The monarch of the scattered country died, if there was no rush to seize power, no brothers fighting each other, no powerful ministers forming parties and other strange things happened, according to common sense, Prince Zhao would have succeeded to the throne smoothly.

Fortunately, there is only one child in Ji Zhao, which saves many intermediate links. A month later, the edict of the Zhou royal family to canonize Prince Zhao as the new monarch also came down.

Under the management of Liu Tong, the monarchs and ministers of the scattered countries jointly held a grand inauguration ceremony for Ji Zhao. After taking office, the original Prince Zhao also changed his name to Sangong Zhao.

According to common sense, the new monarch should canonize meritorious ministers at the inauguration ceremony, but this is an accident. Ji Zhao politely rejected Liu Tong's request to canonize meritorious ministers, the reason is that inauguration is inauguration, and rewards are rewards, if the two are put together, it seems that they do not pay enough attention to meritorious ministers, and then he will specially reward Liu Tong, Shi Kai and other meritorious ministers at the subsequent court meeting.

Good boy, he is not big, but he speaks very well, and even an old fox like Liu Tong was fooled by him.

This time, Liu Tong really underestimated this San Gongzhao, who had just succeeded to the throne.

After more than a month of careful observation, Ji Zhao found that Liu Tong and Shi Kai were not as close as they imagined, except for using each other, there was actually very little interaction between the two.

What does the lack of interaction say

It shows that the relationship between the two is not deep. So on the night of his succession, Ji Zhao invited Shi Kai into his palace.

"The last general will meet the king." After seeing Ji Zhao, Shi Kai bowed.

"General Shi, please get up quickly." San Gongzhao stepped forward to help Shi Kai with both hands, and asked him to sit down in front of the desk in front of him, "Please sit down, please take a seat." ”

Although Shi Kai came to spy on Ji Zhao, after all, he is the monarch and he is a courtier, so the due courtesy of the monarch and the minister still has to be carried out.

Seeing that Ji Zhao was so polite to himself, Shi Kai was a little embarrassed, "Your Excellency is here, how can I sit, it's better to stand and talk." ”

San Gongzhao smiled and said, "General Shi is polite, although I am a monarch, but I am a monarch who doesn't care about things, and I am not as powerful as you as a general." If you are more polite, you will look down on me as a king. ”

Ji Zhao told Shi Kai about his situation very sincerely, and Shi Kai felt that something should not be done, "Where did the king say this, I am a courtier, where do I dare to compare power with the monarch." ”

From Shi Kai's words, Sangongzhao knew that the other party had slowly softened, so he asked, "The general is a native of Sanguo."

What does he mean by this, if I am a Sanguo, is it possible that he will not only kill me, but also kill my whole family?

So Shi Kai asked vigilantly, "What does it mean for you to ask?"

Ji Zhao lowered his body and said, "If the general is from the scattered country, I would like to ask the general to say a family affair for the widow." I have studied in the royal family for many years, and I don't know much about the situation in the country, and I asked the general to find a family for the widow, which can be regarded as a favor for the widow. ”

Speaking of relatives, he actually asked me to tell him about relatives.

Shi Kai knew that it was an absolute blessing to be able to say kiss to the monarch, and it was not something that people who were particularly close to him could not do.

Now the monarch actually asked himself to say kiss to him, which fully shows that the monarch trusts himself and is also at ease with himself.

This, what to do

Should I tell Liu Tong at this time?

At the last moment, I thought about one thing, the king has let himself find his relatives, should I continue to supervise him?

"This" Shi Kai heard the monarch talking to him like this, and said with some embarrassment, "The monarch is the lord of a country, even if you want to find your relatives, you should also look for it among the princesses of the surrounding countries, how can ordinary women be worthy of our monarch." ”

"That being said, someone should be in charge of it. Xiangguo Liu Tong is from outside, he doesn't know much about the situation of Sanguo, and he is not as good as the general with other surrounding countries, so I will bother the general to handle this matter for the widow," Ji Zhao said to Shi Kai with a sincere face.

Look, this is the difference between being able to speak and not being able to speak, and Liu Tong and Shi Kai were separated by a breeze. Liu Tong is a foreigner, you are a local, and there is a difference between the two.

Although you are spying on me now, I still trust you very much and ask you to help me find my in-laws. The monarch was so sincere, which made Shi Kai a little embarrassed, and he didn't dare to agree.

"So the general doesn't want to do this for the widow," Ji Zhao asked.

The reason why Shi Kai didn't dare to agree on the spot was because he also had a pimple in his heart, and from San Gongzhao's words, he could feel the elements of wooing in it.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing, Shi Kai can't make up his mind.

"Your Majesty, such a big matter needs to be decided after consulting with Xiangguo. If not, I'll wait until I've discussed it with Xiangguo and then I'll explain this matter to you."

Shi Kai's idea was very simple, before he figured out Sangongzhao's true thoughts, he still trusted Liu Tong. At this time, in his opinion, Liu Tong at least stood on the same line as himself.

After hearing this, Ji Zhao sighed in disappointment and said, "Oh, then please tell Lord Xiangguo, just say that the widow has succeeded to the throne, and the marriage also needs to be considered carefully." ”

After that, San Gongzhao's heart couldn't help but flash a trace of coolness, fortunately he didn't directly put forward his true thoughts to Shi Kai, if he wanted to tell him his true thoughts directly, maybe his life would not be saved.

After dinner, Shi Kai arranged the guards of the palace and hurried to Liu Tong's mansion. After the greetings, Shi Kai said to Liu Tongdao, "Lord Xiangguo, the king told me something today. ”

"Oh, tell me something." Although Liu Tong and Shi Kai put Sangongzhao under house arrest temporarily, Liu Tong still knew very well in his heart that with his foundation and strength in Sanguo, he would not be able to control it sooner or later. The best ending is that the two sides reconciled, he continued to serve as the minister of the scattered country, and Ji Zhao officially became the monarch of the scattered country.

Therefore, Liu Tong has always been very concerned about Ji Zhao's every move, and even every word he says must be kept on time. As soon as he heard Shi Kai mention Ji Zhao's matter, Liu Tong immediately became interested.

"The king told me that he has officially succeeded to the throne as the king, and he wants me to worry about finding a family business for him." Shi Kai said truthfully.

After all, Shi Kai was born as a soldier, and it was normal for him to speak directly.

Ji Zhao asked Shi Kai to say a family affair for him

Liu Tong listened to it and was keenly aware that this was Ji Zhao's plan.

What kind of person is Shi Kai, isn't he a martial artist, there are so many capable civil and military ministers in the court, Ji Zhao just didn't look for it, but wanted to find a martial artist like Shi Kai to help him find his relatives, not to win over Shi Kai, and then achieve the goal of dividing and disintegrating him and Shi Kai.

"What a vicious guy, it seems that I still underestimate this kid." Liu Tongxin secretly thought to himself, so Liu Tong asked Shi Kaidao, "So you agreed."

Shi Kai shook his head, "I haven't agreed yet." ”。

"Oh, then what did you say"

"I said that this matter should be discussed with Xiangguo before making a decision."