Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

King Zhao's eyes moved to Lord Pingyang.

At this moment, King Zhao's gaze was as cold as a knife's edge, and he said to Pingyang Jun, "Pingyang Jun, do you have anything else to explain?"

Lord Pingyang's face was ashen, and he hurriedly said to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, someone is definitely framing this. This veteran will never do this. This veteran has always been loyal to the King!"

At this moment, Mr. Pingyang really felt that he was wronged from the bottom of his heart. There was nothing wrong with him, so why did there appear a soul-returning incense in this sachet?

Zhao Wang looked at Pingyang Jun's expression of trying to argue, and hesitated for a while.

At this moment, Zhou Shaofen on the side spoke.

"Mr. Pingyang, now who doesn't know that you are very close to some people. If I expected it to be correct, the eldest prince would have already become a thorn in your side."

Although no name was named, everyone in the building knew that of course Zhou Shaofen was referring to the Concubine Li.

Concubine Li has just given birth to a son. If the eldest prince is born, Concubine Li's son will undoubtedly become the only heir to the throne in Zhao Kingdom.

This sentence directly made Mr. Pingyang look as if he had been stabbed with a knife, and his body shook violently.

Pingyang Jun screamed: "There is absolutely no such thing, there is no need for the old man to do this!"

However, no matter how hard Pingyang Jun tried to argue, King Zhao believed it.

Zhao Wang's face was extremely ugly, he stared at Pingyang Jun and said coldly: "Pingyang Jun, Pingyang Jun, I think you are really old and confused, and you can even do this kind of thing.

Come on, detain Lord Pingyang for me, and call all the important officials into the palace immediately! "

As soon as King Zhao gave an order, a few wolf-like guards of the Zhao Kingdom's palace strode in, directly held Pingyang Jun, and dragged Pingyang Jun who had been struggling and screaming, begging for mercy.

Afterwards, many court envoys of the Zhao Kingdom left the palace one after another, and hurried towards the mansions of the important ministers of the Zhao Kingdom in Handan City.

An hour later, Zhao Kuo hurriedly got off the carriage and looked at the palace in front of him. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile.

Chapter 877 Zhao Kuo's acting skills are at their peak

There is no doubt that this whole thing was actually planned by Zhao Kuo.

The process is also very simple. First of all, find a drug that is easy to lose consciousness and fall into a coma, and at the same time, it is not too harmful to the body. Moreover, if this drug must be very unpopular, all the royal doctors are not clear about it. Her father-in-law's palace doctor can only know the medicine.

The next step is to buy the craftsman and let the craftsman quietly add this medicine into the sachet when weaving the sachet.

The next step is to find a way for the eldest prince to have access to this sachet at the banquet. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to consciously cultivate the habit of the eldest prince taking a bite of everything he sees during this period of time.

For a two-year-old child, this habit is actually relatively normal, and it is also common for other people, and no one will find it weird.

From the queen's point of view, of course she is a little worried, but considering that as long as the plan is successful this time, not only can Lord Pingyang be completely defeated, but also the child born to Concubine Li will suffer a huge blow. , the queen gritted her teeth and agreed.

Since all the other palace doctors didn't know about this drug, when the palace doctor pointed out that the drug was actually highly poisonous, others had no way to refute it.

There may be one or two palace doctors who think it's wrong, but they are very clear that the current matter involves a court battle, and these palace doctors will never dare to raise any opinions until they are 100% sure.

When everything is in place, just wait for Pingyang Jun to fall into the trap.

Frankly speaking, Zhao Kuo was actually not very willing to end everything in this way, but after thinking about it, he suddenly discovered that only in this way can he defeat Lord Pingyang in the shortest time.

Although Mr. Pingyang said that he had some problems with his talents, he had to admit that after so many years of management, coupled with his own status as the king of Zhao, he really made Mr. Pingyang indestructible.

Therefore, if you want to defeat Lord Pingyang, the real key is to start with Zhao Wang. Zhao Kuo's strategy is undoubtedly the best way to defeat Zhao Wang's defense.

Zhao Kuo walked into the palace with a calm expression, and saw that King Zhao was already sitting there, and several important officials of Zhao Guo were also taking their seats.

Zhao Kuo bowed his hands to King Zhao and said, "I have seen you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Wang obviously didn't have any intention of greeting today, he waved his hand very casually, and then said to Zhao Kuo, "Sit down, Mr. Wu Xin, I have something very important to tell you."

Of course Zhao Kuo knew what was going on, so he sat down very calmly, waiting for King Zhao to speak.

In this hall, the only person who is still ignorant is probably Lord Pingyang's ally Lian Po.

At this moment, Lian Po felt somewhat uneasy, because he did not see Lord Pingyang here.

As Zhao Guoxiangbang, Mr. Pingyang would inevitably appear at such a meeting, but now that everyone else has come, Mr. Pingyang has not appeared. What's the matter?

Before Lian Po could figure out what happened, King Zhao had already spoken.

"You must also know that today is the banquet for the second birthday of the widowed prince, but something happened at the banquet, that is, someone wanted to poison the widowed prince."

It has been a while since this matter happened, but when Zhao Wang said this, his tone inevitably fluctuated, and the expression on his face also seemed quite resentful.

After Zhao Wang's voice fell, Zhao Kuo immediately showed a very shocked expression like everyone else's face, and even exclaimed.

"How could such a thing happen?"

Zhao Wang's face was very gloomy, and he said coldly: "I don't believe that such a thing will happen, but it just happened, and you don't know the identity of the poisoner, tell you, the poisoner People are Lord Pingyang."

The expression on Zhao Kuo's face became more and more shocked. Lian Po was as shocked as Zhao Kuo, but Lian Po was really shocked from the heart.

Lian Po couldn't help standing up, and said to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, Lord Pingyang has always been loyal to His Majesty and Zhao Guo, how could he do such a thing?

The old minister felt that there must be something strange about it, and asked the king to investigate it clearly. "

As Lord Pingyang's most loyal ally in the court, Lian Po was naturally the first to stand up and speak to Lord Pingyang.

Just after Lian Po finished speaking, Zhou Shaofen said in a strange manner: "The matter of Da Sima was witnessed by many people, including the old man, the king and the queen, and so on. Could it be that according to your opinion, all of us have wronged Mr. Pingyang?" No?"

Lian Po obviously didn't expect Zhou Shaofen to say such words suddenly, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

At this time, Lian Po was actually very passive, because Lian Po didn't understand the situation at all, but Zhou Shaofen had planned it for a long time.

Therefore, in the verbal confrontation between the two sides, Lian Po, who was originally not good at arguing, naturally fell to the disadvantage in an all-round way.

But Lian Po is also very clear that in the current situation, only Lian Po can help Lord Pingyang speak out, so even if he is at a disadvantage, Lian Po is still fighting hard with reason, showing no sign of giving in at all.

"That's enough, stop arguing."

Zhao Wang suddenly slapped the table, ending the quarrel between Lian Po and Zhou Shaofen.

The hall suddenly became quiet.

King Zhao's eyes fell on Zhao Kuo, and he said to Zhao Kuo, "Mr. Wu Xin, tell me your opinion."

After hearing these words, Lian Po's expression became more serious.

In Lian Po's view, Zhao Kuo is the mortal enemy of Lord Pingyang. Under such circumstances, Zhao Kuo must have made trouble.

Zhao Kuo, who had been prepared for a long time, didn't pay attention to Lian Po, but spoke slowly, and answered Zhao Wang.

"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is indeed of great importance, so we should not make hasty conclusions, and we should investigate thoroughly."

After Zhao Kuo said these words, even Zhao Wang was stunned for a moment.

In fact, Zhao Wang had the same idea as Lian Po, and both felt that Zhao Kuo was likely to step on Pingyang Jun.

But it never occurred to me that Zhao Kuo actually adopted a very objective and neutral statement, and only made a conclusion after investigation.

This immediately made King Zhao's trust in Zhao Kuo rise a lot.

So the next moment King Zhao spoke directly.

"That makes sense.

Well then, Wu Xinjun and Zhou Shaofen are responsible for investigating this matter, and they must get to the bottom of this matter. "

Lian Po listened and did not refute. In Lian Po's opinion, this was already the best result.

A smile appeared on Zhao Kuo's face, he stood up, and said respectfully to King Zhao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely investigate this matter clearly, and prevent your Majesty and all the sons and daughters of the Zhao Kingdom People are disappointed."

At this moment, Zhao Kuo felt that his acting skills were simply at their peak!

Chapter 878

"This Wu Xinjun is probably crazy?"

On the carriage leaving the palace, Zhou Shaoliang complained very angrily: "Obviously just now he only needs to add more fire, and the king can execute Pingyang Jun on the spot, but he just wanted to investigate something. Didn't this give Pingyang Jun a turnaround?" chance?"

Facing Zhou Shaoliang's complaints, his elder brother Zhou Shaofen seemed calmer.

Zhou Shaofen suddenly said, "Don't you really understand the subtlety of what Wu Xinjun said just now?"

"Exquisite?"

Zhou Shaoliang was stunned, and said to Zhou Shaofen in surprise: "Is there any subtlety in what he said?"

Zhou Shaofen sighed, feeling a little disappointed.

I have to say that my younger brother really lacks enough insight in politics.

Zhou Shaofen explained to Zhou Shaoliang very patiently.

"Think about it for yourself, all of us know that Lord Wu Xin and Lord Pingyang are mortal enemies, and of course Your Majesty is very clear about this matter.

If Lord Wu Xin insisted on executing Lord Pingyang, what would the king think? "

Zhou Shaoliang immediately replied: "Your Majesty will definitely think this matter is very normal."

Zhou Shaofen nodded and said, "Indeed, the king should think so.

So the king will feel that Lord Wu Xin wants to kill Lord Pingyang just because of his political disagreement this time.

Wu Xinjun has been working so hard all the time, but have you ever seen Wu Xinjun succeed?

not at all.

This is not to say that Wu Xinjun's political ability is not enough, but because the king has been consciously protecting Pingyang Jun, and he needs Pingyang Jun to contain Wu Xinjun.

Under such circumstances, if Lord Wu Xin continues to demand the execution of Lord Pingyang, this will instead arouse the king's previous awareness of protecting Lord Pingyang, and the effect will be counterproductive, understand? "

After hearing Zhou Shaofen's words, Zhou Shaoliang couldn't help but patted his head, and said a little puzzled: "Even if you don't speak ill of Pingyang Lord, there is no way for Pingliang Lord to die."

Zhou Shaofen laughed and said, "What you said happened to be wrong again.

Now, the king asked Wu Xinjun and me to investigate this matter together. What does this mean?

It shows that we can use the power of the king to investigate Pingyang Jun.

You don't really think that all the things Mr. Pingyang has done these years are for the good of Zhao Guo, right?

This is absolutely impossible.

As long as we continue to investigate, on the one hand, this poisoning case will definitely be made into an iron case by us, and on the other hand, we can dig out a lot of black information about Mr. Pingyang by the way.

At that time, Lord Pingyang will surely die, even if the king wants to protect him, he will not be able to protect him, do you understand? "

Zhou Shaoliang was shocked after listening to Zhou Shaofen's words.

He really didn't think that things could be done like this.

A few seconds later, Zhou Shaoliang suddenly became excited, and said to Zhou Shaofen: "So we seem to let Pingyang Jun go, but in fact we have closed Pingyang Jun's coffin, right? ?”

Zhou Shaofen nodded with a smile, and then said: "That's the reason, so I said that Wu Xinjun's operation this time is indeed a stroke of genius. Taking retreat as an advance can achieve better results."

When speaking, Zhou Shaofen also had a very emotional expression on his face.

Of course Zhou Shaofen is not ignorant of Zhao Kuo's strength, but every time Zhao Kuo's strategies are always beyond Zhou Shaofen's expectation, and they are also very easy to use.

Zhou Shaoliang obviously also thought of this, and also expressed his emotion: "This Wu Xinjun, he was said to be a young man in the past, but now he thinks about others, but now he is a set, it really makes people's scalp numb. .

Brother, you said that if we fight against Zhao Kuo after we get rid of Pingyang Jun, don’t you think it’s very difficult to win? "

After saying these words, Zhou Shaofen's expression also changed slightly.

But immediately Zhou Shaofen regained his composure, and said to Zhou Shaoliang: "You don't understand this, as long as the eldest prince ascends the throne, no matter how strong Wu Xinjun is, it will be useless, because our Zhou clan is the eldest prince in the real sense. rely on.

So we don't need to do anything, just wait quietly, the future belongs to our Zhou clan, understand? "

After Zhou Shaoliang heard this sentence, he finally nodded in conviction: "Brother really has a good opinion, I understand."

Looking at his younger brother with an admiring expression, Zhou Shaofen stroked his beard and smiled contentedly.

It's not that Zhou Shaofen is ignorant of his shortcomings, but at this moment he feels that he has already grasped the trump card.

As long as he has the trump card of the eldest prince, Zhou Shaofen believes that he will be able to win the competition with Zhao Kuo in the future.

At this time, Zhao Kuo did not start to think about his life after taking power in the future like Zhou Shaofen, but immediately summoned all his confidants after returning to the mansion.

"If there are no accidents, Lord Pingyang's fate is already settled."

The first sentence Zhao Kuo spoke was this very refreshing news.

This news immediately made several of Zhao Kuo's confidants excited.

For them, they have long hoped to see the result of Pingyang Jun's defeat. After all, Pingyang Jun has always been the biggest stumbling block in front of Zhao Kuo in the past two years.

Li Mu was gearing up, and said to Zhao Kuo, "My lord, will Lord Pingyang rebel?