Chapter IX Where to Send the Envoy
"It hurts you more! It hurts you more!"
As soon as Zhao Kuo walked out the door, he saw Di crazy hitting his head against the mulberry tree. Every time he hit, it made mulberry leaves fly, and there were a lot of piles of piles on the ground. Zhao Kuo was frightened. What was the situation? He was about to step forward, but Xun stopped him. Xun said helplessly: "Shaojun, don't panic. Di is such a person. He drank with his friends yesterday, but today he had an unbearable headache. In anger, he hit the tree with his head."
Zhao Kuo widened his eyes and asked, "Is this what he is like on weekdays?"
Fortunately, he nodded, "He was irritable. He used to feel that his nose was always itchy and he made his nose bleeding with one punch... Shaojun didn't know that when he first came to Zhao State, many people asked him to be his disciple, but he said too much and said endlessly, so those people were reluctant to let him go and shed sheep and horses. He was good at these things, but if those sheep didn't listen to him, or ran around..."
"What will happen to him?"
"He just punched and kicked the sheep. I saw him fall with a donkey and pressed the old donkey, even horses and cows, he would not let him go. If he annoyed him, he would definitely fight. He would not care about the blows that made him bleeding from both fists. Later, whether it was sheep, cows, or horses, they were afraid of him. The flock of sheep was screaming, and they didn't dare to say anything when they saw Di coming, but they dared to lower their heads to eat grass."
Zhao Kuo grew up and said, "What kind of people are his disciples?"
"Later, not only those beasts, but also people were afraid of him, and no one dared to use him again."
Good guy, Zhao Kuo has heard that Zhang Liao's reputation can make the crying child afraid to speak. Unexpectedly, there is a powerful man under his command who can make cattle and sheep not speak. Isn't this a madman? Zhao Kuo was a little scared at this moment, and no longer paid attention to the Di who was shouting and hitting his head against the tree in the distance, and left the courtyard with Ge and another disciple. He has been in the horse dress for the past few days. Although his life is comfortable, he is still a little bored. He wants to go to Handan to take a look.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Ge tightly tied the reins. When he saw Zhao Kuo coming out, Ge bowed and said, "Shaojun, it seems that you have found a way to get up early. It turns out that you stayed up late to study, so you got up very late. Now in order to get up early, you don't even read books. It seems that Shaojun is still smart." Zhao Kuo was suddenly overwhelmed, and he didn't want to bring this guy with him. However, he needed a car to travel, and Ge was absolutely unwilling to change someone to drive.
Zhao Kuo was about to speak, Di, who had a scarf tied to his forehead, walked out, stood behind Zhao Kuo, looked at Ge angrily, and cursed: "If you dare to insult Shaojun again, I will definitely chop off your head."
"You are just an outsider. When will it be your turn to scold me?" Ge was not in the past, but when he heard Di's insult, he naturally wanted to scold him.
"You are just a mediocre person who is not qualified to go to Pingyuan Jun's mansion. Pingyuan Jun accepted all the guests of Ma Fujun, but they didn't want you. What kind of face do you have to drive for Ma Fuzi?"
"I did not go to Pingyuan Jun's mansion to pay back! Stay here to take care of Ma Fuzi!" When Ge heard this, he jumped up in anger, his long beard trembled. This incident made him angry the most. On weekdays, Di always used this to anger him. As the two were about to fight, they were lucky enough to come forward and told them not to fight in front of Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo ignored the fight between the two guys and looked at the side. His neighbor walked out of the door. His neighbor was a kind old man. The old man was leaning on a crutch and was very old and always smiled on weekdays. Zhao Kuo stepped forward to meet him. The old man smiled and hit Zhao Kuo on the back with a mulberry stick. Of course, this was not an attack. The Zhao people thought that mulberry wood could expel ghosts. The old man's behavior was considered a blessing to Zhao Kuo and expel evil for him.
"Where is Mr. Ping going?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"I'll ask if there is a letter from my two children. I wonder where Ma Fuzi is going?"
"I'm going to Handan."
"Okay, I hope Ma Fuzi will be safe all the way." The old man said, smiling and gently hitting the carriage with a wooden stick, and then left.
After getting on the carriage, Ge waved the long whip in his hand, and the carriage drove away quickly. Di, Xing and a few people followed behind the carriage and ran. Looking at their appearance, Zhao Kuo felt that maybe he should buy them a few horses, but when he saw Di running while talking to Xing, seeing Xing's desperate expression, Zhao Kuo felt that it was good now, so he should not buy them horses, so as not to follow him all the time.
The city walls of Handan are very tall. Zhao Kuo needs to raise his head to see the soldiers guarding the city wall. When the carriages arrived at the city gate, the city gate seemed a little empty, with not many people. Only seven or eight old men were standing aside and being investigated by the soldiers. Ge directly drove the car to the city gate. The soldiers stopped them and stood in front of them.
"This is the carriage of the horse and cosmos!" Ge said proudly.
"Ma Fuzi?!", the soldiers shouted, and suddenly, the city gate exploded, and the soldiers inspected in the distance also ran over. The Guizhou leaders at the city gate also poked their heads out, staring at Zhao Kuo with enthusiasm, respect, and almost fanatical eyes. Zhao Kuo was very uncomfortable, "Ma Fuzi is here!", someone shouted, and there were more and more people around, countless people calling Zhao Kuo's name, and some knelt on the side of the road and kowtowed to Zhao Kuo.
The soldier who guarded the city gate walked to Zhao Kuo excitedly. Zhao Kuo then saw his face. The soldier was very young. No, he was very young. His face had just grown a stubble. His eyes were very bright. He asked carefully: "Is Ma Fuzi here to follow you to ask for a fight?"
Zhao Kuo was silent and shook his head.
The young soldier was a little disappointed, and he raised his head again, "I have two brothers in Changping. If you are the general, I am willing to follow you to the battlefield."
Zhao Kuo couldn't speak for a moment, and the young soldiers hurriedly cleared the road for him, and the carriage entered Handan City.
Handan City is not as prosperous as he recalls. There are very few people on the road. Even in some restaurants, one or two men were only seen eating meat. Handan seemed very depressed and empty. Zhao Kuo looked a little dazed. Until he left Handan, he didn't say a word. He couldn't even remember the situation in Handan City.
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In the palace, King Zhao sat facing each other with four ministers of Zhao. Among these people, Tian Dan and Lin Xiangru were not called Tian Dan because he was not interested in the war, and Lin Xiangru was not called Lin Xiangru because he was seriously ill at home. King Zhao really didn't want to bother with the old man anymore. King Zhao looked at the four ministers in front of him and asked angrily: "The first battle was not good, the commander died in battle. I want to personally take the armor to the enemy to fight the Qin army with the decisive battle. What do you think?"
Minister Lou Chang said: "The State of Zhao and Qin use all their national strength to fight to the decisive battle. This is not a good thing for both countries. Isn't it a matter of making the surrounding jackals happy? I think the Lord should send someone to negotiate peace with Qin." After saying that, he possessed himself and bowed. King Zhao did not answer, and looked at Yu Qing again. Yu Qing seemed a little angry. He stood up and said:
"Qin State has done its best to no longer retain it. He wants to destroy our Zhao State. How can we negotiate peace at this time?"
"What do you think you should do?"
"The Lord of Shang should send people to Wei and Chu to seek their help. In this way, Qin would definitely doubt that the princes of the world would unite to resist Qin, and would definitely panic. Even if Shangjun wanted to negotiate peace with the Qin people, he should send people to Wei and Chu first, which would also be helpful for peace talks." Yu Qing said seriously.
King Zhao nodded and looked at Zhong's father, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao looked a little angry at this moment. He said bluntly: "In the past, Qin State attacked South Korea. Feng Ting, the prefect of Shangdang of South Korea, was unwilling to surrender to the Qin people. When he offered seventeen cities, he told Shangjun that benefits without reason were the greatest harm. Such actions would definitely anger the Qin people. It would be better to give these places to the Qin people. You must say that you can get so many cities without military strength. This is a good thing. How are you doing now?"
King Zhao asked angrily: "Doesn't the Qin people attack Zhao State if I don't want this Shangdang County? Qin is a country like a tiger. Shouldn't Qin accept the land to become stronger to deal with tigers, and should feed the meat they have obtained to the tigers and wait for the tigers to eat people? What's the use of talking about these now?"
Zhao Bao couldn't speak for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, I'll invite you to send Zheng Zhu to Qin to negotiate peace. When the Qin people attacked Yanyu in the past, he was the envoy to Qin. I think he was the most suitable one." Of course, the fourth minister sitting next to Zhao Bao, that is, Zheng Zhu, stood up and bowed to King Zhao, and said, "I am willing to go to Qin to negotiate peace."
After pondering for a long time, King Zhao nodded and said, "This matter is related to the survival of Zhao State. Please don't neglect it."
Chapter completed!