Chapter 168: Father and Son Return Together
Several steamships were spitting black fog and galloping on the sea at a very fast speed, but Zhao Jia, who was standing at the bow of the ship, was anxious, wishing that the ship under his feet could fly, so that he could also arrive in Dengzhou to see Zhao Xu as soon as possible.
I saw that Fan Zhizhou in Luzon that day, and the other party conveyed Zhao Xu's message to him, but the message only asked him to go to Dengzhou to see Zhao Xu quickly, but he didn't say what was the reason, and Fan Zhizhou also told him that because no one knew when Zhao Jia would come back from his round-the-world voyage, and he didn't know where he would arrive first, so Zhao Xu passed this message to all the officials above Zhizhou in the coastal area of the Great Song Dynasty and Nanyang, as long as these people saw Zhao Jia, they would convey the message to him to return to Dengzhou as soon as possible. As for Fan Zhizhou, he received the news from the Zhixian County of the Curved Moon, and only then did he know that he had arrived in Luzon, so he hurriedly ran to convey the message, so as not to delay him.
Although Zhao Xu's dictation did not say the reason for Zhao Jia to go to Dengzhou, from Zhao Xu's tone, Zhao Jia could feel the eagerness, which also made Zhao Jia even more worried, so he immediately abandoned the global fleet and took a faster steamship to Dengzhou.
"Brother Jia, don't worry too much, Your Majesty is the lord of the world, what big problems can happen with his identity?" At this moment, I saw Yang Shiliang walking from the cabin to the deck and persuaded Zhao Jia, who was worried.
"It is precisely because he is the lord of the world that I am even more worried, because if it was just a trivial matter, Brother Xu would definitely not let me go to see him so quickly, so I am worried that something big has happened to the court?" Zhao Jia was still very worried when he heard Yang Shiliang's words.
"This can't be, if something really big happens to Your Majesty's side, then I'm afraid the entire Great Song Dynasty will shake, but we have also passed by a few ports before and have not found anything abnormal, so I don't think it is very likely that something will happen to Your Majesty." Yang Shiliang analyzed again at this time.
However, when Zhao Jia heard this, he shook his head and said, "Shiliang." No one can guarantee what is going on in the court, and sometimes it is precisely because the matter is so big that it seems very calm outside, because they have not received any news at all, but for those who know the truth of the matter, I am afraid that it will ......"
Zhao Jia said the above. I couldn't help but think that when my uncle Zhao Ji was seriously ill, most people in the outside world didn't know that Zhao Ji had only a limited life left, but only his father and others knew about it, and the outside world was calm at that time, but his father was busy all day and couldn't go home, and finally completed the transfer of power.
"Bastard, how did you think of this?" Zhao Jia suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped himself at this time, because he didn't know why he suddenly thought of what happened when his uncle died, which made him suddenly have an ominous premonition. But Zhao Xu is only in his twenties, he is at the peak of a man, and he is usually very healthy, except that he has never given birth to a son, which makes the outside world a little suspicious, there is nothing wrong with the others, so Zhao Jia never believes that there is anything wrong with his cousin's body!
But reason is reason, but that kind of ominous premonition has been haunting Zhao Jia, so in the end he ordered the ship to speed up again. Even if it was because of this, he did not hesitate to damage the machinery on the ship, and Yang Shiliang, who went back with him, persuaded him several times to no avail. In the end, he simply stopped persuading, but urged Zhao Jia to eat and sleep on time every day, otherwise he was afraid that he would fall ill before he arrived in Dengzhou.
At the same time, a large fleet of ships is sailing south at the fastest speed on the west coast of Africa, hoping to bypass the Cape of Good Hope as soon as possible, and it is on the flagship of this fleet. Zhao Yan was also walking around anxiously like his son Zhao Jia.
Just a month ago, he suddenly received a letter written by Zhao Xu himself, and there was only a simple sentence on the letter, that is, "There are changes in the court, return quickly!" ”。 In addition, there was no news, and even the messenger didn't know what was going on in the court, which made Zhao Yan also anxious, and wanted to return to the Great Song Dynasty immediately, but he was worried that there would really be something wrong with the imperial court, so after discussing with Su Zhe and others, Zhao Yan returned to the Great Song Dynasty with an army of 10,000 people, so that even if there was any change in the court, there would be no one available in his hands.
It is precisely because of the reason that he wants to transfer the army, so he set off a little late, and he has not been able to bypass the Cape of Good Hope until now, but during this time, Zhao Yan is also not eating and sleeping well, and he has been thinking about the possible changes in the DPRK and China, but he can't figure it out when he thinks about it, if it is an ordinary change, Zhao Xu will not let people go to Europe thousands of miles away to inform him, so this change is definitely very important, but he can't think of what went wrong, which is also his biggest headache.
"Husband, don't think about it if you don't understand, anyway, we won't have more than a month to go back, and when we see Your Majesty, we will naturally know everything." At this moment, Cao Ying poured a cup of tea for Zhao Yan and comforted softly, during this time, Zhao Yan didn't think about tea and dinner, she and Xue Ning'er and the others were also very worried, originally Zhao Yan wanted them to wait for news in Europe, but they were not worried about Zhao Yan's body, and they were also worried about the danger of this trip, so they insisted on being with Zhao Yan, and Zhao Yan was also very helpless about this, so he could only take them all with him.
"Alas, Xu'er is really, since I asked someone to send me a letter, why don't you write down the reason for the incident, so that I can be prepared." Zhao Yan took a sip of tea at this time, but said very helplessly.
Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Cao Ying hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "Husband, Your Majesty doesn't specify the reason, there are only two possibilities, the first is that Your Majesty doesn't want you to know, and the second is that Your Majesty can't let you know, which one do you think?" ”
"Can't? Don't want to? Zhao Yan was stunned at first when he heard this, and then looked up at Cao Ying with some confusion, wanting to hear her explain more clearly, because he also didn't understand what Cao Ying meant.
However, I saw Cao Ying smiled slightly at this time: "There are some things that can only be understood but not spoken, and the husband should think about it himself, but with my understanding of His Majesty, the reason why he did not write down the reason is probably that he will not let the husband know the reason, but when we go back, naturally everything will be revealed!" ”
"Lady, what do you mean by these words, why can't I understand?" Zhao Yan was confused at this time, he was already annoyed enough, but he didn't expect Cao Ying to also play him dumb riddles.
"Giggle~, husband will understand later!" Cao Ying refused to explain, turned around and left after speaking, but when she closed the door of Zhao Yan's cabin, she whispered to herself with a solemn face, "I hope God bless my husband, don't have an accident on this trip!" (To be continued.) )