Time flies quickly, and half a month has passed, and the good news on the side of Pingyue Road is frequent, even if Shen Leng has received His Majesty's will to start leading the army back to the north, the southern Xinjiang wolf ape who returned from the country of Qiao and the soldiers from Xishu Road are enough to sweep all the places, and there are war reports to Chang'an every day, but there is no news of Han Zhaozhi.

"He did it on purpose."

The emperor glanced at Yuan Shu of the Tai: "That stubborn force has come up, he won't stop if he doesn't catch Mu Zhaotong this time, but I always feel that something is wrong......

Yuan Shu hung his head: "The minister doesn't know ......"

The emperor seemed to hear something wrong from Yuan Shu's tone, and glanced at him again, Yuan Shu immediately lowered his head and did not dare to look at the emperor, the emperor was silent for a moment and said: "Tai, you know it yourself, you never lie." ”

Yuan Shu's lower level was lower, and he didn't dare to look up into the emperor's eyes.

"What the hell is going on?"

The emperor asked Yuan Shu facing the platform.

Yuan Shu was silent for a while, and finally replied truthfully: "Shang died at the age of nine, so ...... Han Zhaozhi will not return to Chang'an if he doesn't catch someone this time, His Majesty knows that Han Zhaozhi is a reasonable person, and few people can be more rational than him, but this time ......"

The Emperor seemed stunned.

He shouldn't have imagined that Shang Jiu was gone.

"Dead ...... He's dead? ”

The emperor slowly took a few steps back and sat down on the table: "Where are the people now?" ”

"Pingyue Road, the military camp in Tuohai County, originally planned to bring the bones back, but the climate over there was too hot and humid, and there was no way."

"How do you know?"

"Mr. Shen, I sent someone to deliver a letter back, but Lai Cheng stopped me and didn't dare to tell Your Majesty directly."

The emperor sat there, just sat there, didn't speak for a long, long time, Tangtai Yuan Shu kept looking at him nervously, but the emperor seemed to be just stunned, it just seemed that Tangtai Yuan Shu knew very well what kind of temperament His Majesty was, Shang Jiu was a retainer who came out of the palace of Liuwang, and he was regarded as a family member by His Majesty, he left, how could His Majesty not feel sad.

"Your Majesty?"

Yuan Shu screamed softly.

"I ...... I'm fine. ”

The emperor looked at Yuan Shu, as if he wanted to use his expression to tell Yuan Shu that he was really fine, but his expression did not do it, even if a person with a strong mentality like the emperor could not do it.

"Your Majesty, he died to protect Mr. Shen, and he should have no regrets."

"Hmm."

The emperor just snorted, and Yuan Shu knew that in fact, His Majesty didn't hear what he said clearly at all.

"You go back first."

The emperor waved his hand: "I still have a lot of things to deal with, and there are still many things to think about, so you can go back...... Go back, there are a lot of things waiting for you to deal with on the forbidden side. ”

Yuan Shu opened his mouth to say something, but after all, he could only sigh lightly, and then bowed down and withdrew from the Dongnuan Pavilion.

The emperor seemed to be a little dazed to look at the red pen he hung on the pen stand, subconsciously picked it up, opened the fold to read, but failed to read a word, snapped, the red pen fell on the table, dyed a small piece of red on the table, the emperor reached out and wiped it, looking at the bright red on his fingers in a daze.

After a moment, the Emperor raised his hand and pinched his temple, took a deep breath, and picked up the pen again.

From noon to dusk, the emperor finished all the folds and looked at Dai Fangzhou: "Go and tell Concubine Zhen that I will come to her for dinner in a while." ”

For most of the day, the heart of the boat has not been put down, it has always been hanging there, he knows as well as Yuan Shu what it means for His Majesty to stay in the palace, each one is so important, whether it is older or younger, His Majesty is like a father to carefully accompany them one by one, that is no longer an ordinary relationship, that is like blood relatives.

Dai Fangzhou hurriedly ran out to make arrangements, and the emperor looked at the table

The thick folds that had been piled up on top of him were silent for a long time, and then he got up, and when he stood up, he shook a little, and he stood firm on the table, and took a deep breath again.

In the palace of Concubine Zhen.

The emperor ate a bowl of porridge, ate some side dishes, and then watched the second prince fall asleep, and then went to see Shen Leng's two children, and after the children were asleep, the emperor walked out of the room, sat on the steps at the entrance of the hall and looked at the sky in a daze, and seemed to be looking for something in the sky.

Concubine Zhen put on a dress for the emperor, it was already late autumn, and the sun was still a little dry at noon during the day, but it was really cold in the morning and evening.

The Emperor smiled at Concubine Zhen, and then fell silent again.

"Whether it's the emperor or the poor people, men don't want to shed tears in front of their women."

Concubine Zhen sat down next to the emperor: "I only tell my family the best news, but I bury the most bitter things in my heart, no matter what I want to do, even if I have done eighty percent of it, I won't say it, and I won't tell my woman to make her happy until it's all done, they are worried that once they can't say it in advance, they will disappoint their women, women are always more likely to be disappointed, get good news in advance but don't get anything in the end, for women they feel that it is a loss." ”

She looked at the emperor: "Women will be sad and even noisy when they feel that they have lost something, it should be a minority, and most women will comfort their men after they know about it, such as ...... Now I want to say something to you sitting in front of me. ”

She held the emperor's hand: "Your eyes tell me what you have lost, and it is you who care. ”

The emperor looked at Concubine Zhen, he wanted to smile, and he smiled, but the kind of smile that didn't want her to worry, there were tears passing by next to the smile, pretending to pass by quietly, but how could he not be seen by her.

"Nine-year-old gone."

The emperor lowered his head and looked at Concubine Zhen's hand, which was his hand.

"At the age of nine, he has always been a different person, he once said that if all the brothers who came out of the palace could do it for other people, he might not be able to do it, because he felt that it was more useful for him to live for himself than most people, and his character was not good, so everyone else found him difficult to get close to."

The Emperor said to himself, "Are you ridiculous? He was the first to prove that he could die for his brother. ”

Is the emperor saying that's ridiculous, but is it really ridiculous?

Concubine Zhen let go of her hand, and at that moment the emperor's hand seemed helpless, but in the next moment, Concubine Zhen had already hugged the emperor tightly, like comforting a child, and gently patted her hand on the emperor's back.

She didn't speak, she just hugged him like this.

The emperor let out a long breath: "Tomorrow Shen Xiaosong will go to Chang'an, Lai Cheng stopped others and didn't let them tell me that I left at the age of nine, but Shen Xiaosong will definitely tell me that I don't mean that there are distant relatives, those of them who followed me when they were in the palace, their ideas are different from those of Lai Cheng and them, even if it is for my good." ”

Of course Concubine Zhen understands.

"That's why Han Zhaozhi went crazy, he deliberately didn't tell me where he was, for the first time, Han Zhaozhi was irrational."

The emperor raised his head and looked at the night sky: "The last thing I believe at the age of nine is that people will become stars when they die, and I don't believe it either...... But now I think I should write it, so I point to one in the starry sky, and say that it is nine years old, it must be nine years old, at least yet, also, there is still a thought. ”

At the same time, Xishu Road.

A person like Han Zhaozhi, who pays attention to grooming, has not changed his clothes for several days, has not shaved for a month, he seems to have completely changed as a person, he is more taciturn than before, he has even changed his habits, no matter where he lives, no matter day or night, he will not close the curtains.

"Your Excellency."

Nie Ye walked in quickly from outside: "Nalan Xiaodi just sent the news, someone from Muyu Pass chased after him, it was the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and he told a very suspicious thing. ”

He told Song Mouyuan about buying horses in Muyu Pass: "Originally, after the people who sold horses told the soldiers guarding the city, the soldiers didn't care, and this kind of thing is really not unusual

, They guarded the gate, and encountered too many things every day, so they didn't think deeply about it at the time, and later the soldiers guarding the city told the captain of Muyu Guan An Tong about it, An Tong felt that something was wrong, and told the general Li Duozhi, who immediately sent people to Yunxiao City. ”

Nie Ye looked at Han Zhaozhi: "Nalan Xiaodi suspects that this person is the person next to Mu Zhaotong." ”

Han Zhaozhi said: "What name did this person use when he passed through Muyu Pass?" ”

"The people from Muyu Pass said that the name they used was Muke."

Han Zhaozhi thought about it carefully, and there was no person with this name in his memory.

"He went into the city a while ago, before we went into the city."

Nie Ye said: "Just now, Nalan Xiaodi found it, and then secretly sent someone to check the location of this Muke, and found that it was in the Ruyi Inn in Yunxiao City, and now Nalan Xiaodi is on the periphery of the inn with people, and he should be able to catch people." ”

Han Zhaozhi got up: "Go over and take a look." ”

At this time, it was already late at night, there were no other pedestrians on the street, the sound of Han Zhaozhi's carriage wheels running over the bluestone road was a little harsh, Han Zhaozhi in the carriage had his eyes closed all the time, but he clenched his fists, as if enduring huge pain, this appearance of Han Zhaozhi made Nie Ye feel strange, but it felt extremely real.

Ruyi Inn.

Song Mouyuan stood at the window and looked outside in a daze, he had returned to Yunxiao City for a while, first went directly to the Taoist temple outside the city, and was told by Wuwei Taoist that Ge Lao had left, and he hurriedly entered Yunxiao City, but after so many days, he could not find where Ge Lao was, before he came back, Yunxiao City suddenly announced that all the old people were not allowed to leave the city, he knew that Ge Lao was exposed, and he didn't leave, because he was still not sure whether Ge Lao had fallen into the hands of the government or was still hiding in the city.

The night breeze was a little cool, and Song Mouyuan looked at the distance and his thoughts were confused.

At this moment he faintly heard the sound of the wheels of the carriage, froze for a moment, and then smiled self-deprecatingly.

He went back to the house and drank the wine that had been placed there, took a rope from the house and tied it at the window, left a cover, held this rope and stood at the window and waited, and it didn't take long to see Han Zhaozhi in black walking in from outside, he knew Han Zhaozhi, but Han Zhaozhi didn't know him.

"Lord Han."

Song Mouyuan waved his hand towards Han Zhaozhi and greeted him seriously, also expressing the meaning that you don't need to come over.

Han Zhaozhi's footsteps stood firm, and at first glance he saw the rope tied to the window.

"Want to die?"

He asked.

"Don't dare not die."

Song Mouyuan smiled: "No one can last long under Lord Han, I am a literati, I can't be beaten, I can't stand the pain, maybe I won't need to take a stick of incense for a while, I will recruit everything I know, think about it, it should be a very embarrassed look, just like your lord, this is not what I think you should look like, the beard is so long, the clothes are a little wrinkled, and it doesn't look like Han Zhaozhi at all, I can't be like you, dead and alive, all decent." ”

After saying this, he put the noose around his neck and jumped out of the window, where his man hung and staggered.

Han Zhaozhi rushed forward, but the person hung on the third floor.

He even died in a demonstration to Han Zhaozhi.

It wasn't the rope sleeve that killed Song Mouyuan, even if Han Zhaozhi was hanging on the third floor, he had enough ability to rush up and save him, he just wanted Han Zhaozhi to experience what failure was again, he put on the rope and jumped out by himself It was really just a demonstration, it was also ridicule, it was ridicule, and it was the last dignity.

He took the poison first, but there was no solution to the poison.

Nalan Xiaodi's face was panicked: "The lowly position should take him first." ”

Han Zhaozhi shook his head: "He is in such a hurry to die...... Mu Zhaotong should still be in Cloud City. ”

Han Zhaozhi turned around and walked out: "Carefully check within three miles around this inn, check door to door, even if you can't find Mu Zhaotong, you can find out something else, such a person can't live in the Ruyi Inn for no reason, and bring everyone in the inn back to check." ”

There were a few suona sounds in the distance, it was so late, naturally it would not be a happy event, maybe a funeral.