This historical and cultural city has given birth to the Cishan culture of the early Neolithic period as early as 8,000 years ago. It is said that in the past, Handan was called "Gandan", "Gan" represents the sunrise rising above the horizon, and "Dan" represents the sunset falling to the horizon.

It is impossible to verify when it was renamed Handan, and it has been 158 years since it became the capital of Zhao until Qin destroyed Zhao.

The palace of King Zhao is located in the central area of Handan City, and its surrounding walls are high, surrounding this palace that represents the residence of the supreme leader of Zhao State, which is sacred and inviolable; The moat separated it from the city of Handan, turning the palace of King Zhao into a city within a city in Handan.

There were two battalions of elite soldiers in the city, guarding the palace day and night, ready to serve their king.

Originally, Lu Yu should not be qualified to be entered into the palace together, but according to Wei Mingji, Pingyang Jun had reported his deeds in Daliang, which aroused the curiosity of King Zhao, so he summoned him and Wei Mingji to enter the palace together.

Hearing Pingyang Jun's name, Lu Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth in his heart, but at present, he still needs to be false with him, and he can't tear his face directly.

Dai Ji's body had been properly disposed of before dawn, and she was ready to be cremated when she returned from the Zhao Palace.

The guards in the palace of King Zhao are strict, and the behavior of secretly bypassing the guards to find Yu Xin is completely unworkable in the palace, layer by layer of guards, layer by layer of palace gates, I am afraid that before I have crossed the triple palace gate, I have been crushed to death by the guards in the palace.

Here, swords have special storage pavilions, and like the Wei Palace, they can't be carried around, like the kind of dagger that can be hidden in the belly of the fish and in the map, maybe they can be mixed in, but against the guards of the sword and spear, unless you are invulnerable, who will choose to cause trouble here, unless it is because of their own long life.

The accompanying guards could only wait outside the palace, and only Lu Yu and Wei Mingji were taken to the Zichen Hall to wait for King Zhao's reception. The Zichen Hall is one of the main halls of King Zhao to receive foreign envoys, and the inner pillars in the hall are supported by a number of red giant pillars, and each pillar is engraved with a lifelike Rui beast, which is extraordinarily magnificent.

Compared with the Wei Palace, the style is naturally almost the same, but the Rui beasts on the beams and pillars are different.

Wei Mingji saw that Lu Yu had been silent, his expression was a little gloomy, and he thought that he was still thinking about Dai Ji in his heart, so he comforted him and said: "General Lu, please mourn, after seeing King Zhao, this princess will definitely send someone to find out the murderer who killed Dai Ji for you and give you an explanation." ”

Lu Yu snorted coldly in his heart, but the gloomy expression on his face was not pretended: "Thank you, princess." The villain just didn't understand that such a thing happened when he arrived in Zhao State, and if he came to the villain, he couldn't tell it, because I hadn't been to Zhao State, let alone offended anyone in Zhao State. ”

Seeing him looking directly at him, Wei Mingji hurriedly moved his eyes away, and sighed: "The slave family believes in your character, and I deeply regret Dai Ji's death, don't worry, this matter will definitely come to light!" ”

Lu Yu took two steps closer to her and said in a deep voice, "When did Pingyang-jun leave the hotel?" ”

As smart as Wei Mingji, as soon as she heard it, she knew that Lu Yu had something to say, and at this time she was horrified, and immediately changed her complexion, with an angry face: "Do you doubt this princess?" ”

Lu Yu didn't back down, still looking directly at her: "The villain just wants to verify the time when Pingyangjun left the hotel and whether there is any suspicion of alibi." ”

Wei Mingji's chest rose and fell rapidly, and Lu Yu confirmed his guess even more. Daiki was raped, and it was impossible for her to be unmoved, unless she was also involved in it.

I saw that she suddenly changed her face and said angrily: "Lu Yu, you are so bold!" Dare to doubt the head of this princess, don't forget that you are just a small Zuo Zhonglang of my Da Wei now. ”

"The king has arrived!" At this moment, the voice of a eunuch sounded.

The two knelt on the ground at the same time, waiting for the arrival of King Zhao.

Wei Mingji closed her eyes, tried hard to regulate her breathing, and said lightly: "Let's talk about this matter later." ”

Lu Yu pointed at Pingyangjun in front of her just now, in order to see her reaction, to see how much Pingyangjun was in her heart, and whether it was worth her to lie to him. The result was also Lu Yu's expectation, if Wei Mingji directly faked the time of Pingyang Jun's departure, Lu Yu would be helpless against her, but she directly "cooperated" with Lu Yu and finally took care of Dai Ji's matter.

Surrounded by Pingyang Jun and more than a dozen guards, the monarch of Zhao finally came to the Zichen Palace.

To Lu Yu's surprise, Yu Xin was also accompanied by King Zhao.

Zhao Wanglong walked in a tiger step, about thirty years old, with a long crown on his head, a handsome face, but a little bit of the white brought by long-term wine, the heavenly court was full, the long eyebrows were slightly raised, and a pair of dragon eyes for some reason made people feel slightly evil.

His costume is mainly red, supplemented by blue, decorated with the sun, moon and stars.

Zhao, Wei, and Han were all from the Jin Dynasty, among which the Wei State believed that it inherited the orthodoxy of the Jin State, and of course it was logical to follow the Huode of Zhou; It is said that in order to show the unique virtue to the princes of the world, Korea changed the clothing and flag to green, which is a metaphor for Mude;

Zhao is more special, in addition to still focusing on Zhou's fire, but also added wood, which means "wood helps fire, fire virtue is more prosperous", so the clothing and flags are full of the characteristics of firewood, all of which are seven points red and three points blue.

To some extent, it may be that Zhao also "hinted" to the princes of the world with clothing: one day, Zhao State annexed Wei and Han and unified the Three Jin Dynasty.

This is Lu Yu's conjecture, because in fact, each of these three countries believes that he has inherited the orthodoxy of the Jin State, especially the Wei State.

With the support of the eunuchs, King Zhao walked to the chairman of the palace and sat down, and then the guards lined up on both sides and behind King Zhao, bringing out the majesty of King Zhao.

The Zichen Hall suddenly fell silent.

After sitting down, King Zhao said lightly to the two, "Flat." ”

Wei Mingji and Lu Yu hurriedly thanked each other, and then stood up straight.

King Zhao's gaze fell on Wei Mingji and asked, "How is King Wei lately?" ”

Wei Mingji replied respectfully: "Back to the king, my king is in good health, and I ordered Mingji to greet the king on my behalf." This time I came to Zhao, one was to visit my aunt, and the other was to pay homage to my uncle. ”

After that, he took out an object from his sleeve and said, "My king specially repaired a book, and ordered Ming Ji to hand over to the king." ”

Lu Yu didn't need to look at it to know that it was the silk letter. It's a pity that he hasn't had the opportunity to see the content so far.

King Zhao sighed: "Everyone in the world knows that Qi has Meng Wei, Chu has Chunshen, Wei has Xinling, and Zhao has Pingyuan. These four monarchs are wise and faithful, generous and loving, and respectful of the virtuous. It's a pity that the sky is jealous of talents, and Pingyuanjun took the first step. ”

After reading the silk letter, King Zhao set his eyes on Lu Yu and said: "I can't imagine that the little Zuo Zhonglang, who fought three hundred thieves by himself, and defeated the Yanren warriors, his reputation actually overshadowed the first sword of Daliang. ”

Lu Yu hurriedly said: "The villain is just a fluke, if you talk about swordsmanship, where can you match Long Yangjun." ”

King Zhao laughed: "If you are in my big Zhao, the widow may be able to give you a real general's title." ”

Lu Yu secretly said that it was not good, this King Zhao didn't know what the intention was, saying this kind of thing in front of Wei Mingji was tantamount to digging up "talents from Wei", this meeting embarrassed the princess of Wei, obviously the relationship between Zhao and Wei is still very poor.

Sure enough, Wei Mingji showed dissatisfaction on her face, but she just said lightly: "Lu Yu has my king, Xinling Jun and Longyang Jun at the same time, and his career has soared all the way, how can it be limited to Zuo Zhonglang General?" ”

King Zhao smiled again: "Of course, the widow is just an analogy, Lu Yu has chosen to serve your Wei State, and he should be loyal, a talent like Lu Yu will be favored wherever he goes." ”

Lu Yu said loudly: "King Xie appreciates that the villain was ordered to escort the princess to visit Mrs. Pingyuan, but he only knew that he was loyal to his duties, and he did not think of adding an official to the knighthood. ”

At this moment, Lu Yu hasn't figured out the meaning of King Zhao's words, maybe it's just like what he said, just a metaphorical joke, but since ancient times, there has been no joke, I'm afraid this simple "joke" is not as simple as it sounds.

Could it be that Pingyang Jun or Yu Xin said something to King Zhao before King Zhao came to see them?

Pingyangjun, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly laughed loudly, and said: "It is even more rare for a talent like General Lu who is not greedy for merit!" ”

Lu Yu looked at him, and immediately remembered Dai Ji, and immediately greeted his ancestors in his heart. But I think it's funny, that King Xiaocheng is his nephew, and the eighteenth generation of the ancestors didn't even scold King Zhao. Then I thought that Pingyuan Jun was also the uncle of King Xiaocheng, and his wife was Wei Mingji's aunt, so wouldn't the generations of King Wei and Wei Mingji be even older than this King Zhao?

Fortunately, Pingyuan Jun did not sit in the position of King Zhao, otherwise Wei would be equal to Zhao's relatives, and this relationship would be even more chaotic.

While laughing at himself, he only heard King Zhao say again: "Since Pingyuanjun left, in order to appease Lady Pingyuan, this king ordered the queen to take her to the palace as a companion and lived for a few months. ”

After that, he ordered Pingyang Jun to stay and entertain the two of them, and then drove away.

Yu Xin, as if he didn't know Lu Yu, didn't even look at him out of the corner of his eye when he passed by.

Lu Yu was a little puzzled, after reading Wei Mingji's silk letter, King Zhao was silent, and he didn't ask a word, what was written in that silk letter?

At this time, King Zhao and the others had already left. Pingyang Jun greeted him with a smile on his face and said to Wei Mingji: "Does the princess want to leave for Pingyuan Mansion immediately, or do you still want to live in the hotel?" ”

Wei Mingji and Lu Yu's faces changed drastically at the same time, Lu Yu thought of Dai Ji because he mentioned the hotel, and Pingyang Jun's words confirmed the relationship between him and Wei Mingji, making Lu Yu further infer that Dai Ji's death must have something to do with Pingyang Jun.

And Wei Mingji may be afraid that Pingyang Jun's words will be inappropriate and leak out.

Sure enough, Wei Mingji immediately said: "Mingji and my aunt haven't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they live in the Plains Monarch's Mansion. But now there is something that needs to be handled by the hotel, and then I will bother you. ”

Pingyang-jun showed a pity expression on his face: "Then Ben-jun will wait for the princess outside the hotel!" ”

What Wei Mingji said was naturally to return to the hotel and cremate Dai Ji's body.