Xianyang.

A distinguished guest was welcomed in Fan Ju's courtyard. The guest was very old and older than Fan Ju. As soon as Fan Ju saw him, he kindly helped him and asked him to sit down. The old man was wearing black clothes, his hair was all white, and his eyes were sharp. Fan Ju sat in front of him and said with a smile: "As the prime minister, there are too many things to deal with, so please don't blame him."

The old man's face became more and more gloomy, and he stared at Fan Ju in anger. Everyone knew that Fan Ju said this, intentionally angering him, but the old man did not have angered him. He just asked, "Is your affairs still going well?"

Fan Ju stroked his beard without hiding it, and said, "Of course it went smoothly. The envoy was about to arrive in Handan. When he heard that Qin was intending to negotiate peace with Zhao, the soldiers and the people of Zhao were very happy. Changping's soldiers had no intention of fighting and were ready to go home. After learning about the envoy's news, the reinforcements from Wei also stayed at Daliang and continued to observe and did not go to the expedition."

The old man grinned and asked, "With your personality, sending envoys should not be just for these two results?"

Fan Ju laughed and said, "Sure enough, you know me the best. Your Youzi sent someone to send news. Now in the Zhao Palace, only Yu Qing is the enemy of our enemy, and the rest have been eliminated by your Youzi. My target this time is Yu Qing. As long as Yu Qing also leaves the palace, your Youzi can become the prime minister of Zhao. At that time, whether it is Lian Po or Zhao Kuo, the person who has no response behind him can still be the enemy of Qin?"

"Is your envoy going to assassinate Yu Qing?"

Fan Ju glanced at him, smiled, and said, "I don't have any outsiders here, you don't have to pretend. How could you not know what I think?"

The old man suddenly laughed and said, "Do you want King Zhao to hand over Yu Qing to end the Qin and Zhao war?"

Fan Ju didn't say anything, just looked at him.

"Then do you think King Zhao will hand it over?"

Fan Ju shook his head and said, "The King of Zhao will never hand over Yu Qing. Even if the army surrounded Handan, he will never hand over it. But he has no choice but to do so. Yu Qing, I know him very well. He is a very strong person. If he knew that he had become my pawn, do you know what would happen to him? He will definitely kill himself and ask King of Zhao to give his head to the envoy."

"Oh? Then your plan was defeated?"

"Yes, if Yu Qing did that, my strategy would be defeated, so I will not participate in the war anymore, and everything else will be handed over to Wu'an Jun." Fan Ju said calmly: "No matter whether King Zhao is Lian Po or Zhao Kuo as a general, there are all our people in the palace. How can they defeat Wu'an Jun?" The old man shook his head and said: "Your strategy is still as cruel as ever. It seems that you still have a special understanding of the ministers of Zhao State."

"War may not necessarily mean to decide the outcome on the battlefield. I know the ministers of Zhao better than those of Qin. Tian Dan is wise, but he will not offer advice for Zhao. Lin Xiangru is brave, but he is old and Yu Qing has foresight, but he is too strong and easy to break. Zhao Bao has strategy, but he is irritable and angry. Pang Nuan, Zhao Sheng and others do not always stay by the side of King Zhao."

"Oh, what about Zhao Kuo?"

"A reckless man who can only pretend to behave." Fan Ju said gritting his teeth.

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The reckless man who only pretends to behave is now riding a horse and running wildly on the road. Zhao Kuo has almost no idea of ​​hiding his own ideas, just to ride his many disciples and run towards the direction of the envoy. Zhao Kuo's idea is very simple. Since the Qin State's strategy cannot be eliminated, he will eliminate the person who implemented the strategy. The envoy's speed is very slow, as if he is deliberately delaying the time.

According to Zhao Fu's words, they must have left Lu Cheng and were rushing towards the horse suit.

Following Zhao Kuo, Zhao Fu looked particularly sad. At night, everyone lit a bonfire and was resting. Zhao Fu once came to Zhao Kuo, frowned and asked, "Shaojun, is this really good? Killing the envoy is unethical and will destroy your reputation. Moreover, the people of Zhao have longed for peace for a long time. If you kill the envoy of Qin, the people and soldiers will resent you."

This is not the first time that Zhao Fu has come to persuade him. Zhao Fu really thinks that such behavior is too risky. What if Qin really wants to negotiate peace? Isn’t Zhao Kuo’s behavior a big mistake?

Zhao Kuo sat on the cold land, clenched his fists. He raised his head, looked at Zhao Fu, and asked with a smile: "Do you think I care about my reputation? Or do you think everything I did before was to make others respect me more?" Zhao Fu was shocked and shook his head quickly. Zhao Kuo said: "I have done a lot of things, but when I do these things, I never want others to praise my kindness and righteousness when I see me."

"Maybe, at the beginning, I was like this. I enjoyed the praise of others, but I saw too many good people. Do you know that there are many kind and good people in Zhao State. They should not suffer such suffering. I try my best to do what I can do. I am trying my best to help more innocent people. Even if I do this, they start to hate me and scold me, and I don't care. At least, they can survive."

Zhao Fu stood for a long time, stared at Zhao Kuo in front of him, gritted his teeth, and said, "It is precisely because of this that I dare not let you take such a risk!"

"If Qin really wanted to discuss peace... the Qin people also stopped attacking..."

Zhao Kuo smiled, "It's winter now, and it's becoming more difficult to transport food, grass and supplies. Stop the attack. Is this because the envoys came? The Qin people never thought about peace talks. If it was just for Shangdang, why do you need to use hundreds of thousands of soldiers? They came to destroy Zhao... I know, you are afraid, you really hope that peace talks are true, I am also afraid, I also hope that peace talks are true..."

"But, I can't numb myself like this. Previously, I numb myself once and forced myself to believe... but killed an upright messenger who died in Qin State. He said, "I want me to avenge him... No matter how scared I am, I must be prepared to fight the Qin people to death. Even if I die in Changping, even if the people of Zhao State hate me, I will not let them kill more people!"

Zhao Kuo said firmly, and his tight hands gradually loosened.

Zhao Fu looked at him, "You told me not to convince myself to believe, but aren't you also convince myself to believe?" He didn't say anything else, swept the dust around Zhao Kuo, and sat beside him. He said seriously: "No matter what you want to do, I am willing to follow you, but this time, please let me go and I will kill them."

"Do you want to kill the messenger, commit suicide and apologize, and take all the charges?" Zhao Kuo suddenly became angry. He grabbed Zhao Fu's shoulder and asked: "You have a wife, parents, and two children in your family. Why do you ignore them like this? Why do you want to die for me!!"

"You have a mother at home and there are many people in China who love you. Why should you be willing to die for the people of Zhao State?!"

"Because they love me and trust me, they regard me as hope!"

"I love you too, I trust you too, and I treat you as hope, so I am willing to die for you too!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned and let go of the hand that grabbed Zhao Fu's shoulder. He smiled and said, "Then you must live well. Beside me, only you and Ge are left. If you leave me, I will not be able to do anything..." He pounded the bonfire in front of him, and his face changed color under the bonfire. He said, "I have to do this with my own hands. Only when the countries know that I did it, will they believe that Zhao and Qin will never have a chance to negotiate."

Fu Zhao sat aside, sighed helplessly, picked up the roasted lamb and started eating.

Ge suddenly kicked Zhao Fu in the lap, lowered his head, and said angrily: "I'm going to urinate and drown, so you can take my place. It's fine, but you can eat my barbecue!"

"Do you think I'm old and bullied?"
Chapter completed!