"Your Majesty, Yu Xin wishes to see you." Not long after, the guard reported.
"No need to report in the future, just let them in." Zhao Kuo waved his hand.
"promise."
"Your Majesty, I saw Xun Kuang when I came in. It seems that he just left the palace?" Soon, Yu Qing came in holding a lot of things. He walked up to Zhao Kuo and asked cautiously. He knew Xunzi's temper and dared to quarrel with anyone he met.
"Well, here you are, and you still call me a traitor to the country." Zhao Kuo said calmly.
"Your Majesty, don't be the same as him." Yu Xin said quickly, fearing that Xunzi would offend Zhao Kuo.
"Never quarreled with me." Zhao Kuo waved his hand, "But I invited him to be an official, but he didn't agree."
"The king plans to invite him to be an official?" Yu Xin was a little surprised.
"Not bad." Zhao Kuo nodded.
"Then I will have a good talk with him when I get back, and leave this matter to you." Yu Xin said.
"Do you know Yu Qing and Xunzi?"
"I often discuss "Spring and Autumn" with him."
"Then I'll leave this matter to Yu Qing," Zhao Kuo said with a smile, "What did Yu Qing find out?"
"Your Majesty, I have found Lou Chang and the Lou family."
"It's so fast, you won't check it all night, right?" Zhao Kuo was a little surprised. It had only been one night, and the two of them had found so much.
"The investigation hasn't officially started yet. I just ordered the Lou family to be sealed off. Some of these things I already knew, and some were found in the Lou family," Yu Xin said.
Le Yi could guess that Qin's spies were Lou Chang and the Lou family just by relying on clues. Yu Xin had been staying in Handan, how could he not know?
It's just that King Zhao favors Lou Chang, so what can he do?
"Is there anyone else besides Lou Chang?" Zhao Kuo asked. He didn't catch the accident, Le Yi had already warned him.
"And...Zheng Zhu, Zhao Hao, the Zhao clan, and..." Yu Xin hesitated a little at this point.
"To put it bluntly, if the sky falls, I will hold it up." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.
The spies of Qin must be uprooted. He still doesn't believe that Zhao can still be full of spies.
If this were the case, Qin would have destroyed Zhao long ago.
"Pingyang Jun also has contact with Lou Chang, Zhao Hao and others, and... has correspondence with Qin State." Yu Xin said.
"Pingyang Lord!" Zhao Kuo stood up violently. Pingyang Lord Zhao Sheng is not a collateral line of the Zhao family, but a true direct lineage. The son of King Zhao Wuling, Zhao Kuo will call him uncle.
Logically speaking, he had no reason to betray Zhao and become a spy for Qin.
Moreover, Zhao Wangdan had just passed away. If Zhao Kuo attacked Zhao Bao again at this time, the Zhao family, which was originally on Zhao Kuo's side, would most likely stand on the opposite side.
"Already confirmed?" Zhao Kuo clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice.
"It's not confirmed yet. At present, it's just that Lord Pingyang has a relatively good relationship with Zheng Zhu, Zhao Hao and others. They often communicate with each other, and all his letters with Qin are sent to Lou Huan. No information about Zhao has been found yet." Yu Xin said.
Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, supported the eucalyptus table with both hands, leaned forward, and said resolutely: "Continue to investigate, no matter who it is, investigate to the end."
"I obey the decree." Yu Xin said with some excitement. He liked an iron-blooded monarch like Zhao Kuo.
"Your Majesty, where is Lou Chang..." Yu Xin asked again. He had long wanted to get rid of the villain Lou Chang.
"Send the order to arrest all the Lou family members. Lou Chang should not move yet. The reward I promised him has not been given yet." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
He is a man of his word. If he says he will give Lou Chang a reward, he will give him a reward. Even if he is a spy of the Qin State, he must be rewarded before he is caught.
One yard owned by a yard!
"No." Yu Xin leaned over and said without leaving.
"Does anything else happen to Yu Qing?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"I would like to recommend a talented person to the king." Yu Xin said.
"Xiancai? What's his name? Where is he?" Zhao Kuo said excitedly. He liked Xiancai the most, and even one of them would not be too many.
"His name is Wei Qi, and he was once the prime minister of Wei State. Because he had offended Fan Ju before, when Fan Ju became the prime minister of Qin State, he sent people to ask Wei State for Wei Qi's head. Wei Qi had no choice but to flee to Zhao State. , Chen Hepingjun felt his talent, so he took shelter in his home." Yu Xin said.
Zhao Kuo fell silent, and after a while he said, "I heard that Wei Qi's moral conduct was deficient. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"Your Majesty, Wei Qi is indeed a little biased, but he is very talented. No one is perfect. If your Majesty wants to revitalize Zhao, he needs all kinds of talented people. Your Majesty only needs to Put the right people in the right positions, and you cannot never hire someone just because they have done something wrong," Yu Xin said.
"What Yu Qing said is that I am overthinking. I wonder where Wei Qi is now? I went to invite him personally." Zhao Kuo said.
Indeed, no one is perfect. Since Wei Qi only listens to others, why not just let him be his deputy.
As for the grievances with Fan Ju, that's not the case anymore.
If Fan Ju was messing with Zhao Kuo, then Zhao Kuo would definitely choose Fan Ju without saying a word. Fan Ju's talent does not need to be proven.
But now Fan Ju is the enemy. Zhao Kuo can't give up Wei Qi for fear of offending an enemy.
"Wei Qi has arrived outside the palace." Yu Xin said.
"I will invite him in now."
Without waiting for Yu Xin to stop him, Zhao Kuo had already stepped outside the hall. He saw a person standing below him at a glance. He was about seven feet tall and had thin cheeks. He looked up frequently towards the hall, his brows filled with sorrow.
"Are you Wei Qi?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"May I ask who you are?" Wei Qi asked cautiously. Zhao Kuo was not wearing royal robes, so Wei Qi did not recognize him.
"Hahaha, sir, please." Zhao Kuo grabbed Wei Qi's hands and helped him into the hall, sitting opposite Yu Xin.
At this time, no matter how stupid Wei Qi was, he still knew who the young man in front of him was. He quickly leaned over and bowed, "Wei Qi pays homage to the king."
"Sir, please get up quickly. I have long heard that you are a wise man, and when I see you today, you are even more famous. I wonder if you, sir, would be willing to serve as an official to help me?" Zhao Kuo leaned over and bowed.
"Qi once offended Qin's Prime Minister Fan Ju because he believed in slander. When your king appoints me, aren't you afraid of offending Qin?" Wei Qi asked.
"Hahaha, I still want to offend Qin State. I am afraid that Qin State hates me the most." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"I pay my respects to the king." Wei Qi heard this and bowed.
"Sir, please stay in the State of Zhao with peace of mind. The State of Wei is afraid of the State of Qin, but I, the State of Zhao, are not afraid. As long as I, Zhao Kuo, are here for one day, the State of Qin will not be able to touch you," Zhao Kuo said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Qifu knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes.
From the Prime Minister of a country to a fugitive hiding in Tibet, even Yu Qing and Ping Ping Jun who took him in did not dare to expose him for fear of offending the Qin State. No one knew how he came here all these years.
Now, his wandering days are finally over!
"Sir, please stay here to help me handle government affairs." Zhao Kuo said.
"promise."
"By the way, my husband has already become an official. It is not appropriate to continue living in Yu Qing's house. I will order someone to prepare a house for my husband in Handan for him to live in." Zhao Kuo said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
