King Qin sighed again and said, "Indeed. In this world, the only one who can wrestle with Lin Xiang's old puppet is Mr. ”

Bai Qixin said, the king's evaluation of Lin Xiangru is really high, I don't know if Fan Xiangguo will be angry.

Bai Qi changed the topic: "Does the gentleman want to go back to Xianyang, or write to Fan Xiangguo?" The last general will immediately send someone to prepare. ”

King Qin was hesitating, someone came to report, and Lou slowly asked for an audience.

King Qin immediately said: "Hurry up and let Lou Qing in, why do you have to report it?" ”

He said as he walked out and went to see Lou Yan in person.

Lou slowly saw King Qin coming over, and quickly knelt down.

King Qin helped Lou Chuan up before he knelt down, and asked, "Qing is from Handan, but what news do you have to tell the widow?" Lin Xiangru The old man added a blockage to the widow's heart, and the widow couldn't wait to kill it with his own hands! ”

Lou smiled slowly: "Your Majesty, Lin is like an old treacherous and cunning, but King Zhao is just an ignorant young son. King Qin didn't need to worry about this. ”

King Qin showed a surprise smile: "Lou Qing already has a solution?" Come in and talk slowly. ”

He pulled the building slowly towards the main tent.

Bai Qi silently followed behind King Qin, and ordered to bring the boiled tea porridge and pour tea for King Qin and Lou.

"Lou Qing, sit down. This is a Qin chair made by Zhu Xiang, which is more comfortable to sit on your legs and feet. King Qin pulled Lou slowly and sat down, "What does Lou Qing think?" ”

Lou slowly glanced at the chair, and said in his heart, Zhu Xiang came to Changping, and the Hu chair and Zhao chair became the Qin chair? It is worthy of the King of Qin.

After Lou sat down, he first saluted King Qin before saying, "King Zhao is young and vigorous, and he has an excellent face. Lin Xiang planned like this, even if King Zhao knew that Zhao Bing killed Zhao Kuo for Zhu Xiang, he would not dare to kill Zhu Xiang. ”

King Qin sighed: "That's true. Now the rumors in Handan are spreading more and more out of common sense, and even say that Zhu Xiang is Zichu. No one with the slightest hint of common sense will believe these rumors. So if it is rumored that Zhu Xiang killed Zhao Kuo, or Zhao Bing killed Zhao Kuo for Zhu Xiang, I am afraid that others will not believe it. Even if it was King Zhao, he wouldn't believe it. ”

Lou smiled slowly: "With King Zhao's arrogance, he can believe that Zhu Xiang killed Zhao Kuo, and he will not believe that the soldiers of Zhao State killed Zhao Kuo for Zhu Xiang." ”

King Qin was silent for a while, and said, "If you don't see it with your own eyes, the widow won't believe it." ”

Lou said slowly: "Because King Zhao will never believe this, so starting from this matter, he can break Lin Xiang's plan." Lin Xiangru is still too soft-hearted and arrogant, and he refuses to believe how stupid King Zhao is, and probably doesn't know how much Zhao people respect Zhu Xiang. ”

Lou sighed slowly and said, "If I hadn't investigated the Zhao State soldiers who returned to Zhao State, I wouldn't have believed it." Your Majesty, there are more than 100,000 people, and no one has revealed Changping's experience, and no one has told others the truth about Zhao Kuo's death. They all said that Zhao Kuo would not give them food if he had food, so he was killed by the rebels. Most of the rebels are dead, and a small number have fled. ”

King Qin's expression was inexplicable: "More than 100,000 people, none of them have been revealed?!" ”

He was convinced that King Zhao would kill Zhu Xiang because he thought that someone would definitely leak the fact that Zhao Bing killed Zhao Kuo for Zhu Xiang.

How can it be that more than 100,000 people have not been revealed?! If the generals are surrendered, there may still be the pride of the scholars, but those common people, do they really have such qualities?!

"No, maybe it will be in a long time, but at least not now." Lou said slowly, "After the rumors of Zhu Xiang appeared in Handan, they also clarified for Zhu Xiang everywhere, insisting that Zhao Kuo's death had nothing to do with Zhu Xiang. There are even people who swear by gods and ancestors. ”

The common people of this era believed in ghosts, gods and ancestors. But they were willing to carry the "curse" and lie for Zhu Xiang.

When Lou slowly found out about this, his mood couldn't calm down for a long time.

He originally thought that Zhu Xiang was willing to die for a group of ignorant and ignorant ordinary people, so he would definitely not be grateful, although he was noble, he was also stupid.

He now feels stupid.

King Qin pondered for a long time and said, "The Zhao people attach great importance to Zhu Xiang. King Zhao had lost the trust of the Zhao people because of the Battle of Changping. Now there are rumors in Handan again, saying that King Zhao wants to kill Zhu Xiang. As long as King Zhao made a little move to hurt Zhu Xiang, even if King Zhao didn't want to kill Zhu Xiang, the Zhao people would be angry. The Qin people could take the opportunity to go to Handan to pick up Zhu Xiang. ”

Lou slowly arched his hand: "The king is wise." That's exactly what I thought. King Zhao was indecisive and weak-hearted, and he was afraid that the throne would be unstable because of the defeat in the Battle of Changping. Many nobles were disgusted and jealous of Zhu Xiang, and many of them were supporters of King Zhao's suppression of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru. In order to appease them, the king of Zhao first put Zhu Xiang in prison, and after strict examination, he pardoned Zhu Xiang and allowed Zhu Xiang to serve Zhao State......"

Lou Wan's smile gradually brightened: "This not only appeases the close ministers who support him who are disgusted with Zhu Xiang, but also makes Zhu Xiang grateful to Dade, and can also establish the image that he is upright and will not accidentally kill loyal ministers because of slander." That's a lot. ”

King Qin's smile gradually brightened, and he stroked his beard and said, "It is indeed a lot to kill." ”

Chapter 33: Cool Winter Snowflakes

Bai Qi wanted to speak and stopped.

He wanted to say that even if King Zhao didn't want to kill Zhu Xiang, when he led his troops to pick up Gongzizheng and returned to Qin, he could pick up Zhu Xiang's family together.

Although Zhao Guo's pawn was released back to Zhao State, Zhao State was defeated in Changping and was already greatly injured, and he must be very afraid of Qin State and him. As long as he goes to Handan in person, King Zhao and most of the nobles of Zhao are absolutely willing to exchange Gongzizheng and Zhu Xiang for temporary peace.

Since Zhu Xiang will definitely be able to enter Qin smoothly, why does the monarch have to harm Zhu Xiang?

But he watched King Qin and Lou Huan happily discuss how to let Zhu Xiang be imprisoned, how to make the Zhao people believe that King Zhao would kill Zhu Xiang, and firmly suppressed the doubts in his heart in the deepest part of his heart.

He remembered what Zhu Xiang had said to him in private. King Qin and King Zhao are actually not much different, they are the same willful, and they will ignore the interests of the Qin State for their own pleasure.

The king of Qin is the king of Qin, so the interests of Qin should also be conceded to the mood of the king of Qin.

Zhu Xiang is very important. But the King of Qin now apparently thinks that a match with Lin Xiangru will make the son of the King of Zhao, who has suffered many losses to him, also suffer a big loss, and it is more important than Zhu Xiang's safety.

Of course, King Qin was sure that King Zhao would not dare to really kill Zhu Xiang, and he also believed that such a powerful person as Lin Xiangru would definitely be able to save Zhu Xiang's life, so he could not only make King Zhao suffer, but also get Zhu Xiang, killing two birds with one stone.

But Bai Qi thought, what if something happened to Zhu Xiang?

The prison environment is bad, what if Zhu Xiangruo died of illness in prison? What if there were aristocrats who hated Zhu Xiang and secretly sent someone to assassinate Zhu Xiang in prison? What if King Zhao was persecuted and abused by the Zhao people, became angry and embarrassed, lost his mind and really killed Zhu Xiang?

Didn't you think about it?

No, someone as powerful as the king would not have thought about it.

Bai Qi had just borne an unwarranted disaster, and now when he sees this scene, he inevitably feels like something hurts.

"Your Majesty, when Zhu Xiang was imprisoned by King Zhao, and the Zhao people scolded King Zhao angrily, the last general asked to go to the urgent march to pick up Gongzizheng and Zhu Xiang." Bai Qi arched his hand and said, "As long as our army sends troops fast enough, King Zhao will not have time to clarify that he has no intention of killing Zhu Xiang." ”

"Good!" King Qin happily agreed, and then he sighed, "Hurry the march, I'm afraid the widow won't be able to keep up." ”

Bai Qi once again dissuaded the King of Qin from going to Handan in person: "Your Majesty, even if our army defeats Handan now, it will not be able to resist the coalition forces of several countries and hold Handan. When the general can hold Handan, he must ask the king to conquer in person! ”

King Qin glanced at Bai Qi. Will the widow live until then?

That's it, Xiangguo has already sent several letters asking him to return to Xianyang, so he won't join in the excitement.

But he really wanted to go to Handan in person and scare Lin Xiangru and that King Zhao away, alas. King Qin was extremely regretful.

Lou Shu glanced at Bai Qi, realized something, and said with a smile: "I will send someone to tell Lou Chang the news, after the king learned that Zhu Xiang was imprisoned, he wanted to send someone to assassinate Zhu Xiang and blame King Zhao." Let him send someone to protect Zhu Xiang well. The Lou family is quite powerful in Zhao State, and the monarch does not have to worry about Zhu Xiang's safety. Zhu Xiang will definitely be able to enter Qin safely. ”

Bai Qi: "......" Lou Yan is really ruthless every time he uses Lou's house. He really hated the Lou family who stood by and watched King Zhao Wuling when he was starved to death, and he hated King Zhao Huiwen and his heirs even more.

King Qin continued to stroke his beard and said with a smile: "The widow believes that Lou Qing must be fully prepared, and the widow will wait for Lou Qing's good news." ”

Lou slowly stood up and bowed deeply to King Qin: "I will definitely live up to the king's trust." ”

King Qin also stood up, helped up the building, and smiled very gently.

Bai Qi looked away.

Ever since he knew that King Qin had the intention of killing him, he was now scared when he saw King Qin smile like this.

……

Handan's slander was gradually clarified. The people gradually believed that Zhu Xiang could never be a proton alien of the Qin State.

When Zhu Xiang defected to Lin Gong when he was abandoned, many people saw it. After that, Zhu Xiang lived in the fiefdom of Duke Lin, and the surrounding neighbors could see him every day, and countless people proved that Zhu Xiang was a Zhao person.

In order to clarify the rumors, the peasants who knew Zhu Xiang had to fight with people with hoes.

"Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Xianggong really can't be the son of Qin. When Zhu Xianggong became famous, the prince of Qin had not yet left Zhao. ”

"Who's spreading the rumor? Did they want to kill Zhu Xianggong? ”

"I must have wanted to kill Zhu Xianggong. When I heard that Zhu Xianggong went to Changping, some people were jealous of him and rumored that he was a spy of the Qin State. ”

"Earlier than that! When Zhu Xianggong taught us to plant potatoes, King Zhao said that Zhu Xianggong was a spy and dismissed Zhu Xianggong's official! ”

"Alas, why did the king ......?"

"Wang likes people like Zhao Kuo."

"I heard that Zhao Kuo's mother refused to set up a mourning hall for Zhao Kuo, saying that Zhao Kuo should die, no matter which Zhao person killed her, she was a loyal minister of Zhao State. I don't understand how such parents could give birth to someone like Zhao Kuo? ”

"Yes, Ma Fujun has such a son, it's really unfortunate for the family."

"Prince Zhao Kuo and Zhu Xianggong, this is not what Ming Jun did!" ……

The people in Handan City whispered.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the civilians living in the city were called "national people", who had the obligation to be soldiers, pay taxes, be able to read, be officials, and discuss the government and the opposition.

Now the "countrymen" and "savages" have become commoners, and the descendants of the original countrymen who live in the city still have a higher status than the peasants. They are educated, take their own clans based on their place of residence and ancestors, and dare to discuss the government and politics.

King Zhao was young, and he had never seen the people scolding the monarch, and he was ashamed, annoyed and scared for a while.

He remembered King Zhou Li's past, and his heart was even more ashamed.

King Zhao sighed, summoned his close ministers and said: "Now Handan is in turmoil because of Zhu Xiang, but Zhu Xiang has just made a great contribution, and the widow can't kill Zhu Xiang. ”

The henchmen and clans summoned by King Zhao were silent.

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, wanted to speak and stopped. Hearing this, could it be that the king actually had murderous intent towards Zhu Xiang?!

Zhao Sheng wanted to reprimand King Zhao, but was pulled by Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao's sleeve.

Zhao Sheng glanced at his younger brother's disapproving eyes. Because he advocated the acceptance of the party, which led to the fiasco of Zhao in the Battle of Changping, his reputation has fallen a lot. Now Zhao Bao reminded him with his eyes, he calmed down, gritted his teeth and lowered his head not to defend Zhu Xiang.

Zhao Bao stepped forward and said: "As long as the king rewards Zhu Xiang, everything will be solved." ”

King Zhao sighed: "Zhu Xiang killed Zhao Kuo, although Zhao Kuo was defeated, he insisted on not surrendering, and he was also an important minister of Zhao State." Zhu Xiang's move made many doctors hate him, and it was not easy for the widow to reward Zhu Xiang. ”

Yu Xin stepped forward and supported King Zhao and said: "Ma Fujun has made so many contributions to Zhao Guoguo, Zhu Xiang killed his son, and the widow rewarded Zhu Xiang, didn't it chill Ma Fujun's heart?" ”

Zhao Sheng looked at Yu Xin in disbelief. Yu Xin is talented, and he won't know the benefits of reusing Zhu Xiang to Zhao Guo, why would he be like this!

Yu Xin continued: "Moreover, the Qin people are not credible, Zhu Xiang is the uncle of the Qin State, and he is a relative of the King of Qin when he enters Qin, and his power is monstrous. How could he be willing to serve Zhao Guo? If Zhu Xiang is reused, Zhu Xiang will endanger Zhao Guo! ”

Zhao Sheng looked at Yu Xin's hateful expression when he mentioned the Qin royal family, his lips moved, and he lowered his head again, not defending Zhu Xiang.

He understood that Yu Xin did not want King Zhao to reuse Zhu Xiang because King Qin forced Fan Ju to kill his best friend Wei Qi, and he hated the entire Qin royal family and the Qin State, so he hated Wu and Wu, and did not trust Zhu Xiang, who was a relative of Qin.

However, Yu Xin does not think that he hates Wu and Wu, and is prejudiced against Zhu Xiang. The Qin people are treacherous and vicious, immoral and untrustworthy, and never credible. Zhu Xiang, as a relative of Qin, was despised by King Zhao many times, how could he be desperate for Zhao and take the risk of sending an envoy to Changping?

From the very beginning, Yu Xin believed that Zhu Xiang's envoy to Changping had other purposes. Zhu Xiang can really say that the King of Qin can move, and he is even more convinced that Zhu Xiang has a connection with the King of Qin, maybe the King of Qin deliberately put it back, so that Zhu Xiang became an important minister of the Zhao State and acted as the eyes and ears of the King of Qin.

Zhao Bao refuted: "I have asked the generals who returned to Zhao, and they all said that it was a rumor, Zhao Kuo died in the barracks mutiny, and it has nothing to do with Zhu Xiang!" ”

Lou Chang took a step forward and said bitterly: "Zhao Kuo is incompetent, and he is also the son of Ma Fujun. He may be inexperienced, but how can he commit a taboo in the soldiers, when he should boost his morale when he is besieged, he deliberately does not give food and grass to the soldiers?! Do you believe such rumors, are you worthy of Ma Fujun! ”

Zhao Bao said with a straight face: "I only believe the facts that I heard with my ears. ”

Yu Xin said: "Pingyang Jun, I know that you are afraid of the Qin State. When the Zhao army fought against the Qin army, you only knew that you blindly sought peace and lowered the morale of the Zhao army. But Zhu Xiang is just a relative of the Qin State Proton, so you don't have to be so afraid. ”

Zhao Bao sneered: "I will give this to Yu Qing." Zhu Xiang was just a relative of a young proton who was discarded by the Qin people, and Yu Qing didn't have to vent his hatred for the King of Qin on innocent people. ”