"Prime minister, prime minister, something bad is going to happen!"

Shouting urgently, a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurried into the mansion and came to the study of his master, the Prime Minister Shen Buhai.

At this time, Shen Buhai was talking with his son "Shen Shu" in the study about Kang Gong Han Hu and Wu'an Shou Zhu Man. Suddenly, he heard people from the family coming in panic, and Shen Shu scolded: " How unbecoming it is to be in a panic!"

"My lord, please forgive me."

The servant hurriedly bowed to Shen Shu, and seeing the latter wave his hand, he calmed down and said: "Prime Minister Shen, the eldest son, Duke Kang and Wu An are fighting in front of the palace gate. Got it!"

"What?" Shen Shu's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he asked urgently: "Is this serious?!"

The servant quickly said: "How dare you lie about such a big thing? The soldiers patrolling the city saw it..."

"Why don't you stop it?!"

Shen Shu shouted subconsciously, but then he realized: How dare those patrolling soldiers interfere in the affairs between Kang Gong Han Hu and Wu An Shou Zhu Man? They couldn't afford to offend either of these two parties.

"Father."

Shen Shu turned to look at Shen Buhai and said sternly: "Wei is pressing ahead, and Marquis Li is behind and is captured by mistake. This is the time when our country, Korea, is in danger of life and death, but people like Han Hu and Zhu Man are better off. At this critical moment, the same brothers are at war with each other, regardless of the safety of the country. It is really... a shame for the late king!"

However, facing the angry application form, the old prime minister Shen Buhai remained calm and asked calmly: "Who died, Han Hu or Zhu Man?"

"Uh..." The servant was stunned, shook his head and said, "This villain doesn't know."

"Go and inquire." Shen Buhai ordered calmly.

The servant nodded, turned and left.

Glancing at the leaving figure of the servant, Shen Shu turned to look at his father and said in disbelief: "Father, you..."

As if he had guessed his son's thoughts, Shen Buhai said calmly: "I have expected that the two of them will meet at war, so there is no need to panic."

As he spoke, he took a sip of tea and reorganized his thoughts.

As he said, he had long expected that Han Hu and Zhu Man would have today's conflict. Because of this, he tried to invite Kang Gong Han Hu back to Handan from the distant Jiumen County in order to suppress Zhu Man, lest Zhu Man, relying on his military power, ignore his court's opinions, even kidnap the court ministers, and negotiate privately with the Wei army in order to rescue Han Wu, Marquis of Li.

In order to save Lihou Hanwu, Han Wu was controlled by the Wei State, which Shen Buhai, as the prime minister of South Korea, would not allow - even though Lihou Hanwu was the only son of the late Mingjun Han Wangjian of South Korea, the country was in danger. At this time, he should abandon it or abandon it. After all, he Shen Buhai is a minister of South Korea, and his loyalty is to the king and the country - if the king is wise, he will be loyal to the king; if the king is mediocre, he will be loyal to the country.

In this way, he can live up to the kindness of the late king Han Qi to him.

In Shen Buhai's view, Wu'an Shou Zhu Man was a minister of Lihou Han Wu, while Kang Gong Han Hu was an ambitious man who peeked at the throne. To be honest, he didn't care if these two people fought life or death. , to the point where he wished the two of them would die together.

With this in mind, even though Shen Buhai had seen the clues that Kang Gong Han Hu and Wu An Shou Zhu Man were incompatible and feared that they were going to fight each other, he had no intention of stopping it - because it was meaningless.

If Kang Gong and Han Hu win and Wu'an Shou Zhuman dies, then for Shen Buhai, he has achieved his goal and will eliminate Wu'an Shou Zhuman who is bent on negotiating with the Wei army and betraying national interests to rescue Lihou Hanwu. On the other hand, if Zhu Man wins, the result will be a little more difficult, but even so, it can also eliminate the hidden danger of Kang Gong and Han Hu in the future, and at the same time, it can also make Zhu Man bear the charge of "killing heroes". Find a way to deal with him.

All in all, no matter what the outcome is, it is extremely beneficial in his opinion.

Because of this, when he learned that Kang Gong Han Hu and Wu An Shou Zhu Man were fighting in front of the palace gate, Shen Buhai not only did not panic, but was happy to be prejudiced.

"only……"

Gently touching the rim of the teacup, Shen Buhai frowned.

He didn't care when Han Hu and Zhu Man's troops met each other in front of the palace gate, but he also felt something strange about it.

You must know that Han Hu and Zhu Man are both thoughtful and decisive people. If they want to attack each other, Shen Buhai believes that their actions will be even more... more vigorous and decisive. yes.

In Shen Buhai's view, given the power and reputation of Han Hu and Zhu Man, they would not act easily unless they were absolutely sure. On the other hand, if the two were fully prepared, Then, this attack will inevitably be carried out with lightning speed, killing each other before all parties can react, controlling the situation, and forcing all parties to acquiesce.

But now, people from both sides are fighting in front of the palace gate, which makes Shen Buhai vaguely feel that this may not be secretly instigated by Han Hu or Zhu Man - there is a third party fishing in troubled waters, trying to disrupt the situation and make the snipe and clam Fight and reap the benefits.

"Who could it be?"

In Shen Buhai's mind, suspicious objects appeared one after another.

Suddenly, a figure flashed in his mind: Han Wangran, who was holding a birdcage and making the birds play.

"..."

Narrowing his eyes, Shen Buhai was thoughtful.

After all, he never forgot the scene that day: when he proposed to conquer Han Hu from Duke Kang, the King of Han actually agreed with his hands and said, "Only Duke Kang can stabilize the situation at this time!"

This extremely abnormal thing has been popping up in Shen Buhai's mind these past few days.

Because in his opinion, it was absolutely impossible for King Ran of Han to support the conquest of Kang Gong and Han Hu, because the latter not only had no respect for the former, but repeatedly violated the royal power. Even though Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, protected King Ran of Han, Kang Gong and Han Hu did the same The rude act of throwing Han Wangran's beloved bird to death out of anger.

Han Wangran, who was usually afraid of Kang Gong and Han Hu, actually supported the conquest of Kang Gong and Han Hu, especially when Li Hou Han Wu was not in Handan?

No matter how much he thought about it, Shen Buhai felt that this incident was extremely abnormal.

"unless……"

Narrowing his eyes, a few glints flashed in Shen Buhai's eyes.

At this moment, several birdsong came from the window, which caught Shen Buhai's attention.

Involuntarily, Shen Buhai stood up, walked to the window, opened the window, and watched a few birds sitting on the branches of the tree in the courtyard, chirping.

"Maybe it's because spring has begun, and the number of birds is increasing day by day." Shen Shu also walked to the window and said "go" to the birds twice, trying to drive them away so as not to disturb the peace.

Watching the frightened birds spread their wings and fly away, a faint smile appeared on Shen Buhai's face.

"Is it possible that our country, Korea, has always had such an outstanding and terrifying... hero?"

Narrowing his eyes, Shen Buhai suddenly said: "Shu'er, go to Zhang Mansion on my behalf."

"Zhang's Mansion? Which Zhang's Mansion?" Shen Shu asked in confusion.

Shen Buhai smiled slightly and said: "Where else can there be a Zhang Mansion? That is, Lieutenant Qing Zhang Zhang's residence, Mr. Zhang's residence... Tell him and ask him to immediately lead the sergeants of the Lieutenant's Office to seal the city gate and not allow anyone to

In and out. As for the fight between Han Hu and Zhu Man in front of the palace gate... I told him not to interfere for the time being and wait for the result."

Seeing that his father had no intention of explaining, Shen Shu could only hand over his hand and said, "Yes, father."

Glancing at his son's leaving figure, Shen Buhai put his hands behind his back and looked thoughtfully at the tree in the courtyard.

About a quarter of an hour later, Shen Shu rode his horse to Lieutenant Qing Kaichang's residence.

When he learned that it was Prime Minister Shen Buhai's eldest son who came to visit, he opened his mouth and did not dare to neglect. He took the application form to the study and asked about the purpose of his visit.

Seeing this, Shenshu told Kaifangdi exactly what his father meant. Hearing this, Kaifangdi's brows sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed.

To be fair, Shen Buhai told himself not to interfere in the fight between Han Hu and Zhu Man. Zhang Zhang also knew this. Therefore, after he learned of the incident in front of the palace gate in front of a stick of incense, he called his son "Zhang Zhang."

"Ping" immediately went to the Lieutenant's Office to gather troops to prepare for emergencies, but he did not ask the Lieutenant's Office to intervene.

Because Kaifangdi also understood that no matter who died or who lived in Kang Gong, Han Hu and Wu An Shou Zhu Man, it was neither a bad thing nor a good thing for the court. How could he take care of it when he was full?

The fight between the two.

However, Shen Buhai told him to seal the city gate and not allow any entry or exit, which made Zhang Kaidi a little confused.

"Is Prime Minister Shen worried that Zhu Man will send people back to Wu'an to ask for help?"

After much deliberation, Kaifeng could only come to one conclusion: Maybe Shen Xiang planned to side with Duke Kang and Han Hu for the time being.

This is not surprising. Although Kang Gong and Han Hu are an ambitious guy, this guy still needs some time to prepare if he wants to steal the throne. Therefore, they, the ministers, have time to guard against this guy who is obsessed with profit.

A former national hero.

But Zhu Man, the guardian of Wu'an, was different. If he really got rid of Kang Gong and Han Hu, then it was very likely that he would directly kidnap the court and start peace talks with Wei.

To put it simply, for now, Wu'an Shou Zhu Man must be eliminated, but Kang Gong and Han Hu can take it easy.

Thinking of this, Kaifeng no longer hesitated. After sending away the application form, he immediately set off for the Lieutenant's Office and asked the sergeants of the Lieutenant's Office to take over the city defense and seal all the city gates.

During this period, Kaifangdi also sent people to inquire about the news around the palace gate, hoping to see who among Kang Gong Han Hu and Wu An Shou Zhu Man would win in this attack.

At this time, he did not know that Wu'an Shou Zhuman was actually dead.

"These beasts, these beasts!"

In front of the palace gate, Zhao Cong, the general under Wu'an Shou Zhu Man, stared angrily at the soldiers on the opposite side, led by Kang Gong Han Hu's favorite general Meng Fei, who were still struggling to resist, and urged his subordinates to step up the attack.

In general, Zhao Cong's side has the upper hand. After all, in order to "counterattack Han Hu" this time, Wu'an guard Zhu Man asked Zhao Cong to order two troops, which is about 500 people. On the other hand, Meng Fei's side,

Because of Kang Gong and Han Hu

The straightforward army has not yet arrived at Handan, and there are only two to three hundred soldiers. The gap of more than two hundred troops is enough for Zhao Cong's team to overwhelm Meng Fei's team. After all, they are leading Korean soldiers, and their overall strength is almost the same.

"General Zhao Cong!"

With a call, Ma Kuo appeared behind Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong looked back and saw Ma Kuo and nodded friendly. Little did he know that it was actually Ma Kuo who killed Zhu Man. After all, Zhu Man was persuaded by Ma Kuo's remarks that day and killed Ma She.

Ma Kuo and his son were regarded as comrades who "wanted to kill Han Hu". Naturally, Zhao Cong also regarded Ma Kuo as someone on his side.

"What's going on?" Zhao Cong lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't it a promise that the general would shout for help after seeing Han Hu's old dog? How could he be killed by Han Hu?"

"Most likely, I fell into Han Hu's trick." Ma Kuo answered vaguely, and then changed the topic: "Now that things have happened, we can only work together to kill Han Hu and avenge General Zhu Man!"

How could Ma Kuo dare to talk too much about this matter with Zhao Cong?

After all, Zhu Man was in his prime, and he was a powerful general. Even if Kang Gong and Han Hu were getting stronger, he was still an old man in his sixties after all. Even if he was attacked by Han Hu, Zhu Man might not be killed by Han Hu.

—What's more, Zhu Man is very wary of Han Hu, how could he be attacked by Han Hu?

After a detailed analysis like this, we can inevitably come to the conclusion: the person who attacked and killed Zhu Man must have been the person who was unprepared for Zhu Man, and that person was Ma Kuo.

Therefore, Ma Kuo certainly did not dare to talk about this matter in detail with Zhao Cong, so he brought the topic to revenge with a few perfunctory words.
To be continued...