Chapter 257 (1/2)

Ji Yue is Xianyu's last general who is good at fighting and always wins. The whole hope of Xianyu lies on his shoulders. In the battle between Xiushan and Zhou Leping, King Xianyu appreciated him very much. In the competition with Zhu GuanLiang in Xiushan, King Xianyu was more confident than him. He felt sure that he would win. But in the end, he didn't even carry a corpse back.

The soldiers of Xianyu who came back vividly described the scene of the competition. The story spread to Qi Simiao, and then all the way back to the capital. Zhao Shiqian knew about it, so the rumor that Zhou Leping's martial arts were exhausted was broken.

Before, some people in the court hesitated and thought that Zhou Leping couldn't escape from Qi State because he had abandoned his kung fu. Instead of being a traitor, they were slapped in the face.

Someone mentioned it again in the court. Zhao Shiqian raised his hand and pressed it down. He shook his head to show that he didn't want to hear it. When he was drunk with Zhao Deng at night, he said it with a sigh. ”I thought she couldn't help it before, but she really didn't want to come back.”

Zhao Dengdao said, ”the state of Qi will certainly keep her in strict custody. If she can escape, she will come back. Her home is here, her elder brother is here, and her younger sister is here. How can she not want to come back?”

Zhao Shiqian patted his thigh with a wry smile. ”Xiushan, I ask you where Xiushan is? Less than a hundred li away from Dingzhou City, Zhu GuanLiang took her out. There were only ten people around her. Could she kill Ji Yue and not escape? I didn't believe in her treason before, but sometimes when the facts are in front of me, I can't help but believe it. ”

Zhao Deng was flustered and said, ”brother, think twice. If Zixi is treason, why hasn't Qi done anything to Zhao? After all, what he saw with his own eyes may not be true. What's more, he heard from the population of Xianyu that he suffered a loss from Xianyu. Do you want to continue to believe what they said? ”

Zhao Deng was eager to defend Zhou Leping. When he was worried, he would not choose his words. Only when he blurted out his words did he feel that he had made a mistake.

Zhao Shi glared at him, patted him on the shoulder for a long time, and stood up. ”I know you always resented me for making peace with me. If I had not agreed to make peace with Xianyu, wouldn't Zhou Leping be like this?”

It seems that everything he does is wrong. The courtiers have complaints in their hearts. He knows that the common people have complaints against him. He also knows it. But he didn't expect that his own brother would have the same idea as those people.

Zhou Leping, yes, she is right. At the beginning, he did not listen to her, which led to the situation. However, he also took the overall situation into consideration. No one liked the war years after years. At that time, he had no other choice. He was kind to everyone with his relatives. Now that such a thing happened, he became a sinner through the ages and would be reviled by thousands of people.

Zhao Deng hastily admitted his mistake and said, ”my brother didn't mean that. Brother Huang forgives me. It was my brother who made a slip of the tongue for a while. My brother...”

”Well, you're right. It's all my fault. But now that things have become like this, I have to find a way to recover it. I can't destroy Zhao's Centennial foundation.”

Zhao Deng looked at Zhao Shiqian and his eyes. For a moment, he suddenly felt that Zhao Shiqian was very strange.

The emperor drank with King Rui until the time of the emperor's death. When the palace was forbidden, King Rui lived in the palace. The emperor took his royal highness and said his ambition. King Rui sent the emperor back to his bedroom. Suddenly, he heard the emperor murmur sorry. I don't know who he said it to.