"Li Changshi sent someone to bring a gift to congratulate me on my promotion?"
When Zhao Tuo heard the news, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and then praised Li Si in his heart.
If it was just because of the princess, Zhao Tuo and Li You might have a disagreement, but they might not completely turn against each other.
But after what happened in Qiyi, Zhao Tuo knew that Li You must hate himself to death, and this would definitely happen.
As the father of Li You, Li Si, out of human nature, would definitely turn to his son instead of Zhao Tuo. Not to mention falling out, at least he would feel dissatisfied in his heart.
But even under such circumstances, Li Si was still able to suppress his unhappiness and specially sent people to give gifts and congratulations, showing his goodwill with Zhao Tuo, which was enough to show that the other party's intentions were far-reaching and far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Zhao Tuo was secretly vigilant in his heart, but his face was full of smiles. After accepting Li Si's congratulatory gift, he smiled and said polite words to the visitors of Li's house about visiting him another day.
But before visiting Li Si, he needed to visit another person.
Li Xin!
The man who once stood in front of the King of Qin in high spirits and loudly said that he wanted to destroy the state of Chu and return.
"General Li's title is now the same as mine."
On the way to Li Xin's mansion, Zhao Tuo sat in the carriage, scratching his head in distress.
In the past, Li Xin accompanied Wang Jian to conquer Yan, and served as General Pi with the title of Zhonggeng. He intercepted and captured Yan's clan ministers and Yan Dan, which made King Zhenglong of Qin so happy that he promoted Li Xin to two levels in one go.
As a young man, Li Xin suddenly became famous in the Qin State and was regarded as a hero and idol by countless Qin people.
But this time, Li Xin suffered a big defeat in Chu. Faced with the tragic defeat in Chu and the death of tens of thousands of people in Chu, the King of Qin punished Li Xin severely and cut off two levels of titles from Li Xin.
Zhao Tuo estimated that this was because of the betrayal of Xiong Qi, Lord of Changping, and all the anger and hatred of Qin Wangzheng were directed at Xiong Qi.
Therefore, I felt that Li Xin was excusable, so I showed mercy to him and only reduced my rank by two ranks, rather than beating him to the end in one go.
But even so, Li Xin fell from the altar of Qin, and his treatment was completely different from when he returned from conquering Yan.
Countless Qin people secretly scolded Li Xin for his stupidity, his arrogance, and his incompetence.
Those sons and the survivors of the Qin army whose husbands died in Chu will gnash their teeth when they hear Li Xin's name, as if they have deep hatred.
In the past, Li Xin was a hero of Qin.
Today Li Xin is a shame to Qin.
When Zhao Tuo came outside Li Xin's mansion, this feeling deepened.
In the past, there was a lot of traffic, and the carriages of countless rich and noble people rolled over and stopped at the Li family's mansion. Now it is deserted, with no one at all.
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Let me ask you, who in the Qin State today can do this to Zhao Tuo?
Li Xinzhi loved Zhao Tuo very much.
Zhao Tuo also respected Li Xin in his heart and had already treated Li Xin as an elder brother.
If he had not really taken Li Xin into his heart, Zhao Tuo would not have risked his life by taking five thousand people south to the Huai River and sneaking into Shouchun to threaten the King of Chu.
This was done just to scare the King of Chu into recalling his troops on the front line, or to slightly change the situation on the battlefield, giving Li Xinduo a slight chance of escape.
Without Li Xin's trust in the past, Zhao Tuo would not be as brilliant as he is today.
So even if the entire Qin State forgot Li Xin, no one would want to come into contact with Li Xin, a defeated general.
But Zhao Tuo still wanted to see Li Xin and comfort him so that Li Xin would not sink like this.
Zhao Tuo sent someone to knock on the door. The servant at the door revealed his identity and asked to see Li Xin.
Li's servant responded and hurriedly went in to report.
After a long time, the servant came out and said apologetically: "My master is not feeling well today and cannot entertain guests. Zhao Zhong, please come back."
Zhao Tuo felt disappointed.
"General Li, you don't want to see me."
Zhao Tuo stood silently for a while, and finally bowed heavily to the Li family's mansion in front of him.
In the Li family's mansion.
"Gentleman, Zhao Zhonggeng has left."
Bai walked in and said cautiously.
Li Xin opened his eyes, with a complicated face, and whispered: "Zhao Tuo, how do you want me to see you?"
In fact, he had already met Zhao Tuo.
Just when Zhao Tuo led his army back to the city and showed off his martial arts outside Xianyang City, he was led into the city by Wei Liao and greeted with cheers from the crowd.
Li Xin sat in a carriage outside the city, raised the curtain, and stared at Zhao Tuo silently.
When Li Xin returned to Xianyang from Chu, Wei Liao also greeted him, and countless Qin people were waiting for him outside the city.
But what greeted Li Xin was not cheers, but cries that resounded throughout Xianyang.
There is a saying in military etiquette that "the teacher has no merit", which means that the teacher has no merit, and it is also a way of avoiding the word "failure".
When a general returns to the capital after losing a battle abroad, the king must greet him with a funeral ceremony.
The king wore mourning clothes and a mourning crown, cried bitterly, hanged himself and inquired about his injuries, and comforted the soldiers. This is what is often called "plain clothes and a crown."
Given the character of Qin Wangzheng, he would not wear mourning clothes to greet the defeated army, but he also asked Wei Liao, Li Si and other ministers to wear mourning clothes to welcome Li Xin.
That day, in the suburbs of Xianyang, the sound of crying was loud.
It was not a ceremonial fake cry, but a cry from the heart of countless Qin people.
Li Si's son Li You was trapped in the military formation. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead. He cried and screamed to himself.
The families of tens of thousands of Qin soldiers who lost their troops in Chu also mourned and cried bitterly. Li Xin's 30,000 men were all descendants of Guanzhong!
The people of Qin mourned for their dead sons, their husbands who died in Chu, and their children cried out for their fathers who could not return.
Thinking of the scene that day, Li Xin closed his eyes in pain again.
He was sorry for King Qin's trust.
I also feel sorry for the countless soldiers of the Qin army who died.
But he felt that the person he felt most sorry for was Zhao Tuo.
It was clear that Zhao Tuo had tried hard to persuade Pingyu and explained all the dangers in advance, but he still insisted on going his own way and suffered such a heavy defeat.
How could he have ended up like this if he had listened to Zhao Tuo's words.
"you are right."
"I am the general of the defeated army, and I have no face to see you."
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Li Xin was asked to close the door of his house and not dare to meet Zhao Tuo.
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Back at the mansion, Zhao Tuo was not in a good mood.
Suddenly, Zhao Tuo felt that his relationship with Li Xin would never be the same again.
"General Li's ability is still very strong, but he is
Blinded by pride and not listening to others, he suffered such a defeat. If he can learn from it, he may not be unable to make a comeback."
Zhao Tuo was thoughtful. He knew the reason why Li Xin didn't want to open the door to meet him, but he also didn't want to watch Li Xin sink.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo made up his mind that he must find an opportunity to say good things about Li Xin in front of Qin Wangzheng, hoping that the king would give Li Xin another chance.
With an idea in his mind, Zhao Tuo stopped worrying and turned around to meet She Jian in the mansion for a drink, discussing military strategies and strategies, and the two of them studied and studied together.
But before I had a few drinks, a waiter came outside the door to report that someone from the palace had invited me.
"Go quickly, don't keep that person waiting too long."
Shejian smiled. As a close confidant of Zhao Tuo, he knew who invited Zhao Tuo in the palace.
Zhao Tuo shrugged and said with a smile, "I'm afraid I'm going to get scolded this time."
With that said, he asked his attendants to prepare the car and followed him to the palace.
The Qin Palace is heavily guarded and no one is allowed to enter unless specially summoned.
Even the princes cannot invite foreign ministers to the palace without authorization. Fusu must first obtain the permission of King Qin before he is qualified to invite Zhao Tuo to the palace.
Therefore, since he resigned as Zhonglang, every time Zhao Tuo entered the palace, the King of Qin knew everything about it.
At this moment, he stood on the high platform of the Qin Palace, scanning the palaces and pavilions below with his majestic eyes.
At this time, he saw the young man entering from the palace gate and walking towards the depths of the palace under the guidance of his attendants.
A smile appeared on Qin Wangzheng's lips.
"It's only been one day, can't you wait any longer?"
At this moment, Fusu's bedroom.
Zhao Tuo called out and stepped through the door.
But he had just half-stepped in, and before he could see clearly what was going on in the room, he heard a cooing cry from inside.
"Zhao Tuo!"
A pretty girl wearing a green skirt had already rushed to Zhao Tuo.
Her pretty face was filled with anger, her eyebrows were raised, and she raised her fist and hit Zhao Tuo "hard" on the chest.
"ah!"
Zhao Tuo screamed and fell to the ground, motionless.
Young Master Gao, who followed him out of the house, screamed when he saw this scene.