"Ladies and gentlemen, the king has an edict, today it is said that he is slightly infected with a small illness, and the early dynasty will be exempted, and your chapter will be handed over to the prime minister, and the prime minister will send it to the palace, and submit it to the king's royal view, if everyone is fine, then go back to the palace to govern the public."

With Guo Kai's announcement, the ministers suddenly complained, it turned out that the day after receiving the envoy Yao Jia of the Qin State, Zhao Wangqian ordered that the former great Sima Zhao Cong who had been dismissed should be held responsible, and Yao Jia rushed to the south bank of Zhangshui to receive the twelve cities of Zhangnan that the Qin State ceded back to the Zhao State, and then he was sick and was not in the upper court, and entrusted all the government affairs to Guo Kai to deal with. He was in the palace all day long and indulged in joy with ten beauties of the Qin Kingdom, and he had abandoned the court affairs for six or seven days.

At this time, Li Mu came out and said: "Xiangguo, this is the seventh day, the king is not in the early dynasty, I don't know when the king's illness will be, and when will he see the ministers?" ”

Guo Kaiyan said: "Wu Anjun, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, people have good and bad luck, and diseases, how can it be predicted, now the king's body is sick, and he can't meet the ministers." Is it so difficult that Wu Anjun still wants the king to go to court with illness? In case the king's illness worsens, can you afford this responsibility? ”

Li Mu said: "Li Mu doesn't dare, but now is an eventful time, and the king has not been in court for a long time, and the government affairs are delayed, I am afraid that it will delay state affairs." ”

Guo Kaidao: "Isn't the music of each ministry introduced into the palace every day, and most of them have already been approved, and they went to Qi to buy food, and they also sent people to receive the affairs of the twelve cities in Zhangnan, and some people were sent to receive it, how can it be said that it will be a mistake in state affairs?" ”

Li Mudao: "These things have indeed been done, but five days ago, I went to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to step up preparations for war in case the Qin army attacked, why haven't you responded to such a big event?" ”

Guo Kaipi smiled and said: "Wu Anjun, your Shangguan King has already seen it, but the preparation for war requires money, if you prepare for war according to your plan, you need at least five or six thousand Eridium gold, and now my big Zhao treasury is empty, where I can get so much money, not to mention that now Zhao and Qin are talking about peace and preparing for Qin, it seems that it is not so urgent, so the matter of preparing for war can be delayed and talked about." ”

Li Mu's eyebrows raised, and he said: "Xiangguo, Qin has never had faith, and the countries are contending, and there are several countries that can respect and keep peace, so the matter of preparing for war must not be relaxed, otherwise when the Qin army comes, it will be too late to regret it." ”

Guo Kaidao: "Wu Anjun, the king did not say that preparation for war is not important, but now that Zhao Qin has succeeded in discussing peace, it can always last for a few years, and my Zhao State has been fighting again and again, and today is suffering from a catastrophe, and there is always a priority in things, so this year will be postponed, and when this drought passes, the treasury will have some income, and it will definitely allocate funds to prepare for war first, and ......" paused, and said: "The treasury really can't come up with money now, if Wu Anjun must prepare for war, then he can only raise money by himself." The imperial court can't pull out the money. If Wu Anjun has nothing else to do, he will not be accompanied. ”

As he spoke, Guo Kai shook his sleeves, turned around and entered the palace to hand over the order to King Zhao. Li Mu grabbed a few steps and was about to chase him, but was stopped by the guards guarding the palace and said, "Wu Anjun, without the king's order, no one is allowed to enter the palace without a reason." ”

Li Mu was stunned for a while at the gate of the palace before he sighed softly and turned to leave.

After walking for two steps, I only heard someone behind me: "Wu Anjun, please stay." ”

Li Mu looked back and saw that it was an old man in his sixties who stopped him, dressed in black, with a white face and a long beard, Li Mu arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be Yu Taibu." ”

It turned out that this person was the Taibu Yu sacrifice of Zhao State. Among the nations, divination is very important, so although Taibu has no real power, his position is extremely important, and ordinary ministers do not dare to treat Taibu, otherwise he will crook his mouth a little during divination, and anyone will be enough to drink a pot. Of course, Taibu generally doesn't make friends with other ministers lightly.

Yu Sai served as Taibu Si in Zhao for more than 30 years, is the third old minister of Zhao State, and also won the trust of the Zhao kings of the past dynasties, usually does not have much contact with any minister, but in private, he and Li Mu are very friendly, because Li Mu has a life-saving grace for him, because the two have a life-and-death friendship because of the enemy. However, Yu Sai has never called Li Mu so publicly.

Therefore, Li Mu couldn't help but think in his heart, what was the matter with Yu Sai, he had to stop himself here.

At this time, Yu Sai approached Li Mu and said softly: "Wu Anjun, in the future, you'd better not mention the matter of preparing for war." ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment and said, "Why?" ”

Yu said: "Just three days ago, Xiangguo entered the palace and discussed with the king about Wu Anjun's performance, and the king was noncommittal about the performance, and was originally ready to approve it, but Xiangguo said that Wu Anjun was taking the opportunity to monopolize military power, and I am afraid that he would not be subordinate, although the king said that Wu Anjun would never betray Zhao State, but he ignored Wu Anjun's performance. Therefore, it is best for Wu Anjun not to mention the matter of preparing for war in the future. ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, arched his hand to Yu Xi, and said, "Thank you Taibu for reminding me, Li Mu knows what to do." So saying, he turned and left the palace.

After leaving the royal official, Li Mu didn't say a word, just took Zhao Xuan and others, and came directly to the military camp outside the city, at this time Yuan Xuan, Gao Yuan, Li Yinghong and others were training soldiers, and the entire military camp was very lively. If it was in peacetime, of course, Li Mu would inspect each battalion to encourage the soldiers, but now Li Mu did not have this heart, and came to his camp tent to sit down.

I don't know how long it took, I saw Li Yinghong and Gao Yuan come in together, Li Yinghong said, "Father." Gao Yuan said: "General." ”

When Li Mu saw them coming, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are you here, don't you train your troops?" ”

Li Yinghong said: "We heard General Zhao say that after my father came out of the palace, he has been unhappy, something must have happened, so we asked us to come and see my father." ”

Gao Yuan said: "General, what happened?" Please don't hide it from us, and we can figure it out together. ”

Li Mu glanced at Zhao Xuan, and knew that he was doing it for his own good, and this breath was held in his heart, Li Mu was indeed a little indignant, so he also nodded, and then told him how he entered the palace.

And after Li Mu finished speaking, Li Yinghong was so angry that his willow eyebrows were raised, and he said angrily: "How can this be true, my father has always been loyal to Zhao State, and has made countless contributions to Zhao State, if it is not for the Battle of Fei and the Battle of Fanwu to defeat the Qin army twice, now Zhao State is afraid that he will be busy with the same fate as South Korea, and he would have already destroyed the country and destroyed the sect." The king still doubts his father's loyalty, it's really hateful, and what is even more hateful is Guo Kai, who actually provoked trouble in front of the king, this time I will never get away with Guo Kai. ”

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Yinghong, you calm down, the king may not be suspicious of me now, and now the treasury is empty, and it is also a fact that he can't come up with money, don't make trouble indiscriminately." ”

Li Yinghong said: "Father, you are still helping them talk, this faint king, a traitor, what good things can there be, maybe now they are discussing how to murder their father." ”

Li Mu also smiled bitterly, in fact, he didn't even believe what he said, so he was speechless about Li Yinghong's words.

And Gao Yuan also understood at this time that the ultimate goal of Qin and Zhao to negotiate peace was originally here, because according to common sense, after the two countries negotiated peace, how could they last for a few years, so that the military pressure faced by Zhao would be much reduced, and it would not be so urgent. And Li Mu's role and status will also be greatly reduced during this period of time. Zhao Wangqian was originally a mediocre person, the Qin army was pressing, he might be nervous for a while, and the two sides negotiated peace, as soon as this breath was relieved, Zhao Wangqian was of course addicted to wine again. Therefore, if Guo Kai wants to frame Li Mu, this time is the best time to do it.

It seems that in order to get rid of Li Mu, the Qin State spent a lot of money, and the twelve cities of Zhangnan were ceded to the Zhao State at once. However, the value of one Li Mu is by no means comparable to that of just twelve cities. If you can use these twelve cities in exchange for getting rid of Li Mu, it will be absolutely cost-effective.

As for whether Guo Kai has a connection with Qin State, it is not yet certain, but Guo Kai's appointment of Zhao Cong to take over the twelve cities of Zhangnan is probably also a deliberate means, that is, to give Zhao Cong a chance to make meritorious contributions, so that he has a reason to return to the center of power, and at the same time, let Zhao Cong completely throw himself into Guo Kai, and the purpose of reactivating Zhao Cong is, of course, to contain Li Mu, and when necessary, Zhao Cong can also be used to replace Li Mu.

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "General, if it is only because the treasury is empty, it is difficult to support and prepare for war, it is not a big deal, I still have more than 3,000 eridium gold, and it is useless to leave it in my hands anyway, so I can take it out and use it, and I can also deal with it for a while." ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment and said, "All this gold is your property, how can I use it well?" ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Anyway, these more than 3,000 eridium gold were not won from Guo Kai, or they were rewarded by the king, and I didn't use them so much at all, and they were put aside in the mansion, so it was better to use them in useful places, and the generals were not for private use, since they were needed in the army now, they should be used where they were needed." ”

Li Mu nodded, and estimated in his heart, he also received five hundred eridium gold from Zhao Wangqian's reward, and the usual income from the two hundred eridium and food eup, and also accumulated several hundred eridium gold, plus the more than three thousand eridium gold taken out by the plateau, a total of about four thousand gold, this is indeed a huge amount of money, and the funds for preparing for the war are definitely enough. Li Mu was also a little comforted in his heart. And I really didn't get it right. Therefore, he also nodded and said, "Okay, since you have good intentions, then I won't shirk it." ”

At this time, Gao Yuan said: "But the general can't take it lightly, the king is not the king of Ming, and there are traitors around him, confusing the king with slander, now Zhao and Qin are talking about peace, and the king is also slack, Guo Kai is afraid that he will take the opportunity to slander and frame the general, so the general can't be unguarded, if there is really that day, the general will never be able to be arrested." ”

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and was silent for a while, before he nodded and said, "Okay, I will seriously consider your words." ”