The lights in the dormitory dimmed all of a sudden, and it seemed that the emperor was physically and mentally exhausted and was going to sleep.

Qu Ping tightened the chai He on his back, touched the big bun of the real dragon in his arms, and after everything was ready, he jumped out of the eaves and rolled on the ground, until he was ten meters outside the palace.

Qu Ping knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Qu Ping, the criminal minister, knock on my emperor!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Chen Chong heard Qu Ping shouting, he didn't know what kind of plane Qu Ping was doing, why did he change his routine? Chen Chong rushed over with the Praetorian Guards and shouted, "There are assassins! Protect the Emperor! ”

Chen Chong surrounded Qu Ping with his guards and inner guards, Chen Chong was so flustered that he was jumping around, what should he do if the emperor ordered Qu Ping to be arrested or killed?

Zhao Gou just put his tired body into the bed, and his eyes were closed for less than a moment before he heard a shout outside. He couldn't believe his ears, was he having nightmares again? A few days ago, I dreamed that Qu Ping was going to kill himself.

Zhao Gou sat up from the bed and shouted, "Someone! Come! ”

The waiter kneeling in the door hurriedly stepped over: "Your Majesty, the minister is here." ”

"Did I have another nightmare, I just heard someone shouting about me?"

The minister also heard it, and it was outside the temple. The Janissaries also shouted, 'There are assassins!' Protect the Emperor'"

"What did the people in front of you say?"

The chamberlain recalled for a moment and replied word for word: "Qu Ping, the guilty minister, knock on my emperor!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Zhao Goyi sat on the edge of the bed and muttered, "He's here, he's really here......"

"Your Majesty, is that person King Xiang?"

Zhao Gou didn't care about putting on his shoes, hurriedly got out of bed, and walked towards the door: "I want to see, I want to see with my own eyes!" ”

The chamberlain picked up the emperor's shoes behind him and chased after Zhao Gou: "Your Majesty, shoes!" Watch out for the cold! ”

Zhao Gou opened the door, and sure enough, he saw a person kneeling outside the hall, surrounded by guards and inner attendants. Zhao Gou stared at Qu Ping for a moment, was it really him?

Qu Ping kowtowed to Zhao Gou and said, "Minister, Qu Ping, please ask the emperor for the guilt!" ”

Zhao Gou glanced at Qu Ping's back, and sure enough, there was a bundle of firewood.

"You're human...... Is it a ghost? Zhao asked.

"The emperor thinks that I am a human being, and I am a human being; The emperor thinks I'm a ghost, and I'm a ghost. ”

"You're not human! Otherwise, how could you get into the inner courtyard of the deep palace? ”

Qu Ping said: "Maybe I'm really not human, and even God can't take me away." ”

Zhao imagined that Qu Ping might never come back, and also thought about various pictures when they might meet again, but he didn't expect it to be the scene at this moment. Now that Qu Ping appeared alive in front of him, he was a little overwhelmed, a little incredulous, and a little afraid to face it.

"Or, is it really you?" Zhao Gou suppressed his excitement and said.

Qu Ping said: "The minister died nine times overseas, and when he saw Lord Yama, Lord Yama said that I still had some unclear grievances in the world and was unwilling to accept me, so he sent me back to the yang world. Today, I came to ask the emperor for verification, and then the emperor wants to kill or chop, listen to the respect, so that I can die and understand. ”

Qu Ping came so suddenly, Zhao Gou was completely unprepared, and he couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty, it's better to retreat left and right, and our monarchs and ministers will speak alone." Qu Ping proposed.

The chamberlain persuaded the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is dangerous. ”

"Okay, speak in the temple." After Zhao Gou finished speaking, he entered the dormitory first.

Qu Ping got up, walked through the path of the guards, and when he passed by the chamberlain, he took the emperor's shoes from his hand.

Zhao Gou said inside: "Everyone takes a hundred steps back, no one is allowed to come in without my command!" ”

After Qu Ping entered, he closed the door of the palace, asked the emperor to sit on the dragon couch, helped Zhao Gou put on his shoes, and said: "It's cold, the emperor should pay attention to the dragon body." ”

"Or not, I'm ......"

"Your Majesty, let's talk slowly." Qu Ping helped the emperor put on his shoes and sat on the ground under the dragon couch, "Do you remember the scene when we met in the broken temple in Xiangzhou?" At that time, the emperor was only His Royal Highness at that time, and he was ordered to go to Jinying for peace talks, but I stopped him. You and I talked a lot, and the emperor said that he wanted to be the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, and restored the Han ancestor Heshan, saying that I was Deng Yu. ”

Zhao Gou's thoughts were brought to that snowy night, and it was Qu Ping who woke himself up with a word at that time, so that he and Da Song had today's situation.

Zhao Gou said: "I don't know who Deng Yu is, I just want to be that Zhao Zilong, and accompany me to kill seven in and seven out." ”

"Later, the emperor ascended to the throne and made me a general. When I was ordered to go north to chase the gold soldiers, there was chaos in the capital. Wang and Huang intended to usurp the throne, and the prince had ordered the world, but fortunately, Mrs. Protector traveled thousands of miles at night to send a message to me. With the assistance of other ministers, he finally rescued the emperor and killed Wang Huang and the two thieves. ”

"That's right, I fled on the street at that time, and I happened to meet Yu Zhi who returned to the city to rescue me. I also stole other people's buns, but how can I have any money? ”

"Haha. It's a big bun! Qu Ping took out the two buns that were still carrying body temperature from his arms and handed them to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the last two real dragon buns today, I almost can't buy them." ”

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, Qu Ping's preparations were quite in place. Zhao Gou took a bun, tore off a small piece and tasted it.

Qu Ping asked expectantly, "Is it still the original taste?" ”

"Forgot ......"

"Yes, the emperor is now eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, where do you remember the bitter taste of the past." Qu Ping said with a little disappointment.

Zhao Gou put aside the tasteless buns and excused: "It's too late, there is no taste in the mouth." ”

Qu Ping stuffed another bun in his hand into his mouth, gulped it down, and said indistinctly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are stuck on a desert island, do you know what I eat?" The heart of the tree in the middle of the banana tree! It's delicious, crispy and juicy. "Twenty fifty thousand

"Or you suffered."

"Although the minister is on a lonely island, he always cares about the Great Song Dynasty, because this is my country and my home! I swear I will come back as long as I have a breath left! I stationed troops in Sriwijaya just to get a springboard for the Great Song Dynasty to look at the world! Later, I finally escaped from the desert island, all the way north from Siam, passing through the Queen's Kingdom, and almost died in the Gu......"

"Are you okay now?"

"Thank the emperor Hongfu, it's okay. If the kingdom of the queen is unkind, I will be unjust. If she wants to harm me, I will let her die! I believe that the king of Yunnan has asked the emperor to send troops to conquer the queen's kingdom, right? ”

"I agreed." Zhao said.

Zhao Gou thought to himself: "If the queen is not benevolent, Qu Ping will be unjust." She wanted to harm Qu Ping, and he let her die! Qu Ping: Does this mean something? Is it for me? ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou couldn't help but be a little scared.

Qu Ping was sad and saddened: "But I have worked hard to return to my own kingdom, but I ...... But I heard that the emperor abolished my knighthood, why in the end? ”

At this point, Zhao Gou knew that the two monarchs and ministers could only make their words clear, so he said: "The overseas stationing of troops is indeed an exaggeration by some ministers. But, or do you form a gang? ”

"The minister is brave and loyal, and he has not changed so far! The so-called gangs and factions are just a bunch of virtuous ministers and good generals who are loyal to the monarch and love the people gathered around the emperor, what is wrong? In the past, Emperor Renzong also asked Fan Wenzhenggong the same question, and the minister's answer was the same as Fan Wenzhenggong: the gentlemen are not the party, and the villains are not the party, if the gentlemen gather together for a variety of good things for the court, what is not to do? ”

After listening to Zhao Gou, he didn't say anything for the time being, whether he was a friend or a party, how could he distinguish clearly?

Qu Ping said again: "As long as the minister is loyal to the emperor, and others listen to the minister's words, isn't it equivalent to listening to me?" ”

Zhao Gou finally seized the opportunity and shot back: "What about Yelu Daqi? Did he rebel after listening to you? ”

Qu Ping was not afraid, looked at Zhao Gou and said: "Your Majesty, the subordinates said bluntly, he was forced to rebel by you!" ”

"You talk nonsense!"

"If the emperor doesn't abolish my knighthood and indulge some people in the court to target me, how can Yelu Daqi rebel?"

"I abolished your knighthood just to lure out people like Yelu Daqi and catch them all!" Zhao Gou said fiercely.

"Did the emperor tell the truth in his heart?"

Zhao Gou said simply: "That's right! Some people only have you in their eyes, not me! How can I tolerate him!? ”

Qu Ping asked in disbelief: "The emperor used the abolition of my knighthood as such a pretext?" ”

"Yes, so I still keep your position as deputy marshal of soldiers and horses."

"Childish."

"What did you say?"

"The minister said, Your Majesty, naïve!"

"Say it again!"

"Childish!" Qu Pingyi said without hesitation, "Is it worth it?" Why don't you kill me and see if there will be a rebellion in the world? ”

"Don't you dare!?" Zhao Gou and Qu Ping glared at each other, and in the end, Qu Ping was slightly better, and Zhao Gou exhaled, "Anyway, I am not wrong in this matter, and I have led to the banner of anti-thief Yelu, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

Qu Ping said: "If it weren't for Qin Hui to make these moths, the emperor would not have abolished my knighthood, and no one would have threatened to clear the monarch's side!" ”

Zhao Gou said: "Qin Hui is impartial to the imperial court, what are you doing with him?" ”

Qu Ping took out Qin Hui's incriminating evidence from his arms, handed it to Zhao Goudao: "Your Majesty, look at it!" Someone has secretly verified that the death of Qin Han, the death of Zhang Xian, the Zheng brothers, and Yue Fei are all good plays directed and acted by Qin Hui! ”

Zhao Gou looked at it carefully page by page, which recorded Qin Hui's behavior in various cases in detail. There is no conclusive evidence in the case of the Qin and Han dynasties about the first emperor, it is all Qin Hui himself; Zhang Xian's death stemmed from the plague in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the source of the plague was suspected to be caused by someone throwing rats; Zheng Qing's death was ordered to be shot by Qin Hui's subordinate Zeng Biao; The relationship between Yue Fei and Manichaeism is actually Qin Hui's blame, and the real Manichaean high-level may be Qin Hui......

Zhao Gou read it carefully, and was terrified, if it was really Qin Hui who did it, then what kind of heart did he have to do things so well?

Zhao Gou argued: "There are many speculations in this, and there is no real evidence, so how can I believe you?" ”

"If the emperor wants to know the truth, he might as well let his ministers confront him, and the ministers have physical evidence."

Zhao Gou's tone softened, and he said, "If it is as you said, what good will Qin Hui do for him?" ”

Qu Ping said: "Right! And revenge! ”

"Revenge?"

"Revenge on the minister, because he lurked in the Jin Dynasty, he was actually forced by me, and the scar on his face is also the advice I left for him."

Zhao Gou has already heard Zhao Chengzhang say this, and now that he hears Qu Ping say it himself, it seems that it feels different.

"I ask you one last question, is there any connection between the murder of the first emperor and you?" Zhao Gou stared at Qu Ping's expression, not allowing him to be a little sloppy.

"Nope!"

"Really?"

"Indeed!"

"Why did Qin Han leave from you, and there was a tragedy of the first emperor being killed! And...... Or burn, dead without a whole body! How vicious! Zhao Gou said bitterly.

Qu Ping said: "The minister deeply regrets the matter of the first emperor. If the minister wants to meddle in the first emperor and the emperor, he will only bring the first emperor alive to the emperor and the emperor will weigh it. ”