"It turned out that Zhu Xiang was dismissed because he tried to get civilians to plant potatoes outside the fertile land."

"It turned out that Zhu Xiang had already persuaded Zhao Kuo not to go to Changping, and immediately prepared when Zhao Kuo went to Changping, wanting to go to Changping......"

Yu Xin held his forehead, from whimpering to crying.

"I was wrong! I really almost hurt the Daxian of Zhao Kingdom! ”

While crying, he stood up and walked towards Handan City.

He mounted his horse, wept as he galloped towards the palace.

"Zhu Xiang is innocent!" When Yu Xin walked through the streets and alleys, he cried and shouted, "Please let King Zhao release Zhu Xiang, I am wrong to blame Zhu Xiang, I am willing to use my head to make amends, please King Zhao release Zhu Xiang!" ”

Pedestrians on both sides watched in horror as Yu Xin rode away on horseback, and then whispered.

King Zhao looked at Yu Xin in horror and walked into the palace while crying, and fell to the ground: "Please release Zhu Xiang, it's all my fault, I killed Zhongliang." Please take all the blame to me! Please let me take all the blame and cut off my head! ”

King Zhao picked up Yu Xin and said comfortingly: "Yu Qing, why are you suffering?" Zhu Xiang's identity is already suspicious, you are just a reasonable suspicion. When the evidence is clear, the widow will personally go and ask Zhu Xiang to come out. What does it have to do with you? ”

Yu Xin looked directly at King Zhao and said, "Please release Zhu Xiang immediately and kill me to appease the people." Your Majesty, don't make a mistake again and again! Zhu Xiang is really a virtuous person who can assist the monarch to become the overlord, and he really has nothing to do with the Qin State! ”

When King Zhao saw that Yu Xin actually persecuted him, he was displeased in his heart.

But he still continued to reassure: "Okay, Pingyuan-jun and Pingyang-jun are not in Handan at the moment in order to search for evidence. When the widow waited for Pingyuanjun and Pingyangjun to return, they immediately discussed how to release Zhu Xiang. You can't just lock Zhu Xiang in and release him without any reason. What about the prestige of the widow? ”

Yu Xin sighed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

He knew that King Zhao still refused to bow his head, so he could only retreat first and go to Lou Chang.

Although Lou Chang is stupid, he is indeed loyal to King Zhao. As long as Lou Chang is moved, maybe King Zhao can change his mind.

He also immediately sent a letter to Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun, asking them to come back immediately and work with him to persuade King Zhao to release Zhu Xiang.

As soon as Yu Xin left, King Zhao knocked over the utensils on the table, and his face was bruised with anger.

"This Zhu Xiang, why is he even bewitched by Yu Xin!" King Zhao gritted his teeth, extremely angry in his heart.

Zhu Xiang's existence seems to be slapping him in the face all the time.

Lin Xiangru has always recommended Zhu Xiang, but King Zhao has never appointed him; Zhu Xiang is getting more and more powerful, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger, but King Zhao still just gave him a false gift and refused to trust him; King Zhao did not believe that Zhu Xiang could convince the Qin state in Changping, but Zhu Xiang not only succeeded, but also gained great prestige.

Even if King Zhao did not leave the palace, he also learned from his attendants that many people in Handan City said that they were mediocre and did not know what a real virtuous person was, so they abandoned Zhu Xiang and used Zhao Kuo.

"Your Majesty, that Zhu Xiang is really angry." After seeing King Zhao vent his temper, the attendant followed King Zhao's thoughts and said, "He has such a great reputation in Zhao that even the people in Handan City are willing to die for him." If this continues, the king will be in danger. ”

King Zhao frowned: "It's really dangerous." ”

He thought about King Zhou Li, and now he wanted to leave Handan for a while to avoid the limelight.

But he thought of leaving Handan City, and he didn't want to release Zhu Xiang.

King Zhao was unwilling to bow his head for the sake of a commoner, admitting that since he was in power, what he had done was what the faint monarch had done.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Xiang can't stay." The attendant came up and whispered, "Zhu Xiang's reputation is so high, and he is related to the Qin State. If the Qin army attacks Handan one day, what should Zhu Xiangli do with the outside world? ”

King Zhao sighed, and the words of the servant spoke to his heart.

He was finally able to find an excuse to explain his dislike for Zhu Xiang in his heart: "Yes, how should this be." But now Zhu Xiang can no longer be killed. ”

The attendant said: "Zhao Guo can't kill Zhu Xiang, but Qin Guo can." ”

King Zhao became excited: "Oh? Tell me about it. ”

The attendant whispered: "The Qin State must also be worried that Zhu Xiang will help the Zhao State and make the Zhao State stronger than the Qin State." And since he knew that killing Zhu Xiang would make the people of Zhao State unhappy, then the monarch would definitely not want to kill Zhu Xiang, but Qin State would definitely be willing to kill Zhu Xiang. ”

King Zhao stroked his beard and nodded: "That's true." ”

The attendant said: "With the cruelty and cunning of the Qin people, they secretly sneaked into the prison to kill Zhu Xiang and blame Zhao Guo, isn't it a matter of course?" ”

King Zhao took a few deep breaths, and his eyes lit up: "In this way, the widow can use Zhu Xiang's death to boost the morale of the people of Zhao State!" After that, I will reuse the people who are close to Zhu Xiang, and reuse Lian Po, Li Mu, and Lin Xiangru, and Zhao Guo will definitely become strong! ”

The attendant arched his hand and said, "That's true." Zhu Xiang can't live, if he lives, how should the king deal with himself? But Zhu Xiang can't die in the hands of the king, so he can only die in the hands of the Qin people. ”

King Zhao looked at the attendant and said, "Can you do this?" ”

The attendant smiled wryly; "I am willing to die for you. But Your Majesty, I can't pretend to be a Qin person. ”

King Zhao stroked his beard again, nodded, and did not speak again.

He rewarded his attendants with many things, and then used the secret guards of the palace to do this.

King Zhao himself also has a secret guard in his hands, otherwise how to protect the safety of the palace? The Lou family is just King Zhao's knife, and Zhao Dan himself has the dead soldiers inherited from his father and mother.

The attendant left with a smile on his face. Previously, a close attendant proposed to let Zhu Xiang go to prison, and was rewarded by King Zhao. He saw the doorway, King Zhao wanted to kill Zhu Xiang. Sure enough, as long as he follows King Zhao's wishes, he can also become King Zhao's favorite minister!

The attendants who had proposed that Zhu Xiang be imprisoned had been keeping their eyes on King Zhao, constantly informing the Qin people of King Zhao's attitude towards Zhu Xiang, so as to seek more bribes. When he learned about this, he was so frightened that the wine cup in his hand fell off.

"Stupid! If Zhu Xiang died, maybe he could blame the Qin State, and King Zhao's reputation would not be affected, but I, who proposed to King Zhao to put Zhu Xiang in prison, and the idiot who wanted to kill Zhu Xiang would die! The close attendant who had accepted the bribe from the Qin State paced back and forth, gritted his teeth and said, "You have to inform the Qin people quickly!" ”

He decided to directly send the city defense map of Handan City to the Qin people. If Zhu Xiang died, he would immediately flee to the Qin State!

"I remember you!" This close attendant close to the Qin State gritted his teeth.

At this time, Bai Qi had already led an army of 80,000 and approached Handan City.

Of the 80,000 troops, 20,000 were former Zhao troops. Now they have been incorporated into the Qin army, and without the Qin army leading the way, they bypassed the empty defense line of the Zhao army and helped the Qin people rescue Zhu Xiang.

Bai Qi marched rapidly for eight days, and quickly came to the vicinity of Handan City, and found a barren mountain to station.

Because of the continuous war and chaos, there are many barren mountains near no one, and the people of Zhao have not found that the Qin army has approached at all, and the Qin army has not fought a single battle at present.

Bai Qi was a little speechless. Could it be that Lian Po has not recovered yet?

According to the current situation, he felt that he could imitate the battle against Chu State, knock down the Handan City of Zhao State, and set fire to the ancestral tomb of King Zhao.

However, Bai Qi just thought about it, and he wouldn't really go to Handan City.

First of all, he couldn't defend Handan City when he beat it, and it was equal to a vain fight; Secondly, he has just made a great contribution, and now he needs to take a break.

Bai Qi sighed in his heart. Since he knew that King Qin had murderous intent towards him, he couldn't continue to be as loyal to King Qin as before, and began to think about his afterlife.

"General! Someone reported the incident in Handan City. "He said that King Zhao wanted to kill Zhu Xianggong!" Let's hurry up and attack Handan City and rescue Zhu Xianggong! ”

Bai Qi pulled off his beard.

"Why did King Zhao kill Zhu Xiang?" Bai Qi didn't understand, "He has done enough to put Zhu Xiang in prison to curry favor with other nobles who hate Zhu Xiang." Why did he still kill Zhu Xiang? Didn't Handan City make trouble once when Zhu Xiang was arrested? Does he want to be King Zhao Li? ”

Qin Wei said: "That person said that King Zhao wants to blame the Qin State. ”

Bai Qi was even more confused: "Even so, there will definitely be rumors that he killed Zhu Xiang, and Qin Guo was just blamed." After all, he was the one who had always wanted to kill Zhu Xiang, and Qin Guo only needed to bring back the proton. And Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, who are close to Zhu Xiang, are not stupid people, they must know the truth. ”

The guard said: "This ...... I don't know, that's how they got the news. ”

Bai Qi vigorously brushed his beard.

This King Zhao ...... Obviously not Zhao Kuo's brother, how can he be completely incomprehensible like Zhao Kuo??

Bai Qi sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "The whole army is attacking!" Attack Handan! ”

Chapter 36: The Prison Door Lock Key

There was an abnormality in the palace, and the people who were favored by King Zhao noticed the rumors, and the people who were snubbed by King Zhao still knew nothing.

One day, Zhao's mother suddenly invited all Zhao Hao and Zhao Kuo's retainers to dinner.

Although Zhao Kuo was defeated, Ma Fujun's prestige was still there. Coupled with the sobriety and wisdom of Zhao's mother who begged King Zhao not to send Zhao Kuo to Changping before Zhao Kuo's expedition, Zhao's mother's prestige was still very high, so the people she invited all attended this party.

Zhao's mother doesn't like to appear in front of people, and this is the first time she has gathered retainers in the name of her mother.

Before the banquet, Zhao's mother took out Zhao Hao's former sword and placed it horizontally on the lap of the sitting side.

"My son has almost ruined the reputation of my beloved." Zhao Mu drew half of her sword and said, "I can't let his remaining prestige be ruined." ”

The people who sat down all looked at Mother Zhao in panic, not knowing what Mother Zhao was going to do.

Could it be that Mother Zhao wants to avenge Zhao Kuo?!

Mother Zhao touched the blade of the sword with her hand, allowing the blade to pierce her fingers, and blood flowed from her fingers.

An old man of the Zhao family brought a jar of wine, and Zhao's mother dripped blood into the jar.

"Many of your children, like mine, died in Changping." Zhao's mother said calmly, "Zhu Xianggong rescued 150,000 people, and more than 200,000 people died on the battlefield in Changping. And the old child of my Zhao family may not have died on the battlefield. ”

Mother Zhao's wrinkled face showed a sneer: "They died in the hands of Zhao Bing!" ”

"Mistress!" A retainer was frightened and wanted to interrupt Zhao's mother's words.

But Zhao's mother glanced at him, and he immediately felt a chill all over his body, unable to speak.

"I think you've got the truth almost as you can see. My son Zhao Kuo knew that it was a trap, but he was still lured by the other party's main general who took the initiative to be bait. Just like every time he argues with others, he always thinks that the advantage is on his side, and there will definitely be a disadvantage on the other side. That's why he's invincible. ”

The sneer on the corner of Zhao's mother became more and more exaggerated.

Not only did he put the Zhao army into the encirclement of the Qin army, but he also thought that the soldiers carried out his orders as perfectly as he did when he was arguing about the army. So he took away the grain and grass of the ordinary soldiers who he thought could be sent to death, to his personal guards, to the warriors he thought, and to the war horses! ”

"He's also going to kill the soldiers who didn't listen to his orders and left the potatoes behind by General Lian!"

"Ha, he was killed by hungry and angry soldiers! His guards were also killed! All the retainers he brought with him were also killed! ”

Zhao Mu pulled out her sword and said in a sharp voice: "Do you think they deserve to die?!" ”

"I said, damn it!"

Mother Zhao's excited and sharp voice pierced everyone's eardrums, stabbing everyone's chests and shocking.

Mother Zhao said angrily: "Even if it's my son, it's damned!" If my lover is still there, he will kick my son out of the house with his own hands! ”

"I know that some of you hate Zhu Xianggong. Why do you hate Zhu Xianggong? ”

"It was the enraged Zhao soldiers who killed your children and grandchildren, it was my son Zhao Kuo who angered the Zhao soldiers, it was the King of Zhao who put Zhao Kuo on the battlefield, and it was the Qin people who attacked Changping!"

"Zhao State can't beat Qin State, you don't dare to hate King Zhao, my son Zhao Kuo is dead, and there are too many Zhao soldiers who have been provoked that you can't kill them all, so you can only anger Zhu Xianggong, the only one who has been credited in this matter!"

"Your children and grandchildren died on the battlefield of Changping, under the sword of the angry Zhao soldiers, but Zhu Xianggong rescued the Zhao soldiers who killed your children and grandchildren, and became the only Zhao people who made contributions on the battlefield of Changping!"

"So Zhu Xianggong didn't do anything wrong, and some of you want to anger Zhu Xianggong!"

Zhao's mother regretted it.

At the beginning, King Zhao ordered Zhao Kuo to be the main general, but she just begged King Zhao to spare her life if Zhao Kuo was defeated. She originally thought that as long as she didn't die, her former colleagues and subordinates would still have a little affection for her, and she would be able to protect her grandson and protect her beloved's blood.

If she had threatened Zhao Kuo with death not to go to Changping at that time, instead of seeking self-preservation, she might not have let her family fall into such a situation.