Chapter 9 Different Paths to the Same End Ninety-Nine Death and Life and Son Cheng Say
"Sanguni-sama!" Hearing Han Xin's sudden snort, Li Si had not yet reacted, and a cold light had flashed in front of him. Li Si Dan felt a sharp pain in his right hand, and the long sword was shocked by Han Xin and fell to the ground.
Li Si covered his slightly swollen wrist and shouted angrily: "Han Xin! Your Majesty's bones are not cold, and you want to rebel? ”
Han Xin put the sword back into the sheath with his backhand, bowed deeply to Li Si and said, "Han Xin has no intention of offending, please forgive Lord Xiangguo!" Now the Zhao royal family is withered, and the only one who can succeed the unification is Zhao Ping, the king of the plains. However, Zhao Ping is ignorant and ignorant, even if he is the emperor, how can he last long? If the splendid country is handed over to the hands of this young man, even if we agree, how can the millions of soldiers of Dazhao agree? How can millions of people in the world agree? ”
"Han Shin! Are you coercing the old man? In the face of such a crisis, Li Si didn't know what to do for a while.
"How dare Han Shin threaten Sangkook? Who knows your majesty's edict except us? At this time, who is the emperor, only between the words of Xiangguo, dare to ask Xiangguo, is he going to be the prime minister of the country, or the founding of the country? Han Shin's tone was aggressive.
"What do you mean?" Li Si asked knowingly.
"Liu Gong treats people kindly, rewards and punishments are clear, if Xiangguo supports Liu Gong as the emperor, he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds every day, and Xiangguo must be a prince! However, once Zhao Ping is forcibly established, the world is difficult to obey, and the ministers are afraid that within half a year, the whole country will rise up, enter Chang'an, and faint the king, and the country will also be burned with jade, and the disaster will also affect the descendants of the country! In the meantime, how can Xiangguo deal with it? Zhang Liang saw at a glance that Li Si's heart was shaken, and he immediately struck while the iron was hot and persuaded Han Xin together.
Li Si raised his head and looked hesitantly at Liu Bang, who was standing on the side with his eyes closed, "Is this true?" ”
"Liu Bang should respect Xiangguo as the Grand Master, Jin Feng Chu King, and the world is called Lonely! If there is a lie, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! Liu Bang opened his eyes slightly, raised his hand and swore to the sky.
"Whew! Li Si was born in Luxiang cloth, fortunately His Majesty was promoted out of the ordinary, so that he could lead the government, and now the ministers have reached the extreme, what more can Si ask for in this life? Your Majesty! It was not a minister's life, it was forced by the situation, and it was a last resort...... Li Si finally chose to compromise, he turned around and threw himself in front of the body of Emperor Zhao Jia, and he was choked up for a while. After a long time, Li Si stood up with difficulty, and said in a trance, "Please make it clear to Gong Liu, what do you want the old man to do?" ”
"Change the edict, keep it secret, and support Liu Gong as the emperor!" Without waiting for Liu Bang to speak, Zhang Liang had already spoken first.
"This move is tantamount to changing the dynasty." Li Si walked to the candlestick with a muttering hand, and with trembling hands, he took out the edict left to him by Emperor Zhao Jia from his sleeve, and the flames that rose in an instant quickly burned the edict to ashes. Li Si knew that from this moment on, he was destined to be tied to Liu Bang.
"The righteousness of the country, the merit of sincerity for eternity! It's just ......" Zhang Liang suddenly stopped in the middle of his words.
Li Si was distraught, and without thinking about it, he asked, "Just how?" ”
Zhang Liang waited for Li Si to speak, and he continued: "The overall situation of the government is now under our control, but there is one person, if he is not removed, he will become a big disaster for the new dynasty one day!" ”
"Who?" Li Si asked.
Zhang Liang crossed his hands in front of him, and slowly spit out two words: "Zhao Kuo!" ”
Zhao ...... Zhao Kuo? Li Si was so stunned that he opened his mouth, "Ma Fujun is already in his last years, and he has been away from the dynasty for many years, why worry?" I'm afraid the ovary is too much to worry about. ”
"It is rumored that Xiangguo and Ma Fujun have a very good relationship, and this is true!" Zhang Liang smiled slightly, "It's not that the subordinates are too worried, Zhao Kuo has commanded the army for decades, and his prestige in the army is very heavy!" But it raised its arms and shouted, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be people who do not know the truth who will be bewitched by it and rise up in chaos! In order to prevent it from happening, Zhao Kuo had to die! Annoyed Xiangguo imitated the handwriting of the first emperor and drafted the edict in cursive. ”
"For such a big event, why don't you do it yourself and push it to the old man alone?" Li Si said angrily.
"Who in the world doesn't know, Xiangguo is the saint of today's books, this matter is none other than Xiangguo, please don't shirk Xiangguo!" Although Zhang Liang had a humble look on his face, his tone was unquestionable.
"This ......" Li Si knew very well that if there was no Zhao Kuo at the beginning, he would not have the position he is today. For decades, he and Zhao Kuo have had a very close relationship, although there are occasional political differences, but they are only on the matter, and it has not affected the friendship between the two in the slightest. What's more, Zhao Kuo is kind to himself, but he is now going to die, how can this money be easily settled?
"What? Xiangguo refuses? Seeing that Li Si didn't say anything for a long time, Han Xin's eyes suddenly showed a murderous aura.
"And...... And let the old man think twice...... "After that, Li Si stumbled straight to the outside of the dormitory, Han Xin just wanted to step forward to stop him, but Liu Bang stretched out his hand to stop him. Because Liu Bang knew that Li Si would definitely write this edict.
The large pen landed with difficulty on the yellowed parchment, and at the same time fell heavily on Lis's heart. When the last word of the edict fell hastily, Li Si finally collapsed on the table with relief......
Since the emperor left that day, Zhao Kuo has always felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, and at this time, Sima Shang suddenly came to Jimo.
"Sima Shang, you are not in charge of the army in Handan, what are you doing here?" After the destruction of Qin, Sima Shang was appointed by the emperor as the general of Handan, responsible for all military defenses in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty.
"General, Your Majesty, he ......" Before he finished speaking, Sima Shang actually cried bitterly.
"How is Your Majesty?" Zhao Kuo's heart sank suddenly, and he hurriedly grabbed Sima Shang and asked eagerly.
"Your Majesty is dead! Hanshin & ...... Conspire with Lis...... I want to support Liu Bang as the emperor! Sima Shang couldn't wipe away the tears on his face, and said anxiously, "Liu Bang is afraid of the general's might, and he has ...... Troops have been sent to ......"
"Your Majesty collapsed...... Collapsed? Zhao Kuo shook his body and was about to fall, "Impossible!" Absolutely impossible! A few months ago, His Majesty was still ......" A line of tears poured out of Zhao Kuo's cloudy old eyes uncontrollably.
On that day, Fan Xu, the captain of the guards, rushed to Handan with a soldier talisman and wanted to transfer five hundred iron cavalry, and the last general asked his intentions, but Fan Xu had many prevarications between his words. The last general was suspicious, and hurriedly sent scouts to the Dune Palace to inquire about the news, only to learn that His Majesty's car had quietly set off in the early morning, bypassing Handan and heading straight for Chang'an! Sima Shang paused and continued, "Your Majesty's inspection of Handan has been announced to the world, how can it be easily changed?" The last general felt that there was something strange in this, so he set up a banquet to entertain Fan Xu, and drunk him during the banquet, so that the truth was revealed! His Majesty died, and Li Si conspired with Han Xin and Zhang Liang to usurp the edict......"
"Don't talk about it." Zhao Kuo sighed and sat down slowly with his back against the table.
"General! The last general commanded the three jins, holding more than 200,000 male soldiers, all of whom were elites in a hundred battles! As long as the general says a word, the last general is bound to go to the soup and fire, settle the chaos in Yasukuni, and support Gongziping to ascend the throne! Fan Hao is coming, please make a decision quickly, don't hesitate! Sima Shang knelt on one knee and said in a tiger voice.
"What General Sima said is very true, Gongzi doesn't have to hesitate, let's raise troops!" Ji Xue walked in from outside the door.
Zhao Kuo thought for a moment, smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "That's it!" Once the edict has been destroyed, how can it be relied upon? At this time, how will the people of the world treat me Zhao Kuo? Today's initial decision is made, the war will stop, and Kushi is unwilling to raise swords and soldiers again, and poison the people! ”
"Liu Bang usurped Zhao, everyone will be punished! Could it be that the general wants to sit back and watch the fall of Da Zhao? Sima Shang suddenly raised his voice.
"The old man has made up his mind, you don't need to persuade him anymore." Zhao Kuo closed his eyes slightly.
Ji Xue knew Zhao Kuo's temper best, she shook her head and sighed lightly, and persuaded in a low voice: "Childe!" I don't want to raise an army, and I don't want to stay here anymore! ”
"Yes! Yes, yes! Please also ask the general to leave quickly with his wife! It's too late to go! Seeing that he couldn't convince Zhao Kuo, Sima Shang had to retreat, but Zhao Kuo still shook his head resolutely.
"Fence the cottage! You must not get away with Zhao Kuo! At this moment, there was a sudden chaotic sound of horses' hooves outside the grass house.
"Madame! Hurry up and protect the general and go first! The end will be resisted here! While he was still speaking, Fan Xu had already poured into the small courtyard with hundreds of armor soldiers holding long swords.
"Lord Sima?" Suddenly seeing Sima Shang here, Fan Hao was quite surprised, "The last general will act under orders!" Please don't stand in the way! Sima Shang didn't pay attention to Fan Xu, and rushed over like a madman, all the soldiers didn't dare to kill the killer because they cared about Sima Shang's identity, and more than ten people were cut down by Sima Shang to the ground in the blink of an eye.
Fan Hao finally became angry: "Once there is an obstructor, there will be no forgiveness!" ”
All the armor soldiers received the order and swarmed up together, and Sima Shang suddenly fell into a bitter battle. But the strange thing is that the two sides fought fiercely for nearly half an hour, but Zhao Kuo always sat motionless in the room with his eyes closed, without the slightest intention of breaking through.
Seeing this scene, Sima Shang couldn't help but shout loudly with all his strength: "General, go quickly......" Without waiting for Sima Shang to shout a second time, several sharp long swords had already penetrated his chest and back, "General......" A mouthful of blood gushed out, and Sima Shang fell down with a puzzled face.
Fan Xu took more than a dozen armor soldiers to step over Sima Shang's corpse, rushed into the grass house, and surrounded Zhao Kuo and Ji Xue in the middle: "Zhao Kuo takes the order!" Fan Xu held the edict in his hand and shouted.
"The old man has ears, read it!" Zhao Kuo didn't even raise his eyelids.
"It's better for Ma Fujun to see for himself." Zhao Kuo's indifference made Fan Xu suddenly lose the mood to announce the edict.
"No, get the sword!" Zhao Kuo calmly stretched out his right hand.
Fan Hao was instantly stunned, he trembled and held the long sword with both hands, and then fell to the ground solemnly: "Ma Fujun is good!" Seeing that Fan Hao took the lead, the surrounding armor soldiers also knelt down in unison.
Zhao Kuo took the long sword, got up and walked out of the grass house slowly, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister is here!" Before the words fell, the long sword had already swept quickly across the side of his neck, and a stream of red blood instantly gushed up, Zhao Kuo dropped the long sword, staggered left and right, and finally fell to the ground with a bang.
"Childe ......" Ji Xue flew forward, hugged Zhao Kuo in her arms, and hurriedly covered his neck that was constantly blistering with blood.
"Life and death...... And...... Talking to Zicheng...... Bracket ...... Take a step ahead......" Zhao Kuo opened his eyes with difficulty, smiled at Ji Xue reluctantly, and then choked suddenly, and suddenly stopped breathing.
A breeze blows, and pieces of withered yellow bamboo leaves flutter down.
"Childe, wait for me." Ji Xue reached out and picked up the long sword on the ground, reversed the sword grid and stabbed straight into his lower abdomen, at the last moment of his life, Ji Xue raised her head and looked at the sky for the last time, and then quietly closed her eyes......
Three months later, Liu Bang officially ascended the throne as emperor in Chang'an and changed the name of the country to Han.
A year later, Li Si was falsely accused of rebellion, and the car was split in Chang'an South City, razing the three clans.
Five years later, Han Xingong was highly shocked and killed by Liu Bang in the bell room of Changle Palace, razing the three clans.
Seven years later, Liu Bang died, nicknamed Emperor Taizu Gao, and his son Liu Ying ascended the throne, and the government was controlled by the Empress Dowager Lu.
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