Chapter Seventy-Three
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King Jing Xinxue, the whole palace is covered with linen and filial piety, and it is vast white as far as the eye can see, adding a trace of sadness and sadness in this season of fire in July.
Shao Suxuan put on a black moire brocade robe, and stared at the pool outside the pavilion in a daze. Speaking of which, in Lijiazhuang that day, Liu Jiajun's subordinates were merciful, and there were neither iron sheets, nails, nor poison in the simple gunpowder jar. Although Shao Suyi's back injury looked terrifying, in fact, it was just scratched by the tiles, and the blood flowed a little more. After all, he is young and in good health, and he has been better after recuperating in the past few days. Except for not being weak and sympathetic in front of Duan Ziyi, he was more energetic than a normal person at other times.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Shao Suyi, who was in a trance, shook his hand, and a bowl of fish food was all buckled into the pool, and a large group of koi immediately came over to scramble, and the colors were so lively. He raised his eyebrows, clapped his hands impatiently, and said critically at the visitor without looking back: "The fish in your pond are about to overflow, why don't you take a net and catch it, and you can exchange it for some copper plates." ”
Back then, the old prince spent a lot of money to send people to collect the rare varieties, but when he got to Shao Suxuan's mouth, he could only change some copper plates, Chu Bozhou was depressed when he heard it, if he didn't care about the injury on Shao Suxuan's back, he really wanted to kick him into the pool to cool down.
"According to what you say, if you change those three or two copper plates, you just throw them and listen to a sound, it's better to burn them all, and you can continue to be funny with the old man underground." After Chu Bozhou finished speaking casually, he saw Shao Suxuan's face stiffen, and then he reacted that he heard the word "burn", and he was afraid that he remembered the incident of that night in Lijiazhuang, and his heart was not very comfortable. Chu Bozhou lowered his eyelids, sighed secretly, and was about to find an excuse to divert the topic, but he heard Shao Suxuan next to him say lightly: "Ming'er, it's the old man's head seven." ”
Chu Bo Zhou responded, "Well, the Queen Mother has already ordered the people of the Zhou family to come to the memorial service to help, I'm afraid there will be a fuss." He sighed, and then laughed again. The old man likes to be lively by nature, and if he knows that he can have this honor after death, I am afraid it will be very useful. ”
Shao Suxuan looked at Chu Bozhou sideways, and saw that he was wearing a wide filial piety robe, and although his face was a little haggard, he didn't see a sad look, so he couldn't help but reach out and pat him on the shoulder, and the comfort was self-evident.
Knowing that Shao Suyi cared about himself, Chu Bozhou smiled, "In the old man's life, he has been a weak prince who no one cares about, he has rolled in the pile of dead people on the battlefield, and when he is old, he has to pretend to be deaf and dumb and hide at home to recuperate. He had told him earlier that everyone in this world lives hard, and he must be happy when he leaves. If it weren't for the fear that people would play this and I would not be filial, I would like to follow the old man's wishes and save the crying spirit and everything to be clean. ”
"You can see it." Shao Suyi glanced at him, didn't say anything more, only looked down at a pool of lively koi and didn't speak. After he was injured and fell into a coma that night, Chu Bozhou led his men and horses around the town overnight and quietly rushed back to Xijing. Leaving Liu Jiajun's control and having a good doctor for diagnosis and treatment, Liu Jiayao's sanity gradually came to her senses, and her mother and son were safe. The old prince, who had been sick for a long time and had been holding on with a sigh of relief, saw his son leading his pregnant daughter-in-law back safely, and finally settled down, and passed away with a smile the next day.
At that time, Shao Suyi was still lying on the bed to recuperate from his injuries, and he was drugged and slept in a daze. When he was able to walk around on the ground, the old prince had already entered the hall, and the spirit was stopped in the hall, and the Empress Dowager Zhou specially sent someone to mourn, just waiting for the first seven years later, and rushed to the imperial tomb. Later, it was Duan Ziyi who came back for Chu Bo Zhou, who was too busy, to pass the word, and Shao Suyi knew that the reason why the Empress Dowager Zhou pretended to give grace to King Jing's Mansion and acquiesced in Chu Bo Zhou's army to take the soldiers out of the city to welcome Liu Jiayao back was because the old prince made a deal with the Empress Dowager Zhou with half of the tiger talisman left to him by the first emperor.
Three months ago, the monarch of Chu died, and Empress Zhou, who had controlled the court for many years, became a Empress Dowager Zhou who could really listen to the government. Thinking that the king of a country trembled when he was alive, he had been in the shadow of the queen Zhou family for a lifetime, but when he was dying, he suddenly became the master and handed over the half of the tiger talisman that the Zhou family had coveted for a long time to King Jing. I hope to borrow my two imperial uncles: King Jing and King Li, who holds the other half of the tiger talisman and is in charge of Wen Yun's military power, to suppress the arrogance of the Zhou family, and don't let the country of Wen Yun change the master.
However, the first emperor lived up to his reputation as a straw bag, and the last thing he did before he breathed was very inauthentic. Although Empress Dowager Zhou has been strong and ruthless all her life, she has a weakness, that is, her young son, who is as precious as an eyeball, and now the new emperor Chu Hui'an, will never tolerate others threatening her son's throne. The first emperor would rather leave it to the two old princes than his own son, which really made the Empress Dowager Zhou feel angry and angry.
The first emperor died and the lights went out, and no matter how fierce the Empress Dowager Zhou was, she didn't dare to risk the disapproval of the world to whip the corpse. I can't find a place to relieve this breath, so I naturally want to find the bad luck of the two old princes first. King Li's vein is quite powerful in the army, and the Empress Dowager Zhou has to be a little jealous, so she had to turn the spearhead and pick King Jing, a "soft persimmon" who has not been active in the court for a long time. On the grounds of the national funeral, Chu Bozhou, the son of King Jing, who rarely returned to Beijing to visit the old prince, was also grounded in King Jing's mansion, and sent people to secretly arrest the princess Liu Jiayao, wanting to combine grace and power, and get the support of King Jing's faction.
The old prince knew that the limit was coming, and he thought about his daughter-in-law's unmet grandson, and after meeting his old brother King Li in private, he immediately presented half of the tiger talisman in his hand to the Empress Dowager Zhou. The ecstatic Empress Dowager Zhou saw that King Jing was so well-behaved, and remembered that Chu Bozhou's biological mother and the old princess who died early was also the noble daughter of the previous generation of their Zhou family, and finally pulled out a trace of pity and sympathy from her cold heart, so she agreed to the old prince's request and let Chu Bozhou continue to be an idle clan.
Speaking of the old prince who fought on the battlefield for the king in the first half of his life, and spent the second half of his life planning for his descendants, Shao Suyi only hated that he didn't have the opportunity to meet and see the heroism of the old prince with his own eyes. Shao Suhui has lived in the paradise of Shaohua Valley all these years, and he is also the master of the Jingyao Society who oversees the overall situation and gives orders, but he almost forgot that among the countries of the human race, the imperial power is still supreme. The majesty of the heavenly family, who dares to compete with it. Without strong strength, where does the supreme power come from?
Thinking of this, a thought flashed in Shao Suyi's heart, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes, "Tomorrow, when it's clean, I'll go and toast the old man." ”
"Okay." Chu Bozhou happily agreed, "I came to you today, or for Jiajun's business." Chu Bozhou paused as he spoke, and saw that Shao Suxuan's face was as usual, before he continued: "He is young, and he strayed into the smoky Jianghu sect like the Immortal Sect, and he did this kind of thing, I am afraid that it is also because he was deceived by others." I know that Master Su has been going out early and returning late these days, it must be because you want to investigate the matter of the Immortal Gate. If there is news of Jiajun, please open the net and spare his life. After all, he is Liu Mei's younger brother. ”
Shao Suyi turned sideways and refused to accept Chu Bozhou's salute, Liu Jiajun had already confessed that day, and Liu Jiayao was held hostage because he wanted to ask Chu Bozhou for something. He and Duan Ziyi were innocently implicated, and when they left King Jing's Mansion, neither Liu Jiajun nor the Changshengmen behind him had any reason to trouble them. Shao Suyi understands that the smartest way is to stay out of the matter, but in the end, he is still a little curious. "What is Liu Jiajun looking for?"
Chu Bozhou hesitated a little when he heard this, this time they met, and the identities and status of the two suddenly changed, although they had a tacit understanding and never spread out to say, in the end, there was some life, not as intimate as when they drank together in Northern Xinjiang before. "Jiajun has never mentioned this matter before, I have been guessing for a few days, and I think what he wants is probably a bronze mirror handed down by my mother."
"Bronze mirror? What's so strange about it? Shao Suxuan frowned, and was about to ask carefully, but who expected Chu Bozhou to suddenly take out something and stuff it into his hand. When my mother died, I was too young to remember much. I only vaguely remember that this mirror seems to have some connection with Devil's City. I don't see why I can't see why, and all that remains in my hands is scrap metal and rotten iron. Since you and Su Gongzi are going to the Western Regions, they are probably destined for this thing, so I will give it to you. ”
Fang Cai also said that if he didn't wade into the troubled waters of Liu Jiajun and Changshengmen, who expected that Chu Bozhou would send such a hot potato over when he turned his head. Shao Suyi was a little uneasy in her heart, and always felt that things were going too smoothly, which was not a good sign. His eyelids jumped, and he finally suppressed the expression on his face, and before he could excuse himself, Chu Bozhou had already dropped his things and turned his head away.