Chapter 136: Guijing Road (2)

The news of the prince's quiet departure from Xiangyi only spread after dawn, and the people gathered around the palace to see off the prince were both disappointed and moved, and the prince left quietly in the eight years, just as he came here quietly, he left a stable and prosperous place for everyone, but did not give everyone a chance to express their gratitude.

When Meng Tao returned home, he saw his wife Osmanthus wiping her tears with her child in her arms. Two years ago, the palace abolished the palace maids, and the osmanthus stayed, and the prince married Meng Tao as a matchmaker, she still stayed in the palace to help take care of the affairs of the inner courtyard (*), and discipline the new palace maids.

"Xianggong, the second master is gone?" Osmanthus asked, yesterday the people in the house received an order, no one is allowed to go out of the house to see them off, so as not to disturb the neighbors.

"Let's go, I should have arrived at Gongzhou Mansion City by now." Meng Tao took off the knife and hung it on the wall and said, this knife is one of the two Japanese knives that Cheng Xuan gave to the prince during the New Year.

"Alas, if it weren't for the child's small age, I really want to follow the second master back to Beijing..."Osmanthus sighed and sobbed again, the prince can be said to have grown up with her, although the two are master and servants, they are like (Jie) brothers.

"Osmanthus, don't cry, we will never forget the kindness of the second master, and the second master said again and again before leaving, we are the old people around him, let us stay, is to help him take care of here, the responsibility is equally heavy, let's not live up to the trust of the prince" Meng Tao has now been promoted to the second steward of Nanfu, he sat down to comfort his wife, but his eyes were red.

"Well, I also understand this truth, but I am psychologically uncomfortable" Osmanthus leaned on her husband's shoulder and muttered...

The uncomfortable people in the house are not only Meng Tao's family, the people in the house are still in and out, but without the existence of the prince, it seems that everything has lost its vitality, and every time Lao Zhang hears the sound of horses' hooves, he will hurry out (Men) to see, hoping to see the prince's childish smiling face will appear in front of his eyes again...

In the inner courtyard, several older Xiao Huang (Men) swept the dead leaves on the ground with a broom, as if to sweep away the depression in their hearts, the prince asked for their advice before leaving, whether to stay here, or go back to Beijing with him, they knew that they were old and frail, even if they returned to the palace, they would enter the sanatorium, and they would wait for death in that lifeless place, it was better to stay here and be at ease, but without the prince, the courtyard suddenly became deserted.

"You wait and sweep again, the second master confessed to me before leaving, and left everyone a sum of money, so that you can go home and choose an honest and honest child from your relatives to be raised by your side, and enjoy the joy of family, the younger can go to school in the house, and the older ones can arrange something to do in the house, you can come to me at any time to pay money" Seeing Xi and Huang Jingchen both returned to Beijing, Fengxi was left in charge of the inner house, in fact, he was an eye left by Zhao Ta, after all, this is his base, if there is a fire in the backyard, the loss will be too great.

"The prince is still thinking about us who are useless, how to repay such a great kindness" A few little yellows (Men) knelt down to the south with tears in their eyes and said, adopted sons are the patents of those rich and powerful servants, and they don't even dare to think about it, but the prince helped them fulfill their wishes.

"Hey, Ren (*) is done," said a few guards as they came in.

"We don't have anything to lose, do we?" Feng Xi asked.

"Everything is according to the arrangement of the prince, our people are unscathed, and we found that all the hidden piles have been cleaned up"

"Well, it's good, you've worked hard, go down and rest" Feng Xi nodded and said, the prince returned to Beijing and selected ten people from the guards to stay with him as assistants, and before leaving, he left an order to secretly clear the eyes of the hostile forces of all parties.

"Second master, I hope you can return to Beijing smoothly" Feng Xi looked at the south and muttered to himself, this road can be said to be full of murderous opportunities.

In Beifuzhong, the loud wake-up call sounded, and the day's training life of the pro-guard team began again. If 500 people are brought into Beijing, I am afraid that many people will not be able to sleep well, and the emperor may not agree, Zhao Ta in order to reduce trouble, think twice, and decide to take 50 guards back to Beijing to act as his personal entourage and guard, but the personal guards of the capital appear as a travel guard of honor and miscellaneous servants in the palace, with their combat power and firearms can deal with the complex situation in Beijing. In addition to continuing to strengthen training, those who remained are now also responsible for the military training of Fuchu Zhuangke and Yixue (*) to train and select reserve soldiers.

Now that the firm has been reorganized, it can still maintain normal operation in the absence of the prince, but Zheng Shou has more affairs, he has to take charge of the remaining personnel of the palace, and Zheng Lu has led the selected personnel in the palace to return to Beijing to take over the new palace in Beijing, and will remain as the chief steward to deal with the affairs of Beijing (*). ,

There are one hundred and fifty miles from Xiangyi to Kaifeng, water and drought can be reached, now is the time when the autumn tax enters Beijing, the ships transporting grain in the Bianhe River are constantly coming and going, often leading to congestion, for the sake of safety Zhao Ta still chose the land route, after all, it is not as good as the down-to-earth sense of security on the water. The official road of the Song Dynasty has been very developed after many years of renovation and construction, and the main road leading to the capital is spacious and convenient, and the road is maintained by the soldiers of the state and county (Men). In order to facilitate the people who go inside to avoid the sun, pine and willow are planted on both sides of the road, which is still very intimate.

Zhao Ta's convoy of people and horses going to Beijing said that there were a lot less, three of the five big cars were occupied, one was his special car, one was Huang Jingchen and He Qufei, and one was the palace maid and the cook who Zhao Ta was waiting for, and the others had already arranged to enter Beijing in batches. The other two cars were filled with gifts and pocket money he had prepared, and one was loaded with ammunition. The accompanying escorts were all on horseback, with twenty guards and a team of fifty guards.

The will only said to summon him to Beijing, and there was no specified time, so there was enough time, and he didn't have to hurry, the road was just slow, and at noon he only found a small shop on the side of the road to play sharp, walked more than 40 miles, and entered the Yongqiu boundary at the end of the afternoon.

"See, is this Yongqiu once Cao Zhi's fiefdom?" Zhao Ta slept and ate something again, and now he is in good spirits and remembers such a thing.

"Second master, by the way, there is still Cao Zhi's cemetery here, is the second master interested in going to see it?" Miki replied.

"Okay, tell them to stop and go to the post house to arrange food and lodging first, and I'll ride a horse to have a look," Zhao Ta commanded.

Stopped the car, Zhao Ta came down to see that the guards had arranged the cordon, these boys are now in new clothes, wearing Ma Jun's yellow silk jacket, white silk socks and trousers, wearing a violet turban, a scarlet silk silk in his waist, eight sets of linen shoes under his feet, a black cloak, a saber in his waist, a kettle and a gun bag hanging on the side of the saddle, and of course a gun jacket wrapped outside the gun, although it is not as pleasing to the eye as the military uniform he designed, it is also very spiritual.

"Zhao Xin, you bring the guards with me, Zhao Zhong, you take the guards to the post house to arrange food and lodging, and I'll go to see the scenery," Zhao Ta commanded.

"Lord Wang, you don't mind taking us two old men, do you?" He Qufei and Huang Jingchen couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to follow along.

"Okay, it's crowded, but I'm going on horseback, can you do it?" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Ha Luha, although we are old, we can still go up and get on the horse, don't worry" He Qufei said with a smile.

After a while, the saddle horse was already prepared here, Zhao Ta turned over and got on the horse, and the two old men also got on the horse with the help of the guards, and Gao Pet was reluctant to follow the team to the post house. Zhao Xin accompanied the guards, all of them were soap-colored clothes and pants, with both hands and horizontal knives behind their backs, pistols hidden under their armpits, and long spears immediately, all of them were double-spear generals, even if there were more than a hundred people, it was not enough for them to kill.

Cao Zhi's cemetery is not far away, they rode horses but two quarters of an hour side, a mound next to a forest is Cao Zhi's cemetery, there are no temples around these above-ground buildings, only a white marble ten times standing there, on the book 'Wei Cao Zhi's tomb" Zhao Ta off the saddle dismounted, standing in front of the tomb, inevitably remembered his life, he was a teenager that was through the sound of the law, good at singing and dancing, fine jumping pill fencing, "the world's arts, all good", more than ten years old that is, "good is the literature", after adulthood, he was extraordinary, at the age of twenty was named the Marquis of the Plains, three years later, Changing the title of Marquis of Linzi can be described as a young man's pride.

"Lord Wang, do you know Cao Zijian's seven-step poem?" Because it was a temporary idea, he didn't buy incense and candles, Zhao Ta picked up the soil as a furnace, replaced the incense with branches, and bowed twice, He Qufei looked interesting, and asked with a smile.

"Boiled beans are held as soup, soaked beans are juiced, the beans are burned under the kettle, and the beans are weeping in the kettle. This is born from the same root, so why not be in a hurry to fry each other. Zhao Ta immediately groaned.

"Well, very good, the prince knows why he ended up in seven steps to become a poem" He Qufei nodded and asked again.

"I only know one or two, he and his brother Cao Pi lost the battle for the crown and was forced by Cao Pi, and asked the teacher to explain in detail" Zhao Ta knew that he was not a 'teacher', and he was willing to listen to his views.

"Well, Cao Cao has twenty-five sons, but he likes his youngest son Cao Chong the most, but he died early at the age of thirteen, and his sons persuaded him to mourn, but Cao Cao said: He died, it was your luck..." ,

Cao Zhi is simple and not prestigious. The horse costume is not gorgeous. Every time he sees a difficult question, he responds to the voice, his ambition and talent are extraordinary, and he is especially favored by Cao Cao. In the dispute between brothers, Cao Zhi had a slight upper hand in the early years, and was almost made the crown prince by Cao Cao several times. But Cao Zhi acted willfully and drank uncontrollably, but Cao Pi used tricks, pretentiously pretended, and was good at using various means to serve Cao Cao and whitewash himself. Cao Cao was also worried about repeating the mistake of Yuan Shao's abolition of Chang Liyu and inviting trouble, so he decided to make Cao Pi the prince, and at the same time, as compensation, increased Cao Zhi's fiefdom, from 5,000 households to 10,000 households.

Cao Cao, who is suspicious and repeated, once gave Cao Zhi a chance to perform. But then he made two mistakes, he rode on the gallop without authorization, and he also opened Sima (Men) out of the palace, which was a serious trespass. Cao Cao was furious, "the planting pet is declining". After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ren stationed in Xiangyang was besieged by Guan Yu, and Cao Cao appointed Cao Zhi as a lieutenant general and led his troops to the rescue, but Cao Zhi was drunk and could not carry out his appointment (*), and Cao Zhi completely fell out of favor. Cao Cao was a ruthless politician who, for Cao Pi's sake, began to cut off Cao Zhi's wings - killing his advisor Yang Xiu, killing his father-in-law Cui Yan, and killing his wife Cui. But the bigger crisis came from the elder brother Cao Pi became emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Zhi was a former rival and a potential danger, and Cao Pi's father and son were deeply jealous of him. Cao Zhi's life went from flying to depression - he was falsely accused, demoted, and changed to multiple fiefdoms, and began his 12-year "journey of suffering".