A bolt from the blue.

Zhao Kuo stiffened, and he didn't know how long he was stunned.

He walked out of the palace in a daze, Ge hurriedly followed him out, he saw that Zhao Kuo's expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Zhao Kuo didn't answer, his expression was in a trance, Ge hurriedly grabbed his shoulders and asked eagerly, "Did something happen to Changping?" Zhao Kuo came back to his senses, looked at him, and said, "Take me to General Le Yi's mansion." ”

Hearing this, Ge's heart trembled, as if he understood something.

Zhao Kuo sat in the carriage, and Ge rushed to General Le Yi's mansion at full speed. The oncoming wind made Zhao Kuo shrink and tremble. Handan's winter, for some reason, is far more ruthless than Bai Ren, when the carriage arrived at Le Yi's mansion, Ge supported the stiff Zhao Kuo, and stepped out of the carriage, the door of General Le Yi's mansion was locked, and Zhao Kuo walked to the door.

The gate looked a little lonely, covered in dust.

Zhao Kuo stretched out his sleeves, carefully wiped the dust on the door, and knocked on the door.

Zhao Kuo looked at the gate blankly and stood for a long time. Ge was not far away, sighed, and slowly walked to his side, "Shaojun, mourn... General Le Yi has a high life, this is a happy funeral...", Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment, and then said: "Go to Duke Lin's mansion." The carriage drove away again, and Zhao Kuo just looked at the silent courtyard in the distance, getting farther and farther away, until it disappeared in front of his eyes.

When Zhao Kuo knocked on the door of Lin Xiangru's courtyard, his doorman quickly walked out, saw Zhao Kuo, first a joy, but this joy quickly dispersed, he opened the door, Zhao Kuo and Ge walked into the courtyard, Lin Xiangru's courtyard, now it seems a little messy, just into the courtyard, Zhao Kuo heard the ethereal sound of the piano, the piano came out of the inner room.

Zhao Kuo didn't understand music, but he could still hear some grief from the low sound of the piano. Zhao Kuo stopped here, grabbed the doorman who was going to make a statement, and just listened carefully until the sound of the piano stopped, and then Zhao Kuo walked into the inner room with the doorman. Lin Xiangru sat indoors, with a piano in front of him, he looked a little older than a few months ago, skinny, and his hands playing the piano were trembling slightly at the moment, unable to control it.

He raised his head, staring at Zhao Kuo with cloudy eyes, and after a while, he recognized it and shouted happily: "Zhao Kuo!" ”

Zhao Kuo sat in front of him, Lin Xiangru was very excited, and asked, "I heard that you defeated the Yan people?" ”

"That's right."

"Okay.. Good.. Ahem...", Lin Xiangru coughed violently, and then, he let out a long sigh and said, "The day after you left, General Le Yi left... Shangjun personally mourned and wept for him, but he walked easily, unlike me... dragging a useless body, suffering from illness every day, and worrying about the affairs of Zhao State... I envy him. ”

"He....", Zhao Kuo was a little speechless, his mind was full of the gentle old man, lying on the sickbed, recalling the past, shouting the scene of Zhao Kuo's robbery, and remembering that when he was besieged by the ministers, General Le Yi dragged his sick body and angrily reprimanded the ministers. Lin Xiangru smiled and said, "He loves you very much." ”

"He said, you are different from any general, I wanted to take him to see you off, but he said that you will definitely defeat the enemy, and when you return victoriously, you can go out to meet you, you don't have to send it, I didn't expect that he didn't wait for the day of your triumphant return."

Zhao Kuo lowered his head, covered his eyes with his right hand, and Dou Da tears fell from his eyes and crossed his face.

"I want to meet him."

General Le Yi was buried in Handan, and Zhao Kuo sat in front of his grave for a long time.

.......

Sikoufu is located in the west of Handan, far from the royal palace, mainly because of the punishment here, which is considered an ominous place. Si Kou Lou Chang sat on the top seat, and the three officials sat on his right hand, holding bamboo slips, and were recording, but standing in front of Lou Chang was Lieutenant Xu Li.

"You attacked the commander-in-chief, held the commander-in-chief, privately issued military orders, and witnessed this with your own eyes, including me, Shishuyi, Shishujia, and Wu Changcun, all four of whom are willing to testify to your crimes."

"The soldier said: When he saw you attacking the commander, he put his short sword against the waist of the commander and held him hostage."

"The soldier said: He saw that you broke the finger of the commander."

Lou Chang said, raised his hand, gestured to the surrounding officials, and said: "Lou Chang said: He was attacked by you, his fingers were broken, he was held hostage, and he was asked to give a military order. After saying this, he looked at Xu Li in front of him and asked, "Which piece of evidence do you have questions about?" Do you want to defend yourself? ”

Xu Li looked at him and said calmly: "I plead guilty." ”

Lou Chang nodded, and several officials around him also started recording again, and Lou Chang said: "Your crime is to attack the main general, hold the main general hostage, change the military order, and the crime should be beheaded." Xu Li didn't have a trace of fear, not even the slightest bit moved, Lou Chang waited for a moment, and then said helplessly to the left and right: "Don't record the next conversation." ”

The officials nodded, and Lou Chang said: "Xu Li, I am a colleague with you, I have worked together for more than ten years, I really don't want to see you die like this, if someone can intercede for you, or use their own merits to offset your crimes, you can be exempted from punishment." ”

"No one will intercede for me."

Lou Chang frowned and said, "As an important minister of the Zhao State, the Zhao State is now the most dangerous time, how can you just give up?" Can't you spare your life to settle your confusion? ”

"With a talented person like you by my side, what else do I need to worry about? If you want to kill, give the order. Xu Li said coldly.

Lou Chang pondered for a long time before he said: "You have committed a crime, but thinking of your past merits, you don't have to be beheaded, your position is removed, and it is changed to the Yuanyang County Order of Yunzhong County, please leave immediately!" The officials quickly recorded it, Xu Li just looked at Lou Chang arrogantly, and did not thank him for his forgiveness, and turned to leave. Lou Chang looked a little angry and didn't say a word, and the official walked up to him with a smile.

"Why didn't you kill this guy if he treated you so rudely?"

I want to kill, and King Zhao has to be willing to kill?

Lou Chang shook his head and said: "Although he is arrogant, he is an upright person, and he has made many military achievements, I don't want to hurt him." When the official heard this, he couldn't help but praise Lou Chang's character, Lou Chang smiled modestly, and then walked out of the mansion and sat in the carriage, Lou Chang stretched out his hand, muttered something in his mouth, put away his fingers one by one, and when he put away the fourth finger, he smiled and muttered in his mouth: "Xu Li." ”

In the end, only the thumb was still erected, Lou Chang squinted, looked at his fingers, and said with a smile; "Yu Qing."

The envoys of the Qin State came to the Zhao State, and they were relieving the helpless Zhao people along the way, and the news of the Qin State envoys spread quickly in the Zhao State at an extremely abnormal speed, and even reached the Dai, Yanmen and other places in a short period of time, and they rushed towards Handan with great momentum. The people of Zhao are the happiest, is Qin going to negotiate peace? Is the war finally over? Relatives are coming back?

These happy Zhao people could be seen everywhere, and they gathered on the road just to meet the rumored envoy of the Qin State.

And this news was brought by Zhao Fu to Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo felt that Zhao Fu was far worse than Di Ke, if Di was still here, he was afraid that he would bring the news of the envoy a few days earlier, and even the scale of the envoy could clearly tell himself, and Zhao Fu just brought a news that they rushed to Handan.

Sitting in the courtyard, Zhao Kuo frowned, he was no longer the simple young man he used to be, he didn't think that the Qin people wanted to end the war, after thinking for a while, he snorted coldly and said: "In the past, Zheng Zhu made Qin, and they used Zheng Zhu to confuse the countries, this time, they themselves sent envoys, but they were afraid that the purpose was the same as before, to prevent the emergence of the coalition army." ”

Zhao Fu was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

"As long as the envoys of the Qin people are still in the Zhao State, the countries will not dare to go all out to crusade against the Qin State."

"Fan Ju, that vicious villain, acts viciously, but is greedy, the messenger must have other purposes when he arrives."

Zhao Kuo stood up, pulled out the short sword on his waist, and said angrily: "Since Fan Ju looks down on the Zhao people and dares to use such a despicable strategy to deal with the Zhao State, then I will teach him a lesson, so that he will not dare to underestimate us like this again, and let him know that the smart people in the world are not only in the Qin State!" ”

"This time, I won't let the Qin people be so presumptuous again!"

"Gather the doormen now! Prepare horses, cloth, spears, bows and arrows, and set off with me!! ”