Seeing Shi Shi being carried away, Zhang Bao turned around, looked at Shi Jian, and said, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Ning, you won the bet!" ”

"Master Zhang, you also won!" Shi Jian smiled and said: "Lord Zhang has been lying on his salary and tasting his courage, enduring humiliation, and now that His Royal Highness King Yan has been reinstated, your glory and wealth will not be less!" ”

"Good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to do things! King Yan is kind-hearted and worthy of Zhang's service! Zhang Bao sat opposite Shi Jian and said, "His Royal Highness King Ning, presumably with you, you are the real one who tastes the courage!" ”

"This king? Hehehehe, Lord Zhang is serious! Shi Jian shook his head with a smile and said, "Although this king doesn't have any great ambitions, he still understands loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness!" ”

"Then dare to ask Your Highness, I heard that your position as the commander of the patrol battalion was obtained by Shi Zun for you, but you betrayed him at the most critical time! This...... Doesn't seem moral enough, does it? Zhang Bao said deliberately.

Zhang Bao's words were undoubtedly a stab at Shi Jian, and he just wanted to test Shi Jian's endurance.

Sure enough, Shi Jian did not get angry, but said calmly: "No, no, no, Lord Zhang's words are wrong!" ”

"I would like to hear His Highness's advice!" Zhang Bao said politely.

"This king has never done anything for Shi Zun, so how can he say that he betrayed him?" Shi Jian lifted the kettle in his hand, and while adding water to the teapot, he said: "Shi Zun's kindness that day, this king naturally remembers, but loyalty and filial piety, loyalty and righteousness are before righteousness, if you are Lord Zhang, you must be so clear and have grievances, right?" ”

Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment, and smiled awkwardly: "What His Royal Highness King Ning said is true!" ”

"Now that the dust has settled, everything will change when my father returns to Yecheng!" Shi Jian said, paused, looked at Zhang Bao and said: "Although Lord Zhang has meritorious service to the country this time, he is still suspected of bullying the king. ”

Zhang Bao nodded slightly, he knew in his heart that when the Yan Wangfu was in trouble, he pretended to be crazy and stupid and escaped prison, and Shi Hu's sword and axe did not come to his head. Now, he is appearing in front of everyone in a bright light, and the so-called madness before is a manifestation of his deception.

According to Shi Hu's temperament and character, I'm afraid this is not easy to explain the past.

Seeing Zhang Bao's somewhat worried look, Shi Jian smiled and comforted: "Why should Lord Zhang be so sad, you have forgotten His Royal Highness King Yan, my imperial brother will definitely not sit idly by when the time comes!" ”

At this time, one of Shi Jian's subordinates came to report: "Your Royal Highness, there is news from the palace that Huilan Palace has been surrounded by forbidden troops, and Liu Guifei is also confined in Huilan Palace, waiting for His Majesty's fate. ”

Shi Jian nodded slightly, waved his hand, and ordered: "This king knows, step down!" ”

Zhang Bao looked at Shi Jian, his eyes changed slightly, and said, "His Royal Highness King Ning is really concerned about a lot of things!" Even the news in the palace knows! ”

Shi Jian said unhurriedly: "The king's mother concubine is in the palace, it is a matter of the safety of the mother concubine, how can the son ignore it?" ”

"Your Highness said yes!" Zhang Bao thought for a while, and then asked, "I think this matter is a little strange!" I wonder if Your Highness thinks so? ”

"What is Lord Zhang talking about?"

"Why is the concubine Niangniang being detained by the forbidden army? If it was because of his involvement in Shi Zun's rebellion, His Majesty would not have gotten the news so quickly, right? ”

Shi Jian shrugged his shoulders and said with a relaxed face: "Who knows? The father has his own arrangement, which has nothing to do with us. ”

Zhang Bao glanced at Shi Jian and did not answer again.

......

At the beginning of the chaos, the Huns outside Yanmen Pass were still a threat, and Shi Hu was worried that the large-scale liquidation would cause panic, so he only killed Shi Zun's headquarters and some people directly related to him. For the rest of the people, Shi Hu did not pursue them for the time being.

When Shi Hu returned to Yecheng, the Yecheng he saw was a mess.

Shi Hu rode on horseback, looked at the scene in front of him, and said with a cold face: "I have only been away for a few months, and this group of rebellious ministers and thieves will make a lot of trouble!" Is it because I'm too kind to them on a regular basis? ”

Shi Min did not respond.

"Looks like so!" Shi Hu's eyes showed murderous intentions, and said angrily: "Wait for me to take my time and liquidate!" ”

At this time, a group of people surrounded a person and greeted him in a panic.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" The man at the head prostrated and shouted.

Everyone looked at it, and then they realized that the person who came was actually Shi Shi.

After being locked up on death row in Dali Temple for many days, Shi Shi's face was thin, his face was sallow, his description was withered, and he had no past demeanor, Shi Min and others couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Shi Hu frowned slightly, without a trace of pity, and said coldly: "Go back to the Yan Palace!" There's nothing to do with you here! ”

Shi Shi originally wanted to drive into the palace with him, but he never thought that Shi Hu was so indifferent, he replied stupidly: "The son obeys the order......"

Shi Hu was about to leave, when he suddenly saw that Zhang Bao was actually in the crowd, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked, "Zhang Bao!" Why are you here? ”

Shi Shi hurriedly explained: "Father, this matter is a long story! This time, the son was able to see his father alive, and Zhang Bao contributed a lot! He ......"

"Shut up! I didn't ask you! Shi Hu scolded.

Shi Shi still wanted to argue, but Zhang Bao quietly tugged at his sleeve beside him.

"I heard that you suddenly fell ill, what kind of madness! Now I see that your face is ruddy, your complexion is quite good, and you don't seem to have any illness! Isn't your illness suddenly cured? Or maybe you used to be crazy and stupid! ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Guilty ......" Zhang Bao said, kowtowing heavily.

"Huh! It seems that your sins are not small! Bully! Damn it! ”

Since Shi Zun conspired to make trouble, Shi Hu's temperament has become more irritable, and at this moment, when he finds out that Zhang Bao is bullying the king, he will naturally not let it go easily.

"Someone!" Shi Hu suddenly shouted.

"In!"

"Drag it down, cut it!" Shi Hu commanded coldly.

As soon as the words fell, Shi Shi knelt on his knees and said to Shi Hu: "Father, Zhang Bao is not a ......."

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Bao raised his head, looked at Shi Hu, and bowed righteously and said, "The criminal has something to say!" Please give the guilty minister a chance to speak! After the minister finishes speaking, His Majesty will kill or chop! There is no other thing to say about the sinner! ”

"I'm too lazy to listen to your nonsense!" Shi Hu said impatiently.

Shi Min on the side glanced at Zhang Bao and whispered to Shi Hu: "Your Majesty, the people in the city have experienced what happened to Shi Zun, and now the people are panicking. Weichen thinks that it is better to take Zhang Bao back to the palace first and listen to what his reasons for bullying the king are! So when His Majesty is still dissatisfied, it's not too late for you to kill him again! ”

Shi Hu glanced at Shi Min, and then looked at the guards of the patrol battalion kneeling around, as well as ordinary people, Shi Hu pondered for a moment, and then ordered his subordinates: "Take him into the palace!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Bao did not resist, and even nodded slightly to Shi Min to express his gratitude.

"Go back to the palace!" Shi Hu commanded.

Just as Shi Hu walked in front of Shi Jian, he suddenly stopped and asked, "I heard that you have a lot of credit for guarding Yecheng this time!" ”

Shi Jian humbly kowtowed and replied: "The sons dare not invite merit, they only know the word loyalty and filial piety!" ”

"Get up! Follow me into the palace! I have something to ask you! Shi Hu commanded.

"Sons obey orders!" Shi Jian slowly got up.