After hearing what the man in black said, King Zhao became so angry that he smashed the tea cup in his hand and cursed: "Guo Kai, Zhao Mu, you two white-eyed wolves, I usually treat you so well. You actually want to betray me!"
This is not surprising, because the man in black brought back the conversation between Guo Suiping and Ji Jie intact, including the two sentences "Let King Zhao pour you wine and let all his concubines dance to entertain you."
After a brief moment of anger, King Zhao regained his senses and asked through gritted teeth: "Are you sure that guy is from Guo Kai and not from Ji Jie's counterintuitive scheme?"
"It's definitely Guo Kai's!" The man in black nodded and said, "His name is Guo Suiping. He is the Lord of Handan who just took office last year. He is Guo Kai's domestic slave and his loyal lackey. He sneaked into Handan and directly entered the Guo Mansion!"
Recalling what Guo Kai said in the court two days ago, King Zhao believed it deeply and said bitterly: "He is looking for a way out for himself! It is understandable to find a way out for himself, but it is too much for a seller to seek glory. Come on, come here, tell me Guo Kai and Zhao Mu, tell them to enter the palace quickly, and tell me that I have something urgent to discuss with them!"
"Slow down!" The man in black lowered his head and said something in King Zhao's ear.
King Zhao nodded and said, "That's it!"
Half an hour later, Guo Kai and Zhao Mu's carriages met outside Zhao Wang's palace.
"Xiangguo, the king summoned you and me to the palace late at night. Could it be that something unexpected happened?" Zhao Mu asked cautiously.
Guo Kai smiled and waved his hand and said: "I bribed the eunuch who just sent the order. According to him, the king has the idea of surrender. He came to the palace to discuss this matter with you and me!"
Zhao Mu was overjoyed. Although surrendering was a shameful thing, it was better than losing his life. It was nothing more than changing his master. After all, he was a slave. Who could he be? With his power in Handan City and prestige, Ji Jie must also consider being rewarded with an official position so that even if he is no longer an official, he can spend the rest of his life comfortably.
Guo Kai and Zhao Mu had the same idea. They had long expected King Zhao to surrender.
The two of them walked into King Zhao's study together, bowed three times and kowtowed. Normally, King Zhao would say promptly: "I love you!", but today they never spoke, and the two of them were already halfway up. , I had no choice but to kneel down again.
There was a smile on King Zhao's face that they couldn't understand, and the two officers attributed it to a helpless smile.
"You two, what else do you have to say?" King Zhao asked coldly.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, wondering what this meant. You haven't spoken yet, how can we express our opinions?
"Tell me, why are you pretending to be confused? Do you want me to explain it clearly?" King Zhao said with an unhappy expression.
The two people once again misunderstood what King Zhao meant. How could a great king put words like "surrender" on his lips? Everyone wanted to save face. The two looked at each other and were secretly happy.
Guo Kai said with a smile: "Now that the matter has come to this, I think there is nothing wrong with doing this. At least it can save some people, so it can be considered a stopgap measure!"
"Yes, yes, what Guo Xiangguo said is exactly what I want to say!" Zhao Mu was not willing to lag behind others, and immediately added: "As the saying goes, those who understand current affairs are heroes. Taking advantage of rights and interests is undoubtedly the best choice now! "
The reason why King Zhao asked the eunuch to leak the "rumour" to Guo Kai was because he was afraid that he would suspect something and refuse to come to the palace. As a result, he was misunderstood by the two of them.
As for King Zhao, he thought these two guys were so confident that they actually admitted the deal with Ji Jie in front of him.
"Haha, you two are very upright!" King Zhao snorted: "Do you think that with the military power, I can't do anything to you? Let me tell you, this is the palace, and everyone only listens to me. of!"
"Don't dare!" The two of them were a little confused, and their faces changed too quickly.
"Come here, take it down for me!" King Zhao shouted loudly, and dozens of Tingwei armed with dazzling swords and guns rushed in and firmly controlled the two men.
Zhao Mu was panicked, and he was also panicked when he came over. He hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what is going on? We are all loyal ministers..."
"Loyal ministers, you are loyal enough!" King Zhao waved his hand and said: "Pull him out and hack him to death immediately!"
"Your Majesty, what is going on here..."
"Your Majesty, you are wronged..."
"Ah...ah..."
After a burst of screams, two court lieutenants came in holding the heads of Guo Kai and Zhao Mu respectively, asking King Zhao to "inspect the goods"!
"Deserve it!" King Zhao relieved his hatred and ordered the court officers: "dig them into a hole and bury them, take all their families into prison, and tell the soldiers and civilians in the city tomorrow morning that the two of them who are the most evil have been beheaded by me!" "
"yes!"
During the court meeting, a group of ministers were trembling with fear. Most of them were members of Guo Kai and Zhao Mu. These people never expected that King Zhao would trick them into entering the palace last night and then directly kill them.
The old eunuch read in a high voice: "In view of the heinous crimes committed by Guo Kai and Zhao Mu, the king has an order to punish the nine tribes!"
After killing the two of them, he still felt that he could not forgive his hatred. King Zhao suddenly sentenced their nine clans to death. A group of ministers quickly knelt on the ground and shouted: "We will defend Handan to the death, and we are willing to live and die with the city!" "
Why are you shouting this? Isn’t it because the charges against Guo Kai and Zhao Mu are collaboration with the enemy? They have to express their “position” quickly!
"That's right. If you and I work together, there is no obstacle that we can't overcome!" King Zhao suddenly changed the subject and said, "I want to surrender to Ji Jie, who is willing to go out of the city to negotiate with me on my behalf?"
Everyone was stunned, thinking there was something wrong with their ears!
You look at me, I look at you, don't we all hear it wrong? The nine clansmen of the Zhu family who were so angry just now, why are they talking about surrender now?
"What are you doing? Is it not clear enough what I said?" King Zhao shouted.
"I don't know much about it!" The loyal ministers lowered their heads together.
It’s not that King Zhao had never thought about surrendering, it’s just that the Zhou army had just besieged the city and played some tricks. Wouldn’t it be too shameful for him to announce the surrender? At least he had to fight a battle first! Who would have thought that Guo Kai and Zhao The two guys Mu actually used him as a bargaining chip for surrender, which made him intolerable, so he killed him.
After killing Guo Kai and Zhao Mu, King Zhao felt much relieved. In his opinion, even if he surrendered, he had to say it. Others did not have this right, and it was impossible to give the benefits to others.
"Your Majesty, I would like to contact Zhaowen Jun!" A minister known for his integrity stepped forward and said, "I hope your Majesty will make it clear what the specific content of the discussion will be."
King Zhao had already thought about it and said: "As long as Ji Jie agrees to my three demands, I will order the surrender. First, Ji Jie must admit that he is the son-in-law of the Zhao State and retain the Zhao State's ancestral temple; second, retain the royal family members." The privileges, and the official positions of officials of all sizes in the Zhao Kingdom; third..."