Because Pingyang Jun has been subdued, Handan's ban has also been canceled.

However, no one was in a hurry to leave Handan. Long Yangjun stood at the door of the mansion and personally cleaned the road in front of the mansion, and some people who knew said that this was the preparation made by Long Yangjun to welcome the sage, and it was not difficult to guess that this sage who would come was the horse service jun of Zhao State. When Ma Fujun arrived here, Long Yangjun looked a little guilty, he leaned over and bowed, and said, "I learned that I lost my temper after drinking and said something inappropriate to you, please forgive me for my crime." ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said with a chuckle: "How could I blame you... You said you had something important to ask me for, wouldn't it be just for that? ”

"I do have important matters to discuss with you."

Long Yangjun invited Ma Fujun into the inner room, and he walked to the Wei warriors by the door again, and said seriously: "Buy me a sheep...", the warrior nodded and was about to leave, but Long Yangjun grabbed his hand again, lowered his voice, and ordered with a smile: "Use Zhao Bao's name to approach his men and horses, kill them, and rush directly to Wei with Ma Fuzi...."

The samurai smiled and walked out of here.

Zhao Kuo sat in the inner room, waited for a while, Long Yangjun came in and sat beside him, Long Yangjun looked a little solemn, he said seriously: "I invited you to come this time because of the affairs of the Wei State... Your Book of Horse Clothing is very popular in the Wei State, and the Wei State also wants to reduce the tax rate and reduce the forced labor, but it does not know how to formulate a tax rate suitable for the Wei State..."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo immediately had a spirit, this is a good thing, he thought seriously for a moment, and then said: "If Wei has the intention to change the tax rate and make changes, then you have to send someone to investigate Wei's agricultural products, cultivated land area, and verify household registration. In addition, it is necessary to calculate the economic strength of the country, if the tax is too low, it may affect the country's finances, which is also not possible. ”

Zhao Kuo told it, Long Yangjun picked up the pen to record, and Zhao Kuo said: "I heard that the nobles of Wei have a lot of arable land, and a large number of people are attached to their command, such a distribution is not right, Wei even has displaced people, why doesn't Wei organize these displaced people to reclaim the land?" Why don't the people be allowed to cultivate the land themselves? ”

Time passed very quickly, Longyangjun in addition to the tax rate problems, and asked about water conservancy, government and other issues, Zhao Kuo also answered attentively, he really hoped that the people of Wei could live a better life, at this time, the prison gate of Mafu Township, Zhao Fu, Wang Fan and the three of them quickly rushed into Handan City, they hurried to Dong Chengzi's mansion to inquire about Ma Fujun's whereabouts.

But Ma Fujun was not here, they went to Pang Gong's mansion again, and then went to Xinlingjun's mansion, and after looking for most of the day, they finally met Di on the road, Di saw that they were so anxious, and hurriedly took them to the courtyard where Long Yangjun lived.

Zhao Kuo stood up with some surprise, and when he saw the panicked appearance of the three people in front of him, he suddenly understood in his heart that something had happened to Ma Fu.

"Ma Fu-kun... A group of knights came earlier...", Zhao Qu Death told Zhao Kuo everything he knew and observed, Zhao Kuo trembled all over, his face became extremely pale, and Long Yangjun on the side also widened his eyes and was extremely shocked. Zhao Kuo stumbled a few steps and almost fell to the ground, but Di hurriedly helped him.

"Mother... Art... Ge...", Zhao Kuo muttered, he suddenly came to his senses, and said: "I'll return to Mafu...", he didn't say goodbye to Long Yangjun, he rushed out of here, the doormen followed him, rushed out together, Di was still constantly comforting: "The head of the family, please don't worry, there is Yang Duanhe to follow, Yang Duan and that kid can also fight..."

Although he was persuading Zhao Kuo not to worry, he was also in a trance, and he didn't know where to put his hands, looking around blankly. When they rushed out, Long Yangjun frowned, stomped on his feet, and hurriedly called a warrior and said, "Let our people evacuate quickly!" Never be met by others! With that, he also left here in a hurry.

Li Yu proposed to tell Xinlingjun about this matter and let Xinlingjun come to help, but Zhao Kuo did not refuse, and rushed to Mafu himself, so he asked Li Yu to find Wei Wuji. Xinlingjun, who was drinking with the doormen in the courtyard, heard from Li Yu that Ma Fujun's family was robbed by gangsters, and immediately jumped up, he shouted angrily, and suddenly, Xinlingjun's doormen went around, hundreds of people, starting from Handan, and then more doormen left Handan.

Wei Wuji sent someone to inform Lian Po, Lian Po hurriedly told King Zhao, King Zhao was also very surprised by this matter, so Lian Po went to help, Lian Po hurriedly sent Handan's soldiers out to search for the whereabouts of the gangsters, just like that, the whole Handan was in chaos because of this incident, and the soldiers could be seen everywhere in checking, and the knights were constantly patrolling the road, and it was precisely because of this that the knights sent by Long Yangjun were not suspected.

They said that it was Long Yangjun who sent him out to help with the search.

Even the knights brought by Jiangqu were also searching everywhere, one township after another, even in the wilderness, those abandoned townships, were not left behind, and the roads were blocked everywhere, not allowed to enter and exit, and at this time, Zhao Kuo also returned to Mafu Township. The disciples looked a little anxious, and many people had already spontaneously gone out to explore, and Mafu Township looked empty, only Xunzi, Zhan and a few other old people stayed here.

Of course, there are still many Confucian scholars who stay here to protect the horses here.

Zhao Kuo looked in a trance, he hurried to Pinggong's mansion, just pushed open the door, and saw Zhao Zheng curled up in Pinggong's arms, Zhao Zheng looked very scared, around them, there were more than a dozen Confucian men with sharp blades, these people looked around, looked very vigilant, when they saw Ma Fujun walking in, they let down their guard.

"Father...", Zhao Zheng cried, broke free from Pinggong's arms, and ran all the way into Zhao Kuo's arms, Zhao Kuo leaned down and hugged him, Zhao Zheng snuggled in his arms like this, cried, he cried and said: "Mother.. Big Mother... They don't want me anymore...", Zhao Kuo took a deep breath, hugged him tightly, and said, "Don't be afraid, they won't want you, they won't." ”

Zhao Kuo's eyes were red, he looked around, and then looked at Han Fei, he said, "No, I'm optimistic about politics, I'm going to go out." ”

Han Fei was silent all the way, and when he heard Zhao Kuo's command at this moment, he also nodded, took Zhao Zheng from his arms, and said to Zhao Zheng gently: "You just wait with me here, and wait for the teacher to pick up your mother and eldest mother back." Zhao Zheng nodded, got down from Han Fei's arms, took his hand, wiped his tears, and couldn't help sobbing.

Zhao Kuo walked out of here, and was about to go out, when he saw the trembling Xunzi, Zou Yan, Gongsun Long, and Zhan four people coming over, they saw Zhao Kuo with red eyes, and their hearts were also a little uncomfortable, Xunzi stepped forward, and did not talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "This matter is inseparable from the relationship with four people, the first is King Zhao, the second is Pingyang Jun, the third is Longyang Jun, and the fourth is King Qin." ”

"However, I prefer that all four of them have done it... Yang Duanhe suddenly asked to follow, Yang Duanhe is a Qin man, and the cavalry that took your family is well-trained, but the equipment is not as good as the second one, I think, this is probably the man sent by the Qin State. They want to use your family to force you to join Qin, please take someone to explore all the roads that can lead to Qin, as well as the villages along the way. ”

"However, please don't worry too much, if it is as I guessed, the Qin people will definitely not harm your family..."

Zhao Kuo frowned, but still didn't speak, he was silent for a moment, then nodded at Xunzi and hurriedly left here. Zhao Kuo rode a fast horse, quickly rushed out of his horse clothes, and galloped in the direction of Shangdang, and he sent Xing to inform Lian Po that he could help block the important roads leading to Qin, such as to Shangdang, or to Hanoi.

Just when the entire Handan County was in chaos, King Zhao's palace was surprisingly calm.

King Zhao and Zhao Leopard sat face to face, just now, King Zhao announced the punishment of Zhao Leopard, that is, to remove him from the title, demote him to the common people's royal decree, from today on, Zhao State will not have Pingyang Jun, only one common leopard. The leopard is indifferent to this royal order, what he pursues is not power, what he pursues is not his own wealth, what he pursues is the stability of the throne, which is the duty of every clan.

The leopard said to King Zhao seriously: "The people I sent have already accomplished their purpose. ”

King Zhao nodded and said, "Lian Po found the widow, and he said: Ma Fujun's family was kidnapped by gangsters. The widow gave you more than 20 elites, but I didn't expect that you not only plotted against Ma Fuzi, but also took Ma Fujun's family away...", King Zhao squinted his eyes, took another sip of wine, and said: "However, this is also good, it is fine, but you must not hurt Ma Fujun's family... The widow will do good to them. ”

"Family? No, Lian Po probably said something wrong, the people I sent were going to hijack Ma Fuzi. ”

King Zhao was also a little confused, thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "All those who know about this matter must be eliminated, those dead soldiers that the widow gave you are unknown to others, their families are in other places, they dare not betray the widow, are you ready?" ”

"Of course, the evidence that they came from the Qin State, and the identity of their Qin officials, I have already arranged... This is thanks to Lou Zhuan, fortunately, you were not in a hurry to execute Lou Zhuan at that time, he was very familiar with many things in the Qin State, he forged a list of more than 20 Qin people, as long as Lian Po searched carefully, he could find out their identities... There is no doubt that these people are all Qin people, and some people will even testify that they have seen these people. ”

"Even the places where they rest on weekdays are well documented."

"Where's the floor?"

"After he arranged these things for me, I killed him."

A trace of unbearability flashed on King Zhao's face, and he said, "Then no one else knows about this matter?" ”

"Long Yangjun of Wei once found me and gave me a crossbow from Xinlingjun's house, he wanted to cooperate with me, and his purpose was to force Xinlingjun to return to Wei." As soon as the leopard spoke, King Zhao stood up angrily and said, "How can you force the widow Xinling Jun away?!" The leopard said helplessly: "I didn't have the idea of getting rid of him, I just agreed to Long Yangjun for the time being, and he also helped me a lot in this matter." ”

"He's in the know??" King Zhao's eyes gradually became cold, he looked at the leopard coldly, and said with a sneer: "Okay, next, he will tell Ma Fujun what he knows, and everyone in the world will know that it was you who killed Ma Fujun, and the Zhao Kingdom will be destroyed... Oh, you really deserve to be a widow's relative, everything is for the sake of the widow..."

In the face of King Zhao's sarcasm, the leopard was still not angry, he shook his head and said: "Please rest assured, Long Yangjun doesn't know the details, and he can't produce any evidence, if he wants to do something, then it just right, this matter can become what he did, the purpose is to disturb Zhao and express his dissatisfaction with Zhao's annexation of Weiguo... I have made all the arrangements, and the person who proposed this plan is already dead, and no one will know about it anymore. ”

Zhao Kuo was like crazy, running back and forth on the main roads in Handan, he didn't eat or drink, he kept galloping along the road, and the horses under his crotch were replaced one after another, but he had no gain, looking at Zhao Kuo's appearance, his disciples, and doormen were very worried, Zhao Kuo didn't eat or drink for two days in a row, and didn't even rest, just running back and forth in various places, looking for the whereabouts of those knights.

But these people seem to have evaporated from the world, and they can no longer find any news about them.

Zhao Kuo sat on the muddy ground, the doormen stood around him, Zhao Kuo lowered his head, didn't say a word, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, Di looked at the doormen around him, motioned for them to leave, and then sat beside him, "The head of the house... Don't worry, you can find them, but where can they escape in a day's time? General Lian Po investigated the dead soldiers who died in Mafu and found that they were all from the Qin State..."

"They came from Shangdang in the name of merchants, and waited for an opportunity in Wu'an City... I think that King Qin respects you so much, he will definitely not hurt..."

"I shouldn't have left... Yi is pregnant... How can you withstand a long journey... My mother is old, how can she persevere, Ge's legs hurt when they encounter a cold wind, what is happening to him now? and Yang Duanhe, he is so young...", Zhao Kuo covered his face, and tears couldn't help falling.

"I shouldn't have left them."

"The head of the house... Xunzi said that this matter is related to Zhao Bao and Zhao Dan, so why don't we go to Handan..."