Chapter 53: The Twenty-Year Covenant
"Your Majesty, Su Geng asks to see you. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Gonggong Chen stretched out a pair of jade snake heads in his hand in front of the emperor, and then lowered his head deeply and buried it between his arms.
Recently, the old emperor felt that he was a little self-conscious, and thought that the crown prince had been vacant for a long time, and the minister's recommendation was constantly being recommended day after day, and the anxiety climbed up to his eyebrows.
At this time, it was an eventful time, but Su Gang, who had not appeared for more than 20 years, also came to intervene, the emperor looked at the pair of snake heads and frowned, the past kept coming up, and it took a long time to pop out of his mouth, "Biography!" ”
Not long after, a middle-aged man who turned into a royal forest soldier slowly stepped forward and was about to kneel down to salute, but was stopped by the emperor himself, "Aiqing doesn't need to be polite. ”
Su Gang raised his head slowly, he was much older than the emperor at the same age as the emperor, his face was lifeless and lifeless, and he didn't have the high-spirited appearance of the year at all, the emperor exclaimed: "I haven't seen you for many years, why do you look like this now?" ”
Su Geng's unfocused gaze gently brushed on the emperor's face, and his tone was quite sarcastic, "The grass people are naturally inferior to the saint, the saint sits high in the court, and there are thousands of subjects who try to please him with a slight frown, where can he be like the grass people, and he can't even spend his old age well." ”
"How?" Seeing that he was angry, the emperor had the intention of asking for guilt, and hurriedly asked.
"Ho." Su Geng raised his eyes slightly, although his gaze was floating but very cold, he said unhurriedly: "The dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, this is not bad at all, the holy dragon son ran to my Wuxin Pavilion on a whim last night, and first blew up the Suxi Mansion that I created with all my painstaking efforts, not to mention, and burned my Wuxin Pavilion with a fire, I don't know how many people died, but the few ministers who took leave today and did not go to the court must be a few of them who did not come out of the cabinet." ”
Wuxin Pavilion is the place where Su Gang retired after his retirement, although there are occasional ministers who play the Wuxin Pavilion, but most of the emperors turn a blind eye to the past. Who would have thought that there would be a prince who went to Wuxin Pavilion to make trouble, and made such an embarrassing situation in front of him, the emperor took a few heavy breaths before asking, "Which prince is it?" You name it, I..."
Before the emperor could finish speaking, Su Gang had already said coldly: "King Shun." ”
The emperor really choked on the second half of his words, was stunned for a while, and looked at Su Geng with some suspicion, "Is it Zishun?" Although he has fought countless battles, I know that he is a good boy. ”
"The grass man vouches for his life, and there is no doubt about the king." Su Geng said that he was going to kneel, and the emperor hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal him to get up.
In the final analysis, the emperor treated him like this because twenty-six years ago, when he was still the prince of a small country, he was only seventeen years old, he was extremely self-controlled, and personally led an army of 100,000 to the Jin State.
Hearing that there was a peerless master who was proficient in the mechanism living on the mountain, he went to invite him personally, and Su Gang not only agreed to him, but also lent him 10,000 elite soldiers.
Na Su Gang is not only proficient in the organs, but also knows the number of the other party's roads, but in three days he broke the strict Jin State, and ten days later he changed the name of the country to the Southern Song Dynasty, and the name of the Emperor Chengzhi, which was the first year of Chengzhi.
After he ascended the throne, he named Su Gang as the Great Sima Xiang, but unexpectedly, Su Gang not only refused, but also said that he would return to the mountain, so that the emperor would not disturb each other from now on.
The emperor naturally refused to let go of such a good minister, so he had a three-year appointment with him, if he was still unwilling to take the throne after three years, then he would go, these three years, it was the time when the foundation of the Southern Song Dynasty was unstable, Su Gang did his best to govern the country for the emperor.
The three-year appointment came in a flash, Su Geng left as scheduled, and the emperor did not stay. At that time, the young emperor became a folk legend, but only he knew in his heart that without Su Geng's help, he would never have left Xingshan alive, let alone destroy the Jin Kingdom and replace it with the Southern Song Dynasty.
Seeing that he was so good, the emperor had a trace of embarrassment on his face, paced back and forth with a calm face, and said to himself: "This Zishun! ”
Gonggong Chen hurriedly came in from outside, and called out with a bad face, Your Majesty.
The emperor didn't raise his head and said, "What's the matter?" ”
"King Shun asks to see."
The emperor raised his head suddenly, how could he come at this time? Stunned for a moment, the corner of his eye glanced at Su Geng, Su Geng's gaze was obviously on the ground, but he seemed to see the emperor's gaze, and said indifferently: "In front of the saint, the grass people dare not make a mistake." ”
The emperor seemed to be poked by him, and he turned his face away stupidly, and said impatiently to Gonggong Chen: "Announce him in!" ”
King Shun was dressed as a horse, holding his helmet with one hand, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of joy, and even his steps were so light, and he saluted and said: "Father, the child has a happy event to tell his father." ”
The emperor seemed a little unnatural, and said angrily: "What kind of happy event? ”
King Shun saw that his father was in a bad mood today, so he was stunned for a moment, his eyes crossed the Royal Forest Army on the side, and his eyes couldn't help but tighten, how could an ordinary Royal Forest Army have such a strong murderous aura?
Seeing that King Shun was staring at Su Geng, the emperor hurriedly urged: "If you have something, tell me quickly." ”
King Shun withdrew his gaze, handed over a parchment scroll, and saw that the Imperial Forest Army also cast a glance, and couldn't help but look at him again, and his heart was really puzzled.
"What is this?" The emperor said coldly.
"Erchen went to the Wuxin Pavilion last night to find it, what Erchen wanted to say was related to this Wuxin Pavilion, the people in the Wuxin Pavilion are all killer organizations, not to mention, a west building there is even more organized, extremely treacherous, Erchen feels that staying in such a place in the Southern Song Dynasty is a threat to the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he dealt with it without authorization." King Shun couldn't help but glance at the Imperial Forest Army as he spoke, paused for a moment and continued: "Erchen rushed to the mountain overnight to wipe out the forces of the Wuxin Pavilion on the mountain, and the rest of the places are not in Jincheng, so they haven't gone yet, so they have come to ask for their father's life first." ”
The emperor's eyelids jumped heavily, and King Shun's words made his heart tremble, and he didn't even have the courage to look at Su Geng, he shook the sheepskin roll in his hand, and the words of reproach were about to be spoken, but after thinking about it for a moment, he asked, "You did this alone?" ”
King Shun naturally didn't know about the emperor's mood change, and said without hesitation: "This time the cavalry general Chu Shenxia has made great contributions, if he wasn't proficient in the art of organs, I'm afraid the son would not have been able to see his father." The clever plan to break through the mountain was also thought up by him, such a strategic general, Erchen really admired it from the bottom of his heart. ”
Emperor: "Oh? With a sigh, the corner of his eye couldn't help but glance at Su Gang, who maintained an upright posture without half a movement, as if he was really a royal forester.
King Shun thought that his father was interested in Chu Shenxia, and he was about to take the opportunity to praise him, but he didn't know how to touch his father's anger, and there was a heavy reproach in his tone, "Credit?" Zishun, do you know how many people died there because of the recklessness of the two of you? And because of your recklessness, how many good ministers has the court lost? ”
King Shun thought that those were just corrupt officials and profiteers, so he didn't take it to heart, and when he knew that there were a few ministers with a bad reputation who couldn't come out, he was secretly happy in his heart.
Now that I heard my father say this, I immediately refuted the past, "Father, those traitors are also a scourge to the people of the Southern Song Dynasty when they are alive, and it is better to die." ”
"It's not up to you to decide whether you are treacherous or not, those who are loyal to me are loyal ministers, and those who are beneficial to the Southern Song Dynasty are good ministers, how do they have anything to do with me in private? A Chu Shenxia can destroy a Heartless Pavilion overnight, you tell me, can he take the place of those ministers to work for me? The emperor's tone became higher and higher, and his cloudy eyes were also slow.
King Shun was reprimanded by him in the first place, and was suddenly a little confused, he thought that this was a happy event, how did he know that his father reacted like this, he didn't understand what he was wrong with, and he didn't understand what his father meant, and then he replied stubbornly: "If my father reuses Chu Shenxia, he is naturally no worse than those ministers, with his..."
"Enough!" The emperor angrily rolled out two words from his roar, his old eyes were full of fierceness, and he waved his sleeves and said: "Chu Shenxia did something wrong, killed many ministers in the court, passed on my message, and immediately stripped him of his four-rank cavalry generals, and sent him to the heavenly prison to wait for his fate." ”
"Yes." Gonggong Chen bowed and slowly retreated.
King Shun bent his knees and knelt down violently, "Peng! The emperor seemed to hear the sound of bones, and the fury in his eyes receded a little, and he looked at him deeply.
"Father! The sons don't understand, even if the father wants to cure Chu Shenxia's sins, please ask the father to also treat the sons and sons! The son is the master of this matter..."
The Emperor interrupted him, took a step closer to him, and frowned, "Do you think I won't punish you?" From now on, let go of all the affairs at hand, and without my order, you will not be allowed to take half a step out of the palace! ”
"Hmph." Su Geng on the side suddenly sneered, this sneer was enough to attract the attention of the two people over there.
At this time, King Shun could no longer hold back the doubts in his heart, and said, "Father, who is that person?" The sons saw that he seemed to be an unscrupulous person. ”
The emperor glanced at Su Geng, his gaze moved back, and he said a little weakly: "You can retreat first." ”
"Yes." Su Cheng bowed and was about to withdraw, when the emperor said to King Shun: "Zishun, I am talking about you, can you step back for the time being?" Let my father be quiet. ”
Su Geng stopped when he landed, retracted his exit, straightened his waist, and threw a meaningful look at King Shun.
King Shun caught this gaze, gritted his teeth and said unwillingly: "Does my father know the details of this person?" If the wrongdoers hurt the father, then..."
"Get out! Get back to your palace now! The Emperor had no patience and shouted angrily.
Su Gang and King Shun were stunned at the same time, Su Gang reacted first, and the expression on his face changed back to the original indifference, but King Shun reacted quite a lot, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he kowtowed firmly, and then got up angrily and walked out.
When was he reprimanded like this by his father? And he didn't think that he and Chu Shenxia were at fault for what happened last night.