Two or three days passed in a flash.

During this period, Wang Chen communicated with Empress Song with the soul snatcher, and asked the other party to replace some of the palace maids with their own people, especially those who served Lao Zhao and Empress Dowager Du.

Everything is tightly prepared.

At least, on the surface, it seems to be the same as usual.

To Wang Chen's surprise, Zhao Kuangyin made an exception today to give himself a "holiday" for a day.

Wang Jien's house.

In the evening, by the small pool.

Wang Chen is accompanying Liu Qihong to enjoy the scenery.

Wang Jien's voice suddenly came from behind, "Brother Chen." ”

Wang Chen turned his head to look at it and said in surprise: "Daddy, why are you back?"

Liu Qihong also saluted, "Ah Weng." ”

"Daughter-in-law, you go down to rest first, I have something to say to Brother Chen. Wang Jien said with a solemn face.

Liu Qihong is very knowledgeable, and she owes herself and retires.

On the contrary, Wang Chen felt a sigh in his heart, feeling that something was going to happen, otherwise Wang Jien would definitely not appear in the mansion at this point in time, and he should serve Zhao Kuangyin in the palace.

Wait until Liu Qihong leaves.

Wang Jien suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty is sick. ”

What did he think was the matter, Wang Chen cried and laughed: "I know, didn't he also fall ill a while ago?"

"It's not. Wang Jien's face was a little ugly and said: "Your Majesty didn't really fall ill a few days ago, today is different, when King Jin came to report on the government in the morning, His Majesty was fine, and suddenly fainted in the afternoon, and Ma Fengyu of the Shang Pharmacy Bureau came to diagnose in person, but he couldn't find any clues." ”

"Huh?" Wang Chen's face changed, impossible, Zhao Kuangyin had cancer, he knew that he had taken painkillers, it stands to reason that it is impossible for the imperial doctors not to find any symptoms, he felt a little strange and said, "What's the matter?"

Wang Jien shook his head, "I don't know, Empress Dowager Du came to visit when she learned of the situation, and when she saw that Her Majesty was unconscious, she presided over the situation, and asked me to go out of the palace to inform King Jin, I was afraid that I would delay your major event, so I came to tell you first." ”

"I know, you go and inform King Jin first. Wang Chen said.

Wang Jien instructed two more words, and then turned around and left.

Wang Chen stood alone on the edge of the small pool, his brows were tightly locked, why did Zhao Kuangyin suddenly fall ill at this time, so it was a little unfavorable to himself.

According to the records in the history books, it shouldn't be.

Besides, even if the cancer is dying in the early stage, how can it be so serious all of a sudden?

Wang Chen was extremely puzzled.

Suddenly, he recalled what Wang Jien had just said, "When the King of Jin came to report on the government in the morning, His Majesty was fine, but in the afternoon he suddenly fainted, and Ma Fengyu of the Shang Pharmacy came to diagnose it in person, but he couldn't find any clues."

Zhao Guangyi went to see Zhao Kuangyin in the morning, and Lao Zhao fainted in the afternoon?

If I remember correctly, Liu Han said before that Ma Zhi was Zhao Guangyi's person.

Wang Chen suddenly came to his senses, he had analyzed Zhao Guangyi before, and he could probably guess that he was a master of poison, and if several things were combined, it seemed that everything made sense.

It is very likely that Zhao Guangyi entered the palace in the morning, poisoned Zhao Kuangyin, and then used Ma Zhi to be his person, even if the signs of poisoning were detected, he still said that he could not check it out, everything was reasonable.

But why did Zhao Guangyi suddenly poison him?

Wang Chen felt that it should be related to what he did a few days ago, for example, on the surface, Zhao Kuangyin "made the imperial power more consolidated", and the two Marquis of Du Yu of the Guard Division were promoted to the deputy commanders, and then, two cronies were transferred from the front of the palace to serve as the Marquis of Duyu.

Indeed, on the surface, to a large extent, the power of the Privy Council is apportioned, and Zhao Guangyi's biggest power is in the army, because the front division of the palace and the division of the guard are directly under the jurisdiction of Zhao Kuangyin, so most of Zhao Guangyi's military forces are concentrated in the Privy Council.

So, what did Lao Zhao do to strengthen the imperial power and military power and weaken the Privy Council, that is, Zhao Guangyi's power?

Someone who cares can understand after a little thought, a while ago, Lao Zhao asked Zhao Dezhao to stand up, which is obviously to suppress Zhao Guangyi and prepare to take over Zhao Dezhao!

Yes.

That's how people from the outside should think.

Because no one knew that "consolidating imperial and military power" was operated by Wang Chen.

In this way, it is natural for Zhao Guangyi to jump over the wall in a hurry to kill Lao Zhao!

Everything makes sense.

Wang Chen's heart sank, feeling that something big was going to happen in the past two days, and his series of plans were likely to be interrupted, so he directly entered the storm of fighting for imperial power.

Before he finished thinking about it, the old housekeeper came over, "Xiao Langjun, someone from the palace has come to announce your majesty's entry into the palace." ”

Wang Chen, who was pondering, was awakened, he didn't hear too clearly, and turned around and said, "What?"

The old butler said respectfully: "Your Majesty let you enter the palace." ”

"Well, got it, I'll do it. Wang Chen turned around and walked outside.

After a while, the two came to the door.

A little eunuch was standing there waiting, and when he saw Wang Chen coming, he seemed to suppress his voice and said, "National Teacher, Your Majesty asks you to enter the palace quickly, the sedan chair is already waiting outside." ”

"Good. Wang Chen walked briskly outside, just passing by the little eunuch, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the little eunuch's appearance seemed to be a little familiar, stopped his pace, and carefully observed the past.

This little eunuch is very tall, and if he doesn't have two or three scars on his face, he is definitely a graceful and beautiful man, but these two or three scars affect his face, so that he can't see his true face at all.

Wang Chen was stunned for a moment, "This supervisor, have we seen it?"

A trace of panic flashed in the little eunuch's eyes, and he said with a forced smile: "With a lowly status, how can I have the opportunity to meet a powerful person like you, the national teacher, maybe you have seen me occasionally in the palace." ”

Also.

The number of eunuchs in the Song Dynasty was relatively small.

"The strictness of the law of the ancestors" represents the imperial family's repressive attitude towards the eunuchs, and the example of the eunuchs' chaotic government in the Tang Dynasty is in front of us, which cannot but make the emperor of the Song Dynasty full of vigilance against the dictatorship of the ministers. Precautions in the Song dynasty included limiting the number of eunuchs, such as Taizu's emphasis that eunuchs "have their own quota" and should not exceed 50, and by the time of Song Zhezong, the number of eunuchs was changed to 100. Although there were eunuchs in the Song Dynasty who led the army to fight, they were all temporary dispatches and could not hold the military power alone for a long time, and Tong Guan was the only exception.

In other words, there are so many eunuchs in the palace.

It's not unusual for me to see it occasionally, Wang Chen is in a hurry to enter the palace to visit Zhao Kuangyin, how can he think about when and where he has seen this little eunuch.

He didn't delay, ran outside and got into a sedan chair, and hurried towards the palace.

……

In the palace.

The sedan chair entered the palace without stopping, and galloped towards Zhao Kuangyin's dormitory.

Zhao Kuangyin in the Qinzheng Hall had already woken up, half-leaned on the bed, and said to the man in his thirties with a tiger's back and ape's waist: "Is the national teacher here?"

The man's voice was very low, "I have asked the Lin Nei attendant to invite it, I guess this is coming." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said weakly: "What about Baiyun Zhenren and Master Huiyuan?"

"Waiting in the hall next door. After the man finished speaking, he added, "There are more than 100 masters in Ouchi." ”

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath at this time, "You go down, wait for Lin Nei to come back, and ask him to invite Eunuch Chen to the next hall together." ”

The man said with a moved face: "Your Majesty, do you really want to release Eunuch Chen from prison? His martial arts are really amazing, and his subordinates are afraid that they will not be able to control the death and injury of too many masters." ”

"It's okay, just say I've forgiven him, just go. Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and closed his eyes again.

The man said nothing more and respectfully withdrew.

All this was heard by Wang Chen, Bai Yun Zhenren? Isn't that Chen Jun, why is he still in the palace?

He looked curiously towards the hall next door, only to see three Taoist priests and two monks sitting cross-legged, and there was a wooden barrel hanging above the entrance of the main hall, the black and red liquid in the barrel was a bit like blood, and I didn't know what it was, in addition, on both sides of the main hall, there were hundreds of strong men wearing sleeveless white clothes in civilian clothes, some were holding crossbows, some were holding swords, and some were holding spears, looking at the calluses and standing postures in the hands of these people, they knew that they were all masters.

The old Taoist priest sitting in the middle looks probably a hundred years old, Wang Chen estimates that this person is the mythical and legendary Chen Tuan ancestor, as for the other two Taoist priests and monks, I don't know each other, but since I can be invited to the palace by Zhao Kuangyin, I don't think he is an ordinary monk Taoist.

Did Lao Zhao listen to his words, really believe in ghosts and gods, and wanted to invite Chen Tuan Lao Zu and those monks and Taoists to help him continue his life with him?

Wang Chen felt that it was very likely to be the case, otherwise why did Lao Zhao fall ill, and a peerless old Taoist like Chen Tuan Ancestor suddenly appeared in the palace?

Hey, it seems that Lao Zhao is very sorry for his life.

And sent a hundred ******* protection?

Wang Chen sighed with emotion, who has not died in life since ancient times, and who has no fear when facing death?

But speaking of which, he felt that Lao Zhao was making a bit of a fuss, just four or five monks and Taoists, could he send the most hidden masters around him to protect him?

Some people may not know much about how strong the strength of the Ouchi masters around Zhao Kuangyin is, Wang Chen has seen some wild history and knows how terrifying the strength of the Ouchi masters around Zhao Kuangyin is.

People who have watched "Tianlong Babu" must think that the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, so the masters of the Great Inner are just like that, in fact, this is not the case, especially the Song Dynasty was founded less than 20 years ago, and those Great Internal Guards are the elite of the highest martial arts selected from hundreds of thousands of troops, each of which has experienced a hundred battles and has amazing combat effectiveness.

For example, someone once gave Lao Zhao a tribute to a tiger, Lao Zhao was very happy, so he gave the tiger a leg of mutton, the tiger was hungry for a long time, and when he saw the leg of mutton, he wanted to swallow it, but he stuck his throat, uncomfortable, and kept rolling his eyes, Lao Zhao was very embarrassed, and he didn't play enough, the tiger was about to choke to death, and he was not ashamed? At this moment, Li Chengxun, the guard of the Great Interior, showed his skills, one foot and one hand against the tiger's mouth, and the other hand reached into the tiger's mouth to take out the bones, what is this concept?

It is even more terrifying than when Xiao Feng killed the tiger with a double halberd!

Secondly, Lao Zhao went to Wufeng Tower to relax, and saw a good-looking bird flying to the eaves, Lao Zhao was whimsical and asked left and right, "Can you catch it and play", at this time a young little guard stepped forward, like a monkey Yes flew up to the house, and caught the bird with lightning speed, and the tiles did not fall!

Of course, Wang Chen, who is walking on the wall like this, can also do it so easily after stealing Leng Yan's skills, after all, the ancient house is relatively short, and there are more borrowing points, as long as there is enough strength and skills, the eaves and walls are nothing, and it is not possible to change the modern society.

Even so, it is enough to show that the strength of that young Ouchi master is not much worse than Leng Yan.

There is one more thing that is enough to prove how strong the strength of the Song Dynasty's Ouchi masters is.

Li Jiqian, a member of the Dangxiang clan, sent guards to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, and at that time Zhao Er was already the emperor, he was also quite good at pretending, and gave Li Jiqian a six-stone strong bow on the spot.

In ancient times, thirty catties were used as jun, four jun were stones, and six stone bows required seven hundred and twenty catties of tension to pull the bow.

At that time, Li Jiqian was frightened, and said in his heart, okay, man, you are ruthless enough, who can pull this thing away? This is a shame for my party and clan!

As a result, Zhao Er casually asked a big inner guard to perform, but he didn't expect that the big inner guard easily pulled the six-stone bow away, and there was no expression of struggle on his face.

There may be an exaggeration in the wild history.

Even if you remove half of it, the three-stone bow, it will take three hundred and sixty pounds of strength!

This is a bow that requires hundreds of catties of strength to pull apart with two arms standing up, to tell the truth, even if Wang Chen steals Leng Yan's skills, he can't do it, to say that among the people he knows, I'm afraid that only Xiao Feng and Li Jilong, two reckless men, can use the strength to pull open the three-stone bow, after all, lifting a three-hundred-sixty pound thing, and pulling a three-hundred-sixty-pound bow are completely two different concepts.

Yes, it is necessary to use the strength of the milk.

Like the rumored Zhao Er's guards are lightweight, not to mention the six-stone bow, even if it is the three-stone bow under the Song Dynasty system, Wang Chen dares to say that throughout the ages, only the gods of war at the level of Xiang Yu and Li Guang can do it, and others should not think about it.

Even so, Wang Chen still knew that the inner guards around Lao Zhao were all first-class masters, and each of them was as strong as Xiao Feng.

One Xiao Feng can kill a South China tiger.

One hundred Xiao Feng, combined with the combined attack technique in the military camp, how terrifying is this combat power?

Naturally, ordinary people want to assassinate the emperor, but there is no play at all.

Wang Chen shook his head, feeling that Lao Zhao took those monks and Taoists seriously, and actually sent all the inner guards to protect them, which was a waste.

……

Diligent Palace.

Go inside, under the leadership of the forest maid, come to the dormitory.

knocked on the door, and an old eunuch who had never seen it opened the door and led Wang Chen in.

As for the Lin Nei Attendant, the task was completed and he retired.

After Wang Chen walked in, he saluted and said, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Kuangyin hummed sickly, stretched out his hand slightly and half-propped himself up, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "National teacher, I suddenly fainted today, can you help me see if I am terminally ill and can't be saved?"

"Good. Wang Chen opened it and looked into Zhao Kuangyin's body, there was indeed a malignant tumor in the lungs, but it was not big, obviously, this was not the real reason for Lao Zhao's fainting, he frowned slightly, continued to observe, and suddenly found that there was a very fine green spreading in Lao Zhao Yinhong's blood, and he didn't know what it was, but Wang Chen guessed that it was poison, and it was very likely to be Zhao Erxia's poison, but the speed of this green spread was very slow, and if he wanted to reach the heart, according to the current calculation, I am afraid it would take another month, that is, Lao Zhao could at least last a month。

Do you want to tell Lao Zhao?

If he told him, Wang Chen believed that with the identity of Emperor Zhao, there must be a way to detoxify, but in that case, the poisoned Zhao Er would be exposed.

In fact, it doesn't matter if Zhao Er is alive or not.

The problem is that if Zhao Er is dead now, even if Zhao Defang succeeds to the throne and there is no external force to suppress him, it is very likely that he will not listen to Wang Chen.

After a small half of the ring, Wang Chen still decided not to say it, one month was enough to help Zhao Defang get the throne, and Lao Zhao was not poisoned to death by himself, so he didn't have any psychological burden at all, he deliberately said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to say it." ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked at his expression, and suddenly his face turned even paler, and he asked directly with a wry smile: "How long can I probably live?"

Wang Chen took a deep breath and said truthfully: "One month, at most." ”

"Is there only a month?" Zhao Kuangyin muttered to himself, then raised his head again and asked, "The national teacher may use his great mana to blind the heavens, so that I can live for a while longer." ”

Wang Chen hesitated, "I'm not sure, I'm afraid it's okay, I'm afraid it's not possible." ”

"Alas. Zhao Kuangyin sighed heavily and said: "Life and death are up to heaven, forget it, a month is a month." He paused, "Since I may die at any time, National Teacher, don't leave me too far recently, just wait in the next hall, if I have any accidents and don't have time to explain things, you must forcibly renew my life for me...... No, half an hour is enough, please. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Wang Chen agreed.

Lao Zhao was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "People are dying and their words are good, national teacher, I know very well that you have great mana and are not bound by the world, but not every king can tolerate it like me, especially my imperial brother...... Well, I won't say much else, if the national teacher wants to enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, I hope you can keep your light as much as possible, and I will give you a Danshu iron coupon to keep your family safe, okay, go to the next hall and wait. ”

Hearing this, Wang Chen was inexplicably moved in his heart.

Yes, he and Lao Zhao secretly had a lot of unpleasantness, and even used the memories brought by going back in time to tell Wang Chen that Lao Zhao was ruthless, but he never thought that at this time of death, Lao Zhao would actually pour out his heart and lungs to say this to himself.

Do you want to save Lao Zhao?

Wang Chen began to hesitate, forget it, think about it again, maybe this is Lao Zhao's imperial mental technique, look at the performance, if Lao Zhao turns around and really gives the Danshu iron coupon, then the buddy will let Lao Zhao live a few more days.

After thinking about it, Wang Chen retired and walked towards the main hall next door, alas, when he thought of living with a few Taoist priests and monks next, he felt that the small life was a little boring, and he hoped that these monks and Taoists would not always chant and chant Buddha in the ears of their buddies, how annoying.

Said the Seventh Maniac

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