Qin Minxue left the county king's mansion, looking at Qin Minxue's departing back, Shi Zhaoxi ordered the guards in the palace to keep an eye on him, Shi Zhaoxi returned to the inner mansion, the county king Zhao Zongchu has not rested, these days he came back from the Nanshan Zen Temple to pray for blessings, and began to convene the generals of the garrison in Guangnan, the conference hall was brightly lit, Zhao Zongchu, who had just finished his work, was sitting at the table looking at a secret letter, Shi Zhaoxi walked in: "County King, I just went to see the person from the capital, that person is not a Xuanfu envoy sent by the imperial court. ”

Zhao Zongwei said without raising his head: "I just said, I think you are also too careful, so there are many officials passing by Guangnan, and you have to see all of them, I am afraid that there will only be these useless civil officials left." ”

"King Jun, now is a critical moment, you must not take it lightly, this person has a low official position, and he is not a Xuanfu envoy, but he has the emperor's hand."

"Oh." At this time, Zhao Zongchu raised his eyelids and looked at Shi Zhaoxi: "What's wrong with bringing the emperor's edict, what is he doing in Guangnan, does the emperor dare to send someone to investigate me, since he is not honest when he arrives in Guangnan, he will be dealt with." After a series of rhetorical questions, Zhao Zongchu did not hesitate to say the decision,

Shi Zhaoxi hurriedly said: "King Jun, I don't think this matter is so simple, if he really secretly investigates you, he will definitely not come to the mansion to tell you, and he said that he came to find someone, to find someone who is very important to the emperor." ”

"Looking for someone...... Zhao Zongchu put down the secret letter in his hand this time, raised his head and looked thoughtfully at the bright candles in the hall, and after a while, Zhao Zongchu said, "You send someone to keep an eye on him, the person he is looking for is not only very important to the emperor, but also may be very important to us." ”

Shi Zhaoxi listened to his tone different from just now, and it didn't seem to have as many questions as just now, he asked cautiously: "King Jun, it seems that you know who he is looking for." ”

Zhao Zongchu tapped the secret letter on the bookcase with his fingers: "If I guess correctly, I'm looking for him." ”

This secret letter was sent from the palace in the capital, the letter said that the emperor's eldest son Zhao Zhongzhen had not appeared for a long time, and even the Empress Dowager Cao summoned Zhong Needle, and the emperor and the queen were sick to shirk it, and now the queen mother urged the emperor to set up a prince, and the emperor did not reply for a long time, there are rumors that the prince Zhao Zhongzhen went out of the capital privately, but no one knows where the prince went, and the paper can't contain the fire, even if the emperor is careful, there will be rumors about such a big thing, and now the emperor is sitting on pins and needles every day, so on, If you don't get sick, you can get sick suddenly, not to mention that Emperor Yingzong himself is a sick person.

"Look at it." Zhao Zongwei pushed the secret letter forward, Shi Zhaoxi walked to the bookcase, respectfully took the secret letter, read it two or three times and said: "This letter is a bit interesting, the king of the county, it seems that the queen mother has a heart to favor you, you see, the prince is not the prince." ”

"Well, this is the queen mother's good intentions, it seems that there is no wind and no waves, there must be a reason for this person to come today, you immediately order someone to guard the city gate, no matter who he is looking for, no one around twenty years old can go out of the city." The king of the county urgently issued an order,

When the king of the county gave the order, Wang Pan and Zhao Zhongzhen were discussing the matter of looking for the king of the county to escort King Ying back to the capital in Nanshan Zen Temple, Wang Pan secretly calculated, Zhao Zhongzhen always followed him like this is not a thing, in his impression, Yingzong has only been the emperor for four years, and it is not far from the time to establish the prince, if Zhao Zhongzhen is not in the capital at this time, then history may really change because of his own existence, and he also hopes that Zhao Zhongzhen will return to the capital as soon as possible, there is another reason, after all, his son does not know where he is now, inevitably sympathized with Song Yingzong because of the same disease,

The next day, Wang Bian accompanied Zhao Zhong to finish the incense, on the way back to Shaozhou City, Wang Bian suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, there were many people on the way to Shaozhou City today, and most of them were young and middle-aged, a Shaozhou City, how could they suddenly go to so many people at the same time, and although these people were dressed in civilian clothes, they could see that they were not officials or nobles, because if it was an ordinary family, it was rare to ride a horse, and three or four groups of people passed by them in a while.

If he had changed his usual time, the king might not be so sensitive, but now he is the prince by his side, and it seems easy to come to the king all the way, but his nerves are always tense, he reined in his horse and stopped, nodded and beckoned to fold Kejun,

"Childe, what's the matter?" Zhi Kejun walked closer, and saw that the king's brows were slightly furrowed,

"I always feel that something is wrong today, this time a few teams of horseback riders passed by us, and the carriage just now, do you see?"

"See, Childe, is there something big in Shaozhou City?" Zhe Kejun asked,

"Well, if it was an ordinary assembly, there would be a lot of people going to the city, but most of the people were ox carts, and there were men, women, and children, and there were many people on the road today, and some of them still had dark faces on their faces, (tattoos on the faces of soldiers in the Song Dynasty)

Zhao Zhongzhen listened and leaned over: "Brother Wang, could it be that my father found this place." He said with a slight excitement in his tone,

Wang Bei shook his head: "If your father sends people, it is enough to send one or two teams, not to send several teams scattered, big brother, please go to the city gate first, we are waiting for you here." Wang and Zhong Zhen and others stopped on the side of the road, occasionally there were people passing by them, they would look at these people, especially the horse next to Wang was really eye-catching, Wang Pan ordered Zhang Ping to stay in place, he took Zhong Zhen to lead the horse, walked down the post road, tied the horse, Zhong Zhen smiled: "Brother Wang, you are too careful." ”

"I don't know what the situation is now, let's stand on the side of the road like that, it's really conspicuous, you see how good this is, the trees are shady, let's rest here."

Waiting for others' kung fu, Zhong Zhen looked at the road from time to time, and Wang Bian knew that he had moved the idea of returning to the capital, and he couldn't wait to go back as soon as possible: "You kid really have an idea, even if you have been out for almost two months, I didn't expect to go so far." Wang looked at Zhao Zhongzhen with a smile,

"Hehe, isn't it, I really didn't expect that we are only four roads and more than a dozen states, just over two months, and I think of my Song Dynasty twenty-three roads, more than two hundred states, what a big place this is." Zhao Zhongzhen said, his eyes lit up, and he was sincerely a little proud in his heart.

But in the eyes of Wang Bian, what is that, the land area of the Northern Song Dynasty is 4.6 million square kilometers, which is half of the 9.6 million in the period where Wang Bian is located, he smiled slightly, looked at Zhong Zhen's proud appearance, and suddenly Zhong Zhen asked: "Brother Wang, you have also been to Western Xia and Liao, are they much smaller than our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Wang Bian has long seen that this kid Zhongzhen is not very ambitious, and now he still has to press him to tell the truth, in case he floats in the future, it is not a joke to send troops to fight without incident: "Speaking of which, it is less than our Great Song Dynasty land, but the Western Xia and Liao States, plus the Tubo and Uighurs, together are more than the Great Song Dynasty, so although the area of the Great Song Dynasty is large, it is not easy to make enemies, not to mention that I didn't tell you yesterday that many important resources are in the hands of others, such as horses and mines." ”

"Hehe, I know, I listened to what you said yesterday, aren't we short of money now, Brother Wang, don't worry, one day I can call the shots, I will definitely listen to you and Ling Zun, and fill the treasury first."

This guy thinks very far, if Yingzong is finished now, you are still in Shaozhou, it will be good if you don't punish you, and you will be in charge, Wang Bian thought so in his heart, well, now he has so many things to do, I originally planned to go south to see the mine mentioned by Master Zhang Yi at the beginning, and then think about opening up the ancient tea horse road, if it goes on like this, I have to let Zhao Zhongzhen, this kid, stir up,

"Hey~ Brother Wang, I have something to think of, do you remember Wang Shao Prince Chun."

"Zichun, of course I remember, he wasn't a guest in Shaanxi back then, why, you've seen him." Wang Fang still has a deep impression of Wang Shao, which is one of the few friends he made at the beginning, and later Wang Shao left the capital, and rarely had the opportunity to meet.

"Just now you mentioned Tubo I remembered, before you returned to the capital, I met him, and became good friends with him, he said, 'Take the Western Xia must first restore the river and Huang, so that the Xia people will suffer from the enemy', I told his father his thoughts, and the father also appointed him as the commander of the Huanqing Road garrison, specializing in managing the affairs of the road and the Yanyan Road, stationed in Qingzhou."

"Oh, what is Zichun's garrison soldier and horse commander responsible for?" Wang Bi suddenly became interested, and wanted to take the ancient tea horse road, which was really from Shu to Tubo, and it would be great to have Wang Shao's line.

"Zichun is to monitor the situation of the Tibetan Ministry, deal with the litigation of the Tibetan Ministry, if there is a reward or punishment for the Tibetan Ministry, he will discuss with the generals of the road to deal with it, and report to the imperial court for major matters, and is responsible for uniting the Tibetan Ministry, helping the Tubo people to settle their old people, children, and ah, if the Western Xia army attacks Tubo, he will assist the Tubo to fight."

Great, that's a good match, this really wants to eat hail on the ice

Wang Jian listened to the great joy in his heart, with Wang Shao's road, the matter of wanting to take the ancient tea horse road can be said to be twice the result with half the effort, he was secretly happy in his heart, at this time, Zhi Kejun came back, and there was another person who came with Zhi Kejun,

"Childe, there's really something." Zhi Kejun jumped off his horse on the side of the road, walked into the woods and said, "Shaozhou City is heavily guarded, and you can only enter but not exit, but it is not a generalization, but people of this age like the two sons are not allowed to go out of the city, and not all Shaozhou people will be brought to the county king's mansion, and I met Wa Zhuang who was about to enter the city, and I brought him here." ”

Wa Zhuang was sent by Wang Fang to inform Nan Jifeng yesterday, why did he return to Shaozhou City so soon, Wang Bian saw Wa Zhuang, Wa Zhuang hurriedly came over and said: "Son, I was going to Lianzhou yesterday, and I met General Nan's team at the post station on the way, and they also came to Shaozhou, but I heard that you are in Shaozhou, he said that he will not enter the city first, please go over to discuss." ”

This is not right, Nanjifeng is in Yongzhou, and geographically Shaozhou is a north and a south of Guangnan; In terms of zoning, it is said that there are two roads, East Road and West Road, and even Nan Jifeng came to Shaozhou, what happened to Shaozhou,