After the discussion, the ministers announced their retirement, only a few princes remained, and they wanted to send Zhao Zhen back to Funing Palace, and then accompany the official's family to chat a few words of homely things, and fulfill their obligations as sons.

Without a foreign minister, Zhao Zhen didn't have to maintain the dignity of the emperor, so he ordered Hu Yandui to remove the bead curtain, look at his sons, and ask Zhao Zongshi: "Are you well?" I've heard that I've been really busy lately. ”

"Father Xie cares," Zhao Zongshi said with a smile: "Erchen has been lying at the desk for too long, and he doesn't know how to recuperate, so he has fallen into dizziness." ”

"It's still about your body." Zhao Zhen said in a calm tone, "The widow heard that you are singing against Lao Wu for a while, arresting people, and demolishing temples, I'm really afraid that you are tired!" ”

"Father, don't worry," Zhao Zongshi was furious in his heart, and secretly said that it must be the root of Zhao Shu's chewing tongue! He was very dissatisfied with Zhao Zhen's bias, and lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "Erchen is young, and he can withstand it!" ”

"Look at the anger is not small," Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I thought you had no temper, it turned out that you couldn't say it!" ”

"If the son is wrong, he will naturally admit his mistake." Zhao Zongshi raised his head and said: "But my father entrusted Jingzhao with the important task, and my son can only do his duty and eliminate all the existence that endangers the stability ......of the capital, why is he so unbearable as my father thinks" He burst into tears as he said: "Ask yourself, my son is bright and fair, and he has no respect or love for his father, why can't he enter the eyes of his father?" ”

"Above board, respect for my father? Don't you feel sorry for you when you say this? Zhao Zhen also lowered his face and said angrily: "Last year, who was the one who forced the hundred officials to write to the palace and wanted to be a widow!" If you are a hero, you will admit it, otherwise it is nothing above board! ”

"Father!" Zhao Zongshi knelt on the ground when he heard this, leaned over and said in horror: "Erchen swears to the sky, no matter last time or again, there will be no secret activities, if Erchen dares to bully the king, he will be killed by Tianlei immediately!" ”

The rest of the brothers looked dumbfounded, the official family has always been deeply cultivated, where did they say anything serious to the courtiers? Such heart-wrenching words with guns and sticks are even more unheard of!

Father said cautiously, "It was still Zhao Shu who came back to his senses first, but where did he open his mouth and pretend to be a good person?" secretly grabbed Zhao Zongge on the side. Zhao Zongge has changed his court now, and he is already his person. will come to his senses, and hurriedly persuade: "As soon as you open Chrysostom, you will leave a history of history, and how can you let the fourth brother live?!" ”

"......" Zhao Zongyou hated in his heart, and shouted with tears on his face: "Father's words are too much, poor Zongshi has always been regarded well, but he is tired." This is strange, is it a sin to be popular? ”

"Father and Emperor are angry," Zhao Conggu also persuaded bitterly: "Don't be suspicious of father and son because of unwarranted!" ”

Seeing them crying and grabbing the ground, Zhao Zhen was dizzy for a while, and sighed: "You all go down, and the widow will talk to him alone." ”

"Yes......"

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After the four of them retreated, Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhao Zongshi, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, and ordered Hu Yandu to bring him a pestle, "Sit down." ”

Zhao Zongshi put half of his ass on the pestle, and his expression was gloomy.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Zhen thought about it from his own side, and couldn't help but be discouraged for him. There was much less disgust in his heart, and he sighed: "You don't have to be like this, being a widow is not mean." The gentleman is frank and, and the villain is a relative. If you don't go too far, how can I say that about you? ”

Zhao Zongshi had calmed down at the moment, and he knew that Zhao Zhen was coming at him today. But he still didn't understand the other party's true intentions, so he sobbed in a low voice: "Somehow, the son fell in love with his father, so much so that he suspected that the son was in this position!" ”

"Is it really suspicious and sick?" Zhao Zhen said lightly: "I heard that Zhao Zonghan has been leaving the capital for a few days?" ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zong's heart trembled, he already knew that the assassination failed, the whole army was wiped out, and the whereabouts of the sixteenth brother were unknown, but he didn't want Zhao Zhen to know it, it must be Zhao Shu's complaint!

"Where did he go?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

"I don't know." Zhao Zongshi shook his head and said: "He is like a wandering spirit, saying that he is bored in Beijing and wants to go out to relax, as for where to go, it is impossible to say." Tentatively, he asked, "Did he cause something trouble somewhere?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "White Arowana suit, seeing the sleepiness, if you have a way, let him come back quickly." ”

Zhao Zongshi couldn't hear it, Zhao Zhen had something in his clear words! The so-called 'white dragon fish suit, see the sleepy and hesitant', is Wu Zixu persuaded King Wu not to pay a private visit. He said that in the past, the white dragon was tired of playing in Tianchi, and secretly went down to the rivers of the world, turned into a fish and swam around, but was hit in the eye by a fisherman named Yu Er.

After the white dragon fled back to the sky, he was angry and went to the Emperor to reason with him, asking the Emperor to punish the fisherman who had hurt him. The Emperor of Heaven listened. 'You are the white dragon in the sky, how can you give people shè in the lake?' The white dragon replied, 'I am not a dragon, I have become a fish.' ''People are fishermen, and they are there every day. You become a fish, and he does not know it, and it is right to strike you with an arrow

A matter of course. In my opinion, it is unreasonable to punish the bandits. ''Damn, I'll take this arrow, that's it?'' ''You should pay more attention to yourself in the future!'' ’

The meaning of this code used by the official family is clearly that if your brother goes to be an assassin, if he is killed by someone else, the court will not investigate it!

Zhao Zongshi hadn't tasted it yet, and Zhao Zhen asked again: "These are two boxes sent by Qizhou, do you know what they contain?" ”

Zhao Zongshi shook his head more and more indifferently and said, "Back to my father, I don't know." ”

"Well, I'll tell you." Zhao Zhen's voice was still as calm as water, and he said in a low voice: "What is pretended here is the testimony of the people of Qizhou!" ”

Zhao Zongshi finally understood what Zhao Zhen meant, and his hands trembled unconsciously. His face was already white, but at this moment, he was even more snowy, and there was no blood.

Zhao Zhen stared at him tightly, and said word by word, "The widow now wants you to tell the truth, you tell the widow, the Ergu River Project,

How many people died? ”

Silent, Zhao Zongshi's throat seemed to be pressed by the boulder, and he couldn't make a sound at all.

"This is the widow's last chance for you." Zhao Zhen looked at the deep palace wall outside the hall, and said in an increasingly indifferent tone: "If you don't need it, the widow has to hand over these two boxes to Dali Temple to deal with!" ”

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Zongshi finally hissed: "Until now, Erchen doesn't dare to hide it anymore, there are indeed a large number of dead refugee husbands, who have been concealed by Yousi......" said and wiped his tears with his sleeve and said: "Where does Erchen know what water conservancy?" At that time, he was eager to make contributions and took care of everything, but when he arrived in Hebei, he found that his eyes were black, and he listened to what the people below said. They said that there was no problem with the construction of Layue, and I was convinced, they said that there were not a few deaths, and I didn't go to check that they kept it a secret, until the two thousand corpses in the autumn were revealed, and I didn't know that I had been deceived by them! But when I thought of the beginning, Erchen said too much and too roundly, and he didn't dare to confess to his father, for fear of being looked down upon by his father. But Erchen's heart ...... I've been panicking, that's the root of my illness! ”

Since he knew that Zhao Zonghan had planted it, he knew that there was such a day, and hurriedly asked Han Qi for help. Han Qi complained that he was not angry and daring, but the two were already inseparable, so he had to give him a trick - to put all the blame on the following, saying that he was first blinded, and then he didn't dare to admit it...... This will neither be too fake, nor too much responsibility, and you should be able to get away with it.

"That's the responsibility of Han Gang's people?" Zhao Zhen is not so easy to fool.

"No, it's the son's responsibility. It was the retainers who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and they had a strong sense of vanity, so they made a big mistake, a mistake and a mistake again and again [I didn't dare to ask my father for mercy, I only asked for heavy punishment, so that my retainers could feel at ease...... "The second trick taught by Han Qi is to avoid the important and light, and avoid the real and make it false! After speaking, Zhao Zongshi kowtowed again.

"Alas......" He finally said it in place, Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh, and said in a solemn tone: "Get up, your thoughts are clear, everything is nothing more than aiming at this position." Whether this seat is good or not, only those who have sat in it know, but anyone can dream of it, so it is understandable for you to think so. After a pause, Zhao Zhen said word by word: "But the widow will tell you clearly today that it is a foregone conclusion who will give this position to in the future!" From now on, you don't have to dream anymore! ”

Zhao Zongshi was like being struck by lightning, his hands were clasped in the cracks of the floor tiles, and blood oozed out, but he didn't feel any pain at all!

"The palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, and if you give the storage place to that person, you will naturally be compensated." Zhao Zhen sighed lightly, and the more he spoke, the softer his voice became, "What you did before, everyone can write it off." as long as

After that, you are more open-minded, and An An An will be your prince of peace, and the widow will naturally not let you be wronged, nor will you be unable to stretch. After a pause, the official said, "You don't have to worry about what happens in the future." The widow will give you an iron coupon, and he will also make him swear to be at peace with you for the rest of his life, and he will not do any harm. In the future, the monarch will be benevolent, and the minister will be loyal, only in this way can fathers, sons and brothers be at peace with each other ......"

"......" Zhao Zongshi lowered his head, as if listening to Zhao Zhen. In fact, his mind was full of his own business, he already knew that he was out of play, and he had already made a plan. It was only by the pain brought by the official announcement that I was stunned, and then I came back to my senses and cried: "Erchen was originally a nerd, he was pushed by those people, and he seemed to be stunned all these years. ”