Xunzi came back with murderous intent. From Jinyang to Handan, they encountered six or seven interceptions along the way, and all the assassins were killed by Xunzi.
"Your Majesty." Xunzi jumped off the carriage, walked up to Zhao Kuo, and bowed. His Confucian robe was still stained with blood, and he had a sword tied around his waist. His steps were steady and powerful, his eyes were sharp, and he exuded a vague evil spirit. He didn't know how many people he had killed.
"Thank you for your hard work, Xun Qing." Zhao Kuo helped Xunzi up and said solemnly. Needless to say, just from the blood stains on Xunzi's body, you can tell how many assassinations he experienced along the way.
These are the aristocrats and gentry who dare not confront the court openly, but they do evil things behind the scenes. It can be said that these assassinations that Xunzi encountered were entirely blocked by Zhao Kuo.
Destroying someone's money is like killing your parents, they don't care whether you are a monarch or who you are. If Xunzi hadn't taken the initiative to help Zhao Kuo fight against these noble officials, all means would have fallen on Zhao Kuo.
Xunzi smiled, shook his head and said, "They are all small things."
"Come here." Zhao Kuo glared at the person behind Xunzi and said fiercely. This person was Zhao Miao, Zhao Kuo's good friend. It was Zhao Miao and others who introduced Zhao Kuo and Li Mu to each other.
This time Xunzi went to investigate the embezzlement of rewards, and Zhao Miao was sent to protect Xunzi. But now it seems that we still don’t know who is protecting whom!
The blood stains on Zhao Miao's body were not as much as those on Xunzi's body.
"Your Majesty." Zhao Miao came over sheepishly, leaned over and said.
"I asked you to protect Xun Qing. Is this how you protect him? If Xun Qing has any shortcomings, you won't be able to pay for it even with a few lives." Zhao Kuoyang said angrily, and the aura of a superior could not help but exude.
"I know my mistake." Zhao Miao said quickly. Although the two were friends before, Zhao Miao did not dare to regard Zhao Kuo as a friend now.
"Your Majesty, don't blame him. I was just feeling itchy and couldn't hold it back." Xunzi said apologetically.
To be honest, Xunzi looked down upon these guards at all, and none of them were as strong as him. Besides, as a hexagonal warrior, how could he hide behind and be protected by others? Those who didn't know better thought he was incompetent!
"Don't Xun Qing know that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall?" Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice. This is Xunzi. If he is killed on the road, where can he reason?
"Are those few thieves considered dangerous? Even if they come ten times more, they won't be enough for me to kill by myself." Xunzi raised his face and said with an arrogant look.
As a man who travels around the world whenever he has something to do, Xunzi said that he had never seen any big storms or waves. He was not afraid of hundreds of bandits surrounding him, let alone a few assassins.
Born in troubled times, do you dare to run around without the strength to press the bottom of the box?
"..." Zhao Kuo suddenly discovered that Xunzi actually had a warlike side in his heart. But if you think about it carefully, it would be a surprise if a man who dares to fight against heaven and earth doesn't fight!
"Heretic, you are finally back. I have been waiting for you for a long time." At this time, Kong Chuan rushed to Xunzi from behind, pointed at Xunzi and said loudly.
"Kong Chuan, you actually came to my country, Zhao." Xunzi said in pretended surprise.
"Hahaha, you didn't expect it. I have been cultivating for several years, and I came all the way from Qi to find you to avenge the humiliation I suffered." Kong Chuan was full of confidence, looking like you were waiting to see.
"Tell me, did you send the person who assassinated me?" Xunzi suddenly interrupted Kong Chuan and asked loudly.
"You... you are slanderous. I will only win you openly." Kong Chuan was so angry that his face turned blue and his whole body trembled. He had never been so slandered in his life.
"Look, I was just joking, but you can't bear it anymore. With this little endurance, you still want to beat me?" Xunzi said with a smile.
Of course he knew that those assassins were not from the Kong Chuan sect. If they were really from the Kong Chuan sect, given the foundation of the Kong family, not to mention anything else, they could still afford to hire a transcendent realm warrior, so they wouldn’t all send some scum. It seems that it was done by some low-class nobles and officials.
"Pfft..." Kong Chuan's face turned pale instantly, and the momentum he had built up until now suddenly disappeared... He suddenly realized that all his preparations in the past few days seemed to be in vain...
"Brother, calm down, calm down. The time has not come, the time has not come..." Kong Bin quickly consoled him. With Kong Chuan's strength, he was no match for Xunzi, but it had only been a few days since their letter was sent out, and no one had received it yet. It would not be too late to deal with Xunzi after everyone arrived in Handan.
"Just wait for me." Kong Chuan said harshly and hid behind the crowd. After a brief interlude, Zhao Kuo invited Xunzi into the carriage and walked toward the city together.
...In the main hall, several small cauldrons were steaming, and slices of meat, onions, ginger, vegetables, and freshly made tofu were poured in one after another.
Everyone formed a circle around the small cauldron and scrambled to pick up food from the small cauldron. There was no distinction between emperor and minister.
"I thought Xunzi would not be used to eating like this." Zhao Kuo said with a smile. In this era, the nobles shared food among themselves.
Except for close relatives, we will not eat together. Xunzi was a great Confucian scholar.
"Your Majesty, you are now looking down upon me, Xun Kuang. When I was traveling around to study, I was sometimes so poor that I couldn't even afford food. Do we still need to follow etiquette at this time? I am sure that Confucius said, 'If you don't eat meat if it is not cut properly, it will not be sauced. When you don't eat, you are definitely not on the way to being hunted."
"Although this kind of eating around is not in line with Zhou etiquette, I think it is harmless. Eating is a matter of enjoyment, so why bother to restrain it with heavy shackles?" said.
"I, Old Xiong, also feel that it is more comfortable to eat like this. You can eat whatever you want, just like we do in the army." Yan Xiong picked up a large piece of mutton from the cauldron and put it in his mouth regardless of whether it was cooked or not.
"The heretic dares to insult my ancestors." Kong Chuan suddenly stood up, pointed at Xunzi and said loudly.
"Sir, sit down first. Sir, sit down first. If you have anything to do, tell me slowly." Zhao Kuo said quickly, almost forgetting that there is an ancestor here!
"The Rites of the Zhou Dynasty stipulates that 'the emperor eats too much food, including cattle, sheep and hogs. The princes eat cattle, the ministers eat sheep, the husband eats hogs, the scholars eat fish and grilled fish, and the common people eat vegetables.' Different status means different things to eat, and they are all divided. And eating them in a circle like this, with no distinction between superiority and inferiority, and no respect for etiquette, is the food of the untouchables." Kong Chuan sat down and said angrily.
In this era, only the 'untouchables' would eat together like this, and the nobles would never do this.
Zhao Kuo wanted to say, "The Great Zhou Dynasty is dead," but he thought that the Zhou Dynasty still had some territory, so he held back.
