a bolt from the blue.

Zhao Kuo was stiff all over, and he didn't know how long he had been stunned.

He walked out of the palace in a daze, and Ge hurriedly followed him. He saw that Zhao Kuo's expression was wrong and asked in a hurry: "What's wrong?" Zhao Kuo did not answer, with a dazed look. Ge hurriedly grabbed his shoulder and asked anxiously: "Is there anything wrong with Changping?" Zhao Kuo came to his senses, looked at him, and said, "Take me to General Le Yi's mansion."

Hearing this sentence, Ge's heart trembled, as if he understood something.

Zhao Kuo sat in the carriage, and Ge rushed towards General Le Yi's mansion at full speed. The strong wind in front of Zhao Kuo couldn't help but shrink his body and tremble. For some reason, the winter in Handan was far more cruel than Bai Ren. When the carriage arrived at Le Yi's mansion, Ge supported Zhao Kuo, who was stiff all over and walked out of the carriage. The gate of General Le Yi's mansion was locked, and Zhao Kuo walked to the door.

The door seemed a little lonely and covered with dust.

Zhao Kuo stretched out his sleeve, carefully wiped the dust on the door, and knocked on the door.

Zhao Kuo looked at the gate in a daze and stood for a long time. Ge sighed not far away and slowly walked to his side, "Shaojun, Jim... General Le Yi's longevity, this is a happy funeral..." Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment before saying, "Go to Lin Gong's mansion." The carriage drove away again, while Zhao Kuo just looked at the quiet courtyard in the distance, getting farther and farther, until it disappeared in front of his eyes.

When Zhao Kuo knocked on the gate of Lin Xiangru's courtyard, his guests quickly walked out. When they saw Zhao Kuo, they were delighted at first, but the joy quickly dissipated. He opened the door, and Zhao Kuo and Ge walked into the courtyard. Lin Xiangru's courtyard seemed a little messy now. As soon as they walked into the courtyard, Zhao Kuo heard the ethereal sound of the piano, which came from the inner room.

Zhao Kuo didn't understand music, but he could still hear some grief from the low sound of the piano. Zhao Kuo stopped here and grabbed the guest who was going to report, but listened carefully until the sound of the piano stopped. Zhao Kuo walked into the inner room with the guest. Lin Xiangru sat indoors, and there was a piano in front of him. He looked a little older than a few months ago, with a bony bone. His hands were trembling slightly at this moment and could not control it.

He raised his head, stared at Zhao Kuo with his turbid eyes. After a while, he recognized it and shouted happily: "Zhao Kuo!"

Zhao Kuo sat in front of him, Lin Xiangru was very excited and asked, "I heard you defeated the Yan people?"

“That’s how it is.”

"Okay... OK... Cough cough..." Lin Xiangru coughed violently, then he sighed and said, "On the second day of your departure, General Le Yi left... Shangjun personally mourned and cried for him. He left easily, unlike me... dragging his useless body, he suffered from illness every day, and was worried about the affairs of Zhao State... I envy him very much."

"He..." Zhao Kuo couldn't speak, his mind was filled with the gentle old man, lying on the sickbed, recalling the past and shouting about Zhao Kuo's riding calamity. He still remembers that when he was besieged by his ministers, General Le Yi dragged his sick body and angrily scolding the ministers. The smiling old man disappeared from then on and could never meet again. Lin Xiangru smiled and said, "He loves you very much."

"He said, you are different from any general. I wanted to take him to see you, but he said, you will definitely defeat the enemy and go out to greet you when you return victoriously. There is no need to see you. Unexpectedly, he did not wait for the day you return triumphantly."

Zhao Kuo lowered his head and covered his eyes with his right hand. Heavy tears fell from his eyes and crossed his face.

"I want to meet him."

General Le Yi was buried in Handan, and Zhao Kuo sat in front of his grave for a long time.

.........

Siko's Mansion is located west of Handan, far away from the palace, mainly because it is in charge of punishment here, and is considered an ominous place. Siko Louchang sat in the upper position, and three officials sat on his right hand, holding bamboo slips, recording, and standing in front of Louchang was Lieutenant Xu Li.

"You attacked the chief general, held the chief general hostage, issued military orders privately, and witnessed this incident with your own eyes. There are four people who are willing to testify against your crimes."

"Shizel Yi said: He saw you attacking the main general, and he used a short sword to press him against the waist of the main general, and held him hostage."

"Shizhao Jia said: He saw you break the finger of the commander."

Lou Chang said, raised his hand, signaled to the officials around him, and said, "Lou Chang said: He was attacked by you, broke his fingers, was held hostage, and was asked to issue military orders." After saying this, he looked at Xu Li in front of him and asked, "Which evidence do you have any questions about? Do you want to defend yourself?"

Xu Li looked at him and said calmly: "I confess my guilt."

Lou Chang nodded, and several officials around him also started recording again. Lou Chang then said, "Your crime is to attack the main general, hold the main general hostage, change the military order, and the crime should be killed." Xu Li did not feel afraid, nor even moved at all. Lou Chang waited for a moment, and then said helplessly to the left and right: "Don't record the next conversation for you, you guys."

The officials nodded, and then Lou Chang said, "Xu Li, I am a colleague with you and have worked with you for more than ten years. I really don't want to see you die like this. If someone can plead for you or use his merits to counter your crimes, you can be exempted from punishment."

“No one will plead for me.”

Lou Chang frowned and said, "As an important minister of Zhao, Zhao is now in the most dangerous time. How can you give up like this? Can't you leave your life and solve the confusion for the Lord?"

"I have a talent like you around you. What else do I need to worry about? If you want to kill me, please give me an order." Xu Li said coldly.

Lou Chang pondered for a long time before saying, "You have committed a crime, but you don't have to behead you because of your past contributions. You don't have to behead you. You have to be renamed as the magistrate of Yuanyang County, Yunzhong County. Please leave immediately!" The officials quickly recorded it. Xu Li just looked at Lou Chang proudly, and did not thank him for his forgiveness. He turned around and left. Lou Chang looked a little angry and said nothing. The officials walked to him with a smile.

"Why don't this guy treat you so rudely?"

I want to kill, but King Zhao is willing to bear to kill him?

Lou Chang shook his head and said, "Although he is arrogant, he is upright and has made many military achievements. I don't want to hurt him." When the officials heard this, they couldn't help but praise Lou Chang's character. Lou Chang smiled modestly, then walked out of the mansion and sat in the carriage. Lou Chang reached out his hand, muttering something, putting away his fingers one by one. When he put away his fourth finger, he smiled and muttered: "Xu Li."

Finally, only his thumb was still standing upright. Lou Chang narrowed his eyes, looked at his fingers, and said with a smile, "Yu Qing."

The Qin envoys came to Zhao. They were all helping the helpless Zhao people along the way. The news of the Qin envoys spread rapidly in Zhao at an extremely abnormal speed, and even spread to Dai, Yanmen and other places in a short time. They rushed towards Handan with great momentum. The people of Zhao were the happiest. Is Qin coming to negotiate peace? The war is finally over? Are the relatives coming back?

These happy Zhao people could be seen everywhere. They gathered on the road just to meet the rumored Qin envoys.

This news was brought to Zhao Kuo by Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo felt that Zhao Fu was far inferior to Di Ke. If Di was still here, I would probably bring the news of the envoy a few days earlier, and even the scale of the envoy could be clearly told. Zhao Fu just brought the news of them rushing to Handan.

Sitting in the courtyard, Zhao Kuo frowned. He was no longer the simple boy he used to be. He didn't think that the Qin people wanted to end the war. After thinking for a moment, he snorted coldly and said, "In the past, Zheng Zhu sent Qin, and they used Zheng Zhu to confuse the countries. This time, they sent envoys themselves, but they were afraid that the purpose was to stop the emergence of the coalition forces as before."

Zhao Fu was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What should we do?"

"As long as the Qin people's envoy is still in Zhao, all countries will not dare to fight against Qin with all their might."

"Fan Ju, the vicious villain, acts viciously but is greedy. The arrival of the messenger must have other purposes."

Zhao Kuo stood up, pulled out the short sword on his waist, and said angrily: "Since Fan Ju looks down on the people of Zhao and dares to use such a despicable strategy to deal with Zhao State, then I will teach him a lesson so that he will not dare to underestimate us like this again, so that he knows that the smart people in the world are not just in Qin State!"

"This time, I will not let the Qin people be so presumptuous again!"

"Call the guests immediately! Prepare the horses, cloths, spears, bows and arrows, and set off with me!!"
Chapter completed!