On the other side, the envoys sent by Zhao to question Chu finally arrived in Shouchun City.

Xiong Huai met with the envoy of Zhao State at the first time, and repeatedly assured the envoy that Gongzi Ziqing's participation in the rebellion was by no means instigated by Chu State, but that Gongzi Ziqing was bewitched by Gongzi Zhang.

At the same time, in order to show his sincerity, Xiong Huai also took the initiative to release the hostage of Zhao - Zhao Bao, the uncle of Zhao Wanghe.

After the envoy of Zhao left the Chu Palace, Xiong Huai summoned Chen Zhen.

"Xianqing, how is the situation in Zhao State now?"

"The King." Chen Zhen responded: "According to the report from the spies, after the alliance between Zhao Wanghe and Qi Wangdi ended, he returned to Handan. Zhao Xiang Zhao Cheng joined forces with Li Dui, the national lieutenant, and soon controlled the situation in the country, and Handan quickly stabilized.

On the side of Zhao's father, after Zhao's father learned of the chaos in Handan, he immediately led his army back to Handan and issued an edict for Zhao Cheng to meet him.

However, after Zhao Cheng got the edict, he did not go to see Zhao's father, but wrote to Zhao's father, saying that as Zhao Xiang, he only listened to the edict of King Zhao and did not listen to other people's orders.

When Zhao's father heard this, he was furious, and took into account that Zhao Cheng and Li Dui had mastered Handan and the Zhao army that was originally stationed in Gaotang, and thought that his strength was insufficient, so he stationed in Lingshou City, while recruiting troops in Zhongshan and Daidi, while recruiting Hu people, while contacting officials from all over Zhao State, and at the same time issuing an edict to the generals and soldiers under the command of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui.

Affected by this, there was great chaos in the Zhao State, and there were many fugitives under the command of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui in Handan.

Seeing this, Zhao Cheng and Li had already taken Zhao Wanghe and Zhao Jun of Handan half a month ago to Lingshou directly. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "Zhao Cheng and Li Dui actually took the initiative to lead the army to Lingshou, shouldn't this be?" Just when Zhao Wanghe was also on their side, there was an edict from Zhao Wang, but Zhao Wanghe was not an adult after all, and his reputation in the army was almost none.

And with Master Zhao's prestige in the army, aren't they afraid that when the two armies face each other, the army in their hands will suddenly turn against each other? ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai's mind flashed: "Chen Qing, what is the movement of Qin and Qi now?" Especially the Qi State, at this moment, the only one who can help Zhao Cheng and them may be the Qi State. ”

Chen Zhen arched his hand and said: "King Mingjian, after the alliance between King Qi and King He of Zhao, the Qi army entered Gaotang the next day. Later, on the same day that Zhao Cheng set out from Handan, the Qi general Touche also led 200,000 Qi troops to Fuliu. ”

Xiong Huai turned the place name Fuliu in his mind several times, and after finding that he was very unfamiliar with this place name, he looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Fuliu? Where is this? ”

"Back to the king. Fuliu is in the southeast of Julu Daze, the eastern part of the original Zhao State, and the southern part of Zhongshan State, which originally belonged to Zhongshan State, and was later captured by Zhao State. Later, during Zhao's attack on Zhongshan, Zhao ceded all the land of Fuliu and other places in the south of the middle river to Qi, and now Fuliu is the territory of Qi. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and the Qi army went to Fuliu in the south of Zhongshan Kingdom, which showed that the chariots and horses were to help Zhao Cheng and Zhao Wanghe.

At this time, Chen Zhen saw the king of Chu nodding, and said again: "And on the side of Qin, after Qin heard about the civil strife in Zhao, he once again took the Qin general Wei Ran as his general and led 100,000 Qin troops to garrison Fenyin in Hedong to watch the east of Wei.

In addition, Sima Cuo, the lieutenant of Qin, also led 100,000 Qin soldiers to send a letter to Guguan and stationed in Jiaodi to observe Yiyang, an important town in South Korea. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he silently calculated in his heart.

The Wei state was still alive, and the 100,000 Qin army was a great threat.

South Korea's national strength is weak, and the 100,000 Qin army is also a great threat.

Wei and Han were unable to support Zhao, so unless Zhao Cheng's army could be quickly dealt with, it would be effortless to recruit the Handan Zhao army. Otherwise, once faced with the joint strangulation of Zhao Cheng and Qi Jun, there is a chance that Zhao's master father will be finished.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai looked at Chen Zhen and said, "Chen Qing, the envoy of Zhao State will take Zhao Bao back to Zhao State tomorrow." Tonight, Qing went to Zhao Bao's mansion, and then gave him a golden hundred yi, saying that this was a thank you gift from the widow to thank him for contacting Chu and Zhao over the years. ”

Chen Zhen smiled and responded, "It's the king, the minister knows what to do." ”

Xiong Huai also smiled and said: "Xianqing go, if Lord Zhao's father is defeated, then Xianqing will contact Zhao Bao and say that Chu is willing to support him as Zhao Xiang." ”

"Yui." Chen Zhen bowed, and then, when he saw the wave of the King of Chu, he did not leave, but showed hesitation.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai said in surprise: "Xianqing still has something?" ”

Chen Zhen nodded, and then arched his hand: "King, I recently found a very inappropriate news in Shouchun City. ”

"What's the news?"

"Great King, not long after the birth of the Prince's charter, it was rumored in the city that there was a vision of heaven and earth when the Son was born, and there were dragons and tigers gathered above Mrs. Song's palace, and when Mrs. Song gave birth to her son, there was light shining in the palace."

When Xiong Huai heard this, he smiled and waved his hand: "False, the widow was outside the temple when the charter was born, where there is any vision, where there is any light." It's just that some fools heard the name of the Childe's charter and received a reward from the widow, so the word charter is far-fetched.

The widow also heard some waiters in the palace whisper recently, this kind of mysterious thing, everyone likes legends, it is not a big deal. ”

Chen Zhen shook his head and said: "King, the people are ignorant, and it is far-fetched to spread falsehoods, which is naturally not a big deal. ”

"But..." Chen Zhen said with a heavy face: "But the minister has repeatedly investigated, and the news that the Gongzi Charter was born and extraordinary did not come from the palace first, but first spread in Shouchun City, and quickly spread throughout the city and spread to other places.

Then, the news came out in the palace that the Childe Charter was born different. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "The news is not born in the central palace of the matter, but outside the palace, which shows that rumors are not born naturally, nor are they spread naturally by the people, but deliberately spread by others." ”

Chen Zhen nodded, then glanced at the king of Chu hesitantly, and bent down and said: "Great king, the minister risked death to hear about it, after the prince left the capital, this kind of news suddenly came out of the city, and the minister was worried that this matter might be directed to the prince, and the prince's charter was a tool in their hands." ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly, agreeing with Chen Zhen's statement.

Although he had planned to pay for Prince Fei a long time ago, he didn't tell anyone about this thought, nor did he arrange for anyone to take the initiative to do it, let alone make a fuss about the charter of the newborn son.

At this time, Chen Zhen saw the king of Chu nodding, and continued: "Great king, the minister hears that he is as virtuous and filial as Zengzi, once three people in a row tell Zengzi's mother that Zengzi killed someone, then Zeng's mother will also have to flee over the wall." As soon as three people shout about tigers in the street, all the people in the street will flee.

Therefore, even if they are as close as father and son, once the two are separated, then there will be villains who will slander them, so that the father and son will not believe in disharmony, which is just like Jin Xiangong suspecting the prince Shensheng. ”

Xiong Huai glanced at Chen Zhen and knew that Chen Zhen was speaking for the prince, saying that he should not let the prince return to Yingdu.

Not long ago, Xianyin Fan Huan spoke for the prince, and now there is Chen Zhen, perhaps... Not only Fan Huan and Chen Zhen, but also Zhao Ju and even Qu Yuan Tang Ming, when Prince Heng did not show his tendency to oppose the change, their thoughts may also be on Prince Heng.

The crown prince is the eldest son and the eldest son, and he is really popular in the court.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai nodded and said: "What Xianqing said is extremely true, when the prince comes out of the temple, the widow will let the prince return to Shouchun immediately." ”

"The king is wise." Chen Zhen bowed his hand, and then said: "The minister tastes and smells: things must rot first, and then insects are born, and people must be suspicious first, and then slander them."

The minister is dull, please check it and think about it! ”

Xiong Huai nodded again: "The meaning of Xianqing is known to few people." Please also ask Xianqing to work hard to see who spread the rumors in the city this time, and the widow can't let the prince be wronged, nor can he let the infant prince Charter be wronged. ”

"Please rest assured, the minister will go!"

After Chen Zhen left, Xiong Huai remembered the person who secretly separated their father and son, and couldn't help but sneer: "Whether it is a grass carp or a male fish, this fish has finally begun to take the bait, and it is still a big fish." ”