A nondescript horse-drawn carriage slowly drove through the city of Handan, and then entered through the side door into a mansion that did not look too ornate, but covered an astonishingly large area.

Guo Kai in the carriage walked down, and in front of him was a steward with an old-fashioned face.

"What's the matter with you?" The butler's voice was very cold, and it was obviously not an attitude towards the head of the house.

Guo Kai arched his hand and said to the housekeeper: "Please report to the king, and say that Guo Kai wants to see you." ”

"What's the matter with you?" The butler's tone didn't change at all.

A hint of anger flashed in the deepest corners of Guo Kai's eyes, but the top businessman of Zhao State suppressed the negative emotions in his heart very well, and continued to maintain a humble enough attitude and said: "There are some problems in the iron business, and you need to make a decision yourself. ”

The housekeeper glanced Guo Kai up and down, as if he wanted to see if Guo Kai was lying.

Guo Kai quietly stretched out his hand, and a small bag instantly disappeared into the butler's hand.

The housekeeper weighed the weight of the bag, his face showed a satisfied look, turned around and threw a sentence to Guo Kai: "Come with me." ”

Guo Kai's whole person was amnesty, and he immediately followed the footsteps of the housekeeper.

The decoration of this mansion is a bit elegant and indifferent, although it does not look like the top luxury and luxury, but it is full of atmosphere.

Guo Kai followed the housekeeper in front of him through several floors of the courtyard, and then stopped in front of a study.

"Wait here." The housekeeper gave an order to Guo Kai, and then walked into the study.

Soon, the housekeeper walked out of the study again and said to Guo Kai, "You can go in now." ”

Guo Kai nodded to the housekeeper with a smile on his face, and then walked towards the study in front of him.

After entering the study, Guo Kai didn't dare to slack off, and respectfully bowed to the person sitting in the study.

"Chen Guo Kai has seen the king."

The middle-aged man sitting on the throne slowly raised his head, this person was none other than one of the seven important ministers of the Zhao State, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao.

Just when Guo Kai walked in, Zhao Bao was reading a paper book in his hand, Guo Kai glanced at the cover and found that it should be a Taoist book.

Recently, the use of paper has become a status symbol, and only a few people can own paper books like this.

Zhao Bao glanced at Guo Kai, and said to Guo Kai very calmly: "You suddenly came, what do you have to say?" ”

Guo Kai looked left and right, put on a cautious expression, and said softly to Zhao Bao in front of him: "There are some things to report to the king, and the minister has found that there seem to be guards secretly monitoring the minister and his subordinates in the past few days. ”

Zhao Bao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "There is such a thing?" Didn't Mao Sui know the relationship between you and me, and who gave him the guts? ”

Guo Kai hesitated for a while, and then Ai Ai said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the reason why this Mao Sui dares to spy on the minister is probably due to the king's instructions. ”

"The King?" As soon as Zhao Bao heard this, the expression on his face immediately became solemn, first glared at Guo Kai, and then asked Guo Kai: "Did you quietly do something without wiping your hands and feet, and were discovered by the king?" ”

Guo Kai immediately shouted at Zhao Bao to hit the sky: "Please also ask the king to be clear, everything the minister did was on the orders of the king, what kind of violation of law and discipline did the minister dare to act rashly?" From the minister's point of view, the reason why the king wants to deal with the minister is probably because the king wants to take all the iron tools into the state. ”

"Is it nationalized?" Zhao Bao thought for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said to Guo Kai: "This matter is absolutely impossible. Although the king is very authoritative, he will always seek our advice on major matters. Since the king never said at the meeting that he would make the iron tool business national, then the king would not be secretly pushing for this matter. ”

Guo Kai spread his hands, put on a helpless expression, and said to Zhao Bao in front of him: "The minister dares to swear with his life, and the person who monitors the minister must be the one who supervises the guard." ”

Zhao Bao glanced at Guo Kai deeply, and suddenly sneered: "You actually quietly bought off the people who supervised the guard? What a guts! ”

Guo Kai's face was pale at Zhao Bao's question, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't hide it from the king, the minister is indeed worried that the supervision guard will suddenly attack the minister and the Guo family, so he quietly bought off a few small officials among the supervision guard in advance. ”

Zhang Bao's face turned cold: "Since you came to ask to see me, then I'm afraid it's not just a few officials who have bought it." ”

Guo Kai's body trembled, and finally he couldn't help but kneel on the ground with a thud, kowtow to Zhao Bao in front of him, and said while kowtowing: "Jun Mingjian, it is indeed just a few small officials who deal with paperwork and information. And apart from this incident, Guo Kai has never used these small officials to seek any benefits for the ministers and the Guo family. ”

Zhao Bao did not continue to speak, but stared directly at Guo Kai with a stern gaze, Guo Kai's whole person was terrified, and the sweat on his back completely wet his clothes.

After a long while, Zhao Bao slowly said, "Okay, I already know about this matter, you should step down." ”

Guo Kairu raised his head in amnesty, and was about to say something more, but after touching Zhao Bao's cold gaze, his whole body trembled again, and he immediately lowered his head obediently: "Huh." ”

After a while, the official family appeared in the study and said to Zhao Bao, who was still reading calmly: "Your Excellency, Guo Kai has already left the mansion. ”

Zhao Bao nodded slowly, and said to the housekeeper in front of him: "Let's go and prepare the carriage and horses, I want to go to the Plains Monarch's Mansion." ”

Half an hour later, Zhao Bao met the current Zhao Xiangbang in the hall of Pingyuan Jun's mansion, and he was also his brother Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng was obviously a little surprised by Zhao Bao's arrival, and after waving back left and right, Zhao Bao said to Zhao Bao: "Pingyang Jun suddenly arrived this time, could it be that something happened again?" ”

Zhao Bao shook his head, showing a helpless look on his face for the first time, and said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, Guo Kai's dog has been targeted by the guards. ”

"What?" This sentence made Zhao Sheng show a very surprised expression on his face, and after a while, he said: "Then isn't Guo Kai just selling some iron tools, I remember that there doesn't seem to be any taboo, how can he be targeted by the guards?" ”

Zhao Bao hesitated for a long time before he opened his mouth and said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, I think this is probably a false accusation by someone with a heart, and its purpose is not to target Guo Kai, but to target us. ”

Zhao Sheng is such a shrewd person, after listening to Zhao Bao's words, his face immediately showed a look of clarity: "If this is the case, then the person who can initiate this kind of action must not be an ordinary person...... Pingyang Junru means Yu Xin? ”

Zhao Bao nodded slowly, and said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, you and I both know very well in our hearts that Yu Xin has coveted your position as Xiangbang for a long time, and since the king has not lost his trust and favor in you now, it is entirely possible for Yu Xin to take the risk to use the power of the guard to falsely accuse you." ”

Zhao Sheng's face immediately became solemn after hearing this, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry when he spoke: "This Yu Xin is simply crazy, he already wants to use such despicable means to deal with me?" He didn't want to think that it was impossible to succeed with such a method! ”

After a pause, Zhao Sheng said to Zhao Bao again: "Pingyang Jun, I always feel that this matter is a little strange, you said that it was Guo Kai's dog who did something illegal to be targeted by the supervision guard?" This dog Caiwu is always a little uneasy. ”

Zhao Bao shook his head very resolutely, and said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, don't worry, this Guo Kai has been doing things for me for almost twenty years, although he is a little short-tempered, but he has also been conscientious in the past twenty years, and has never done anything out of the ordinary. ”

Zhao Sheng nodded and said, "If it is really Yu Xin who wants to arrest you and me through the Supervision Guard, it is actually really not easy to deal with." The Guardian is the power of the King, so it's impossible to attack the Guardian because of this matter, right? ”

Zhao Bao nodded and said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, it is precisely because of such worries that I came to you. ”

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

After a while, Zhao Sheng couldn't help but speak: "Since this is the case, then it is better for me to go to the palace and ask the king to take back his fate." ”

"No." Zhao Bao shook his head and said, "If you have to plead with the king for such a trivial matter, will it make the king feel that you and I are too useless." ”

Zhao Sheng couldn't help but feel a little irritable after hearing Zhao Bao's words, and said to Zhao Bao: "Since that's the case, then I don't know what Pingyang Jun has to say?" ”

Zhao Bao really had an idea.

I saw Zhao Bao say to Zhao Sheng: "Since the inspector is secretly investigating, then it must be unseemly, Si Kou's subordinates have a security department, if I let the people of the security department arrest several supervision guards in the name of affecting public order and put them in the prison of Si Kou for interrogation, I can achieve the purpose of warning Yu Xin, and at the same time, I can also show the king that we are innocent." ”

Zhao Sheng thought about it, nodded and said, "It's okay, then let's do it." However, you should pay attention, after all, the Inspector is a close confidant under the command of the king, and if the Inspector Guard is completely offended because of this, it will be more than worth the loss. ”

Zhao Bao nodded and stood up: "I will take care of it." ”

A moment later, Zhao Bao's carriage slowly drove out of Pingyuanjun's mansion.

After returning to the mansion, Zhao Bao immediately called several of his henchmen: "You wait to arrange and find some competent people to find out if someone is quietly following Guo Kai and monitoring the Guo family these days, if so, then take these guys down directly!" ”

Several subordinates bowed down to accept the promise, and another said to Zhao Bao: "Your Majesty, if someone resists, what should I do?" ”

Zhao Bao snorted softly, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "If there is someone who dares to resist, it will naturally be - kill or kill!" ”

For Zhao Bao, the establishment of the Supervision Commission was originally used to divide the rights of Zhao Bao's Sikou, so Zhao Bao did not have a good impression of Supervision and Guardian at all.

Therefore, Zhao Sheng's relatively peaceful confrontation, Zhao Bao will definitely not do it.

"Miao Xian, Mao Sui, Yu Xin, and let you know that my Zhao Bao is not so easy to mess with! Want to reach out to me? Then I will chop off your paws! ”