"Phew!" A horse stopped in front of the Jingyang Mansion, and the knight immediately showed the appearance of a dusty man.

"Who's coming?" The guard in front of the door stopped the knight and asked.

"The villain is Zhao Zhao Zhao Gongzi's servant, may I ask if my young master is here." The knight replied breathlessly.

"There is indeed a distinguished guest named Zhao Zhao in the mansion, what are you looking for him." The doorkeeper continued to ask.

"There is a letter from my eldest master here, and I urgently need to hand it over to my young master, please ask my brother to help me enter the house and inform my young master to go out of the house to get the letter." The knight bowed.

A few minutes later, Zhao Jie came to the door. "Brother Min, why are you here again." As soon as he saw the comer, Zhao Jie hugged the comer into his arms.

It turned out that the person who sent the letter was Li Min, the grandson of Li Dui. Li Min pushed Zhao Jie away in embarrassment, then pulled him into the corner and whispered, "Your Highness, I am here for business this time. ”

"What business, can I get involved?" Zhao Jie asked.

Li Min paused, secretly organized his words, and then lowered his voice and said: "The king is about to die, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered His Royal Highness to be the chief envoy and I to be the deputy envoy, secretly send Han Wei to form an alliance of the Three Jin Dynasty to ensure the peace of the border during the change of throne." ”

Zhao Jie became serious when he heard this, he knew that no matter when and where, the transfer of power was often full of danger, so he asked solemnly: "When to leave?" ”

"The sooner the better!" Li Min handed the letter in his hand to Zhao Jie and said, "This is a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to you, and the specific circumstances are written in it."

"Then you have a good rest tonight, recuperate your spirits, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning." Zhao Jie decided.

After speaking, Zhao Jie took Li Min into the Jing Mansion. While Li Min was greeting Zhao Ying, Lian Zheng and others, Zhao Jie returned to his room alone, looked through the bamboo slips, and read them carefully.

Wu'er:

Ruzu Chen Ke has been difficult to govern, so that the current of Zhao State is turbulent, the old forces are connected everywhere, and my father is trying his best to supervise the country, control the situation, and with the help of the prime minister and the general, temporarily control the Zhao State in his hands.

However, before the time comes, do not let your guard down. The Three Jin Dynasty came and went frequently, and if they got the support of the two kingdoms of Han and Wei, the throne of your father would be more and more solid. I care about the left and right sides and feel that only you are credible, and now I will send your cousin to help you talk to Han Wei secretly.

There is a threat of a strong enemy outside, and there are internal troubles that have not been eliminated, at this critical moment, you have a smooth journey, and you will succeed, and I am waiting for you with your mother in Handan.

Your father, Zhao Dan, wrote in Handan.

"Father, I will definitely live up to my mission." Zhao Jie secretly cheered himself up.

This night, Zhao Jie fell asleep early and recuperated his spirits. Early the next morning, Zhao Jie and his entourage bid farewell to Jingyang and left Chudu.

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South Korea, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and its territory mainly includes the southern part of Shanxi and the northern part of Henan. Korea was surrounded by Wei to the east and north, Qin to the west, Chu to the south, and the Eastern Zhou (Luoyang), which was already weak at the time.

In the battle of Jinyang, the three doctors of Han, Zhao, and Wei destroyed Zhibo Xun Yao, divided the land of Jin, and became the actual controller of the land of the three Jins. A few decades later, the three doctors of Han, Zhao, and Wei were recognized by King Weilie of Zhou and officially ranked among the princes, and Korea was officially established with the capital in Yangzhai.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, South Korea was in ruins, and was repeatedly harassed by neighboring countries, and even Zheng Guo, a second-rate power, once hit Yangzhai, the capital of South Korea.

During the period of Han Aihou, inheriting the legacy of the ancestors, South Korea worked hard, destroyed the second-rate power Zheng Guo, and moved the capital to Xinzheng. At this point, Zheng Guo, which was in power and Zhongxing, perished, and South Korea fully accepted and digested Zheng Guo's national strength, and its national strength increased greatly.

During the period of Han Zhaohou, Zheng Renshen was not harmful, the internal affairs were repaired, and the princes did not dare to invade.

After the Zhao Hou, the national power of Korea gradually declined, and reforms were implemented during the reign of the Han Governor. We will continue to implement the system of the main autocracy in which Shen Bu Harm advocates centralization, but the reform of Shen Bu Harm has great limitations, and it is difficult to return to South Korea after repeated defeats in state affairs.

Although South Korea is no longer as strong as it once was, it is still a country of all times and still plays an important role in the international community. To put it bluntly, the purpose of Zhao Jie's mission was to gain the support of South Korea, so his destination was very clear - Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea.

Xinzheng is the capital of Zheng State, located in the Central Plains, the Spring and Autumn Period is the focus of the world's countries to compete for hegemony, but also the world's wealth and goods of the intersection of the place, its prosperity is second only to Qi Linzi, Chu Ying, Jin Xintian, Qin Yong. The capital, which Zheng Guo has operated for more than 400 years, has been obtained by South Korea, and it cannot be said that South Korea has picked up a big bargain.

Zhao Jie and his entourage successfully left the border of Chu and entered South Korea with the pass issued by Jingyang.

Zhao Jie's secret envoy was valued by the South Korean government and the opposition, and Han Prime Minister Zhang Ping was secretly sent to the border to greet him. When Zhao Jie and the others entered Korea and joined Zhang Ping, they were quickly protected by the most elite army in South Korea.

In one of the rooms of the inn, a child and a young man were playing Go intently......

"Zhang Xiangguo, how many days do we have before we get to Xinzheng City." Zhao Jie waved a word and asked boredly. Since being protected by the South Korean army, Zhao Jie and others have been grounded in disguise, and Zhao Jie and others are required to only move within a distance of 20 miles around the post station.

"I'm afraid it will take seven or eight days to arrive." Zhang Ping stroked his beard and replied, "The imperial court has just received news that the Qin army has an unusual move, and there may be a war about to break out. The major affairs of the country are in Rong, and now everything in South Korea must give way to the defense of the frontier. ”

"What does this have to do with us." Zhao Jie asked again.

"The movement of troops has made a lot of roads impassable, so we can only stay here for two days." Zhang Ping also pressed a son and said.

Zhao Jie looked at the chessboard in front of him, holding his son for a long time. After two or three minutes, Zhao Jie conceded defeat and said, "I lost." ”

Zhang Ping smiled, and then said: "Tomorrow I will fight with you again and say goodbye." After speaking, Zhang Ping left the room.

Two days later, Zhao Jie and his entourage set out on the road again under the leadership of Zhang Ping. After walking for less than half a day, they told a shocking news: Qin attacked Wei on the grounds that the prince of the prince died in Wei, took the punishment hill, and beheaded 20,000 Wei troops, and the Wei army retreated in fear and did not dare to save the torture hill.

"King Qin has succeeded in seizing power." Zhang Kai's expression was gloomy, and he sighed and looked up to the sky and shouted: "God, where is the way out for my Korea?" ”

In the name of revenge for the prince, attacking Wei was a move by the king of Qin to get rid of the suspicion of killing his brother, and it was also a political transaction between the king of Qin and his mother. The King of Qin succeeded in seizing power, and the whole country of Qin was once again concentric, and the disaster of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong was coming.

Zhang Kai let a long roar and asked the sky, sad and indignant, but Zhao Jie was agitated in his heart, and his fighting spirit was not stopped.

Three days later, Zhao Jie and his entourage arrived in Xinzheng City. Xinzheng City occupies a hundred miles of place, the buildings in the city are lined up one after another, all sit in the north and face south, and pedestrians come and go in the meantime, in an endless stream. On both sides of the road, shops are connected, horses from the north, fish from the south, salt from the east, and leather from the west.

"This journey is full of dust, Zhao Envoy will first go to my house to bathe and wash the dust, and then go to the palace to meet the king!" said to Zhao Jie with a smile.

"Please also ask Mr. to lead the way, and the boy will obey the prime minister's arrangement." Zhao Jie bowed and replied.

After turning a few corners, Zhao Jie and the others came to the open mansion. In front of the house, a gray-haired old man and a young woman with a baby in her arms were looking forward to it. The old man was dressed in cloth clothes and cloth shoes, and stood on the steps with difficulty with his body bent, and the young woman was also wearing cloth clothes and cloth shoes, and she had no earrings on her ears, and there was only a wooden hairpin on her head to fix her hair.

"The young master is back!" A group of maids and servants shouted happily. The old man's eyes were not good, and his ears were about to become deaf, but when he saw the movements of the servants and heard the cheers of the servants, he immediately understood something. A smile appeared on the thin face.

After a while, Zhang Kai walked up to the old man and knelt down and said, "The son has kowtowed to his father." ”

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back! The old man said tremblingly. Then Zhang Kai helped the old man to walk towards the middle hall, and Zhao Jie and his party followed suit, following closely behind.

Zhang's mansion is not big, its decoration is extremely simple, there are no carved beams and no paintings, and it does not look like the mansion that the prime minister of a country should have. The maids and servants who brought tea and water were all ordinary-looking, wearing linen clothes and cloth shoes, looking like civilians.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Zhao Jie suddenly felt that he seemed to understand why South Korea's combat power was the weakest among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and its geographical location was the worst among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, but it could hold out until the end of the Warring States Period, and it would not be destroyed by other countries halfway, and even quickly reappeared when the world was in turmoil at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

"The Zhang family is really worthy of being the backbone of South Korea." Zhao Jie thought so.

"This is the eldest son of the crown prince of Zhao State, and the envoy of this secret talk." Zhang Kai pointed at Zhao Jie and introduced to his father.

"Meet the old prime minister." Zhao Jie respectfully saluted Zhang Kai's father: "The old prime minister has no borders. ”

"Thank you for your words." The old man said with a sigh of relief. After a period of greetings and introductions, Zhang Kai sent the old man back to the old man's room and began to wash the dust for Zhao Jie and the others.