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Huang Zhong was originally on the border of Tang to handle the intelligence of Qi and Lu countries, because there were some matters to be decided by Chu Chaohui, so he went to the throat ten days ago.When he arrived at the throat city, Huang Zhong knew that two major events had occurred in the country of Zhao.

A major event is that Prince Shi led 3000 soldiers and horses to attack the southern border of Zhao State by boat. The [-] defenders on the southern border of Zhao State were defeated by a sneak attack designed by Zuo Yi. More than [-] defenders of Zhao State were killed and captured. More than a thousand people fled back to Zhao Wangdu to report.

Bo Yao, who was in charge of the military, was shocked when he heard the news. After discussing with Lao Wenzai, he decided to lead [-] soldiers to the southern border, determined to wipe out the scourge of the lingering son Shi in one fell swoop.

Just two days after Bo Yao led his troops away, Wen Zai, who was busy with official duties, suddenly fell down and became unconscious.

The doctors tried their best to treat him, but when he woke up, his mouth and eyes were crooked, his whole body was paralyzed, and he couldn't even speak clearly.If Zheng Yuming was by his side, it would be obvious at a glance that Wen Zai was suffering from a stroke.

When Zheng Yuming was a guest in King Zhao's palace, he saw Wen Zai, who was already obese, eating fat, and warned Zhao Xuan.

It's a pity that people in this era generally don't think obesity is bad for their health, Zhao Xuan didn't take Zheng Yuming's reminder seriously.

Zhao Guowenzai was overworked because of his body fat, which caused a cerebral hemorrhage and stroke and paralyzed him. After waking up, his mind was not clear.

Zhao Xuan will leave home with peace of mind, relying on Lao Wenzai and Boyao to help him control the government.The two courtiers that Zhao Xuan relied on were his right-hand men.

Now one of them is leading the soldiers to leave the capital, and the other is suddenly ill and unconscious, and Zhao Wangting's power has suddenly become a vacuum.

At this time, Doctor You, who was in close contact with the envoy of Yan State, joined forces with conservative forces to block the news of Wen Zai's illness, and prepared to launch a coup d'état, supporting Zhao Rui, the son of Queen Zhao, to take the throne.

The reason why the conservative faction of Zhao State supported Zhao Rui was that the envoy of Yan State promised on behalf of Queen Zhao that as long as Zhao Rui became the lord of Zhao State, the old system of fiefdom would be restored.For the royal ministers who have been deprived of their fiefs, the temptation to restore their fiefdoms is really huge, enough to make many nobles take risks for this bait.

Bo Yao's departure and Wen Zai's sudden illness provided the conservatives with an opportunity for a coup d'état.As soon as Wen Zai fell, the conservative faction headed by You Dafu usurped the guard command of the capital, closed the four city gates of the capital, prohibited people from entering and leaving, and prevented Bo Yao from leaking the news of Wen Zai's illness.

Although Zhao Xuan is far away in the capital of the emperor, Doctor You controls the power of the royal court, but he dare not support Zhao Rui immediately.Zhao Xuan's prestige in Zhao State was too high, Dr. You was not sure that Zhao Ruineng, who supported Zhao Xuan, could secure the throne in the event that Zhao Xuan would not die.

The coup regime can be consolidated, only Zhao Xuan died.How to kill Zhao Xuan will be done by the Yan team. The Zhao soldiers are loyal to Zhao Xuan, and Doctor You dare not send them to murder Zhao Xuan.

Queen Zhao is the same mother and sister of King Yan, who is 16 years younger than King Yan.Queen Zhao was three years old, and her mother died. King Yan was the prince at that time and had already married. Seeing that his younger sister had no one to take care of him, he took him to his mansion to raise him.

Although Queen Zhao and King Yan are brothers and sisters, they are actually like father and daughter. King Yan loves his sister who lost her mother very much.With the protection of King Yan, Queen Zhao's status in Yan State is extremely respected, and her personality is also extremely willful.

When Zhao Xuan visited Yan State, Queen Zhao was deeply attracted at the first sight of Zhao Xuan, and made a fuss in front of King Yan.Zhao Xuan opened his mouth to propose marriage, and King Yan immediately agreed, because he loved his sister so much, he agreed to give six fine horses as a dowry.

In ancient times, the outcome of a war basically depended on the quality of the horses. Having good horses was like having a winning weapon.In Daqin, every country with good horses prohibited the outflow of their own stallions.While King Yan coveted Zhao Guo's generous dowry, his love for his sister was one of the main reasons why King Yan was able to marry a good horse as a dowry.

Zhao Xuan has become more and more stingy towards Yan Guo in recent years, and the king of Yan already had a lot of opinions on his sister-in-law.Queen Zhao's distress letter was sent to King Yan. After reading it, King Yan was furious. His sister, who was as painful as a jewel, would be dismissed by Zhao Xuan. Get justice for my sister.

"There is Qi State between Yan and Zhao, can Qi State agree to Yan State's attack on Zhao?" Zheng Yuming asked.

"My lord, peasant uprisings in Qi State are frequent, like sparks igniting a prairie fire. Qi Jun dispatched Huben to suppress them, and asked for help from the ally Yan State. The King of Yan led the army through Qi State and entered Zhao State on the grounds of helping to quell the chaos. Within the territory." Huang Zhong explained.

"So that's how it is." Zheng Yuming sighed, this is really one link affecting the other.All the factors unfavorable to Zhao Xuan exploded together.

The movements of Zhao Guo and Yan Guo, and the intelligence personnel of Wu Guo sent letters to the domestic pigeons at the first time.Doctor You's strategy of closing the city gates to block news is of no use to Wu's intelligence personnel.

Because people can't get out of the royal city, birds can fly freely.Relying on the information sent back from various places, Chu Chaohui grasped the latest trends in various countries at the first time.

"Is King Yan preparing to take action in the canyon ahead?" Zhao Guo's change came so suddenly that Wu Mu was sweating.

"That's right. After King Yan led his troops into the territory of Zhao, he divided up five thousand elite soldiers, dressed as soldiers of Zhao State, and rushed to the vassal state valley to ambush. The remaining 5000 troops marched into King Zhao's capital, eradicated the resistance forces, and helped his nephew board Throne."

"Zhao Xuan only has less than [-] guards. If he encounters [-] Yan soldiers in ambush, it must be a disaster." Zheng Yuming muttered to himself.

Huang Zhong glanced at Zheng Yuming, and explained Chu Chaohui's plan: "The general believes that Zhao Xuan's death is beneficial to our country!"

Chu Chaohui did not expect that the dispute in the Zhao Kingdom's harem led to today's situation. Chu Chaohui originally only wanted to wear some shoes for Zhao Xuan, causing Zhao Yan to turn against each other.Although Chu Chaohui used his young master to lure Bo Yao away from King Zhao's capital to make it easier for King Yan and Queen Zhao to move, with Zhao Xuan's prestige in Zhao State, Chu Chaohui did not expect that Queen Zhao would succeed in the coup d'état.

When Zhao Xuan returns to the country, the people of Zhao country will naturally gather around Zhao Xuan, and any coup against Zhao Xuan will not be stable.Chu Chaohui didn't expect King Yan and Queen Zhao to overthrow Zhao Xuan's regime, but only hoped to use King Yan's hand to make trouble and weaken Zhao's strength.

Now Wenzai's sudden illness has given the possibility of a successful coup d'état. The King of Yan has an order from the royal court, and he can freely walk in the territory of Zhao State. Move lightly.

As soon as Chu Chaohui learned that Yan Bing went to the valley to ambush and murder Zhao Xuan, he immediately ordered Huang Zhong to stop Zheng Yuming on the way, and must stop Zheng Yuming from walking with Zhao Xuan.The reason why Huang Zhong was sent there in person was because Huang Zhong was proficient in various languages ​​and could act as a person from many vassal states.

"The general's words are absolutely right!" Wu Mu agreed with his legs. As a businessman, Wu Mu had a lot of opinions on Zhao Xuan's boycott of Wu goods three years ago.The perception of Zhao Xuan is not good, Zhao Xuan's death is beneficial to Wu, Wu Mu of course supports it.

Gongsun Pan sighed and didn't make a comment.He had a fairly good impression of Zhao Xuan, but Gongsun Pan was already the Minister of Wu, and he would not raise any objections from the standpoint of Wu's interests.

Once Zhao Xuan died, Bo Yao, who led 2 people in southern Xinjiang, would definitely avenge Zhao Xuan, and the rising nobles who loved Zhao Xuan would definitely respond.The battle between old and new forces is inevitable.It's really hard to say to what extent the internal turmoil in Zhao's country is going to be.

After Wu Mu and Gongsun Pan left, Zheng Yuming sent Daniel to stand guard at the entrance of the tent.

"Huang Zhong, how does the general plan to deal with Zhao Guo?" Zheng Yuming didn't feel that Zhao's country was in chaos, and Chu Chaohui would just stand by and watch.

"As expected, you know the general best." Hearing Zheng Yuming's question, Huang Zhong laughed. "The general is going to annex Zhao first."

"Annex Zhao State first?" Zheng Yuming was surprised. Chu Chaohui had such a big appetite. The Qi and Lu countries hadn't made a move yet, so here they focused on Zhao.

"The general said that Zhao Guo is an opportunity sent by God, so we have to seize it." Huang Zhong looked excited. Zhao Guo is the second strongest in Daqin. If Zhao is successfully annexed, the world will be invincible and rotten to the root. Qilu can do it later, and the ease of merging those two countries is comparable to that of Tang. The difficulty is how to restore people's livelihood.

"What excuse?" Zheng Yuming asked in a deep voice.

"Correction and rectification."

"Zhao Xuan is dead, so why do you support him?" Zheng Yuming shook his head, he helped Zhao's royal family, Zhao Xuan was gone, and his son, Zirui, was the only one to support.

"Zhao Xuan also has a concubine, Zhao Jing. When he set off from his humble position, the general had ordered that the dark lines lurking in the capital of King Wu spare no effort to rescue Zhao Jing. From now on, the state of Wu will use Zhao Jing's name to fight against Zhao." Huang Zhongtuo said. Chu Chaohui planned against Zhao.

The plan is quite confidential, Huang Zhong didn't dare to say it in front of Gongsun Pan and Wu Mu just now.

Zheng Yuming was stunned after hearing this, Chu Chaohui was too good at leveraging his strength, and once Zhao Xuan died, with Zhao Jing as his puppet, Wu Guo was not only famous as a teacher, but also able to gather opposition forces.

"Go down and have a good rest, tomorrow we will leave for Xu Country." Zheng Yuming pressed his temples, there were too many changes, and he felt a little indigestion.

"No! I will go to rest now." Huang Zhong saluted and exited.

That same night, two groups of sentry horses came to Wu Guo camp, and these two batches of sentry horses were also sent by Chu Chaohui to inform Zheng Yuming to change the route.In order to prevent Huang Zhong and Zheng Yuming from missing each other, and to prevent Huang Zhong from being unable to deliver the letter due to an accident on his way, Chu Chaohui sent two more groups of people.After all, what Chu Chaohui cared most about was Zheng Yuming's safety.

On a summer morning, the sun rose very early, and the east was already covered with morning glow after five o’clock. Wood, who had been staying in the wild, tiptoed into the tent with four dog legs.

As soon as Mu entered the tent, he found that the owner who should be sleeping was still sitting on the chair in front of the bed. On the simple table next to the chair was an oil lamp smoking green smoke. The oil lamp had obviously just been extinguished.

Mu Mu felt that he was bumped into by his master for having an affair at night, so he hurriedly approached the master, rubbing the dog's head against the master's thigh vigorously to show his affection.

Zheng Yuming was so engrossed in thinking about things that he didn't even notice that Mu Mu had entered the tent, and only when Mu Mu showed affection and acted like a baby did he realize that the pet had returned.

The sky was bright, and Zheng Yuming didn't sleep or feel sleepy all night. After washing up casually, he changed his clothes and prepared to go out for a walk.Daniu, who was lying on the ground in his clothes, heard the movement, and quickly got up to follow behind Zheng Yuming, and Mu Mu, who had sneaked away at night, followed closely beside his master's legs.

"Brother Yu!" As soon as Zheng Yuming stood still on the hillside, Zhao Xuan came over.

"Morning, Brother Wang!" Zheng Yuming barely maintained his normal state when he saw Zhao Xuan.

The familiar person in front of him will be a body without temperature before the sun sets.

"Brother Yu, did you not rest tonight?" Zhao Xuan stared at Zheng Yuming's red eyes.

Zheng Yuming lowered his eyes and laughed dryly: "There are a few mosquitoes flying around in the tent at night, disturbing sleep."

"Mosquitoes are horrible, why doesn't brother Yu use mosquito repellent?" Wu Guo's mosquito repellent is very effective. After lighting it, the mosquitoes will stay far away when they smell the smell. Along the way, the mosquito repellent has prevented the mission personnel from being bitten. .

"I lit mosquito repellant, but I didn't notice it when it was turned off in the middle of the night." Zheng Yuming lied.

"So that's how it is!" Zhao Xuan understood the reason why Zheng Yuming didn't sleep all night, and his face was filled with pity. "It's a pity that Brother Yu is going to Xu Country, otherwise I will follow Brother Wei across the canyon, and I can have a good rest in the afternoon."

"Yu Ming came back from visiting Xu, and will definitely visit Brother Wang again." Zheng Yu Ming glanced at Zhao Xuan, and immediately looked away, unable to bear to face him again.

The living person in front of him was about to die under the random arrows, knives and guns of the soldiers of Yan State.

"Brother Yu, it takes two days to go to Xu country, and four days to go back and forth. You only have less than two thousand guards. The number of guards is too small. Why don't you send a thousand soldiers from Brother Wei to protect you?" Zhao Xuan He felt that the front was his vassal state, his sphere of influence, and he was safe in his own place, so he could send troops to protect Zheng Yuming.

"No!" Zheng Yuming rebuffed loudly, only to realize that his voice was too loud and too urgent after shouting. "Yu Ming would like to thank Brother Wang for his kindness. Although there are not many guards around Yu Ming, each of them can fight three or four. The journey to Xu Country is safe, and they are enough to guard."

There were 700 elite soldiers of Yan State ambushing in the canyon in front of them. The Zhao soldiers and the missionary staff were only more than 700 people. The 700 people, facing the ambush soldiers three times their size, could be predicted to be miserable.Zhao Xuan assigned another thousand soldiers to guard Zheng Yuming, then there would only be more than 700 people, and if more than [-] people faced [-] ambush soldiers, only the entire army would be wiped out.

Zheng Yuming agrees with Chu Chaohui's plan, but when facing the lively Zhao Xuan, Zheng Yuming's heart is very confused.Standing on his own ideals and the interests of his own country, Zheng Yuming could not stop Zhao Xuan from going to die anyway.But when Zhao Xuan proposed to send a thousand soldiers to protect Zheng Yuming, Zheng Yuming had no face to accept it.

Zhao Xuan had more troops, and the resistance time would be longer. Maybe there is a chance of escape?At this moment, Zheng Yuming couldn't figure out what he was hoping for in his heart.

"Hehe, it's just a suggestion for my brother." Zhao Xuan looked sad when Zheng Yuming rejected it straight away. Zhao Xuan thought that Zheng Yuming was worried about him and wary of him, so he rejected his kindness straight away.

With this misunderstanding episode, Zhao Xuan became relatively silent.After the camp soldiers finished cooking breakfast, Zhao Xuan bid farewell and returned to his camp.

After breakfast, the soldiers unpacked and packed their luggage. Within half an hour, the missions of the two countries packed up and prepared to go to their respective journeys.

Zhao Xuan rode a horse and stood in front of the team. Seeing the troops of the Wu Kingdom Mission go away, Zhao Xuan suddenly rode his horse and chased after them.

Zhao Xuan caught up with the Wu mission, drove to the front of Zheng Yuming's mount, met Zheng Yuming's astonished gaze, and said in a low voice. "Brother Yu! I have something I want to say alone."

Seeing that Zhao Xuan was chasing him, Zheng Yuming tensed up all over, thinking that his strange behavior this morning had aroused Zhao Xuan's suspicion.

"Brother Wang, please speak!" Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan walked to a place where the mission could not hear their voices.

"Brother Yu! You and I have known each other for four years. Since the day Xuan met Brother Yu, we have never met each other so late." Zhao Xuan spoke after deliberating.

"Yu Ming also feels congenial with Brother Wang." To be honest, apart from the insurmountable generation gap in thinking, Zheng Yuming and Zhao Xuan have many similar views.

Zhao Xuan looked directly at Zheng Yuming with sincere eyes. "Brother Yu's character is too kind, and he always starts with pure kindness."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xuan had a deep meaning: "Brother Yu! You must know that you must be on guard against others! Especially those close to you."

"Defense against others? People who are especially close?" Zheng Yuming, who was originally nervous, was confused by Zhao Xuan's words.

"Hey!" Zhao Xuan sighed, and found that the hint could not make Zheng Yuming understand. What he meant was to remind Zheng Yuming to beware of Chu Chaohui. From the perspective of his own observation, Zhao Xuan analyzed that Chu Chaohui was using Zheng Yuming to control Wu Guo .

Zhao Xuan didn't want to express his judgment at first.During the trip to Haojing, the image of Zheng Yuming's little white rabbit became more and more three-dimensional in Zhao Xuan's heart. Seeing the Wu Kingdom's mission go away, Zhao Xuan felt an impulse in his heart. He didn't want the little white rabbit to be killed by the Chu Dynasty Hui that big bad wolf was killed.

"Brother Yu bears the heavy burden of the state of Wu and the community, and the power must not be left behind. If all the power falls into the hands of someone with a heart, Brother Yu's life will be in danger!" Zhao Xuan said earnestly.

"You mean Zhao Hui? This is impossible!" Zheng Yuming was stunned, not understanding how Chu Chaohui felt like this to Zhao Xuan.

"I hope I'm worrying too much for my brother!" Seeing that Zheng Yuming didn't believe his own judgment, Zhao Xuan was very disappointed.

"If one day, brother Yu is in danger, don't forget that there is a brother, and the brother will definitely protect the virtuous brother!"

No matter what motive Zhao Xuan had in his words, no matter whether Zhao Xuan's judgment was wrong, Zheng Yuming was still moved by such a heart-to-heart attitude.

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your protection! Brother Wang, go ahead, be careful..." Zheng Yuming blurted out and wanted to remind Zhao Xuan that reason stopped him at a critical moment. "Beware of Canyon Beasts."

"Haha! Brother Yu, don't worry, my brother Huben is very brave, and a mere beast can only become the prey of the soldiers' arrows." Zhao Xuan smiled boldly and waved his hands nonchalantly.

"Since that's the case, Yuming wishes Brother Wang a smooth journey!" Zheng Yuming said goodbye to Zhao Xuan with a forced smile.

"Brother Yu, be careful all the way!" Zhao Xuan also immediately returned the salute, and after saying goodbye, Zhao Xuan turned around.

In the summer sun, Zhao Xuan, dressed in tight black, rode his brown-red horse into the distance.

The sun was so bright, and life was so vivid, Zheng Yuming felt that the scene in front of him was dazzling, making his eyes blurry.

Until the team of Zhao Guo's embassy was gone, Zheng Yuming, who was dressed in silver summer clothes, still stood there motionless.

"Young Master! Young Master!" Boss Mao walked to Zheng Yuming's side and asked for orders: "Young Master, can we go?"

"Oh, let's go!" Zheng Yuming woke up from his trance, rode back two steps before stopping, looked back at the road Zhao Xuan was going away, finally gritted his teeth, and whipped the white horse hard with a whip. He picked up his horseshoe and ran north.The members of the mission and the guards hurriedly followed, and after a while, the fork in the road returned to silence.

The long mane came out from the grass, sniffed the scent, followed the marks left by the wood, and chased the dust ahead.