Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

At this time, Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao came to the main hall again: "Your Majesty, Zhao Kuo has been imprisoned in Handan Prison."

Zhao Wang nodded, and said lightly: "You have worked hard, Mr. Pingyang, let's go back first."

Lord Pingyang hesitated to speak, but in the end he couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, this veteran still thinks" "Enough!"

King Zhao directly interrupted Lord Pingyang, and said coldly: "In a few days, the widow will personally interrogate Zhao Kuo in the hall. If you have any questions, you can ask the hall at that time!"

Lord Pingyang had no choice but to retreat in response.

King Zhao looked at Pingyang Jun's leaving figure, and shook his head in disappointment: "Miao Xian, take a look.

The widow is obviously for the good of Zhao Kuo, so I have to bear the pain to get rid of Zhao Kuo, a traitor to the country, but people like Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun try their best to speak to Zhao Kuo, just say it! "

Miao Xian stood beside King Zhao, with an imperceptible smile flashing in his eyes, he respectfully said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, everything will be revealed on the day of Zhao Kuo's public trial, and then they will know the painstaking efforts of Your Majesty."

King Zhao rubbed his temples, and said wearily: "I hope so, you go down first, and leave the widow alone."

Miao Xian left the hall and came to a room not far away.

Guo Zong is waiting for Miao Xian here.

Looking at Guo Zong who was respectful and respectful in front of him, Miao Xian didn't hide the disdain at all, and said condescendingly, "Are those false witnesses and false evidence ready?"

Guo Zong apologized with a flattering smile: "The eunuch's order has been prepared according to your wishes, absolutely foolproof."

Miao Xian nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Remember, as long as you do this well, the old man will be rewarded."

Guo Zong hurriedly said: "I don't know if the eunuch's order can reward a certain Guo with the title of doctor?"

Miao Xian looked Guo Zong up and down, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Only you?

A lowly businessman also wants to be a doctor?

What kind of country do you think my big Zhao is!Recognize your own position, you are just a dog of the king and the old man!If you can't do something well, there will be many people to take your place, understand? "

Guo Zong knelt on the ground with a thud, and said repeatedly: "Guo Zong knows, please don't get angry."

Miao Xian snorted heavily, and said, "Go away, don't be an eyesore here!"

Guo Zong stood up, backed out of the room respectfully, and then carefully closed the door.

Miao Xian looked at the closed door and sneered: "It's wishful thinking!"

Chapter 131 Zhao Qing, see my Guo Zong's fairness

After leaving the Longtai Palace where King Zhao and Miao Xian lived, Guo Zong did not leave the palace immediately, but turned to the palace clinic.

The Palace Medical Institute is the same as the Imperial Hospital of the later generations, but the name is different.

The Palace Medical Center is very close to Longtai Palace where King Zhao is located. This is mainly to make it easier for the palace doctors to rush to treat him in time when something goes wrong with King Zhao's body.

Guo Zong seemed to be familiar with this place, he greeted several palace doctors with a smile when he came along the way, finally walked to the largest room in the palace clinic, opened the door and entered.

An old man dressed as a doctor was sleeping soundly on the bed. He was awakened by the sound of the door being pushed, and said angrily, "Who is the one who doesn't open his eyes?" Guo Zong said flatly, "It's me, Guo Zong."

The old man's body shook, and the anger on his face was swept away. He sat up from the bed in an instant, and smiled obsequiously: "It turns out that Mr. Guo is here. Sit down, please take a seat."

Guo Zong unceremoniously sat down on the only seat in the room, looked around, and frowned: "Didn't I give you a lot of money, why is this place so poor?

None of the palace doctors looked upright. "

The old man chuckled and said, "I have such a good son-in-law as you, who dares to say that I have no money?

Wealth is not in vain, good things should be kept in one's own home, when some nobleman sees them in the palace, maybe it will cause trouble to the upper body. "

This old man is none other than Guo Zong's concubine's father.

When the old man was a famous doctor in Handan last year, he witnessed the miraculous effect of Zhao Kuo's ginseng when he was treating Xu Li, which led to the ginseng business between Guo Zong and Zhao Kuo.

Later, ginseng spread to the palace and became King Zhao's favorite. As the first doctor who came into contact with ginseng and also the most researched ginseng doctor, the old man was naturally called into the palace. He studied many "secret recipes" related to ginseng. He was favored by the king of Zhao, so he was promoted to be the palace doctor three months ago, and was in charge of the whole palace clinic.

Although it was the palace doctor who corrected it, the old man obviously knew how to measure it. He took a gourd from the side and put it in front of Guo Zong very flatteringly, and said with a smile: "This is the latest ginseng wine brewed by our palace doctor. You also know that this wine was originally intended to be offered as a tribute to the king, but since you are here, you should take it back and use it first."

Guo Zong looked at the not-so-big jug in front of him, frowned and said, "You are a majestic palace doctor, why did you change to brewing wine?"

The old man chuckled and said: "You don't know, now it is necessary to brew these ginseng medicinal wines to win His Majesty's favor, His Majesty cannot lack these good things every day.

To tell you the truth, it's not just ginseng, but also my secret recipe for these years." Guo Zong interrupted the old man's words impatiently: "That's enough, my time is limited, please come here with your ears. "

The old man put his ear to Guo Zong's mouth, Guo Zong took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and put it on the table, and said to the old man: "You add the contents inside to the wine, and give it to the king to drink."

The old man was taken aback, and looked at Guo Zong with some doubts: "Good son-in-law, what are you?" Guo Zong's face turned cold, and he said, "Don't you even listen to my words?

Have you forgotten who made you what you are today? "

The old man hurriedly smiled and said: "My good son-in-law, you misunderstood, of course I have not forgotten, let me see what these are."

The old man opened the cloth bag a little clumsily, saw a pile of powder exuding a strange smell inside, and suddenly froze.

After a long while, the old man said tremblingly: "Isn't this the slowness you asked me to deploy?" Guo Zong covered the old man's mouth and shouted in a low voice: "You don't want to die?

shut up! "

Only then did the old man come back to his senses, and nodded again and again to express his understanding.

Guo Zong let go of his hand, and said calmly: "You said before that it takes at least half a month for this kind of thing to take effect, right?

So, let's put it in the king's wine from tomorrow. "

The old man took a deep breath, still full of horror, and whispered: "Good son-in-law, do you know what you are doing?

This, this is the great crime of punishing the three clans! "

Guo Zong looked at the old man coldly, and said, "Didn't you hear the news that Zhao Qing was in prison?"

The old man nodded again and again, but immediately said: "But Zhao Qing's imprisonment has nothing to do with us, I am serving the king, you are under Miao Xian's orders, aren't you?

The ginseng business is owned by the king, and we can't blame it on us. "

Guo Zong snorted, and said in a low voice: "I won't hide it from you until now, besides the ginseng business, Zhao Qing and I have actually done other business in secret, and if it is spread out, it will lose your head. I understand. ?

As long as Zhao Qing dies, no, as long as he collapses, things will be exposed. Of course, I, Guo Zong, will die, but you, as my father-in-law, will also have to be buried with your whole family! "

The old man was completely stunned as if struck by lightning.

Guo Zong grabbed the old man's collar and said ruthlessly: "Remember, don't let anyone know about this, otherwise you and my whole family will die without a place to bury you."

After a long time, the old man nodded with a pale face.

After a while, Guo Zong walked out of the palace clinic, got into his carriage, and started to drive out of the palace gate.

On the carriage, Guo Zong calmed down, quietly thinking about everything that happened today.

A sigh echoed in the carriage: "Zhao Qing, have you ever thought that the fairness you want will become what it is now?"

After a while, Guo Zong suddenly gave a wry smile, and muttered to himself: "I never thought that I, Guo Zong, would be so bold now that I dared to make my own claim to the king." Yes, poisoning the king of Zhao was not anyone's fault. Instigation, but Guo Zong's self-assessment! "Why?"

Guo Zong was talking to himself, and seemed to be asking himself: "Maybe it's because of Zhao Qing's fairness."

Yes, fair.

Guo Zong has been a businessman for half his life, and he has met countless people. The common people think that Guo Zong is a merchant who makes ill-gotten gains, and the officials think that Guo Zong is a money bag that can be extorted for bribes at any time. On the other hand, Guo Zong felt that Guo Zong was a lackey who had to be loyal and obedient, or he would just abandon him.

No one has treated Guo Zong and the businessman industry equally, except Zhao Kuo.

Only the young Zhao Qing would say to Guo Zong: "Let's cooperate."

"I can't let you suffer."

"Everyone is a business partner and should be equal."

In this case.

This is Zhao Kuo's fairness, and it is also something that Guo Zong has not seen in the business world for so many years.

It is true that Guo Zong is a businessman full of calculations and the smell of money, but Guo Zong also feels from the bottom of his heart that such fairness is really good.

Guo Zong felt that he should take the initiative to do something for the word "fairness".

Thinking about it, Guo Zong showed a few smiles at the corner of his mouth.

"Zhao Qing, I, Guo Zong, have seen your fairness.

Then, it's time for you to see my fairness, Guo Zong. "

Chapter 132 Zhao Kuo's Prisoner Li Si

Contrary to Zhao Kuo's expectation, the prison in Handan is not so difficult to stay.

Zhao Kuo was assigned a single cell, which had no strange smell. An old wooden couch, a somewhat worn-out seat and table, and a handy wooden barrel were among the cells in this cell. in everything.

As for the food, of course it can't be said that it is very rich, but there are two dishes and one soup, and there is even a leg of lamb.

"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated."

For the first time, Zhao Kuo deeply understood the difference in the Warring States Period.

Today, Zhao Kuo, as a minister, belongs to the top of the aristocratic class. In this era when scholars can maintain their dignity in the face of the monarch without kneeling, Zhao Kuo's treatment is obviously better than some officials in later generations who often call themselves slaves. many.

When everyone looks down on themselves, it is impossible to expect others to look up to you too!But no matter what, it was still a prison after all, and the food and clothing environment at home was much worse than usual, so Zhao Kuo lost his appetite after two bites, so he put down half a leg of lamb.

At this moment, a weak voice came over: "Qing Zhao, can you give me some food?" Zhao Kuo raised his head in surprise, only to find that the person in the next cell was talking to him.

This person seems to have been imprisoned for a while, his face is unkempt, but he can vaguely tell that he is a young man in his 20s. Judging from his rather thin figure, he may have been imprisoned. Been here for a while.

Zhao Kuo hesitated for a moment, and passed all the remaining meals to the other party through the small gap at the bottom.

There was a sound of wolfing down immediately, and Zhao Kuo looked at the other party gnawing and munching, and felt that eating was such a happy thing for the first time.

All the meals were quickly swept away by the young prisoners, and there was not even a drop of soup left.

The young man hiccupped contentedly, and then he came back to his senses, and bowed his hands to Zhao Kuo with some embarrassment: "The prison is so hungry for many days, Zhao Qing laughed."

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "It's okay.

Who are you and how did you get caught here? "

The young man said: "To tell you the truth, Zhao Qing, someone's name is Li Si, but before he finished speaking, Zhao Kuo interrupted him in surprise: "Your name is Li Si?

Li Si from Chu State? "

Li Si looked at Zhao Kuo with some doubts: "Zhao Qing actually recognizes me?"

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and said, "You are a disciple of the great Confucian Xun Kuang, and you also have a junior named Han Fei, right?"

Li Si was really surprised now: "Unexpectedly, Zhao Qing is so familiar with the master's school."

Li Si didn't know that Zhao Kuo was no less surprised than him.

Who is Li Si?

That was the prime minister of Qin Shihuang in history!I didn't expect to meet him in Handan.

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si curiously: "Shouldn't you follow your master, why did you come to the prison?"

Li Si sighed and said, "Speaking of which, this matter is still related to Zhao Qing."

Half a month ago, Li Si and his younger brother Han Fei followed their master Xun Kuang to Handan and wanted to see King Zhao.

Xun Kuang is the great sacrificial wine of Jixia Academy, equivalent to the principal of the Academy, and the opinion leader of Jixia Academy contending among hundreds of schools of thought, so King Zhao naturally received Xun Kuang in a grand manner.

After a conversation between the two sides, Xun Kuang's master and apprentice originally thought that it was possible to become an official in Zhao State, but what they didn't expect was that Zhao State was actually inclined to Legalism, and Xun Kuang himself belonged to the Confucian lineage, so there was no future.

After waiting for a few days, Li Si couldn't help feeling depressed, so he went shopping with his junior brother Han Fei, and when they passed by a wine shop to buy wine, they happened to hear the news of Yu Xin's death in the market. Kuo must be the murderer. After listening carefully, Li Si felt that Zhao Kuo had no reason to kill, so he argued with the other party.

Arguing, quarreling and arguing inevitably lead to pushing and shoving, and then directly punching and kicking. Although Li Si and Han Fei are scholars, which scholar does not practice martial arts these days?

Fighting with three or four people on the opposite side did not lose the wind for a while.

The Ranger Yanzhao was notoriously tough, and he drew his sword out of embarrassment when he hit the opponent. Li Si had no choice but to draw his sword to fight. One person was stabbed to death with the sword and two people were injured, and then the people from Zhao Guo's mansion rushed over after hearing the news and took him down and locked him here. It took about five or six days.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help being dumbfounded after hearing this, thinking that Li Si in history had indeed been to Zhao, but he had never heard of such a thing happening?

Obviously this is the butterfly effect after Zhao Kuo traveled through and changed history.

Zhao Kuo said again: "You have been imprisoned for so many days, why haven't you opened the trial yet?"

Li Si spread out his hands and sighed: "This is also where I wondered. I thought the lecture would start in two or three days. Although Li Si is not talented, he still has some legal knowledge. It is no problem to defend himself .

I didn't expect this level to last for so many days. If it weren't for Zhao Qing, I'm afraid I would really starve to death here. "

Zhao Kuo laughed: "Speaking of which, you became like this because you spoke for me, but I'm sorry for you.

Don't worry, I'll send someone a message later, and you should be able to go out in a few days. "