Bianjing and the surrounding areas this year are exceptionally dry and rainless, the whole summer is scorching and scorching in the capital, at the end of this summer, there is a rain, the people say, this rain is to congratulate the new emperor on the recovery of the dragon, but also the new emperor begged for rain to move the heavens,

After the rain and the sunny weather, Bianjing City gradually regained its vitality, people spent the three-month ban period of Emperor Renzong's death of the people, all kinds of business shops in the city gradually opened, there were more and more pedestrians in the market, and there were passers-by who greeted each other or stopped to talk on the roadside from time to time.

On the royal street, from time to time there are officials from the imperial city on horseback or sedan chairs, some of these are new faces, some have been appointed to new positions, and the change of court officials has also become the focus of the citizens' street discussions.

A well-dressed young man, escorted by several guards, walked out of the imperial city and crossed the royal street, and came to a newly renovated mansion, with three big characters engraved on the door forehead: "County King's Mansion".

The young man turned over and dismounted and entered the mansion, hurriedly changed into civilian clothes, called the close-fitting scholar out of the mansion again, and the chief of the guard followed and asked: "The king of the county stays, where is the king of the county going, I will call someone to accompany me." ”

The young man waved his hand: "No, I'll just walk around the city, and no one will follow." ”

Seeing the young man say this, the chief of the guard whispered to the personal scholar: "You follow the king carefully, don't make mistakes." The scholar grimaced, and hurriedly walked to keep up with the boy,

"Have you brought all the letters I told you to bring?"

"Brought, now those two sons are waiting for you in the Splendid Building, oh, and the Lu steward in the palace of Wang Shilang, I have also been informed" The scholar hurriedly replied,

The young man snorted, he slowed down, the door of Yun Xuan on the side of the road was still closed, he sighed softly, Yun Xuan had a few of their little brothers, and now his father said: "Zhong Zhen, now you have a special identity, don't participate in these tabloids of the people, lest you say the wrong thing, and the people will misunderstand and make a big mistake." ”

The young Zhao Zhongzhen couldn't refute his father, the current Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty, but he didn't understand why he didn't participate in Yunxuan, his father still didn't allow Yunxuan to operate, and he didn't allow "Cloud Pick" to resume distribution.

As the saying goes: there is only one man in the palace, except for the prince who can live in the East Palace, the prince will continue to live in the imperial city after adulthood, and the other sons will be crowned kings out of the palace, now Zhao Shu has just ascended the throne, and he has not set Zhong Zhen as the prince, Zhao Zhong Zhen was named the king of Huaiyang County, Zhao Zhong Zhen was not particularly happy because he was named the king of the county, but was happy because he could live in the palace of the county king, so that he could not be constrained in the palace and travel freely,

Two days after moving to the county king's mansion, Zhao Zhongzhen asked his scholar Mitty to inform Wang Yan, Wang Yuanze, his brother next to the king, Li Gefei in the capital right now, and Lu Shenyan on the palace next to the king, these people are waiting for the movement of Zhongzhen to bring back to the imperial court, the news next to the king; And Zhong Zhen also knew that if he wanted to know the real situation next to the king, the news outside the court was faster and more accurate.

Not far to the east along the street, is the splendid building, the splendid road that used to be infinitely beautiful, now there is no big difference with many restaurants in the capital, except for the big gold-lettered signboard on the door, telling people that this was once named by Emperor Renzong, the splendid building has not had the business of the past, and the hall on the first floor is just sitting three or four tables of scattered guests,

"The county king, you're here." Cui Fu saw Zhao Zhongzhen and Mitty walking in, and walked up with a habitual smile, and the few guests in the hall raised their heads curiously to see this young man who was only seventeen or eighteen years old.

Mitty made a boo gesture to Cui Fu, Cui Fu remembered that Zhong Zhen was now the prince, and it would inevitably attract attention, so he immediately understood what Mitty meant, and hurriedly said: "Childe, the person you made an appointment with is already waiting on the second floor, please come in." ”

Zhao Zhongzhen hurriedly went upstairs, and a young man at a table of guests in the hall behind him asked Cui Fu: "Shopkeeper, what kind of prince is that prince just now?" ”

The middle-aged man at the same table said: "Eat your meal, don't you know that the hidden dragon and crouching tiger in the capital, you don't know the official when you don't go to the capital, the county king is fine, and even the big shopkeeper of this splendid road is a four-grade waiter." ”

Cui Fu came over with a smile and poured wine for the guests and said, "Hey, if the big shopkeeper is in the capital, I will get some new dishes every few days, and you will be blessed." ”

A few people laughed, and the young guest asked, "Where did your big shopkeeper go, and when will you come back?" ”

Cui Fu sighed and said: "Ahem, I went to Liao State a year ago, saying that it was to congratulate the Queen Mother of Liao State on her birthday, and then I didn't come back, I heard that I was sent to Goryeo again, anyway, our Wang Shilang is not in the capital all year round." ”

"Wang Shilang, what's your name?" The young man asked in amazement,

Cui Fu had already turned around and returned to the cabinet, and the middle-aged guest on the table said, "You just returned to the capital from outside, Wang Shilang is the king who repaired the tower on the Prince Mountain of the Liao State and was called the king of the immortal by the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, and the incense cake we used was also from his Jinxiang Mansion, and there ......" He was about to go down, and the young man stopped his words: "I know who it is, shopkeeper, when will your big shopkeeper come back." ”

The people downstairs inquired about the news of the king, if only Cui Fu knew when the king would come back, not to mention that Cui Fu didn't know, at this time, several people sitting in the single room on the second floor were also talking anxiously,

"This, what can I do about this, do you want to inform the second son." Lu Shenyan shook his hands while walking back and forth in the room,

Yuan Ze frowned: "Steward Xiao Lu, sit down quickly, the people walking back and forth are flustered." ”

Xiao Lu replied to the seat again after listening: "The eldest son, whoever puts this matter on him is panicking, alas, if the second prince knows, he will definitely feel uncomfortable." ”

Zhong Zhen took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes: "Brother Yuan Ze, Ling Zun, you go and inform you, Lord Bao died in mourning, it is estimated that soon the people of the capital will know, if no brother knows about this, I am afraid that I will not be able to rest assured." ”

Li Gefei also persuaded: "I think, let's wait until I don't come back, the king of the county, you just said that there are three major things, what is the second one." ”

Zhao Zhongzhen looked at a few people and said in a low voice: "I heard that the imperial court sent the new head of the household department, Qin Minzhi, to Jincheng. ”

Yuan Ze asked puzzledly: "Is there any problem with a household Shangshu going to Jincheng?" ”

"Brother Yuan Ze, I am afraid that my father and emperor are instigated, and now that the treasury is empty, my father's intention is to engage in some kind of public-private merger, not to mention the thorough investigation of the landlord's control of the land, fraud and tax evasion." Zhong Zhen said worriedly,

"What are you afraid of, and you should also be deceitful in governance." Li Gefei asked,

Yuan Ze had a calm face, he was the same as Zhao Zhongzhen, he had an ominous feeling: "It's nothing, there is a problem where to go, Jincheng is where Jinxiang Mansion is located, and ten miles and eight villages are already the land of Jinxiang Mansion, the first one is Jincheng, I'm afraid that whether it is to check the land tax or any annexation, it is for Jinxiang Mansion." ”

Zhong Zhen nodded: "I can't blame my father for this, the king of a country always has to think about the world, I believe that if there is no brother, he will definitely not bully the market or damage the court, but I don't like the people who were sent, that Qin Minzhi looks like a villain, which is very annoying." ”

Lu Shenyan grinned: "This is troublesome, there is no excuse for the crime you want to add, I said the king of the county, you have become a prince, why don't you speak for your son." ”

Zhong Zhen's face flushed, how can he help with this, his head is his father, who dares to disobey his father's order, although he also has opinions about his father's way of doing some things, but after all, it is his father,

Wang Yuanze glanced at Lu Shenyan: "Okay, you don't have to say a few words, if it weren't for Zhongzhen's help, would you be able to let the girl under the moon leave the palace now?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Shenyan closed his mouth but soon sighed again: "The girl under the moon is weak after giving birth, and I don't know if I can survive until my son returns." As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he hurriedly wiped away a handful of tears.

Zhao Zhongzhen sighed: "I have already invited the best imperial doctor to recuperate for my wife, I hope that their mother and son will be safe and wait for me if my brother returns." ”

Several people were silent for a while, and Wang Yuanze asked, "Zhongzhen, what is the third big thing." ”

Zhong Zhen was just about to speak, when he heard Cui Fu's voice outside the door and said, "Childe, you can't go in." ”

"Oh, shopkeeper, I have something important, that Wang Yuanze knows it, you can go and talk to it." A young man's voice replied,

"Alas, you wait." After Cui Fu finished speaking, a knock sounded at the door,

The little brothers in the room looked at each other, and Wang Yuanze said, "Shopkeeper Cui, who wants to see me." ”

The door creaked open, and the young man who had just eaten at the next table walked in, he looked around at the four or five people in the room, and said to Wang Yuanze: "Yuanze, I haven't seen you for many years, do you still recognize it?" ”

Wang Yuanze saw that this person was a little familiar, and saw that this person was about thirty years old, of medium stature, and spoke with a Jiangxi accent, and the person who came said again: "In the second year of Jiayou, I was a Jinshi, and when the house was on fire, I stayed in the house with a few examiners, and Yuan Ze and Ruowu were still sixteen or seventeen years old. ”

"Oh, you are, Prince Shao of Wang." Yuan Ze's eyes widened and he recognized the person in front of him, Wang Shao was the most inconspicuous of those people back then, but he had a good conversation with his younger brother Wang Bei,

"Exactly down there." Wang Shao arched his hand and said,

Cui Fu saw that Yuan Ze really knew this person, so he helplessly spread his hands and said, "Okay, you guys chat, I'll go down to greet the guests." ”

Yuan Ze hurriedly introduced to everyone: "This prince is purely a friend of my younger brother and a scholar. He turned his head to Wang Shao and said, "Can my brother come all these years, let me introduce you, this is the king of Huaiyang County; This is Li Gefei; This is Lu Shenyan, the head of my brother's palace. ”

When everyone heard that it was a friend of the king, they hurriedly returned the salute and said, "That is, it is a friend of the king's servant, please take a seat." ”

Wang Shao arched his hand and said: "I rushed back to the capital, I have something important to find Wang Shilang, do you know that the Western Xia army has risen, I have seen Wang Shilang in Yanzhou back then, he asked me to observe the situation in the Xixia Hehuang area when I traveled to Shaanxi, I came back this time to have a good chat with him." ”

Zhong Zhen heard it and hurriedly said: "Zichun came just in time, I was about to talk about Li Liangzuo's army in Western Xia." ”