But as he said to Han Chao, Zhao Zhuo and others, among the monarchs of various countries in the Central Plains, the one that Zhao Run fears and values ​​the most is the monarch of South Korea, Han Ran, unless the latter gives up his long-cherished wishes and lofty ambitions.

, willing to submit to Wei State, otherwise, Zhao Run would not dare to let such a wise monarch of another country go unchecked, lest he be controlled by him in the future.

About half an hour later, Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, realized that his trip was destined to be fruitless, and King Zhao Run of Wei had finished asking questions about his Korean monarch Han Ran, so he said goodbye and left, preparing to go tomorrow.

Return to South Korea the day after tomorrow.

After Zhao Zhuo left, Zhao Run stood alone at the window of the study room in Ganlu Hall, silent for a long time.

Seeing this, the eunuch Gao He asked tentatively: "Is Your Majesty feeling emotional because of King Han?"

"Yes." Zhao Run nodded and said with a slight sigh: "It seems that Han Ran eats little every day and does many things. At the same time, he has many worries and stagnation in his heart. How can he live a long life?"

"This is not a bad thing for me, the Great Wei, is it?" Gao He said with some surprise, because he could see that the majesty in front of him seemed to be quite entangled with this matter.

"yes……"

Zhao Run nodded melancholy, but his mood was quite complicated.

From the perspective of the interests of Wei State, of course the sooner a virtuous king like Han Ran of other countries dies, the better; but from a personal point of view, Zhao Run really does not want Han Ran to withdraw from the stage of this era in this way. After all, they have known each other for ten years.

Over the past few years, even if we cannot be called close friends, we can be regarded as old friends who know each other very well, and on many things, the two sides have quite consistent opinions. Even if they are called confidants, it is not an exaggeration.

The next day, Gao Kuo, the Zuodu Lieutenant of Tiance Prefecture, came to report in person, saying that after the Korean envoy Zhao Zhuo paid a visit to Han Chao, the Korean envoy stationed in Wei, he embarked on a journey back to Jicheng, South Korea.

Zhao Run felt a little strange about this. After all, there was no need for Gao Kuo, who was currently serving as the Zuodu Lieutenant of Tiance Mansion, to go there personally for such a matter.

As if he noticed Zhao Run's doubtful gaze, Gao Kuo said with a strange smile: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing..."

After that, Gao Kuo took out a secret letter from his arms, handed it to Zhao Run respectfully, and said: "This is sent by someone from the Green Crows lurking in Jicheng, South Korea. There is news about Han Ran...

"

Zhao Run frowned, took the secret letter and glanced at it twice, then frowned even more tightly.

Because the Green Crows lurking in Jicheng wrote in a secret letter that after their verification, Han Wangran seemed to be in a trance one day and accidentally knocked his head on the king's steps in the palace, causing serious injuries.

Although the guard minister Ma Kuo immediately blocked the news, the Green Crows lurking in Jicheng still heard about this incident through their news channels, but they have not yet found out whether it is true.

"..."

Looking at the secret letter in his hand, Zhao Run remained silent.

At this time, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, hurried to Ganlu Hall and reported to Zhao Run: "Your Majesty, there is Feng Xuan, the envoy from the State of Qi, who is on an envoy to our country on behalf of the King of Qi. I sincerely request to see your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

After a long silence, Zhao Run said calmly: "Let your etiquette department handle this matter."

Different from his attitude towards Han envoy Zhao Zhuo, after learning that Qi envoy Feng Xuan had arrived in Luoyang, Zhao Run was not even interested in meeting him.

Firstly, in his opinion, it didn't matter whether he saw the Qi envoy or not. After all, even if he didn't see the Qi envoy, Zhao Run could roughly guess its purpose - it was just to implore him that the Wei State should not send troops to Qi State.

What tricks can be done?

Secondly, at this moment, Zhao Run was really in no mood to meet that Feng Xuan, and he had no interest in even using the irrefutable proof that Qi had colluded with Wei and Han and Chu in the past two years to ridicule him.

"Gao Kuo."

Passing the letter in his hand to the eunuch Gao He and telling him to keep it carefully, Zhao Run told Gao Kuo: "You must send more manpower to verify the matters recorded in the letter carefully."

"Yes!" Gao Kuo cupped his fists and accepted the order.

After instructing him on this matter, Zhao Run left the Manlu Hall on his own.

Seeing this, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, smiled bitterly: They are obviously envoys from other countries, so why is your majesty willing to receive the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo, but not the Qi envoy Feng Xuan?

To be more careful, when it comes to the threat to Wei State, South Korea is obviously more serious than Qi State, right?

In the end, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, could only attribute this matter to "cannot be judged by common sense" - he, the contemporary monarch of Wei State, was indeed a monarch who "cannot be judged by common sense".

In fact, the reason is very simple, it is nothing more than Zhao Run's own preference.

Although Zhao Run had guessed the purpose of the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo's visit before meeting him, he still met Zhao Zhuo because he and Zhao Zhuo had known each other for many years.

I came here just for Han Wangran’s sake.

But Zhao Run's impression of Qi was not good. The incident involving the arrogant Qi envoy Tian Hu and his sixth brother Zhao Zhao made Zhao Run fall in love with Qi because of King Lu Xi of Qi.

The little good feeling that arose has long since disappeared.

This is why he ordered the declaration of war against Qi without hesitation: he has no friendship with this country!

Not to mention that Feng Xuan, the envoy of Qi State, was trying his best to hope that Wei State would stop attacking Qi State, nor that Wei King Zhao Run was in a bad mood for the next few days after receiving the secret letter about Han Wangran's accidental injury.

I fished and read by the fish pond in the garden to pass the time and sort out my emotions. Let's talk about Han's envoy Zhao Zhuo leaving Wei and returning to the capital Jicheng.

Zhao Zhuo returned along the original route, that is to say, he passed through Yecheng, Handan, Feicheng and Julu on the way.

When he passed through Handan, Wei general Zhao Jiang, who was stationed in Handan, was still fighting with Wu'an defender Jin Pao, so the situation along the border was quite tense.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhuo was a Korean envoy who visited Wei many times. Not only was he well-known in Wei, but even Wei King Zhao Run had treated him as a guest of honor many times. Therefore, the Wei soldiers and generals in Handan and Yecheng were

He did not embarrass the enemy envoy. At best, he rudely ordered him to leave the battlefield as soon as possible to avoid being implicated in the war and losing his life in vain.

Although he was 'intimidated' by the Wei army's generals, Zhao Zhuo still stayed in Handan for a day, trying his best to get as much information as possible on the Wei army's side, and prepared to inform Le Yi and Yan Kui when they were on their way to Julu.

——This is the only thing he can do.

According to the information he inquired about, a few days ago, when he was going to Luoyang, Wu'an Guards Jin Fu led his army to attack Handan. Unfortunately, the Wei army refused to fight and simply defended the defense line of the military camp northwest of Handan City.

As a result, Wu Anjun was still unable to open up the situation for the time being.

Later, Zhao Zhuo found out that the purpose of his Korean general Jin Bo's attack on Handan was not to attack the fortress, but to anger Zhao Jiang, the king of Yan, who was stationed in Handan, and induce Zhao Jiang, the king of Yan, to attack Wu'an - in response to this matter

, Han Jiang Leyi also came up with a feasible strategy. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiang, the king of Yan who was known to be reckless and impulsive, would not be fooled this time.

This has caused the border situation between Wei and South Korea to remain in confrontation to this day.

Around mid-August, Zhao Zhuo finally returned to Jicheng, his royal capital in South Korea, and prepared to return to Han Wangran.

However, to his surprise, when he arrived at the palace, he was shocked to hear that Han Wangran was bedridden, which made him shocked and anxious.

"General Ma Kuo, what's going on?"

When he bumped into Wei Qing Ma Kuo in the palace, Zhao Zhuo asked eagerly.

Ma Kuo was silent for a while and then explained the reason in a dull voice.

It turned out that after Han Wangran accidentally hit his head on the king's steps, he started to have a fever within two days. According to the diagnosis of the old palace doctor in the palace, this was due to overwork. It was just because Han Wangran had a strong will in the past.

So forcefully support

But because I knocked my head that day, maybe because I was frightened, my will was no longer able to override my weak body, so my body collapsed all of a sudden. "Note: In today's terms, it is actually understandable.

for complications.』

After listening to Ma Kuo's words, Zhao Zhuo felt anxious and quickly went to the inner hall to visit Han Wangran, only to see the latter lying on the couch. Although the bandage on his head had been removed, the dark red scab was still quite noticeable.

People are shocked.

"Your Majesty."

After entering the inner hall, Zhao Zhuo greeted him softly, for fear of scaring the monarch.

In fact, Han Wangran did not rest at this moment. He was still thinking about the strategy to defeat Wei. Of course, he also noticed the movement when Zhao Zhuo stepped into the inner hall, and slowly opened his eyes.

But just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help but coughed a series of times, which made Zhao Zhuo's eyelids jump.

After coughing for a long time, Han Wangran wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, cheered up and asked, "What did Zhao Qing gain from his mission to Wei?"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo showed a little shame on his face and said: "I have disgraced my mission, please punish me."

"Yeah..."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Han Wangran's eyes and disappeared in a flash.

He did not blame Zhao Zhuo, because in fact he also understood that when he asked Zhao Zhuo to use aggressive methods to induce Wei King Zhao Run to send troops to attack Korea, this was just a case of seeking medical treatment in a hurry. How could people like Wei King Zhao Run

This little provocative method in the meeting?

It was just that Han Ran was feeling dizzy that day and his heart was urgent, so he made the last move.

Later, he thought about it over and over again and felt that this move was really a faint move among the faintest moves - doesn't this mean that he exposed his guilty conscience in front of King Zhao Run of Wei?

But the mistake has been made, and even if Han Wangran regrets it, he cannot undo it.

At this time, Zhao Zhuo began to talk about the process of his conversation with Wei King Zhao Run. When Zhao Run asked him about Han Ran's current physical condition, Han Ran, who was still in a daze, suddenly changed his eyes.

"You mean...Zhao Run asked me about my physical condition?"

"Yes." Zhao Zhuo said truthfully.

Hearing this, Han Ran frowned slightly, and then a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
Chapter completed!