Song Huizong stepped forward quickly, helped Zhao Gou up, and said happily: "Lao Jiu, I am very relieved to hear that you are back, the long-awaited emperor has finally returned, has everything been fine?" ”

Zhao Gou stood up, nodded, his eyes flashed with tears, and said: "The child is fine, let the father worry, the child is not filial!" ”

"It's okay! You were able to come back early, it was already unexpected! Song Huizong asked Zhao Yi and Zhao Gou to sit down, and then asked, "Have you ever gained anything from following Mr. Zhou Kan to practice martial arts?" It's just that I don't know how well you learned, with his temperament, he will never rush you back, is something happening? ”

"Why does my father know that I worship under my master?" At the beginning, Zhao seemed to ask him about the future, but he didn't think much about it, and when Song Huizong mentioned it again, Zhao Gou felt a little unusual. After all, he didn't tell anyone about it when he went to Tangyin County, and even before leaving, he only said that he was looking for famous teachers to practice martial arts, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that my whereabouts, from the very beginning, my father and uncle Wang knew that this was impossible, why did I never notice it?" ”

Zhao seemed to know what Zhao Gou was thinking, and said in one sentence: "Lao Jiu, do you think again, why do I and the imperial brother know who you worship under?" Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment and nodded, he did not understand, "Because the day you left Bianjing, until the apprenticeship with Mr. Zhou, we were all clear, and we also knew that you had suffered a lot for the apprentice!" ”

Zhao Gou was shocked: "Could it be that someone followed me when I left the capital?" ”

"Yes, you've seen one of those people who are following you!" Zhao Ru smiled and said, "At the beginning, the imperial brother was worried that you would encounter some trouble along the way, so he sent them to secretly protect you, and even everything that happened to you outside, we knew everything clearly, until two of them were discovered by Mr. Zhou, and then we didn't send people anymore!" ”

Zhao Gou thought back, and suddenly remembered that when Zhou Tong saw him, he was a little puzzled, and he was reluctant to apprentice, and later agreed, everything was because his father was worried about him, so he sent someone to follow him to protect him, which made Zhou Dong a little jealous, and finally found that it was just a false alarm, so he naturally accepted himself. Zhao Gou could only smile bitterly, if someone hadn't followed him, he wouldn't have suffered for a month, and the benefits were mixed.

Raising his head and looking at Song Huizong, who was not smiling, Zhao Gou felt that he was much older than before after six years, with a faint sorrow between his eyebrows, and even the tips of his hair turned white, it can be seen that in the past six years, Zhao Ji has been worried about the country and the people, and he has worked hard, making him more mature and more restrained, and his whole body seems to be a Confucian anger, a little less sharp, a little more elegant, Tao Guang is obscure, and sighs deeply: "My father looks a lot older over the years!" ”

Zhao Gou couldn't help but think of one thing, he was imprisoned in the backyard by his father, and no one was allowed to approach, even his mother didn't know the truth, and said: "Father, I don't know how good my mother has been in recent years?" ”

Song Huizong nodded and said, "Everything is fine!" ”

It turned out that Zhao Gou was imprisoned, and his mother Wei Wanrong desperately interceded for him, wanting Song Huizong to let Zhao Gou go, even if it was degraded to the common people, and finally Song Huizong didn't want her to disrupt his plan, so he angrily entered the cold palace, and no one was allowed to visit, in fact, in the cold palace, Zhao Ji revealed a little bit of the situation to her, knowing that her child was safe, she naturally lived in the harem, and was happy to be quiet, the concubines in the harem had already forgotten her, and thought that Wei was dead, but she lived more comfortably than anyone else, Chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, it is not easy to get a piece of paradise, ignore the disputes outside, and concentrate on worshipping the Buddha.

Zhao Gou nodded, he also felt that the safest place in the palace was the cold palace, there was no dispute, and there was no need to fight for power and profit, and said in a straight voice: "Father, is the current court headed by Gao Yu and in charge of the dynasty alone?" ”

Song Huizong glanced at Zhao Yi reproachfully, he knew that it was his younger brother who told Zhao Gou. Zhao Ru saw his brother's reproachful eyes, and hurriedly turned his head, not daring to look at him. Song Huizong said: "You don't want to get involved in this matter. This is a major matter of the state, and you have not performed the ceremony of crowning, so you can discuss the affairs of the state. I have my own arrangements for this, so you can stay in the palace and have a good reunion with your mother! ”

"Da Song has internal and external troubles, and the child has long known it. Otherwise, I don't want to go all the way to Tangyin County to practice martial arts, and abandon literature and martial arts. Zhao Gou looked like a little adult, and said in a similar manner: "Father, there are some things that children already know. At that time, the child was still too old to fight with others; Now it's different, the child is twelve years old. After a while, some of the Brotherhood will come to protect the Great Song with me. As a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty and the heir of the Zhao family, it is indispensable to protect the Zhao family and protect the people of the world. The child asked my father to allow me to enter the court as an official and do my best for the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"In ancient times, there was a Gan Luo worship, and children can do it. The dispute between the two factions in the DPRK and China was quietly resolved by the father, but an uncontrollable minister appeared. Seeing that his father's face was haggard and his health was not good, the child saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. The child has grown up, and he is no longer the one who grows up under the protection of his father, and the Great Song Dynasty is guarded by me and his father and Uncle Wang, and no one will disturb the peace of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Lao Jiu, you have really grown up, I am really not mistaken!" Song Huizong nodded with satisfaction, he knew that Zhao Gou was young and sensible, with maturity and thoughts from his peers, after coming back this time, Zhao Ji saw a different side of Zhao Gou in the past, that sharp and unwavering eyes, even Zhao seemed to nod his head.

After a while, Song Huizong's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Then do you know why the Great Song Dynasty is getting weaker and weaker, why the ministers of the court and the central government are fighting for me, why I am immersed in calligraphy and painting, and I don't want to meddle in this matter, let things develop, and just deal with everything behind the scenes?" If you can answer, I will promise you to let you enter the court as an official. ”

Zhao Gou pondered for a moment, for these problems, Zhao Gou had already understood everything, in order to avoid Song Huizong's suspicion, he could only pretend to think about it, and said: "The Great Song Dynasty is weakening day by day, and the reason for this is only a few words: First, there are too many people in the Great Song Dynasty who only eat empty salaries, and the politics are unstable, everyone is full of private pockets, there are very few loyal and patriotic people, and the Great Song Dynasty is politically unstable; Second, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are fighting for power, ignoring the lives and deaths of the people in the world, inaction for the sake of officials, lack of clarity in government, and the protection of officials and officials, forming various groups in the DPRK and China, so that when one person is moved, the others are disturbed and they are on guard. ”

"The father is hidden behind the scenes, so that the world can see that the father is abandoning the government and immersed himself in calligraphy and painting, so that he can observe everything from the dark. If we do not handle affairs secretly, if we do it openly, it will provoke these entanglements of interests between the DPRK and China. At that time, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the people of the world would inevitably be affected again, and then there was a Jin country eyeing the tiger, and the regime of the DPRK and China was in chaos, which would give foreign enemies the opportunity to invade, so the father and the emperor had no choice but to avoid its edge, mainly because the ministers of the DPRK and China formed a party of privacy, knowing that their crimes were unforgivable, but they could not endure it temporarily, in the eyes of children, this is the real king of a country, can tolerate things that ordinary people cannot tolerate, everything is important to the people of the world, and consider it with a long-term vision, and at the moment can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the voice is dogs and horses. ”

"With the child's suggestion, the reason why there was a dispute between the two parties in the Great Song Dynasty was that there were two factions in the front, two parties in the back, and a group of Gao Yu and a group of people, which caused chaos in the dynasty. The reason for all this is that when there were few ministers and generals in the DPRK and the central government, when their power was declining, and the civil officials were complacent, they never found out that there was really a war, and there was no use for all kinds of scholars. If it is a balance between civil and military, then everything may not happen, and the Great Song Dynasty can prosper. ”

After Zhao Gou finished speaking, Song Huizong was taken aback, everything Zhao Gou said. Although the language is not sharp, what is said is also the truth. His gaze couldn't help but look at Zhao Ru. However, Zhao seemed to spread his hands and shook his head. Song Huizong knew that Zhao didn't seem to have leaked secrets, and praised: "Every word is beautiful, not bad!" The root of all this in the Great Song Dynasty lies in Taizu, just because Taizu was afraid of military generals, so that the status of military generals was not as good as day by day, and some people even abandoned martial arts and became good at literature. It's just that these people will only talk on paper, and it won't help if they actually go to the battlefield. ”

"It's a pity that I am a descendant of the Zhao family, and I dare not disobey the teachings of my ancestors, so I can only let the situation go step by step to the point where I am today, I am worthy of the emperor and the ancestors. I want to change this situation, but I can't do it. can only completely change the Great Song Dynasty, make the Great Song Dynasty more chaotic, and then someone will rise up and lead the people of the Great Song Dynasty to a new path. ”

"I thought there was no hope, I didn't think of your birth, and I didn't think of giving me the last hope. I think the thirteenth brother has already told you that there is a Taoist master who has given a proverb. That Taoist is the one you met you halfway through, that is, Chen Tuan, the pattern of nine deaths and a lifetime, only the appearance of a man of great talent can break this catastrophe, I pin all my hopes on you. ”

"That person is a master?" Zhao Gou was surprised, and then wondered: "Father, do you mean to agree to allow the child to enter the court as an official?" ”

Song Huizong nodded with a smile and said, "I promise you to let you enter the court as an official!" ”

After Zhao Gou received an affirmative reply, he was overjoyed. Since then, Zhao Gou can really enter the court as an official and control the real power in the court, in this way, he can be regarded as one of Zhou Dong's instructions, thinking: "Entering the court as an official is the first step, and everything starts to change from here!" No matter who you are, as long as you endanger the Great Song Dynasty, I will not agree, even if it is the historical Gao Taiwei. No matter who you are, I also want to eradicate this hidden danger of you, and return the world to a bright and prosperous Great Song Dynasty, so that the Great Song Dynasty will rise again, this is a lifelong pursuit, and it is also my expectation, whoever dares to stop it, will be removed! ”