"Lord Yao, please."

"Huh! Xiangguo please. ”

In the sound of silk and bamboo wind music and the dancing posture of the singers, Guo Kai and Yao Jia raised the lamp and were drinking happily, and the atmosphere was also very warm.

After three rounds of drinking, Yao Jia smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for three years, and the style of Xiangguo is still the same, which is really gratifying." I salute an adult under a cup. ”

Guo Kai also raised his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Borrowing Lord Yao's auspicious words, the true appearance is indeed disrespectful." ”

It turned out that three years ago, Li Mu defeated the Qin army in the Battle of Fei, when Zhao actively contacted various countries, planning to organize a joint expedition against Qin, but Qin Wangzheng entrusted Yao Jia with a heavy task, carrying a heavy amount of money to envoy Chu, Yan, Wei, Zhao four countries, back and forth, lobbying in all directions, bribing the powerful ministers of various countries, and finally let this alliance end in vain. And Guo Kai was Yao Jia's important partner at that time, and it was when Yao Jia went to Zhao Guo that time that he met and befriended Guo Kai, and gave Guo Kai a golden Qianyi, so that he could secretly sabotage the alliance. And Guo Kai took people's money, but he only wanted to eliminate disasters for people, so he also secretly made efforts, and that time the cooperation was fruitless, and Guo Kai also played a big role in it.

After Yao Jia returned to China, although he did not meet Guo Kai again, he had letters to live every once in a while, and continued to give Guo Kai gold. In the past three years, he has successively given Guo Kai nearly 1,000 eridium gold. Therefore, Guo Kai also regarded Yao Jia as his god of wealth.

This time, King Zhao asked Guo Kai to set up a banquet to entertain Yao Jia instead of himself, and Guo Kai was also in the middle of it, so he also feasted in his own mansion and treated Yao Jia warmly, which was his God of Wealth.

After the two drank a cup of drink, Yao Jia smiled and said: "Although I am in the Qin State, I have heard a thing or two about what happened in the Zhao State, and Xiangguo seems to have broken a lot of money not long ago." ”

At the mention of breaking money, Guo Kai suddenly made a bitter face, it was 3,000 eridium gold, accounting for more than half of Guo Kai's family wealth. Therefore, he also smiled bitterly, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, even if it is a disaster." ”

Yao Jia said with a smile: "Xiangguo is open-minded, and I admire him deeply. However, how can Xiangguo be so bankrupt in the future, this time he came down to Zhao and gave Xiangguo 5,000 gold Eridium, which should be able to compensate Xiangguo's losses. As he spoke, Yao Jia clapped his hands lightly, and saw eight servants, each carrying two large boxes, into the lobby, opening the lid of the box, and all of them were yellow and clear gold.

Guo Kai was stunned, although he also estimated that this time Yao Jia would definitely send him gold again, but Guo Kai expected that at most, he would send himself another thousand Yi gold, but he didn't expect Yao Jia to open his mouth to be five thousand Yi, Guo Kai almost thought that he had heard it wrong. This time, I can not only make up for my losses, but also make a lot of money.

But Yao Jia only asked people to bring up two large boxes, one box was 1,000 eridium gold, and after waiting for a while, no one moved the gold again, Guo Kai couldn't help but say: "Didn't you say 5,000 eridium gold?" How only 2,000 eridium. ”

Yao Jia smiled and looked left and right, Guo Kai immediately understood, waved his hand, and said, "You all stand down." ”

From the music and the female singers all retreated in turn, the entire hall was empty, only two people remained, Yao Jia said: "Xiangguo, please rest assured, there will be no shortage of gold or two, but there are still some small things below, I want to ask Xiangguo for help." As long as it is made by Xiangguo, not to mention the remaining 3,000 eridium gold, there is another thanks. ”

Guo Kai also knew that of course Yao Jia would not give him gold for no reason, of course, he had something to ask for himself, so he also smiled: "I don't know what it is, Lord Yao, please do your best to speak, as long as you can do it, you will definitely not refuse." ”

Yao Jia said: "Get rid of Li Mu." ”

Guo Kai's hand trembled, he almost spilled the wine, shook his head, and said: "This matter, I'm afraid it's not easy to do, it's not that Li Mu is not removed from the prime minister, but Li Mu now holds the military power of the Zhao State, and he has won the trust of the king, and the true phase is indeed difficult to start." ”

Yao Jia said with a smile: "Although Li Mu holds the military power, Xiangguo is in charge of the Zhao dynasty, and no matter how much King Zhao trusts Li Mu, how can he compare to his trust in Xiangguo?" Moreover, if our Qin State wants to destroy the Zhao State, Li Mu must get rid of it. ”

Guo Kai was stunned again, and said in a trembling voice: "What? Is the state of Qin going to destroy the state of Zhao? Although Guo Kai secretly received the gold of the Qin State and did a lot of things for the Qin State, Guo Kai did not think of helping the Qin State destroy the Zhao State. Although Guo Kai is greedy for money and profit, and jealous of the virtuous, this truth is still clear, the power of Zisi is actually closely related to the Zhao State, and only Zhao Guocun can keep his power, and once the Zhao State is destroyed, his power will no longer exist. Therefore, it is okay to collude with the Qin State, occasionally betray the interests of the Zhao State, help the Qin State do a little thing, and make a little extra money for himself, but to help the Qin State destroy the Zhao State is to cut off the back road, but it is absolutely impossible to do it.

Therefore, Guo Kai was about to speak, Yao Jia said: "If my Qin State wants to destroy the Zhao State, it will never be changed, and after the beginning of the year, I will send an army to attack the Zhao State." ”

Guo Kai couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and said, "If the Qin State wants to destroy the Zhao State, why should you negotiate peace with our Zhao State?" And it is also necessary to return the twelve cities of Zhangnan to Zhao State. ”

Yao Jia laughed and said, "That's just to let Zhao Guo relax his vigilance." Xiangguo can't be taken seriously. ”

Guo Kai said again: "But our Zhao State still has Wu Anjun here, he has defeated the Qin army twice, and the Qin State wants to destroy the Zhao State, I'm afraid it will not be so easy." ”

Yao Jia said: "Li Mushan can use troops to be true, and he has also defeated the Qin army twice, but even the Qin army did not do his best twice, and this time the Qin State will send the army of the country, it is difficult to say whether Li Mu can still win." ”

Guo Kaidao: "You are not afraid that I will report this matter to the king, kill you first, and then reorganize your army to resist the Qin army." ”

Yao Jia smiled: "In this way, Xiangguo will be in danger." ”

Guo Kai was stunned and said, "What danger do I have?" ”

Yao Jia said: "Let's make such an assumption first, Xiangguo can report to King Zhao and let King Zhao kill him, but Qin and Zhao will start a war, it is inevitable, once Li Mu is defeated by the Qin army, Zhao will die, so when the Qin army invades Handan, Xiangguo will not be spared." ”

Guo Kaidao: "What if Li Mu defeats the Qin army? Isn't it okay to be true to yourself? ”

Yao Jia shook his head and said with a smile: "Wrong, if Li Mu defeats the Qin army, he will make an immortal contribution to Zhao Guoguo, then he will inevitably be rewarded by King Zhao, and now Li Mu has been crowned the king and is the great Sima, and if King Zhao wants to reward Li Mu again, I am afraid that there will only be the position of Xiangguo." ”

Guo Kai's face changed, Yao Jia's words did hit his heart, but he still argued strongly: "The king has always trusted me, and he will never let Li Mu be the prime minister." ”

Yao Jia also nodded, and said: "If King Zhao does not seal Li Mu, it will inevitably cause Li Mu's resentment, and now all the military power of Zhao is in Li Mu's hands, if he raises troops to rebel, establishes himself as King Zhao, or sets up someone else as king, then what will be the result of Xiangguo?" Therefore, no matter whether Zhao Guo wins or loses, Xiangguo is afraid that it will be difficult to have a good end. ”

These words also made Guo Kai sweat profusely, and even his hands trembled involuntarily, because Yao Jia's words really hit Guo Kai's vital point, in fact, Li Mu didn't have the idea of raising troops to rebel or set up another king of Zhao, if Li Mu really wanted to do this, after the Battle of Fei, Li Mu could do it. But Guo Kai doesn't see it that way, in his opinion, once Li Mu is dissatisfied with King Zhao's reward, it is very likely that he will set up another King Zhao, and he will definitely not end well.

Thinking along this line of thought, the more Guo Kai thought about it, the more right he became, because his heart was very clear, his reputation in Zhao State was not good, he was recognized as a traitor, and there were many people who wanted their own lives, and once they lost their power, they would inevitably be unable to protect their lives. Therefore, in this way, whether Zhao Guo can keep it or not, he will definitely not have a good result.

At this time, Yao Jia took a long time, drank another glass of wine, and then said with a smile: "So for the sake of Xiangguo, the only way for Xiangguo to protect himself now is to take refuge in my Qin State, and after destroying Zhao, my Qin State will never treat Xiangguo badly." ”

Guo Kai's face was yin and yang, obviously engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, and Yao Jia didn't urge him, just looked free, and slowly drank the wine one by one. After a long while, Guo Kaicai said: "May I ask Lord Yao, if I help the Qin State and destroy the Zhao State, what reward can the Qin State give me." ”

Hearing this, Yao Jia's heart was overjoyed, knowing that Guo Kai had been moved by what he said, so he immediately said: "Before sending Zhao, my king has already made an edict." As long as Xiangguo can help my Qin State destroy Zhao State, and make Xiangguo a marquis of Che, with 100,000 households, you can set up a book as proof. ”

When Guo Kai heard this, he was not moved, he knew that the official rank of the Qin State was divided into twenty levels, and the highest level of them was Chehou, which was equivalent to the feudal monarchs of various countries, not only had fiefdoms, but also could set up taxes and officials by themselves. It can be said that it is equivalent to a small-scale candidate country. Generally speaking, only a small number of officials who have made great contributions to the Qin state can get such an honor, when Lü Buzhi raised the king of Qin Zhuang Xiang from a quality to the king of Qin, after the succession of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, not only let Lu Buzhi serve as the prime minister, but also was named the Marquis of Wenxin, the fief Luoyang, and 100,000 households. Therefore, this promise of the Qin State is indeed a great reward for himself. Although he does not have the real power of the other country, he can also live the second half of his life in peace.

Guo Kai grabbed the wine lord, poured a big sip of wine, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then said: "Okay, since the King of Qin thinks so highly of me Guo Kai, I agreed, and I will give the Kingdom of Zhao to the King of Qin." ”

Yao Jia laughed and said: "Xiangguo is really a smart person, and the one who knows the times is Junjie, so come and pay tribute to Xiangguo." In the future, he will be a minister of the same palace in Xia and Xiangguo. ”

After making a decision, Guo Kai also stabilized his mind, hurriedly raised the wine jue, and said, "I will ask Lord Yao for more advice in the future." ”

The two drank another glass of wine and laughed together.