In fact, Li Si himself knew very well that whether it was Li Yuan or Chunshenjun, they should know that Zhao Kuo could not provide them with help for free.

But the problem is that in this situation, neither Li Yuan nor Chunshenjun actually has any better choices. Unless they want to face more unfavorable situations, they can only follow the script designed by Zhao Kuo step by step until they completely jump into their trap.

“Is this a conspiracy?

Sure enough, this is the lord I am familiar with."

Li Si couldn't help but sigh.

The more time he followed Zhao Kuo, the more Li Si realized that he really couldn't see through this lord.

This lord is like an extremely majestic mountain. When you climb along the foot of the mountain, after a long time, you feel that you may have reached the top of the mountain, but in fact, when you look up and continue to look up, you find that you may not even reach the middle of the mountain. As for the legendary top of the mountain, it is even shrouded in the depths of the clouds and mist, missing.

This is what is called the so-called high mountain approach.

Thinking of this, Li Si breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly in his heart: "What does those things have to do with me?"

I just need to execute the Lord’s orders well and help the Lord solve this matter successfully.”

On the other side, Li Yuan had already entered the palace in a carriage.

As the uncle of Chu, Li Yuan received very good treatment. He could be said to have been unobstructed all the way and met the King of Chu in a very short time.

The King of Chu was in a good mood because he had just met Chunshen Jun and was drinking at this time.

"Come on, you're here just right. Sit down and have a few drinks with me."

The King of Chu greeted Li Yuan very happily.

Although Li Yuan did it, what he said next made the King of Chu's good mood disappear without a trace.

"I heard that the king was in such a good mood because Chunshenjun donated all his money to the treasury, right?"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, the King of Chu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said unexpectedly: "I didn't expect you to know about this matter so soon."

I don’t know that this matter was only about an hour ago when Chunshen Jun told the King of Chu.

Li Yuan smiled and said to the King of Chu: "The old minister not only knows this matter, but also knows another inside story that will definitely surprise the king. The King wouldn't really think that Chunshen Jun is really so loyal and able to willingly give all his wealth and property for our Chu State?"

After hearing what Li Yuan said, the King of Chu was completely stunned. After several seconds, the King of Chu said, "Is there any hidden secret behind Chunshen Jun's incident?"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "According to my information, Chunshenjun actually made a deal with the people of Zhao. All of these so-called money and treasures were supported by Zhao people behind their backs. In other words, this time it was Zhao people who helped Chunshenjun pay the money."

After hearing the news, the King of Chu looked unbelievable and said, "Why did the people of Zhao help Chunshenjun?

This is simply unreasonable.”

Li Yuan immediately explained to the King of Chu patiently: "The reason why Zhao people helped Chunshenjun was because Zhao needed to obtain enough benefits from Chunshenjun. This benefit was that when Chunshenjun consolidated his position as the chief minister, he would help Zhao people get rid of the person Zhao was most afraid of."

The King of Chu subconsciously asked, "Who is this person most afraid of in Zhao?"

Li Yuan calmly gave an answer.

"This person is the Grand Sima Jingyang of our Chu State."

"Jingyang?"

After hearing this name, the King of Chu clearly showed an unexpected expression on his face. After a while, he said: "According to common sense, shouldn't the people of Zhao be more afraid of Chunshen Jun?"

Whether in terms of ability or reputation, Chunshen Jun is obviously better than Jingyang.

Li Yuan said, "If it is from the perspective of ability or reputation, the people of Zhao should indeed be more afraid of Chunshenjun, but if Chunshenjun himself colluded with the people of Zhao, it would naturally be a different matter."

The King of Chu's face changed.

You should know that Li Yuan’s accusation is not simple, but it directly shows that Chunshen Jun is an insider of Chu.

The King of Chu looked at Li Yuan and said coldly: "Do you have any evidence?

Without evidence, I would not believe your words.”

After all, Chunshen Jun has been with King Chu for so many years. It is impossible for the King of Chu to obey Li Yuan for no reason and beat Chunshen Jun into an insider and a traitor in the Chu State.

Li Yuan was prepared and immediately answered when he heard this, "The evidence is actually very simple. Chunshenjun has a manor outside Shouchun City. If the king arranges people to search this manor, he will find that there are 20 carriages that have just arrived at the manor today hidden in this manor. These 20 carriages carry a large number of rare treasures, and their value is basically equivalent to all the money in Chunshenjun's entire mansion."

When the King of Chu saw Li Yuan speak so affirmatively, his face suddenly became more and more shocked and suspicious.

You should know that Li Yuan was also a retainer of Chunshenjun back then and was very trusted by Chunshenjun. Otherwise, Chunshenjun would not have recommended Li Yuan's sister to enter the palace and become the queen of Chu.

So now when Li Yuan turns around and accuses Chunshenjun, his persuasion is actually quite high.

The King of Chu calmed down and immediately found a confidant general of the Imperial Guard and ordered a new task to him.

"You immediately bring 1,000 guards to the manor outside Chunshenjun, search to see if there are 20 carriages hidden inside. If there are really 20 carriages, then check if there are a lot of rare treasures hidden in these 20 carriages."

After hearing this order, the general of the Imperial Guard was obviously shocked and couldn't help but ask: "If Chunshi-jun appears and stops him, then what should I do?"

This sentence suddenly stopped the King of Chu, but fortunately, the King of Chu's reaction was quite fast. After a few seconds, he immediately spoke, "If Chunshen Jun really appears, then you will ignore him directly. If he dares to stop you, then you will take him down and ask for punishment on the charge of disobeying my will. Do you understand?"

After hearing this, the general of the Imperial Guard's face became more and more surprising. If he followed the will of the King of Chu, then Chunshen Jun would obviously be very troublesome this time.

However, this general of the Imperial Guard was loyal to the King of Chu, not to Chunshenjun. So after a brief surprise, the Imperial Guard general also received the order and left quickly.

After the general of the Imperial Guard left, the King of Chu turned his eyes to Li Yuan and said lightly: "If you have any other evidence or guesses, then you can tell it now."

After hearing the words of King Chu, Li Yuan was secretly happy.

Since the King of Chu had taken action, it means that he was indeed suspicious of Chunshenjun again and had the possibility of attacking Chunshenjun.

In other words, as long as Li Yuan continues to work harder now, the success of the entire plan will be close to the success of the plan.

Li Yuan calmed down and once said, "Compared to the king, I know that in the previous war, I was actually responsible for going to Handan to instigate such a rebellion that helped King Zhao restore the Zhao rebellion. However, when I arrived in Handan and successfully instigated the plan, the plan suddenly failed.

At the beginning, I thought this should be because Zhao Kuo's people were very well prepared, but when I returned to my birthday, I thought about it carefully for a while and found that things were not that simple. The people of Zhao seemed to have known in advance that the whole thing would happen in every place and made plans in advance.

In other words, this plan may have been known to the people of Zhao from beginning to end."

After hearing this, the King of Chu showed a surprised expression on his face again: "If this is the case, then why didn't you come to report to me before?"

Li Yuan deliberately smiled bitterly on his face and said to the King of Chu: "Although the minister at that time was a little suspicious, there was no evidence at all. What should I use to tell the king?

If this is just a conjecture, then it might mislead the king."

The King of Chu nodded, obviously accepted this statement, and signaled Li Yuan to continue speaking.

Li Yuan continued to speak, "If the people of Zhao really learned the entire plan first, then someone must have deliberately leaked it to them.

But the problem is that there are actually only three people who can learn the entire content of the entire plan. The first one is the king, the second one is the minister himself, and the third one is Chunshenjun.

Of course, it is impossible for me to doubt the king, nor can I be me, so the only person who is suspected is Chunshen Jun.

It was from that time that I slowly launched an investigation into Chunshenjun.

It is precisely because of this investigation that the ministers discovered that earlier this year, 20 carriages from Zhao quietly entered the manor outside Chunshenjun's city under the escort of Chunshenjun's group of guests.

After learning the news, I quietly went to find a Chunshenjun disciple who had been in close relationship with me a long time ago. He happened to be the one who knew the situation. Under my scrupulous and hard work, he told me the truth.

It is precisely because of this that I learned that Chunshenjun was actually colluding with Zhao State in secret.

After learning the news, I quickly entered the palace to report the situation to the king."

After listening to Li Yuan's words, the King of Chu's face became increasingly ugly.

Although there seems to be no evidence at the moment, Li Yuan's words are indeed linked and logically speaking, there is no problem.

Not only that, Li Yuan did not have the need to slander Chunshen Jun in front of the King of Chu. After all, Chunshen Jun is the prime minister of Chu. If it is really proved that Li Yuan’s false accusation, then Li Yuan himself would have to pay a heavy price.

After a while of silence, the King of Chu slowly spoke: "No matter whether Chunshen Jun is a traitor to our Chu State like you, I should be able to know the answer soon."

The hall fell into silence for a moment.

After almost an hour, someone came to report to the King of Chu: "Chunshenjun just took his men to escort a large number of carriages to the treasury, and he had already handed over all the money."

If the King of Chu had heard this news before Li Yuan arrived, he would have been very happy, but now the King of Chu just nodded coldly and did not speak.

After waiting for almost half an hour, the previous general of the Imperial Guard finally returned to the palace and reported the news to the King of Chu in panting.

"Your Majesty, I did find 20 carriages in the manor outside Chunshenjun's city, and also found a large number of rare treasures in the carriages.

Not only that, I also discovered another surprising thing, that is, these rare treasures should be treasures that were previously placed in our palace treasury.”

After hearing this reward, King Chu's expression changed again.

If other things can be endured by the King of Chu, then this news will definitely be unbearable by the King of Chu.

The King of Chu punched the table directly and said gritting his teeth: "This Chunshen Jun, it's okay for him to accept money from the people of Zhao, but he didn't expect that he would even hide his treasures from me. He is so brave."

In the eyes of the King of Chu, the people of Zhao took away all the treasures of Chu. After Chunshen Jun obtained these treasures, he did not want to return these treasures to the King of Chu, but instead hid them secretly. This behavior was completely no different from betrayal.

More importantly, this also confirms Li Yuan’s accusation just now, that is, Chunshenjun is indeed colluding with the people of Chu.

The King of Chu looked vicious and said coldly: "Li Yuan, bring me a soldier and horse immediately to surround Chunshenjun's mansion, and then take him down and ask for guilt!"

Since the truth seems to be revealed, the King of Chu naturally no longer hesitates.

How could the King of Chu continue to indulge him as a minister who dared to betray the Chu State and the Zhao State secretly collude?
Chapter completed!