This mysterious man originally began to discuss with Tao Zhugong Fan Min that he wanted to exchange the 'Suihou Zhu' for three carts of pearl jade, but he didn't expect this Tao Zhugong to be so stingy, so in a fit of anger, he wanted to take the 'Suihou Zhu' and leave Tao Zhugong's residence.

However, as soon as he walked not far outside the courtyard of Tao Zhu's mansion, a cold arrow suddenly entered from behind, causing the mysterious man to lose his life in an instant, and the wooden box containing 'Sui Hou Zhu' in his hand was also missing.

When a doorman of Tao Zhugong sent the mysterious man to the Taodi County Office, after a detailed investigation, he realized that this person was actually a student named Li Qian in the Great Liang Academy.

It just so happened that Mencius was also looking for the whereabouts of 'Sui Hou Zhu' in Taocheng at this time, and after knowing that a student named Li Gan from the Great Liang Xue Palace had died here, he also brought Dai Ji to confirm it, only to know that this Li Qian was the man who occupied Dai Ji's body at that time, and he was also the one who took 'Sui Hou Zhu' from Dai Ji's hands.

So Mencius immediately reported the news to the king of Wei, and he investigated it in detail with the Taodi officials.

Yanguo Wuyang Xindu.

This day is already the seventh day of the Su Qin Dynasty Yan King's recruitment of talents in the Golden Terrace, although there are people who do not come to the stage, but they can really be of great use, but there are very few.

Su Qin couldn't help but sigh at this time:

"Is it really that this Yan Kingdom is too poor and weak? Why do geniuses and talented people not want to come to work for Yan Guo? But the poor Qin State back then was not much better than the Yan State now, why was the Qin State able to get countless sages and strangers to serve? ”

At this time, a voice suddenly came not far away:

"Since Yan Guo wants to get talented people, does he only rely on a golden platform to imagine that there will be real great sages to serve? You're dreaming! ”

Su Qin looked at the person who spoke at this time, and found that it was actually a child less than ten years old, and was immediately surprised, so he walked over and asked him:

"Little brother, but you were talking just now?"

The child replied:

"Yes, that's what I just said!"

Su Qin asked:

"Since little brother, you said that our Yan Kingdom can't recruit sages like this, then how do you think we can recruit sages?"

The child said:

"Since the Yan Kingdom wants to recruit talents, if the King of Yan, as the monarch, can't come to greet the wise men in person, then who will be willing to serve the Yan Kingdom? If you are a person who wants to achieve your fame and fortune, and you choose among the kingdoms of the heavens, will you choose the poorest Yan country? ”

Su Qin immediately looked at this child with admiration:

"I, Su Qin, have asked Mr. Xiao for advice, I don't know what Mr. Xiao is called?"

The child replied:

"My name is Lin Xiangru, I was born in Zhongshan Kingdom, and now I live in Wuyang City with my parents."

Su Qin was shocked when he heard this name:

"Like, ...... For example, haha, good name, good name, it seems that Mr. Xiao will be able to make a big difference in the future! ”

Xiao Lin Xiangru shook his head:

"I don't have the wishful thinking you said, my lord, you can think about it, King Wen of Zhou worked hard to get Jiang Ziya, not only visited him several times, but also performed the gift of his middle father, so he got Jiang Ziya's assistance, and finally achieved the business of the Zhou family, so the virtuous people are not as easy to get as you think!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran away without a trace.

Su Qin looked at the back of this child named Lin Xiangru and couldn't help but say:

"Is my Su Qin really not as good as a child?"

So Su Qin returned to the palace and relayed the child's words to the Yan King Ji Zhi, who also felt very reasonable after hearing it, so he announced that he would come to the Golden Terrace every day to recruit talents with the highest etiquette of the Yan Kingdom.

After King Yan re-announced the recruitment order, the number of talented people who came to the Golden Terrace really increased day by day.

On this day, Yan Wang Ji Zhi personally greeted the virtuous man who came to the stage under the golden stage, and suddenly a middle-aged man in tattered clothes walked over, probably not paying attention, and couldn't help but cough at Ji Zhi, causing Ji Zhi to be stained with this person's spit, Ji Zhi was furious, so he ordered someone to quickly arrest this person, and shouted to him:

"Where did the beggar come from, who dared to offend the widow in this Wuyang City?"

The middle-aged man showed no fear:

"I didn't mean to, isn't it the king, you want to recruit the Magi? I just came from Zhao Kingdom, and I traveled for nearly a month to rush back to Yan Kingdom! ”

Ji Zhi glanced at the middle-aged man contemptuously:

"Really? Just like you, you are also worthy of being the wise man of my Yan Kingdom? ”

Then he said to the guard:

"Take this offended beggar down and punish him severely!"

The middle-aged man shouted at this time:

"Such an unscrupulous faint gentleman is also worthy of recruiting talents, which really stains the eyes of the corporal people in the world and the eyes of the corporal in the world!"

Then he was taken down.

Ji Zhi was even more angry when he thought about it at this time, how could he be the king of a country in public, how could he be humiliated by a beggar in public, so he ordered someone to bring the middle-aged man back, planning to insult him in public first, and then let people pull him to be severely punished.

I only heard Ji Zhi shouting angrily at him:

"Who are you? Whether it is a fine work sent by Zhao State, if you don't truthfully recruit the widow, the widow will definitely punish you! ”

The middle-aged man who was escorted back did not have the slightest fear:

"I, Guo Kui, am a Yan person, only because the Zhongshan thieves invaded my house, and I had to move my family to Zhao State, and now, after hearing that my Yan country has a wise monarch, I came back and wanted to continue to serve my Yan country, I didn't expect to meet a faint monarch like you, I Guo Kui is really clumsy, clumsy!"

Suddenly, an official came from the audience, glanced at Guo Kui, and immediately rushed over, pointed at Guo Kui and said to Yan Wang Ji on the side:

"The Monarch...... Monarch, this person is that Guo Kui, it is that Guo Kui, Guo Kui, who has been an official twice in our Yan Kingdom! ”

Ji Zhi was surprised:

"Which Guo Kui is it? Is it Guo Kui of Zhao who defeated the Qi army? Or Guo Kui, who has been an official in my Yan Kingdom? ”

The official replied:

"Monarch, they are all the same person, the same person!"

Yan Wang Jizhi knew that the person in front of him was actually Guo Kui of the Qi army after Zhao defeated him, so he hurriedly rushed forward, knelt in front of him personally, and untied the rope for him.

After a while, Guo Kui was invited into the palace hall by Ji Zhi.

Ji Zhi even poured tea and water to serve Guo Kui, but Guo Kui still looked angry at this time, and did not put the dignified King Yan in his eyes at all.

Ji Zhi saw that he treated Guo Kui so politely, and Guo Kui was not moved in the slightest, so he deliberately asked:

"Sir, since you have returned to our Yan Kingdom, can you stay in our Yan Kingdom in the future?"

Guo Kui's face still did not change in the slightest:

"Whether I, Guo Kui, stay in Yan Country or not, what does it have to do with you, the monarch?"

Ji Zhi suddenly knelt in front of Guo Kui:

"Sir, as long as you are willing to stay in my Yan country, the widow is willing to be entrusted by the state!"

Guo Kui asked:

"Then the monarch, don't you blame me now for Guo Kui's disrespectful behavior to you?"

King Yan immediately opened his hand and looked at Guo Kui:

"Sir, if you want to spit on the widow, just spit it, the widow will never blame, never blame!"

Guo Kui was originally trying to see if this Yan Wang Ji was something he could serve, but after seeing that Yan Guo could be so humble, he finally returned to normal, quickly helped Ji Zhi, and then knelt in front of him:

"Monarch, please forgive me for Guo Kui's previous offense!"

So King Yan announced that Guo Kui would be the minister of state, and let Guo Kui and Su Qin help him start recruiting talents in Jinjintai.

Wei pottery.

In Tao Chengjun's office, a trial was going on at this time.

I only heard Mencius, who was standing in front of the hall, pointing to a corpse on the ground to Fan Min, who was standing not far in front of him, and questioned Fan Min:

"Tao Zhugong, this Li Gan died outside your Tao Mansion, how do you explain it?"

Fan Min replied proudly:

"Mr. Meng Ke, don't think that if you are famous, you can frame me Tao Zhugong at will, in other places, maybe you Meng Ke someone can give you face, but in this pottery land, it is the place where I Fan Min has the final say!"

Mencius was right:

"Tao Zhugong, what I'm asking you is why this Li Gan died outside your Tao Mansion, what are you doing with all that uselessness? Could it be that you are a thief? ”

Fan Min smiled lightly:

"In this pottery land, I, Fan Min, am the king here, even if the king of Wei comes, I have to give it to Fan Min in front of me, you Mencius, as a native of Lu, dare to come here to frame me?"

Mencius was also a little angry:

"Since you, Tao Zhugong, are so domineering and don't cooperate with me Meng Ke to investigate the case, okay, then I can only have King Wei personally investigate you, Tao Zhugong!"

Fan Min laughed:

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to invite King Wei to come, I'll come to see, how do you want to frame me Tao Zhugong?"

Mencius sent someone to secretly investigate the cause of Li Gan's death, and learned that it was strange, because a hunter nearby happened to pass by, and saw that Li Gan was killed by a mysterious person after coming out of the Taozhu mansion, and the hunter also saw that the mysterious person killed Li Gan, so he took the box in his hand back to the pottery house.

Therefore, Mencius also knew that this Tao Zhu Gong must be inseparable from Li Gan's death, and it is very likely that the 'subsequent pearl' he is looking for must be in Tao Zhu Mansion.

But because Tao Zhugong Fan Min's power in the entire pottery land was too strong, he wanted to call him to test it first to see if he could hand it over.

After Mencius saw that Fan Min's attitude was so strong, he also knew that even if 'Suihou Zhu' was really in the Tao Mansion, he was afraid that he would not be able to hand it over, so he had to return to Daliang and report the matter to Wei Si.

When Wei Si heard that this 'Sui Hou Zhu' was actually related to Tao Zhu Gong Fan Min, he was also shocked.

After all, when Wei Si got the pottery land from the Song State in the past, in order to get the pottery land to be submitted, he made a rule with Fan Min, the most powerful Tao Zhu Gong here.

This rule is that the Wei State only appoints a county magistrate here, who is responsible for assisting Tao Zhu Gong in collecting rent and sending it to the Great Liang, and other pottery land matters are all decided by Tao Zhu Gong himself.

If Wei Si goes to Taodi to investigate this matter in person, I am afraid that he will offend this Tao Zhu Gong, and the whole Tao Di will be in chaos, if he does not offend him, this Tao Zhu Gong will definitely not easily hand over the 'Sui Hou Zhu', so Wei Si is very embarrassed at this time.