Seventy-three

For the sake of his safety, the news that Zhao Cheng was still alive did not spread, and even the Queen Mother was temporarily hidden - no one dared to guarantee that the Queen Mother would not have the Zhang family's eyeliner by her side. Although Lord Rui is not afraid that the Zhang family will send someone to stop and chase again, it is better to be cautious in the end. Prince Rui really didn't want his son to encounter too many rough things on the way back to Beijing.

As for getting rid of the Zhang family, this matter is simple to say, but it is not easy to do. Zhang Tingliang was born in the military, in recent years, due to the emperor's intentional or unintentional connivance, the power has developed very rapidly, and there are many people under his command, that is, the emperor wants to pull him off the horse, first, there must be an excuse, and second, he must find a good replacement, otherwise, this huge piece of fat will not fall into the hands of others.

Lord Rui also knew these truths, so he was very calm, he held back the anger in his heart and remained silent, but privately went to the king of Qi and asked him to quietly go out of Beijing to Yunzhou to pick up people.

"Brother Shun?" King Qi was almost stupid, and then he was so happy that he couldn't speak, "Shun...... Brother Shun...... He's alive! Is he in Yunzhou? Okay, I'll go now, and I'll pick him up tomorrow. ”

However, there are so many people in Ruiwangfu, they don't send anything for Lu, so they prefer him to pick him up? King Qi was inevitably a little puzzled, and after thinking about it, he simply asked directly.

King Rui didn't hide it from him, and told him again what the little marquis of Changping said in the letter, and then sighed: "Those people in my house are staring at the Zhang family, if they suddenly send out Lu, they can't guarantee that they won't think about it, if they accidentally leak the news, they dare to do anything." Although I wasn't afraid of him, I didn't want Brother Shun to be frightened, so I thought about it, so I came to ask Lao Qi for your help. First, they won't pay attention, and second, Brother Shun has always been close to you, and when he sees you, he feels more cordial when he wants to come. ”

When King Qi heard this, he immediately stopped talking. If it were the usual, he would have to praise himself triumphantly for his foresight, and he refused to let the Zhang family enter the door, but now is obviously not the time to say such things, Brother Shun almost didn't let the Zhang family die, and King Rui's face was crying at first glance. King Qi didn't dare to make him cry anymore.

"By the way, does my sister-in-law know that Brother Shun is still alive?"

A rare smile appeared on King Rui's face, "I'll go out of the city in a while to find your second sister-in-law and talk to her in person." "Since Brother Ping's accident two years ago, Princess Rui hated him, and he didn't have a good face when he met, and later even moved to live in the grange, King Rui felt guilty and sad, but he never had the face to see her, and now he knows that Brother Shun is still alive, so he naturally wants to tell Princess Rui in person.

King Qi naturally knew the contradiction between King Rui and his wife, nodded with a smile, and carefully asked Zhao Chengjin's address in Yunzhou, and then sent King Rui out of the house, and said: "Second brother, hurry up and find your sister-in-law, the city gate will be closed if it's too late." ”

After sending King Rui away, King Qi immediately beckoned the people in the palace to pack his luggage, and then gathered all the guards in the palace in the racecourse of the palace, changed into hunting clothes and swaggered around in front of everyone. ”

His Royal Highness King Qi's unreliable image has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he has done this kind of thing by leading a group of guards to go out to hunt, with such a master, what else can they pursue? Of course, there are also people here who are just as fun-loving as His Royal Highness King Qi, and as soon as they heard the news, they immediately became excited, and shouted loudly, while the rest of the people were weak, drooped their heads in response, and went back dejectedly.

Early in the morning of the second day, His Royal Highness the King of Qi led 30 guards from the north gate out of Beijing, quite high-profile, and in less than half a day, the whole court knew about it. When the Queen Mother heard about it, she was so angry that she scolded him in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

Out of Beijing only ten miles, the king of Qi suddenly ordered all to stop and standby, after a while, he saw that the steward Xu drove the carriage to follow, and after saluting the king of Qi, he beckoned his subordinates to move all the clothes in the carriage.

"I've changed my clothes!" The king of Qi rode on his horse, tilted his head high and commanded the guards. The guards suddenly felt strange, in fact, as soon as Steward Xu appeared, the guards who were already some clever began to figure out a little taste: Who is Steward Xu, that is the henchman of Prince Rui, if His Royal Highness King Qi really goes hunting, it is too late for Prince Rui to scold, how can he send Steward Xu out to see him off? So...... In fact, this is just in the name of hunting, and what is really to be done is probably not enough for outsiders.

The guards were a little excited when they thought of this. Although they have already resigned themselves to their fate, as long as they are men, who doesn't want to make some achievements, now is not an opportunity. Although I don't know what the purpose of Lu Dao's trip is, since it is related to the Rui Wangfu, it is much better than following His Royal Highness the King of Qi to hunt.

The guards were glad that they had come out, and there were many guards in the palace who had asked for leave under various excuses, and when they had made a great contribution and returned, those guys had to cry with anger.

The guards changed their clothes in a good manner, and they all dressed up as ordinary people, and Steward Xu inspected it, nodded, and bowed deeply to the King of Qi, and said solemnly: "In this way, His Royal Highness the King of Laoqi." ”

King Qi pretended to wave his hand impatiently, "Don't talk this nonsense, and let the second brother thank me when this king brings people back." ”

Is it to find someone? The guards pricked up their ears and eavesdropped while secretly wondering in their hearts, this matter is related to Lord Rui, who could it be?

"I have made it clear to this king, from now on, you are no longer the guards of the Qi Palace, but the dart master of the Longwei Dart Bureau, follow the master and I will go to Yunzhou to do the fur business, and someone will tell you carefully in a while. If someone on the road has a stubble and spreads this matter...... King Qi's pupils shrank, and his gaze instantly became as fierce as a wolf, although the following words did not continue, everyone could hear his unfinished threat.

I didn't expect His Royal Highness King Qi to have such a fierce time.

However, the more cautious His Royal Highness King Qi's attitude is, the more important this action is! The guards are gearing up, just hoping that they can show their strength and make great achievements.

Along with Steward Xu, there were also two shopkeepers in the shop of Rui Wangfu, both of whom were old people in the palace, and they were carefully beaten before going out, and more importantly, the relatives of the family were also in Beijing, and no one dared to mess around, even if they didn't even dare to say a word.

These two shopkeepers have been in charge of the shop of the Rui Wangfu, have been doing business for many years, have a lot of experience, and treat people and things very well, along the way, the two of them are responsible for everything on the road, as for His Royal Highness the King of Qi, he plays the role of the youngest son of a wealthy businessman in the capital who came out to do business for the first time, and there are many places that do not understand but can be said.

This group of people is extremely fast, and they are fast. Day and night, it took about ten days to arrive in Yunzhou.

Compared with the bustling capital, Yunzhou is really nothing, the city walls are not high, there are not many people on the street, and the clothes are also tattered.

"I heard that it was a drought that caused many people to starve to death." The guard who went out to inquire about the news came back and said: "There were still homeless people making trouble last month, but now it is much more peaceful. Yunzhou is quite good, and the rest of the places are even worse, there are fights on the Jizhou side, and there are countless casualties. ”

King Qi's face was very serious, he didn't speak, he sat at the window on the second floor of the inn and looked down, looking at this dilapidated and old town, most of the people on the street were sallow-faced, and they were in a hurry, and there were some ragged beggars standing or lying on their stomachs at the corner of the street, thin like a skeleton, and the half-grown child looked at the old steamed buns in the shop, and a child finally couldn't help it, and quietly moved to the steamer, and just stretched out his hand, he was seen by the guy in the shop, and immediately screamed and rushed over to push him away......

King Qi turned his face fiercely and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he beckoned a guard to come over and said, "You go down and have a look." After a while, the guard came up again, bowed down and replied, "The subordinate gave the shop a tael of silver, and asked him to give the boy two steamed buns every day." "Whether it's money or food, the child can't protect it, which is also a good idea, and if it were him, he can't think of a better way. King Qi nodded, sighed again, and lowered his head to drink a cup of tea.

The world is so difficult, how did Brother Shun'er live?

King Qi was not in a hurry to pick up people, he didn't know the address of the Meng family, and he rushed to inquire, but it would arouse the suspicion of others, after all, Yunzhou is too small, and suddenly there are so many strange faces, I'm afraid that someone has already been staring at it, second, the letter of the little marquis of Changping said that Brother Shun has a very good relationship with the family who adopted him, even if he goes to pick up people, he needs to say hello in advance.

So King Qi patiently stayed in the inn, and let the two shopkeepers of King Rui's Mansion run all over the city, making a gesture of making a big deal.

That night, the little marquis of Changping arrived in person, in order not to attract attention, he still dressed up as a poor person, ragged clothes, old felt hats, and rustic appearance. As a result, as soon as he entered the room, he was ridiculed by King Qi, "Look at what you look like," His Royal Highness King Qi automatically turned on the mockery mode, "You can't do anything if you don't have a good brain, I really think that people won't recognize you when you change your clothes, just your murderous little eyes, and people who wear a sack will know that you are a murderer." I said that even if you want to pretend, you don't have to make yourself look like this, the clothes have to be washed and cleaned, and this smells...... It's like you've never taken a bath in your life, and you can be smoked to death by flies flying......"

They are all mixed people in the capital, although they usually don't deal with each other much, but he still knows the virtue of King Qi, and the little marquis of Changping does not refute a word, he nags, sits down by himself, and sees that there is still a supper on the table, and he starts eating without saying a word......

King Qi nagged and mocked him for a long time, but there was no response at all, and he was suddenly half angry and roared: "You haven't eaten for many days, the starving ghost is reincarnated, you know how to eat and eat!" ”

The little marquis of Changping was not angry at all, swallowed the contents of his mouth, drank another cup of tea, and then replied slowly: "There is no way, there is a disaster and famine in Yunzhou, it doesn't matter if you have money, you can't buy anything, how many days have Lao Tzu eaten steamed buns." "Since he came to Yunzhou to sneak in and spy on the news, he can't run into the hall out of sight, if it arouses suspicion, it will be in vain.

King Qi's face finally changed a little, and he was even a little embarrassed, but he quickly put this embarrassment aside, and there was a rare amount of heaviness in his voice, "Brother Shun doesn't know how much Lu Dao has suffered. ”

"He's very good," to the surprise of King Qi, the little marquis of Changping replied with a smile: "Don't underestimate the little officials in the city, that's the one who really has the ability, the Meng family is not hungry, but last time there were homeless people who were instructed to go to the Meng family to rob, Brother Shun was injured a little and is being raised at home." I saw him yesterday, but he's gained some weight. ”

King Qi: "......"

The sadness he had been brewing when he entered the city disappeared in an instant.

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