Handan City, Zhao State.

With the passage of time, this originally prosperous city has gradually become depressed, and there are few young people to be seen on the road, and occasionally a few elderly people carry corn and walk with their heads down, which only makes this city more lifeless and less energetic. Suddenly a group of people appeared on the road, sitting in the car, talking loudly about these things, bringing some vitality to the old city.

The passers-by looked at them in surprise, and after seeing the red big Chu robe of the leader, they shook their heads disdainfully, and stopped paying attention to them. After Lü Buwei left, Ying Yiren also followed her instructions, put on a luxurious Chu suit, wore a high Chu crown, and continued to make friends in Zhao with the money left by Lü Buwei.

Ying Yiren befriended others, never cared about the identity of the other party, whether the other party was the son of Zhao Guo, or a ranger warrior, or such as a hundred scholars, he did not refuse, which made Ying Yiren also have a good reputation in various places, he often helped some down-and-out people, and could treat friends with kindness, in the eyes of the bold Zhao people, this is already the standard of reaching the sage.

This time, he just wants to follow his friends to hunt, autumn and winter are to hunt, this is the most basic entertainment of the nobles, of course, unlike later generations, the nobles at this moment are not to ride horses to hunt, but to sit in the carriage for this activity, if you want to hunt successfully, you need a good carriage, but also need a skilled driver, the driver of this era, not everyone can be a driver.

The skills that a gentleman should master are not a menial job at this time.

Ying Yiren recruited a driver with a lot of money, so he happily went out hunting with everyone, when he was in the Qin State, he was not favored because of the reason, not even a carriage, let alone any driver, after coming to the Zhao State, his life was not easy, every autumn and winter, seeing other nobles sitting in the carriage, laughing and rushing to hunt outside the city, he was indescribable envy, vaguely a little jealous.

Now, he can finally join the ranks of these sons and go hunting together.

The carriage just came to the gate of the city, the princes roared out, only left an exclamation at the gate of the city, but Ying Yiren, but ordered the driver to stop, the driver was a little strange, but still listened to Ying Yiren's words, the carriage stopped, Ying Yiren hurriedly walked down from the carriage, came to a young man, the young man did not take the car, he led the horse, is waiting for the soldiers to check.

The young man has just stood up the crown, and his appearance is very immature, although he is young, but the heroic spirit of that face is difficult to hide, even if he just saw those sons who went out hunting, he didn't take a second look, looked ahead, unmoved, Ying Yiren just saw him like this, and his heart was overjoyed, which made people stop and want to make friends with this young man in person. The Alien came to him and bowed down.

The young man was a little surprised, and he also leaned over to return the salute, and Ying Yiren loved it even more in his heart, he said: "I am Zhao Yiren from Xianyang, seeing your heroic spirit, I can't help but want to come and make friends with you, and please forgive me for my rudeness." The young man also returned the salute and said: "I am Li Mu, a native of Bairen, I have no talent, and I am not worthy of your friendship." ”

"Li Mu?" , Ying Yiren secretly wrote down the name, and was about to continue speaking, when the rider on the side reminded helplessly: "Childe, if you don't chase after you, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up with your friends." Ying Yiren frowned and said with some displeasure: "It's rare for me to meet a friend who can really make friends, can't I delay the hunting thing a little?" ”

The rider immediately replied: "I have heard that if a person who does not obey the faith, his friends will abandon him, and the people of the country will spurn him. ”

When Ying Yiren heard this, he trembled, and he didn't dare to delay any longer, he said to Li Mu: "My mansion is in Handan South City, you can come to visit me at any time, I have something important today, please don't blame." After speaking, he got in the car and left the city, to catch up with those friends, Li Mu stood at the gate of the city, squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, before entering the city.

Handan Xicheng, inhabited by a lot of Zhao ministers, as well as some prominent nobles, even Zhao Kuo, in this Xicheng also has a set of their own courtyard, of course, this also makes Xicheng the best security in Handan, the smoothest road, the most friendly area of officials, Li Mu led the horse just walked here, was stopped by two officials, checked for a while, and then said goodbye to him with a smile.

Li Mu came to an inconspicuous courtyard, this courtyard in front of many mansions in Xicheng, it looked a little out of place, very lonely, but the value of the house was never on his decoration, but on the people who lived here, Li Mu led the horse to the door and knocked on the door. Just waited for a while, an old retainer walked out, saw Li Mu, was very happy, exchanged a few words with him, and then took the horse in his hand and led him into the courtyard.

This is Lin Xiangru's mansion, in Zhao State, Lin Xiangru is regarded as the first warrior, Zhao people admire Lin Xiangru's courage very much, Lin Xiangru even in the face of the powerful King Qin, will not have the slightest fear, such courage, is what Zhao people appreciate the most, but now, the warrior in the mind of Zhao people, is gradually getting old. As soon as Li Mu entered the courtyard, he heard the violent coughing sound almost without interruption.

"Mu dare to ask Lin Gong if he is okay?"

Li Mu hurriedly leaned over to meet, Lin Xiangru knelt under a mulberry tree, the mulberry leaves have been yellowed, and even dropped a lot, Lin Xiangru sat on these mulberry leaves, there were even a few pieces on his shoulders, he kept coughing, and the yellow leaves on his shoulders also fell with his cough, Lin Xiangru sometimes often sighed, people are really different, Lian Po is sixty and five this year, but he can still fight on the battlefield and resist powerful enemies.

And he is only four out of fifty, but he can't even get into the carriage, when Zhao Guo needs him the most... Ahem, ahem... Lin Xiangru coughed again, he slowly raised his head, and looked at the young man in front of him, this young man was the son of his old friend, and he personally enlightened this young man, however, he was more interested in military affairs than poetry and history classics, Lin Xiangru also saw this, and gave him a lot of books on the art of war for him to watch.

Now, he served as a county lieutenant in Taiyuan County, after he took office, the law and order was very good, every time there was a war, when Taishou called the soldiers of the counties, Li Mu could always be rewarded, because the soldiers he led were the most brave, and he was able to make military achievements every time. Lin Xiangru wanted to recommend him to Lian Po, but Lian Po refused his request.

It's not that Lian Po doesn't like Li Mu, it's just that Lian Po said: I heard that real generals need to be sharpened, and you asked him to give up the opportunity to personally command hundreds of people, but you want to send him to my side and follow me to learn the skills of commanding tens of thousands of people, this is another way to cultivate Lian Po, not a way to train Li Mu.

Lin Xiangru also seemed to understand this, and since then, he has never paid attention to Li Mu, as if he didn't know such a young man, he was afraid that those local officials would take care of Li Mu because of their relationship, which would make Li Mu lose more opportunities to sharpen. Li Mu was not unhappy, he continued to serve in Taiyuan, Yanmen and other regions, although the contact was broken, but Lin Xiangru never doubted Li Mu's ability, he believed in this young man, this ambitious, talented young man.

"I don't know what Gong Lin ordered when he called me from afar?" , Li Mu asked respectfully.

"You are in the border county, have you ever heard that there is a young talent in Zhao Kingdom?" , Lin Xiangru asked with a smile, Li Mu's face stiffened, and then he asked, "Do you mean that Ma Fuzi, who is extremely respected by the Qin people?" If you are talking about him, I have heard of his good name. Even if Li Mu didn't care about it, Lin Xiangru could see that Li Mu was still a little unhappy, after all, he was still young and vigorous, which was a normal thing.

Lin Xiangru nodded and said: "It's the horse suiter that the Qin people admire incomparably, originally, I didn't care about him, he could only read the military books left by his father, not a talent that could be created, but after Xu Li followed the rejection of Shangjun's recommendation of this person, he went to Zhao Kuo in person, do you know what Zhao Kuo said?" ”

"He said that Wang Ji is not to be afraid, as long as he is a general, he can win with one blow?"

"No, he said that he was not talented enough and could not be a general, and also said that this was the strategy of the Qin people, and he also told Xu Li about his great-mother's throwing, so that Xu Li could put an end to rumors and not let Shangjun easily replace General Lian Po." , Lin Xiangru said.

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and did not speak.

"I also heard that Zhao Kuo had a doorman who often criticized him in front of him and disrespected him, but Kuo was able to reward this doorman with the matter of King Qi Wei."

"I really can't believe that this will be what that arrogant and arrogant Zhao Kuo can do, I want to ask you to help me go to the school to test him, to see what kind of person he is, I am already old, any person with mediocre talent can deceive me, but you are still young, you will not be easily coaxed." , Lin Xiangru said seriously.