From Guo Kai's point of view, there is no danger for him to return to Huandu now, because King Huan doesn't know about the matters related to Huayang, and people will only think that he is still sick at home.
But what he didn't know was that Jia You's poisonous plan had already been used on him.
A few days later, Huanzhou, Prime Minister's Mansion.
The butler hurriedly walked, holding several secret letters in his hand, all of which were written with the Prime Minister's marriage proposal. After seeing Qiu Rong, he respectfully said: "Master Prime Minister, look..."
Qiu Rong took the secret letter, first lowered his head and counted how many there were, then frowned slightly and said, "Who sent it?"
"I don't know who's coming here. I found out this morning that the letter is already in the house." The housekeeper returned truthfully.
"You go down first." Qiu Rong didn't say anything more and returned to the study with the letter.
When someone writes a letter to themselves, out of curiosity, everyone will open it and read it, and Qiu Rong is no exception.
But after opening the secret letter, the more he read, the more frightened he became. When he read the third letter, his eyes widened. After reading the last letter, he stood up suddenly.
The contents of the secret letter were about Guo Kai's interactions with the Qin army, and each of them was a major event. What's more important is that Qiu Rong and Guo Kai had been ministers of the same dynasty for many years, so they knew his handwriting, and these were all written by him!
There is no doubt that these secret letters are enough to prove that Guo Kai surrendered to the enemy and treason.
Who is Qiu Rong? He is a pedantic and foolish loyalist. He has been on the same level as Guo Kai for a long time. How could he not be angry when he discovered such a thing.
The next day, Huan Guo went to court early in the morning.
King Huan's mood became heavier day by day.
In the court meeting hall, Guo Kai winked at a minister, and was about to take the lead in marching out, before saying he would surrender, but Qiu Rong stood up first, raised his hands upward and said, "Your Majesty, I have the right to do so. Play."
"Say it." King Huan looked weak.
Qiu Rong glanced at Guo Kai subconsciously, and then said straight to the point: "What I want to report is that the imperial censor Guo Kai surrendered to the enemy and treason!"
What! ? Upon hearing this, King Huan immediately became serious.
Guo Kai was even more frightened, and immediately pointed his fingers and shouted: "Nonsense!"
After saying that, he also faced King Huan and said seriously: "Your Majesty, my loyalty can be demonstrated by the sun and the moon. However, I have always been at odds with the Prime Minister. This is obviously a slander by the Prime Minister, taking the opportunity to suppress the humble ministers. I hope the King will learn from it." "
Hearing what he said, King Huan became nervous and glanced at Qiu Rong angrily: "At this time of national crisis, the Prime Minister should not cause trouble over nothing."
"No! I have sufficient evidence!" Qiu Rong said, and took out a few secret letters from the sleeves of his official uniform. He bent slightly and raised his hands respectfully: "Please have your Majesty read it."
King Huan frowned slightly, but seeing this, he naturally signaled to the attendant: "Send it up."
"No." The attendant responded, took the secret letters, and respectfully placed them on the king's desk.
Guo Kai, on the other hand, was obviously a little nervous because he didn't know what was presented to him.
There were several secret letters on the king's case. King Huan picked up one at random, unfolded it with shaking hands, and lowered his head to read it carefully.
As he looked at it, his eyes widened suddenly, and then he put down the first letter, then hurriedly opened the second letter, and then the third letter...
The more he looked, the expression on his face kept changing, including anger, shock, and disbelief.
All the court officials couldn't help but whisper to each other. Guo Kai swallowed hard and felt a bad premonition in his heart.
After finally reading it, King Huan's hand holding the letter trembled slightly, and then he slapped the king's case hard, stood up suddenly, pointed at Guo Kai, and shouted sharply: "Guo Kai!!"
ah! ? The latter was startled, knelt down in a hurry, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't know, I don't know why the king is so angry..."
"You traitor!" King Huan was furious: "I trust you so much in vain! You actually secretly collaborated with the enemy! You are willing to be King Qin's eagle and dog's spy! You betrayed the country!"
"This, this, this, please calm down, the king, I am wronged!" Guo Kai hurriedly defended himself.
"Shut up!" King Huan became even more angry because he had been betrayed by the person he trusted most. Even if he knew that he had been defeated, he would certainly not tolerate treason.
"You despicable villain! In order to seek glory and wealth, you not only leaked our country's secrets, but also conspired with the King of Qin many times. You even colluded with Xiang Ge and turned against you in the face of battle!"
"This, this, this, your Majesty, don't listen to the slander. Those, those things must be the prime minister deliberately framed the ministers..." Guo Kai continued to kneel on the ground to defend. In his heart, how could Qiu Rong be the one to conspire with the King of Qin? Therefore, Of course, there is still a sense of luck in my heart.
After hearing these words, other ministers suddenly became commotion.
"What, Xiang Ge surrendered, how is this possible..."
"That is the last line of defense to stop the Qin army..."
Just when people were shocked, a military intelligence report came in at the right time.
"Report~~~~"
"Your Majesty, General Xiang...Xiang Ge surrendered to Qin. Qin...Qin's army has passed Huayang Pass and is less than two hundred miles away from Huandu..."
This military information caused Huan Guo's court to explode again.
The anger in King Huan's eyes grew stronger, and he glared at Guo Kai who was kneeling below, as if he wanted to eat him alive: "Did you hear that! Did you hear that! Xiang Ge surrendered! It was you who conspired! There are still dog thieves What can you say!"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Xiang Ge's surrender to the enemy has nothing to do with me. I have been in the capital all the time." Guo Kai was already panicking.
When King Huan heard this, he grabbed the secret letter on the king's case and threw it into the palace angrily: "Don't I recognize your handwriting? You traitor! No wonder you keep urging me to surrender to the imperial court! It turns out that you have already become Enemy traitor!"
At this point, he couldn't bear it anymore and immediately shouted: "Come here!"
Following his words, the imperial guards stepped inside and saluted with clasped fists.
"Drag this traitor down! Kill the whole family!" King Huan pointed at Guo Kai.
"No!" The royal palace guards didn't care about so many people. After receiving the order, without saying a word, they held Guo Kai to the left and right and began to drag him out.
The latter's three souls and seven souls were almost scared to death, and they immediately screamed like a slaughtering pig: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, please spare my life! I am wronged! I am wronged—"
But the evidence was conclusive. The anger in King Huan's heart could not be calmed down, and his screams quickly disappeared outside the palace.
Seeing this scene, many ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything about surrender. Several other officials who had exchanged secret letters with Xiao Yuan swallowed hard and couldn't help but raise their heads. He took off his clothes sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
After a moment, King Huan fell back on his throne and murmured: "It's over, it's over, Huayang Pass is broken, and the Qin army will soon attack the capital..."
