.
Dong Chengzi was a little suspicious that the two young and strong Zhao Guo Hercules might not be able to defeat this seventy-nine-year-old comrade, even if it was a sneak attack.
After that, Xu Li, Yu Qing, Zhao Hui, Lian Po, Lejian, Zheng Anping and others also came in one after another and sat on both sides. After a long time, when everyone was almost there, King Zhao then After sitting on the throne and looking at everyone, he said seriously: "In Handan, someone framed Lord Xinling and wanted to alienate the monarch and his ministers... Although the rebellion was put down by Lord Ma Fu, the traitor who planned all this did not Be found out."
"Mr. Ma Fu has concluded that those people have backers in the palace, have I heard? There is no way for people to continue to live without faith. I treat all my ministers like close relatives? But some people don't think of my kindness and violate their allegiance to me. The promise? Disregarding justice? Want to murder me? I am very angry." King Zhao said, his eyes swept across the ministers, and then asked: "What did I do wrong? To be treated like this?!"
King Zhao's anger obviously frightened the officials. Everyone looked at each other in surprise, but no one spoke.
Zhao Kuo frowned. He originally wanted to investigate this matter privately, and he didn't want it to cause too much impact, but he didn't expect that King Zhao still couldn't hold it back. Perhaps, he would treat him like this For people, the most intolerable thing is betrayal.
"Bring those people!" King Zhao ordered. After a while, the warriors escorted more than a dozen people into the palace. These people were all the initiators of the rebellion. At this moment, they were naked and covered with blood. All their clothes were taken away, tied up like slaves, and pushed in front of everyone without dignity. They seemed to have suffered a lot, with bruises on their noses and faces, and many wounds on their bodies.
Zhao Kuo frowned, turned around and said something to Han Fei, and Han Fei walked out.
King Zhao stared at them and ordered: "Let them raise their heads!" The warriors pulled their hair and raised their heads so that everyone could see their faces. They looked around in humiliation.
Everything, their eyes were full of resentment, but their mouths were blocked after being pulled and dislocated, which made them unable to speak at all. The development of the medical field is very slow today, but when it comes to punishing the same kind, humans always
Very advanced.
Looking at the humiliated faces, everyone frowned, as if trying to identify their identities. Lou Huan stared at them seriously. There was no trace of panic on his face. On the contrary, Zhao Bao was a little restless.
He couldn't explain how he felt. The civil strife that might have affected the war was put down in time. Of course he was happy, but these people... were related to Lord Chang'an.
He knew in his heart that King Zhao had tolerated Lord Chang'an many times. If Lord Chang'an was found out again this time, King Zhao, who had tolerated many times, would not necessarily protect him again. Lord Chang'an would most likely be expelled from Zhao. This made
Zhao Bao was very worried. With Qi Yue's character, if he left the country of Zhao, could he really survive in other places? Zhao Bao sighed in his heart, he is a person who attaches great importance to family ties.
The people he made friends with were all from the Zhao family. Even Zhao She was able to become his friend because of his official status. He also always felt that King Zhao should reuse these people to govern the country. What about Xinling?
Jun, Yu Qing and Dong Chengzi are not as reliable as Chang'an Jun. Although he is more naughty now, he is the Zhao family after all, and the Zhao country is his home. He will change in the future.
Why are these people still alive?
Zhao Bao looked at the people in front of him. Ma Fujun was right. These people must be spies of the Qin people. Chang'an Jun was deceived and he was also a victim. Zhao Bao thought again, should he just tell these things?
Come out and directly clear the name of Lord Chang'an?
At this moment, King Zhao suddenly asked: "If the second and third sons can tell who sent you, I can forgive your crimes and not kill you." The warrior took the cloth from the leader Ping's mouth.
, helped him close his mouth again, looked at King Zhao Ping coldly, and cursed: "Mr. Xinling will avenge us!" King Zhao's face changed drastically and said: "I have already seen through your estrangement
count!"
"Haha, long live Lord Xinling!!"
Ping yelled.
The faces of everyone in the court changed greatly, but Zhao Kuo remained calm. He shook his head and said: "The Lord Xinling now commands an army of hundreds of thousands, but he sent you to attack Handan with thousands of people? Xinling
You sent a letter and revealed your identity. You are from Qin." Ping looked at Zhao Kuo and asked confusedly: "You are also a good friend of Lord Xinling, why do you want to help his enemy to murder us?"
"Alas...your parents and family are in Qin?" Zhao Kuo just sighed and asked.
Ping's face changed, but he quickly reacted and said coldly: "These idiots in the palace are against the reform and wantonly kill us officials who have passed the examination. You were the first to propose the reform, and now you are helping them to harm us."
We, you..." Ping was talking, but Han Fei came in with people. These people were Zhao Kuo's disciples, and they were holding clothes in their hands.
Zhao Kuo looked at these people and said, "Let's put some clothes on them to hide their shame." When King Zhao was about to speak, Zhao Kuo said to him again: "I won't object to you killing them and interrogating them, but after all, they are all
People, please don't humiliate them like this... Even if it means death, please let them die like a human being..." King Zhao stopped talking. Zhao Bao's expression changed drastically. He could see what Zhao Kuo was thinking.
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Zhao Kuo obviously wanted to use persuasion to induce these people to reveal the mastermind behind them.
Han Fei and the warriors put on clothes for these people, covering their naked bodies. Ping Ping watched blankly as the warriors untied the ropes. Han Fei put on clothes for himself, tears falling helplessly.
, He didn’t say anything more, his lips trembled, and he bowed in the direction of Zhao Kuo, and then closed his eyes. Next, no matter what King Zhao asked again, they stopped talking, even the lies they just told.
, they didn’t say anything.
King Zhao helplessly asked the warriors to take them down.
Zhao Bao grinned, haha, Zhao Kuo failed. He probably thought that everyone would be convinced by his plan.
King Zhao then ordered: "Dong Chengzi, please bring people to interrogate them, send people to identify them, and see who they contact on weekdays... It is best to send people according to the records of their participation in the assessment.
Go find out their details..." King Zhao said, and a smile gradually appeared on Lou Huan's face, because in such an investigation, the final evidence would fall on Lord Chang'an.
When he came to the State of Zhao, the people he brought with him had all gone through many layers of screening before they could be good. However, they still had some loyalty to the State of Qin, but he still did not dare to be too loyal.
Confidence, when Zhao Kuo asked Han Fei to dress them, Lou Huan was startled, fearing that they would tell them directly. Fortunately... they still had to think about their families.
Zhao Bao seemed a little impatient. He thought for a moment, looked at Dong Chengzi who accepted the order seriously, and listened to Dong Chengzi talking to Zhao Kuo about how to find out the person behind the scenes. He couldn't sit still. He was very worried, Dong Chengzi
Lord Chang'an will be found out, but if he confesses this matter directly, will King Zhao believe that Lord Chang'an is being used and is innocent? Zhao Bao pondered for a long time, and when Zhao Kuo was teaching Dong Chengzi, he suddenly
Stand up.
"Your Majesty...I know those people just now."
As soon as Zhao Bao spoke, everyone in the palace was stunned. Everyone stopped talking and looked at Zhao Bao with a strange look, especially King Zhao. He looked at Zhao Bao with surprise.
He was angry again, thinking about what Zhao Bao had just asked him to lead people to attack and kill Zhao Kuo, King Zhao trembled all over, and he asked: "Do you know them?"
"It's like this... They came to me before and said they had a way to deal with Lord Xinling, but I didn't agree... I didn't know they would do such a thing... I..."
"Why do you treat me like this?!" Before Zhao Bao finished speaking, King Zhao jumped up and rushed directly towards Zhao Bao. Dong Chengzi jumped up and hurriedly blocked the two of them.
After all, Zhao Bao is the elder of King Zhao. There can be no scenes of uncle-nephew fighting in the palace. This is very inappropriate... King Zhao stared at Zhao Bao and cursed: "You actually want me to send someone there?"
Attack them and say you are protecting me?"
"Don't you know what shame is?"
"Do you want the Kingdom of Zhao to perish?!"
King Zhao's questions made Zhao Bao unable to raise his head. He said calmly: "It's all my fault, but I can guarantee that I did not order them to do this. They must be spies of the Qin State.
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"Hahaha~~", King Zhao laughed, he laughed a little maniacally, pointed at Zhao Bao, his hand kept shaking, but still did not say what he wanted to say, Zhao Kuo stood up and said: "Go up.
Sir, please don't be angry. Lord Pingyang must have been taken advantage of by the Qin people... However, Lord Pingyang is still guilty for not telling these things earlier." King Zhao then calmed down and sat down, but then he continued.
I don’t want to see Zhao Bao either.
The atmosphere in the palace was somewhat quiet.
Zheng Anping, who had just arrived, stared at all this with his mouth open. Are Zhao people so good at playing? He still didn't understand. These people were spies of the Qin State, and then guests of Lord Pingyang. Later, they participated in the assessment and became Lord Xinling.
His retainers launched a rebellion? What is this? Zheng Anping suddenly regretted that he should have stayed in the Wei Kingdom honestly and not gone anywhere. If he returned to the Wei Kingdom now, would it still be too late?
King Zhao said coldly: "Find out their identities and find out the Qin spies hiding in Zhao...and...Pingyang Jun, please don't go out anymore. I know you like to read, so please stay here."
Go and study in the mansion. I heard that you admire Confucianism, so I will give you some Confucian classics that talk about faith, integrity, and integrity. Please don’t just read them, but also learn them properly.” This is already a very strong statement.
Zhao Bao did not defend himself. He was already very old... His body was getting worse day by day. It was okay to use an old man who did not have much time to protect the hope of a young man. After all, there were not many clans left in Zhao State.
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Several of Prince Pingyuan's children died young, leaving only a single seedling, who was still thin and sickly. Among his own sons, there was only one Bu, who was upright and did not know how to adapt. Some of the brothers of King Zhao today died of the plague.
, some died as hostages, and some were expelled and died because of the same bad character as Chang'an Jun. There was only one Chang'an Jun left, and the terrible thing is that Zhao Dan only had one son.
If Zhao Dan's son takes the throne in the future, he will not have any clan members around him. It seems that Zhao Wu, the sick son of Lord Pingyuan, will leave before his father. It may be okay for his son to fight, but if he is used to govern the country...
.The most important thing is that they are not young. By the time Zhao Dan's son grows up, they will be very old. There is only one Chang'an Jun left among the younger generation, but his character... This has always made Zhao Dan
What worries Zhao Bao the most.
How could the Zhao Kingdom's clan, which used to be flourishing and full of talented people, become like this?
"There is no rush... There is no rush to convict Lord Pingyang."
Suddenly someone spoke. Everyone looked for the voice, but saw the old man who spoke in the corner.
Tian Dan, who was always silent, slowly stood up and looked at Lou Huan with sharp eyes.
"There are twenty-six spies participating in the assessment, those who have no father or mother and cannot find out the truth."
"If I remember correctly, the number of guards who followed you to Zhao Country seemed to be twenty-six people?"
Tian Dan said, then looked at Zhao Kuo in the distance, and he said with some disdain: "Do you still remember?"
"I once told you...the enemy will definitely use methods you can't think of to deal with you. You trust others too easily, so you are used by others...If you don't find this cancer hiding in the palace, sooner or later there will be
One day, you will be sold to the State of Zhao, maybe for a piece of jade, maybe for a large county. If you don’t want to become like a commodity, you should be more careful about the villains around you..."
"Lou Suan...Is Lou Chang still healthy?"
Tian Dan asked.
ps: Although some fierce people are old and their hearts have died...but they are still fierce.