It was completely different from the cheerful and pleasant atmosphere in the Qi Palace, the air pressure in the Zhao Wangfu in the sect street was extremely low, and everyone spoke in a low and slow voice, with a cautious look on their faces, and everyone was very nervous.

The whole Fuzhou city is almost in a jubilation, has been up or can hear the sound of fireworks and firecrackers burning everywhere, it is already the twilight of spring, the weather is warm, at this time there is great good news, it is easier for people to release joyful emotions.

The Zhao Mansion is different, the more jubilant the outside, the more subtle the atmosphere in the Zhao Palace.

Of course, King Zhao can't be dissatisfied because of Chen Yutai's death, no matter how he is the biological father of the Son of Heaven and the prince of the dynasty, it is also a good thing for King Zhao to be able to kill a giant thief.

Outsiders like Pu Shougao would collude with pirates, but not the prince of Zhao.

The more prosperous and safe the Great Wei is, the more it represents security for the clan and the clan that is expected to be the Son of Heaven, and the stability of the Great Wei is the cornerstone of the wealth and peace of the clan, and there is a fundamental contradiction between King Zhao and Pu Shougao at this point.

Of course, the depression of the Zhao Wangfu comes from Xu Zixian's success, Xu Zixian's success means a lot of things, many people will be promoted, and the King of Qi will be rewarded by the two governments on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and of course the King of Zhao also has a share.

This kind of merit and reward is an honor for King Qi, a hope for promotion for Lin Douyao and others, and an out-and-out humiliation for King Zhao.

It's a disgrace, a disgrace in the outright.

King Zhao has been in Fujian for many years, from an ordinary prince to a power, before Xu Zixian appeared, King Zhao had a deep foundation in Fujian's civil officials, forbidden army, and Xiang army.

In particular, the marriage between the Zhao Wangfu and the Changwen Marquis Mansion enabled the Zhao King to control most of the civil officials on the Fujian Road, and after the death of the King of Qi, he mastered most of the Xiang Army.

After the sudden change, King Zhao called the prison country in Fujian, the civil and military officials and garrisons of this road quickly recognized, and provided a lot of financial resources, Fujian all the way there are more than 100,000 forbidden troops, more than 200,000 Xiang army, which is also the southeast financial endowment is second only to Jiangling clear proof.

It's a pity that King Zhao's father and son are really mediocre and incompetent, and they wasted a lot of ordnance and the wealth accumulated by Fujian Road for many years.

Including human resources, many officers who were loyal and brave and willing to serve the imperial court were wasted.

"Is Your Highness still hesitating?" Li Gu's face was pale, and his usual chic and casual attitude had disappeared without a trace.

Prior to this, Li Gu offered a plan to roast Xu Zixian on the fire, and there were some untrue praises, which seemed to be praise, but in fact they were extremely subtle ridicule.

For more than two months in a row, the press and public opinion have been making a fuss about Xu Zixian's behavior in Qizhou, and later they all unanimously asserted that Nan Anhou did not have any way to deal with Chen Yutai.

Now reality has slapped Li Gu hard, his plan is more like a child's nonsense, and while the press is embarrassed, it is Li Gu and King Zhao behind him who are even more embarrassed.

"Your Highness, of course it continues, but it will be chaotic...... King Zhao was speechless for a long time, Li Gu could only get up and say goodbye, his face was of course very ugly.

After Li Gu went out, Xu Ziwen on the side said to King Zhao: "Father, what Mr. Li said is still reasonable, if it goes on like this, Xu Zi will first serve as an observation envoy, and his hand will be stretched out to the Xiang army, and then what merit will be made, there will be Lao Xiangguo and King Qi, and the pacification envoy will be promoted to the deputy governor together, even if he is still the Marquis of Nan'an, the threat to his father is still too great." ”

"What the hell are you going to say?" King Zhao said rather unhappily: "Li Gu is dizzy, are you also fooling around?" Xu Zixian is better than your brothers in everything now, and the more this is the case, the more you must calm down. If you look at the history books, how many amazing and glamorous, famous young descendants seem to be powerful, but in the end, the official position in the history books is quite limited, and those who are silent are all prime ministers, three dukes, generals, you brothers, just stand firm, and you can't run away from the identity of a national prince, Xu Zi will let him toss for ten years first, and if he can become a national prince, the old man will treat him as powerful. ”

At the critical moment, King Zhao did have some knowledge.

Indeed, as he said, the talented people recorded in the history books do not know what is ordinary, and those who are of the same age and only have a slightly stronger family background at the same time are silent ministers of state, and they don't even need to work hard, they can easily become the third prince every day, and they still retain their graceful and luxurious bearing and reputation.

And those who work hard seem to have a heavy credit record, but in fact, one step is hard, but the final achievement is not as good as those nobles who are unknown.

Xu Zixian's identity is there, and the jealousy of the Son of Heaven and King Zhao is also there, no matter how much credit he makes, it is difficult to promote his title and official position.

Xu Ziwen said: "Father is too optimistic, right? With the strong support of the King of Qi, first observe the envoy, then the deputy governor, and then the prince, how can the Son of Heaven prevaricate, saying that my father and son are afraid that Xu Zi intends to store the position first? Isn't that spreading things out and leaving it to the public? If there is really a public discussion, may I ask whether it is my third brother or me, who is more qualified to fight with Xu Zi first? The father wants to be calm, but also depends on the capital, the father is over fifty years old, and Xu Zi is only twenty! ”

Zhao Wang was shocked, this time he really understood.

People's hearts are on Xu Zixian's side, and time is also on Xu Zixian's side.

"I understand, but Li Gu's method doesn't work, ambushing the army to attack and kill the prince is just nonsense."

Xu Ziwen wanted to say more, but King Zhao waved his hand and signaled the other party not to say any more.

Seeing his father like this, Xu Ziwen knew that he had been convinced, and his body shrank back at the moment, and his whole face was shrunk in the shadow of the candle flame, looking extremely gloomy.

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At noon the next day, Xu Zixian, Yang Shiwei, Wei Yi and others escorted Chen Yutai's head back to Fuzhou.

Riverside, wharf, official road, outside the city, there are surging crowds everywhere.

When Xu Zi stepped on the shore first, he didn't know who started it, and there was a cheer everywhere.

Although it is a clan, Xu Zixian is an out-and-out Fuzhou person, at least the people think so in their hearts, and there is nothing wrong, Xu Yingbin was born in Fuzhou, and Xu Zixian is a native of Fuzhou.

The glory of Nan'anhou is the glory of Fuzhou people.

And Nan Anhou is avenging everyone's shame, many people can't help crying when they shout, many women rush over, as if they want to give Xu Zixian a snort, and also seem to want to do something else, the scene is quite terrifying, as if Xu Zixian is a thief who has done a lot of evil.

Fortunately, Yang Shiwei's third-class officials quickly came over, and cooperated with the Xiang Jun of the Criminal Division to open the way, and everyone arrived at the city gate in a little embarrassment.

At the gate of the city, a group of officials wearing vermilion purple and red official robes were greeting, and the king of Qi was inside, and a large group of military attachés of the forbidden army and the military attache of the Xiang army were also included.

Everyone gave in to each other, and a military attache of the forbidden army, who seemed to be a deputy commander, said a little sourly: "Our Great Wei is really supported by regimental training now, such a big thing, Nan Anhou didn't think of calling our forbidden army?" ”

"I think so, why can't the forbidden army be under my regimental training," Xu Zixian smiled and said, "But without the order of the Privy Council, you dare to send a battalion out at will?" ”

Everyone smiled, Xu Zi first gave the forbidden army a face and explanation, Chen Yutai gave the head, except for the people of King Zhao and Pu Shougao, who were not unhappy, that is, the generals of the forbidden army would be surprised.

Now there is a saying that Xu Zixian's regimental training is not only above the Xiang army, but also far above the forbidden army.

Xu Zixian's words were very ingenious, he didn't think that the forbidden army needed to protect his subordinates on top of the regimental training, but he also praised the forbidden army to alleviate the rivalry and hidden hostility between the two sides.

Liu Guangsi, the commander of the first army of the forbidden army, said with a smile: "In the past few days, this army plans to parade the soldiers and horses, please His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and appease the adults to go to the camp to watch the exercises, how about it?" ”

King Qi nodded and said, "Yes, the forbidden army should show goodness, and of course this king supports it." ”

The new envoy has not yet taken office, Lin Douyao is also the envoy at this time, and supporting the forbidden army is also within his scope of responsibility, and he is nodding his head at the moment.

"This is Chen Yutai?" When King Qi stood upright, his back was straight, his eyes were blazing, and he almost couldn't take his eyes off it.

Chen Yutai's head and face have been wiped, and it looks quite clean, and the severed part of his neck has also been cleaned, which looks clean, like some kind of model in later generations.

In any case, this is the head of a real person, there are some timid civil officials who don't look at it seriously, only the military attachés including King Qi, and high-ranking officials like Lin Douyao, power makes them more confident, when looking at Chen Yutai's head, including Xiao Zan, a standard civil official, they are all looking at the head that Gao Shi is holding in his hand with a condescending indifference and indifferent attitude.

At the age of about forty, the huge head looks bigger than ordinary people, Chen Yutai and his brothers are brave and courageous, and they used to be sailors at sea in their early years, and their courage must be far greater than ordinary people.

Naturally, the skills are also good, otherwise in a group of brave sailors, it is impossible to convince the public.

Such a person has a heroic atmosphere, of course, it has to be displayed by a living person, and now Chen Yutai's eyes are closed, and there is a strange expression of panic and solidification on his face that is unique to him before he dies.

Ordinary local officials have seen this kind of expression, and the death row prisoner looks like this every moment before he is beheaded.

"The leader of the famous Qishan bandits? But that's it. Zheng Liqi scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "We have been helpless against this person for more than ten years, and even have jealousy, in the end, we are still the young heroes of Nan'anhou, this time for Fujian to eliminate a big evil, I think, the court should be rewarded." ”

"It's nature." Yang Shiwei followed closely and said: "Fuzhou and Zhang, Quanzhou are very likely to be invaded by pirates, and this official feels that Nan'anhou should be asked to take greater responsibility." ”

The face of King Zhao's vein changed color, and Xiao Zan's expression was also unnatural.

If it is as Yang Shiwei and Zheng Liqi said, Xu Zixian will soon be able to take charge of the defense of Fuzhou Mansion, and even the defense of the entire Fujian Road.

Of course, it is impossible to set up an envoy, but he is appointed as an observer of Fujian Road, from the official position of the fourth grade, responsible for the training and coordination of the Xiang army, and is an official who coordinates the Fujian military and political system with the Dadu Governor's Office, and theoretically is higher than the chief officer of the military states of various roads, and can also be appointed as the right deputy governor of the Dadu Governor's Office, which happens to be vacant.

Many people will look forward to and like Xu Zixian to work with King Zhao, and look forward to this uncle and nephew being able to perform a big drama in the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and there are really many people who want to see the excitement.