Chapter 152: Zhaodi Nursery Rhyme
Guo Kai was very happy today. He patted Gao Sheng's shoulder and said, "Now that Li Mu has been imprisoned, there is no point in keeping your brother here. How about letting him stay with me as a guard?"
"It is his honor to be favored by the Prime Minister."
"Boy, what's your name?" Guo Kai asked again.
On the way to Qu Jilai, he heard that Li Mu's imprisonment was closely related to Prime Minister Guo. He just didn't understand why Eunuch Gao was with him.
"My name is Qu Ji. I have never seen the world. I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Prime Minister." Gao Sheng hurriedly answered for him and glared at him.
Qu Ji lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Guo Kai didn't care, "Hahahaha, that's enough, you two brothers can just reminisce about the past."
"Thank you, Prime Minister."
Gao Sheng brought the man to his courtyard and started to scold Qu Ji. After that, he poured himself a glass of water and sat down to look at him coldly. "Since you have defected to the Zhao people, why are you looking for me today?"
He was kind enough to show him mercy by not secretly resolving Qu Ji's problem.
"I don't."
Gao Sheng glanced at him sideways. "I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. What? Li Mu has fallen, and now you want to climb my tree again?"
Qu Ji said: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, eunuch. Please help me return to Qin. I will apologize to the Queen Mother and the generals when the time comes."
"To tell you the truth! I came here on the Queen Mother's secret order to bring you back to Qin. Now that you've surrendered to Li Mu and joined his army, I've already informed the Queen Mother. Whether or not the Queen Mother is still willing to allow you to return to Qin is still unknown!"
Qu Ji's face turned pale and his eyes turned red in an instant.
The promoted deputy chief came in and saw the soldier in the courtyard. His eyes lit up, "Aji is back!"
The deputy steward was also from Yongcheng, and was on good terms with Du, Shan and the others. Naturally, he also knew this younger brother who was valued by them.
Gao Sheng ignored him and just asked, "What's the matter?"
The deputy manager took out the letter from his arms and whispered, "The Empress Dowager has sent a letter."
Although his voice was low, Qu Ji was close by and could hear it clearly.
Gao Sheng quickly read the letter, threw it into the fire, and sighed to Qu Ji, "You are so lucky."
If the letter had arrived a day later, he couldn't guarantee that he would choose to keep silent.
"I'll find a way to send you back. Behave yourself these days and don't leave this yard without my order."
In fact, Gao Sheng's mission has been completed. He can go back as soon as Li Mu dies. It's a pity that King Zhao is still a little hesitant, so he must find a way to add fuel to the fire.
Qu Ji was left behind.
After finally getting in touch with the Qin people, the first thing Qu Ji did was to write a letter to the Queen Mother explaining what had happened to him. Perhaps out of sympathy for Li Mu, he also wrote about Li Mu's experience.
Zhao Yuanxi received a letter from Qu Ji. After reading his experience, he couldn't help but sigh that his life was like the male protagonist in the novel.
"It seems like I've gone a bit too far!" Li Mu's current situation was due to Zhao Yuanxi's contribution. Seeing that King Zhao had arrested Li Mu, Zhao Yuanxi felt a rare sense of guilt.
"Your Majesty, don't you want him to die?" Jang Geum asked.
Zhao Yuanxi was silent. She just felt that even if a soldier died, he should die on the battlefield.
"The Queen Mother didn't want him to die like this, but Eunuch Gao might not think so. Li Mu has been imprisoned, and Qu Ji has been found, but they haven't returned yet."
Zhao Yuanxi looked up suddenly.
What else does Gao Sheng want to do by staying in Zhao State?
Zhao Yuanxi originally just wanted to find a way to make Li Mu lose the trust of King Zhao.
He did a great job, even better than she had expected. She originally thought that it was just the King of Zhao who was incompetent, but now she thinks that Gao's promotion might have contributed to it.
Why did Gao Sheng want to kill Li Mu? Zhao Yuanxi couldn't figure it out.
"Do Gao Sheng and Li Mu have any old grudges?"
"Eunuch Gao grew up in Qin and has no grudge against Li Mu."
If there was no old grudge, it would mean that Li Mu was blocking his way. Zhao Yuanxi's eyes darkened and he figured out the reason.
"Someone, send a message to Gao Sheng, asking him to come back immediately!"
It was the first time that Zhao Yuanxi felt betrayed. After her anger, she quickly calmed down.
"No—wait!"
Gao Sheng wanted to use Li Mu as his ladder to success. Zhao Yuanxi understood his desire to make progress, but he should never have disobeyed her orders and acted on his own.
"Send a message to Xianyang. I want to see the king."
Zhao Yuanxi had a new plan in mind. Whether Li Mu could survive depended on whether the King of Qin was willing to let him live.
That night, Ying Zheng chatted with Zhao Yuanxi until late at night.
Ying Zheng did not expect that the Queen Mother would give him such a big surprise. He smiled and said, "If I can really make him serve my Qin State, then those gold, silver and jewels will be nothing to me."
"Money is a small matter, but we still need the king to send a large army to assist us."
"I will order Meng Tian to lead the troops there."
A nursery rhyme has been circulating in Handan City recently.
[At Yanmen Pass, the north wind is raging. The general is guarding the border and beating the Huns so hard that they cry for their parents.
The city of Fei was invaded by the powerful Qin army. The general's soldiers surrendered and the Qin army was defeated and fled to other places.
Handan City was established and Wu'an was granted the title. The emperor then accused the general of rebellion, deprived him of his military power and imprisoned him.
The birds are all gone, the bows are put away, and the general dies in the court.
Bones on the green hills, horse hides returned, the general's soul returns home, his soul returns home——】
At first, this nursery rhyme was only sung among the people, but as it spread more and more widely, even the military camps began to spread the rumor that King Zhao wanted to kill all the birds and hide his bows, and kill General Li, causing the army to become unstable.
Ah Zhu wiped his tears and said, "Master, can we really save the general like this? The king has locked him up for almost half a month and won't even let us visit him."
A few days ago, the cunning Qin man came again, bringing the news that the general was framed by the King of Zhao for treason and would be executed soon.
Azhu naturally didn't believe that the general would rebel, but people like them were insignificant and had no influence. They didn't even have the chance to see the king, so naturally there was no way for them to prove the general's innocence.
The Qin man taught him a ballad and asked him to sing it among the children. He said this was the only way to save the general.
Ah Zhu had been singing for many days, but he still hadn't heard the news that the king had released the general. He couldn't help but suspect that the Qin people had deceived him.
The old military doctor was much older than Azhu, so he could see things more clearly. They might not be able to save the general, but at least they could make King Zhao hesitate.
The hundreds of thousands of troops here were personally organized by the general. Even if King Zhao was unwilling to listen to public opinion, he had to at least find a way to appease the army.
"Yes, General, he will be fine." The old military doctor murmured.
King Zhao had indeed heard the news. He kicked over the table in front of him and shouted angrily, "How outrageous! How outrageous! How dare those lowly people threaten me!"
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