Chapter 101: Zhao Ting's turmoil
Zhao Palace
Tonight's Zhao Palace's usual days are very different, and the Zhao Palace in the past will always be lit up until midnight, or even day and night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But, today, just after the end of the day, the lights have been turned off.
The concubines in the palace all knew that the king was unhappy today, and he threw a lot of things in a row, as if he had been arguing about who to kill. Frightened, these warblers and Yanyan all washed up early and went to bed, completely losing their intention to seduce King Zhao.
"What about people! What about people! In King Zhao's bedroom, Zhao Dan, who was dressed in disheveled clothes, roared outside again. Several old men wearing Zhao Guo's official uniforms knelt on the ground, and their slightly trembling bodies illustrated the fear in their hearts.
In front of King Zhao's bedroom, a group of little eunuchs also knelt on the ground at this time. An old eunuch who had taken care of King Zhao for more than ten years was angry at King Zhao for reminding King Zhao to eat. The corpse was still laid not far away, in the cold wind, like a dead dog, and no one paid attention to it.
"Squeak!" The door of King Zhao's bedroom was finally opened again.
A trace of anger flashed in King Zhao's eyes, but after seeing the person who came, his face was much better.
"Zhao De, how is it, what news is there from Wei State?" King Zhao seemed to have vented for a long time, picked up a wine bottle on the table, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.
"My lord, I'm afraid, the crown prince ......" The eunuch named Zhao De bent over and opened his mouth in a calm tone.
"Bang!"
The wine bottle in King Zhao's hand was thrown out and smashed into one of the several officials who were kneeling on the ground. I don't know if he was smashed by King Zhao or frightened, the old man fainted directly.
King Zhao's eyes were scarlet, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Overlord, Overlord, this is the overlord you gave the widow!" A westward overlord! Qin State! ”
"The King forgives you! The King forgives the sins! ”
Several gray-bearded old men on the ground slammed the floor, tears and sweat flowed down the floor.
King Zhao looked at these astrologers who were clear and cloudy in the past, and felt more and more disgusted, waved his hand and said, "Drag it out!" Rod! Rod! ”
"King!"
"The king spares his life!"
Some people cried, some shouted, and some even fainted in fright.
Zhao De, who was standing on the side, glanced at the several astrologers who were ugly, and then walked up to King Zhao and whispered, "King, this matter is still unclear. If you kill them at this time, isn't that equivalent to admitting that the overlord is in Qin and not in Zhao? ”
King Zhao listened to Zhao De's words, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, but he still looked angry.
Zhao De, as the minister of King Zhao's hidden mansion, is clear about King Zhao's various temperaments. King Zhao's appearance of not speaking at this time already shows that King Zhao is tempted.
"The king, the prince's side ......," Zhao De said hot iron and reminded again.
What happened tonight has already shown that Zhao Yan, the crown prince of Zhao, is not the so-called overlord. However, over the years, King Zhao has spent a lot of effort on Prince Zhao. People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless. Therefore, King Zhao's love for Zhao Yan, the crown prince of Zhao, is also deep in his bones.
After Zhao De's reminder, King Zhao also suddenly figured it out. If you kill these astrologers at this time, the identity of the prince will be self-defeating.
At that time, the other Gongzi factions that have been suppressed by him will definitely take advantage of the situation. Zhao Yan's position as the crown prince must be difficult to guarantee, and the future prospects of a deposed prince can hardly be guessed without imagination. No matter who inherits the throne of King Zhao in the future, he will definitely be eliminated.
"Wait!" King Zhao said tepidly.
Several astrologers who had been dragged outside the dormitory were extremely sensitive to catch King Zhao's words, and the voice of shouting to the sky and the earth suddenly disappeared.
"Put these pieces of waste in jail first, and then talk about it later!"
"King Xie! Thank you, King! ”
Several astrologers who had been pardoned suddenly began to cry again.
"Get out! Get lost! Get lost! The appearance of the astrologers made King Zhao feel annoyed again, stretched out his hand, waved his wide sleeves for a while, and said impatiently.
Several astrologers didn't wait for the palace guards to drag, they got up directly, and ran in the direction of the palace outside the palace before they had time to put on their shoes.
"Hey!" King Zhao looked at those brightly dressed but embarrassed astrologers and sighed lightly, as if he was getting older for a while.
"Great King......" Zhao De, who had been guarding King Zhao's side, said softly.
"Where is that Zhao Shi Ji now?" King Zhao swept away his tired demeanor and asked with a gloomy face.
Zhao De's originally lowered head was a little shorter, "It's not in Handan anymore." ”
"What about that merchant Zhao!"
"It's gone...... too"
"Huh! It's all gone, it's all gone......" King Zhao's voice became lower and lower, until finally, he couldn't hear it at all.
"The old slave is incompetent, and when he arrived, people had already been hollowed out in both places......" Zhao De said as he swayed and knelt down, his head against the ground.
King Zhao walked to a window in the dormitory, stared at the twinkling stars in the sky, and said, "Zhao De, get up." You don't have to blame for this, you don't have to take the blame for others! ”
Zhao De still didn't get up, but wanted to continue to say something: "Old slave...... Old slave ......"
"Hehe, get up, Zhao De." King Zhao turned his head, gently helped Zhao De, who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a wry smile, "The widow is incompetent, and the ancestral foundation was defeated by the widow in Changping." I thought that God was blessed and gave me a hegemon in Zhao Guo. What a pity! ”
"King! The prince is the overlord! It has to be a superstar too! Zhao De, who had just stood up, knelt on the ground again and said in a resolute tone.
"Hey, Zhao De, don't deceive yourself......" King Zhao said with a wave of his hand.
"I, Zhao State, was originally so strong. 400,000 soldiers are waiting for battle, Lian Po, and General Zhao Hao is more white than Wang Jian of Qin. Lin Xiang insulted the King of Qin twice, what a majesty. It's a pity that Zhao Hao and Lin Xiang have returned to the soil, and Lian is quite old......" Although King Zhao's expression was cold, his tone was full of helplessness.
"King, there is still hope for my Zhao Kingdom! In the city of Handan, there are still 100,000 soldiers who fought to the death. Daijun also has, 100,000 tigers and wolves. I, Zhao Guo, is still not inferior to any of the five countries in the east! Zhao De said excitedly, and the two white mustaches at the corners of his mouth trembled with his subdued words.
King Zhao looked at Zhao De's excited expression, and while a pleased smile appeared on his face, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
"100,000 people of life and death in Handan, eight years ago, the battle in Handan shocked all countries, and the few people knew it in their hearts." King Zhao paused, and then said in the same tone: "However, the so-called 100,000 tiger and wolf soldiers of that Dai County may still have a tiger and wolf heart at this moment!" ”
Zhao De, who was still kneeling on the ground, trembled in his heart and showed a wry smile. After all, I still didn't help that person in this catastrophe! It's just that if that person is really removed, will there be any generals in the entire Zhao Kingdom who can fight?
"Let's go, go see the crown prince......" King Zhao's voice had already appeared at the door of the dormitory when it sounded again.
"Yui!" Zhao De stood up, bent down and saluted.
……
Since King Zhao canonized Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan, who was only eight years old, already had the power to contact political affairs. King Zhao was inexplicably angry today, and he also inquired about the reason from an attendant.
"I'm not a tyrant, that Qin State proton is?" Zhao Yan, who had just heard the news, sat on the ground like five thunderbolts.
Zhao Yan is smart by nature and has been studying under the famous teacher hired by King Zhao for a short period of time. Although he is very playful and often plays tricks on people, it is indeed not comparable to ordinary children. After learning that he was not a bully, the young Zhao Yan also understood what these meant.
Zhao Yan was angry and smashed everything in the house that could be moved. At the same time, he was even more afraid that without the protection of his status as a tyrant, how many brothers who coveted his position as the crown prince would attack him.
"The king has arrived!"
As a sharp voice sounded, a trace of panic and fear flashed in Zhao Yan's eyes, and he hurriedly got up and tidied up his clothes.
"Squeak!" The door of Zhao Yan's bedroom was pushed open.
There were only two people who entered the door, one was King Zhao and the other was Zhao De.
"Son, meet your father." Zhao Yan bent down and saluted.
King Zhao ignored Zhao Yan, but stomped his steps, looking back and forth at the messy room. His gaze also swept over Zhao Yan from time to time. Zhao Yan, who was already extremely nervous, was even more cramped at this time.
"The widow's house is not your mess!" King Zhao spoke, his tone was not angry, but he did not have the favor of the past, and he was plain.
"Erchen knows his mistake!" Although Zhao Yan didn't understand what King Zhao's psychology was at this time, it was always not wrong to admit mistakes.
Just as Zhao Yan continued to wait for King Zhao's reprimand, King Zhao said lightly: "Do it yourself, clean up the house!" ”
"Squeak!" The door was closed again, and King Zhao just left, leaving no other words.
Zhao Yan raised his head in some frustration, but saw that Zhao De, King Zhao's personal attendant, was still standing in place, and he was suddenly a little puzzled, and he was interrupted just when he wanted to speak.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as long as the king is still alive for a day, you will be the overlord of my Zhao country. Since the king did not drive you out of this specially built palace, you are still the crown prince of my Zhao Kingdom, the future king! Zhao De said unhurriedly.
Zhao Yan listened to Zhao De's words, and his originally dim eyes were once again bright, and he nodded desperately.
……
In a huge mansion in Handan, a handsome-looking man gently took a sip of the wine in the wine bottle, with a smile in his eyes.
"Xiangguo, King Zhao doesn't seem to want to offend Li Mu, why are you still so happy." Below, a man dressed in eunuch clothing asked with a puzzled expression.
He is handsome, and he is the Xiangguo of Zhao, and his name is about to come out. It was Guo Kai who killed Li Mu in vain in history.
Guo Kai gently put down the wine bottle in his hand and said with a smile: "The king condemned Li Mu because the king knew in his heart that Li Mu was guarding the county and resisting the Huns, and there was no one to change. However, it was Li Mu's subordinates who let go of the prince of Qin. This thorn has been pierced ......"
"Exactly! Yes, extremely! It's just that if it takes a long time, Li Mu will completely gain a firm foothold in Daijun. Even if the king surrenders and removes Li Mu from his official position, I am afraid that Li Mu's prestige in the army will not be reduced much. In the future, if the war is unfavorable, Li Mu will go into battle in leather armor and make meritorious achievements......" The eunuch first nodded in agreement, and then said what he was worried about.
"The living Li Mu naturally has unparalleled prestige." Guo Kai smiled and said unhurriedly, "But, what if he dies?" What is the use of a dead person, no matter how great his prestige is? ”
"Dead ...... Dead person? The eunuch, who was used to seeing the world, was also shocked by Guo Kai's words.
Guo Kai shook his head, and his every move was like a humble gentleman, "The king naturally won't kill Li Mu." However, who do you think is the person who has the most suspicion of Li Mu in your heart? ”
The eunuch was slightly stunned, and he didn't understand what Guo Kai meant. But I quickly figured out that in Zhao State, the one who has the ability to have an indelible hatred with Li Mu in the future is undoubtedly the current crown prince, Zhao Yan.
He saw all the actions of the prince tonight. As one of the few people who knew the prince very well, the eunuch was well aware of the fear and anger in the prince's heart today. With the character of the crown prince, he must hate the prince of Qin who robbed him of the position of overlord.
In the future, as long as Guo Kai revealed the news of Li Mu's private release of the prince of Qin to Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan would definitely put Li Mu to death. However, there is a premise for all this.
"However, now that the identity of the overlord is no longer there, can the prince's position as the crown prince still be kept?" The eunuch asked again in confusion.
Guo Kai smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, the prince is still the prince." No, it should be said that the prince is still a tyrant! ”
PS: Say a few questions. First, on the issue of slow progress of the plot. The author is here to say to all readers, it is not that the author is deliberately delaying the development of the plot, but is doing the necessary foreshadowing. The author's fungus field is very large, as it has already been said. Some foreshadowing may even be related to the later plot, or even the key plot.
Let's take this chapter as an example, the author has done the foreshadowing before. wrote that Li Mu was a disciple of Ji Hao, an old man in Zhongyin, and wrote that Ji Hao said that he had the ability to take Yingzheng out of Handan. In another chapter, it is also written that King Zhao was a little helpless when he learned that Yingzheng had left Handan. These are all paving the way for this chapter, and the logic is clear.
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