The next day.

It was drizzling outside.

Wang Chen, who was already under "house arrest" in the palace, was awakened by an unexpected person.

Knock, knock, knock sounded at the door.

"Teacher. A small young voice came from outside the house.

Wang Chen, who was still in a daze, suddenly woke up when he heard this voice, and hurriedly got up and shouted to the outside: "Fourth prince, why are you here?"

Zhao Defang's voice came from outside the house, "Daddy asked me to learn arithmetic with you, and I came from the house early in the morning." ”

Generally speaking, the prince will live in the palace when he is not out of the cabinet, but after he is out of the cabinet, he will live outside the palace, but as long as he is not crowned king, he still has the right to enter and leave the palace freely.

Let's take Zhao Defang and Zhao Dezhao as examples, Zhao Dezhao was named the king of the county and can no longer enter and leave the palace freely, but Zhao Defang is different, although he is out of the cabinet and is named the Taibao of the inspection school and the defense envoy of Guizhou, he is not crowned the king, and he can still come to the palace at any time.

It's just that Wang Chen didn't expect that Lao Zhao would let Zhao Defang take the initiative to come to him to learn arithmetic, so he quickly got up and welcomed Zhao Defang in.

While freshening up, Wang Chen chatted casually with Zhao Defang.

"Your Majesty asked you to come?" Wang Chen brushed his teeth and slurred his words.

"Yes, teacher, my father said that my mother is unwell and I don't need your company today, and I am afraid that you will have nothing to do, so I specially asked my disciple to accompany you. Zhao Defang said respectfully.

Wang Chen took a sip of water, cleaned up the foam in his mouth, spit it out, looked sideways and said, "Just you?" He meant that Zhao Er's two sons had come over.

Zhao Defang said: "I'm alone." ”

Didn't let Zhao Er's two sons come over?

It stands to reason that if you really let yourself act as an arithmetic teacher, you will definitely call Zhao Er's two sons, but now no, Wang Chen quickly analyzed the meaning inside, it is very simple, Lao Zhao is guarding against Zhao Er, if Zhao Er's son enters the palace, what will he encounter?

What does it mean to just let Zhao Defang come to him?

Wang Chen felt that maybe Lao Zhao really didn't have time to deal with himself, and he was afraid that he would run around, so he deliberately let Zhao Defang contain him, after all, Zhao Defang was not a descendant, and there was no hope of succeeding to the throne, let alone any power, even if he had deep contact with Wang Chen, it was useless, of course Zhao Kuangyin was relieved.

But maybe Zhao Kuangyin didn't expect that his target was Zhao Defang, Wang Chen smiled slightly, and said in his heart Lao Zhao, you miscalculated this time.

Subsequently, the two did not say anything.

After Wang Chen finished freshening up and getting some food, the two went out of the palace in Zhao Defang's carriage.

……

Came to Zhao Defang's house.

Wang Chen was pondering all the way how to persuade Zhao Defang to participate in the battle for the throne, and he didn't think of a good statement for the time being.

But what I didn't expect was that Zhao Defang took the initiative to ask for it.

In the study.

Just now, Zhao Defang withdrew all his subordinates under the pretext of studying hard, then closed the door, and immediately knelt down with a pop, with fear in his eyes, suppressed his voice and said, "Teacher save me!"

Wang Chen was startled, and hurriedly reached out to help, "Fourth prince, what are you doing here?"

Zhao Defang refused to get up, and said with a panicked face: "The teacher promised to save me, and I got up." ”

Wang Chen didn't figure out what was going on, so he frowned and said, "You get up first, let people see what this picture looks like, what's wrong with you, tell me about it carefully." After a pause, he added meaningfully, "I am your teacher, as the saying goes, one day is a teacher and a father for life, maybe this sentence is not very good for His Majesty, but if the disciple is in trouble, how can I, as a teacher, die and not be saved?"

After saying this, Zhao Defang was willing to stand up, he respectfully asked Wang Chen to sit down, made a cup of tea with his own hands, and then stood next to him with low eyebrows.

Wang Chen took a sip of tea and looked up, "What's the matter, let's talk about it." ”

"The teacher is a true immortal in the sky, I believe he has seen my father's physical condition, right?" Zhao Defang said tentatively.

As soon as he heard this, Wang Chen immediately understood, and he was happy in his heart, but on the surface, he still said quietly: "Well, I don't want to say much about Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Defang lowered his hands and said softly: "Although Daddy has been hiding his physical condition, in fact, many people already vaguely know a little about the situation, such as Gonggong Zhang, who served beside Daddy before, and for example, my imperial uncle King Jin, my brother, etc. ”

Wang Chen was still drinking tea and listening quietly.

Zhao Defang didn't say it immediately, but walked to the door again, opened the door and looked at it, and finally covered it again, returned to Wang Chen, and said in an almost inaudible voice: "I said something disrespectful, Daddy, I'm afraid that time is running out, and my brother and I will not be able to save our lives at that time, please ask the teacher to save me!"

Wang Chen pretended to be puzzled and said, "As princes, why are your lives in danger?"

"It is precisely because we are princes that our lives are not guaranteed. Zhao Defang smiled bitterly and said: "Since ancient times, the emperor's family has been the most ruthless, besides, if my brother ascends the throne as the emperor in the future, it is better to say that I want the emperor's uncle to succeed to the throne...... Alas. ”

Wang Chen pretended to be stupid and said, "What will happen if King Jin succeeds to the throne?"

"Teachers must stop teasing students. Zhao Defang said helplessly: "Outsiders may not have heard a rumor, but it is the secret of the royal family of my Great Song Dynasty, called the Jinkui Alliance, which probably means that my father passed on the throne to my uncle King Jin, and King Jin passed on the throne to my other uncle King Wei, and finally, King Wei passed the throne to my brother, but do you think it is possible, teacher?" He smiled a little sadly, "From ancient times to the present, which emperor does not want to pass on the throne for thousands of generations, if my uncle succeeds him, he must want to pass the throne to his eldest brother, Second brother, but with the alliance of gold, my uncle will not be able to get his wish, what will he do then? ”

Wang Chen never thought that Zhao Defang would take the initiative to come to the door, in the final analysis, it was because of his "vast magical powers", Zhao Defang was lonely, and he could only pray for his "teacher", of course, Zhao Defang secretly had other forces Wang Chen didn't know, the only thing that was clear was that Zhao Defang was unwilling to be arrested, and after learning that Zhao Kuangyin had a physical problem, he had begun to form a gang.

Hey, Zhao Defang is young and quite smart, no wonder he is incarnated as the Eight Sages King in some dramas.

According to Wang Chen's understanding, the person of the Eight Sages King is not real, there are several versions, such as Yu Yang Jiajiang, Bao Qingtian, Three Heroes and Five Righteousness and other stories The prototype of the Eight Sages King is Zhao Defang, of course, there are also some versions of Zhao Dezhao, but no matter what, the side reflects that the Eight Sages King is indeed very smart.

Wang Chen felt this from Zhao Defang, according to historical records, within a few years after Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang died one after another, and finally Zhao Yanmei also died, on the surface, except that Zhao Dezhao was reprimanded by Zhao Er and committed suicide, Zhao Defang and Zhao Yanmei's death seems to have nothing to do with Zhao Guangyi.

This is not the case.

According to historical records, Zhao Defang died of illness in vain, and Zhao Yanmei was demoted to the title by Zhao Guangyi, and migrated to Fangzhou to vomit blood due to depression.

I have to mention one person here, Li Yu and Zhao Kuangyin.

Why mention Li Yu?

Because according to the "Silent Notes" of the Song Dynasty Wang Gong, after Li Yu entered the Song Dynasty, Song Taizong sent Xu Xuan to meet Li Yu, Li Yu hated the dead country, so that "holding each other and crying, sitting silently", Taizong was displeased when he heard this. On the Qixi Festival in the third year of Taiping Xingguo, Li Yu's forty-second birthday, he gathered the concubine at his residence, and said something like "Xiaolou had an east wind last night, so the country can't afford to look back at the moon" and something like that, which was heard by Song Taizong, Zhao Er was very angry, and he was punished for all crimes, so he gave the opportunity to kill Li Yu.

Then why do you want to mention Zhao Kuangyin again?

Because according to the historical records, Zhao Kuangyin's death is very strange, some people may say that the "axe sound candle shadow" was hacked to death by Zhao Er with an axe, but in fact it is not, the axe in the axe sound candle shadow refers to the jade pillar axe that Zhao Kuangyin carried with him, which can't kill people at all, well, it is possible to smash people to death, if Zhao Kuangyin was killed by the jade pillar axe, then there must be a lot of scars on his body, but no, there are no scars on Lao Zhao's body after his death.

So why did the good Zhao Kuangyin die violently?

Died of alcoholism?

To put it mildly, the degree of wine in the Song Dynasty, if you want to drink until you die of alcohol poisoning, unless you drink a large vat, it will be difficult to get alcohol poisoning, besides, if Lao Zhao is poisoned, will the imperial doctor come immediately?

Then there is only one possibility, Zhao Kuangyin was also poisoned to death.

There is another person, Meng Chang, the lord of Houshu, who was poisoned by Zhao Guangyi.

In other words, Zhao Guangyi is a master of using drugs.

Then, Zhao Defang died of illness for unknown reasons, and Zhao Yanmei vomited blood and died, yes, he was poisoned by Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi cleared all obstacles, just to pass the throne to his son.

Therefore, Wang Chen secretly sighed that Zhao Defang was smart and saw the root of the problem at once, but he still said: "Then I can't do anything." ”

"No, the teacher is a true immortal in the sky, with vast magical powers and boundless mana, if you really want to help me, there must be a way. Zhao Defang begged bitterly: "Teacher, please save my life, I am willing to pay any price, just to live in secret." ”

Wang Chen smiled and said, "Really?"

Zhao Defang's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly nodded: "It's true." ”

Wang Chen pretended to be casual and said, "If Your Majesty passes on you, won't everyone be happy?"

Zhao Defang was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "I am a concubine, and my strength is weak, how can my father pass on to me?"

Wang Chen said meaningfully: "As long as you want, everything is possible." ”

Zhao Defang woke up suddenly, overjoyed and said, "You mean ......"

Wang Chen smiled and nodded.

Zhao Defang's face turned red with excitement, and he bowed heavily to Wang Chen, "Then I will bother the teacher to help me a lot, and later, I will introduce some people to you." ”

Wang Chen was surprised for a while, and introduced some people to me? After thinking about it, he probably understood what was going on, if nothing else, with Zhao Defang's ingenuity, I am afraid that he had secretly attracted several forces to protect himself, so let's see him.

……

In the afternoon.

Wang Chen finally saw the "forces" that Zhao Defang had wooed. ”

He looked at the seven or eight people in front of him speechlessly, he had never seen them in the court at all, or he might have seen them, but these people's official positions were too low, and they had no impression at all.

"The Four Princes. ”

"Your Highness. ”

"National teacher. ”

"I've seen the national teacher. ”

Everyone greeted the two of them, and they all called anything.

Although Zhao Defang is young, he is quite imposing at the moment, he looks relatively calm, and there is no smile on his face, "I believe that everyone knows the national teacher, so I don't need to introduce it, and you will have full authority to obey him in the future." Then he introduced Wang Chen.

"This is Zhang Qian, the inner temple Chongban. A man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old stepped forward.

"This is Lu Qin, the official of the West Head. "A man of thirty-one or twelve.

"This is the Golden Gun Squad Escort Envoy Wuling. "A man of thirty-five or sixteen years old with a relatively strong build.

"It's ......"

People are introduced one by one.

Wang Chen got to know them one by one, smiled and said a few words, but couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Your sister.

Zhao Defang, Zhao Defang, is your team so shabby?

The seven or eight people present had a low status and no real power, and the highest rank was actually the Golden Gun Squad Escort Envoy?

That...... That's wishful thinking.

Wang Chen's head hurt a little, and he said helplessly: "I'll go out later, and see if I can find some help for you." ”

Zhao Defang said cautiously: "Now the ministers of the DPRK and China are almost divided into three factions, all of which are supported by my father, brother and uncle.

Wang Chen said: "I have a way, you can rest assured." ”

"Okay, then there is Teacher Lao. Zhao Defang said.

Wang Chen took a deep breath, "Do your best." ”

Although Zhao Defang's team is very poor, so bad that it is not enough to face Zhao Guangyi or Zhao Dezhao, it is enough to have the identity of the fourth prince.

Any dynasty.

The emperor's son, whether he is a concubine or a concubine, basically has the possibility of inheriting the throne, and naturally, if he uses the prince's signboard, it is possible to win over a group of people to support him.

How can there be no forces vying for the throne?

Besides, Wang Chen's original purpose was to use Zhao Defang to gain enough power, and now that the opportunity has come, of course he doesn't want to miss it, and wants to take advantage of this time to see if he can get one or two powerful people to support him.

Of course, the premise is that this force must be grasped in their own hands.

Wang Chen, who was about to leave, stopped and said: "Fourth prince, I have a word in advance, I will help you lobby people to come over, and I can do my best to help you achieve your wishes, but including you, everyone must listen to me." ”

Zhao Defang looked at him and said very seriously: "Okay, but are you sure you can lobby someone to help me?"

Wu Ling, the guard of the Golden Gun Squad, also looked at Wang Chen helplessly, "National Teacher, it is too difficult to win over the powerful people to support us without startling the snake, it is almost impossible, in my opinion, we should discuss it slowly and then talk about it, don't get the last person to win over, but let others be alert." ”

Wang Chen waved his hand and said, "Just leave it to me." ”

"Okay. Wu Ling didn't say anything more, and there was still not much trust in his eyes.

Wang Chen saw it, smiled, and ignored it.

Just because you think it's impossible doesn't mean you can't do it!

Wang Chen felt that at this time, he needed to exert his eloquence, how many forces could be brought in to support Zhao Defang's succession, it all depended on his mouth, since he wanted to compete for the throne, it was impossible without a large number of forces to support him, this time, he must pull a few powerful figures to stand on his side!