Chen Zheng followed Le Cheng to say goodbye to the two Warring States gods who lived in the medical hall, turned around and walked out, with a string of crystals on his waist. Odd! Why did the King of Qi Xiang wear a crystal with him in the first place? Could it be that the crystal of the Warring States period is more valuable than jade?

At the time of parting, Chen Zheng bowed to Le Yi and Tian Dan again, and warmly invited the two gods to take the time to come to his house to talk.

Le Yi and Tian Dan glanced at each other when they heard this, and they both smiled and did not speak.

Chen Zheng looked at it, what does this mean?

Le Yi looked at Chen Zheng, who was dazed, turned his face to Tian Dan and said, "Old thing, you say, do you give Lu Gongzi this face?" ”

Tian Dan said: "Since Lu Gongzi invited you, a useless old thing, to drink, what are you still pretentious?" I'm afraid that the hook worm in your stomach has been waiting impatiently, right? Hahahaha! ”

Le Yi said: "You still dare to make fun of the old man!" After the old man invaded Linzi City, he thought that there was any good wine in your palace of King Qi, but as soon as he drank a jar, the old man was very drunk. Those dignitaries and dignitaries in Linzi City lined up to invite the old man to drink, and almost let the old man drink to death in the Qi country. Now guarding the fine wine in Handan City, the old man has no soldiers in his hands, and he can't find anyone who invites the old man to drink. Since Lu Gongzi opened this mouth, how could the old man not be a cheer? ! ”

Tian Dan said: "Haha! If you go, I'll go. ”

Chen Zheng hurriedly said: "Then let's make a decision!" ”

When he came to the door of the medical hall, he saw Qian Chuanzi sitting on the ground, dozing off surrounded by soldiers, Le Cheng stepped forward and kicked twice, scolding: "Malier's get up for Lao Tzu, if you can't catch those spies today, Lao Tzu will parade you in the street!" ”

Qian Chuanzi turned over and got up, yawned and said, "If the two don't come out again, I'm afraid those people have already arrived in Xianyang." Inadvertently, Qian Chuanzi saw the crystal combination on Chen Zheng's waist and exclaimed, "Oops! How is this treasure..., how..."

Le Cheng scolded: "It's your business! Then he bowed his hand to Chen Zhengyi: "Please Gongzi Lu take the first step, and when I catch those spies, I will return to the palace to return to King Zhao." ”

Chen Zheng summoned Li Mu to the front to give advice, turned around and got into King Zhao's carriage, and went straight to the palace. On the way, he happened to pass by Old Man Lu's residence, Chen Zheng beckoned the carriage to stop, and went in to report his safety to Old Man Lu.

When he heard that the old Lu family's earth-shattering plan had made a breakthrough, Old Man Lu's originally anxious heart calmed down a little, and then became up and down again.

Old Man Lu's worries are not unreasonable, if Qin and Zhao really fight again, will the fate of the alien son be explained to Handan? Will King Zhao and Pingyuan Jun let him go back to Xianyang? Even if he is lucky enough to return to the Qin State, will he be able to guarantee that he will ascend to the throne smoothly in the future? Even if he becomes the king of Qin, who can guarantee that he will not turn his face and deny people, and stage an ungrateful and revenge play? In case of an accident in the middle, the investment of the old Lu family will be lost and lost, and there may be a big question mark over whether the life of the child can be saved.

Although shopping malls and officialdom are two worlds, they are always playing out at the same time with a plot that begins with a comedy and ends with tragedy.

The mall is cruel, it can make you go from the richest man to the first negative overnight, to put it mildly, draw a small horizontal line in front of your assets, positive and negative, glory and humiliation, cheers and abuse, in fact, there is only one step away. When the aura of wealth disappears in an instant, you will feel that a beggar with a few cigarette butts in his pocket on the side of the road is so happy.

Officialdom is cold, it is a production line that transforms people into devils, a simple and kind person enters from this end, and the other end is a fierce face running out, among them, some people pretend to be fierce and evil, but still hide the original soul, and some people sell their souls to the devil cheaply, just to grab a place in the world of Warcraft.

Chen Zheng has neither time nor intention to explain the chatter of Old Man Lu, although the wheel of history has been crushed many times on him, and he has experienced so many life and death tests, the direction of progress will not change, what should come will always come, what should go will always go, no matter how strong people's subjective will is, no matter how beautiful people's subjective wishes, they are so vulnerable in the face of history.

When I arrived at the main hall of King Zhao's palace, I saw Zhao Dan sitting in the middle, and Zhao Sheng sitting next to him. At the next place, Xunzi and Han Fei sat side by side, and opposite were two unfamiliar faces.

The palace guards had already informed Chen Zheng's arrival, and seeing that Chen Zheng followed a waiter into the main hall, Zhao Sheng got up and walked over, pointed to a seat next to Xunzi and said, "Why did Brother Lu arrive at this time?" Why don't you get in yet? ”

Chen Zheng stood in the middle of the hall and bowed to Zhao Dan and said, "I've seen King Zhao." ”

Zhao Dan raised his right hand and said with a pleasant face: "Why should Lu Gongzi be polite, hurry up." ”

Chen Zhenggang wanted to turn around and enter the seat, but was grabbed by Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng pointed to a stranger: "Brother Lu, I almost forgot to introduce you, this is Lord Lou Changlou." ”

Chen Zheng was suddenly startled in his heart, turned around to take a closer look, but saw that this Lord Lou Chang was five short figures, slightly fat, about sixty years old, with a peaceful atmosphere between his eyebrows, and he looked really kind, which made people feel good.

Lou Chang got up and arched his hand and said: "I have long heard that this Brother Lu is brave and knowledgeable, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary." If the old man is not mistaken, the thing on Brother Lu's waist is the companion that King Qi Xiang gave to General Tiandan back then? ”

Without waiting for Chen Zheng to answer, the one next to Lou Chang also stood up and said with a confident face: "Crystal Person, the essence of water, the thousand-year-old cold ice." In the whole world, only the country of Qi produces such treasures. In the past, when I was in Linzi, there were very few people who could wear this thing with me, even the clan dignitaries of the Qi country may not have this thing. This Lu Gongzi was able to get this treasure, if it wasn't purchased by his daughter, it must be due to chance! ”

Chen Zheng turned his face and saw that this person was about fifty years old, his eyebrows revealed a shrewd and capable, and he was very well-dressed, if he hadn't met him in the palace, he wouldn't have associated this person with the ministers of Zhao State.

"Hahahaha!" Zhao Sheng laughed: "Lord Zheng is worthy of being a businessman who walked the world back then, and he is really well-informed. Oh yes, you have a chat with this Brother Lu, what experience do you have in doing business, and you have to teach Brother Lu to do it. ”

Lord Zheng, is it Zheng Zhu?

Zhao Dan said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, let's let Lu Gongzi sit down first, don't stand and talk." ”

Zhao Sheng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, let's sit down and talk." ”

Everyone returned to their seats, Chen Zheng looked at Zhao Sheng and arched his hand and said, "This Lord Zheng introduced by Pingyuan Jun just now, I don't know if it is Lord Zheng Zhu Zheng?" ”

Zhao Sheng high-fived and said: "That's right, that's right, there is only this Lord Zheng in Zhao Kingdom, he is the treasure of Zhao Kingdom!" ”

Zheng Zhu waved his hand and said: "When Pingyuanjun said this, Zheng Zhu was ashamed. Zheng was just a businessman who bought cheaply and sold expensively, if it weren't for Pingyuan Jun trying his best to support him in front of the former king, how could Zheng Zhu be in such a situation today? ! Then he looked at Chen Zheng and said, "I don't know how Gongzi Lu recognizes me?" ”

Chen Zheng thought to himself, where can I meet you?! It's just that I've seen your name in Fan Sui's secret room. Lou Chang and Zheng Zhu in front of him are like this in front of Zhao Dan, if they really secretly communicate with Qin Guo, then Zhao Guo may not be able to sing, maybe it won't be long before King Zhao hangs himself on a crooked neck tree.

"Master Lou and Master Zheng are well-known and well-known in Zhao Kingdom, of course I have heard of it for a long time. Even today, I heard two adults mentioned in the medical hall in Handan City. ”

Zhao Sheng heard Chen Zheng mention the medical hall, and said with a smile: "I heard Mr. Xunzi say that Brother Lu went out early in the morning and disappeared, probably because Lin Shangqing went to the medical hall." Just now, King Zhao has already asked about this matter, so I can say, I will send someone to pick up Lin Shangqing later. ”

Zhao Dan said with a smile: "Lin Shangqing is a hero of the Zhao State, and now he has been ill for a long time, how can he not even have a place to recuperate?" Pingyuan Jun is the same, if he didn't inform the king of such a major event earlier, if outsiders talk about it, I'm afraid that it will be unreasonable to say that this king is unreasonable. ”

Chen Zheng didn't care so much, and briefly described the situation in the medical hall to everyone present, when it came to the medical hall, including King Zhao, there were still many sky-high wards that had been idle for a long time, Zhao Dan looked at Zhao Sheng suspiciously: "Pingyuanjun, is there such a thing?" ”

Zhao Sheng responded nervously: "It's all those who forget their righteousness, there are so many imperial doctors in this palace, where would the king go to that kind of place to recuperate, besides, the queen and the eunuchs ordered them to prepare for the Qin State, it was also a thrift, how could such a ridiculous thing be allowed." As for me and Lou Chang and Zheng Zhu, we have never been there. The king can rest assured that this matter will be strictly investigated, and those houses will be lived in by the people. ”

Zhao Dan said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, of course this king can rest assured." ”

Zhao Sheng took a deep breath and waved his hand to the waiters: "Serve the wine!" ”

In the interval between the busy work of the waiters, Xun Zi leaned towards Chen Zheng's side, and said in his ear: "Brother Lu, the old man sees that this matter is not so simple, it is better to say less, so as not to provoke unwarranted disasters!" ”

Chen Zheng seemed to have realized that what he said just now, I don't know whose financial path he was going to cut off. Maybe only Zhao Dan was kept in the dark, and Zhao Sheng, Lou Chang and Zheng Zhu were all pretending to be stupid? Thinking of this, Chen Zheng's mind flashed with the stingy and thrifty Daoguang Emperor and the sky-high price of three hundred taels of silver each.

Zhao Dan obviously already knew about the stranger, and frequently raised the wine bottle to greet Chen Zheng, and said happily: "Lu Gongzi has worked tirelessly for Zhao Guozhen, and he is not afraid of danger!" This time I returned from Xianyang, which was really unexpected by this king! ”

During the banquet, Zhao Sheng leaned into Zhao Dan's ear and muttered something, Zhao Dan listened and nodded frequently, and then told Zhao Sheng a few words: "This matter will be handed over to Uncle Wang, you must pay close attention to this person, and there must be no mistakes." ”

While Zhao Dan and Zhao Sheng's uncle and nephew were whispering, Lou Chang and Zheng Zhu were not idle, they came over with wine bottles, and launched attacks on Xunzi, Chen Zheng and Han Fei one after another.

In Chen Zheng's eyes, Lou Chang is like a kind-faced elder, and it is difficult to relate to the bamboo slips in Fan Sui's secret room, but he clearly saw the words on the bamboo slips, and he can only explain it with "It is difficult to draw a cat and a tiger, and it is difficult to draw bones when you know people, you don't know your face, but you don't know your heart".

What made Chen Zheng even more curious was that Zheng Zhu turned out to be a businessman, how did he give up business and enter politics?

From Lou Chang's words, it is known that this Zheng Zhu was originally a contractor of civil engineering, that is, the chairman of a real estate company in Zhao State, because of the relationship with Zhao Sheng, the king of Pingyuan, as long as there is a large-scale development project, this Zheng always brought a group of younger brothers to accompany the bid, anyway, the procedures are legal and the procedures are complete, because every time you can get a mouth-watering project without competition, Zheng Zhu is affectionately called Brother Biao in the real estate industry of Zhao State. Later, this Brother Biao and the queen of King Zhao Huiwen of Zhao Guoxian climbed into relatives, and through this line, he recorded the mother's martyrdom days of everyone in the palace, including the dung diggers, and every time he walked into the palace, he could always bring a lot of surprises, so Brother Biao's career turned a new page. King Zhao Huiwen saw that the wind on the pillow, the wind on the ear, and the wind in the hall were from all directions anyway, and cordially met with this businessman who had completed the primitive accumulation of wealth and was eager to improve his social status, and found that the daughter-in-law's family was not only very well-connected, but also very eloquent, so I would give you a task to go to the Qin State.

At that time, the Qin State sent troops to capture the Lin Land, Lishi and Qi Lands of the Zhao State. Zhao Guo said, can I use the three places of Jiao, Li and Niuhu to exchange with the places you robbed. Qin Guo thought about it, he didn't suffer a loss, and he would change it. The result? Qin Guo withdrew from the three cities that he had worked so hard to occupy as promised, but Zhao Guo played Qin Guo as a monkey, and said that he would give a piece of candy to eat after three heels, and in the end, the sugar was not seen, and the familiar whip sounded again.

In this case, King Zhao Huiwen sent Zheng Zhu to the Qin State, and in fact, it was just one sentence, this matter was done by disobedient courtiers, and King Zhao and his old man did not know. Yingji listened, what? Dare to play with me? Looking for a fight!

Qin and Zhao couldn't tell whether the Qin State, which grabbed the territory first, was right, or the Zhao State, which didn't count, was wrong, and a war broke out. The army of the State of Qin overwhelmingly surrounded the state of Zhao, and telegrams for help flew into the palace of King Zhao like snowflakes. At that time, even Lian Po, who had experienced a hundred battles, felt that the road in that place was rugged and difficult to win, but at this time, there was a famous general in Zhao State, that is, Zhao Kuo's old man Zhao Hao. After Zhao Hao's initiative to show weakness, the Qin army was carried away by the impending victory, and finally collapsed under the long-distance offensive of Zhao's army. The Qin army, unwilling to be defeated, went to attack several places in Zhao again, but was beaten back by Lian Po.

Zheng Zhu's second entry into Qin was when Qin and Zhao were at a standstill in Changping, when Zheng Zhu went with the purpose of a truce and peace. In order to cut off Zhao's foreign aid, Yingji and Fan Sui welcomed Zheng Zhu is red carpet and sandwiched the road, and the envoys of various countries in Xianyang saw it and hurriedly sent a report to their own country: Qin Zhao has been repaired, don't act rashly.

Chen Zheng then remembered that Li Mu had mentioned this person in front of him. Judging from Zheng Zhu's two visits to Qin, two conclusions can be drawn, one is that King Zhao Huiwen and King Zhao Xiaocheng both gave a high degree of trust to Zheng Zhu, and the other is that Zheng Zhu dared to step into Xianyang when Qin and Zhao swords met, which shows that this person's courage is extraordinary. If you have to summarize the third point, it is that the father and son Zhao He and Zhao Dan have a high degree of heritability on the issue of repaying debts with the Qin State. Unfortunately, they chose the wrong person.

When Lou Chang and Zheng Zhu came to persuade Chen Zheng to drink again, Chen Zheng asked coldly: "I heard that Master Zheng will go to Xianyang again in the near future, I don't know what happened?" ”

Zheng Zhu's expression only paused for a moment, then looked at Lou Chang and said with a smile: "This is for Lord Lou." ”

Lou Chang said: "Who did Lu Gongzi listen to about this, could it be Fan Cheng, the prime minister of the Qin State?" ”