Take the city to the Warring States

Chapter 153 The Chariot Destroyed
A huge team outside Xindu City was ready to go, and Zhao Zhong stood on the front chariot.Looking at Zhao Yu and Zhao Yu on the two chariots next to him, he frowned slightly: "Where is Wuming? Where is Wuming? Doesn't he know that he is going to Handan today? Has the will of the widow been conveyed?".

"Your Majesty calm down, the old slave did tell the Fourth Young Master about the King's will three days ago, and the Fourth Young Master has agreed to come."Hearing Zhao Zhong's question, Zhang Gao hurriedly ran to the chariot to report to Zhao Zhong, feeling secretly happy at the same time.

Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Zhong, and bowed to him: "Father and eunuchs have always done things according to the rules, and there should be no mistakes in delivering the decree."

"Won't it be wrong?".Zhao Zhong's gaze shifted from Zhang Gao to Zhao Yu: "Since the decree should have been issued a few days ago, why is there no sign of him yet? Could it be that he can't resist the decree?"

Zhao Yu listened to Zhao Zhongzhi's words, and helped Zhao Wuming explain: "Father, maybe the fourth brother overslept, but it's not necessarily true."

"Oversleeping? Now the widow is going to take you to the outskirts of Handan to meet with Wei Ying. How could he oversleep on such a big matter?"Zhao Zhong asked Zhao Yu back.

Hearing Zhao Zhong's dissatisfied tone, Zhao Xuan quickly echoed him: "Brother, the two countries' alliance is such an important matter, if it were you, would you miss the time?".

"This rebellious son relies on a little military exploits, but is so lawless, it really disappoints everyone."Zhao Zhong's tone became more serious every time.

Hearing what the two said, Zhao Yu could only sigh.The father has too much prejudice against the fourth brother, if he persuades him, it will backfire.

Seeing that Zhao Yu was speechless, a smug look flashed across the corner of Zhao Yu's mouth.

Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo ran quickly to the residence of the Fourth Prince, and seeing Sun Buer showed an anxious expression: "Guard Sun, where is uncle? At this time, the king is getting angry in the suburbs. If you don't go there quickly, I'm afraid uncle will be in trouble later." ".

"Go? How? Are we going to run?".Sun Buer asked Zhao Yong back.

Zhao Yong was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Sun Buer said these words: "Don't you have chariots? Why don't you go there in chariots?"

"Wang Sun, please come with me, you will know later."Sun Buer didn't explain directly, and took Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo to a place.

Zhao Wuming looked at the almost shattered chariots, his brows gradually raised.At this time, footsteps came, and Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo couldn't help being stunned: "Uncle, what's going on here? Why did the good chariot look like this?"

"Last night, thieves secretly sneaked in here and destroyed the chariot."Zhao Wuming's expression was a bit dignified, who knows where the thieves came from, but they were able to silently destroy the chariot under the watchful eyes of hundreds of guards.

Zhao Yong looked at Zhao Wuming with some doubts: "There are hundreds of guards in Uncle's mansion, how could it be sneaked into by thieves?"

"These people should be very familiar with this mansion, otherwise why would they be able to find it so easily and destroy the chariot smoothly."Zhao Wuming said in a low voice while thinking secretly.

A personal guard hurried over and saluted Zhao Wuming: "My lord, we found a secret passage leading to the outside of the mansion."

"Sure enough."Zhao Wuming showed an expression of enlightenment, and then looked at Zhao Yong and others: "Let's take a look together."

Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo nodded and followed Zhao Wuming to the front.

The personal guard led Zhao Wuming and others to a place, moved the desk leaning against the wall away, and gently pushed it against the wall, revealing a secret passage.

Zhao Yong was very interested, he dragged Xue Zimo and ran inside, followed by Zhao Wuming and Sun Buer.

The exit of the secret passage is a remote street. Sun Buer looked around the street: "My lord, isn't this the queen of the mansion?".

"The empress of the mansion, unexpectedly, there is a secret passage leading directly to the empress of the mansion."Zhao Wuming thought in a low voice: "Let's go back."

Zhao Yong nodded, and pulled Xue Zimo back through the secret passage.

Seeing Zhao Wuming and others come back, the personal guards closed the secret passage door, and then moved the table back to its original place and put it away.Zhao Wuming took Zhao Yong, Xue Zimo and Sun Buer back to the storage place of the chariot.

Sun Buer looked at the destroyed chariot, showing suspicion: "My lord, isn't the time when this chariot was destroyed too coincidental?".

"What a coincidence?"Zhao Wuming thought about it, then nodded slowly: "If you don't come early or late, these thieves came last night. It seems that they deliberately made me unable to rush to the outside of Xindu city today."

"Uncle, the chariot is broken, how are you going to go outside Xindu City?" Xue Zimo asked Zhao Wuming with a puzzled expression.

Zhao Yong seemed to have thought of something, looked at Zhao Wuming, and suggested to him: "Uncle, since the chariot is broken, it's better to ride the horse."

"Young master must not go away on a horse, lest you fall into the schemes of those who have a heart."Gao Zhao hurried over and saluted Zhao Wuming.

Zhao Wuming looked at the sweaty Gao Zhao in surprise: "Why are you here?".

"The king was furious when he saw that the young master had not arrived outside the city, how could the subordinate officials not come to see the reason?"Gao Zhao explained to Zhao Wuming.

Zhao Wuming pointed to the destroyed chariot, and looked at Gao Zhao: "The chariot is destroyed, what can I do except ride a war horse."

"Riding a horse alone violates Zhou etiquette. If the young master rides a war horse to the outside of the city, he will definitely be disgusted by all the officials. Therefore, riding a war horse during this trip is absolutely not allowed."Gao Zhao explained to Zhao Wuming.

Zhao Yong looked at Zhang Gao and asked him: "At this time, the chariot is destroyed. If uncle does not ride a horse, how will he go to the outside of the city, how will he go to Handan?"

"this?……".Gao Zhao also fell into a troubled look, how could he get a chariot in such a short period of time.

Zhao Wuming thought for a while, looked around Gao Zhao and the others, and finally looked at Sun Buer: "These thieves don't want me to have no chariot to ride? But how can I do what they want. If we all ride in a chariot I want to see what kind of expression the person behind will show.”

"Uncle, don't you have a chariot?".Zhao Yong looked at Zhao Wuming in puzzlement, his eyes were full of puzzlement.

Gao Zhao's gaze was full of suspicion: "My lord, do you think there are other chariots in this mansion?"

"Sun Buer, hurry up and arrange this matter."Zhao Wuming didn't answer, but directly ordered Sun Buer.

Sun Buer bowed and said, "No."

As soon as Sun Buer finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, Zhao Wuming smiled at Zhao Yong and the others without saying a word, and walked directly outside the mansion.

Xue Zimo looked at Zhao Yong and Gao Zhao with doubts on his face, and they shook their heads slightly at the same time, not knowing why.After thinking for a while, he followed Zhao Wuming to the outside of the mansion.

More than [-] chariots are lined up outside the mansion, and each chariot has a driver, a gunman, and a bowman, a total of three personal guards.Although there were no infantry following the chariot, the gathering of more than a hundred chariots was shocking.

Gao Zhao looked at these chariots, hundreds of horses were neighing in unison, he couldn't help being stunned: "My lord, why are there so many chariots?"

"How can I not have so many chariots?"Zhao Wuming did not explain in detail like Gao Zhao, but asked him back: "Gao Zhao, you said that my son is going to go in these chariots, there is something wrong."

Gao Zhao nodded subconsciously: "Since it is a chariot, there is nothing wrong with it."

"You two, Yong'er and Zimo, take a chariot and go out of the city with your uncle."Zhao Wuming looked at Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo, and gave instructions to them.

"yes".Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo flashed a gleam of joy, and hurriedly ran to the front chariots.

Seeing Zhao Yong and Xue Zimo walking towards the chariot, Zhao Wuming looked at Gao Zhao: "If you also go to Handan, you can choose a chariot to take."

"Thank you son".Gao Zhao saluted Zhao Wuming, followed him and Sun Buer to the front.

Seeing that Zhao Wuming took Sun Buer onto the chariot, the imperial master didn't need Zhao Wuming's instructions.The driver raised his whip heavily, and the horses neighed in unison, leading more than a hundred chariots roaring forward.

The sound of horseshoes resounded across the sky, Zhao Zhong frowned slightly, who would dare to be so bold in Wang Jia's place?

A chariot appeared in front of the left, and the driver swung his whip heavily, and the chariot came galloping.Zhao Wuming's figure became clearer and clearer, Zhao Zhong teamed up and sank immediately, just about to get angry when he heard the louder sound of horseshoes, he couldn't help being stunned.

Zhang Gao's face turned pale in an instant, and Shen Tuxiu and Zhao Yu gave Zhang Gao a disdainful look at the same time.

More than a hundred chariots appeared, mighty and overwhelming.Zhao Wuming pulled the reins, and more than a hundred chariots stopped at the same time before they were twenty steps away from Zhao Zhong: "See Your Majesty."

"See Your Majesty...".Seeing Zhao Wuming salute, hundreds of personal guards also saluted at the same time on their respective chariots.

The movements were uniform, and all the officials couldn't help being shocked.Just as Zhao Zhong wanted to reprimand him, he thought about going to Handan, and the army outside Handan that was fighting against the State of Wei.The words came to his lips, but changed again: "Wu Ming why did you come so late".

"Last night, a thief sneaked into the mansion secretly and destroyed the chariot in my mansion. So today I ordered a thorough investigation, only to find out that there is a secret passage in the mansion, which is really unbelievable."Zhao Wuming repeated the story to Zhao Zhong, but it was full of questioning inside and outside the words.

All the officials were in an uproar when they heard this, and discussions arose everywhere.

"How could there be a secret passage in the son's mansion?".

"If the thief sneaks into the mansion through a secret passage, instead of destroying the chariot but assassinating the young master, I'm afraid the consequences will be disastrous."

"The secret passage can't be built in a day, and the fourth son has been away from Xindu for a long time, so who built the secret passage?"

"Strange? The fourth son didn't say that the chariots were destroyed, but why are there so many chariots?"

Listening to the comments, Zhao Wuming bowed again to Zhao Zhong: "The chariots in the mansion were given by the princes of the remote clans when I returned the soldiers of the clans. So these chariots are not the same as the original ones. Put the chariots in one place."

"The gift from the prince of the remote clan, it seems that except for Xingpingjun and others, the fourth brother and the rest of the clan's children are very good."Zhao Yu deliberately emphasized his tone, showing an envious expression.

Baiguan seemed to have thought of something, and immediately silenced.

Zhao Zhong thought of Lord Xingping and the army of the Gong clan, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.Then he came to his senses, and his complexion returned to normal in an instant: "Our country and the Wei Nationalist Alliance are coming soon, we can't stay here too much, pass the decree and leave immediately."

"Follow the order".Hundreds of officials bowed to receive the order at the same time, and Zhao Wuming led more than a hundred chariots back to the team.

The emperor waved his whip, and the whole team marched towards Handan.

(End of this chapter)