Become a feudal king from today

Leisure time passes easily.

After summoning the coal merchant, Zhao Xu gave lectures and teased Feng'er and Luan'er every day since everything was arranged.

I occasionally went to Nanfang District and Nanda Camp to wait for all the flintlocks to be delivered, and then sent troops to Yanzhou.

Xie Lan returned to Jinling and returned soon.

This time he brought good news.

Xie Duan accepted his request, and he reciprocated with gifts and discounts.

Soon, news came from Yanwei that he was sending gifts to Queen Xie and the deposed prince.

Empress Xie deliberately spread the word, and the whole of Jinling now knew that he was on good terms with the prince.

After receiving the news from Liang Cheng, Zhao Heng was very happy when he got the excerpt praising the deposed prince. He said, "The King of Yan is still wise.", and later specially let Liang Cheng read the excerpt in the morning.

After the third prince and the second prince became famous, the power of the deposed prince suddenly increased.

Mi Yan even put forward suggestions to let the deposed prince return to the East Palace.

Of course, this must have been secretly instructed by Zhao Heng.

He has always loved his eldest son very much.

Now, with the support of his ninth son, King Yan, his desire to restore Zhao Gang is even stronger.

However, the Third Prince and the Second Prince naturally disagreed.

Now the court is once again caught up in the dispute between the country and the country, and the quarrels are endless every day.

Zhao Xu has always been too lazy to care about these messy affairs in the court.

Maintaining the basic foundation of Yanzhou is the foundation of his life.

And ten days after the capital fell into a national dispute.

The mighty Xie family fleet arrived at Pingcheng Pier.

After learning the news, Zhao Xu and Liu Fu immediately rushed to Pingcheng Pier.

"Your Highness, this is great. Now Yanzhou won't have to worry about running out of food." Liu Fu stroked the grain bags piled on the dock as if stroking his own child.

Zhao Xu looked at the endless grain transport ships in the river and smiled.

This comes and goes, and now another month has passed.

There is less than a month left before he sends troops to Xiliang.

It can be said that the Xie family's food is now delivered in a timely manner.

"Don't be too happy for now, check if there is any problem with the food." Zhao Xu said to Liu Fu.

The conscience of powerful people is like the sky dog ​​that eats the moon, there is no conscience.

He didn't want sand, rotten rice or the like to be mixed into the grain.

In his opinion, they could definitely do it.

When Liu Fu heard this, his face suddenly turned cold. The official who called for the grain inspection took a grain ruler with a pointed head and a concave inside, pointed at the grain bag in front of him and said, "This."

Upon hearing this, the official pierced the grain ruler into the bag, and snow-white rice flowed out.

Liu Fu was slightly satisfied and walked to the next grain pile to check.

Zhao Xu stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Lifu carrying rice bags on the dock, coming and going.

Although anti-grain bags are hard work.

But with so much food coming in, they were able to make a fortune.

Although the expression on his face was pained by the exertion, there was a smile in his eyes.

He was looking around.

At this time, a man passed by him, suddenly dropped the grain bag on his back, and forced himself towards him.

"Hey!" Xu Lie reacted immediately. He drew out his sword and stood sideways in front of Zhao Xu, about to stab him with the sword in his hand.

The other guards also drew their swords from their sheaths and rushed over.

"Your Highness, I am Mahan!"

The swarthy Lifu knelt down with a pop two meters away from Zhao Xu and spoke in a low voice.

Zhao Xu was startled by these two words. Xu Lie's sword came to rest just one centimeter away from the man's neck.

"Raise your head." Zhao Xu was surprised when he heard this.

At this time, Lifu raised his face. Although his complexion was a little dark, he was also a little thinner.

But it was indeed Mahan.

Zhao Xu opened his mouth, but didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

For more than two months, there has been no news about Ma Han anywhere.

He thought Ma Han would die.

But who would have thought that he would actually appear in Pingcheng.

"Why are you so careless, Lifu, and you haven't sent the food over yet?" Zhao Xu looked around and said loudly on purpose.

Ma Han understood, nodded and apologized, picked up the rice bags and piled them aside.

At this time, Zhao Xu gave Xu Lie a look, asking him to stare at Ma Han and protect him secretly.

He returned to Pingcheng City.

As night fell, Zhao Xu rested in the courtyard in Pingcheng.

Xu Lie came back, taking Ma Han with him.

"Your Highness, save me!"

Seeing Zhao Xu, Ma Han knelt down again, his voice sad and crying.

Zhao Xu helped Ma Han up and said, "Why do you appear here, and what's going on with you and your son?"

"It's a long story. My father and I were victimized by an adulterer, and I'm afraid there's a mole in the Ma family." Ma Han slowly recounted what happened that night.

"Your Highness, according to Mr. Ma, this man in black is obviously well prepared and has been hiding in Qinzhou for quite some time." Xu Lie said.

Zhao Xu nodded, "You are so lucky. You were hit by several arrows and fell into the Jin River and still survived."

Ma Han sighed, "I can only say that God will not destroy my Ma family, but I will be spared my life to avenge my father!"

Speaking of this, Ma Han looked furious, and then told the story of being fished out of the river by a fisherman, hiding his name, and being injured for a while.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly when he heard this.

Then Ma Han changed the topic, "It's just that my father's great revenge has not been avenged, and the Ma family has been usurped by Ma Chong. The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable. I can't just sit back and watch, so I came to Yanzhou to look for His Highness."

Mentioning his father made him cry again.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and now the ins and outs of the Ma family's affairs were basically clear.

What happened to the Ma family was indeed a conspiracy.

Then what happened in Jincheng is probably a link in the conspiracy.

So insidious!

After pondering for a while, he said to Ma Han: "To tell you the truth, your uncle Ma Jin came to see me, and he also proposed to me a plan that was very beneficial to me, to attack Jinzhou together. When he left, he Let me tell him your news."

After saying that, he smiled half-heartedly.

Ma Han's expression changed slightly, and he looked directly into Zhao Xu's eyes, "Your Highness, you want to hand me over to him?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Xu smiled.

Ma Han hesitated for a moment and said, "I guess His Highness wouldn't, otherwise why would His Highness ask me to come here to have secret talks? Moreover, Ma Chong is not clear with the Dou family. Could it be that Your Highness hopes that there will be a Ma family controlled by the Dou family?" side."

After a pause, he continued: "As long as Your Highness is willing to help me, I will definitely reward His Highness generously when he is restored to the position of head of the family."

While he was recuperating, he thought about it.

The only person in the world who can help him today is King Yan.

Ma Chong is a puppet of the Dou family. He suspects that the assassination of the Dou family and other powerful families is closely related to this, and he will definitely not help him.

But King Yan was different. He was not of the same mind as the powerful clan.

If a large profit is promised, he may not agree.

After all, the situation of King Yan is equally difficult. If he is in charge of the Ma family, at least he will not trap him like the Yuan family.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu pondered for a while.

He didn't trust Ma Chong, the new head of the Ma family, but he was not familiar with Ma Han either.

But since the Dou family uses Ma Chong to control the Ma family, it is necessary for him to hold Ma Han in hand to make his conspiracy go bankrupt.

So he said: "Okay, you guessed it right, I really don't trust Ma Chong and Ma Jin."

Ma Han was overjoyed and said, "Please help me, Your Highness. I, Ma Han, am willing to agree to any conditions."

Hearing this, Zhao Xu looked at Ma Han with twinkling eyes.