Chapter Seven: The Rebuilding of Mountains and Rivers Seventy-one Sleepless nights before the change
After leaving Zhao for more than 20 years, this is the first time that Zhao Kuo has returned to the former Mafu Jun's mansion in Handan City.
The once majestic gatehouse has become dilapidated after years of washing, and the tiles on the walls of the house are broken and cracked, and there are several signs of collapse. Pushing open the trembling and dangerous lacquer-colored gate, the inside was even more dilapidated and desolate, overgrown with weeds, only the towering tree in the corner of the courtyard still stood lonely.
Zhao Kuo walked through the hall with a gloomy expression, and followed the frozen pool outside the study to a bamboo forest in the back garden.
In the depths of the vast snow-covered bamboo forest, there seem to be two figures, an old man and a young man, standing faintly.
"Kuo'er, the old man saw that you have a lot of annotations and comments on the military book, but you can know that the authors of the military book are all famous generals in a hundred battles, and their remarks and opinions are all obtained from actual combat. I saw the old man's eyebrows locked, shaking a roll of bamboo slips in his hand.
"Father's bad!" The handsome young man in red clothes in front of the old man immediately retorted loudly, "I heard that Sun Bin only fought two battles in Guiling and Maling in his life, but he had "Sun Bin Art of War" left behind. Although I have not joined the army today, I have read all the military books in the world, and the fallacies can be glimpsed from them, so why can't I comment on them? ”
The old man of the "......" obviously disagreed with the young man's point of view, but he didn't know how to explain it for a while, "What nonsense! ”
The young man playfully stuck out his tongue at the old man, and a smug smile suddenly appeared on his face......
With the scene gradually disappearing in front of him, Zhao Kuo hurriedly wiped away the tears oozing from the corners of his eyes, and then turned around and left the bamboo forest. A desolate scene in the empty and deserted courtyard, looking at the only remaining trace of the sun in the sky, Zhao Kuo sat quietly in front of the stone pavilion next to the pool.
"Childe." I don't know when, Ji Xue appeared in front of Zhao Kuo.
"Not annoyed?" Zhao Kuo raised his head and calmly stared at the woman in white in front of him, although she was in her forties, not only did she not see the slightest sign of aging, but she added a little charm unique to a mature woman.
Ji Xue didn't answer Zhao Kuo, but sat beside him silently. It was getting dark, and there was not a single light in the deserted mansion, and it soon fell into endless darkness.
"If you have something to say, just say it." Zhao Kuo felt that Ji Xue seemed to want to say something, he stretched out his hand slightly to hold Ji Xue's shoulder, and then carefully put her into his arms slowly. Ji Xue didn't resist, just closed her eyes quietly, feeling the man's long-lost heartbeat.
"Actually." After a long time, Ji Xue finally spoke leisurely, "Actually, Gao'er is not born to Gongzi......" Ji Xue choked up, and intermittently said a scene that happened more than 20 years ago.
After saying the words, Ji Xue's heart was relieved. Over the years, she has carried too much.
However, the man was not as shocked and angry as he imagined, but hugged Ji Xue tighter: "Everything, including all knowing." Zhao Kuo gently leaned against Ji Xue with his cheek, and his tone was unusually calm.
Since Ji Xue said goodbye without saying goodbye, thinking of the abnormal behavior of the people who had been winning for a while for a while, Zhao Kuo quickly found the connection. Later, when he met Zhao Gao in the Xianyang Palace, facing the appearance that was almost the same mold as Ying Yiren, Zhao Kuo was even more convinced of his original judgment. But in order to mess with Qin's plan, Zhao Kuo finally made a mistake and recognized Zhao Gao, the "son".
"Childe knows?" Ji Xue sat up in disbelief.
"I don't have to talk about it later." Zhao Kuo pressed Ji Xue's mouth with his hand, and pulled her back into his arms without saying anything, "Is it worth it?" Zhao Kuo seemed to be talking to himself.
"I don't know ......," Ji Xue muttered dreamily.
Under the moonlight, a long-lost impulse quickly rolled in Zhao Kuo's body: "Don't go any more!" Zhao Kuo whispered in her ear while gently unbuttoning Ji Xue's skirt.
Ji Xue blushed, and closed her eyes tightly at a loss for what to do, at the mercy of a man, like a newlywed girl. In the midst of the whirlwind of the world, a feeling of pleasure that had not been felt for a long time instantly spread throughout her body.
"No matter what happens, Ji Xue will never leave Childe again!" It was cold, Ji Xue trembled and snuggled up to Zhao Kuo, and said silently in her heart......
The lights in front of Xiangguo's Mansion are bright.
Just as Li Si and a group of newly arrived judges were around the furnace studying and deleting a volume of Qin legal texts, suddenly the doorman hurriedly came in and reported: "My lord, there are people outside the palace who ask to see you. ”
After listening to the doorman's description, Li Si's eyes lit up.
Li Si gave an instruct to the officials, and then hurriedly greeted him, only to see that standing under the stone steps outside the mansion was a down-and-out boy with a long beard and a knot. "Senior brother!" Li Sibi respectfully bowed deeply to this unstunning-looking down-and-out son, it turned out that this person was Xunzi's big disciple of the gate, Li Si's senior brother, Han Fei, the son of the Korean royal family.
Han Fei stood motionless and calmly accepted Li Si's gift. "Senior brother, please come into the mansion for a while!" After Li Sili finished, he happily grabbed Han Fei's thin hand and dragged it straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"No need, Han Fei only has a few words, and he will leave after speaking." Han Fei had an arrogant and cold look.
has been a classmate of Han Fei for many years, and Li Si naturally knows the temperament of this senior brother, so he didn't take Han Fei's behavior to heart at all: "I want to hear about it." ”
"After more than 60 years of reform of the Zhao State, the top and bottom are concentric, the government and the opposition support and the national strength is condensed, although the old fiefdom system has not been abolished, but it has been against the strong Qin, and the momentum of sharing China equally. But why did Kankan go from prosperity to decline in just 20 years? Han Fei asked coldly.
"Traitorous ministers are in charge, and they are misleading the country." Li Si blurted out without thinking about it.
"These words are also the words of a three-year-old child!" Han Fei shook his head disappreciatively.
"What does Senior Brother think?" Li Si was faintly unhappy in his heart, but he still had that humble look on his face.
"Traitorous ministers are in charge, and chaos and misconduct of the country are just appearances! Although the law of Zhao lasted for three generations, it did not cure the symptoms but did not touch the foundation of the country, it seems that the rule of law is really the rule of man, and when King Huiwen and King Xiaocheng are the lords of the country, they will naturally become stronger and stronger, but when they meet the faint monarchs, they will decline! Han Fei turned his back to Li Si and said to himself, "If you want to completely change the law, you must take into account the specimens, otherwise you will have to repeat the old ways!" ”
"Today, in Zhao State, there is no resistance to abolishing the old fiefdom system, so why is it difficult to change the law?" Li Si was a little puzzled to hear it.
"The difficulty lies in King Zhao!" Han Fei said lightly, "Dare to ask junior brother, how is Zhao Jia better than Qin Xiaogong?" ”
"It's better to do it." Li Stantan said sincerely.
"Han Fei said all he said, farewell." After saying this, Han Fei turned around and left.
"Senior brother!" Li Si grabbed Han Fei with a stunned expression, "What does Senior Brother mean by this?" Han Fei's words made Li Si feel quite foggy.
"Senior brother is extremely smart, why do you need Han Fei to say it." There was not the slightest joy, anger or sorrow on Han Fei's face.
Could it be that Han Fei said that King Zhao couldn't insist on changing the law? Li Si retorted angrily: "King Zhao swore in the palace that he would never live up to me in this life, how can it be fake?" ”
"Han Fei never said that." Han Fei broke free of Li Si with all his strength and walked away.
Silently staring at the thin figure like a bamboo pole in the wide robe, Li Si couldn't help but ask in a loud voice again, "Where do you want to go today, senior brother?" In Li Si's opinion, although Han Fei is arrogant, he is still one of the best Legalist masters in the world today, if he can be left behind, Zhao Guo's great cause of changing the law will naturally be twice the result with half the effort!
"Qin Guo......" Han Fei's voice came from far and near.
Han Fei wants to enter Qin? Li Siwei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be surprised: Qin Zhao's mortal enemy, Han Fei entered the Qin Kingdom, so what can he pay back? Han Fei must be prevented from entering Qin! Li Si gasped, immediately rolled up his sleeves, flew into the carriage and horse farm, jumped on a fast horse, and quickly chased after him.
"Senior brother, slow down!" Li Si panted and reined in front of Han Fei.
"Xiangguo wants to kill Han Fei?" Han Fei's face, which had never known what a smile was, actually showed a smile for the first time.
"Please stay with Zhao and help Si change the law." Li Si pressed the long sword on his waist with his right hand and persuaded in a low voice.
"Don't forget, junior brother, it's not a Korean son!" Han Fei instantly put away his smile.
Looking at Li Si's puzzled expression, Han Fei then sighed: "King Han ordered me to enter Qin to offer a tired army. Speaking of this, Han Fei suddenly burst into tears, looked up to the sky and shouted, "A hundred years of Han, survive with art!" Han Fei wanted to practice the righteous path of the Legalist, but he was regarded as a master of the Magician! How ridiculous! How sad! ”
Looking at Han Fei, who was walking past him, Li Si was speechless.
This time, Han Fei never came back.