Although the emperor's will said that King Guangping did not need to rush back to Beijing, and waited for the wind and snow to stop, so as not to blow the wind and get cold, but King Guangping did not really delay not returning to Beijing, after all, the emperor's will also said that the Queen Mother wanted him to die.

As a filial son, how can he know that his mother is worried about him, and he only cares about being happy outside? Of course, I had to pack my bags and go home quickly.

On the fourth day of their arrival in Tianjin, the wind and snow stopped, and the sun came out of the sky. With such good weather, if you don't hurry up, what if you encounter another wind and snow? So the father and son of King Guangping and the grandmother of the Zhao family were busy packing up and planning to set off. As for Master Jiang's family? Regardless of whether they themselves are willing to say goodbye or not, they have to help prepare, and it is impossible to keep them anymore - the Queen Mother is still waiting for her son to go back.

Tianjin to the capital is only more than 200 miles away, if you take the canal, there is floating ice on the river surface, frozen, you have to first turn to Tongzhou, and then change to the land, but it is inconvenient, but the official road is spacious and stable, and it is faster to take the carriage directly. So the king of Guangping ordered the fleet to stay behind, carrying large luggage and unimportant entourages to go slowly, and he and his son, the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhao family, and a number of officials of the royal palace took a step ahead in a carriage. The carriage had already been brought to the ship, and it would not take much trouble to take it out at this time.

They set out on the morning of the fourth day, considering that the king of Guangping was a sick person, and the Duchess of Jiannan County, Zhang, was also old and not in good health, so they did not walk very fast, and stayed overnight in Wuqing County in the evening, and got up early the next morning to continue on their way, and finally caught up before the sun set on the fifth day. Entered the capital.

The Guangping Palaces and the Jiannan Hou Mansion were in different directions, and soon after entering the city, the two families separated. Gao Zhen rode his horse. solemnly bid farewell in front of the carriage between Zhang and Zhao Xiu, and specially instructed Zhao Xiu: "After returning to the palace, the palace may have to summon us, and the imperial grandmother may stay in the palace for a few more days." It takes several days to work, I can't go over the house to visit, Sister Zhao doesn't have to worry, just arrange her own things. If anything. I'll let the inkwell come and talk about it. ”

Zhao Xiu's face flushed and answered in a low voice. The wheels of the carriage slowly turned, and she watched Gao Zhen follow King Guangping and his party into another street. gradually drifted away, and I couldn't help but feel a little reluctant in my heart. Since last autumn, she has sailed south with the Quang Binh King ship, and she has come all the way. More than half the time. She and Gao Zhen see each other day and night, day and night, as if it has become a habit. Now that she is separated, she knows in her heart that the two of them will no longer be able to see each other as lightly as before, so how can she not be upset in her heart?

Zhang looked at his granddaughter's expression and couldn't help but sigh. Zhao Xiu woke up and asked with a somewhat uncomfortable smile: "Why is grandmother sighing?" Zhang didn't answer. only asked her: "Just say goodbye, why does the prince have to come over to say something like that to you?" Even though he may not be able to visit the house for a few days. What do you have to worry about? Zhao Xiu's face turned red, and he said hesitantly: "I don't know ...... either" After saying these five words, he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

She always felt that Zhang's gaze seemed to have some deep meaning, and she was so ashamed that she didn't dare to look up, but she felt that time was extremely sad. Fortunately, Jiannanhou's Mansion was not far away, and after a while, they arrived home.

When entering the city, there was already an entourage rushing to the Hou Mansion to report the news, and Wu Laixing, who temporarily took over the position of steward, led a group of servants to welcome the return of Zhang and Zhao Xiu in front of the gate. Wulai Xing's family specially reported to the Zhang family: "Master Hou is still in the yamen, and he has ordered someone to send a letter to him, and he will be back in a while." ”

Zhang was surprised: "It's almost dark, the yamen should have fallen into the yamen a long time ago, why is the Hou Ye still there?" ”

Wu Laixing replied: "The old lady doesn't know, since the Hou Ye came back from the south, he was entrusted with the responsibility of assisting in the trial, and he had to stay in the yamen until dark every day, which was very hard, and he also lost a lot of weight. ”

Zhang Shi was even more worried when he heard this, and Zhao Xiu hurriedly asked, "Then is it normal for him to eat and sleep?" Didn't get sick, did you? Have you prepared some soup for him? ”

Wu Lai Xing's family replied: "Hou Ye's food and lodging are good, and he eats more than before, but he goes to bed late and gets up early, but he has never been sick." Soup had to be prepared in the kitchen every day, and Hou Ye drank it. ”

Wu Laixing continued: "The little one is still not at ease, and he persuaded the Hou Ye to take a break in front of him, and invited the familiar Imperial Doctor Jiang to come over the house to check the pulse." Imperial Doctor Jiang said that Hou Ye is in good health, although he has been a little tired recently, there is no major problem, as long as he sleeps well, eats well, and does not get sick, he will be fine. ”

Zhao Xiu wanted to laugh when he heard it, Jiang Cheng was really slippery, he ate and slept well alone, and he didn't get sick, of course it wouldn't be a big problem, the problem was that Zhao Wei was busy with work, which had affected his sleep. Isn't the family worried about whether his body will be tired?

But when Zhang heard this, he put his mind at ease: "Since Imperial Doctor Jiang said so, it can be seen that Brother Wei is fine." Tonight, our family has a reunion dinner, you explain it and make more soup to replenish your body. Wu Laixing and his wife hurriedly agreed.

Zhao Xiu accompanied Zhang Shi back to her courtyard first, watched her freshen up under the waiter of the girls, changed into homely clothes, and rested on the warm kang before returning to her room to take care of her own affairs. After changing her clothes, she drank two sips of hot tea before she heard a report from her subordinates that Zhao Wei was back.

Zhao Wei really lost a lot of weight compared to when he was separated in Hangzhou, and he was still dark, as if he had experienced a wind and rainforest. But he looks pretty good, and he's quite energetic. After not seeing his grandmother and sister for a long time, his already calm temperament suddenly changed, and he became the innocent teenager he used to be, happily welcoming their return, and the smile on his face was extremely bright. Looking at his smile, Zhao Xiu couldn't help but show a big smile, pulling his brother's sleeve and coquettishly: "Brother, I miss you so much, I haven't seen you for half a year." ”

Zhao Wei smiled and shook his sister's hand: "My brother misses you too, when I heard that there was a tidal disaster in Shanghai, I was really scared, and I regret not staying with you." Later, I heard that Jiading was fine, so I got better. ”

Zhang recited the Buddha: "Don't say that you were startled, we were in Jiading City, and we were also scared all night, until we heard the news that the tide was stopped by the dam, and we didn't let go." I think that if it weren't for Emperor Taizu Longen, who specially ordered Jiangnan to build a sea dam, and it would have been built at any cost, Jiading might not have been able to escape this catastrophe. Our hometown is good, but a lot of people have died, and Nanhui is even more mournful. In fact, they are just a little unlucky, the old dam is no longer sustainable, and the new one has not yet been repaired. If it had been two months later, there wouldn't have been so many deaths. ”

Zhao Wei nodded: "I heard that when Emperor Taizu first mentioned this matter, many people in the court and the opposition felt that it was too much labor and money, and begged him to dispel his mind, but Emperor Taizu insisted on going his own way, and even did not hesitate to reduce the amount of money in the palace, and also allocated the silver in the inner treasury, and even degraded the two most opposed imperial histories, and the matter was implemented smoothly." Now that I think about it, the thoughts of the courtiers at that time were not wrong, but the natural disaster predicted, who could have known that this dam really saved the lives of so many people? ”

Zhao Xiu said with a smile: "It can be seen that nothing can be concluded early, there is no absolute in the world." In order to prevent an accident, the imperial court should have taken protective measures as soon as possible to deal with natural disasters. ”

Zhang sighed: "Amitabha, thanks to the wisdom of Emperor Tai Zu. You Zhengse said to his grandson, "What you are assisting in the trial now is the Shanghai Mansion embankment case, right?" These villains should have been punished severely. It has been nearly 20 years since the Haibang Dam was mentioned, and it has never been on a business trip after three dynasties. If it weren't for those greedy villains who swallowed the money used by the imperial court to renovate the dam, and built a useless dam to deceive the world in order to cover up, how could this year's tide disaster have suffered so many casualties? They have harmed so many lives that they cannot be redeemed even if they die. ”

Zhao Wei said: "My grandson has been staring at it, the adults in Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are also very serious, and the emperor is always asking questions, no one will dare to indulge these prisoners." Grandmother just rest assured. However, he knew in his heart that now whether it was the emperor, the criminal department and the Dali Temple, the focus of the interrogation had been biased to those families and officials colluding with King Ying, and he was more concerned about what the silver they swallowed was used for, and whether King Ying still had any remnants left? As for the catastrophe caused by corruption, it has become secondary. Otherwise, according to the severe consequences of this tidal disaster, the officials involved in the case would have been sentenced to capital punishment a long time ago, and it is impossible for them to be still in custody and on trial today, isn't it because the emperor wants to wipe out all the relevant forces?

But what is certain is that when the emperor gets the answer he wants, these officials will die. There will never be a time when they will get away with it. Therefore, Zhao Wei was willing to participate in the interrogation, carefully collecting every confession.

Zhao Xiu asked him with concern: "My brother has been co-examining for the past few months, is he very busy with work?" I heard Wu Laixing say that you sleep less on weekdays, and I don't know if you have enough rest. The work is not finished, and my brother must always take care of his body. ”

Zhao Wei smiled: "It's okay, I'm measured, and I will never tire myself." Seeing that his grandmother Zhang was about to persuade him, he quickly changed the topic: "Speaking of which, I have learned a lot from watching the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for a few months." Especially in the area of the law, I have read all the books I didn't know before, and I have consulted a few elders, and I have benefited a lot. I think that in the past, I had read the books on the law, and I thought that I knew a lot about the law of the land, but when I really participated in the trial, I felt that what I had learned in the past was completely insufficient. Our family has a rich collection of books, but what about other students? Many officials who came from the imperial examination have to go to the local government to be parents and participate in the trial, what can they know? Isn't it just a dark eye? Therefore, I think that we should add more books on criminal law to the library, knowing that the library is in the library. ”

Zhang didn't care too much about this: "If you think it's good, let someone collect the book and send it, as long as it's useful." She was more concerned about another matter, "Look, we've been talking for a long time, everyone is hungry, right?" Dinner was already set, Brother Wei hurriedly went back to the room to change his clothes, and came over to eat. It's the same if you have something to say in the evening. ”

Zhao Wei agreed, but smiled at Zhao Xiu: "I'll tell my sister a few things in a while, it's a good thing." You'll be happy to hear it. ”

Zhao Xiu looked puzzled. (To be continued......)