readx;?readx; Chapter 581: Guilty of Guilt

It was night, and in the hinterland of the Qi army's barracks, outside an ordinary tent, there were actually heavy guards. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Inside the tent was a dim oil lamp, under which was a young man and an old man with short beard and short hair.

The young man carried a steaming wooden basin to the old man's feet, and said softly, "Father, it's time to wash your feet." ”

The old man with white hair was Emperor Zhaowu, and in just a few months, he seemed to be dozens of years old, his face was wrinkled, and his waist was stiff. It seems that from the year of destiny to the last year of the wind and candle.

Emperor Zhaowu just let out a light 'um' and stopped moving.

The young man was naturally Qin Zhan, he bent down and knelt down, took off his shoes and socks for his father, and tested the temperature of the water with his hands, and then immersed his feet in the basin. He asked in a low voice, "Father, is it hot?" ”

Emperor Zhaowu slowly shook his head, but still did not speak.

Qin Zhan had no choice but to stop his mouth and carefully rubbed his father's feet. The tent was silent for a while, except for the sound of rushing water.

After a long time, I heard Emperor Zhaowu say softly: "Tomorrow, are they going to use my life to blackmail the tiger prison?" ”

Qin Zhan's body stiffened, and he nodded: "It seems to be ...... Yes. ”

"Alas......" Emperor Zhaowu sighed, his voice was full of bitterness and self-injury, and he lowered his head and said: "I have become a sinner of Great Qin through the ages......"

"Father's words are wrong," Qin Zhan straightened up, and said with an unfair face: "You are eloquent and strategic, and your martial arts are world-famous, you have defeated the Baisheng Gong, who is known as undefeated for decades, and won the tiger prison that several generations of emperors have dreamed of. He said

With a face full of resentment, he said: "The real sinner through the ages is my fifth brother!" And not you, Father! ”

"Children don't understand, don't talk nonsense." Emperor Zhaowu shook his head and said, "The responsibility for this defeat lies entirely with me, and has nothing to do with others. ”

Seeing that the sycophants were not corrected, Qin Zhan hurriedly changed his words and said: "Then as long as the tiger prison is in our hands, we will still earn it this time, and my father is still meritorious." ”

"The tiger prison is in danger." Emperor Zhaowu continued to shake his head and said, "Li Xun and Huangfu Xian will not watch me being killed, but they will not be indifferent. ”

"The two generals are loyal." Qin Zhan said in his heart, I'm always right with you, right?

"What faithful man?" How do you know that Emperor Zhaowu still shook his head and said: "They are all people who put themselves before the country, but they are just afraid of being accused of not saving themselves and being asked and killed by the imperial court." ”

Qin Zhan was completely speechless, and said in his heart: "If I don't speak, you won't shake your head again, right?" ’

"I have no shame to go to see the ancestors and ancestors," but I saw Emperor Zhaowu...... Slowly shook his head and said, "It's okay if I'm not the emperor." As he spoke, he looked at Qin Zhan and said slowly, "Tomorrow you will go to announce the decree?" ”

"Like...... Right. Qin Zhan nodded and said, "It was me last two times, and I shouldn't change it this time." ”

Emperor Zhaowu nodded slowly, and after a period of silence, he said softly: "You go and tell them, I may die tomorrow, I want to take a bath and go on the road cleanly." ”

Staring at the basin with a strange face for a long time, Qin Zhan got up and said, "The child knows." So he went out to find the guards of the Qi State and told Emperor Zhaowu's request.

The request was reasonable, and there was no need to ask for instructions, so the guards went and brought in a bucket and a few buckets of hot water, and then withdrew.

Bringing the brazier to the side of the tub and surrounding it with a screen, Qin Zhan began to pour boiling water into the bucket.

In the sound of rushing water, Emperor Zhaowu began to slowly undress, and after taking off the middle of the cotton robe, he revealed the underwear with red letters written on it.

In Qin Zhan's shocked gaze, Emperor Zhaowu took off the underwear and said in a low voice: "Put it on and read it in front of everyone in the gate tomorrow." ”

Rubbing his hands on his body, Qin Zhan hesitantly took the underwear and asked in a low voice, "What is this?" ”

"I've written my own bloody edict." Emperor Zhaowu said word by word: "I have decided to abdicate and pass on the throne to ...... Your fifth brother Yutian. Seeing that he was stunned, afraid that the defenders outside the tent would notice, the emperor personally lifted the wooden barrel and poured water into the hard-working bathtub.

"The sons are called in every difficulty." After a long pause, Qin Zhan held up the blood book and kowtowed: "My father is not immoral, but he is a dragon swimming in shallow water, and sooner or later he will get out of the predicament, why do he have the heart to abdicate?" After listening to Zhao Wuyi's arrangement, he was still counting on the resourceful Baisheng Gong to help him inherit the throne of Emperor Zhaowu.

"It's not something you should worry about." Emperor Zhaowu said lightly, the bucket in his hand poured water, and it was not affected at all: "Just pass the decree." ”

"That'...... That can't be passed on to the fifth brother? Qin Zhan's heart was disturbed, and he didn't hide what he said: "On the elder and young, there is the eldest brother, on the respect and inferiority, there is the prince brother, on the talent has the third brother, and on filial piety...... Erchen is not far behind, why should he pass it on to him, Erchen can't figure it out! ”

Emperor Zhaowu controlled the speed of pouring water, and it was not until he finished pouring the water that he finished pouring, and dropped a sentence: "He is the most suitable, and the eldest and second will not have an opinion." Then he stepped on the stool and sat down in the tub, and said softly, "Rub your back." ”

It took a long time for Qin Zhan to come back to his senses, take a towel and soak it in the water, and silently rubbed Emperor Zhaowu's back. After a while, he couldn't help but say, "Why is the fifth brother the most suitable?" He has been disrespectful to you several times! ”

Emperor Zhaowu sighed and said: "Qin Li is too rigid and doesn't know how to relax, and the country will be exhausted by reckless force; Qin Ting is too soft, like me, he can't be the emperor immediately, and he can't control the arrogant soldiers of Great Qin at all; Qin Lin is too stupid, but fortunately, he is still afraid of the fifth child, so he won't do anything stupid. ”

"Only Qin Lei, who is both civil and military, has a gap in his chest, and still knows that the overall situation is important. If it weren't for that, I don't know how many times I would have killed him with his self-respecting temper. The expression on Emperor Zhaowu's face was very complicated, and he looked at the old man on the back of his hand and said, "I originally planned to win this battle, so I gave him death." But I made things like this, for the sake of my ancestors, I could only let him come out and clean up the mess. ”

The emperor's mental trick is not understandable to normal people, Emperor Zhaowu hated Qin Lei so much that the root of his teeth itched, but he had been just knocking and beating, and he did not make a dead hand, not because His Majesty the Emperor was merciful, but to leave an insurance for Great Qin, in case the situation was corrupt and the emperor was powerless, it was good that someone would take over the mess and continue, don't completely bury the ancestral foundation.

And it worked.

might as well imagine another possibility, if Emperor Zhaowu was not captured, but returned to Qin, he could still eat Qin Lei to death for the rest of his life, who made him his father?

From this point of view, Qin Lei is still far from an emperor.

If Emperor Zhaowu hadn't been carried away by the good situation and rashly drove the expedition in person, Qin Lei's miserable life didn't know how long it would last.

But there are no ifs in this world, only one misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and then looking back is a hundred years old......

Seeing that his father commented on everyone, but he didn't say anything about himself, Qin Zhan's face turned green, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and said, "What about my father's son?" ”

Glancing at him, Emperor Zhaowu said lightly: "Don't think about what you don't have, you have to survive, so you can be a prince of peace with peace of mind." ”

Qin Zhan nodded without saying a word, then put the bloody clothes close to his body, hastily dried his body for Emperor Zhaowu, put on his clothes, and bowed out.

"Okay, fifth brother, you won again." Looking at the back of his son who was leaving angrily, Emperor Zhaowu sighed.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Wuji really sent Qin Zhan to the city to give an ultimatum.

Sitting in a hanging basket to go up to the Tiger Prison to close the city, Li Xun and Huangfu Xian greeted the six highnesses at the head of the city.

The three of them have seen each other a lot in the past few days, but they only have a little courtesy, and they cut to the point.

Qin Zhan asked anxiously, "Do the two adults have a plan?" ”

The two shook their heads in unison and said: "This trip to Zhongdu is far away, and the fastest eight hundred miles to expedite round trip is six days, even if the capital recovers as soon as the report is received, it will not be received until tomorrow evening." ”

"Oops, can't wait." Qin Zhan rubbed his hands anxiously and said, "Zhao Wuyi's guy is going to cook his father at noon today, how can he wait until tomorrow?" ”

The two generals glanced at each other, and Huangfu said in a deep voice: "It is clear that the old thief Zhao doesn't want to give us a chance to ask for instructions!" ”

"Yes, the responsibility for whether to say yes or not is on us." Li Xun sighed and said, "Then let's do it according to the discussion." ”

Huang Fuxian also nodded and said, "That's all there is to it." Then he said to Qin Zhan: "Please ask Your Highness to bring a message to Zhao Wuyi, saying that we can return the Tiger Prison Pass, but we must change it back to Your Majesty!" "At least this can be regarded as a meritorious rescue, and at the very least, the merit and demerit are offset, so as not to be held accountable for this.

"Please tell Zhao Wuyi, if we don't let Your Majesty go, we can only bear this big responsibility, even if it is to apologize for the crime with death," Li Xun said in a deep voice: "I will never let him blackmail the mainland again!" ”

Qin Zhan said solemnly: "Xiao Wang Xie and the two generals Gao Yi, let's go and spread the word." He went down to the city in a basket and returned to Zhao Wuyi's Chinese army tent.

From beginning to end, he didn't take off the guilty edict at all and showed it to the two generals.

"Grandpa, grandson is back." As soon as Qin Zhan entered, he kowtowed.

"How?" Zao Wou-Ki smiled and said, "Did they agree?" ”

"A promise is a promise," Qin Zhan said with an indignant face, "But they still have a condition." ”

"Say."

"They want us to release Emperor Zhaowu first." Qin Zhan pouted and said, "It's beautiful to think about." ”

"It's really beautiful." Zhao Wuyi laughed and said: "I am a swordman, he is a fish and meat, and he still has to talk about conditions?" He slapped the table and said, "Someone! Set up the cauldron, let's cook the emperor and play! Zhao Hu responded in a deep voice and strode out to prepare.

After a while, a large cauldron was set up under the city, and the Qi army lit the firewood at the bottom of the pot, and the water in the pot was quickly heated by the blazing fire.

Two strong wrestlers, carrying Emperor Zhaowu tied to the bamboo pole, trembled to the pot table, held high above the cauldron, and the steam soon enveloped the emperor's whole body, making the officers and soldiers in the city look bare and tearful, and some even cried loudly.

"Emperor Li Xun in the city listened, my grandfather said, there are still twenty breaths before noon, if you are still mad and ignore the emperor of your country, then we will really cook it." Zhao Hu's angry voice resounded all around, allowing everyone in the city to hear it clearly.

"Fifteen more ......"

"Ten breaths, nine breaths...... Six, five, four, three......"

"Wait, we'll hand over the city!" At last, there was a roar of resentment and helplessness from the city.

"Withdraw the army within an hour, and the door must be opened when the time comes!" Zhao Hu laughed.