"Li Changshi sent someone to send a gift to congratulate me on my promotion?"

When Zhao Tuo heard the news, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and then praised Li Si in his heart.

If it's just because of the princess's affairs, Zhao Tuo and Li You may have a disagreement, but they may not be completely opposed.

But after the incident in Qiyi, Zhao Tuo knew that Li You must have hated himself to death in his heart, and this was something that would definitely happen.

As Li You's father, out of human nature, Li Si will definitely turn his face to his son instead of him Zhao Tuo, not to mention turning his face, at least in his heart.

But under such circumstances, Li Si was able to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, and specially sent someone to send gifts to congratulate, showing his friendship with Zhao Tuo, which is enough to show that the other party's scheming is far-reaching, far beyond the reach of others.

Zhao Tuo was secretly vigilant in his heart, but his face was full of smiles, and after accepting Li Si's congratulatory gift, he smiled and said polite words to the people from Li Mansion to visit another day.

However, before he could visit Lees, he needed to visit another person.

Li Xin!

The man who was once high-spirited, stood in front of Qin Wangzheng, and said loudly that he wanted to destroy the Chu State Society.

"General Lee's title is the same as mine."

On the way to Li Xin's mansion, Zhao Tuo sat in the car, scratching his head in some distress.

Li Xin used to follow Wang Jian to attack Yan, and served as a general with the title of Zhonggen, intercepted and killed thousands of miles, captured the secretary of the Yan family and Yan Dan, so that Qin Wang Zhenglong's heart was happy, and Li Xin was promoted two levels in a row, and he was promoted to a young master, and for a while Li Xin was out of the limelight in the Qin State, and was regarded as a hero idol by countless Qin people.

But this time, Li Xin planted a big heel in Chudi. In the face of the tragedy of the defeat of Chu and the death of tens of thousands of people in Chu, Qin Wangzheng severely punished him and cut off Li Xin's two-level title.

Zhao Tuo estimated that this was because of the betrayal of Xiong Qi, the king of Changping, and Qin Wangzheng's anger and hatred were all pulled on Xiong Qi.

Therefore, he felt that Li Xin's feelings were excusable, and he showed mercy to his subordinates, only cutting the knight two levels, instead of soaking it to the end in one go.

But Rao is like this, which also made Li Xin fall from the altar in the Qin State, and the treatment when he returned from Fa Yan can be described as very different.

Countless Qin people secretly scolded Li Xin for his stupidity, his arrogance and pride, and his incompetence.

The bereaved families of the Qin army whose sons and husbands died in Chu would grit their teeth when they heard Li Xin's name, as if they had a deep hatred.

Li Xin in the past was a hero of the Qin State.

Today's Li Xin is the shame of the Qin State.

Zhao Tuo came to the outside of Li Xin's mansion, and this feeling was even deeper.

In the past, there was a lot of traffic, and countless rich and noble carriages ran over the Li family's mansion, but now it is deserted, and there is no one.

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Let's ask the current Qin State, who can do this to Zhao Tuo?

Li Xinzhi loves Zhao Tuo and loves him very much.

Zhao Tuo also respects Li Xin in his heart, and has long treated Li Xin as a brother.

If he hadn't really put Li Xin in his heart, Zhao Tuo would not have risked his life and led 5,000 people south to Huaishui and sneaked into Shouchun to intimidate the King of Chu.

That was just to scare the King of Chu into recalling the troops on the front line, or to slightly change the situation on the battlefield, so as to win Li Xinduo a few possible chances of escape.

Without Li Xin's trust in the past, there would be no glory of Zhao Tuo today.

Therefore, even if the entire Qin State forgot about Li Xin, everyone was reluctant to contact Li Xin, the general of the defeated army.

But Zhao Tuo still wanted to see Li Xin, wanted to comfort him, and asked Li Xin not to sink like this.

Zhao Tuo sent someone to knock on the door, and the servant who corresponded to the door revealed his identity and asked to see Li Xin.

The Li servant answered and hurriedly went in to report.

After a long time, the servant came out and said apologetically, "My master is unwell today and can't entertain guests, so please come back to Zhao Zhong."

Zhao Tuo was stunned.

"General Li, don't want to see me."

Zhao Tuo stood silently for a while, and finally bowed heavily to the Li Mansion in front of him.

In the Lee Mansion.

"Gentleman, Zhao Zhonggen has already left."

Bai walked in and said carefully.

Li Xin opened his eyes, his face was full of complexity, and he whispered, "Zhao Tuo, how do you let me see you?"

Actually, he had already met Zhao Tuo.

Just when Zhao Tuo led the army back to the city, showed off his martial arts outside Xianyang City, and was guided into the city by Wei Yu, he greeted the cheers of the crowd.

Li Xin sat in a carriage outside the city, lifted the curtain, and watched Zhao Tuo silently.

When Li Xin returned to Xianyang from Chudi, he was also greeted by Wei Yu, and there were countless Qin people waiting for him outside the city.

It's just that Li Xin was greeted not with cheers, but with weeping that resounded throughout Xianyang.

The military salute has the meaning of "the teacher is not meritorious", which means that the teacher is ineffective, and it is also a way to avoid "failure".

When a general returns to the capital after losing a battle abroad, the monarch greets him with a funeral.

The monarch wore mourning clothes and a mourning crown on his head, wept bitterly, hanged himself to ask about the wounded, and comforted the soldiers. This is what is often said to be a "plain clothes".

With Qin Wangzheng's character, he naturally would not wear mourning clothes to greet the defeated army, but he also asked Wei Yu, Li Si and other ministers to welcome Li Xin in mourning clothes.

On that day, on the outskirts of Xianyang, the cry shook the sky.

It was not a ceremonial fake cry, but the heartfelt cry of countless Qin people.

Li You, the son of Li Si, was trapped in the military formation, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so he cried and screamed to himself.

Tens of thousands of Qin soldiers' families who lost their teachers in Chu were also wailing and crying, and Li Xin's 30,000 people were all children of Guanzhong!

The Qin people wailed, crying for their dead sons, their husbands who died in Chudi, and children crying for their fathers who could not return.

Thinking of the scene of that day, Li Xin closed his eyes in pain.

He was sorry for King Qin's trust.

I'm also sorry for the soldiers of the Qin Army who have died countless lives.

But he felt that he was most sorry for Zhao Tuo.

Obviously, Zhao Tuo had already been hard persuaded by Pingyu and had explained all the dangers in advance, but he still insisted on going his own way and suffered such a big defeat.

If he listened to Zhao Tuo's words, how could he end up like this.

"You're right."

"I am the general of the defeated army, and I have no shame to see you."

Pride, shame, guilt......

Let Li Xin close the door of the mansion and dare not meet Zhao Tuo.

……

Back in the mansion, Zhao Tuo was not in a very good mood.

Suddenly, Zhao Tuo felt that his relationship with Li Xin could never go back to the past.

"General Lee's ability is still very strong, but he was killed

Blinded by pride, he will suffer such a defeat if he does not listen to people's words, and if he can learn from it, he may not be able to make a comeback."

Zhao Tuo was thoughtful, he knew the reason why Li Xin was reluctant to open the door to meet him, but he also didn't want to watch Li Xin sink.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo made up his mind in his heart, he must find an opportunity to say good things about Li Xin in front of Qin Wangzheng, hoping that the king can give Li Xin another chance.

With an idea in his heart, Zhao Tuo didn't bother anymore, turned around and got together with Shima in the mansion to drink and talk about military books and war strategies, and the two studied together.

However, before he had a few drinks, an attendant from outside the door came to report that someone in the palace had invited him.

"Go ahead, but don't keep that man waiting."

Shima smiled, as Zhao Tuo's cronies, he knew who invited Zhao Tuo in the palace.

Zhao Tuo shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "I'm afraid I'll be scolded this time."

As he spoke, he asked his attendants to prepare the chariot and follow him to the palace.

The Qin Palace is heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to enter unless specially summoned.

Even if it is the princes, they cannot summon foreign ministers into the palace without authorization, and Fusu must first obtain the permission of the king of Qin before he is qualified to invite Zhao Tuo into the palace.

So since he stepped down as Zhonglang, every time Zhao Tuo entered the palace, Qin Wangzheng knew everything clearly.

At this moment, he stood on the high platform of the Qin Palace, his majestic gaze scanning the palace pavilions below.

At this time, he saw the young man enter through the palace gate, and under the guidance of the attendants, he walked towards the depths of the palace.

A smile appeared on the corner of Qin Wangzheng's mouth.

"It's only been a day, can't you wait?"

At this moment, Fusu Dormitory.

Zhao Tuo let out a sigh and stepped into the door.

But he had barely stepped in on half a foot, and before he could see the situation in the room, he heard a coquettish cry from inside.

"Zhao Tuo!"

A delicate girl wearing a cyan skirt had rushed to Zhao Tuo.

Her pretty face was angry, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she raised her fist and slammed it on Zhao Tuo's chest.

"Ahh

Zhao Tuo screamed and fell to the ground, motionless.

Gongzi Gao, who ran out of the house, immediately screamed when he saw this scene.

"Oh no, Sister beat Zhao Jun to death!"