Chapter 172 Walking on Thin Ice (2)
The hall was quiet and depressing. Although it was daytime, it was still a little dim and the hall was not very bright. The little eunuchs who served tea on the side all tiptoed carefully, for fear of disturbing the three people in the hall.
Zhao Yonggao sat on the seat, held the teacup with his hand and put it in front of his nose and smelled it, wrinkling his nose slightly; "The fragrance is fragrant, but after all, there is something missing. It is not as good as drinking strong wine."
Fei Yi, who was under the seat, smiled and put down the teacup and said, "What the Lord Father said is that, just like the life in Handan City, although it is comfortable, it is dull and tasteless, far less happy than we were when we rode the horse on the grassland. But we are all old and we can't accept our old age."
Zhao Yong seemed to have no idea what Fei Yi implied. He just looked at Fei Yi and Lou Yan under his seat and said slowly for a long time; "It's a long time since the three of us have not been together, and today is really rare."
Hearing that the Lord's Father seemed to have some point in his words, Fei Yi was stunned, but he didn't know how to answer the words, so he pretended not to know and just bowed his hands and said, "The Lord's Father, summoned the minister early in the morning, and didn't know what was going on."
Zhao Yong looked at Fei Yi with a smile, "What, can't I summon you if it's okay?"
Fei Yi felt a little uneasy, but he forced a smile on his face, "The Lord's Father forgives his sins, but the ministers have made a mistake."
Zhao Yong nodded and said, "It should be like this. You and I have such a friendship and are so irrelevant. I really deserve to scold you."
He looked at Lou Yan again, pointed to the stool brought up by the little eunuch and smiled, "You two sit, don't stand there stupidly, may you still ask me to sit down in person?"
Lou Yan smiled and sat down without hesitation. Fei Yi hesitated for a moment and sat down with Lou Yan, but his butt was slightly stained with the stool and straightened his waist, not as casual as Lou Yan.
"What happened in the court these days?" Zhao Yong asked Fei Yi with a smile.
Fei Yi replied respectfully, "Return to the Lord Father, there are no important matters in the court today, only some complicated matters. I have sent you and the King the official duties I have personally decided to take them away and handle them."
Zhao Yong nodded, but absent-mindedly tapped the imperial throne with his fingers, and suddenly spoke, "Zhang'er has arrived in Handan and is now resting in the back hall."
Fei Yi was stunned, with a confused look on his face and said, "Didn't Anyang Jun's car arrive the next day? Why did he suddenly change his itinerary?"
Zhao Yong glanced at Fei Yi and said, "I received reliable news. Someone privately rumored that the king ordered the reign of Jingxing, and there seemed to be something unusual. Before the accident, I sent Han Sheng to pick up Zhang'er in advance."
Fei Yi was startled, Huo stood up and blurted out; "Is this serious?"
Zhao Yong stared at Fei Yi's eyes tightly and said slowly for a long time, "Do you think I'll make such a boring joke?"
Fei Yi walked back and forth several times anxiously, and suddenly looked up, "Master, this matter is like a rebellious matter, and we must order a thorough investigation. If it is found that someone is interested in disturbing our country of Zhao, we must kill him to serve as a warning."
Zhao Yong snorted coldly and said, "Where can I go to investigate? Wen Liang, the governor of Jingxing, was confused when he encountered something, and he easily believed the person who sent the order and set up an ambush outside the city. Fortunately, the deputy general Ren Chang reported it in time, and then he realized that the king's order and tiger talisman held by the person who sent the order were fake photos. Afterwards, the person who sent the order had committed suicide by taking poison. From then on, he died without evidence. How to investigate it?"
Fei Yi was confused and suddenly realized that this might be a great conspiracy. If Anyang Lord Zhao Zhang died under the ambush of a large army, the master father who lost his beloved son would be furious, and the most suspected person would undoubtedly be the king Zhao He. The master father in anger was very likely to lead the army to launch a coup directly, deposed Zhao He, and carry out a bloody purge of ministers who might be involved in this matter. The royal ministers who support Zhao He would not surrender and would inevitably resist strongly. This is undoubtedly an unprecedented huge crisis for Zhao State.
Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with Anyang Jun, otherwise the Zhao State, which had been working hard for more than 30 years, would inevitably be in chaos, and the monarch, minister, father and son attacked each other.
Thinking of this, Fei Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the master's father staring at him and asked slowly, "Fei Yi, I'll ask you something, you must answer me truthfully."
"Do you know about this? Did He'er instruct me?"
"Nothing happens."
Fei Yi said firmly: "Master, the king is your son. Who knows what kind of temper he has? Even if the king is dissatisfied with Anyang Lord, he will never do such a thing. Even if the king wants to do it, he will not completely avoid me."
Zhao Yong stared at Fei Yi with a deep and terrifying look, while Fei Yi raised his head and did not retreat at all, looking calm.
After a while, Zhao Yong looked away, and had already believed Fei Yi's words for most of the time, and he also let down a stone in his heart.
You should know that the thing he was most reluctant to see was that his two closest sons fought for the throne, or even put the other party to death. This would undoubtedly make him feel extremely painful and heartbroken. Fortunately, Zhao He was not involved in this conspiracy, otherwise it would be difficult for him to imagine how he would deal with his most beloved son in the past.
"Okay, I believe you."
Zhao Yong gently tapped the imperial throne with his fingers, looking thoughtful, and the three of them kept silent. The huge hall suddenly became a little terrifying. Fei Yi turned around and looked at Lou Yan on the side, but found that he was also looking at him behind his back.
When Lou Yan saw Fei Yi coming, he squeezed out a bitter smile on his face, and a little apologized in his face. Fei Yi suddenly felt clear in his heart. Lou Yan must have known about this, but he did not mention it to him. I think that his father He Lou Yan, two former friends, had excluded him.
The beating finger suddenly stopped, and Zhao Yong looked at Fei Yi and said, "Fei Yi, I want you to ask for a reward."
Fei Yi hurriedly bowed, "The master's father is serious, and I am a minister of the Zhao family, so how can I ask for rewards?"
Zhao Yong smiled, without saying much, just said calmly, "After thinking, the conflict between Zhang'er and He'er is nothing more than the throne. King Zhao has only one position. Since I gave it to He'er, I will naturally be sorry for Zhang'er. So I deposed his position as crown prince, but he did not complain in front of me, but he was extremely sad. In addition, this happened this time, I felt guilty to him. If it weren't for my unremitting actions, he would have been the king of Zhao sooner or later, but now he would kneel down to his young brother."
Fei Yi's heart continued to sink, and he suddenly had a premonition that what the Lord Father was about to say was most likely what Li Dui said to him before.
Sure enough, Zhao Yong continued, "Zhang'er and He'er are both my sons, and I don't want to owe either. Since the conflict between them is just the throne, it's better to turn one throne into two. He'er still sits on his King of Zhao, and Zhang'er can be the king of the dynasty. If so, the two brothers will definitely be able to resolve the knots of their hearts and work together to create the hegemony of the Zhao family, and you and I will..."
Before Zhao Yong could finish his words, Fei Yi had already shouted and interrupted him.
"This matter must not be done!"
Zhao Yong was stunned, his face suddenly became very ugly, and he said with a gloomy face, "Why not?"
Fei Yi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, opened his eyes suddenly, and said with a firm expression: "Master, if you do this, not only will you not do good for your two sons, but you will harm them, but also our Zhao State. Inside, dividing Zhao State into two will inevitably greatly weaken the strength of Zhao State. After becoming an adult, the king will definitely not be willing to divide Zhao State into two. Although Anyang King was able to be a king, he will never be satisfied with just being the king of the land. Sooner or later, he will be one.
War. Did the Lord Father forget the old things of Jin back then? It was because of the kindness of Zhaohou's wife who divided Jin into two that led to the bloody battle between the two sects in the Jin state for more than 100 years. Quwo's small sect finally replaced the original capital city and became the master of Jin state. The princes of Jin also lost all the losses in this catastrophe. In addition, if our Zhao state is divided into two, it will inevitably attract other countries to look at it, and there will be no peace at that time."
(ps: Quwo Deyi, in 745 BC, the Duke of Zhao of Jin appointed his uncle as the leader of Quwo, known in history as Quwo Hengshu. When the feudal was divided, Quwo Huan Shu was already 58 years old at that time, and had a lot of political experience and "good virtue" and was very popular with the people. "The people of Jin State are attached to it." Under his management, Quwo became the second political center of Jin State and launched a long-term struggle to seize power with the Jin Office in the capital Yi. Quwo forces continued to challenge the Jin Dynasty's throne in Yi, including military strikes, political disintegration, diplomatic isolation, cultivating the forces of Jin State to oppose Jin State, eroding the leadership of Jin State, and finally seizing the power of Jin State and replacing it.)
Chapter completed!