The ferocious Yan soldiers surrounded a township, with the order of the general, the township looked very large, in fact, there were not many people, and the wall was also very low, even inferior to the horse service township, when the prison gate found the surrounding Yan soldiers, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly pulled the little officer, and walked towards them. The leader was a young nobleman who brought with him more than a hundred soldiers.

The prison gate came to him, bowed down, and greeted the nobleman, but the young nobleman did not return the salute, pointing to the countryside and asking, "How many doormen does the chestnut-bellied old thief have?" The prison door trembled, and then said in a low voice: "Li Xiang has no doorman... There were only three retainers. The young nobleman grabbed him by the neck fiercely, his eyes widened, and he said angrily: "There is no chestnut appearance, do you know? ”

The prison gate gritted his teeth and said, "Even though Li Xiang was defeated, he had made great achievements. ”

The nobleman smiled and pushed him, and suddenly two soldiers grabbed him, and the nobleman waved his hand and said, "Watch him well, and the rest will follow me in!" With that, he led a hundred soldiers into the township, and there were soldiers who were familiar with the local area leading the way, and soon they came to a simple courtyard, and the soldiers knocked on the door, and after a while, two old retainers opened the door.

Fierce soldiers poured into the courtyard.

The two old retainers reprimanded them, and were escorted aside by the soldiers, and the nobles also walked into the courtyard, which looked a little dilapidated, not quite like the mansion of a former minister of state, and there were even vegetables and poultry in the mansion, and when he heard the noise in the courtyard, a scribe came out of the inner room, he was tall, and his face was quite similar to that of chestnut belly, and he walked out of the inner room, he looked at the soldiers around him, and fell silent.

"Is this an order from the Lord?" , the scribe stroked his beard and asked calmly.

The young nobleman grimaced and nodded.

The scribe called Li Wen, he is the eldest son of Li Belly, as early as after the news of Li Belly's death in battle, General Le Jian had looked for him, General Le Jian said: Li Belly was defeated by Zhao Kuo with thousands of people, lost countless soldiers, and the food he carried was not kept, the Emperor will not forgive him, please leave Yan Kingdom. It's just that Li Wen didn't leave, although his father was defeated, but he also made a lot of contributions to Yan Guo, how could it not affect his family, right?

Later, sure enough, King Yan did not pursue it, and General Lejian sent someone to tell him: The reason why Shangjun did not pursue it is that the Qin people have not yet been defeated, and the chestnut belly attacked Zhao because of the agreement of the Qin people, and if the Qin State is defeated, Shangjun will definitely be held responsible.

But Li Wen still didn't leave, because he still had his old mother at home, and the old mother was very old, and she couldn't leave at all in the cold winter season.

Now, it is impossible for General Lejian to come to help, because, he was under house arrest, he heard about his father's death, and wanted to go back to Zhao to worship, someone told King Yan that Lejian rushed to Zhao to defect to Zhao and give up Yan, King Yan was furious, and he didn't dare to kill Lejian directly, so he sent people to surround his mansion and not allow him to go out.

Li Wen looked at the young nobleman in front of him, leaned over and bowed, and said: "There are only two people in the family, my son and my mother died in Liaodong, my wife died of grief because of this incident, my mother is over seventy years old this year, you can kill me, and please forgive her, is it okay?" The nobleman did not hesitate, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Li Wen returned home, told the trembling old mother, he was going to the capital to be an official, Shangjun sent someone to meet him, please don't worry, then said goodbye to her, followed the nobles, left the countryside, just walked to the door, he saw the prison door with a blue nose and swollen face, he bowed to the prison door, and said: "My mother is home alone, no one to take care of her, if you can, please help take care of it.... I will repay you by tying ropes to tie up your enemies. ”

On this day, the son of the chestnut, his retainers, including his distant relatives, were all killed, and there was no living Li left in the Yan Kingdom, and they were accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy. The ministers who were close to the chestnut belly in the court were also severely punished, and all the strategies and policies designated by the chestnut belly in the Yan country were also abolished. Even the altar that the Chinese people put for chestnut bellies was destroyed.

King Yan was very angry, it was the chestnut belly who repeatedly asked for the use of soldiers, which brought such a disaster to the Yan country, 100,000 troops, but no more than a few thousand old and weak, this is simply a shame for the Yan country! If it weren't for the ministers' dissuasion, King Yan would have almost driven all the Qi people in the country back to Qi State, just because chestnut belly is Qi people!

........

Sitting in the courtyard, Lejian lowered his head, languishing, these days, he often dreams of his father, his father is in Zhao State, he is in Yan Kingdom, there are actually not many opportunities for father and son to meet, they can see each other once or twice a year, these years, Lejian is busy conquering Liaodong land, opening up land, adding household registration, for more than a year, there is no time to meet his father, he did not expect that his father would leave so suddenly.

Every night in his dreams, he dreamed of the tall man, let himself ride on his neck, and run around the courtyard with himself, these, he had forgotten, the memory was very vague, but after his father's death, these memories kept coming up, so clear, as if yesterday, he remembered that his father taught him to use a sword, he remembered the horse that his father gave him.

He remembered the little boy from decades ago, and his tall father.

Every day, Lejian washes his face with tears, and these tears seem to be endless. Le Yi used to be very strict with him, no matter what it was, Le Yi wanted him to do the best, with a straight face, if he made a little mistake, he would punish himself severely, Le Jian was very disgusted with his father when he just grew up, and he was only willing to stay by his mother's side, but when he had a son himself, when he looked at the little life and felt that he could die for him, he understood Le Yi a little.

His son grew up, and he was also very strict with his son, whenever his son hid by his mother's side and showed his anger towards himself, Le Jian felt a little bitter in his heart, and at that moment, he completely understood Le Yi.

It's a pity that he seems to understand later, when father and son meet, he can no longer be coquettish with Le Yi, he can only apologize for his mistakes when he was young, Le Yi is often stunned, and then he said casually: I can't remember.

Lejian's son, Uncle Le, is now also locked up in the courtyard with his father.

Whenever he saw his father's tearful appearance, Uncle Le's heart was very sad, he had never seen his father so sad. Le Jian was sitting in the courtyard, Uncle Le returned to the courtyard with a smile from the courtyard gate, Uncle Le was not very old, he was a brave young man, he walked to his father's side, he sat down, and said seriously: "The soldiers said that the emperor executed the Li family in the country, whether it was for generals, officials, or even distant relatives, he did not let go..."

Rakuma glanced at him, speechless.

Uncle Le looked around, and then said: "Father, chestnut belly has ruled Yan all his life, opened up thousands of miles, and increased by one million, and just because of one of his mistakes, King Yan killed all his clansmen, you have fought for Yan for many years, and you are invincible, but because of the villain's frame, you are not allowed to go back to worship the eldest father, and even detain us, such a king who violates human morality and disregards affection, is it worth our service?" ”

Rakuma frowned, looked at his son, and still didn't say anything. Guangxi

Uncle Le continued: "It's better for us to return to Zhao State, I heard that King Zhao is a king who loves talents, he will definitely respect you, and will not treat you rudely like King Yan, and Zhao has a benevolent and righteous gentleman like Ma Fujun, I heard that Ma Fujun is deeply favored by King Zhao, even if a villain frames us again, Ma Fujun will definitely help us to avoid disasters, I heard that Xinling Jun of Wei also followed Ma Fujun to Zhao State." ”

"Well, no need to say more." , Rakuma said calmly.

"Father, didn't you say that the eldest father and Ma Fujun are very close, and the eldest father's letters also have a high evaluation of Ma Fujun? The King of Zhao has also sent envoys to invite you to the Kingdom of Zhao many times, why should we still stay in the Kingdom of Yan, follow such a mediocre monarch, and be in the company of those villains? ”

"Needless to say!" , Le Jian said, turned around and went back to the room. Seeing his father leaving, Uncle Le sighed helplessly, lowered his head in frustration, and returned to the side room to start resting, lying on the bed, he tossed and turned, but he couldn't sleep, and his mind was still thinking about leaving Yan Kingdom. There are two people that the young Uncle Le admires the most, one is his eldest father Le Yi, and the other is the current Ma Fujun.

He was in Yan Kingdom, and he could hear Ma Fujun's reputation, although King Yan did not allow everyone to discuss this person, but his deeds still spread. Especially after he defeated Bai Qi, his fame once swept the Six Kingdoms, and everyone knew that there was a young, brave, strong, and benevolent gentleman in the Zhao Kingdom. He was an upright and generous man, and he was a respectable person, especially those of the Yan State soldiers who returned from the Zhao State.

When they drink with Uncle Le, they will always shed tears and tell their experiences, whenever they talk about Ma Fujun, they are full of praise for this enemy, Yan people have never seen such a benevolent commander, even the enemy he can forgive, if you can become a soldier under his command, how good.

After chatting with them, Uncle Le quickly understood that as long as Ma Fujun was still alive, it would be impossible for Yan Guo to defeat Zhao Guo. The soldiers of Yan State knew that Ma Fujun would not kill prisoners, and they would be grateful to him, and they would not fight to the death with the Zhao people at all. It is precisely because of this that Uncle Le admires Ma Fujun so much in his heart, and he surrenders without a fight, probably like this.

Uncle Le was thinking about it, when suddenly, a person broke into his inner room.

Uncle Le jumped up suddenly, but it was Le Room who walked in.

Rakuma looked at him and said, "Get dressed and come with me!" Uncle Le was a little confused, but he quickly put on his clothes, followed his father out of the inner room, just walked to the courtyard, he saw a few carriages, he didn't know where these carriages came from, his father's doormen were busy, soon, the courtyard gate was opened, the soldiers outside the door held sharp blades, looked around, made sure that there was no one, followed Le Jian and left here.

When the group arrived at the city gate, the city gate was open, Uncle Le saw a few corpses lying on the ground, those were generals, the carriage quickly left the city, the soldiers who followed the departure rode on horses, followed around the carriage, someone brought a horse to Uncle Le, and everyone fled here quickly.

All night long, the crowd was galloping, and they rounded the city along the road and ran in a south-west direction.

Uncle Le rode his horse and came to his father's side, Le Jian rode a horse and walked in the front, Uncle Le asked in confusion: "Father? Are we going to Zhao Kingdom? You accepted my suggestion? So why not tell me? ”

Le Jian said seriously: "Actually, those villains didn't lie, I wanted to leave Yan Country a long time ago." ”

"King Yan seems to trust me, but he has always suspected me of fornicating with Zhao Guo, not appointing my proposal, not giving me a tiger talisman, and being wary of me in every way... Such a monarch is indeed not worthy of my follow. ”

..........

Leaving Lin Xiangru's mansion, Li Mu looked a little lonely, lowered his head, and didn't say a word.

"It's going to be fine."

Zhao Kuo raised his head and said in a low voice, as if he was comforting Li Mu and himself.

It was late at night, Zhao Kuo and Li Mu could only rush to the acquaintance's house to stay overnight, and Zhao Kuo's acquaintance in Handan was naturally Dong Chengzi. Dong Chengzi is now serving as the secretary and is in charge of criminal law, when Zhao Kuo rushed to his mansion, the round Dong Fat rushed out, his stomach trembled, he was very happy, knowing that the two wanted to stay overnight, he excitedly pulled them into the room, King Zhao's banquet was over, but Wei Wuji was left behind by him.

Dong Chengzi didn't know the law, after serving as a priest, he began to study the law, but fortunately, there was no major incident that he needed to deal with, in his inner room, full of bamboo slips, Dong Chengzi couldn't help complaining, Zhao Guo's law was too simple. For example, the law forbade stealing, but it did not specify how the thief should be punished, so the thieves were found, and some officials chose to make them pay money, some officials directly put them to death, and some officials chose to make them slaves.

Zhao Kuo frowned and said; "In fact, it is possible to convict according to the amount of stolen goods.... The higher the value of the stolen property, the heavier the punishment is justified. ”

Dong Chengzi nodded, and said with some sadness: "The Qin State seems to be like this, I proposed to borrow some of the laws of the Qin State before, but except for Yu Qing, no one is willing to support me, they laugh at me for going to imitate the barbarians, and some directly accuse me of being disloyal....", he paused, and then said: "I said that I would add laws against officials, severely punish officials who oppress the people, and take bribes, and then I was impeached by the ministers and almost lost my official position." ”

Looking at Dong Chengzi, who was a little aggrieved, Zhao Kuo said seriously: "What you said is very good. ”

"Qin's laws seem harsh, but he also protects his own people, if we can borrow Qin's laws and make the punishment more lenient, it will be very beneficial to Zhao, I will support you."

Dong Chengzi nodded, suddenly thought of something, he said with a smile: "Yes, Tian Gong did not go to the banquet today, Shangjun is very angry, and wants to depose him, with Xinling Jun as the minister of state, if you can get the position of minister of state, no one will dare to oppose me anymore." ”

"Xinlingjun is the minister of state?"

Zhao Kuo thought about it seriously.