A.D. 560, winter, the first year of the founding of the Northern Qi Emperor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Emperor Xiaozhao led hundreds of civil and military officials to hunt in the royal hunting garden.

It was a good thing for the monarch and the ministers to enjoy together, but two things happened that would be written by the historian. To put it simply, the mountain road is bumpy, and everything withers in winter, and the horse loses its front hooves, or twice.

First of all, the king of Jinan, Gao Yin, failed to lure the prey, but was chased by the jackal, accidentally fell off the horse, and almost lost his life first. Fortunately, Guo Shuhuai's wonderful hand rejuvenated, and with the assistance of Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, the king of Jinan was in a coma for nearly three days and three nights before he woke up. It's a pity that the back of the head hit the ground when the ill-fated former deposed emperor fell off the horse, even though the imperial doctor had exhausted the rejuvenation technique, but after waking up, he was demented, and he had long since lost his previous intelligence. When Empress Wenxuan Li Zu'e, who was imprisoned in Zhaoxin Palace, heard the news, she wept incessantly, and the sound of wailing and crying came out of Zhaoxin Palace, smelling sadness, and those who saw it shed tears. Some ministers with high intentions are also full of sorrow, and the former deposed emperor Gao Yin is really hopeless。。。。。。

As for this second incident, it is even more serious.

On the way back from hunting, the imperial horse was so frightened by some evil that he lost control, and he jumped off the horse with a leap between the deep mountain roads! Gao Yan immediately rolled down the mountain road, his eyes open but his eyes were empty, and the attendants were frightened and panicked. The matter is big, and hundreds of civil and military generals only know how to kneel and kowtow, and they are all in a hurry. Fortunately, there was His Majesty the Emperor's younger brother, Gao Zhan, the right prime minister, who was not chaotic in the face of danger, and arranged the affairs of His Majesty after the distress in a tight and orderly manner, and commanded them well, so that the doomed hunting party returned to the palace in a panic.

Guo Shuhuai, the elder of the three dynasties, is benevolent. It was also thanks to him that he had been carefully serving His Majesty the Emperor all the way, so that His Majesty sobered up on the way back to the palace. It was difficult to escape, and after more than a month, His Majesty the Emperor was recuperating in the Xuande Palace, and the affairs of the court and China were handed over to Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang. Above the court, Gao Zhan administered affairs on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the rewards and punishments were strict, and no one dared to disobey. Duan Shao, the king of Pingqin, Gao Guiyan, the king of Pingqin, and Liu Honghui, the leader of the army, were in charge of the soldiers and horses of Gyeonggi, and they fully supported the Changshan King Gao Yan to compete with the prime minister Yang Su, and now, they fully support the right prime minister Gao Zhan to take charge of the government, although the emperor Gao Yan was sick and did not enter the court for a long time, but the civil and military attachés performed their duties, and the soldiers and horses guarded Gyeonggi, and there was no trace of chaos.

After Gao Yan ascended the throne, Gao Zhan had already been promoted to the post of right prime minister, and after the emperor Gao Yan fell from the horse, no one could stand out from the right, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition. The Northern Qi Dynasty seemed to be changing rapidly, and it was like changing the sky again silently.

On a winter night in the north, even if the street market in Yecheng still has red lanterns hanging on both sides of the night market, it is still inevitably cold and pressing.

There were many vendors on the street, so Zimo bypassed the corner and entered the Shanhailou through the side door.

"Childe, you can come, your friend has been waiting in the private room for a long time. As soon as Xiao Er saw that he was a regular customer, he greeted him familiarly and went up to show Zimo the way.

These days, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is weird, and even the third brother Xiaowan rarely stays at home, leaving early and returning late, I don't know what he is busy with. Zimo would see Uncle Nine every day in the court, and Uncle Nine was also as he said that night, abiding by the sense of proportion, and being close to each other, as if they were the most ordinary superiors and subordinates, and they talked about things on a case-by-case basis, and there was no trouble or provocation on the side. Xiao Zimo went to the court step by step, and then his wife went home, the days were two months, and the Spring Festival was approaching, it was time to remove the old and welcome the new and celebrate very much, but Zimo always felt faintly uneasy in his heart, as if something was going to happen.

I wanted to find an opportunity to discuss it with the third brother, but Xiaowan deliberately avoided the topic when he saw him, as if he didn't want to mention more about the current court with him. Zi Mo thought that the third brother was probably also hurt by this unpredictable palace struggle, so he didn't want to bring these messy things home, so he didn't say anything more. Che Yan is by Zimo's side every day, and there are very few opportunities for him to come out by himself like this. Xiao Zimo asked Xiong San to come to this restaurant, and it was not easy to get rid of the shadow of a group of personal soldiers, and he showed light skills and obviously not wine bags and rice bags before he could go to the appointment.

Xiong San saw Zi Mo push the door in, put down the peanuts in his hand, took a sip of wine, smacked his lips and stood up, and said: "Oh, my lord, you are really busy, I have been waiting for half a pillar of incense, I haven't eaten dinner yet, I am really hungry, don't you eat first! Hehe, don't blame, don't blame!"

Zi Mo sighed, shook his head, signaled Xiong San to be free, took off his robe and sat down at the wine table, and said: "What noble person is busy, it's not that the car guard is too fussy, I think I am a thin scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, beware of this and that all day long, if I don't show my ability today, I really want to be guarded at home all day long as Miss Boudoir, the door is not allowed to go out, and the second door is not allowed to step out." While speaking, Zi Mo poured himself wine, and Xiong San laughed when he said something.

"Hahaha, my lord, I think you still listen to the words of the car guard, you don't go out of the door, you, you can cause trouble everywhere, in this hunt, I listen to your celebrity anecdotes Lord Changgong, but I hear my face red, I don't dare to admit it hahaha!" Xiong San patted Zi Mo's shoulder, and the two brothers were so good that they didn't look like they were outside at all.

。。。。。。 Zi Mo shook his head, raised his glass and took a sip of wine alone and sadly, and asked: "You were arranged by Chen Duwei outside the gate of the hunting garden that day, did you not see the situation of the king of Jinan, and he was breathless, how old is he!"

"Lord Changgong, you are really a bodhisattva!" Xiong San patted his fat chest and burped and said, "Don't talk about how Emperor Wenxuan treated you before, just say that the little doll of the King of Jinan is just a little doll who pushed the boat to seal you and should have been crowned the king of Lanling a long time ago, my lord, you can't sacrifice so much for an irrelevant deposed emperor, do you know how those ministers and guards talk about you。。。。。。? I don't even dare to talk about it? Tsk, sir, what is your identity? And so。。。。。。 You, wouldn't it be nice if you were pampered!"

Xiong San was upset for his son, and at the same time persuaded His Royal Highness the peerless prince not to be too aggressive.

Xiao Zimo didn't know the truth of this kind of gunshot, but when he looked at Gao Yin's loss of breath, he would think of the memories of Gao Yang's blood spraying at his feet that night. The second uncle insisted on killing him, but he was killed by the ninth uncle, he knew that the crux of this was that he was Gao Changgong, how could he watch Gao Yin die unexpectedly? !

He is not ashamed of Gao Yang, but a righteous-minded child like Gao Yin really shouldn't be wiped out in a cannibalistic tragedy.

Zi Mo thought so, but when he thought of Gao Yin's half-crazy and half-stupid appearance now, he picked up a glass of wine in frustration, poured it into his throat, and wanted to pour the second glass, but the wine cup in his hand was snatched away by Xiong San, and said: "Lord Gao, I understand your mood now, but as the saying goes, it is better to die than to live, and it is all up to you for the King of Jinan to pick up a life, you, don't think too much, you have to think about it in a good place." Although this King of Jinan is stupid, his life can be regarded as saved! He is a fool, who would care if he is the abolished emperor, he is not stupid, but he has his life at all times, and now this is the case, maybe it is the best!"

The three bears are coarse, but the words that come out are not coarse at all. In a word, the bitterness locked in Zimo's heart was unraveled a little. Xiao Zimo smiled, poured a glass of wine and touched the wine cup with Xiong San, and said with sincere admiration: "Brother Xiong, you are a rare true friend that Changgong has made since entering Yulin Wei, looking at the five big and three thick on weekdays, in fact, I want Changgong to say, you are thick and fine, and you value love and righteousness, at this time, only your words make me enlightened, no longer mediocre people disturb themselves, and I will respect you for a long time!"

Xiong San was so happy to hear it that he touched the wine cup and drank it all. Who says it's not, gold is easy to get, and true brothers are hard to find, and it is a courteous corporal like King Lanling, and the royal nobles who will be treated sincerely are even more difficult to find in the world.

"Your Royal Highness, but now you are also working hard to the end, in the past, Emperor Wenxuan targeted you everywhere, you really took every step of the way, and if you are not careful, you are the sin of killing your head. Now, His Royal Highness King Changguang holds great power, and he has always regarded you as a cronie, and in the future, His Royal Highness Lanling will bring Xiong San and me more!" Xiong Sanle said jokingly, but he didn't want to make Zimo's face cloudy.

Xiao Zimo put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, stopped drinking the wine, and got up and walked to the windowsill alone.

"Brother Xiong, have you heard anything unusual in the inner palace recently?" Zi Mo asked lightly.

"Are there any movements in His Majesty the Emperor's Xuande Palace?" asked Xiong San.

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor has been ill for two months, even if he is frightened, he should have heard of recovery, but the former dynasty and the back court have only heard the news that the emperor is lying on the sickbed. ”

"Well... Hearing His Highness mention this, it is indeed unusual. However, Chen Weiran on the Xuande Hall has recently sent all the guards who have been newly recruited into the palace, an old fellow like me, but he has been patrolling the outer hall night and night. Xiong San spread his hands and said.

Chen Weiran ?。。。。。。 Zi Mo suddenly connected him in his mind with the situation that Gao Zhan arranged for Zi Mo to leave the palace when Gao Yang was killed that night!

Zimo always thought that it was Chen Weiran who found out that he was in danger in the palace, so he notified Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, to come to the rescue, because he entered the palace to save people, and the third brother Xiaowan did not have such power. But now if you think about it the other way around, this Chen Weiran was placed in Yu Linwei's eyes by Uncle Jiu early in the morning, then it is completely reasonable!

。。。。。。 Zi Mo grabbed the window lattice and was speechless for a long time.

He didn't understand Gao Zhan originally, but now he realized that the people around him, how many of them were he could see through completely?

"Brother Xiong, can you do me a favor?"

"What, Your Highness, please say. ”

"I want you to find out about the emperor's condition in recent days, what is the condition of his injuries, and why he can't go to the court! The emperor has not shown up for two months, and this court seems to have changed。。。。。。 ”

Xiong San was stunned, he knew the meaning of His Royal Highness Lanling's words. Both inside and outside the court, everyone knows that when the palace was pressed, Gao Yan, the king of Changshan, and Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, were strong and weak, although both of them had a high prestige in the court. But Gao Yan, the king of Changshan, had the power to protect the garrison of Gyeonggi because of the support of Duan Shao, the king of Changshan, and Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, had to take the king of Changshan as the first and support Gao Yan as the emperor, and he became the right prime minister. But now, Gao Guiyan, the king of Pingqin, and Liu Honghui, the leader of the army, have already joined forces with the king of Changguang, and Duan Shao, the king of Pingyuan, seems to have a somewhat vacillating position.

"Your Highness, you don't seem to be happy to see King Changguang take over the power alone?"

Xiong San asked in wonder.

Zi Mo moved his lips, but he was speechless.

Remember what you say today, and you will come to me tomorrow when you retract it!

Gao Zhan's words that day were by no means child's play.

Even, he has gradually understood what Uncle Nine means。。。。。。