Although the autumn sun is cold, it is still much warmer than the silent autumn night.

The patrolling soldiers began to hand over their work, and the curfew in Handan was relatively late, so they didn't work many hours, but they were too tiring. After handing over the work, the soldiers have to go to the county office, and then there will be a day of rest.

"Xu Li, let's go have a drink together." A man caught up from behind and patted the boy who was walking forward with his head bowed.

The boy is only thirteen or fourteen years old at first glance, and he is obviously still a child, but in this era, he is already enough to go into battle to kill the enemy. However, the boy is the only seedling in the family, although he is not rich, but he can still do it with a certain errand.

"No, there are too many things at home, so I still have to go back early." Xu Li smiled shyly and politely declined his proposal.

"Oh." The man was a little disappointed, but he still smiled reluctantly, "It's okay, let's find another chance." ”

Xu Li actually had something else in his heart, but he was afraid that if he said it, the atmosphere would be even more embarrassing, so he couldn't say it directly, so he could only smile at him apologetically.

Just as the two of them left together, a group of carriages appeared on the corner, and the two habitually took a step back. In Handan, there will be a big man at any time, let an ant like himself die, if you want to live for a long time, low-key is the king.

The carriage Shi Shiran walked through the street, leading the way in front of the soldiers of the Zhao State, with two carriages sandwiched in the middle, followed by a group of soldiers wearing the armor of the Qi State. Although the two of them didn't dare to say much, they could see in their eyes that this was the team of envoys of the Qi State.

"Didn't this envoy of the Qi State hear that the king refused to return the land of Zhongshan and had already left? How did you come back again? The man looked at Xu Li and said.

"I don't know." Xu Li shook his head and said, Obviously, at their level, they can't understand this kind of national event.

"A few days ago, I was always clamoring for a war with the Qi State, looking like this, this war can't be fought." The man said optimistically.

After being silent for a while, Xu Li said: "But not necessarily. ”

In the Longtai Palace, Le Yi knelt down and sat down, his eyes glanced at Zhao Cheng not far away from time to time, and then looked at Zhao Bao, the former had a serious expression, still the image of a black-faced uncle, and the latter was smiling, compared with the former, he was simply a kind old man, which made people guess their thoughts.

Le Yi's eyes swept over the fat Yi beside him, this Lord Si Kou has been uncomfortable recently, especially the "Li Dui case" not long ago, which made him suffer a big and dumb loss, and he originally let Zhao Yong deal with it coldly, but in the past two days, someone has often talked about it in the court, so that this Lord Si Kou has lost face, if it weren't for his special identity, I am afraid that he would have been scolded by Zhao Cheng's people long ago.

After the court meeting was rewarded, Zhao Yong convened an "enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee", including Le Yi and Pang Cong, with a very clear purpose, that is, to deal with the aftermath of the "Li Dui case", and by the way, to make arrangements for the defense of Shiyi City.

According to the investigation of the situation, Jin Yang ordered Zhao Sui to conceal the land account books, steal other people's land and property, and take it as his own.

The so-called punishment of Dabi refers to the death penalty, which is the highest punishment in the new five punishments in Feiyi's re-examination of the "Zhao Law", and the other four punishments are flogging, cane, imprisonment, and streaming, and according to their different circumstances, flogging, cane, and apprenticeship are each divided into five grades, and liu is the punishment for life. And the head of the owl is one of the ways to die in the Great Enlightenment.

As another important prisoner, Li Dui was relegated to Jinyang and was in charge of the Jinyang Survivors Division.

It can be said that Zhao Sui's death was expected by everyone, while Li Dui's demotion was unexpected.

In this matter, Le Yi wisely chose to remain silent, in fact, after coming to Zhao Guo for so long, unless Zhao Yong asked, he rarely expressed his opinion on a certain matter, and rarely spoke out about things outside of his duties. However, in his opinion, Zhao Yong's treatment can be regarded as a kind of thin mud, which not only expresses his support for Feiyi's work, but also sells Zhao Cheng face. However, the best thing is to let Li Dui go to Jinyang. Jinyang is the gathering place of the Zhao family, and letting Li Dui, a hardcore member of Zhao Cheng, go to Jinyang to preside over the tax work, which can not only test Li Dui's ability, but also make Jinyang's gang less troublesome for themselves.

However, judging from Le Yi's inference, this matter is not as simple as it seems, and it is obvious that the driving force behind it is by no means one, otherwise the beneficiary of this matter will be too obvious, and it will definitely not be mentioned again after being dealt with by Zhao Yong.

Thinking of this, Le Yi looked at Wu Guang not far away, Wu Guang seemed to feel that someone was looking at him, and when he turned around, he just happened to see Le Yi, so he smiled and nodded at him politely, Le Yi also saluted him, and he didn't dare to look at it casually anymore. It just so happened that at this time, the eunuchs outside came to report that it was the envoy of the Qi State who had come to see him, and Le Yi also retracted his guess and prepared to see the purpose of the envoy of the Qi State.

Zhao Yong naturally knew the purpose of the envoy of the Qi State, and Fu Ding reported to him overnight last night, but he was not very worried. It's just that when he saw the appearance of the envoy of the Qi State, he was slightly annoyed.

"Captain Shiwei, the envoy of the State of Qi, meet King Zhao." The lieutenant followed Fu Ding into the main hall, his demeanor was arrogant, his eyes did not look at the ministers of Zhao on both sides, only looked at Zhao Yong, after standing still, he knelt on the ground, covered his right hand with his left hand, and bowed his hand to the ground, to the front of his knees, his hands were not scattered, his head was stretched down sharply, and he led his head to the ground, and he got up after a moment's pause, looking at Zhao Yong who was sitting with the head.

Everyone was surprised at first, and then they were immediately angry, and they all got up and prepared to scold the sergeant. Although Zhao Yong called himself "Jun" in Zhao, other countries have recognized Zhao Yong's status as King of Zhao. As an envoy of the Qi State, the sergeant did not use the head of the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, but only used the bow of the head, which was disrespectful to the Zhao State.

Seeing that everyone was so angry, Zhao Yong was also indifferent, he had also experienced various negotiations, and he had also used this method of provoking the other party before negotiating. He waved his hand and said with a light smile: "The envoy of Qi has come from afar, I don't know what is the matter?" ”

According to his intelligence, today's King Zhao is young and vigorous, not only eyeing Zhongshan, but also reforming soon after ascending the throne, which angered many Zhao princes, and a few days ago, he also made his uncle Zhao Cheng disgraced, so people who don't know how to hide will definitely be angered by themselves.

But apparently, he was disappointed.

"A certain person came to Handan on the order of the king of Qi, especially for the two countries to get married, in order to plot Zhongshan."

When everyone heard this, except for Fei Yi and others, they were all shocked. Everyone in the world knows that Zhao and Zhongshan have just reconciled, and Qi has always regarded Zhongshan as his little brother. Now that he has killed his relatives in righteousness and is ready to fight with Zhongshan, this is really a strange news in the world.

"Zhongshan, the country of tigers and wolves, with a hundred rides and a radius of thousands of miles, the armor is not unfavorable, and the city is not solid. Moreover, Zhongshan is not an unrighteous country, and it is not appropriate to rashly raise troops to attack. Zhao Yong responded.

The sergeant sneered in his heart when he heard this, Zhao Yong's reasons are too ridiculous, Zhao Guo has just fought with Zhongshan, and he definitely knows what the situation is.

"Although Zhongshan is strong, it is not a country of tigers and wolves, and it is much worse than Yan Zhao. What's more, the King of Qi knew that after the Battle of Zhongshan, Zhao Guo was already poor and short of food. It is because the king of Qi believes that this battle is dominated by the Qi State, attacking Zhongshan, and the Zhao State can respond from the side. The sergeant paused, and continued, "What does the king think of the land that has been acquired from each of the two countries? ”

Zhao Yong pondered for a while and said: "Even so, Zhao Guogang and Zhongshan have signed an agreement not to attack each other, and they will turn their faces at this moment, for fear of being laughed at by the world." ”

"The king is too worried." The sergeant said, "The land of the Central Plains is already in turmoil, the Wei State and the Chu State are still too busy to take care of themselves, the Qin State and South Korea have no intention of looking eastward, and the King of Yan has no intention of fighting, and he is in a corner of peace. What's more, Zhao Guo and Zhongshan have a feud, how can they give up halfway? ”

"Haha, Qi Envoy has a heart. Although Zhao and Zhongshan are feuds, and the disputes between the two countries have been going on for a long time, the people of the two countries hope to live a stable life. The two countries have just encountered a big war, and the people want to live and work in peace and contentment. As for stepping on Zhongshan and drinking horses, it is not a day that can overcome its achievements, and there must always be priorities. Zhao Bao saw that the sergeant was a little aggressive, so he went straight out of the line and took the sergeant's words and responded.

The sergeant is no stranger to Zhao Bao, he came to Qi State before, and it was this great Situ who received him. The sergeant thought selfishly, this original Xiangbang, was dismantled by Zhao Yong to other people, he would definitely be more or less resentful, and after a few temptations, this old fox behaved very cunningly, never willing to say a word, always greeted with a smile, just like every time he punched, he hit the cotton.

"Since this is the case, then Qi Guo is not willing to make it difficult for others." The sergeant thought for a while and said indifferently. Just when everyone's faces softened slightly, he said again, "However, a certain person came from Linzi, Jing Guojun once said that Zhao Guo and Qi Guo have been friends for this generation, and although there are disputes, they can still respect each other. At this time, the Qi State attacked Zhongshan, if it can win the help of the Zhao State, it is a blessing to invite the heavens, if not..."He paused, saw the indignant expressions of the monarchs and ministers of the Zhao State in the full hall, and said with a sneer: "Then with the Qi State and Zhongshan Hundred Battles, they will sweep the land of Zhao State, so that Zhao State will occupy the land of Zhongshan, and all of them will be returned, and every inch of land will be fought for!" ”

Zhao Yong couldn't help but feel a wave of disgust in his heart. If it weren't for Hutuo Tianhazard, Le Yi and others opposed, Zhao Yong would have besieged Lingshou last time. You Qi Guo looks down on people so much, and Tian Ying takes himself too seriously. He stood up slowly, and said to the sergeant with an indifferent expression: "In this case, then please reply to Jing Guojun, if so, then even if Zhao Guo fights every soldier, he should also greet the army of Qi on the city, and in the same way, every inch of land will be fought!" Then he turned around, said no more, and walked towards the apse.

(End of chapter)