Rong Zhao woke up after taking a nap for a while, and his spirit was much better, as if the sight of the dead body on the way was just a dream, and he was no longer there when he woke up. Hearing the shouting of the carriage and horses outside the car, he couldn't wait to drive the curtain to look out, and then patted the head of the shepherd dog in his arms and smiled: "Hey! Blood, look - the walls of the capital are really high! ”

The sheepdog turned around and licked his master's palm as a sign of approval.

Rong Zhao happily turned around and asked Zhang Wanshou: "Grandpa Zhang, is the palace big?" Is it more gorgeous than Jizhou Palace? ”

Zhang Wanshou touched his smooth chin and muttered: "Xichangjing, it is the imperial capital of the previous dynasty that has been repaired for hundreds of years, and it is also the Xiyuan where our Emperor Daqi took refuge in the summer, so it is naturally exquisite and gorgeous, one step at a time." But compared to the imperial palace in Dongshangjing, it is still inferior - well, if it is really compared, this Xichangjing Palace is more exquisite and chic, it is a garden in the south of the Yangtze River, and the palace in Dongshangjing is the place where the Son of Heaven is in the court, more majestic and stronger, like the rivers and mountains of our Great Qi. ”

After entering Dongshang Beijing, it didn't take much time for Rong Zhao to see the place where the Son of Heaven came to the court as Zhang Wanshou said, the Great Qi Palace that gathered the world's power, wealth and bloody bones. The palace walls are majestic, and the palace gate is forested, such a scene has only been seen in movies and TV series in the previous life. Now that he was on the scene, wrapped in a thick cloak and walking through the bluestone paved palace walls, Rong Zhao only felt cold to the bone.

Zhang Wanshou took Rong Hui and Rong Zhao into the Qianyuan Palace, stood outside the gate of the palace, and whispered: "Lord Shizi, General Rong, wait here for a while, let's go in first." ”

"There is Father-in-law." Rong Hui nodded slightly.

Zhang Wanshou glanced at Rong Zhao again, the two of them met their eyes, turned around, and entered the hall door with light steps.

In the Qianyuan Palace, the emperor is sitting on the low couch under the south window for dinner, as the lord of the world, the emperor Zhao Xi's dinner is just four kinds of side dishes and a bowl of porridge, plus four vegetarian buns with soybean oil skin.

After entering the door, Zhang Wanshou didn't dare to squeak when he saw that the emperor was concentrating on eating, but just stood aside quietly and waited silently. The emperor saw him when he looked up to rinse tea after eating the porridge in the bowl, and frowned and said, "Why didn't you say a word when you came back?" What about people? ”

"Back to the emperor, General Rong and Rong Shizi have arrived, waiting outside the palace." Zhang Wanshou handed over the mouthwash tea.

"Well, let's announce it." The emperor handed the teacup to Zhang Wanshou, and pointed to the dishes and chopsticks on the small square table: "Let's withdraw it." ”

A shrill male duck voice came from the main hall: "Xuan-Huwei General Rong Hui, Jingxi Waiting for the Prince Rong Zhao to meet you!" ”

Rong Zhao and Rong Hui tidied up their crowns and belts together and entered the main hall one after another, just saw two little eunuchs carrying a square table and walked out, Rong Zhao glanced at it secretly, and saw the two remaining buns and small pickles eaten on it, thinking that this emperor is quite thrifty, just eat this for dinner?

"Chen Ronghui (Rong Zhao) see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." The two brothers bowed three times and bowed nine times to the Ninety-Five.

After the emperor and the other two people finished the ceremony, he said slowly: "Calm down." ”

"Your Majesty." The two of them thanked each other and kowtowed again before standing up.

"How's Concubine Yue's illness?" The emperor asked.

Rong Hui hurriedly bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Yue is just injured by the cold, just recuperate for a few days, please rest the emperor." ”

"Typhoid fever, naturally, you can't die. However, I heard that the movement is not small. Has Jingxi Hou checked it out? The emperor's gaze was a little cold in the flickering candlelight, and he paused when he swept over Rong Hui, and finally stared at Rong Zhao, "I heard that the crisis was finally solved by a dog?" It can be seen that people are sometimes not as good as dogs! ”

"Wait for a capital offense!" Rong Hui said, and knelt on the ground again to plead guilty for his father: "The minister's father originally wanted to enter Beijing in person to ask for the guilt, but the Western Xinjiang was initially decided, and he, as the lord of the border, did not dare to leave without the emperor's holy decree, so he specially sent the minister to accept the guilt and ask the emperor to punish him." ”

The emperor snorted softly, and said: "If it is the matter of Feiyunjian, Concubine Yue really has something wrong, even if both of you father and son are dismissed from office, they will not be able to withstand this crime." However, fortunately, Concubine Yue is in danger, what is the point of your sin not being invited? ”

Rong Hui didn't expect the emperor to say this, and he couldn't figure out whether to surrender or not, so he kowtowed again: "The matter of Feiyunjian was first ambushed by His Majesty, and then the mother was in danger, it is really the incompetence and dereliction of duty of the minister's father and son, the minister's father is terrified, and the minister and the minister's brother are also embarrassed from time to time. ”

"When I was crossing the Flying Cloud Stream, I was attacked by the remnants of the Qiangrong, but it was only a few remnants of the defeated army, and my dragon guards only sent a small team to break them up. But Concubine Yue's distress this time was very different, I carefully read the reports sent by all parties, and the other party even used gunpowder, sharp arrows, ice mounds and other siege weapons! The dragon guards plus more than 1,200 soldiers from Jingxi Houfu survived, and less than 200 survived! I can't even think about it now! If they had used such a force to intercept and kill me at that time, would I still be able to sit in this Qianyuan Hall and talk to you today?! When the emperor said the back, the anger in his tone couldn't be suppressed.

"Wait for a capital offense!" Rong Hui had to kneel on the ground and plead guilty.

Rong Zhao knelt beside Rong Hui but felt strange in his heart, the emperor just said that last time he was ambushed, he only used a small team of guards to break up those people? Is it broken up? Not total annihilation? Who killed those people in the Firmament?

The emperor knocked on the table angrily again: "The most hateful thing is that Jing Xihou has not come up to talk about this matter in detail until now, which means that he has not figured out this matter until now!" What's the use of killing you if you only know how to plead guilty when something like this happens? Can the truth be revealed to the world by itself? ”

"Back to the emperor, when it comes to the truth of this matter, the minister has something to say." Rong Hui kowtowed.

"Speak!" The emperor waved his sleeves and said loudly.

"Yes." Rong Hui responded, and then said: "The minister, the younger brother and the father-in-law Zhang found the two corpses of the soldiers of the Houfu Mansion in Jingxi on the official road from Jizhou to Beijing, and the faces of the corpses were not clearly distinguished, but there was a blood-stained handkerchief left there, and their names were written on it...... "Rong Hui told the emperor about the corpses on the road as it was, including the rumors in the rivers and lakes about the eroded bones and the condition of the two corpses, etc., what he knew and heard, and he told it in detail without reservation.