Zhao Ji said: "I can't believe it, it's really good that I came out alive-" He turned his head to Liu Anshi and said, "Lord Liu, aren't you in a hurry, right? I have something I want to talk to you about, I wonder if you are free?"

Liu Anshi smiled: "That's really polite. I've been in prison for so long, what can I do? ”

Wang Liefeng smiled slightly: "Lord Liu doesn't know yet?—— Lord Liu, bringing you out is not the will of His Highness, but the intention of His Royal Highness King Duan." He will do everything he can to get you out, even to the point of finding this prison, to save you no matter what. ”

Liu Anshi hurriedly said: "Thank you General Wang, thank you His Royal Highness King Duan!"

Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "Lord Liu, if you really want to say that you are here to save you, I don't dare to do it! I want to find Lord Liu, you are true, and you have indeed experienced it when you go to the prison, but you also know that who would want to be imprisoned as a prisoner in the prison? At least, you have to rob the prison or release people through a relationship, which can be regarded as a successful rescue, right? Who knows that things are not done well, and everyone suffers. If it weren't for General Wang's vigorous skills, coupled with the assistance of Lord Liu, and finally the timely rescue of Wanyan Shaoxia, we would have been able to get out of danger. Alas, it is a pity that the escape from one danger and the new trouble followed, far from over...... Master Liu, do you remember me? I am Zhao Ji, and I met you when I was a child. I'm here to see you because I have something important to ask for. When the accident happened, I remembered what my father said, if something big happened in the future, I would go to Uncle Liu Anshi and Uncle Liu, and he would know what had happened. I seem to be in a very dangerous situation now, and I may not even be able to save my own life, so I am compelled to come to you. ”

Liu Anshi said: "His Royal Highness Duanwang, what are these words? My life was given by His Royal Highness Duanwang and General Wang. I just don't know why His Royal Highness Duan Wang is in a hurry to find me? Is something big wrong? Forgive me for being closed to the news, and I never thought that I could come out of this prison again, and I don't know anything about the situation in the outside world. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji suddenly knelt down towards him, buried his knees in the unmelted snow, raised his head to look at Liu Anshi, and choked up: "Lord Liu, my life is in danger now, I just ask you to save my life." ”

As he spoke, his eyes turned red. It's the silent sobbing that keeps rolling but never falls—it's not even a sob, it's a silent sob, it's a hidden and unwilling, hateful one.

There are many ways to ask for help. If they are equal, they will take a step back and become humble, but they should not be too exaggerated, which will make the other party feel that this matter is too difficult to accomplish and will retreat; if it is the superior to the subordinate, then change to an equal attitude, and invite others to do things in a consultative tone, which will make people feel flattered and excited: they can do the work that even this adult cannot do!

But Zhao Ji is like this, he simply regards Liu Anshi as the last straw, the savior, and the only person who can help him get out of the predicament.

Some things don't have to go according to plan, they just need to be achieved. Saving people from fire and water is the same, knowing the motive and the result, you can determine whether you are safe or not.

When I was in prison, the atmosphere was too tense, and I was hovering on the edge of life and death every minute, and I didn't even have time to salute. In the face of life and death, etiquette is superfluous. But as long as you continue to live, you will recover again, which is something that cannot be avoided in a person's life.

Wan Yansheng or Wang Liefeng, for Zhao Ji at this moment, it is not important, Wang Liefeng is not an outsider, and he will not say it, he doesn't care about this kneeling. The important thing is to make Liu Anshi feel sincerity.

Liu Anshi was taken aback, and hurriedly bent down and stretched out his hand to help Zhao Ji up: "Ah, please hurry up, why bother to make this big gift! What is Lord Liu, just call Uncle Liu as before." Hey, I hugged you before, but now it's so big—— His Royal Highness Duanwang, you are kind to the old minister, and the minister doesn't know how to repay it...... It's just that the old minister is now losing power, his allies are all gone, and he has no connections, so I'm afraid he can't do it!"

Liu Anshi has seen a lot of hypocritical crying, and he doesn't look forward to solving the problem at all, but with the purpose of making a big fuss and disrupting the order, although he is an adult, he uses a child's method to escape, which is doubly annoying. At the moment, although King Duan doesn't know whether it is true or false, his attitude is very restrained, at least he is a child who knows how to measure, not to mention saving himself - no matter what the purpose, this favor must be returned.

Zhao Ji rolled his eyes, slowly stood up, and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Wei, Uncle Gao, and Uncle Qi in the court, I occasionally met after the next dynasty, and they always chatted with emotion, saying that if Uncle Liu was here, it would be good if you were there, and they would definitely be able to turn the tide." ”

Liu Anshi's eyes lit up: "Oh, they're still there!"

"Yes, Uncle Liu. It is said that the emperor also valued you very much, thinking that you are a generation of virtuous ministers, and the Great Song Dynasty is really great with you. The emperor told me many stories about you, and this story was told to him by you - you studied under Sima Guang, lived in the world with 'sincerity', never lied, and always been taught in peace and tireless. Because of this way of life without lying, when you were first appointed as a counselor, you did not want to be ordered by the king, but went back to your mother and said, 'If you take up this official position, you must always use your own life as a bargaining chip, because it is too easy to offend the dragon's power, disobey the holy will, and calamity and punishment will come at any time.' Taking advantage of the emperor's filial piety to govern the world, if his mother retires because of her old age, she may not have to hold this position. But your mother rejected your idea and said: 'What an honour it is for me to hear that the counsellor is the most truth-telling man before the Son of Heaven.' Your father wanted to be a counselor all his life but couldn't do it, and now you are fortunate to be in this position, and you are rightly dedicating yourself to serving your country. Even if you are convicted and exiled, I will live with you, no matter how far or near you are. ’

"You were thus appointed, and from then on you always had a fair and strict attitude in the court, and you were bold and loyal, and you fought on the basis of reason, so that people were impressed in person. You argue in the court in person, sometimes provoke the anger of the first emperor Long Yan, you are not afraid, but the book is written and stands, and wait until the first emperor has dissipated some of his anger, and then repeat the previous admonition until the emperor accepts it. The whole court fears you and calls you the 'Tiger of the Palace' - if you have an enemy, it is only because of all the hypocrisy and darkness in this world, you are destined to oppose it by nature, and you have no personal grudges, and you have no personal enemies. ”

"The emperor also treated you sincerely, but after you were framed by the wicked, he died before he could rehabilitate you - you don't know how much your father respects you. When I was young, I always said in private that if I was disobedient and handed over to Uncle Liu for a few years, I would definitely become a polite gentleman. But I was always afraid that Uncle Liu would be as strict with me as my father, and I cried and made trouble and didn't dare to see me. Until I met Uncle Liu, it turned out to be an uncle with a good temper and easy to talk, which was really good. ”

Liu Anshi was very grateful, and hurriedly said: "If someone can appreciate the old minister, these decades are worth it, let alone His Royal Highness King Duan." If Your Highness wants to ask me anything, what do you want, and the old minister will know everything and do his best, if he still has the ability. It's just a pity that now, Lao Chen has been in prison for more than ten years, and although he was rescued, he still can't be regarded as officially exonerated from his crimes......

"You don't have to worry about that. Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I have already prepared a place for you to live." If you have any difficulties, I will do my best to help you. And everything you have lost, I will try my best to help you get it back, I Zhao Ji swear to God here, my promise is not half a lie. ”

Liu Anshi immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed in thanksgiving: "His Royal Highness King Xie Duan!"

Zhao Ji said: "Uncle Liu,—— I will definitely do what I promised, and I will never break my promise, and I will not thank you." It's just that I'm worried that the people who committed rebellion in the palace are now too rampant, and the reason why I will be sent to the prison is that I am afraid that I will not be able to get rid of this person. ”

As soon as Liu Anshi heard it, he knew that there was some hatred in his voice, and said: "What His Royal Highness Duan Wang said is Lord Zhangduanzhang? ”

Zhao Ji heard Liu Anshi's anger. He nodded and said: "If a person is prosperous, if it is beneficial to others, there is nothing to hate, he is just obedient to him, but if a person is for his own interests, with a face as thick as the city wall, and mixes with the wind and water, it is also a personal pursuit, and there is nothing to stop." However, the destruction of a great order is originally a relationship that affects the whole body, and he has to turn the world upside down and it will be difficult to end, and if the great cause of hundreds of years is completely destroyed by such a person, what kind of disaster will it be--I can't imagine it. I also believe that all those who have contributed to this will not allow such nonsense, but his current power is too great, and he has united Du, Xiao, Jin, and Gu to form a party for personal gain and collude, but no one dares to touch him. ”

Zhao Ji said very earnestly. The words are tearful, and the voice is hoarse, but the words are clear and firm. If a person weeps because of grief, he will not be able to speak, and if reason prevails and it is more difficult to shed tears. His purpose is to know it with affection and move with reason, and the important thing is that Liu Anshi must agree.

Liu Anshi was also very angry when he heard this, and while listening, he paced back and forth, and sighed: "How can this be reasonable, how can this be reasonable?!" He turned his head sharply and asked Zhao Ji: "Zhang Dun, that old thing, what did he do to make King Duan so angry?"

Zhao Ji sighed. He didn't say it directly, but asked him: "Uncle Liu, do you remember what happened when my brother ascended the throne?"

Liu Anshi said hatefully: "His Royal Highness King Duan, how can I not remember? Before that, several of our advisors tried to impeach him many times, but they were unsuccessful; in the eighth year of Yuan You, when Emperor Zi Zhezong ascended the throne today, Zhang Dian was appointed as the prime minister, and all those who were changed by Yuan You replied, citing Cai, Bian and other henchmen, all of whom held important positions. How cruel his methods were! No bureaucrats, big or small, were spared. He even begged to dig up the grave of my Venerable Master Sima Guang and cut down his coffin...... Thanks to the emperor's lack of consent, the respected teacher was not whipped to the corpse!"

The viciousness of its methods makes people feel chills in their hearts.

Zhao Ji said awe-inspiringly: "This is exactly what happened. And your own business, maybe you don't want to talk about it - the matter goes back a few years, and I also say it by hearsay, just standing and talking without backache. If it's inaccurate, please correct me. When his elder brother first ascended the throne, because he was too young and had no real power, he was ruled by the Empress Dowager Gao until he was seventeen years old. has been disciplined since childhood, and naturally has a rebellious heart, so my brother is not happy, and always works against the Empress Dowager Gao. At first, in order to take care of her young brother, Empress Dowager Gao invited more than a dozen old palace maids to take care of him, so that her brother was even more unhappy. A few years passed, and my brother grew up slowly. Honestly, little kid, you don't know what he likes, but you have to think about it in every way. But once you reach adulthood, especially when a man becomes an adult, you just give him a woman, and you will be sure. In order to control her brother, Empress Dowager Gao began to look for a 'wet nurse' for her brother to take care of him - she said that she was a wet nurse, but she was a young and beautiful woman, and she couldn't fight with the wet nurse. So, Lord Liu, you have spoken out. Is that the case?"

Liu Anshi smiled miserably: "There is indeed such a thing, I didn't expect that His Royal Highness King Duan has grown up and knows everything about the affairs of the court." ”

Zhao Ji bowed his head and said, "Uncle Liu has won the award." How dare I know about the affairs of the imperial court, beautiful women, charming wet nurses, the first trial of clouds and rain, these things, but they are all palace affairs, I, a boring person who loves to play all day long, usually like to listen to it. ”

Liu Anshi suddenly realized: "That's right, the matter of the palace...... I'm in charge of what I shouldn't be in charge of!"

Zhao Ji lowered his eyes and smiled, brushed a strand of broken hair on his sideburns, and said, "That's not necessarily." In order for the Son of Heaven to be able to govern the country smoothly, you should be in charge of everything, not to mention that you are just putting forward some valuable suggestions, aren't you? Uncle Liu, you said to your brother bluntly at that time: 'Your Majesty is in the prime of life, and you are close to women without accepting the queen. I hope that the Empress Dowager will bless the body of the saints, discuss the major affairs of the temple society, and in her spare time, she should visit the imperial scriptures more often, and still quote the gist of the ministers and the ancient chaos, so as to broaden the sacred learning, and do not indulge in what you love but forget that it can be used as an admonition. But as for my brother, I heard that he just kept his head down and did not answer, and the Queen Mother was surprised when she first heard about it, but she did not immediately show it, for she was supposed to be omniscient. So the Empress Dowager will say, there is no such thing at all, you just misheard, and so on, but it is not that you don't care. After all, the Empress Dowager is a person with direct dragon blood, and she is more concerned about the safety of the world than to please today's son. The next day, the Queen Mother acted immediately, leaving Lu Dafang to report the reason to her. Is that so?"

Liu Anshi said: "That's right. After Lu Dafang retreated from the court, he served as an envoy to Fan Zuyu, the lord in the matter, and conveyed the will of the queen mother. Fan Zuyu is good friends with the old minister, and he once used this to advise, but it was unsuccessful, thinking that because it was a matter of men and women in the palace, he didn't have to worry too much, but he unexpectedly alarmed the queen mother, which had to be managed. So the old minister decided to jointly state the matter with Fan Zuyu. The old minister still remembered the emperor's face at that time, it was called a good-looking wow! Red for a while, white for a while, green for a while, bowed his head and said nothing, but he was very shocked. After all, he is still a child, and it is not all his fault, who called him the son of heaven? If no one interferes with it, the emperor may change it, I don't know——"

"It's a pity, at that time, Prime Minister Zhang did whatever it took to get rid of you. He spoke of your great disrespect, listed your crimes, and just in time for my brother to be in a bad mood, so Uncle Liu, you were imprisoned. Zhao Ji said unhurriedly, "I guess you, like me, thought that you would be locked in a good room, with good food and drink, and when the emperor was discouraged, he would naturally release you; ”

Liu Anshi smiled bitterly: "Isn't it? The reason why Lao Chen tried to live was to remake my piano. If he succeeds and can make a sound, the old minister will play a song in that prison and then commit suicide. What did the ancients say? Chaowen said, it is okay to die at night. If the old minister plays the piano, he will fulfill his long-cherished wish. It's just that now it seems that the old minister's life should not be extinguished. ”

His voice was a little excited, as if it was a horn that was blown before the battle, and before it was blown, there was a high-spirited atmosphere in the air.

Zhao Ji smiled with relief: "It's great that you can think like this." So, I hope you'll believe what I'm saying next, no matter how ridiculous it sounds, but it's a reality that is actually happening these days. ”

Liu Anshi frowned, and said a little nervously: "His Royal Highness King Duan, please speak." ”

Zhao Ji said word by word: "Prime Minister Zhang, united with Zhao Tong, the king of Shen, with the intention of usurping power. ”

"What? usurp ......" Liu Anshi was suddenly shocked, and even his voice changed his tone, and halfway through his words, he reflexively retracted it. He was shocked and said, "His Royal Highness King Duan, are you sure? This kind of thing can't be talked about!"

Zhao Ji knelt on the ground, word by word, and said firmly: "Now, my brother, that is, the son of the dynasty, Zhao Xu of Song Zhezong, has a highly poisonous body, which is exactly the same as when the first emperor died, and he has not been able to find out what kind of poison it is. I heard that the first emperor was only one step away from coming back to life at that time, but unfortunately he was not saved. Emperor Xu knew that a great calamity was coming, so he also reminded me, saying that you could save me. Now, my brother's life is in danger, and Prime Minister Zhang wants to blame me, and his sinister intentions are clearly exposed and rampant. I only hope that Uncle Liu can help me, or find a way to detoxify, or explain my innocence. Zhao Ji had nothing else to ask for, and was willing to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests after that, just to live. ”

Liu Anshi heard this and sighed: "I see...... Tiger poison does not eat children, but in the whole world, fratricide is so common! Your Royal Highness Duanwang, the more low-key you are now, the more you will be persecuted, and a gentle solution has come to naught. If you don't make a sound, it's just a blockbuster, if you fight hard, it's very likely to kill the enemy by surprise, but the means may be more ferocious. His Royal Highness King Duan, if you are willing to pay such a price, the old minister is willing to help with this.

Listening to his words, Zhao Ji relieved himself. He cleared his throat, bowed deeply to Liu Anshi, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Lord Liu." ”

Liu Anshi was still sighing: "I didn't expect that it was just a small trouble, but now it has become such a big hidden danger, so big that it threatens the safety of the royal family, I really didn't expect it, I didn't expect it." ”

Wang Liefeng suddenly said: "Lord Liu, dare to ask, what kind of trouble is it?"

Liu Anshi said: "When you ask this, you probably guessed a little." This trouble must have threatened you, didn't it?"

Wang Liefeng said with a smile: "Lord Liu is really discerning. ”