When Zhao Kuo appeared outside Handan City, he really startled the soldiers guarding the city gate, Zhao Kuo's appearance looked too scary, and the blood stains on his body were not wiped, the soldiers were ready, but after seeing the people clearly, they hurriedly bowed down and saluted, they knew Zhao Kuo, according to the system of Zhao State, Zhao State has no standing army, or rather, all countries do not have standing armies.

The composition of the soldiers is the people, even these soldiers who guard the city, but also to the people take turns to serve in the military, to serve, the people of Zhao State, adult men, every year to serve in the military, some times are stationed in the local area, some times it may be to go to the border, the time is about three months, of course, the time of stationing in the local area and going to the border is different. Zhao Kuo walked into the city and rushed towards the palace.

The warriors of the palace blocked the way, and of course, they did not dare to be rude to Zhao Kuo, and a samurai immediately went to pay a respect.

Soon, the warrior walked out enthusiastically and invited Zhao Kuo into the palace. King Zhao walked out with a smile, as enthusiastic as ever, Zhao Kuo leaned over and saluted him, and said: "I have something very important to tell you...", King Zhao kindly held Zhao Kuo's hand, pulled him to the hall, and asked him to sit down, Han Fei stood behind Zhao Kuo, King Zhao smiled and said to Zhao Kuo: "The widow already knows." ”

King Zhao sighed and said, "This is the fault of the widow, the widow did not teach him well... He also sent him to the horse, it was all the fault of the widow, you judged him, and the widow will not be angry with it...", he sat down, bowed his head, his face was slightly sad, and he said: "Just please don't blame the widow for this, the widow did not think that he would be so murderous, alas..."

Zhao Kuo didn't expect that King Zhao would say this, because he knew that King Zhao actually loved this brother very much, and he was ready to be held accountable by King Zhao, and he also prepared his rhetoric, but all of them were useless at the moment. Zhao Kuo pondered for a moment, and then said: "Chang'an Jun killed people, he also killed people before, but I am not qualified to judge him, but he killed people in my food town this time, and I, as a feudal king, executed him." ”

"You can arrange for Dong Chengzi to investigate, all my behaviors...."

"No need, the widow believes in you." , King Zhao said with a smile, and he said seriously: "It's just that the widow needs to give an explanation to the clan, especially Pingyang Jun, he loves Chang'an Jun very much, and the widow has to punish you slightly, so he will take away a few food towns under your name for the time being, what do you think?" ”

"Yes." , Zhao Kuo agreed to him very simply.

The two were talking, and there was a sudden commotion outside the hall, Han Fei hurriedly grabbed the hilt of the sword on his waist, and at this time, Wei Wuji took the lead in breaking into the palace, Wei Wuji was obviously drunk, staggering, and insulting the samurai who wanted to stop him, Wei Wuji was powerful, and the samurai couldn't stop him, and behind Wei Wuji, it was Dong Chengzi, Xu Li and other ministers.

Seeing them walk in, Zhao Kuo hurriedly got up and greeted them. King Zhao's eyes showed a trace of deep jealousy, which quickly disappeared, he got up with a smile and said, "Xinling Jun has not come to see the widow for a long time, why is he so eager to meet the widow today?" Wei Wuji smiled, met King Zhao, sat aside again, and said, "Lian Po said: Ma Fujun kills." I'm here for this. ”

King Zhao sighed, and said with a smile: "Previously, Chang'anjun's guests came to frame Ma Fujun and divide the relationship between the widow and Ma Fujun, because of Xinpingjun's reminder, the widow executed those guests... If you're here to defend Ma Fujun, you're late. Wei Wuji smiled lightly before he said, "I know that the lord is a benevolent king, and a benevolent monarch will not distinguish between right and wrong because of his closeness. ”

"I'm not worried that you will dispose of Ma Fujun, I came this time just to prevent any more villains from separating you and Ma Fujun."

Wei Wuji said, drunkenly looked at Zhao Kuo, the blood stains on Zhao Kuo's body made him a little sober, slowly looked at it, and found that Zhao Kuo was not injured, he calmed down, he said seriously: "Actually, Chang'an Jun relies on the favor of the king, and does all kinds of evil, from the common people to the nobles, there are no scholars at home and abroad who do not dislike him, and because of your kindness, you did not punish his behavior, so that these people are also dissatisfied with you in their hearts." ”

"There are a lot of talented people in Mafu Township, and Chang'an Jun killed the common people in front of those people, what kind of impact will this have? This is no longer to force them away, but something that will make them angry, Ma Fujun disposed of Chang'anjun in a timely manner, and you didn't punish him, those scholars won't be disgusted with Zhao Guo and you because of what Chang'anjun did. ”

"So, I think that Ma Fujun's move is actually done for you and for Zhao Guo..."

King Zhao suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "What you said is very right, the widow should not punish Ma Fujun, the widow should reward him." Hearing King Zhao say this, Dong Chengzi and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, Dong Chengzi looked at King Zhao and said seriously: "I also agree with Xin Lingjun's words, in the past, Chang Anjun committed a lot of crimes and deserved to be executed, and he harbored some criminals to hinder my law enforcement." ”

"I have heard that the tyrannical monarch will violate the foundation of the country because of his cronies, such monarchs have a stubbornness, a concubine, they ignore the country in order to protect the traitors around them, and make the country perish, and the mediocre monarch will not punish their crimes because of their cronies, such monarchs have King Chu Huai, King Chu Ping, and Wei Linggong, they love villains, and are unwilling to punish traitors, let them be in trouble, and eventually make the country decline."

"And a virtuous monarch can distinguish right from wrong, will not condone traitors because of his favor, will not punish the good because of his anger, such kings have Qi Huan Gong, Qin Mu Gong... The country is revitalized because of them. ”

"You don't protect Chang'anjun for his crimes because he is related to you, and you don't punish him because Ma Fujun killed him, you can see that the Zhao Kingdom is about to be revitalized because of you...", Dong Chengzi's words, for some reason, made King Zhao fall into deep thought, he frowned, thought for a long time, and then said: "What you said is very reasonable. ”

Zhao Kuo said to King Zhao at this time: "The matter of the law is originally the foundation of the country, and Dong Chengzi wrote the law, although it was not completely compiled, but some important contents can still be promoted in Zhao, so that officials everywhere can learn it, and it is strictly forbidden for such a thing to happen again." ”

King Zhao agreed to him.

Zhao Kuo said: "The people of Zhao have suffered greatly because of taxes and forced labor, please reduce the taxes of Zhao State, I have already made a detailed investigation of the tax reports and agricultural products in various places..... There is also the matter of conscription, which can be stopped except for digging up the channels of the people. Zhao Kuo immediately said all the thoughts in his heart.

This time, with a resolute, resolute, and no longer timid look on his face, Wei Wuji's eyes were full of appreciation, and then, he looked at King Zhao again, King Zhao was also a little stunned in front of the majestic Zhao Kuo, just nodded... When Zhao Kuo and the others walked out of the palace, Zhao Kuo called Dong Chengzi to his side, and he said seriously: "Please quickly arrest all the sinners who have broken the law." ”

"Wherever they are hiding, they will be arrested, and if anyone shelters them, they will be arrested for shelter."

Dong Chengzi's face was full of joy, nodded heavily, and then left quickly.

Wei Wuji looked at Dong Chengzi who was leaving, and then looked at Zhao Kuo, and then sighed: "Presumably the one who died is your very good friend?" Zhao Kuo was silent for a long time before he said to Wei Wuji: "That's a very good person." ”

Zhao State was shaken by the death of Chang'an Jun, Dong Chengzi began to arrest people everywhere, those who committed murder on weekdays, hid in the homes of nobles, or were nobles themselves, they relied on their own identities and trampled on the law at will, Dong Chengzi had the intention to arrest, but because there was no order from King Zhao, he could not act, the nobles colluded with each other to slander Dong Chengzi in front of King Zhao, Dong Chengzi's heart had long been held back a fire.

When he rushed into the homes of those nobles with his soldiers, pulled out those who had done evil, and escorted them to the Sikou Mansion, those who had sheltered them did not dare to speak, but just laughed with them, trying their best to clear up their relationship with these criminals.... When Dong Chengzi arrested dozens of people and executed six powerful people who rebelled against the soldiers with guests, no one in the whole of Handan dared to resist.

Some nobles even sent the doormen they had sheltered for a long time directly to Dong Chengzi's mansion.

One wicked man after another was punished, and one villain after another was put to death. Dong Chengzi also began to send people to arrest those criminals who had escaped to the outside world, and this arrest soon affected the entire Zhao State. At this time, Zhao Kuo was taken to his mansion by Xu Li, and Xu Li was quite satisfied with his son-in-law's behavior.

He has long been tired of that Chang'anjun, he has done a lot of bad things by relying on his identity. Xu Li told Zhao Kuo that as long as he heard that there were good horses in anyone's mansion, he would send someone to buy them, and the horse merchants in Handan did not dare to come to sell them, because Chang'anjun only gave one money to buy any horses, and if he did not agree, his guests would beat each other, intimidate each other, and even directly snatch the horses.

Dong Chengzi sent soldiers to arrest him, and he disabled several of them, and the soldiers did not dare to hurt Zhao Guogongzi at all.

Xu Li said indignantly, saying a lot of things that Zhao Kuo didn't know, Xu Li said: Chang'an Jun instigated Gongzi Yan and injured Dong Chengzi's son as revenge. These things are all unknown to Zhao Kuo, and when he heard it at this moment, Zhao Kuo only felt that it was really a little inappropriate for him to kill Chang Anjun so simply, such a beast should suffer more crimes and then die.

Xu Li's wife has a different opinion on this matter, she is still very worried, Zhao Kuo killed the monarch's brother after all, and if the monarch recalls his brother one day, he may have to deal with Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo said goodbye to them and walked out of the door, Han Fei drove and took Zhao Kuo to Mafu, the carriage was driving on the road, Han Fei suddenly said: "King Zhao will never forgive you, Xinlingjun said, King Zhao had previously instructed Xinpingjun and Zhao Bu, these two people, one is the commander of the soldiers of Handan County, and the other is the commander of the elite of Wangcheng, King Zhao must have wanted them to arrest you, but they all refused." ”

"King Zhao is now acting like he doesn't care about Chang'an Jun, which shows that he is ready to do something to you, if he reprimands you and scolds you today, it can be regarded as if he doesn't intend to pursue it, but today he behaves so calmly, it seems that he has already prepared to deal with you."

Zhao Kuo listened to Han Fei's analysis, but did not speak.

Han Fei said again: "The generals and ministers in the country are willing to obey your orders, he has no way to harm you, unless it is assassination, and the disaster will come to the heads of others, otherwise, if the Zhao people know that you were killed by the king of Zhao, hehe, then he will be ousted from the throne immediately, and may be killed, please pay attention to your safety in the future, do not approach strangers, and beware of those who deliberately approach you." ”

"I see..."

Zhao Kuo said seriously, and then closed his eyes.

And at this moment, King Zhao is sitting alone in the palace, staring ahead, his expression is changing, he really loves Ma Fujun, he used to be so proud of Ma Fujun, and he was so happy to hear about his deeds, but now, Ma Fujun killed his brother at will, and all the ministers in the country stood on his side, and he was the monarch who completely lost all his power.

There was no way to ask him for his guilt, or even to thank him for his actions.

He felt once again that his loneliness, his own in the country, completely no henchmen, since Lou Chang's disappearance, the important positions in the palace were occupied by Zhao Kuo's friends, this person who did not hold any official position, but at this moment he faintly became the core of Zhao State's power, excluding himself, King Zhao was unbearable, he could give Zhao Kuo everything he wanted, but his own power could not be given to him.

This made King Zhao's mood very complicated, he had already lost a person he loved, did he want to lose another person?

Ma Fujun, that's the Ma Fu Jun admired by the Seven Kingdoms.

King Zhao sighed and picked up the wine cup again, he knew in his heart that with Ma Fujun's character, he would never rebel or rebel, but his existence made him lose the power of the king, he had no way to shelter the people he wanted to protect, no way to deal with the people he hated, he had become a tool in the hands of Ma Fujun. King Zhao hesitated, and the reflection of Chang Anjun seemed to appear on the wine cup in his hand.

The brother was crying and shouting for himself to save him.

King Zhao slammed the wine cup on the ground, and he called a warrior and said, "Invite Pingyang-kun and don't let anyone know." ”

"Yui!"