Chapter 171: Sanctimonious
Chang Anjun looked at the minister who suddenly broke into the banquet in surprise, and then looked at him arguing with Zhao Bao, he really didn't understand what was going on. In the banquet, it suddenly became tense, Chang'an Jun didn't know the fake appearance called Yu Qing in front of him, but he still knew that Wei Wuji, the current minister of the state, was also a distant relative of him, and he was in Qi State, and he often heard people talking about Xinling Jun of Wei State.
In the State of Qi, people who do good things mention their own Meng Weijun, Pingyuan Jun of Zhao State, Xinling Jun of Wei State, and Chunshenjun of Chu State as the Four Princes. Qi people always have a complicated mood for Meng Yanjun, Meng Yanjun is bold and makes guests, and he makes guests, never cares about the identity of guests. At the beginning, Meng Weijun went to Qin to serve as the state minister, but the minister of Qin opposed this matter, and the king of Qin had no choice but to put him under house arrest.
Meng Yanjun asked someone to find the concubine of the King of Qin, but she wanted a fox white fur worth a thousand gold from Meng Yanjun, but Meng Yanjun had already given this treasure to the King of Qin. The concubine persuaded the king of Qin, and the king of Qin let Meng Yanjun go, when Meng Yanjun came to Hangu Pass, it was already the middle of the night, according to the regulations, only when the rooster crowed, the door could be opened.
Meng Weijun was afraid that the King of Qin would regret it, and at this time, there was another doorman learning the sound of roosters crowing, which caused the roosters nearby to crow, and the officials guarding the pass opened the door, and Meng Weijun was able to escape.
Because of this incident, everyone in the world knows that even the people who crow and steal the dog can be appreciated by Meng Yanjun, so there are more people who follow him, in the country of Qi, Meng Yanjun is considered a moral benchmark, although he united with other countries to break the country of Qi, but this did not affect his prestige in the country of Qi, even after King Xiang of Qi was on the throne, he still treated the culprit who forced his father to death respectfully and maintained a friendly relationship with him.
Chang'anjun is in Qi State, naturally I have heard a lot of stories about Meng Weijun, however, recently, the fourth prince has gradually become the fifth son, and the deeds of Ma Fujun of Zhao State suddenly spread in Qi State, those who were embarrassed by Chang Anjun in the past, did not dare to humiliate him anymore, and respectfully asked him about Ma Fujun, Chang Anjun was not stupid, pretended to tell his friendship with Ma Fujun, and told everyone that Ma Fujun regarded me as a younger brother.
This made Chang Anjun no longer be bullied.
Just when Chang Anjun was still recalling these things, a round minister rushed in, this minister was very fat, and he looked very happy, but there were many soldiers who came with him, and these soldiers just walked in, and surrounded the entire banquet, Chang Anjun's heart trembled, and his face was full of fear. Zhao Bao stood up angrily and looked at Dong Chengzi, who was dismissed.
"Do you want to rebel??"
Dong Chengzi looked at him coldly and said, "Xinlingjun was assassinated, and Shangjun ordered me to investigate this matter, and I bother you to go to the palace and explain to Shangjun in person." Zhao Bao smiled disdainfully and said, "What does the assassination of Xinlingjun have to do with me?" ”
"You are spreading rumors in Zhao Kingdom..."
"Oh? Someone saw me spreading rumors? Or is it what you see? ”
Dong Chengzi did not reply, an order, the soldiers were going to take these nobles to the palace, Zhao Bao and others were furious, they pulled out their swords, aimed at those soldiers, but the soldiers did not dare to approach for a while, Zhao Bao forced those soldiers back, then looked at the nobles, and said: "Follow me to the palace, I want to accuse the monarch of Dong Chengzi's rude crimes to the clan!" ”
In the palace, King Zhao sat on the top seat, his face was red, his fists were clenched, and his eyes at those nobles were also very fierce, everyone had never seen King Zhao so angry, which made the nobles who were still arrogantly shouting suddenly quieted down, Chang'an Jun was also quietly mixed among these people, raised his head, and looked at the angry brother, when he was young, he strangled his brother's favorite dog, and the brother was not so angry...
He remembered that his brother was just crying at that time, crying and crying, and complaining to his mother, but he was blasted out of the harem by his mother, Chang Anjun couldn't help but smile, when he was young, he was always easy to do some reckless actions.
King Zhao stared at Zhao Bao angrily, Zhao Bao looked ahead, his face was still very calm, King Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "Who is spreading rumors in Zhao Land and framing Xinling Jun?!" , These nobles just lowered their heads and did not speak, and King Zhao said: "I have heard that people with noble status can feel guilty because of their mistakes, and they can not avoid the mistakes they have made, and the second and third sons are the most noble people in Zhao State, don't they even have the courage to admit their mistakes?" ”
Zhao Xun violently pushed away a few people in front of him, walked out, looked at King Zhao, and said seriously: "Shangjun, I did this matter." ”
"You... Why would you want to do that?! ”
"Wei Wuji is a Wei person, he came to serve as the minister of Zhao State, he must first think about things that are beneficial to Wei State, and then think about things that are beneficial to Zhao State, you trust him so much, but he wants you to lose your cronies, arrange his own henchmen in Zhao State, if he commits trouble, what will you do? If he is a noble man and sees the people coming to assassinate him, in order to avoid letting these people die, he should leave the Zhao Kingdom..."
But he didn't leave, and I heard that he even drank wine and watched the people of Zhao die innocently outside his mansion. Is such a villain worth your reuse? ”
The tall pillars make the palace look particularly solemn, and the exquisite clothes to the bones add some solemnity, King Zhao sat on the top seat, his face was cloudy, Zhao Xun raised his head proudly, waved his hands, and his sleeves were like a phoenix spreading his wings, showing Zhao Xun's excitement at the moment, this upright sage in the country, reprimanded Wei Wuji's villain behavior, his voice was sonorous and powerful, talking about those innocent people who died tragically, he couldn't help but shed tears.
"Give him a short sword...", King Zhao said to the 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 knelt on the ground, and ended his "noble" life with a sense of ceremony, watching Zhao Xun fall in a pool of blood, the nobles cried bitterly, King Zhao looked at them, because of Zhao Xun's death, probably also dissipated some anger, Dong Chengzi and Yu Qing, standing in the distance, watching their performance coldly.
"Your Excellency... I have heard that there are many thieves who have killed people, who have been protected by the nobles of the country, and have become their disciples for them to drive, and this time it is these people who are spreading rumors everywhere....", Yu Qing spoke again, and the king of Zhao agreed to him, ordering these people not to shelter those criminals anymore, let alone keep them as their guests. Zhao Bao's face was even more ugly.
Obviously, just the death of Zhao Xun can't completely eliminate the anger of King Zhao, King Zhao ordered these nobles to clarify all the rumors in three days, if they can't do it, then wait to accept a new round of anger from King Zhao, Zhao Bao and others take the order. Dong Chengzi, who was not far away, stared at Zhao Bao, this was not what he wanted, these days, all the changes were difficult to move an inch, and many innocent people died... However, they are still the same righteous and Ling Ran.
The deaths of these people all fell on Wei Wuji, as if, they didn't do anything. Dong Chengzi wanted to keep up with the king, but King Zhao ignored him, 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 even if King Zhao was angry, he would not punish these relatives, no matter how many people he arrested, it would be useless.
When the nobles left the palace, Dong Chengzi blocked Zhao Bao, and the rest of the nobles left in the carriage, Zhao Bao looked at the carriage in the distance, Chang'an Jun stood behind him, he looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him seriously, and asked indifferently: "What is the matter with you?" ”
"You brute... Do you know how many people died in these three days? You've killed dozens of Zhao's best officials... You also killed 863 warriors of the Zhao Kingdom, and you borrowed their admiration for Ma Fujun to let them die at the hands of the soldiers for no reason... Among them, many of them are honest farmers, and many of them crawled out of the sea of blood in the mountains 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 of dying for Zhao Guo, you, me, are like this, if Zhao Guo needs my death to become strong, I will also die without hesitation, just like Zhao Xun today, you fought to the death with Ma Fujun in Bairen, isn't it the same?" We can all die, so why can't those civilians die? ”
"Their death is a death for no reason, they did not die in the hands of the enemy, and their death cannot make Zhao Guo stronger and more prosperous...", Dong Chengzi said.
"No, you don't understand, Wei Wuji's change of law is not beneficial to Zhao State, why should the officials be willing to die for Zhao State? This is because they all have the same blood as King Zhao, what kind of disaster did the Zhao family suffer because of the rejection of the same clan, you don't know, the officials selected by Wei Wuji are indeed talented, but will they treat Zhao as their home? Isn't it more terrible to have a talented official without morality? ”
"Do you know what those officials that Wei Wuji promoted did? They rushed to the place, for the reward that Wei Wuji had promised, for the sake of their own political achievements, regardless of the tired people, to take them to build roads, and some wanted to dig canals, do you know how many people they killed tiredly?? Zhao Bao's face gradually became hideous, he looked at Dong Chengzi, and said angrily: "You are also Zhao Ren!" Your father and ancestor were also generals of the Zhao Kingdom! You know what you have to do?! ”
"Touch~", Dong Chengzi slammed the hilt of his sword into Zhao Bao's abdomen, Zhao Leopard's body bent and covered his stomach, Chang'anjun behind him was startled, and pulled out his sword suddenly, but was stopped by Zhao Bao, Zhao Bao slowly raised his head and looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him, Dong Chengzi put away the short sword, and said with a sneer: "Don't say yourself so noblely, you are just worried that Xinlingjun's change of law will make you, your relatives, lose their current status and wealth." ”
Zhao Bao laughed, and he said, "I don't have any official position now, and I'm not a county guard... Wei Wuji's change, can he still take away my title? Well, you can guess my thoughts so viciously... However, I want to tell you that Zhao Guo will always be the Zhao State of the Zhao Clan, and no one can change this! With that, he turned and left.
Chang Anjun hurriedly followed behind him.
"Uncle.. Who is he? ”
"Sikou Dong Chengzi, who was originally a local official, was promoted to his current position because of his military merits."
"Heh~", a trace of disdain flashed on Chang Anjun's face, and he said: "I know a few friends from Qi State... They could kill him, and they wouldn't..."
"Shut up!" , Zhao Bao reprimanded, Chang Anjun trembled, hurriedly lowered his head, Zhao Bao turned around, looked at Chang Anjun seriously, he said: "Dong Chengzi is proficient in the law, after serving as the secretary, his judgments are very fair, he does not let go of the wicked because he is related to himself, nor does he punish the good because he is evil with himself, he is different from Wei Wuji, Wei Wuji's actions are harming Zhao State, but Dong Chengzi is meritorious to Zhao State. ”
"You know, Zhao Guo, it's Zhao Guo of the Zhao family... We should not make any moves to endanger Zhao Guo, and those wicked people who plot to kill Zhao Guo, even if they die, must eradicate them! Zhao Bao advised, Chang Anjun looked at him with some disapproval, nodded obediently, watched Zhao Bao leave quickly, Chang Anjun glanced deeply at Dong Chengzi in the distance, he still remembered that when he was young, he also had an obese playmate, who was pushed into the Yachi by him, and I don't know if he survived later.
Chang Anjun smiled, when he was young, he would always make some reckless moves.
Sure enough, it was up to these nobles to clarify the rumors, which was much faster than Yu Qing and them, but it only took two days, and the fact that King Han did not hold Zhao Kuo hostage came out. Because of Shinlingjun's injury, his direct struggle with the nobles has stopped for a while, but Xinlingjun's followers continue to fight with these people. The continuous change of local officials has led to political chaos in various parts of Zhao State, and even affected this year's spring planting.
Zhao Bao personally went to Yu Qing and asked to stop for the time being during the spring planting period, don't embarrass the local officials, so as not to affect the harvest of Zhao this year, the two sides stopped temporarily, King Zhao saw that no one came to impeach each other, he was very happy, he would visit Xinlingjun every day, Xinlingjun's health was also improving, which was worthy of King Zhao holding a banquet again to celebrate.
At this time, Lejian got his wish, and finally encountered an attack from Bai Qi.