"Repay Ma Fujun!" A lieutenant rushed to Zhao Kuo panting with a long sword, "Le Cheng led the remnants out of the east gate and fled in the direction of Qi Kingdom!" ”

"Ignore it, let him go." Zhao Kuo said with a sigh.

"Wang ...... The royal city is empty, and I don't see Guo Kai and Zhao Qian! The lieutenant continued to report.

Zhao Kuo was shocked, and hurriedly flew on his horse and ran towards the royal city with a team of 100 people. When I entered the royal city, I saw a depressed scene everywhere, and there was not even a single figure in the huge palace. After some cleaning and investigation, more than 100 royal elders imprisoned by Guo Kai were finally found in an abandoned remote old palace.

"Where is Childe Zhao Jia?" Standing outside the hall with his sword, Zhao Kuo shouted and asked.

Hearing Zhao Kuo's voice, Chun Pingjun immediately crawled in front of him crying bitterly: "Ma ...... Ma Fujun ...... It's finally coming! "These days, the elders of the royal family have been severely tortured and beaten by Guo Xingxing's henchmen, and they all drooped their heads, completely losing their former pampered appearance.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Chunpingjun who was lying on the ground like a dead dog with disdain, and repeated patiently: "Where is the son Zhao Jia?" ”

This time, Chun Pingjun finally heard clearly: "Zhao Jiagongzi was ...... ...... taken away by Guo Kai"

"Ma Fujun!" Several armor soldiers came over with an old chamberlain hiding in the garden rockery.

"Have you ever seen Guo Kai and Zhao Qian?" Zhao Kuo asked his subordinates to let go of the old chamberlain, and then asked in a tone as calm as possible.

"Up...... Shangqing and the king have ...... before the siege Fled to ...... The ......old waiter trembled, and his voice trembled.

The Bairen Palace was on the outskirts of Handan, and Zhao Kuo was anxious to march into Handan, so he did not divide his troops to occupy the palace, but he didn't expect Guo Kai to take advantage of the loophole, and Zhao Kuo turned around angrily and was about to leave.

"Horse ...... Ma Fujun ...... "Seeing that Zhao Kuo was leaving, Chunpingjun hurriedly shouted. In his opinion, the veteran forces of the royal family also participated in the mutiny, and now that the mutiny is successful, they are indispensable in terms of meritorious deeds.

Zhao Kuo stopped suddenly, and ordered coldly without looking back: "Heavy guards, don't get away with one!" Chunpingjun was still stunned, when he suddenly heard a sonorous and heavy footsteps, and when he looked up, he was shocked, only to see a team of armor soldiers with swords in their hands striding towards him.

"Zhao Kuo! Treacherous ......" Chunping-kun suddenly sat down on the ground, roaring angrily. The soldiers had long hated the elders of the royal family, and in just a moment, Chun Pingjun was twisted to the ground, tied up and thrown back to the old palace. With the rumbling closing of the palace door, the palace immediately resounded with the earth-shattering cries and curses of the royal patriarchs.

After leaving the royal city, Zhao Kuo ordered the army to withdraw from Handan and camp outside the city, leaving only 10,000 foot soldiers to guard the palace and several important treasury. When he returned to the shogunate, Zhao Kuo immediately wrote to Sima Shang and ordered him to strictly guard the pass to prevent Guo Kai and Zhao Qian from fleeing north to the Xiongnu, and then rushed to the Pang Yuan shogunate outside the west gate without stopping.

"Guo Kai has coerced Zhao Qian to flee to the Bairen Palace, and his son Zhao Jia is also among them." Zhao Kuo said with a worried face.

Pang Yuan heard the case and got up: "I also discussed it, the old man personally led the army to surround the Bairen Palace, to see if the traitor can go to heaven!" ”

"Son-in-law Zhao Jiashang is still in his hands, and he must be cautious!" Guo Kai and Zhao Qian have long been on their toes, and what really worries Zhao Kuo is Zhao Jia, the son who was taken hostage. If Guo Kaigou jumped over the wall and killed Zhao Jia, then Zhao Guo would also fall into endless chaos from now on.

Pang Yuan was silent for an instant, he sat down again, and thought for a long time before he spoke: "This matter may not be difficult, Guo Kai is greedy for life and afraid of death, as long as one person goes to the Bairen Palace to say it, Guo Kai will definitely sacrifice Zhao Qian, and the son Zhao Jia can also be safe." ”

"Guo Xingxing is cunning and changeable, how can the old general be so sure?" Zhao Kuo was a little worried, after all, Guo Kai was not a fool.

Pang Yuan is full of confidence: "Guo Kai is desperate, or the jade is burned, or he can take this fight, how can he be?" ”

"In that case, I don't know who is responsible?" Negotiating with Guo Kai, although Zhao Kuo was reluctant, he was helpless.

"Guo Kai is cunning and cunning, no matter who he is, he can't believe it!" Pang Yuan shook his gray head lightly and slowly stood up, "The old man is going to go, Guo Kai can no longer have scruples." ”

"Never!" Zhao Kuo stood up with a sigh of relief, "The old general is the pillar of the country, how can he be in danger?" ”

Pang Yuan stared at Zhao Kuo solemnly: "What does Ma Fujun mean, and what else is there?" Seeing that Zhao Kuo shook his head helplessly, Pang Yuan continued, "This matter is related to the death of Zhao Guo, what is the pity for Pang Yuan's life?" ”

Speaking of which, Zhao Kuo has no reason to refuse......

The next day, Pang Yuan rode alone to the Bairen Palace a hundred miles away from Handan.

Guo Kai sat on the huge tiger skin soft couch, and when he saw Pang Yuan coming in, he sat up straight and said lightly: "General, please take a seat." ”

"Old Shangqing, don't come unharmed?" Although Pang Yuan was extremely disgusted in his heart, he still barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

"The old man is like a lost dog today, and he steals his ears, what does it mean to be safe? All these things are thanks to the general! Guo Kai saw Pang Yuan sitting still, so he closed his eyes and said casually.

"Pang Yuan is here today for Shangqing's deeds." Pang Yuan secretly observed Guo Kai and leaned forward unconsciously.

"What do you mean by that?" Guo Kai opened the eyes that had just closed.

"Shangqing is loyal to protect the country, Pang Yuan is deeply admired! However, King Zhao is stubborn and stupid, and he is really the king of the dead country! If the old Shangqing can bind Zhao Qian and support his son Zhao Jia as the king, it can be said that Zhao Guo is very lucky! Pang Yuan stared at Guo Kai's wandering eyes and said slowly word by word.

"What the general said, how can the old man believe it?" Guo Kai stroked the sparse goatee under his chin, and his face was cold.

"Pang Yuan is willing to be a hostage, as evidence!" Pang Yuan's face did not change.

Guo Kai lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "The old man still has unknown people, on the day it is completed, how can the new dynasty treat the old man?" ”

"The old Shangqing is the new prime minister!" Since the death of Pingyuan Jun, except for the old general Lian Po, who had temporarily taken the fake Xiangguo for several months, the Zhao State has not set up a Xiangguo for more than ten years.

After listening to Pang Yuan's words, Guo Kai's heart was moved, but his words and demeanor were still as cold as ever: "This matter must be announced to the world by paper." ”

"Naturally." Pang Yuan agreed without thinking about it......

Ten days later, a document jointly signed by Pang Yuan and Zhao Kuo informed the world: Shangqing Guo Kai has made great contributions to saving the country, and he is not to blame for the past, and the new dynasty is established, making it the prime minister of the country, and the general leader of Zhao Guo's political affairs.

The news spread all over Zhao overnight, and the government and the opposition cursed and ridiculed endlessly for a while, and they all regarded it as a raccoon dog and an embarrassed traitor. Guo Kai was overjoyed, quite a sense of desperation, he immediately rushed into the palace with his henchmen and guards, dragged Zhao Qian, who was still playing with the palace maid, off the royal couch, and tied him tightly. Immediately afterwards, Guo Kai ordered someone to release his son Zhao Jia from the secret room of the palace, and then ran to Zhao Jia and cried bitterly, and sent him out of the Bairen Palace together with Zhao Qian.

On the eve of the enthronement ceremony, Guo Kai's car returned to Handan with great momentum.

In the doubts of the government and the opposition, the enthronement ceremony ended hastily, and King Zhao issued an edict: the ceremony is completed, the king is exhausted, and the Xiangguo Guo Kai feasts the ministers!

Guo Kai, who had already been carried away, received the edict without the slightest suspicion, and entered the royal city in a hurry.

The venue of the banquet was set in the east side hall, and the grandeur of the scene had not been seen for decades, but when Guo Kai walked into the hall with a smile on his face, he was stunned. I saw that among the people who attended the banquet, except for the elders of the royal family headed by Chunpingjun, there was not a single actual minister in the court.

An ominous premonition made Guo Kai instantly alert, and he walked out without saying a word, but he never thought that more than ten armor soldiers had already blocked the exit of the main hall with spears.

Guo Kai, who had no way out, had no choice but to bite the bullet and re-enter the East Side Palace.

The enemies were very red when they saw each other, and when they saw Guo Kai coming in, those royal elders immediately swarmed up, tearing him to pieces in a few moments. Perhaps this is also something that Zhao Kuo did not expect in advance......

Zhao Kuo stood silently on the wall of the royal city, and the majestic palace was like a heavenly palace against the backdrop of the night.

"Ma Fujun, Guo Kai has arrived." A lieutenant hurriedly came to report, and when he saw Zhao Kuo nodding, the lieutenant took the order and left.

In less than half an hour, with the light of fire falling from the sky, the east side hall soon ignited a raging fire. The fire burned all night, and more than 100 royal elders were also reduced to ashes in the fire.

All this is Li Si's proposition: in Li Si's view, if the second reform is implemented in Zhao State in the future, the elder forces of the royal family will inevitably become the biggest obstacle to the change, so only by taking the opportunity to eradicate it in one fell swoop can we never suffer in the future.

When the commander arrived with Zhao Kuo's order, the machine-fired crossbow that had been hidden in the woods not far away quickly shot the rocket wrapped in the rag soaked in fierce fire oil cloth at the east side hall, causing the "heavenly curse" of burning the temple.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the sea of fire in the sky, Zhao Kuo faintly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart.