Chapter 6: Going to the Feast
Heavy footsteps came, and Zhao Wuming rode in a chariot and galloped all the way with his personal guards. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 More than a dozen guards in front of the Governor's Mansion hurriedly walked down the steps to stop: "Stop, who is coming......
"This son is Zhao Wuming, the fourth son of King Zhao, and he was invited to the banquet, do you still want to dare to stop this son?" Zhao Wuming walked down from the chariot with Sun Buer and Qingque, his brows slightly Zou seemed to be a little unhappy.
Feeling Zhao Wuming's unhappy mood, the guards behind hurriedly walked over and stood behind Zhao Wuming in a line. The guard at the gate was shocked in his heart, and he shuddered slightly: "Fourth...... Four sons, when will the king have a fourth son".
"Bold...... The fourth son, you are so disrespectful in front of you." Qingque thought of the misery of these years, looked at the guards behind him, and his heart grew bolder, and he scolded the guards in front of the door.
As soon as Qingque's voice fell, the guards pointed the spears in their hands at the guards. The guards subconsciously took a few steps back in horror and carefully looked at the group of people in front of them. Seeing that the guards were wearing heavy armor, Zhao Wuming was wearing a brocade robe, and his heart was a little bitter, how could such a formation be an ordinary person. Could it be that the king really has a fourth son, but why don't he and his brothers know.
The sound reached the back of the door, and a middle-aged man in armor walked over, saluted Zhao Wuming respectfully, and his eyes were full of doubts: "The villain is the chief of the guards of the Duwei Mansion, if the guards in the mansion are rude, please also invite the fourth prince Haihan." It's just that there is a doubt in the villain's heart, I don't know if the fourth son can answer it for us."
"Say ......, please." Seeing that the person in front of him was respectful and polite, Zhao Wuming didn't make it too difficult, and then his brows loosened and his expression gradually eased.
The chief guard pondered, how to ask, so as not to offend the fourth prince in front of him, and before he asked, he gave another salute: "The villain's question may touch the sadness of the child, so I will make amends in advance and ask the son Haihan." As far as the villain knows, ten years ago, the son was young, and he once did a wrong thing to provoke the king's anger, and since then he has been driven out of Handan, living outside Handan, and living a very miserable life. But looking at it today, the prince is majestic and majestic, and he has a miserable appearance."
"This son is the fourth son of the king, do you know the meaning of these words." Zhao Wuming looked directly at the chief of the guard, his gaze aggressive. I didn't expect this person to dare to doubt it, and I was a little unhappy in my heart, isn't the fourth son of the king the best explanation? .
The chief of the guard hurriedly came to his senses, and the blood in front of him, after all, was the king's blood, even if he was at fault. After all, ten years have passed, and it is inevitable that the king will not regret it in his heart: "The villain lost his words, please don't blame the son."
"Since you've finished asking, I don't know if I can go in now." Zhao Wuming's gaze gradually became less sharp, but there was an unstoppable charm in his tone.
The chief of the guard bowed and immediately pointed inside, and his tone became more and more respectful: "Gongzi is a nobleman, my lord can't ask for it, how dare we stop it." It's just that the house is small, and I'm afraid it will be a little inconvenient for these armor soldiers and chariots to enter."
"It doesn't matter...... You can take the chariot aside and wait for my son." Zhao Wuming instructed the ten cronies behind him, and turned to look at the chief of the guard.
"No". Ten guards took the order one after another, and walked to the side with the chariot, looking for a sheltered place to wait.
The chief guard beckoned, and the guards in front of the door separated to make a way: "Fourth son, please enter the ......."
"Slow". Just as Zhao Wuming was about to walk in, a group of people walked slowly, and one person in the crowd hurriedly stopped.
Zhao Wuming stopped when he heard the sound and looked in the direction from which the sound came from. His brows gradually furrowed, and for some reason, the nameless anger slowly burned in his heart.
The guards in front of the door saw the man coming, and they bowed down and saluted: "The villain has seen the young man."
"Qingque has seen the young man". Qingque also hurriedly saluted, for fear of causing trouble to Zhao Wuming.
Zhao Wei looked at Zhao Wuming, his heart was disgusted, but his face was full of hypocritical smiles: "Isn't this my fourth brother who lives outside the city?" I haven't seen you for ten years, I didn't expect you to be so old, and my second brother almost didn't know you."
"Hongfu of the second brother, Wuming has lived a good life over the years." Listening to the tone, Zhao Wuming was a little unhappy, thinking that he was his second brother after all, so he still saluted Zhao Wei respectfully.
Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction, as if he was deep in thought. Liang Jiu seemed to be muttering to himself, and seemed to be talking to the people around him: "It's strange that this son doesn't seem to have heard Xue Duwei mention the matter of inviting the fourth brother to the banquet." But why is the fourth brother here again today? As an older brother, it is indeed a bit rude to see a younger brother who has not seen him in ten years, but there is no gift."
As soon as the words came out, the people in brocade robes around Zhao Yan looked at each other. Immediately after the discussion, the echoing voice sounded.
"Strange? I don't seem to have heard Xue Qian mention the matter of inviting the fourth son."
"The fourth prince lives outside Handan City all the year round, if Xue Qian invites him, I don't think he won't reveal a little bit of rumors."
"Do you remember that ten years ago, the king issued a ban forbidding the fourth prince to step into the city. But today? How did the fourth prince enter the city?"
"Maybe it's because we're blind, or maybe it's because we've forgotten about it all these years. It is possible that the king has lifted this ban, but we don't know it."
"No, no, if something like this really happened, would you forget?".
"Could it be the city where the fourth prince entered without permission?"
"At this time, the king is far away at the junction of Yan and Zhao, and he will make an alliance with the king of Yan. If the king misses the fourth prince and sends a decree to lift the ban on the fourth prince at the time of the alliance, we don't know it's understandable. After all, the fourth prince has lived outside the city for ten years, and he is not so familiar with us."
"Could it be that Xue Qian heard something? That's why I invited the fourth prince to the banquet."
"I don't know if it's an invitation, but with Xue Qian's character, even if I heard something. I won't hide anything from such things."
"I don't know if I can solve our doubts, has the king lifted the ban on the fourth prince?"
Zhao Yan shook his head deliberately, and looked at Zhao Wuming with great meaning: "This son doesn't know about this matter, my father is far away and has an alliance with King Yan at the junction of Yan and Zhao. Even if there is any will, it should be taken over by the crown prince who oversees the country. I think the crown prince should know this best."
"Why are you so aggressive, you must know that you have been ...... all these years." Qingque listened to these discussions, and pointed the finger at Zhao Wuming, and his heart was very unfair. Thinking of what happened back then, he couldn't suppress his anger, so he simply went out and questioned directly.
Zhao Yan glanced at Qingque coldly, and an unhappy expression appeared on his face: "Just a subordinate, you dare to interject?" It seems that my fourth brother is still too merciful to you to forget your humility."
"Since the second brother understands that Qingque is my subordinate, why did he say such a thing." Listening to these discussions, Zhao Wuming's mind suddenly appeared one after another. Ten years ago, Zhao Wei took advantage of his innocent self and made a mistake in the ancestor worship ceremony, which made his father angry. deprived of the fief that was about to be given to him and transferred it to Zhao Wei. And he was also kicked out of the city by his father, who was angry, and left to fend for himself.
Looking at Zhao Wuming in front of him, Zhao Wei couldn't help but be stunned, is this still the soft and cowardly fourth brother in his memory? It seems that ten years of loneliness outside the city have made him grow a lot: "How dare you be a brother, even if you are a brother and the second son of Da Zhao." I can't get past the fourth brother and punish your subordinates. Even if it was a gaffe for my brother just now, I asked you to accompany me, and I ask the fourth brother to forgive me."
"The second son is polite, and he really makes me respectful."
"If only I had been so confronted by my own brother's subordinates. Where would it be so polite, it would have been ordered to be heavily punished a long time ago".
"Otherwise, why are all the ladies in Handan City looking forward to the second son, but not you?"
"In the face of such insults, the law of the land can still be remembered. Strict self-discipline, can be a model for my generation".
"I often hear people say that I am the second son of Zhao in Handan City. It seems that this is true for being lenient and courteous and kind to the people, and it seems that this is true."
A piece of flattery wafted in, and the smile on Zhao Yan's face became thicker and thicker. Buying people's hearts with such a move is really invincible: "The fourth brother is a brother just now, can you explain it."
"I don't know what kind of doubt my brother said." Looking at Zhao Wei with a smile on his face, Zhao Wuming only felt a wave of nausea, and pretended not to know the rhetorical question.
Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face became a little thicker: "It's for my brother's mistake, and my brother shouldn't ask for this brainless word." Fourth brother, can you tell Brother Wei if your father has lifted the ban on you not being allowed to enter the city?"
"Since the second brother asked this sentence, could it be that your father authorized you to take full authority to manage this matter?" Zhao Wuming deliberately pretended to be puzzled, but his tone was not polite at all.
Zhao Yan was speechless, he hadn't seen him for ten years, it seemed that this good fourth brother was not only not depressed, but became more and more sharp-toothed: "As an elder brother, if you care about your own brother, do you also need the authorization of your father?" Fourth brother, we are blood relatives after all."
"This well-known word blood relative, the younger brother understands. Since this is the brother's words of concern, that is. The younger brother can say it or not, I don't know if it's right." Looking at Zhao Yan's hypocritical appearance, Zhao Wuming sneered in his heart, he was not the weak and incompetent him he used to be. Since he is a great enemy, why should he show his cowardice.
Zhao Yan looked around and let out a chuckle, and at the same time sneered in his heart, a well-known blood relative: "Brother Wei originally heard that you have lived a miserable life in the past ten years. Now it seems that the rumors are wrong, and my brother's heart is also stable."
"The second brother is not the prince of the prince, how can he pay attention to all aspects of my Da Zhao. So I don't know the real situation of my little brother, and I should do it." Everyone looked at Zhao Wuming, who was confronting Zhao Wei, and shook their heads in their hearts. Sure enough, it is a child who has not grown up yet, and he vents his grievances regardless of the occasion. Such a childish move can only make people laugh at it.
Prince? Zhao Yan's hand unconsciously clenched into a fist. If it weren't for that person's good life, he was born before himself, how could he be the prince. Thinking of this, he had no intention of talking to Zhao Wuming, and smiled meaningfully at the people around him: "Fourth brother, I heard that this person must have an invitation before he can enter other people's mansions." We, the sons of the royal family, can't lose our etiquette. That's it, for my brother, I still want to talk to Xue Qian about something, so I went in first."
Zhao Wei didn't wait for Zhao Wuming to reply, and walked directly inside with a group of people.