The fifty-fourth year of King Qin, the tenth year of King Chu, the twelfth year of King Zhao, the twentieth year of King Han, the twenty-third year of King Wei, the eleventh year of King Qi, the eleventh year of King Yan, the second year of King Yan, and the Kingdom of Yan had just succeeded to the throne.
The king of Zhou died of illness less than three years after he took the throne. In the three years after he took the throne, apart from sending troops to respond to the emperor of Zhou, the only other thing he did was build the Great Wall. He continued to build the border of Yan State.
The Great Wall was used to protect the people on the border of Yan State.
During the period of his succession, the Yan State finally completed the construction of the Great Wall and blocked the enemies outside the Great Wall. Of course, the people may not appreciate it very much. After all, this is also a heavy corvee, and some even died.
For many people of the Yan State, King Yan was not in good health to begin with, and he was in great pain because of the death of his father. He only reigned for three years and left this world in a hurry. His son Xi became the leader of the Yan State.
The new king, King Yan, has the same hobbies as his grandfather. He also likes hunting.
However, he had no resistance to the throne. After he succeeded to the throne, he took him as his prime minister and Ju Xing as his general, intending to change the tired posture of the Yan state. He suggested to the king of Yan to recuperate, reduce taxes and corvee, and
Absorb the Hu people outside the Great Wall, allocate farmland to them, increase the Yan State's household registration, and stabilize the Yan State's newly acquired land in Liaodong. However, Ju Xing proposed to raise more horses in the Yan State, reward and encourage craftsmen who make weapons, and prepare ordnance.
King Xi of Yan listened to their suggestions and began to implement their plan. Jiang Qu also proposed to send people to Zhao to improve the relationship between the two countries, so that Yan's merchants could bring special products to trade with the Zhao people in exchange for food, etc.
He proposed to send students to Mafu to study with Zhao Kuo. King Xi of Yan agreed to him again, and he did not appoint anyone else, and rushed to the Kingdom of Zhao in person to pay homage to King Zhao.
After Pingyang Jun returned to his fiefdom, he was surprised to find that his fiefdom was flooded... Yes, his place also suffered from floods. Before returning, Zhao Bao was completely unaware of this matter.
When he heard that Zhao Kuo was leading people to build a canal, he also sent warriors to respond to Ma Fujun's call to help build the canal, and also presented a lot of tools, grain, and stones.
He also wrote letters to his friends, asking them to help Zhao Kuo as well.
Zhao Kuo was very grateful for his help. Under Pingyang Jun's suggestion, Zhao Guo's water canals gradually took shape. Zheng Guo was indeed a genius. The channels he dug in Zhao Guo calculated how to reduce the flood zone of the river.
The pressure coming from him, and how to benefit the people, can form fertile soil. Unfortunately, he was too stubborn and refused to change his original plan. He only temporarily dug a few channels that were not very expensive, and the rest were not dug.
He didn't give up either.
Lord Pingyang stayed in his courtyard all day and never went out. Even if there were guests coming to visit, he would not go there. When he was reading a book loudly in the courtyard, a warrior suddenly broke in. Pingyang
Jun hated being disturbed, but he did not get angry at the samurai. He slowly put down the bamboo slips in his hand and looked at the samurai. The samurai seemed to have come from a very far away place.
However, his guests did not stop him. It seemed that he was sent by the Lord. Only Wang Ling could prevent his guests from stopping him.
Zhao Bao asked suspiciously: "What happened in Handan?"
The warrior was stunned. He did not expect that Zhao Bao could tell his origin at a glance. However, he did not ask how Zhao Bao knew. He hurriedly leaned over to pay homage, and then said: "Your Majesty, please return to Handan.
, You cannot let others know your whereabouts." Zhao Bao asked with some displeasure: "I didn't ask about your order, I asked you, what happened in Handan?"
"Jun Chang'an is dead."
The warrior saw Zhao Bao shaking, then looked at him blankly, and asked: "What did you say?"
"Jun Chang'an is dead."
"He...he..." Zhao Bao breathed deeply and was at a loss. After a long time, he raised his head and asked sadly: "How did he die?" The warrior was serious.
He said: "It's Ma Fujun. Ma Fujun thinks that Lord Chang'an is guilty and will rush into Handan and kill Lord Chang'an. Your Majesty tried his best to stop him, but he couldn't stop him. He also threatened your Majesty and asked Wei Wuji to give up the throne to him.
."
"What? How is this possible? This..." Zhao Bao widened his eyes, took a deep breath, and then said: "Okay, wait until night, we will set off and rush to Handan... I will choose a few
A trustworthy guest came to follow me, didn’t Zhao Bu help the Lord?”
"Your Majesty once looked for him, but he did not take action or stop Ma Fujun's behavior."
Zhao Bao took another deep breath. On this day, he heard too many things, which made him a little unbearable. He just sat there in a daze, tears falling, and he did not care about the warrior sitting in front of him.
, he covered his face and started crying, "Yue...", he called softly, the samurai didn't bother him, he just stood aside, lowered his head. Pingyang Jun wiped his tears, and then said to the samurai
Said: "Please let all the people in the courtyard come in."
Lord Pingyang's disciples came in, there were only six of them, but these people were the people whom Lord Pingyang trusted the most. They stood in front of Lord Pingyang and looked at him calmly. Then Lord Pingyang said to them: "
Second and Third Son, Lord Chang'an was killed... I want to avenge him, so please come and help me." The disciples all said in unison: "Wei."
Lord Pingyang began to discuss with everyone how to get to Handan.
At night, a group of carriages left Pingyang Jun's residence. These people were all dressed as merchants and wore very simple clothes. Pingyang Jun hid among these people, disguised as a servant, lowered his head, and followed the crowd.
No one around them noticed this convoy. The convoy left Pingyang and rushed towards Handan. They drove like this for several days without any hurry or slowness. Finally, the convoy approached Handan.
There were a total of eight people in the motorcade. In addition to Lord Pingyang, there were six retainers and a warrior who came from Handan.
At night, they lit a bonfire and rested on the side of the road. Pingyang Jun sat in front of the bonfire, his face gloomy and uncertain, still thinking about things in Handan City. He had long thought that such a day would happen, but he did not expect that Zhao Kuo
He actually took the initiative to take action. Nowadays, Zhao Kuo's confidants are all in the country. It is not an easy task to defeat him. This can be seen from King Zhao's instructions.
King Zhao asked him to rush to Handan secretly instead of directly announcing that he was going to Handan. This was obviously because he was afraid of Zhao Kuo's strength, or in other words, he did not want to attract Zhao Kuo's attention. Zhao Bao was thinking about this when suddenly he heard
When he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats, Zhao Bao hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound, and his disciples also drew their weapons and looked in that direction.
The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and soon, some knights appeared in the distance. These people rushed towards Zhao Bao menacingly. Lord Pingyang realized that the people who came were evil. When these people pulled out their weapons,
At that moment, the diners shouted and came to meet them. One of the diners untied the horse that was pulling the cart and handed it to Pingyang Jun, asking him to escape quickly. Pingyang Jun did not hesitate, got on his horse and fled quickly.
He heard shouts of death coming from behind, as well as the roars and screams of the guests.
Pingyang Jun's heart trembled violently. These knights quickly killed Zhao Bao's retainers. Only one retainer and the warrior from Handan snatched the horses. The two escaped and headed in different directions.
, but these people obviously only wanted to take Zhao Bao's life, so they gave up chasing the two of them and just went to chase Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao heard the wind in his ears and couldn't see the direction clearly at night, so he just kept running.
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"Whoosh~~~", the enemy shot an arrow, but did not hit Zhao Bao.
When the knights surrounded Zhao Bao from the left and right, blocking Zhao Bao's path, Zhao Bao did not stop, but the knights on both sides quickly approached. The two clamped Pingyang Jun from the left and right, quickly stretched out their hands, and pulled Pingyang Jun down.
On the ground, the horse continued to gallop away, but Pingyang Jun fell to the ground and shouted in pain: "Who are the second and third sons? If you want goods, I can offer them to the second and third sons!"
"Pingyang Jun, we are not here for the goods."
A knight said with a smile. He lowered his head, looked at Huayang Jun in front of him, and said with a smile: "Are you planning to go back secretly? Ma Fujun has already guessed this, and we are here to kill you."
Zhao Bao suddenly calmed down. He squinted his eyes and said seriously: "Zhao Kuo? No, even if Zhao Kuo has evil intentions, he will not send people to assassinate him. You are Qin people. Do you want to
Will you use my death to destroy Zhao?"
The knight was stunned and slowly drew out the dagger at his waist.
"I don't understand how Qin State could make arrangements so quickly not long after Ma Fujun's incident happened?"
"Could it be that there is more than just a spy in the palace?"
Zhao Bao said to himself, watching the knight holding a sword and walking towards him, Zhao Bao sneered and said: "This strategy is really inappropriate, no one saw me being killed by Ma Fujun, how could this be possible?"
What about intensifying conflicts?"
"Oh? Who said no? Two people saw it. Is that enough?" the knight said with a smile.
"Only the warrior and the retainer know my whereabouts. My retainer will not betray me...So, the warrior from the palace is also a spy of the Qin State?" Zhao Bao quickly figured it out, but he
Still calm, looking at the knight raising his dagger high, he cursed: "You will suffer retribution!", "Whoosh~~", suddenly an arrow shot from a distance, and it hit the target accurately.
That knight.
"There are enemies!"
This naturally caused a commotion. The knights looked around. It was not easy to hit the enemy with bows and arrows in such a night. At this moment, a group of knights appeared from a distance.
, each of them carried bows and arrows, and attacked the knights. The battle was about to break out, and the two sides fought in a melee. However, as more and more people came, the knights realized that something was wrong.
But when they were about to turn around and kill Zhao Bao first, Zhao Bao had already mounted his horse. The knights rushed towards Zhao Bao one after another, ignoring the attacks of those people and only wanted to kill Zhao Bao. Unfortunately,
With a huge numerical disadvantage, they were unable to achieve their goal in the end. Zhao Bao got directly into the reinforcements and avoided their pursuit.
The knights who were unable to complete the order had no choice but to escape quickly.
Zhao Bao wiped the blood on his face and panted. Then he looked at the people who had rescued him. These people were all elite and looked tall and strong. There was an old man, accompanied by everyone, smiling.
Walking in front of him, Zhao Bao looked at him in surprise. Zhao Bao knew this person, Jiang Qu. Jiang Qu held an official position in Zhao State a long time ago. Later, he left Zhao State and went to Yan State because of some things.
Why is he here?
Jiang Qu paid his respects to him with a smile, and then said: "If I hadn't arrived here as an envoy to the State of Zhao and heard the sound of fighting not far away, I am afraid that the State of Zhao and the State of Yan would have started a war because of this.
.." Jiang Qu felt really scared. They were not far away from each other when they camped. It was just because of the night that they had never seen each other. If he hadn't discovered it in time, he would have happened to encounter the body of Zhao Guoping Yang Jun when he set out tomorrow morning.
....
How can this be explained clearly?! The furious King Zhao was probably going to order a crusade against the Yan State. Looking at the corpses, the warriors he brought lit the torches, and he said angrily: "These are definitely
They are people from Qin who want to destroy the relationship between Yan and Zhao!" Zhao Bao squinted his eyes, maybe it was possible to frame Zhao Kuo and Yan at the same time? Isn't Fan Ju already dead?
He thought for a moment and then said: "These people pretend to be Ma Fujun's people and want to frame Ma Fujun... There is a spy beside me. I'm afraid that he has already rushed back to recover. I have to rush back before causing misunderstanding."
Handan!"
Jiang Qu nodded, without continuing to rest, and directly ordered everyone to set off. He personally welcomed Zhao Bao to his carriage. The two of them chatted and rushed towards Handan. However, Pingyang Jun has not been here for the past two days.
There were too many encounters and he was too tired. He even doubted the death of Lord Chang'an. Maybe he was not dead, but the people of Qin set up such a trap because they wanted to get rid of him?
Or maybe these people are not from Qin, but someone else wants to get rid of him?
Zhao Bao didn't know the truth of the matter. After thinking for a long time, he said to Jiang Qu: "Please send warriors to Handan and report what happened here. I'm really worried that something will happen." Jiang Qu said: "Please.
Don't worry, I have sent warriors a long time ago." Zhao Bao breathed a sigh of relief and continued to lower his head and began to think deeply. Jiang Qu seemed to have seen something, but he did not ask further questions.
He came to Zhao State this time for Yan State, and he must not get involved in any conflicts within Zhao.
However, if there are any conflicts within Zhao State, it may become an opportunity for Yan State...
