Zhao Yan's mansion is in the east of Linzi City, and when he comes to the palace, he has to cross the entire city, and then enter the small city, so after almost half an hour, Zhao Yan panted and entered the side hall, looking at the slight sweat on his forehead, he dared to trot all the way into the palace, most likely thinking that Han Yan had something urgent to find him.

"Minister, see the king." Zhao Yan gasped and saluted Han Yan.

"Excuse me." Han Yu waved his hand impatiently, and suddenly felt a little greasy in his heart.

More than half an hour of waiting made Han Yan, the young monarch, very impatient, and then thought of when he first succeeded to the throne, Han Yan had said that he would build a palace for Zhao Yan in a small city to show his favor, but Zhao Yan refused, although Han Yan was young, he was a very brainy person, he couldn't help but think, are you Zhao Yan too high?

Feeling unhappy, Han Qi didn't bother to talk nonsense, and asked, "Around the end of the day, can the military advisor be in the mansion?" ”

"Whitney?" Zhao Yan replied without hesitation, "At the time of the incident, the minister went to the Chu camp outside the city at the invitation of Bi Shu. ”

"Really?" Han Qi's eyes were cold for a moment, and then he asked, "But I don't know why Bi Shu invited the military advisor?" ”

Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, and when he turned his head to look at Lou Jing again, he found that Lou Jing's eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look directly at him, and Zhao Yan understood everything at the moment.

Zhao Yan suddenly felt a wave of anger in his heart, Shi can be killed, but he can't be humiliated!

Seeing that Zhao Yan was silent, Han Yan said that he was empty-hearted, and then said, "What did the military advisor say?" ”

"The minister has nothing to say." Zhao Yan straightened his chest and said abruptly, "It's the king." Is there something to say? ”

Han Yan was a little annoyed and angry, Zhao Yan's demeanor once again stabbed his sensitive and fragile heart, to be honest, it was not only Han Xin's luck but also his misfortune to have a peerless soldier like Han Xin as his father, fortunately Han Yan was able to receive Han Xin's earnest teachings since he was a child. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he could never catch up with Han Shin.

Han Xin's great achievements in military affairs overshadowed his successor, and it also planted a very bad inertial thinking for the civil and military generals of Qi State, no matter who it was, even a wise man like Zhao Yan would instinctively compare Han Yan and Han Xin when he encountered something, and then. Disappointed.

If it is replaced by Han Kan, who is honest by nature, as the king of Qi, it is nothing, everything is decided by Zhao Yan.

But now that the arrogant and ambitious Han Yan is the king of Qi, then the contradictions between the monarchs and ministers of Qi will inevitably intensify, and the contradictions between Han Que and Zhao Yan are particularly acute.

"Zhao Yan!" Han Yu said angrily, "Are you weak-hearted?" ”

"Weak heart?" Zhao Yan glanced at Lou Jing coldly, and said abruptly, "Does the king think that the minister has already secretly communicated with the Chu State?" Did you do something sorry for Qi Guo? ”

Han Yan was a little embarrassed by Zhao Yan's sarcasm, and said in a muffled voice: "The widow didn't say that. ”

"The king didn't say it, but that's what he thought in his heart." Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "You don't want to think about it, the minister has repeatedly opposed the alliance between the Qi State and the Chu State, how can he secretly communicate with the Chu State?" Speaking of this, Zhao Yan laughed miserably. Said with some sadness. "My lord, are the ministers so untrustworthy?"

Han Yan looked embarrassed, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Zhao Yan's heart was cold. As the former king's minister, Zhao Yan wanted to do his part well, help the new monarch on the horse as soon as possible and then help him give him a ride, but he didn't expect that his various efforts were taken as a coercion by the new monarch, and the new monarch had already regarded him Zhao Yan as an obstacle to grasping the royal power and establishing prestige. There is no such thing as today, and there is no false accusation from Lou Jing. There will be another one in the future, and there will also be Wang Jing and Li Jing who are hungry in front of the king, and Han Yu will still take the opportunity to attack. …,

The relationship between the monarch and the minister is already on the same footing, and he Zhao Yan can't fall in love anymore, but why bother?

"King, if you defend yourself, the minister doesn't want to say more, the minister only says one word, if the Qi State wants to be preserved, there is only one way out, and that is to join the Lianheng Alliance! And don't be confused by the appearance of Xiang Zhuang's partition of the Wei State, it is just for others to see. Zhao Yan glanced at Han Yan one last time, but there was undisguised contempt in his eyes.

The anger in Han Yan's heart rushed up again, and he said angrily: "Zhao Yan, you dare to despise the widow? ”

Zhao Yan ignored Han Yan anymore, just looked at Nantian from afar, and said sadly: "King, you treat me as a countryman, and I should also repay you as a countryman, the king's heroic spirit is not far away, and the ministers are also ......" Before he could say anything, Zhao Yan ran a few steps, and hit the stone pillar of the side hall with his head, and the impact was extremely hard, and his brain collapsed and died on the spot.

"Strategists can't ......," Han Qi was half a step late when he was eager to stop him.

But then, Han Yan's heart was filled with anger again, the king that Zhao Yan worshipped before his death was obviously not him, but his father Han Xin, in other words, Zhao Yan never really regarded him Han Yan as a king in his heart, or rather, in Zhao Yan's heart, he Han Yan was not worthy of being a king at all, it was simply unreasonable!

Lou Jing next to him was also taken aback, he never expected Zhao Yan to be so fierce, just because the king didn't trust him, he actually had the idea of dying! In addition to being surprised, Lou Jing was also a little ashamed, today, he only knew what it was to be a real soldier who died for his confidant, Zhao Zijin, and the national soldier should be like this!

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Early the next morning, Hu Yan hurriedly entered the big tent of Bishu and said, "General, news has just come out in Linzi City that Zhao Yan has died in front of the king. After a pause, Hu Yan said with admiration, "The last general really didn't expect that Zhao Yan, a weak scholar, could be so fierce and terrifying." ”

"Smack." Bi Shu threw a chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard, and sighed, "Another Kuaicher, it's a pity, it's a pity that a countryman is a countryman." ”

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Two days later, the plain ferry.

Bai Mo and his party of more than 300 horsemen had just crossed the river, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the gallop road ahead, and they immediately rushed over with billowing smoke and dust.

Zhou Guanfu said: "Prime Minister, it seems to be a person from the Black Ice Terrace!" ”

Bai Mo's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice: "It's probably that something big happened in Linzi!" ”

In less than a moment, the rider flew to Bai Mo and his team, but he didn't dismount, just gasped and asked Zhou Guanfu: "Is the champion Hou on the other side?" ”

"It's Benhou." Zhou Guanfu pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and asked sharply, "Who are you?" ”

The knight hurriedly rolled his saddle and dismounted, bowed to the ground and said, "The villain is a swordsman from the Black Ice Platform, and he has something urgent to report to the prime minister." ”

Zhou Guanfu naturally wouldn't let go, and said in a deep voice: "The prime minister is behind, just tell Ben Hou what you have to do." ”

"Whoa." The swordsman knew the status of the champion Hou in the court of the Han Kingdom, so he naturally did not dare to disobey it, and said at the moment, "Champion Hou, Zhao Yan, the ** master of Qi who strongly advocated joining the Lianheng Alliance, committed suicide last night, and Lou Jing, the minister of Qi, advocated joining the Hezong Alliance, and the Qi State is likely to turn its back on the Han Dynasty and form an alliance with the Chu State instead." ”

Zhou Guanfu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I know, Benhou will report to the prime minister truthfully." ”

"So, the villain takes his leave." The swordsman got up again, turned on his horse and galloped along the way he came, and in a few moments disappeared into the billowing smoke and dust.

Zhou Guanfu rode his horse to Bai Mo's carriage, relayed the news of the swordsman, and finally said: "Prime Minister, it seems that the wind direction of Qi has changed, let's go back to Handan." ”

"Nope." Bai Mo shook his head and said, "My junior brother must be because he is not completely sure, so he did not hesitate to make this decision, trying his best to get rid of Zhao Yan who is inclined to be horizontal before the prime minister rushes to Linzi, Zhao Yan's suicide just shows that the changes in Qi are not yet conclusive, so Linzi still has to go." ”…,

Zhou Guanfu had no choice but to order the horse team to hit the road again.

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In the spring of March, the new grass has sprouted, but the Mobei grassland is still cold.

Shan Yuting, located at the southern foot of Wolf Juxu Mountain, has no longer had the old weather, because of the craftsmen captured from the Central Plains, Mao Dun accepted the advice of his uncle and decided to build a city in Shan Yuting.

By this time, the outline of a medium-sized city had taken shape.

Outside the city, the women and children who were captured by the Huns are braving the severe cold and extremely difficult to reclaim the wasteland, from time to time, there will be a team of Hun horses galloping by, encountering someone lazy, they can't help but say that they will split their heads and cover their faces with a leather whip, and if they fall down from illness, they will be dragged to a secluded place and beheaded without saying anything.

Not far from Shan Yuting is the Yuwu River, there are tens of thousands of Xiongnu tents scattered on both sides of the Yuwu River, herds of cattle, sheep and horses are leisurely eating the freshly sprouted grass on the river beach, the Xiongnu men are hunting in the mountains, the women are busy milking the horses, and the children are riding ponies and playing on the grassland.

The uncle said that he bent down and got out of his cowhide tent, and the cold wind blowing in his face made him subconsciously tighten the tiger skin wrapped around his body, looking at the herds of cattle, sheep, horses and livestock on the river beach, as well as the Hun women who were busy milking the horses, the uncle said that the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile a little, he had fallen in love with this prairie.

Uncle said that he was leisurely strolling on the river beach, but the nearby Hun women and children suddenly made a commotion, and then flocked, swarming to the east of Shan Yuting, the uncle said that he stopped a jubilant Hun woman, only to know that Shan Yuting actually came to a team of North Mink Hu merchants!

Since last autumn, the Xiongnu went south to fight the grass valley, the entire Central Plains has completely cut off trade with the Xiongnu, not only the Central Plains merchants with official background no longer come to the grassland, even the peddlers and pawns who went north in groups in previous years to earn a few hard-earned money are also extinct, and other materials are just enough, but the days without salt are really difficult.

After a whole winter, the Huns' mouths were about to fade out of the birds, but they finally looked forward to the sable caravan, and sold tens of thousands of catties of salt, but the uncle's brows instinctively frowned, this sable caravan came too coincidentally, right? The Huns were short of salt, so they sold so much salt?