"I think any of you dare?" Zhao Kuo also walked out of the door at this time, and said to the soldiers in the courtyard: "Don't forget, you are all soldiers of my Zhao State, not his Zhao Tuo's private soldiers, don't use your loyalty in the wrong place, now I order you as the fourth prince of Zhao State, all of you retreat to the outside of the palace to stand by, and retreat quickly."

Those soldiers did not retreat to the outside of the mansion, but they all looked at Zhao Tuo hesitantly, and they didn't know what to do at the moment. At this time, Xiahou Zhuo hurriedly ran to Li Duwei's side and whispered something to him, Li Duwei waved his hand after hearing this, signaled him to go down, and then continued to be silent. When Xiahou Zhuo passed by Zhao Kuo's side, he silently glanced at Zhao Kuo, and then retreated.

And Zhao Tuo was still saying excitedly: "Fourth Highness, this person is here to confuse the public, demagoguery, very suspicious, the minister suspects that he is a domestic response from another country, and he should be arrested and interrogated, and please don't interfere with the Fourth Highness" After speaking, without waiting for Zhao Kuo to speak, he directly ordered the soldiers: "Come on, take him down"

"Huh, take me? I want to know if I don't want to go through the internal response, if you have the courage to ask General Lian, Captain Li, what do you think? Think about it, think about your brother, think about your parents, think about whether it's worth it to bury your family's future for the sake of a rebel son? ”

"After I take you, this official will write to His Royal Highness the Third Prince to explain the situation, what are you still doing? Take him down quickly, you are the soldiers of Zhao State, but don't forget that you are all on duty in this Yanyun City, and your parents, wives and children are also in this Yanyun City" Then he also drew his own sword, pointed at the soldiers in the courtyard and said: "If there are any more disobedient people, there will be no forgiveness for killing"

Many soldiers were still hesitating, not knowing whether to advance or retreat, just when Zhao Tuo rushed forward, raised the sword in his hand and was about to look at a soldier, Li Duwei, who had been silent for a long time, grabbed his hand and said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhao, don't be impulsive", and then said to the soldiers: "You obey the orders of the Fourth Highness, all of you retreat to the outside of the palace to standby, no one is allowed to come in without my order"

Many soldiers seemed to be relieved when they heard Captain Li say this, and they all retreated after a while. In this Yanyun City, Zhao Tuo is the county guard of Yanyun City and the biggest official in Yanyun City, but the most important thing for these soldiers to obey is Li Duwei's orders.

Zhao Tuo glared at Li Duwei and shouted, "Li Meng, you... What are you doing here? Don't forget, if you let them retreat, your son will die."

"Lord Zhao, you were confused by your nephew at this time, you and I have always been fair as officials, how can you not deal with it according to law because of your own children's mistakes?" Then, he whispered in Zhao Tuo's ear for a moment.

After Li Duwei finished speaking, he saw that Zhao Tuo's face suddenly changed, his face was gone, and he almost muttered to himself: "What Li Duwei said is right, this official is confused, confused." ”

Li Duwei came to Zhao Kuo and bent down with his fists and said, "Fourth Highness, Lord Zhao and I have decided to leave several of them to you to dispose of."

"Li Duwei and Zhao Junshou are so well aware of the righteousness, they really deserve to be the pillars of my Zhao State, and when I return to Zhao Capital, I will meet the three emperor brothers, and I will definitely ask for credit for the two of them in front of him."

"Wu Heng, bring a few of them out and execute them on the spot here, and you Black Flag Army will do it yourself"

"No" Wu Heng then took a few people in and escorted Liu Zhixiang out and let them kneel in the courtyard.

Seeing that the matter had come to this, Wang Zheng could only sigh and sigh, while Liu Fugui cried directly, knelt in front of Zhao Kuo and cried: "Fourth Highness, spare your life, the villain is just this one son, Fourth Highness, you can't let the villain be the queen", seeing that Zhao Kuo didn't pay attention to him at all, he hurriedly pulled Zhao Tuo's sleeve again: "Lord Zhao, what can I do about this, I'm going to die."

Zhao Tuoyin had a cold face, and he didn't pay attention to him, and then he ran to Li Duwei and cried: "Lord Li, Lord Li, you have to think of a way, the villain is such a son."

"Fourth Highness" Zhao Tuo said to Zhao Kuo again at this time: "The minister has no heirs, just this one nephew, since he was a child, he treats it as his own, I hope His Royal Highness can pity the poor minister and leave him alive, even if he cuts off his limbs, it doesn't hurt, just want to be able to spare his life"

"Pity you? And who should pity those who were ruined and killed by them? If you do something wrong, you will be punished, this is a rule that will never change, Zhao Junshou you have to remember"

Seeing that Zhao Kuo was really going to cut off their heads, Liu Zhi was so frightened that several people kept shouting for mercy, but Zhao Kuo was unmoved, "Wu Heng, do it"

Several Black Flag Army soldiers directly raised their knives and fell, and then the heads of the four people also fell to the ground. After this scene, Zhao Kuo closed his eyes and rubbed his face with both hands, and the bloody head in front of him made him still a little scared and disgusted.

Zhao Tuo sat directly on the ground, while Liu Fugui had already passed out. The scene fell silent.

After a while, Zhao Kuo glanced at them and said to Wu Heng: "Let's go" After finishing speaking, he took the lead and walked out of the door.

On the way back, Zhao Kuo was silent, Wu Heng and the others also followed him silently, and he was wondering in his heart, is he really as Zhao Tuo said this time? Doing things too well? Maybe after breaking their arms before, they should be punished and left unanswered? Zhao Kuo felt that after Liu Zhixiang and the others were executed, he was infected by the sadness of Zhao Tuo and the others, and felt that his heart was still not ruthless enough. But when he walked on the street and looked at the people coming and going, he felt a little relieved in his heart, your son is a human being, and the son of someone else's family is also a human being, your son has persecuted so many women in this Yanyun City, do you know how many families have been torn apart? They are not enemies, they are all from Zhao State, you persecuted them, so kill to pay for your life, you can only pay for your crime with death.

Along the way, Zhao Kuo was thinking about it in a mess in his heart, and when he returned to the place where he was staying, after seeing the soldiers of the Black Flag Army guarding the door, Zhao Kuo opened his mouth and asked, "Is the princess awake?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the princess has woken up half an hour ago, and she is fine. However, when I told her that the person who persecuted her was the son of the official eunuch of Yanyun City, and you went to the county guard mansion again, I was worried that you would be in danger, and asked me to take her to the county guard mansion many times, but we refused, and at this time I have been persuaded to return to the room."

Zhao Kuo nodded to him, and then came to the door where Yan Ning was, before Zhao Kuo could reach out and knock on the door, the door opened, and then Yan Ning threw herself into Zhao Kuo's arms, and said in a low voice: "It's okay if you're okay, it's good for you to come back, I'm really afraid that you will be in danger, it's not worth doing it for me."

Zhao Kuo patted her on the back lightly and comforted: "It's okay, I'm already in revenge, all the people who kidnapped you have made them pay for their crimes, you don't have to worry about me, this is Yanyun City of Zhao State, I am the prince of Zhao State, who dares to be unfavorable to me?" You think too much."

Yan Ning let go of Zhao Kuo at this time and wiped the tears on her face: "It's okay, let's leave for Zhaodu tomorrow, if you kill their juniors, it is inevitable that they will not come to harm you."

Zhao Kuo pulled Yan Ning to a chair and asked her to sit down, and said to her with a smile: "Don't think about it too much, I understand now, I, the prince of Zhao State, as long as Zhao State is not chaotic, they who are officials will not dare to do anything to me, but you, who have just been injured, are still very weak, how can you withstand the fatigue of traveling?" When you're healed, we'll go again."

"But..."

"It's nothing, it's decided, I'll go and tell the kitchen to make you something you can eat, you can rest in the room and recuperate."

Yan Ning saw Zhao Kuo say this, so she could only nod obediently, and responded: "Okay, then it's all up to you", looking like a little daughter-in-law, Zhao Kuo laughed when she saw it.

In the days that followed, Zhao Kuo and the others did not go out again, either reading various books every day, or accompanying Yan Ning to play chess, accompanying her to relieve boredom, or watching Wu Heng and others practicing, following behind to learn two tricks and learn two tricks. And Zhao Junshou, Li Duwei and others are also handling the funeral.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and the people sent by Yanyun City to search for the whereabouts of Lian Feng and the others near Tianmang Mountain have also returned one after another, and the result of the search is that there is no result. It just so happened that Yan Ning's injury was almost healed, so Zhao Kuo decided to leave for Zhao Capital early tomorrow morning.

When Zhao Kuo and the others were about to leave the next day, only Xiahou Zhuo came to see him off in Yanyun City, and after seeing Zhao Kuo, he said: "Fourth Highness, the county guard is busy with official business, and he can't take a break, so he will come to see His Highness off his journey."

Zhao Kuo nodded at him: "It's okay, it just so happens that I can't look down on the other people in Yanyun City, only you, General Xiahou, you can send it off."

"Your Highness raises love, and the last general is ashamed of it, and the last general has the courage to remind His Highness of something"

"Oh?" Zhao Kuo didn't know what Xiahou Zhuo wanted to remind him: "What's the matter, just say it"

"The last general wants to remind His Royal Highness that in the future, you must not be like that day of the county guard, to risk your life, you must know, although now my Zhao country is still peaceful, but after all, many countries stand side by side, it is still a troubled time, in the troubled times, who has the right to speak, Your Highness, you have no power now, this time in front of Zhao County Shou Li Duwei killed their children, you must hold a grudge, if they seize the opportunity in the future, they will inevitably go against His Highness, His Highness still needs to be more careful, the last general said to His Highness, there is nothing else, I don't mean to stammer His Royal Highness, I just feel that His Royal Highness is approachable, unlike other princes, that's all, if His Royal Highness feels that the last general is superfluous, and hopes that His Royal Highness will forgive his sins, he will treat it as if the last general has not said anything" Xiahou Zhuo kept bending over Zhao Kuo with his fists and saluting, and only straightened up after speaking.

Zhao Kuo came to Xiahou Zhuo after hearing this, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Let's go, General Xiahou, please go back, I have what you said in my heart, we will meet later" After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, he turned around and got into the carriage and sat in it with Yan Ning.

"Soldiers, let's go" Wu Heng shouted on his horse, and then, the remaining dozen or so Black Flag Army soldiers and the two hundred guards sent by Yan Yuncheng all turned over and began their journey to Zhao Capital.

"The last general sends His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince" Xiahou Zhuo bowed his head again, bent over and clasped his fists, saluted in the direction of Zhao Kuo's departure, and waited until Zhao Kuo and the others disappeared from view, then straightened up and turned around to return to the city.