Chapter 126: A Mystery Through the Ages
"Giggle......" Zhang Bin burped and said with a wry smile: "The envoy doesn't make it clear." β
Shi Zhengning had already taken out a holy decree from his arms, stuffed it into Zhang Bin's arms, and waved his hand like a fly: "Okay, the jar of wine just now was given to you by the official family, and you have already drunk it, so take the holy decree and get out!" β
Zhang Bin took the holy decree in his hand, looking puzzled and surprised.
Just as he was about to open the holy decree and immediately look at the contents of it, the old man Shi waved his hand impatiently and said: "This is a secret decree, take it back and look at it for yourself, don't disturb the old man to drink wine and eat meat." β
Zhang Bin smiled bitterly, and with the help of the snake slave who came over, he stood up and bowed deeply to Shi Zhengning, and said, "The lower official wants to ask the envoy about the origin and name of the strange man in the dungeon." β
Shi Zhengning glanced at Zhang Bin and sighed: "I don't know what the name of that old monster is, but some people call him a poisonous rat, and others will talk about it after reading the secret purpose." β
"Poisonous rat ......" Zhang Bin remembered the little mouse that was as black as ink and had green eyes in his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bin was taken aback, according to the meaning of this old man Shi, the things said in this secret decree were related to the old man called the poisonous rat.
Zhang Bin's face changed, and he hurriedly asked: "Envoy, that poisonous rat old man is too terrifying, and his little mouse is even more unguardable, ...... contact with it."
"Don't worry! I've been dealing with that monster for more than 30 years, and as long as I don't laugh at him for being ugly or a monster, he never hurts or kills anyone at will. Without waiting for Zhang Bin to finish speaking, Shi Zhengning said lightly.
"This ...... The lower official took his leave. I wanted to continue to ask, but seeing that Old Man Shi was impatient and began to drive people away, Zhang Bin had no choice but to thank him and say goodbye.
Holding back the curiosity in his heart, Zhang Bin didn't look at the secret decree of the Son of Heaven until he left the Yamen to appease the Si Yamen and got into the carriage.
After reading the secret decree, Zhang Bin's face changed several times.
There is a meaning in the holy decree, and it is also a secret mission given to Zhang Bin by the Son of Heaven.
Sure enough, it has something to do with the strange man named Poison Rat in the prison of the pacification division.
The Son of Heaven said that since Taizong, the heirs of the Son of Heaven living in the palace are not prosperous, and the heirs are weak and sickly, and most of them die young.
And the three generations of the Son of Heaven don't know where they learned that the poisonous rats living in the prison of the Pacification Division knew that the heirs of the three generations of the Son of Heaven were not prosperous, and the heirs were weak and sick, which was mostly the reason for their early deaths.
However, this poisonous rat brother would rather die than say it, it is useless for the Son of Heaven to promise glory and wealth, it is useless for beautiful women to have money, and torture is also useless, anyway, he just doesn't say it.
In the past few decades, three generations of the Son of Heaven have secretly dispatched countless capable people, including officials with outstanding abilities in the imperial court, and strange people from the people, but it is difficult for the poisonous rat brother of the pacification department to speak.
Now Zhang Bin's ability is amazing, so today Zhao Ji wanted him to give it a try and see if he could make that strange man speak.
The royal family of the Song Dynasty was not prosperous, and even in history, there were five emperors in the Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasty who had no heirs and had to pass the throne to their brothers' sons, which was unique in other dynasties.
The Southern Song Dynasty aside, the first emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty who had no sons was Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong. Song Renzong is the fourth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, reigned for forty-two years, is the longest reigning emperor in the history of the Song Dynasty, for such a long time, the harem does not know how many women are sent, the emperor also knows that his heirs are related to the country, and they are also hard work, but the problem is that three princes were born in a lifetime, and all of them died young.
In the seventh year of Jiayou, Song Renzong, who was already fifty-three years old, had no hope of giving birth to a son, so he had to make Zhao Yun, the king of Pu, the thirteenth son Zhao Zongshi, the prince. The following year, Song Renzong died of illness, and Zhao Zongshi (later renamed Zhao Shu) succeeded to the throne as Song Yingzong.
Then there is Song Yingzong, who has four sons, one of whom died young, and the other three are not in good health, especially when today's son Zhao Ji can be called frail and sickly, only gave birth to a daughter, and has no son so far, during which the harem queen and concubine are not pregnant, but they are either gone before they were born, or they are gone not long after they were born.
In fact, in the original history, after the death of His Majesty the current emperor, his son Song Zhezong Zhao Xu succeeded to the throne at the age of nine, reigned for fifteen years, and died of illness at the age of twenty.
Because Song Zhezong did not have a prince, after his death, the throne could only be inherited by his younger brothers, and the last to inherit the throne of Song Zhezong was his eleventh brother Zhao Ji, that is, Song Huizong. Zhao Ji was originally a gentleman and a waste son, and he was never cultivated according to the prince of heaven, and suddenly became an emperor, which was simply a big joke with hundreds of millions of people in the world and the Great Song Dynasty.
The Great Song Dynasty was handed over to such an emperor, so it was strange that there would be good fruits to eat!
Sure enough, during the reign of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty completely declined in just a few years, and finally became the "shame of Jingkang".
Therefore, when later generations studied the history of the Song Dynasty, some historians said that although the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty had its root causes, it had a lot to do with the emperor's unprosperous heirs and easy to die.
Some of the history of the future quickly flashed in his mind, Zhang Bin let out a long sigh, thinking that he would think about it tonight, and make full preparations tomorrow, and then go to the meeting to appease the strange man called the poisonous rat in the prison, and see if he can tell this eternal top secret.
If it doesn't work tomorrow, I'm afraid this matter can only be discussed in the long run, after all, Zhang Bin has another errand, and the Liao envoy will arrive in two days, Zhang Bin is ready to cheer up and use all means to have a good time with this Liao envoy.
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Early the next morning, Zhang Bin once again brought the snake slave, tiger head and others to the pacification department, and also brought a large cart of things.
Zhang Bin took the snake slave and others directly to the prison of the poisonous rat, of course, his heart was full of vigilance.
The poisonous rat lay there motionless, his eyelids didn't open, he couldn't hear the snoring, and even the sound of breathing was very weak, if it weren't for the slight rise and fall in his chest, Zhang Bin even suspected that it was a dead man lying on the ground.
Zhang Bin asked the snake slave to stare at the poisonous rat, and asked the jailer to start cleaning the prison opposite the poisonous rat.
Yesterday, the prisoner in this place had been poisoned by the cute little black rat, and the corpse had naturally been disposed of a long time ago.
Under Zhang Bin's personal supervision, the prison opposite was spotlessly cleaned, with woolen blankets on the floor, a table and two futons.
PS: I'm sorry to be a little late todayββββ