Zhao Kuo felt that the haze of despair was swept away, and his heart was suddenly injected with courage, he straightened his waist and looked at Lou Chang provocatively.

Lou Chang felt frightened, he couldn't understand how there could be so many people who came out for just a child.

Zhuangzi felt angry, and Zhao Guo was far more disappointed than when he left.

King Zhao felt ashamed, because he didn't prepare enough tripods, according to the specifications, most of these people can eat five tripods, if they lose their etiquette, what should they do if they refuse to stay in Zhao State?

The atmosphere of the banquet became a little strange, the old ministers sat on both sides, Le Yi couldn't sit, the old man surnamed Pang sat beside him, one hand around him from behind, so that Le Yi could barely sit up on his arm, and no one felt that such behavior was inappropriate. Lin Xiangru coughed, raised his head, looked at King Zhao, he opened his mouth to break the silence, he said: "Shangjun, I have heard that the war is a major matter related to the survival of Yu Sheji, and it cannot but be carefully examined. ”

"Zhao Kuo has been to Changping and knows the situation there, you don't want to believe him, but instead you want to listen to the nonsense of some villains who have never been out of Handan City, is this something that can be done for the monarch?" , King Zhao hurriedly lowered his head and said, "You are right, this is not something that can be done for the monarch. Lin Xiangru said, "Your lord, you have studied with me, and I have also told you about the kings who brought disaster to themselves because they did not listen to advice. ”

"Zhao Kuo, he is a virtuous man of the Zhao Kingdom, the people love him because of his virtues, and the Qin people are afraid of him because of his talents, how can you despise him because of the villain's words? You are a man who loves talents, I know that, but what if you can't listen to the advice of talents, even if you gather the world's talents around you? The strength of a country does not depend on how many talented people there are around the king, but whether the king can listen to their advice. ”

After Lin Xiangru finished speaking, he coughed violently again.

King Zhao hurriedly said: "The widow remembers, please don't blame it." Tian Dan closed his eyes and didn't say a word, but since he arrived here, he could explain his position, Le Yi looked at everyone blankly, he was always sober, always in a trance, the old man on the side wiped the saliva from his mouth for him several times, King Zhao looked at Xunzi, and his eyes burned with a desire for talent again.

He smiled and said: "The widow heard that Xunzi was coming, but he didn't expect that he came so quickly and couldn't go out of the city to meet you, this is the fault of the widow, please forgive me." Xunzi had a cold face, even in the face of such courtesy from King Zhao, there was no change, and he said: "When I was in Jixia, some people said that you were as eager for talents as you were in the desert and longing for clear water, and I just came back from Jixia to see you, but I didn't expect that even people like Zhao Kuo would be excluded in the palace. ”

"And what kind of people would dare to serve you?"

King Zhao was shocked, hurriedly stood up, looked at Zhao Kuo, and said sincerely: "The widow listens to the villain's words, and can't use your strategy, it really shouldn't be, the widow will never be like this again." Lou Chang on the side turned red and looked at King Zhao in surprise.

Zhao Kuo also stood up, if he could correct his mistakes, then this King Zhao could not help but be a virtuous monarch, from the dialogue of Fang Cai, he also vaguely noticed the hobby of this King Zhao, so he said to his liking: "If the king can even accept the advice of an insignificant person like me, then there will definitely be more real talents to assist the king in the future, and offer you the strategy of governing the country and the people." ”

When King Zhao heard this, he grinned, was extremely happy, and said: "You are the treasure of Zhao Kingdom, and today there are people like Xunzi who praise your virtue, who dares to say that you are a humble person?" He waved his hand and said, "The widow has agreed to your proposal!" He looked at Yu Qing on the side, since King Zhao set up a banquet to entertain Lin Wujun, he sat here without saying a word, drinking bitter wine all day long.

"Yu Qing, the widow knows that you are friendly with Pingyuanjun, please go to Dongwu, Zhao is facing great danger, I hope Pingyuanjun can send envoys to various countries to ask for reinforcements for Zhao." , King Zhao said, at this moment, the old man who had been supporting Le Yi raised his head and said, "Your lord, the minister has a word." Zhao Kuo didn't know this old man, but he still had a good impression of this old man in his heart, not just because he could support him, but because of his kind of care for General Le Yi.

Judging from his age, this old man is probably not younger than General Le Yi, but he insisted on helping General Le Yi sit for so long, without the slightest complaint on his face, this is a tough and kind old man, Zhao Kuo made his first evaluation in his heart.

Zhao Kuo found that King Zhao's attention to this old man was not under Xunzi, and when he heard the old man speak, King Zhao bowed his head respectfully and asked cautiously: "I don't know what you command?" Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and the rest of the people seemed very calm, as if King Zhao should be so respectful, the old man was very old, but his voice was loud, and he was not as heroic as General Lian Po.

He smiled and said seriously: "As Gong Lin said, the war is related to the survival of the country, and it is a very important matter, please send me to follow Pingyuan Jun to various countries to ask for help." King Zhao said with some embarrassment: "The countries are far apart, and you are old, how can you endure this rush?" The widow doesn't want you to suffer. ”

The old man laughed, his eyes were exceptionally bright, and he said, "I have heard that rotten wood is of no use, but if you light a fire, it will burn even brighter... Minister, please allow the minister to burn one last time. ”

Everyone present was speechless for a moment, King Zhao looked at this determined old man, and finally nodded, and said, "Then please go to Dongwu and go to various countries with Pingyuan Jun to ask for help." ”

Lou Chang also understands in his heart that King Zhao has made a decision in his heart, he will never go against any decision of King Zhao, no matter what King Zhao thinks in his heart, he will agree, because of this, he has always been King Zhao's henchman, even if he has harmed Zhao several times, King Zhao has not been held accountable, because these strategies are actually King Zhao's own ideas, Lou Chang just helped him say it.

He forced out a smile and said, "I think what Pang Gong said is..."

"Shut up!" , Le Yi, who was leaning on the old man, suddenly shouted, he looked at Lou Chang angrily, and said, "If you dare to say a word in front of me, I will hit you on the head with my crutch!" The angry Le Yi vaguely revealed some of the domineering of the past, his brows were furrowed, his eyes were full of murderous energy, Lou Chang was like a frightened rabbit, trembling all over, lowering his head in fear, almost retracting into his clothes, and no longer daring to speak.

Zhao Kuo finally breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know what the result of this request for help would be, but he always had to try. King Zhao didn't seem to care about Le Yi's threat to Lou Chang, there were so many virtuous people gathered in his palace, he was very happy, okay, Xunzi, Le Yi, Lin Xiangru, Tian Dan, Pang Xuan, Zhao Kuo, Lin Wujun, Yu Qing, Lou Chang, Xu Li, Zhao Hui, which prince can let so many virtuous people become their guests?

King Zhao spoke to everyone cordially, he seemed to have the idea of letting Le Yi, Tian Dan, Pang Xuan, Zhao Kuo, Lin Wujun, Xunzi and others discuss the war, but Le Yi finally couldn't hold out for too long, he needed to go back to rest, Zhao Kuo also stood up and said, "Please let me send General Le Yi back." King Zhao had the intention to keep and said, "The widow still has a lot of things to ask you. ”

Xunzi looked at Zhao Kuo, saw the eagerness in his heart, and said: "If you have anything to do, just ask me for advice, although I don't have any talent, but I often solve puzzles for people under Jixia, and I can still help you." With Xunzi by his side, King Zhao naturally stopped retaining Zhao Kuo, and accepted Zhao Kuo's farewell with a smile. Tian Dan didn't seem very happy to stay here either, and he also excused himself to leave.

The two supported Le Yi and walked out of the palace, Ge was waiting outside the palace, seeing Zhao Kuo walking out, he couldn't help but smile, but didn't say anything, Zhao Kuo smiled at him, Ge understood that the matter had been successful, and helped Le Yi to the carriage, Tian Dan was about to leave, but Zhao Kuo hurriedly stopped in front of him and said: "I did something wrong before, I shouldn't have insulted you like that, please forgive me." ”

Tian Dan didn't pay attention to him, looked at him deeply, sighed, turned to leave, and his back was slightly lonely.

Ge drove, General Le Yi lay on the carriage, Zhao Kuo followed on foot, along the way, Zhao Kuo was thinking about the next plan, the matter of asking for help can be carried out, then it is necessary to do the unicycle thing well, and he will not do it, but find a craftsman and let him make a wheeled car, should... Isn't it difficult? Zhao Kuo didn't have a bottom in his heart, and when he returned to Mafu Township, he found a craftsman and let the craftsman try it.

General Le Yi was too tired, he was in a trance all the way, he didn't say anything, and when he was sent to the mansion, General Le Yi's driver went out, looked at them helplessly, and said with a smile: "Earlier, when Gong Lin came to visit General Le Yi, he prepared a carriage and let me wait, and now you personally sent the general back, this is to make me lose the position of the pilot." ”

General Le Yi helped him into the house and let him lie down, "Thank you." Zhao Kuo said, walked out of the inner room, the driver was talking to Ge about something, saw Zhao Kuo, the driver bowed to him, and said: "These days, your guests come to visit General Le Yi with gifts every day, General Le Yi is very happy, and they can chat for more than half an hour, I have followed the general for so long, I have never seen him so happy now, thank you for your kindness." ”

The rider choked up a little as he spoke, and wiped his tears.

"Please don't say that, when I'm done with my own business, I'm going to come to thank General Xie in person, I just did what I had to do, and he helped me a lot."

After saying goodbye to the driver, Zhao Kuo got into the carriage, Ge drove the car, and said happily: "Shaojun, you don't know, just now Lin Gong and a few of them came to the palace gate, those warriors stopped them and didn't let them in, Lin Gong was so anxious that he raised his cane and chased them to beat, and those warriors didn't dare to fight back, and their noses and faces were swollen when they were beaten..."

Zhao Kuo listened to Ge's words, slowly raised his head, and a smile appeared on his face.

Thank you.