Chang'an Jun looked at the minister who suddenly broke into the banquet in surprise, and watched him quarrel with Zhao Bao, but he really didn't understand what was going on. During the banquet, he suddenly became tense. Chang'an Jun did not know the false minister called Yu Qing in front of him, but he still knew that Wei Wuji, the current prime minister, was also a distant relative of him. When he was in Qi, he often heard people discussing Xinling Jun of Wei.

In Qi, people who are good at making good friends all mention their own Mengchangjun, Pingyuanjun of Zhao, Xinlingjun of Wei, and Chunshenjun of Chu, and are called the Fourth Prince. The people of Qi always had a complicated mood about Mengchangjun. Mengchangjun was generous and made friends with guests, but he never cared about the identity of the guests. When Mengchangjun went to Qin to serve as the prime minister, the ministers of Qin opposed this matter, so the King of Qin had to put him under house arrest.

Mengchangjun asked someone to find the concubine of the King of Qin, but she wanted a fox white fur worth a thousand gold, but Mengchangjun had already given the treasure to the King of Qin. At this time, one of his disciples made holes like a dog and stole the fox white fur from the King of Qin. The concubine persuaded the King of Qin, and the King of Qin let Mengchangjun go. At that time, Mengchangjun came to Hangu Pass, and it was already midnight. According to regulations, the door could only be opened when the rooster crowed.

Mengchangjun was afraid that the King of Qin would regret it. At this time, another disciple learned the sound of a rooster crowing, which caused the nearby roosters to crow. The officials guarding the pass opened the door and Mengchangjun was able to escape.

Because everyone in the world knows that even those who crow and robbers can be appreciated by Mengchangjun, so more people follow him. In Qi State, Mengchangjun is a moral benchmark. Although he joined forces with other countries to defeat Qi State, this did not affect his reputation in Qi State. Even after King Xiang of Qi came to power, he still treated the culprit who forced his father to death and maintained a friendly relationship with him.

When Chang'an was in Qi, he naturally heard a lot of stories about Mengchangjun. However, in recent days, the fourth prince gradually became the fifth prince. The story of Ma Fujun in Zhao's State suddenly spread in Qi. Those who were in trouble with Chang'an in the past dared not humiliate him anymore. They respectfully asked him about Ma Fujun. Chang'an was not stupid, pretending to tell his friendship with Ma Fujun, and told everyone that Ma Fujun treats me as a younger brother.

This made Chang'an Jun no longer bullied.

Just when Chang'an Jun was still recalling these things, another round minister rushed in. The minister was very fat and looked very happy. However, there were many soldiers following him. As soon as these soldiers came in, they surrounded the entire banquet. Chang'an Jun's heart trembled and his face was full of fear. Zhao Bao stood up angrily and looked at Dong Chengzi who had been spared.

"Do you want to rebel?"

Dong Chengzi looked at him coldly and said, "Xinling Jun was assassinated. Shangjun ordered me to find out the matter. Please go to the palace and explain to Shangjun himself." Zhao Bao smiled disdainfully and said, "What does Xinling Jun's assassination have to do with me?"

"You spread rumors in Zhao State..."

"Oh? Someone saw me spread rumors with his own eyes? Or did you see it?"

Dong Chengzi did not reply. With an order, the soldiers were about to take these nobles to the palace. Zhao Bao and others were furious and drew their swords and pointed them at the soldiers. The soldiers did not dare to approach for a while. Zhao Bao forced the soldiers back, and then looked at the nobles and said, "Follow me to the palace, I want to accuse Dong Chengzi of his rude crime to the royal family!"

In the palace, King Zhao sat in the upper position, his face turned red, his fists clenched, and his eyes were very fierce when he looked at the nobles. Everyone had never seen King Zhao look so angry, which made the nobles who were still shouting arrogantly suddenly quiet. Chang'an Jun also quietly mingled among these people, raised his head and looked at his angry brother. When he was young, he had strangled his brother's favorite dog to death. The brother was never so angry...

He remembered that his brother was just crying, crying loudly, and complaining to his mother, but his mother was shot out of the harem. Chang'an Jun couldn't help but smile. When he was young, he was always prone to making some reckless actions.

King Zhao stared at Zhao Bao angrily. Zhao Bao looked ahead, his face still calm. King Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Who is spreading rumors in Zhao and accusing Xinling Jun?!" These noble people just lowered their heads and did not speak. King Zhao said, "I heard that people with noble status can feel guilty for their mistakes and can not avoid the mistakes they have made. The two and three sons are the most noble people in Zhao State. Do you not even have the courage to admit their mistakes?"

Zhao Xun suddenly pushed away the few people in front of him, walked out, looked at King Zhao, and said seriously: "Shangjun, I did this."

"You...why do you do this?!"

"Wei Wuji is a native of Wei. When he comes to serve as the prime minister of Zhao, he must first think about things that are beneficial to Wei, and then think about things that are beneficial to Zhao. You trust him so much, but he wants to make you lose your confidant and arrange his own confidant in Zhao. If he commits rebellion, what should you do? If he is a noble person, when he sees the people coming to assassinate him, in order to avoid letting these people die, he should leave Zhao..."

"But he didn't leave. I heard that he was even drinking wine and watching the people of Zhao die innocently outside his mansion. Is such a villain worthy of your reuse?"

The tall pillars made the palace look particularly solemn, and the exquisite clothes in the bones added a bit of solemnity. King Zhao sat in the upper position, his face was gloomy and gloomy. Zhao Xun raised his head proudly, waved his hands, and spread his wings like a phoenix, showing Zhao Xun's excitement at this moment. This upright sage in the country scolded Wei Wuji for his villain's actions, and his voice was sonorous and powerful. When talking about the innocent people who died tragically, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Give him a short sword..." King Zhao said to his left and right.

Zhao Xun was not afraid. He first thanked King Zhao who gave him the sword, and then reluctantly said goodbye to the nobles. Then he knelt on the ground and ended his "noble" life with a sense of ritual. Seeing Zhao Xun fall in a pool of blood, the nobles started to cry. King Zhao looked at them, because of Zhao Xun's death, probably some anger was dissipated. Dong Chengzi and Yu Qing stood in the distance, watching their performance coldly.

"Shangjun... I heard that there are many thieves who have killed people, who are protected by nobles in the country and become their guests for their own actions. This time, these people spread rumors in various places..." Yu Qing spoke again, and King Zhao agreed to him, ordering these people not to shelter the criminals, let alone leave them to serve as their guests. Zhao Bao's face looked even more ugly.

Obviously, just Zhao Xun's death cannot completely eliminate King Zhao's anger. King Zhao ordered these nobles to clarify all rumors in three days. If they cannot do it, they will wait to accept the new round of King Zhao's anger. Zhao Bao and others will take the order. Dong Chengzi, not far away, stared at Zhao Bao. This was not what he wanted. During these days, all the reforms were difficult to move forward, and many innocent people died... However, they still looked righteous and righteous.

The deaths of these people fell on Wei Wuji, as if they did nothing. Dong Chengzi wanted to follow the king and talked to him, but King Zhao ignored him and asked him to continue investigating the matter. He left. Dong Chengzi watched King Zhao leave, but he already understood in his heart that even the angry King Zhao would not punish these close friends. No matter how angry he captured, it would be useless.

When the nobles left the palace, Dong Chengzi blocked Zhao Bao, and the other nobles sat in the carriage and left. Zhao Bao looked at the carriage in the distance, and Chang'an Jun stood behind him. He looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him seriously and asked indifferently: "What's wrong with you?"

"You beast... do you know how many people have died in these three days? You killed dozens of the best officials in Zhao State... You also killed 863 warriors from Zhao State. You borrowed their admiration for Ma Fujun and let them die in the hands of the soldiers for no reason... Many of them are honest farmers, and many of them crawled out of Changping's corpse and blood... How can you bear it?!"

Zhao Bao's face gradually became solemn. He said seriously: "As a Zhao man, you should have the awareness of dying for Zhao State. You and I, this is the case. If Zhao State needs my death to become strong, I will die without hesitation. Just like Zhao Xun today, you fought with Ma Fujun in Bai Ren when you fought to death. Isn't that the same? We can all die, why can't those civilians die?"

"Their death is a death without reason. They did not die in the hands of the enemy. Their death cannot make Zhao State stronger..." said Dong Chengzi.

"No, you don't understand. Wei Wuji's reforms were not good for Zhao State. Why were the officials willing to die for Zhao State? This is because they all had the same blood as King Zhao. You don't know what kind of disaster the Zhao family suffered because of their exclusion of the same clan. The officials selected by Wei Wuji are indeed talented, but will they regard Zhao State as their own family? Isn't it even more terrifying that officials who have no morality and talent?"

"Do you know what the officials promoted by Wei Wuji did? They rushed to the place and took them to build roads for the rewards promised by Wei Wuji and for their political achievements. Some of them wanted to dig canals. Do you know how many people they had killed??" Zhao Bao's face gradually became ferocious. He looked at Dong Chengzi and said angrily: "You are also a Zhao person! Your father and grandfather are also generals of Zhao State! Do you know what you should do?!"

"Touch~", Dong Chengzi suddenly hit Zhao Bao's abdomen with the hilt of the sword. Zhao Bao bent his body and covered his stomach. The Chang'an Jun behind him was startled and drew his sword suddenly, but was stopped by Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao slowly raised his head and looked at Dong Chengzi in front of him. Dong Chengzi put away his short sword and said with a sneer: "Don't make yourself so noble. You are just worried that Xinling Jun's reform will make you, your relatives lose their current status and wealth."

Zhao Bao laughed and said, "I don't have any official position now, and I am not a county magistrate... Can Wei Wuji's reforms take away my title? Or, you can guess my thoughts so viciously... But I want to tell you that Zhao State is always Zhao State of Zhao, and no one can change this!" After that, he turned around and left.

Chang'an Jun hurriedly followed him.

"Uncle...who is he?"

"Si Kou Dong Chengzi was originally a local official, but he was promoted to his current position due to his military merits."

"Ha~", a trace of disdain flashed across Chang'an Jun's face, and he said, "I know a few friends from Qi State... They can kill him, and they won't..."

"Stop!" Zhao Bao scolded, Chang'an Jun trembled and hurriedly lowered his head. Zhao Bao turned around and looked at Chang'an Jun seriously. He said, "Dong Chengzi was proficient in the law. After serving as Si Kou, his judgments were very fair. He did not let go of evil people because he had a close relationship with him, nor did he punish good people because he had evil. He was different from Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji's actions were to harm Zhao, but Dong Chengzi had made contributions to Zhao."

"You have to know that Zhao State is Zhao State of Zhao State... We should not do anything to endanger Zhao State, and those evil people who murdered Zhao State must eliminate them even if they die!" Zhao Bao reminded him, Chang'an Jun looked at him disapprovingly, nodded obediently, and watched Zhao Bao leave quickly. Chang'an Jun looked at Dong Chengzi in the distance again. He still remembered that when he was young, there was also an obese playmate who was pushed into the Yachi, but he didn't know if he survived later.

Chang'an Jun smiled. When he was young, he always made some reckless actions.

Sure enough, the rumors were clarified by these nobles, which was much faster than Yu Qing and the others. After only two days, the incident of King Han not holding Zhao Kuo hostage was spread. Because Xinlingjun was injured, his direct struggle with the nobles was sank for a while. However, Xinlingjun's followers were still continuing to fight with these people. The continuous changes of local officials led to chaos in political affairs in various parts of Zhao, and even affected this year's spring seeds.

Zhao Bao went to find Yu Qing in person and asked to stop during the spring planting period, so as not to make things difficult for local officials, so as not to affect the harvest of Zhao State this year. The two sides temporarily stopped. King Zhao saw that no one came to impeach each other again, and he was very happy. He would visit Xinlingjun every day, and Xinlingjun's health was also improving. This is worthy of King Zhao's convening a banquet to celebrate again.
Chapter completed!