Li Jinglong stationed the army between the inner city of Kaifeng and the Xiao wall of the palace, secretly surrounded the Zhou Wangfu, and led 1,000 of his own pro-army and 1,000 Jinyi guards of Zhang Shixing to enter the Forbidden City from the noon gate.

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, led a group of people from the palace to wait in the Duanli Gate and welcomed Li Jinglong into the carrier hall. The king of Zhou first bowed to Li Jinglong four times, because he was a minister of the Qin Mission, and he was ordered to patrol the border. Then King Zhou sat down to the west, and Li Jinglong saluted and said, "Meet the fifth cousin." ”

King Zhou helped him up, looked at him carefully for a long time and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and the style of Jiujiang is better than in the past." ”

Li Jinglong said with a smile: "The fifth uncle has won the award, and the little nephew is a layman, just like the fifth uncle is a virtuous king who saves the people." I don't know what medical book the fifth uncle has been writing recently? ”

King Zhou said: "Ashamed, ashamed, how dare I be virtuous." Since the beginning of the feudal domain, in addition to compiling this "Baosheng Yu Lu", I am currently compiling the "Pocket Prescription", which is divided into categories and detailed and clear for doctors to apply due to illness and medicine. ”

Li Jinglong sighed: "This book must be the culmination of the prescriptions of the doctors of the past dynasties, which will benefit the present generation and cover the future." Kaifeng has five uncles, and the people are blessed. ”

King Zhou waved his hand again and again: "Jiujiang has won the prize." But his face was not without color.

Zhang Shixing peeked at the king of Zhou, and saw that his face was like a crown of jade, with three locks of long hair, he was really a humble gentleman, although he was a fellow mother with Zhu Di, the king of Yan, but he did not have the heroic spirit of the king of Yan.

After the greetings, the king of Zhou ordered his son Zhu Youjia to stew, and the second son Zhu Youjiao, the king of Runan County, came to visit

Li Jinglong, the brothers have not seen each other for many years, and they all complain.

King Zhou asked: "How many days will Jiujiang stay in Kaifeng for this patrol?" ”

Li Jinglong said: "At least five days, more than ten days, after replenishing the horses and grain, we will go north and go to Datong Mansion." ”

King Zhou nodded and said: "Then live in the palace, you and my uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for many years, so let's talk about family life." ”

Li Jinglong shook his head and said: "Thank you Fifth Uncle for your kindness, in this way, the little nephew will be respectful and obedient." ”

King Zhou smiled: "You and I are dear, what are you polite?" ”

King Zhou led Li Jinglong and his entourage to the backyard of the palace, only to see the pavilions and pavilions, strange flowers and plants, exquisite and elegant, breathtaking. There is a mountain in the courtyard, the name is called the coal mountain, it is piled up artificially, the mountain is about ten zhang high, the pine and cypress become a forest, the stone tablet is erected under it, the book says: "the gathering place of the eight immortals". There is a pond under the mountain, there is a big hammer in the pool, the rapids on the mountain rush down, the big hammer is tumbling up and down in the pool, the name is called: "the sea and the sun throw the hammer".

King Zhou led everyone to turn the pool, folded to the east, and came to a large garden surrounded by black tiles and white walls, only to see the words "Shouchun Garden" written on the moon gate. Everyone enters the garden, step through the two gates, only to feel that the inside is very spacious, such as the peach blossom source, in the middle of the cave pavilion, hidden in the flowers and trees, the living water meanders, such as the Yellow River nine meanders, the pond has a two-foot-long goldfish, swim around, leisurely. The courtyard is full of laurel trees, it is late autumn, and the fragrance is fragrant.

In the middle of the courtyard stands a three-storey hall, facing five rooms, golden and brilliant, called Lingxu Pavilion. There is a plaque of "Heaven on Earth" inscribed by Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and there are more than a dozen rooms on both sides.

King Zhou said: "This was originally the imperial garden of Song Huizong, very secluded, I renovate it a little, as a place to collect books and compile books on weekdays, today the virtuous nephew is here, and he stays here, what do you think?" ”

Li Jinglong nodded and said, "It's very good here, thank you Fifth Uncle for your kindness." ”

After Li Jinglong and his entourage settled down, King Zhou arranged a feast in this Lingxu Pavilion to give Li Jinglong a wind, of course, it was the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the wine and delicacies, which were more delicious than the imperial banquet, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

When it was time to hold the lamp, King Zhou said goodbye and told Li Jinglong to saddle his horse and rest early.

King Zhou returned to the dormitory, washed up, a little tired, and wanted to go to bed to rest, when suddenly the inner supervisor came to report, saying that Shi Wanghan, the head of the palace, was outside to ask to see.

King Zhou was a little strange, it was already the second watch of the night, Wang Han came here to do something, so he ordered someone to call him in.

The chamberlain led Wang Han into the dormitory, Wang Han looked left and right, and King Zhou knew that he had confidential things to report, so he retreated left and right, and asked: "The night is dark, what is the important thing to enter the palace in the long history, and the report will not be made tomorrow?" ”

Wang Han lowered his voice and said, "His Royal Highness King Zhou, a catastrophe is coming, and the king still doesn't know?" ”

King Zhou was startled and said, "I just received my nephew today, so good, what's the trouble?" Don't be alarmist. ”

Wang Han said: "It is your good nephew, he is here to take the king." ”

Zhou Wang Huo stood up and said, "How can you say this?" ”

Wang Han said: "The imperial court has always patrolled the border, first to Beiping Mansion, and then along the border to Datong. There has never been a road through Henan, so the minister felt strange, went out of the palace to investigate, and saw that the imperial army was distributed inside and outside the Xiao wall, faintly forming a siege of the palace. Chen Shicai returned to the mansion, inspected again, and found that Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, was accompanied by Jinyi Guard, who had occupied the palace and was facing a great enemy, wasn't this here to arrest the prince? ”

After hearing this, King Zhou pondered for a while and said: "Since I became a vassal, I have buried my head in history, written books and said, and there is no dispute with the world. Besides, Li Jiujiang is familiar with military books and has a good way of governing the army, isn't this a way for him to set up camp? ”

Wang Han hurriedly said: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." When the ministers heard that the court's discussion of cutting the feudal domain was very loud, I was afraid that it would not be the king's sword. ”

King Zhou smiled: "In this way, my nephew emperor is too unreasonable." I don't believe it, I'm not guilty, what can I do? ”

Wang Han lowered his head and thought for a while, then paused: "Yes, this is a plan to knock the mountain and shock the tiger." The imperial court is Xiang Zhuang sword dance, intended for Pei Gong, they wanted to do it to the king of Yan, but they were afraid of forcing the king of Yan to rebel, so they first took the king to open the knife and see the reaction of the king of Yan. ”

When King Zhou heard this, he didn't believe it, shook his head like a rattle, and said: "This is even more ridiculous, Emperor Gao's bones are not cold, and the court will do this thing that makes relatives painful and enemies happy, how to convince the people of the world." ”

Wang Han saw that persuasion was hopeless, so he quit the palace.

Early the next morning, the chamberlain came to report that Changshi Wang Han had a sudden illness, foaming at the mouth, and was unconscious.

King Zhou hurriedly went to see, that Wang Han was really lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, the royal physician was beside him, pricking the needle, pouring the medicine, tossing for a long time, that Wang Han woke up leisurely, but he didn't recognize people, talking nonsense, and when he saw the king of Zhou coming, he pointed at the king of Zhou and smirked.

King Zhou knew that Wang Han was because he didn't listen to his advice, so he pretended to be crazy and stupid, and it was inconvenient to pierce it, so he ordered someone to send Wang Han out of the house, and said in his heart: "If your words are not fulfilled, I will find you back at that time and humiliate you well." ”

Zhang Shixing inspected around the palace, returned to Lingxu Pavilion, met Li Jinglong, and said: "Cao Guogong, I have inspected all around the lowly position, and I have found evidence of the crime of King Zhou's cutting of the domain. ”

Li Jinglong was reading "Li Jing's Art of War", and when he heard this, he put down the military book, rolled his eyes and said: "Zhang Yishi got evidence so quickly, it's really terrifying." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "I walked around the palace and found that the Xiao Wall was nine miles and twelve steps around, and the prince's palace was customized as three miles and three hundred and nine steps and five inches, one hundred and fifty zhang and two inches and five minutes from east to west, and one hundred and ninety-seven zhang and two inches and five minutes from north to south. This week the royal palace has greatly exceeded the rules, and this alone can cure him for a great crime of disrespect and deprive him of his title. ”

Li Jinglong smiled slightly and said: "Zhang Yishi, people are still young, they only know one thing, but they don't know the other." Do you know who built the palace this week? ”

Zhang Shixing was embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "Humble talents are shallow in learning, please Cao Guogong do not hesitate to advise." ”

Li Jinglong raised his head, recalled the past, and said: "The one who was ordered to build the palace of King Zhou was Feng Sheng, the father-in-law of King Zhou, Duke of Song. ”

Zhang Shixing sighed and sighed: "It's a pity that Song Guogong was also given death because of the Lanyu case. ”

Li Jinglong snorted and said: "That's not it, in the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng and King Zhou had a private meeting in Fengyang, the central capital, which was jealous of Taizu, and he was afraid that he would collude with King Zhou in the future and threaten the crown prince's throne, so he killed him." ”

Zhang Shixing couldn't help but feel warm in his heart when he heard Li Jinglong tell him about these old things, treating him as a confidant.

Li Jinglong continued: "That Feng Sheng cherishes his son-in-law, of course he made this palace magnificent, and he also knew that it was overdue, but he said that the Zhou Palace's palace was built on the foundation of the original Song Imperial Palace, saving labor and materials, and the first emperor advocated simplicity, of course, it was accurate." The same is true of the Yan Palace, which is built on the foundation of the Yuan Imperial Palace, and only these two palaces in the world are special cases. Besides, even if you punish the crime, you have to cure the sin of the builder, Feng Sheng is dead, whose sin do you cure? Therefore, if you sue him now, it will not be a great joke in the world. ”

Zhang Shixing's face turned red, and he arched his hand and said, "I have been taught." Then I thought about it again and collected evidence of King Zhou's crimes. ”

Li Jinglong said lightly: "Zhang Yi should act quickly, I told King Zhou that I would stay here for ten days at most and five days at least." If the evidence of King Zhou's guilt is not obtained within ten days, you and I will not be able to hand over to the emperor. Besides, Shi Wanghan, the head of the royal palace, seemed to have heard something, and pretended to be sick and left this morning. ”

Zhang Shixing said categorically: "The humble duty will not disgrace the mission." ”

After Zhang Shixing returned to the east wing, he summoned his subordinate Niu Er to discuss countermeasures.

Niu Er's eyes rolled for a long time, and he said to Zhang Shixing: "Zhang Shishi, yesterday at the banquet in the palace, I saw that Zhu You, the second son of the king of Zhou, was not a good person. We brought him here, knowing the pros and cons, and we will definitely be able to find out the lawlessness of King Zhou. ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "I think that the king of Runan County is white and pure, and he is a talent, why is he not a good person." ”

Niu Er said: "A kind-hearted person like Zhang Yishi looks at everyone as a good person. ”

Zhang Shixing looked at Niu Er carefully and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are a bad guy with thieves and rat eyes." ”

Niu Er smiled embarrassedly and said: "Zhang Yishi made fun of it, he has been a subordinate for a long time, and he has met many outlaws, so he naturally looks at people more accurately." ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "Okay, don't talk about these gossips, you invite the king of Runan County here, just say that Lord Qincha has important matters to discuss, don't let the king of Zhou know." ”

Niu Er arched his hand and said: "Obey the order", then turned around and left, and went to the front yard of the palace to invite Zhu Youjiao, the king of Runan County, to come.