Wang Cuo and Quan You were sitting on both sides and asked, "What is the clever plan in the Prime Minister's mind?" Qin Prime Minister Fazhang said, "When the time comes, I will write a letter and hand it over to Wei in front of Hexi City tomorrow. In the hands of the Prime Minister.”
The next day, the Qin army gathered under the city again, and the defenders on the city began to rush up, preparing to fight. Under the city tower, General Wang Cuo stood on the chariot and called out the general to shout under the city, calling: "Wei Xiangzi Sang, please come out of the city to speak to my general." General Feng looked at Wei Xiangzi Sang who was standing aside and said : "Prime Minister." Wei Xiangzi Sang said: "General Feng, you don't have to worry about me, they won't do anything to me." Wei Xiangzi Sang drove out of the city and arrived in front of the Qin army's formation. General Wang Cuo drove the chariot forward, stood on the chariot, kowtowed and saluted, and said: "Prime Minister Wei." Wei Xiang Zisang stood on the chariot and returned the salute, saying: "General Wang, there is no need to be polite, what do you want to say? Just say it directly." General Wang Cuo said: "Xiang Wei, my Prime Minister has a letter to give to you." Wei Xiang Zi Sang asked: "What letter?" General Wang Cuo handed the letter to Wei Xiang Zi Sang into his hands, and then led the army to retreat. Wei Xiangzi Sang looked at the retreating army and returned to the city.
Wei Xiang Zisang entered the general's mansion. General Feng came in and sat aside and said: "Prime Minister, I don't know what Qin will say to you? The army retreated." Wei Xiang Zisang sat in front of several cases and said: "It is written in Qin Xiang's law. Give me a letter, take it and read it." General Feng knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "This is the letter written by Prime Minister Qin to the Prime Minister. I will not dare to read it." Wei Prime Minister Sang picked up the letter that was placed on the cases. He stood up and put the slip on the table where General Feng was sitting, and said, "It doesn't hurt to take a look." Wei Xiang Zisang used this to dispel General Feng's doubts about it. General Feng then picked up the slips placed on the desks and opened them to read. Wei Xiang Zisang stood in front of General Feng and said: "Qin Xiang Fazhang and I are from the same school. This time I went to Qin Camp just to reminisce about old times." General Feng looked up and said: "Qin Xiang's words cannot be trusted. The Prime Minister cannot go to Qin Camp. ." Wei Xiangzi Sang walked up and sat in front of several cases and said, "Well, you can talk about it." General Feng said: "Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, and there is no trust at all. In the history of mankind, that is, Xiong Huai, the former King of Chu Huai. In the thirtieth year of King Chu Huai, 299 BC, King Chu Huai and King Zhaoxiang of Qin met in Wuguan to form an alliance, and the King of Qin detained him. In the third year of King Chu Qingxiang, 200 BC In the ninety-sixth year, King Huai of Chu died in Xianyang, Qin State. He sent his coffin back to Chu State. Everyone in Chu pitied him and felt sad. Having learned from the past, the Prime Minister had to take it as a warning." Wei Xiangzi Sang said: "General, this is That makes sense, but if I don’t go to the Qin camp, the enemy will think that I am too cowardly to go, and the Qin army will attack the city even more unscrupulously. If I go to the Qin army’s camp and don’t see me back for three days, I will The army in the city is ordered to defend the city and not to leave the city to fight. Anyone who dares to fight will be killed!" General Feng stood up and walked forward, kowtowed and said: "I will obey the order." Then he retreated.
The city gate opened, and Wei Xiang Zisang drove out of the city and stood in front of the Qin army's camp. The Qin soldiers guarding the camp stepped forward, pointed their swords and spears, and said: "Get out of the car." Wei Xiang Zisang then got out of the driveway and said: "I am the Prime Minister of Wei. I have been invited by your Prime Minister to enter the Qin camp to meet your Prime Minister. The Qin soldiers guarding the camp put away their swords and spears, stood on both sides, and said, "Please invite Prime Minister Wei to enter the camp."
Wei Xiangzi Sang entered the Qin army's camp and said: "Senior brother." Qin Xiangfa Zhang ordered these generals to withdraw from the camp, then stood up and came forward, saying: "Junior brother." Hand in hand. Qin Xiang Fazhang turned around and said: "Junior brother, please sit down." Wei Xiang Zisang then sat aside and said: "Senior brother, I didn't expect you to become the prime minister of Qin. I am very happy for my brother." Qin Xiang Fazhang said: "You Aren't you the Prime Minister of Wei? I didn't expect that we would meet like this." Wei Xiangzi Sang said: "We are all our own masters." After hearing this, Fazhang smiled and said: "Junior brother, how many years have we not seen each other since we separated? "Eighteen years?" Zisang replied: "Eighteen years." Fazhang felt sorry for him and said: "It's a pity that your King of Wei does not trust you. Your situation in Wei is worrying! In Wei, his ambitions are It's hard to stretch, so why not come to Qin? The King of Qin is wise. Let's assist the King of Qin together to destroy the six countries and unify the world. What do you think?" Wei Xiangzi Sang said: "The king is young and inexperienced. You will understand me within a few years. Good intentions." Qin Xiang Fazhang said: "Otherwise, junior brother, I heard that you had an affair with the Queen Mother in Wei. If King Wei knew about this, would King Wei still trust you?" Wei Xiang Zisang faced Qin Xiang Fazhang and smiled calmly. , said: "You send agents to the main beams of the Wei capital to spread the news and reach the ears of the king." Fazhang smiled proudly and said: "That's not entirely true. I sent Qin merchants to the Wei capital. Daliang, there are a lot of insects in Wei that want to kill you, but they just don’t have a chance. If you bribe them with a lot of money and accuse you of committing adultery with the Queen Mother of Wei, their chance will come and they will If you slander the King of Wei, what will the King of Wei do? It goes without saying." Wei Prime Minister Zi Sang looked at Qin Prime Minister Fazhang and said: "Actually, I have expected this day, even if I die, I will die well." Fazhang Said: "Junior brother, there must be more than 300,000 troops in the city." Zi Sang replied: "You are right, there are still 200,000 troops among the people, training the people, working as farmers in leisure time, and as soldiers in war. If If you come to attack the city again, they will be your million-strong army to stop you." After hearing this, Fazhang was very impressed and said: "Hide the troops among the people." Zisang said: "That's right." Fazhang said: "Junior brother's plan But An Tianxia, let me tell you the truth. I paid a lot of money to buy a general in the city and lurk among them. After you leave Hexi, they will fight back and use the army outside the city to cooperate with the outside to capture Hexi." Wei Xiangzi Sang He said: "I know that my death is approaching. There is a saying that goes like this: When an insect is about to die, its words are kind; when a bird is about to die, its song is sad. Junior brother, I have a piece of advice, I wonder if you are willing to listen to it?" Qin Xiangfa Zhang walked up, faced Wei Xiang Zisang, and said, "You tell me." Zisang faced Fazhang and said, "Brother is in a high position and has achieved fame. At this time, he should retire to the mountains and forests. If he is still greedy for power, what will happen to my foolish brother today?" This is my brother's day." Fazhang looked up to the sky and sighed: "Thank you for your kind words, my dear brother, but I spent my whole life in Qin's reform, and I should pay tribute with my blood, including my own life." Zi Sang stood up and said, "I'm done. At this point, it's time for me to leave. This time we say goodbye, you and I will be separated by yin and yang." Fa Zhang turned to Zi Sang and said, "What if the foolish brother wants to force the virtuous brother to stay in Qin?" Zi Sang said: "If Prime Minister Qin wants to forcibly detain me, it will arouse the fighting spirit of the defenders in the city. They will share the same hatred and defend the city with the people in the city. This will not help the Qin army outside the city. "Fazhang could only stand away, watching Zisang walk by in front of him, but he was so helpless. Looking at Zisang's leaving figure, he stretched out a hand, unable to breathe out, from Fazhang's He could see in his eyes that he wanted to retain Zi Sang. There was too much reluctance in his heart, and he felt regretful that he could not retain Zi Sang. He buried his head and shook it back and forth, with tears bursting out of his eyes from time to time. It’s also helpless!
After that, Fazhang's heart was filled with confusion, and he wrote a few words with tears in his eyes, "The Prime Minister of Wei and the Queen Mother of Wei have committed adultery." He stopped writing again. Several Qin merchants entered the Qin army camp, kowtowed to Fa Zhang and said, "Prime Minister." Fa Zhang handed the written letter to a Qin merchant and said, "The Prime Minister of Wei and the Queen Mother of Wei have committed adultery. This must be the case. It will be spread to the ears of King Wei." These Qin merchants all knelt down and said, "I know about this." Then he ordered his soldiers to carry in several boxes of gold and said, "This is what you use to store up and down, no matter what you use Somehow, we must make this matter a reality." These Qin merchants looked at Fa Zhang and said, "I understand, little one." Fa Zhang turned his back to them and said, "You go ahead." Several Qin merchants withdrew from the military tent. . Fa Zhang looked up at it. There was too much unbearability in his heart. If Wei Xiang did not die, it would be difficult for the Qin army to attack Hexi City. For the great cause of Qin, it could only do this. There was more and more helplessness in its heart. Who could Let them all have their own masters? This may be their fate, the fate arranged by God.
These Qin merchants entered Daliang, the capital of Wei, and began to spread rumors. Rumors about Wei Prime Minister Zi Sang's adultery with the Queen Mother of Wei were spread everywhere in Daliang City. These Qin merchants stood in front of the old master's house and poured gold and silver up and down to enter the grand master's house. The old master came out and asked: "Who are you?" These Qin merchants said: "We are just a few merchants in Daliang City." The old master asked in confusion: "You few merchants, come to me What's going on in the Grand Master's Mansion?" A Qin merchant came out and said, "There are widespread rumors in the city about the adultery between Prime Minister Wei and the Queen Mother of your country. Can the Grand Master hear about this?" Hearing their accents, the Grand Master identified them as Qin Chong, turned around and said, "You are agents of the Qin State. What are your intentions in coming to the Wei State? Tell me quickly." Another Qin merchant came out and said, "Our goals are the same." Then he ordered his servants to carry in the jewels and jade. The grand master looked at the boxes of jewels and jade, pretending to be very cold, and said: "What do you mean by this step? You might as well tell me directly." Qin Shang said: "Your beloved son is He must have died under the decree of Prime Minister Wei." The Grand Master was shocked and said: "How did you know about this?" Qin Shang said: "Everyone in the Wei State knows nothing about it. You have too much grudge against your Prime Minister. For a long time, I have long wanted to put him to death. You have cultivated your own strength in the court. The current King of Wei has done nothing to prepare himself for taking control of the court. But with Wei Xiangzi Sang in the court, he will be your only Obstruction." Qin Shang looked at the old master, who was a little tempted. Another Qin Shang said: "Now your opportunity has come. Don't miss it. It will never come back." The old master ordered his servants to carry down the boxes of jewels and jade, but he still remained silent. Qin Shang said again: "It is true that the Prime Minister Wei and the Queen Mother have committed adultery. This matter must have spread to the ears of King Wei, and you will be summoned to the palace soon." The old master nodded and said: "Okay, I already know about this." These Qin merchants exited the Taishi Mansion together.
Within a few hours, the King of Wei sent a palace attendant into the Grand Master's Mansion. The Grand Master walked out slowly with a staff and was about to kowtow. The palace attendant immediately helped the grand master and said, "Old master, there is no need to pay such a courtesy. The king has something urgent to do and has summoned the master." The old master asked, "You servant, I wonder why the king summoned me?" The attendant said urgently: "The king was furious in the palace and killed the maids who served him. There is no need for the Grand Master to ask questions. Just follow the old slave into the palace quickly." The old Master stumbled into the inner room with his staff. He put on his court clothes, stood in front of the bronze mirror, straightened his clothes, and walked out: "Let's go."
The old master entered the palace of Wei and kowtowed, "Your Majesty." The sword in King Wei's hand was sheathed, and the maids and chamberlains all fell into a pool of blood. The old master was shocked when he saw this. He trembled slightly and said: "Your Majesty." King Wei turned around and said angrily: "The traitor dares to touch the mother queen of Widow Chong. Wichung will definitely kill her." The old master said. : "The king is referring to the Prime Minister, right?" King Wei walked up and said, "The old master has known about this for a long time." The old master kowtowed again and said: "That's right, Zi Sang was originally a bug from the state of Zhao, and he had no merit. The two have nothing to do with each other, why did you reach the sky in one step? Your Majesty should know this matter, and I will not describe it in the following paragraphs. It is related to the dignity of our country." The King of Wei said angrily: "Since you already know this matter, why didn't you tell me about it as soon as possible? Report to the widow?" The old master looked up at him and said: "The prime minister's country has a high position and great power. The king and the queen mother relied heavily on it. The old minister's beloved son died under the decree made by the prime minister." Then he continued. He said with tears in his eyes: "Old minister, I am afraid of its power, and I have endured the humiliation and burden until now." Then he kowtowed and said, "Old minister, I am guilty, please punish me."
