Chapter 213 The man behind the scenes
Mafu Township has now undergone detailed administrative divisions. Six miles are divided into Mafu Township, namely the local landmarks, Damianli (there is a large mulberry tree), small canal (there is a stream), stone (there is a huge rock), peach, school room, and Mafujunli. Zhao Kuo lives in the newly born Mafujunli. He sat in the middle of the courtyard, and was surrounded by his guests and disciples.
The news of Wei Wuji's rebellion soon spread throughout Zhao State, and Di was the first to bring the news back to Mafu Township.
Zhao Kuo had no choice but to temporarily pull out his hands from the busy wedding and summon everyone to discuss. The guests and disciples looked different. As Zhao Kuo's number one think tank, Di first expressed his opinion. He said loudly: I heard that officials from all over the country did not kill the people, nor did they plunder property. They wanted to follow Xinling Jun and elect you as King Zhao. You can take advantage of the fact that King Zhao was not prepared and gathered the people of Mafu Township to attack Handan. I can be the first to climb the city of Handan for you!
Di said this, but scared everyone very much. Li Yu hurriedly scolded, "Please don't talk nonsense here." Di snorted coldly, just looking at Zhao Kuo, and he continued, "I heard you often tell your disciples that no one can go against the will of the people. The wishes of the people today are for you to be the king. How can you go against them?"
Zhao Kuo shook his head and said seriously: "This is not the wish of the people. This is the traitor's trick. Please don't say such things again."
Di did not continue to say this. Li Yu stood up and said seriously: "This is definitely not something that Xinling Jun can do. Xinling Jun is upright and treats him well? He absolutely cannot do anything ashamed of King Zhao... Since the reforms were implemented, the new officials suffered humiliation. I think? The current rebellion has nothing to do with Xinling Jun? It must be a spontaneous rebellion formed by these unwilling new officials..."
"Please meet Shangjun immediately and tell him the reason for these things?
Zhao Kuo looked at him? Didn't speak? He even Wei Wuji's character. If he said that Wei Wuji rebelled or wanted to support himself as king, Zhao Kuo would not believe it? The army led by Wei Wuji's confidant on the front line was coming towards Handan? There were officials selected by Wei Wuji in various parts of Zhao State who were in chaos... Suddenly, Han Fei, who was sitting in Zhao Kuo, stood up and said seriously, "No...is not right."
Li Yu was stunned and looked at him in surprise.
Han Fei continued: "I... I went to read the records of the lieutenant, and I found that the leader of the rebellion? The leader of the army led the army. There are almost all those people in the place who participated in the assessment at the same time? Most of the people who actively supported the reform cannot find out the origin? There are no friends, nor even family members... They... They are like they were stuffed in? They are participating in the assessment with special missions..."
"Xinling Jun's character? It's just that I trust my friends too much... These people approach Xinling Jun with bad intentions? Because Xinling Jun's reform was rubbed, after getting the support of these people, Xinling Jun... did not hesitate and reused them. Perhaps Xinling Jun hoped to attract more people by paying attention to them... However, these people are spies, and they are all spies."
Han Fei said seriously: "The rebellion seems huge, but it is not. The only one who is truly threatening is the army of less than 6,000 or 7,000 people ahead, and there are more than 20,000 elite garrisons in Handan... It's not worth worrying. As for the local area, they are just a huge momentum and preaching everywhere. In fact, these rebels have less than 10,000 people, and most of them are those who don't know the truth and are being carried in."
"Just relying on these people, can we attack Handan? Can we kill Pingyangjun and others?"
"So, the purpose of their rebellion is not to achieve reform, but to falsely accuse Xinlingjun." Han Fei looked at the people around him and said, "These people are all Xinlingjun's confidants in the open, otherwise they were recommended by Xinlingjun and they were in trouble. How could Xinlingjun not be implicated? The rebellion will definitely fail, and Xinlingjun will definitely be questioned."
"The only people who hate Xinling Jun the most in the world are the nobles in the country and the Qin State."
"But I don't think that the nobles in China, such as Pingyang Jun, Chang'an Jun and others, have such strategies and such strength. This must be arranged by the Qin people, to drive Xinling Jun out of Zhao and not give him the opportunity to help Zhao resist the Qin people."
After Han Fei analyzed this, everyone nodded their heads, and their eyes gradually became different when they looked at Han Fei. I thought this guy was just a good student, but I didn't expect it... After Han Fei said this, he looked at Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo frowned. His thoughts were similar to Han Fei. He also felt that someone was deliberately framed Xinlingjun. In order to promote reforms, Xinlingjun offended too many people and accepted many people of unknown origin to serve as officials.
Because of the promotion standards for reform, only talent is required. As long as a talented person, no matter his origin, he does not need to recommend him, he can serve as an official... Zhao Kuo did not expect that this would become a breakthrough point, causing many thieves with malicious intentions to come in, and even openly rebel under the banner of Xinlingjun. Zhao Kuo's face became even worse. He looked at Han Fei and asked, "What should I do?"
Han Fei smiled and said, "The best way is to take Pingyang Jun with you, go out of the city to defeat these thieves, quell the rebellion, find out the envoy behind the scenes, and let Pingyang Jun prove it to Xinling Jun. In this way, if you know the reason for the matter and then you will be the guarantee, Shangjun will not punish Xinling Jun again."
Everyone agreed with Han Fei's suggestion, only Li Yu, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. However, he smiled at Han Fei and said, "Yes." Zhao Kuo stood up and said seriously, "Okay, just do what Fei said."
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At this moment, in Pingyang Jun’s mansion, Chang’an Jun was kneeling in front of Zhao Bao.
Zhao Bao wandered back and forth in anger. His face was red, his eyes widened, and he was almost spitting out fire. After walking a few steps, he suddenly looked at Chang'an Jun and shouted: "What did I say? I didn't allow you to do this at the beginning. You should be fine. When Wei Wuji was fighting with the Qin people?! Are you trying to destroy Zhao State?!" He roared and grabbed Chang'an Jun's neck again.
Chang'an Jun was a little breathless when he was pinched, and hurriedly defended: "Uncle, I heard that Wei Wuji had defeated the Qin people and would return to Handan soon. If he defeated Bai Qi and returned to Handan with such credit, what chance do we have? Now that he is not in Zhao, it is difficult to justify it. It is the best opportunity!" Zhao Bao gritted his teeth, clenched his fists several times, and put them down several times when he looked at Chang'an Jun's face.
"Where did you hear that Wei Wuji defeated Bai Qi? Ah? If you force Wei Wuji to rebel, he will surrender to the Qin people directly with his army... You... you will destroy Zhao State!"
Zhao Bao jumped up, and he couldn't speak.
"How could Zhao's army follow him to surrender to the Qin people? This is impossible." Chang'an Jun said stubbornly. He stood up and said, "Anyway, I have done it. If you are angry, just kill me."
"Do you think I dare not?" Zhao Bao pulled out the short sword. Chang'an Jun was frightened and took a few steps back. He stretched out his neck and shouted, "Then you cut! Cut me!" Zhao Bao dropped the short sword, sat on the ground, holding his head with his hands, closing his eyes, and gasping for breath. Looking at Zhao Bao, who was trembling all over the body with anger, Chang'an Jun looked at him carefully, and moved closer a few steps, but did not dare to make a sound.
"No... I want to explain this to Shangjun and let him pardon Wei Wuji's crimes. At least, he cannot hurt Wei Wuji's family guests, and he cannot force him to rebel." Zhao Bao suddenly said, Chang'an Jun was a little anxious, and he said, "The uncle might as well kill me here directly. Not to mention that Wei Wuji has been against you all the time, and he would not pay attention to your kindness at all. Even if Shangjun knew that all this was done by me, he would not forgive me!"
"It's all you..." Zhao Bao suddenly reacted. He raised his head and looked at Chang'an Jun in surprise. He suddenly stood up and quickly came to Chang'an Jun. His face was ferocious, and his nose was almost pressed against Chang'an Jun's forehead. He was taller than Chang'an Jun. He asked: "I didn't agree with this matter, and my disciples would not let you drive it. How did you do it alone?"
Chang'an Jun took a step back. He didn't like being looked down upon. He said proudly: "I use the rewards you and the Lord gave me to you. Now I have more than 30 guests around me. Some of those who had sneaked into Wei Wuji's side came to serve you, and some were expelled by you. I gathered them together for my own use. My current strength may not be weaker than you."
"You? Hehe..." Zhao Bao sneered. He shook his head, thought seriously for a moment before asking: "You just said that you heard that Wei Wuji defeated Bai Qi. Where did you know the news?"
"It was my disciple who told me that he is very good at raising horses..."
A cold light flashed in Zhao Bao's eyes, and he said, "Go and call me that bunch."
The young man called Shu knelt in front of Zhao Bao tremblingly. Zhao Bao looked gloomy and stared at him, as if he wanted to see something from his face. Although Chang'an Jun didn't understand why his uncle wanted to see his disciple, he still didn't want his uncle to be embarrassed. Shu was best at raising horses and always gave him good suggestions on weekdays. For example, before, he persuaded himself not to let go of the people who dared to ask for compensation from him.
He also said that he would deal with those people for himself, because those people insulted him. After some time, all the people disappeared. There was no evidence of Dong Chengzi's fat pig. The matter was so beautiful that Chang'an Jun certainly liked this loyal disciple. Shu was very frightened at this moment, kneeling in front of them, waiting for their orders.
"Where did you hear that Wei Wuji was going to defeat the Qin people?"
"Previously, the disciples left by Wei Wuji and I were called Lu Su, and they started arguing about the reform. It was him who said that Wei Wuji was about to defeat Bai Qi and wanted to return to Zhao State to kill us all. Many people heard it..." Shu said nervously, Zhao Bao narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked, "Where are you from?"
"I am from Wusui..."
"Bastard!! I sent someone to Wusui to check. There was no one like you!!" Zhao Bao suddenly stood up, pulled out his sword, stepped forward and kicked Shu over. He stepped on Shu's chest, aimed the sword at his neck. Chang'an Jun was stunned. He looked at his uncle in surprise and looked at Shu again, and his face became ugly. Shu looked at Zhao Bao in horror and said in tears: "How is this possible? The people you sent must have not found out. I am from Wusui. The second room on the left side of Wusui East Gate is my home..."
Shu hurriedly explained, and cried and said, "You can send someone to check..."
Seeing Shu like this, Zhao Bao took away his feet and said to Shu unhappily: "You go back!"
Shu Cheng stood up in fear, bowed to the two of them, and then walked out the door.
"Arrow!" Zhao Bao suddenly shouted in Qin language.
Shu Yiyi was stunned, turned around and asked blankly: "What did you say?"
"Nothing, you go."
Shu then walked out of Pingyang Jun's mansion. Chang'an Jun walked to Zhao Bao with some curiosity, and asked, "When will you send someone to Wusui to inquire about his situation?" Zhao Bao looked at him, sighed, and then said, "I'm just testing him." Chang'an Jun suddenly realized, and then said, "I knew he was reliable. Look, my guests are reliable."
Zhao Bao shook his head and said to him: "I don't know whether he is loyal or traitor, so you kill him after you go back and don't keep him anymore."
"Why?!" Chang'an Jun jumped up. This is a great sage who raises horses.
"Huh?" Zhao Bao stared at him unhappily. Under this stern gaze, Chang'an Jun still surrendered. He lowered his head and said, "I understand."
Chang'an Jun walked out of his uncle's mansion a little lonely, his face was full of sorrow, he got on the carriage, and soon returned to his mansion. In the courtyard outside his city, Shu was washing the horse. The horse was a little uneasy. He lowered his head and ate the tender grass, allowing Shu to clean himself. Seeing Chang'an Jun coming back, Shu was about to put down what he had in his hand to pay homage to him, Chang'an Jun waved his hand casually and asked him to continue working.
Shu continued to brush, and Chang'an Jun stood behind him.
Chang'an Jun looked at him, looked at the sky again, and even stepped forward and patted the horse's back.
"Puchi~~"
The dagger suddenly pierced through Shu's back and directly stabbed it from the back to the chest, and the tip of the sword was even exposed from the chest.
Shu widened his eyes and looked at the horse in front of him blankly. He wanted to turn around, but he couldn't turn back. Blood came from the corner of his mouth. When the sword was pulled back, he fell down powerlessly. Chang'an Jun put away the sword and stopped looking at him. He continued to look at the horse in front of him. The horse was stained with some blood, which made him a little unhappy and quickly washed it.
Chapter completed!