"I heard that the Qin State is a country like a tiger, since they have mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, they are ready to destroy the Zhao State, how can they withdraw their troops and negotiate peace because of one person's words? It's fools like you who believe their words! Ge raised his head and looked at the many doormen in front of him with disdain, his words, but all the doormen were offended, and everyone angrily pulled out their short swords.

Di Qi's face turned red, and he shouted: "As a minister, you have to slander Shaojun repeatedly, and as a Zhao person, you have to curse your own country, a villain like you is really not worthy of following Shaojun's side!" ”

Ge was not afraid at all, and mocked: "Where does Shaojun still need me to slander? I'm just a person with no morals, and I don't dare to discuss the major affairs of the country, but if Shaojun is surrounded by people like you, then Shaojun will not be far from the day when he dies! ”

"You villain who was kicked out by Pingyuanjun!"

"You brute!"

Di's short sword was about to stab out, and Zhao Kuo scolded angrily: "Stop! Di's short sword had already stabbed in front of Ge, Ge was unmoved, looked at Di in front of him mockingly, and said, "If you think you are a samurai, then you will stab it." ”

"Go! Shut up! Zhao Kuo shouted, walked quickly in front of them, with a cold face, and asked, "What happened?" Di Cai said angrily: "We are talking about the war, this guy came to insult us, and insulted Shaojun, we all came to follow you because of Shaojun's virtue, how can you tolerate such a villain by your side, constantly slandering you?" ”

Zhao Kuo also heard Ge's words, he frowned, and asked again, "Why do you say that the war will not end?" ”

"Soon it will be time for the autumn harvest, if the Qin people want to negotiate peace, then why don't they let the soldiers go back to work on farming, but continue to be stationed in Shangdang County? This shows that they did not want to negotiate peace, but made up their minds, and would rather delay the autumn harvest than attack Zhao State. Shaojun, you are known as the sage of Zhao State, why don't you even understand such a simple truth? Ge Weng asked angrily.

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually became solemn.

Di said angrily: "Please Shaojun let me kill him!" Ge glanced at him, laughed and said, "When I followed Ma Fujun to kill the Qin people, you were still riding a bamboo horse, even if ten warriors like you are not my opponent." ”

Zhao Kuo interrupted their quarrel and said, "The second and third sons are all my disciples, and I heard that the disciples are all going to defend the lord against powerful enemies, how can there be such a thing as fighting with each other?" Please don't point your swords at each other, it's unconscionable. Hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Ge didn't say anything, and Di said again: "But how can Shaojun tolerate his slander? ”

Zhao Kuo said: "In the past, King Qi Wei accepted the advice of the Minister of State Zou Ji and issued an order: all the people of the country, who can criticize his mistakes in front of him, can get a superior reward, can criticize him through a book, can get a medium reward, can be accused of his mistakes in a crowded place, can get an inferior reward, so the Qi country gradually became stronger, and after the princes heard about it, they all came to the Qi country to meet him. ”

"As a prince, King Qi Wei can still face the criticism of others, is my Zhao Kuo's identity more noble than that of King Qi Wei?"

"Not really."

"The country of Qi can become strong because King Qi Wei accepts criticism, shouldn't I leave someone like Ge who can face the criticism of me?"

"Should... Should. ”

"I will give him a superior reward." , Zhao Kuo said, bowed to the guests again, and said: "I also ask the second and third sons to be able to tell my mistakes in person." ”

Even Di, who was speechless at the moment, leaned over and bowed. Zhao Kuo untied his sword, handed it to Ge in front of him, and said respectfully: "I hope you can continue to do this and point out what I am not doing wrong." Ge looked at Zhao Kuo in front of him blankly, and suddenly, he turned his head and rubbed his eyes, alas, this wind and sand is a bit big.

Zhao Kuo didn't expect that the words he said to the guests would spread out, of course, with Di on the scene, he should have thought of it, but in less than three or four days, many places already knew about it, so Zhao Kuo's reputation was even better, and there were more people who came to visit him.

Everyone said that Zhao Guo was a real sage.

This is very inconsistent with Zhao Kuo's plan to continue to keep a low profile, sometimes, he really wants to slap himself a few times, why is he talking so much nonsense? Isn't it enough for the Qin people to help themselves spread their reputation? Even the Ying Yiren in Handan thought it was very strange, no, didn't Lu Buwei already leave Zhao Guo? Why is Zhao Kuo's reputation getting bigger and bigger? Could it be that the people left behind by Lü Buwei are continuing to carry out his scheme?

For a long time, Zhao Kuo didn't dare to go out, he had to keep a low profile.

Six or seven days have passed like this, and I have seen a lot of visiting guests, and Zhao Kuo has been a little bored at home, so he decided to go out and take a turn, just take a turn in the horse suit, there should be nothing wrong?

Walking out of the door, Zhao Kuo saw a lot of villagers, they were very busy, carrying a heavy bamboo basket, when they saw Zhao Kuo, they would raise their heads, barely squeeze out a smile, after a simple greeting, continue to hurry, Zhao Kuo noticed that their bamboo baskets were full of corn, that is, millet, the golden millet has not been separated, they are packed a lot, and the whole body is crushed.

Zhao Kuo looked at these people and couldn't help but smile and said, "How good a harvest year is." ”

"Heh...", Ge suddenly snorted coldly.

Zhao Kuo glanced at him helplessly, and then asked, "Could it be that what I said is wrong?" ”

Ge looked into the distance, and said in a low voice: "The young and strong people of Zhao State are all in the party, some have left for a year, and even more have been away from home for three years, and the cultivation has fallen on the old and young women and children, the grain yield is not as good as a year, and people have starved to death in many places... Mafu has three old people who died of exhaustion on the cultivated land this year, and I don't know how many people will starve to death, but Shaojun can still say a good word? ”

Zhao Kuo's expression was in a trance, he looked at the villagers on these roads again, this time, he saw something different from their faces, they didn't have the joy of harvest at all, everyone was frowning, and even someone kept wiping their faces, originally Zhao Kuo thought it was sweat, it turned out, it was tears soaked with sweat.

"Why is this happening... Qin people, don't you need to farm? Zhao Kuo muttered.

"Even if the Qin people send hundreds of thousands of young people, there are still people who can work in the farmland, there is still enough grain in the granary, and the Qin people can get the title if they work hard, what about the Zhao people? Zhao Ren has nothing. Ge shook his head and repeated again, "Zhao people don't have anything." ”

Zhao Kuo's face turned red, he wanted to yell more, "Zhao people still have me." However, he couldn't say it, he was just a useless person, and the Zhao people regarded themselves as saviors, but they were just the poisonous tricks of the Qin people, and they couldn't do anything. He turned around angrily and returned to the courtyard, Ge looked at Zhao Kuo's back and sighed helplessly.

"Alas... Zhao Ren has nothing. ”

.......

In the next few days, Zhao Kuo's face was not very good, he didn't smile much, and the doormen didn't ask too much, under the leadership of Di, the doormen went to help the people in Mafu to harvest corn, and the corn harvest also needs to be harvested in time, otherwise if it rains or something, it will be a huge loss.

On this day, Zhao Kuo had just gone out when he heard Pinggong's pleading voice.

An official stood in front of the courtyard next door, and said something to Pinggong strongly, Pinggong just lowered his head, kept begging, and there were a few baskets of corn beside him, Zhao Kuo was furious, stepped forward, grabbed the official's clothes, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

The official was taken aback, and before he could speak, Ping Gong hurriedly stepped forward and let Zhao Kuo let go of his hand, and the official bowed to Zhao Kuo, and said helplessly: "Ma Fuzi, I am here to collect military rations, but this old man has to give more, and I don't listen to what I say." Zhao Kuo was about to scold him for overcharging, but when he heard his words clearly, he was stunned and looked at Pinggong again.

Pinggong lowered his head and begged: "Please help Ma Fuzi, let me pay more food, the food in our family is enough to eat, my children are still in the party, these grains are sent to the battlefield, I don't want him to go hungry to fight for Zhao Guo, we have enough to eat, please help me." ”

Zhao Kuo was silent for a long time before he looked at the official and said, "Take it." ”

"I also have a lot of corn in my house, so you can take it with you."