Taoyi.

Duan Ganzi's mood is not beautiful.

Although it is said that in the emergency incident of the New Year's Day dinner more than half a month ago, Duan Ganzi did quietly escape from the palace of Zhao with the help of Hu Yiwei of Zhao State, and contacted and persuaded his brother-in-law to surround the entire palace city, and successfully broke through the blockade of the Wei palace guards when all the Wei ministers were busy supporting and currying favor with Wei Zeng, the crown prince who was destined to become the new king of Wei, and attacked the palace city, controlling all the situation in one fell swoop.

To be honest, whenever Duan Ganzi remembered that he appeared in the main hall surrounded by countless soldiers, the expressions of the ministers of Wei who originally thought that he was already dead were as pale as mournful expressions made Duan Ganzi feel relieved.

Duan Ganzi has never been a benevolent person, at least that's what he thinks.

Therefore, on the night of the same day, a full fifty Wei ministers were directly executed for participating in the beating of Duan Ganzi at that time, and hundreds of other Wei ministers were directly imprisoned.

Only some of the ministers of Wei who were originally part of Duan Ganzi's faction were spared, after all, Duan Ganzi also needed a team to help him control the power of Wei.

After that night, there were several small turmoil, but all in all, the overall situation was thrilling and dangerous, and the situation in the entire Taoyi had been completely and completely controlled by Duan Ganzi.

After controlling the crown prince and queen, Duan Ganzi immediately issued an order in the name of these two people and told the entire Wei state.

In this order, it was announced that due to the young age of the crown prince Wei Zeng, Duan Ganzi was ordered to be the regent, responsible for handling all military affairs and daily affairs in Wei, and wait until the prince became an adult before returning it.

In addition, Duan Ganzi also waved his pen very simply, and directly awarded himself the title of Wuxiangjun, which can be regarded as fulfilling his long-standing dream of being a king.

But even so, it doesn't mean that all this is completely going according to Duan Ganzi's intentions, and he still has a lot of troubles.

For example, the main force of the Wei State that is now facing off against the Chu army on the Huai River in the south is Tian Chong, the uncle of the current Wei prince.

It is obviously impossible for Tian Chong to give in to Duan Ganzi, and he is also a threat to Duan Ganzi at this moment, after all, with the 20,000 Taoyi soldiers and horses in Duan Ganzi's hands alone, it cannot be compared with the nearly 100,000 Wei army in Tian Chong's hands.

But fortunately, due to the ice and snow, Tian Chong, who was hundreds of miles away, could not lead his army back to Taoyi to eliminate Duan Ganzi, which gave Duan Ganzi a chance to breathe and cope.

But Tian Chong did not let Duan Ganzi slaughter him, after learning the news that Duan Ganzi controlled Taoyi, Tian Chong immediately ordered all the counties and counties of the entire Wei State, and asked all the counties and counties of the Wei State not to listen to Duan Ganzi's command, otherwise it would be absolutely doomed in the future.

Duan Ganzi naturally couldn't be indifferent to this, and he also issued an order to all counties of Wei in the name of the crown prince and queen of Wei, ordering all counties not to obey Tian Chong's orders, otherwise in the future, once Duan Ganzi eliminated Tian Chong's rebel party, all those who stood on Tian Chong's side would be severely punished.

These two orders with completely opposite meanings were completely opposed, and the county guards and county commanders in the various counties of Wei were somewhat at a loss, and many people simply adopted a neutral and high-minded attitude, and waited for Duan Ganzi and Tian Chong to fight for a winner, and then offered their loyalty to the winner.

Of course, there were also some county guards and county commanders in Wei or diehard loyalists of Duan Ganzi or staunch supporters of the Wei royal family, so they made their positions clear from the beginning and stood clearly in their respective camps.

On the whole, today's Broken Pole and Tian Chong have each won the support of about one-third of the counties of Wei, while the remaining one-third or so of the counties are on the sidelines.

This made Duan Ganzi feel very bad, you must know that the main force led by Tian Chong is the main force of Wei, whether it is the sophistication of equipment or the strength of combat effectiveness, it far exceeds the 20,000 troops in Duan Ganzi's hands, not to mention that the number of soldiers and horses in Tian Chong's hands is still five times that of Duan Ganzi.

In addition, although there are many ministers in Taoyi City who have already catered to Duan Ganzi's rule on the surface, they are actually secretly making many small moves, and some even plan to send assassins to assassinate Duan Ganzi.

In the past few days alone, Duan Ganzi has been assassinated no less than ten times, which makes him even a little noisy, so he has to choose to live in seclusion, and whenever he goes out, he must carry a large team of men and horses to escort him.

All in all, although the seizure of power has been successful, the taste of gaining power is not as good as Duan Ganzi expected in advance.

In addition, Duan Ganzi even heard some rumors, that is, the other countries seemed to be very dissatisfied with their use of this method to poison Wei Wangyu, and were ready to organize a coalition army to crusade against Duan Ganzi.

This is really an external and internal trouble.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable that Duan Ganzi's temper has become very irritable.

On this day, Duan Ganzi was sitting there, staring at the secret fold in his hand with some irritation.

"After investigation, Wei Xin, Wei Lin, Wei Bo and others to whom Zong Zheng belonged were secretly hiding armor soldiers in their own mansions, preparing to raise troops to rebel and attack Wuxiangjun's mansion tonight."

Duan Ganzi snorted heavily, picked up the pen in his hand, and wrote three big characters on it.

"Punish it!"

After writing these three big characters, Duan Ganzi threw away the pen in his hand, leaned back in the chair, and let out a long sigh.

"How stupid are the people of this world!"

In Duan Ganzi's opinion, is he wrong? I'm not at fault at all.

If it weren't for Wei Wangyu's desire to kill him, he would not have been able to take such a counterattack at all.

Could it be that because Wei Wangyu is a king and Duan Ganzi is a courtier, it is said that Wei Wangyu can kill Duan Ganzi, but Duan Ganzi cannot kill Wei Wangyu?

How can there be such a truth in the world!

Just when Duan Ganzi was in a state of depression, suddenly his henchman knocked on the door: "Your Excellency, there are people outside who ask to see him, claiming to be the old man of Handan." ”

"The old man of Handan?" Duan Ganzi was slightly stunned, and then a fine light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Bring that person, and arrange twenty other sword and axe men outside the room, and listen to my orders." ”

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed like an ordinary scholar walked into Duan Ganzi's study and saluted Duan Ganzi with a smile on his face: "Mao Sui has seen Wu Xiangjun, Wu Xiangjun has been awarded the position of feudal monarch and holds the power of Wei State, it is really gratifying!" ”

Duan Ganzi snorted heavily, his eyes stared at Mao Sui in front of him for a moment, and suddenly said: "Mao Sui, tell you the truth, was the king poisoned by you?" ”

Mao Sui's face was obviously stunned for a moment, revealing a puzzled look: "Why did Wu Xiangjun say this, isn't everyone the truth of the matter known?" ”

This so-called "truth that everyone knows" of course refers to the fact that Duan Ganzi took advantage of the convenience of pouring wine for Wei Wangyu to throw poison into Wei Wangyu's wine glass, and then poisoned Wei Wangyu.

This is by far the most widely circulated version on the entire continent and recognized by almost everyone.

Duan Ganzi was furious when he heard this, slapped the table in front of him hard, and shouted at Mao Sui: "It's just nonsense!" You know this matter yourself, and I didn't poison the king at all! ”

The look of doubt on Mao Sui's face deepened.

But soon, the corners of Mao Sui's mouth curled, and he smiled at Duan Ganzi: "Wu Xiangjun, no matter who poisoned King Wei, but now the result is what we want to see, isn't that enough?" ”

"Of course it's not enough!" Duan Ganzi shouted angrily at Mao Sui: "Do you know that now the whole world thinks that my Duan Ganzi is a traitor who killed his own king, and now everyone has sharpened their knives and is ready to take down this great head on my neck!" ”

Mao Sui looked at Duan Ganzi with a hideous face, and couldn't help but laugh again.

Duan Qing's words are too exaggerated. As far as I know, although Tian Chong in the south is indeed a somewhat troublesome problem, Duan Qing has not ascended the throne of Wei now, and has not abolished the status of the crown prince of Wei, how can he suffer such a big threat? ”

"Why not?" Duan Ganzi gritted his teeth and stared at Mao Sui, and shouted at Mao Sui: "I have already heard that your King Zhao has invited the princes of the world to take advantage of the fire to rob and attack Taoyi!" ”

Duan Ganzi stared at Mao Sui, and only if Mao Sui showed any unnatural expression or behavior, Duan Ganzi would immediately call those knife and axe hands outside the door in, and directly hack Mao Sui to death here.

Mao Sui's face showed a very surprised expression, and only after a moment did he speak: "Did Wu Xiangjun misunderstand somewhere?" Please also ask Wu Xiangjun to think about it, if Zhao Guo has really secretly colluded with the princes to prepare to send troops to attack Taoyi, then why is Mao Sui still here today, isn't it self-defeating? ”

Duan Ganzi looked at Mao Sui's eyes, wanting to see something in Mao Sui's eyes, but Mao Sui looked at Duan Ganzi calmly, and the expression on his face did not change.

After a long moment, Duan Ganzi let out a long breath and said, "Since that's the case, then why did you come here this time?" ”

Mao Sui also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Duan Ganzi: "I can't hide it, this time Mao Sui came on the orders of my king, hoping to negotiate a deal with Wu Xiangjun." ”

"Deal?" Duan Ganzi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice: "What kind of deal is it?" ”

Mao Sui smiled and said to Duan Ganzi: "As long as Wu Xiangjun is willing to pay a certain price, then Zhao Guo is willing to help Wu Xiangjun solve Tian Chong's big problem." ”

Duan Ganzi immediately narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, thinking that he had figured out Mao Sui's intentions.

To put it bluntly, Mao Sui came to rob on behalf of Zhao Guo this time.

Zhao Guoren now knows that Duan Ganzi is worried about internal and external troubles, so he wants to use this time to slaughter Duan Ganzi a few times.

Duan Ganzi pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Since this is the case, then I would like to ask, what kind of benefits does King Zhao want from me?" ”

Mao Sui said: "My king hopes to be able to obtain from Wu Xiangjun the four cities of Luyang, Kunyang, Xiangcheng, and Zhaoling, as well as all the lands under the jurisdiction of these cities. ”

Duan Ganzi couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and said to Mao Sui in front of him: "King Zhao's appetite is really big. ”

When he spoke, Duan Ganzi's tone unconsciously brought a bit of murderous intent.

Mao Sui smiled slightly, and said to Duan Ganzi: "But Wu Xiangjun's trouble is not small, isn't it?" Please think about it carefully, what is more important than the land of these four cities compared to the entire Wei State? ”

This sentence obviously hit Duan Ganzi's weakness.

Duan Ganzi's face changed again and again, and only after a long tea time did he say, "How will Zhao Guo solve Tian Chong when the time comes?" ”

Mao Sui showed a very sunny smile: "Wu Xiangjun can think about it, how did King Wei die at the New Year's Day dinner?" ”

Duan Ganzi's face changed when he heard this, thinking that Mao Sui was sarcastic about himself, but when the words came to his mouth, Duan Ganzi suddenly realized that he understood, and his face suddenly became very gloomy.

"So, you are finally willing to admit that Hu Yiwei did the king's death?"

Mao Sui's smile became even brighter: "What Mao Sui only knows is that as long as Tian Chong dies, then the 100,000 troops under Tian Chong and the entire Wei State will be owned by Wu Xiangjun. ”

Duan Ganzi hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "No, it is impossible for me to accept such conditions." Unless King Zhao can put pressure on the state of Chu so that the state of Chu can make a truce with the state of Wei! ”

This time, the silence turned into Mao Sui.

After a long while, Mao Sui spoke again: "If that's the case, then Chen Cheng must be added!" ”

"With Chen Cheng's words, then the people of Chu must make concessions!"

The two haggled and finally reached an agreement.

Duan Ganzi promised to cede all the land requested by Mao Sui to Zhao, but correspondingly, Zhao had to help Duan Ganzi kill Tian Chong, let Tian Chong's 100,000 Wei troops be attached to Duan Ganzi, and make Chu promise to use the current line of actual control between Chu and Wei as the border and Wei to armistice with Wei.

After meeting all the conditions, Mao Sui stood up with confidence and said to Duan Ganzi: "Wu Xiangjun, I will return to Handan to report to the king." If nothing unexpected happens, then by the time spring comes, Wu Xiangjun should be able to hear the good news. ”

After saying this, Mao Sui saluted Duan Ganzi, and then Shi Shiran walked out.

Duan Ganzi watched Mao Sui's figure disappear from his sight, and a thought suddenly slowly appeared in his heart.

Perhaps, this guy should have been killed directly.