Zhao Yong stood in front of the couch, looking at the old man on the sickbed, the old man was covered with a thin quilt, his eyes were a little sloppy, and he spoke for a long time, sometimes he was delirious, Zhao Yong bowed, turned around and walked outside the hall, and the others also followed him out.

"My uncle is almost old, and in his early years, he ran around with Cheng Hou, but now he is full of injuries and illnesses, and he is deeply heartbroken."

"My father was wounded by a sword in his early years, and there were more than 30 places large and small, but now he is old and frail, and he can only encourage support. When my father was sober, he heard that the king had let Zhao rule the country, and he hated to be able to hold a sword and get on the horse, and he shared his worries for the king, and often cried bitterly. ”

Zhao Yong sneered slightly in his heart, and his tone was also full of concern. "Lone also deeply regrets it. Jinyang is bitter cold, not as good as Handan, if the uncle is healthy, it is better to go to Handan to recuperate. Raised in the royal city, lonely is good to fulfill filial piety. ”

Zhao said cautiously: "I'm old and have difficulty moving. Although Jinyang is bitterly cold, but after all, in the land of Sangzi, my father has returned to his roots, and if he dies halfway, I am afraid it will not be beautiful, so he can only delay it like this. ”

"It's not a common thing after all." Zhao Yong said, "Lean a little, let the military medical officer diagnose and treat it, it can be regarded as the filial piety of the lonely." ”

"Acting as my father, thank you." Zhao hurriedly saluted and thanked him.

"That's it, you and my brother, Gu is my family, and this is my duty, and I will see the outside when I salute." Zhao Yong helped Zhao Zhi up, "Now there are still four old people in the Zhao family. Uncle Shushu is no longer delirious, and now he is also at the mercy of God, and Uncle Chengcheng is now in the position of commonplace, helping Lone to manage government affairs; Your father's and uncle's achievements are also lingering sickly now. Zhao Yong said, and said with a little regret: "The most painful thing for Gu is that his uncle Zhao Xian is actually rebellious to Lone!" ”

"Listening to this news, I can't help myself. I thought that before the Northern Expedition, I had a very happy conversation in front of my uncle, but I didn't expect this to happen. So much so that he didn't eat for three days, investigated his guilt deeply, and once felt that he couldn't bear the responsibility, and he had the heart to abdicate and make way for the virtuous. ”

When Zhao and everyone heard this, they hurriedly crawled to the ground, and they couldn't even shout. Zhao said loudly: "Since the king was appointed as Zhao Hou, he has not only called the king self-reliant and glorified the Zhao family, but now he is expanding the territory and eliminating troubles. After searching for the six countries, there is no one who stands out from the right, why should the king blame himself? ”

"Zhao Xian's matter is a little bit of a two-hearted person, who does not measure his strength and conspires against him. With the power of thunder and the grace of rain and dew, the king calmed down the matter, which not only fulfilled the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, but also protected the name of the clan, and even more shocked the small people. With good intentions, we only have admiration. ”

"Wan Wangjun attaches great importance to the foundation of the Zhao family, and must not be dismissed lightly. We should do our best to assist you and protect the prestige of the Zhao family! ”

Zhao Dai's heartache caused Zhao Shan, Li Dui and others to persuade Zhao Yong to give up this intention, his original intention was nothing more than to put on a show, but everyone said that Zhao Yong himself was almost embarrassed, so he could only sigh that his acting skills had improved again, and at the same time asked the ministers to get up quickly, indicating that he was thinking about this matter in the long run. Then the people got up.

Everyone lingered in Zhao Ji's house for a while, and Zhao Yong allowed him to leave, and before leaving, Zhao Yong suddenly asked, "What position does the clan brother hold now?" ”

"The minister now lives on his father's shadow and the fields, and he has no official position." Zhao was stunned, but he didn't expect Zhao Yong to suddenly ask this question, lest he be taken care of by Zhao Yong, so he dealt with it carefully.

"Well, it's a pity that with the ability of the clan brother, he couldn't come out." Zhao Yong said, thought for a while, and said: "As soon as the uncle came out, Lone also felt that he was a little distant from the clan, but Jinyang Handan, the road is far, and there is no other way to get close. As a commonplace, my uncle is also a busy mess on weekdays, and his relatives in the clan may also be a little slack. Lone felt that it was better to arrange a special person to be responsible for the affairs between Lone and the clan. ”

Zhao was shocked again, but only promised.

"Originally, I wanted to get rid of my uncle in this matter, but now I am lingering on the sickbed, and I really can't act. It is better for the clan brother to come forward and assume this righteous position. ”

"The minister is terrified." Zhao Zhi responded, "How can the minister be able to take on this important responsibility, and ask the king to postpone this matter." ”

"You think about it first, this matter must be discussed with other ministers for a while, and if it is formed, it will not be too late to discuss it then."

Zhao Ji walked around his courtyard with his hands behind his back, and slowly walked towards Zhao Ji's room. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Zhao Ji, who was still sick just now, kneeling on the hall, looking at him with a red face. Zhao hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Father." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "Jun Shang left?" ”

"I left, saying that I would send a military medical officer to come for diagnosis and treatment another day."

"Come on, come on. The old man's illness is good and bad, and he is not afraid of his inquiry. Zhao Ji said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Did he say something?" ”

Zhao then told him about the conversation between the two just now, "The child must be reluctant to resign, I'm afraid that I will have to obey the order when the time comes, and I'm worried about how to excuse myself." ”

Zhao Ji chewed on the conversation between the two just now, and suddenly said coldly: "Force? I'm afraid there won't be such a good thing. This Zongzheng, it seems that the old man can't run. ”

"But if you do Zongzheng, you will either offend the king, or you will offend Uncle Zhao Cheng, and if you want to be left and right, I'm afraid it won't work. What's more, according to the king's will, I'm afraid I still have to go to Handan for this position. After leaving Jinyang, the child felt that he would be treated as an enemy by Zhao Cheng and them. ”

Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "Since you can think of this, you must know that this is a trick used by Zhao Yong, the purpose is to watch us fight with Zhao Cheng, and he can sit back and enjoy it." Snorted coldly, "It's really a good means." Today's king's power trick is really wonderful. ”

"If that's the case, the child can't go." Zhao Zhi hurriedly said, "Fighting with Zhao Cheng in Handan, isn't it self-defeating?" ”

"Hehe, just said that you are a little smart, and you are confused." Zhao Ji stroked his beard, squinted his eyes and said: "Since our monarch succeeded to the throne, his favorite thing to do is to balance and rebalance, as long as you still have the value of use, he will not give up on you easily." It's because you went to Handan, you were respectful to Zhao Cheng, and you didn't have to be so polite to others, just how to deal with it depends on the attitude of the king. ”

"This," Zhao hesitated for a while, "and asked my father to give me an explanation." ”

Zhao Ji lived to be seventy years old, and he could almost understand what Zhao Yong thought if he guessed it.

"At the beginning of the monarch's succession, he relied very heavily on Feiyi and Zhao Bao, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are femoral humerus; But after being pro-government, Zhao Cheng, Wu Guang and Feiyi were raised to the same position as Zhao Bao, and his power was divided into four parts, and the military power was held in his hands through Zhao Xi. This is interesting, the four ministers, who has the final say, will naturally be decided through him Zhao Yong. He just divided Zhao Bao's power to others, so that others could get benefits, and he would not oppose him, and he would sit firmly as a king. ”

Zhao Department suddenly realized that a series of layouts since Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne, why Zhao Guo seemed to have intricate forces but was safe and sound, it turned out to be this reason.

"In the same way, why does the king want the old man to come forward and serve as this sect? It's not because we in Jinyang have been hit too hard this time, and it's easy for the people in Handan to bully. simply give the old man a position, be responsible for the affairs of the entire clan, and set Zhao Cheng, the patriarch, in the air. Once Zhao Cheng was set aside, the group of people in Handan had to obey the old man, and the old man had to obey him. Hehe, a good means, it's really a good means. ”

Zhao Ji analyzed and guessed at the same time, but Zhao Ji next to him was sweating profusely. He really couldn't imagine that the seemingly ordinary and ordinary little things still hid such a mystery.

"If that's the case, how could Zhao Cheng be tied down? He's not going to watch me wait to take over the matter. ”

The old man can't see through this, maybe he and Zhao Cheng have reached some kind of agreement? Or did he think he could level Zhao Cheng and the Handan clan behind him? However, he is in military power, and now the real power generals of Zhao State have been promoted by him, and Pang Cong is in charge of the most elite Jianjian Ridge camp for him, and the group of people who shout that they want to deal with him are probably not easy. ”

"Will Pang Cong betray Zhao Yong?" Zhao asked cautiously.

Zhao Ji thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Pang Cong is an outsider, in charge of the elite troops, if he betrays the king once, he will not be able to make any waves without support, this is the genius of the king." ”

"That's... If it is really appointed, will the child go or not? "Zhao Zheng really doesn't want to go to Handan now, it's not only Longtan Tiger's Den, but also Senluo Hell.

"Of course you have to go, even if it's really human, you have to go there." Zhao Ji said, "This is the king's means, if you don't go, there will definitely be others to go, and as a person who doesn't go, the punishment will definitely not be small." If you don't believe it, if you look at the past two days, there will naturally be thunderous means, so that you will not have time to parry. ”

"Father, what should the child do now?" Zhao has completely given up resistance.

"What to do?" Zhao Ji rolled his eyes and said, "You immediately write a letter and send it to Handan Sikong Mansion, indicating that you are very reluctant to this matter, see how Zhao Cheng can parry?" ”

"This..."Zhao Cheng said in a panic, "This matter has not yet taken shape, so tell Zhao Cheng like this, if he says in front of the king that it was the child who revealed this matter, won't he be questioned?" ”

Zhao Ji looked at this son and said leisurely: "How do you know that the king didn't want to convey the meaning to Zhao Cheng in advance through you?" ”

Zhao was dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"You can't guess the methods of our king."

Everyone really couldn't guess Zhao Yong's thoughts, just like now, he passed through the gate of Pan Palace, looked at the cold courtyard inside, and the thin figure in the main hall, and didn't say anything about it for a long time. Zhao Shan and Li Dui looked at each other, not knowing what Zhao Yong's move was for.

"Lone said, my uncle is old and needs someone to take care of him, I don't know if such a person has been found?"

"Back to your lordship." Li Dui is now the city guard of Jinyang, so he naturally has to accompany Zhao Yong throughout the whole process, "I recommended a few, but none of them seem to be suitable." ”

Zhao Yong nodded, continued to look at Zhao Xian inside, and said slowly: "I heard that Zhao Xian also has a young son named Zhao Ji. ”

Li Dui just wanted to speak, but when he saw Zhao Shan, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the words: "Your Majesty, Zhao He has been expelled from the house by Zhao Xian, and this person is no longer Zhao Xian's son." ”

Zhao Yong looked at Zhao Shan with a resolute face, without the slightest guilt against himself, and said slowly: "Of course Lone knows. As he spoke, he took one last look at Zhao Xian inside, but he still didn't make up his mind to walk in, turned around and left there. Let this Zhao Ji take care of Zhao Xian, and give Zhao Xian's original mansion to Zhao He so that he can take care of it conveniently. ”

"Your Majesty, this... Doesn't seem right? Li Dui thought about it and said. Ignoring Zhao Shan's eyes.

"If you think it's inappropriate, let them come to Lone." Zhao Yong said and left directly, leaving only Li Dui and the others with a surprised face.

(End of chapter)