Chapter 23: Wei Qi's Death
"Son-in-law to meet my father!" When Zhao Dan appeared in front of him, Zhao Jie bowed his head.
"You and I, father and son, don't have to be so polite." Zhao Dan continued: "Say it! What's the matter with this visit! ”
Zhao Jie replied solemnly: "Erchen heard about the letter from the King of Qin, and he came to offer advice to relieve his father's worries. ”
Zhao Dan was surprised when he heard this: "Really? Tell me about it. ”
So Zhao Jie talked eloquently: "Since I heard about the letter from King Qin, Erchen has started a plan with Uncle Ying and Fei Jin. The hard work paid off, and we came up with a foolproof plan, which we called 'Capture Wei Qi openly and send him back to the mountain secretly'. ”
"Let's be more detailed." Zhao Dan said to Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie paused, and then explained: "Our plan is to inform Wei Qi of the arrest in advance, so that he can escape in advance, leave the Plains Monarch's Mansion, and leave the Zhao Kingdom. On the road to the border, we will make all kinds of preparations to ensure a smooth departure from Zhao. As soon as Wei Qi leaves Handan City, someone will come to inform you, and then ask your father to personally go to Pingyuan Jun to capture Wei Qi. Of course, the result of the arrest must have been a failure, but since you personally stepped out, it is enough to show that my Zhao State attaches great importance to this matter, so we also have an explanation for the Qin State. After that, taking advantage of the sympathy of the people in the world, through diplomatic means, uniting Qi and Chu to condemn Qin and exert pressure on Qin, there should be a great possibility that King Qin will let Pingyuan Jun return to Zhao, and at worst, Pingyuan Jun's life should be saved. In the whole process, due to Wei Qi's smooth escape, Wei Qi's life and death have nothing to do with my Zhao State, so my Zhao State can stay out of the matter in the subsequent incidents and do not have to bear the charge of killing Xian Neng. It not only keeps the plain king, but also retains the reputation of the country, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”
"Good idea, just do it. I don't think even if the Qin State understands our plan, they can't do anything with us! Zhao Dan nodded and said with a knowing smile.
So, on the night of Zhao Jie's proposal, Zhao Ying spread the news that the situation in Zhao State was unfavorable to Wei Qi. After Wei Qi got the news, he packed up his fines overnight, escaped from the Plains Monarch's Mansion with a few personal guards, and took advantage of the night to climb over the city wall and leave Handan City.
Early the next morning, King Zhao Xiaocheng led five or six hundred soldiers to surround Pingyuan Jun's house, and accompanied by Zhao Ying, he toured Pingyuan Jun's mansion and then returned in vain.
Things basically went according to the plan of Zhao Jie and others, and the only variable was that Wei Qi was afraid that Zhao Guo would send troops to intercept him in front of his escape, so before fleeing, Handan visited Xiangguo Yu Qing on his own initiative and asked him for help. And Yu Qing was also troubled by recent state affairs and short-circuited his mind, and he didn't think that Wei Qi's escape was planned by King Zhao. He self-righteously thought that King Zhao could not be convinced, so he did not hesitate to untie his seal and escaped from Handan with Wei Qi.
Later, when Zhao Dan heard that Yu Bu had left with the seal, he sighed deeply, and then didn't say anything, but Zhao Jie still saw his father's disappointment and regret for Yu Bu.
After Wei Qi and Yu Bu left Handan, in order to avoid the pursuit of officers and soldiers, they hid in Tibet, day and night. Soon after, they discovered the flaws set up by Zhao Jie and others in advance, and left Zhao and went to other countries along the route pre-arranged by Zhao Jie and others.
It is said that after Yu Bu and Wei Qi fled, they traveled to several vassal states, but they did not find a person who could be anxious about people's difficulties, could shelter them, and could take refuge.
However, fame sometimes can't be real, and there are many things in the world that people regret because of a mistake. When Xin Lingjun got the news that Wei Qi and Yu Bu asked him for help, under the pressure of the King of Wei and the fear of Qin coming to his door, Xin Lingjun began to hesitate, he thought for a long time, and finally had to make the decision to refuse to meet Yu Bu and Wei Qi.
When Wei Qi's men left Xinling Jun's mansion, Xinling Jun asked the people around him with some uneasiness, "How is Yu Qing?" ”
Hou Huan, the chief strategist of Xinling Jun, sighed on the side: "It is difficult for people to be understood by others, but it is not easy to understand others!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Xin Lingjun asked suspiciously.
"That Yu Qing stepped on straw sandals and carried an umbrella on his shoulder, traveled far to Zhao State, and saw King Zhao for the first time, and King Zhao gave him a pair of white bi, one hundred taels of gold; The second time he saw King Zhao, who appointed him as Shangqing; The third time I saw King Zhao, I finally got the seal. For people who have experienced such legends, everyone in the world is vying to understand his personality. When Wei Qi was desperate, he defected to Yu Qing, who did not take his high-ranking official Houlu in his eyes at all, untied the seal, abandoned the title and fled with Wei Qi. You can come to you with other people's problems as if they were your own, and you ask, 'How is this person?' Isn't it true that 'it is difficult for people to be understood, and it is not easy to understand others'? ”
When Xinlingjun heard this, he immediately understood the irony and was deeply ashamed, so he immediately drove to the outskirts to meet them. However, Wei Qi heard the news that Xin Lingjun was reluctant to meet him at the beginning, so he committed suicide in a fit of rage.
After Wei Qi's death, the king of Wei was afraid of Qin's reproach and cruelly beheaded him. The King of Wei sent an envoy to send Wei Qi's bag to the Zhao State, but Zhao Dan refused under the reminder of Zhao Jie and others. In desperation, the king of Wei had to send an envoy to send the head to the Qin state.
Wei Qi, who was disappointed with reality, refused Xinlingjun's employment and chose to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, not asking about the world. This was the end of the international turmoil caused by Weizi.
There is never a shortage of news in the world, the matter of Wei Qi has just ended, and a piece of news from Qi has once again attracted the attention of people all over the world, and the content of this news is - King Xiang of Qi, the queen is in power.
―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― looking at the life of King Qi Xiang, it was a life of many fates, and it is difficult to summarize it in one or two words.
Due to his father, King Qi Min, who was stubborn and self-serving, the clan was separated, the sages fled one after another, and the royal family rebelled and left. The Book of Qi commented on King Min of Qi: "The people are unbearable, and the Confucians do not obey the advice, and they are scattered." Shen Dao, Jie Zi died, Tian Xiao was like Xue, and Sun Qing was suitable for Chu".
King Min of Qi's desolate actions eventually led to the successive defeats of the State of Qi under the joint attack of the Five Kingdoms led by Yan, and the capital of Linzi was lost, and he was finally killed by Naoya.
The destruction of the country and the death of the family, all this is cruel to King Qi Xiang, and it is the painful memory of the best adolescent period in his life.