The five incense candles held up by the slender hand of the goddess lamp made of fine bronze have burned most of them, and the melted incense wax flows down the body of the candle bit by bit, solidifying into beautiful candle tears. Cai Yu likes to add a variety of agarwood candles, the flames of light and extinguish invisibly exude a faint fragrance, than the special bronze incense burning spices like the scene of the house full of silver filaments, there is an invisible taste, quite Zen.

But at this moment, even dipterocarp, which is more expensive than gold, can't make Cai Yu's low mood excited.

"Wu Xiang, I don't want the Song army to still break the city in just a few days, how can the lonely general be good?" Cai Yu looked at Wu Qiao with a sad face, and the three important ministers who looked at each other were speechless, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "When the time comes, heaven and earth are all working together, and it is not free to transport heroes." That's it, that's it, Lone ordered the eunuchs to pile up firewood and grass in the hundred-foot building, and Lone was shameless to be the king of the dead country. After speaking, he called the eunuch in the palace and ordered him to go down.

He just closed his eyes and pondered, changing various Buddha seals in his hands from time to time, and sincerely prayed to the Buddha that the Song army would not slaughter the Tang Dynasty this time, and that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of Jinling would bear all the sins.

The flickering candle flame reflected the uncertain look on Cai Yu's face, and the tumor left by the perennial Buddha on his forehead looked particularly weird.

Seeing that Cai Yu actually had the idea of self-immolation and martyrdom, the three ministers knelt on the ground together, and Xu Xian shouted louder: "Your Majesty can't save the idea of suicide, even if Jiangnan is not guaranteed, Your Majesty hunts in the north, but the Northern Dynasty Nian has been in the Cai family for decades in Jiangnan, and he will definitely not dare to treat His Majesty lightly." ”

Cai Yu glanced at him in disappointment, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to live in Bianliang like Meng Chang, where your wife is humiliated and you look up to people?" Thinking of the humiliation suffered by Shu Mengchang in Bianliang after the envoy made a detailed return, Mrs. Hua Rui was forcibly occupied by Zhao Kuangyin in the harem, even missing the Shu lord Meng Xu also has to avoid people's eyes, the world rumors, one day Mrs. Hua Rui was sad alone on Meng Xu's portrait, and suddenly met Zhao Kuangyin to break into the court, Zhao Kuangyin saw the flower stamen to the man's portrait, furious, and asked who this person was, fortunately, Mrs. Hua Rui is always wise, and often sticks to the rain and dew after following the Son of Heaven, but has not been pregnant, this portrait is the statue of the Bodhisattva sent by the people of Xishu, and he is waiting to worship, so as to conceive the dragon as soon as possible。

Zhao Kuangyin was very happy when he heard about it, and immediately the eunuch put an incense case in the palace where Hua Rui lived, and specially offered it to the Bodhisattva. After this matter spread in the palace, many concubines and palace maids copied the statue of the god and hung it in the room to worship, hoping to have a child. Although Meng Xu lost the country, he occupied Zhao Kuangyin's harem in this way, which was also a helpless mockery.

Later, the statue of the Bodhisattva was introduced from the palace to the people, the foolish man and the foolish woman thought that the Bodhisattva of the royal worship must be effective, and the people of the north actually had many people worship, and even some temples began to shape this new Bodhisattva for good men and women to worship. Only the old people in the Bashu Palace, seeing the Bodhisattva just like the Lord of Shu back then, all of them hurt the homeland. (This is a folk legend, so far many temples in the north worship the male son Bodhisattva statue, ask about the origin, this is the saying.) ）

Although Cai Yu is not a faint monarch, but the position of the women and rivers around him in his heart, it is really difficult to say which is more important, thinking of what happened to the lord of Shu, he can't help but feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox, once he surrenders, if the Zhao family forcibly wants to accept the Zhou Hou, wouldn't it be better to live than to die, thinking of this section, the slender fingers beat on the sandalwood book case irritably, I don't know whether to be angry or afraid, and some tremble slightly.

Several ministers saw that Cai Yu closed his eyes and did not hold the council, so they argued with each other, Xu Xian said first: "For today's plan, it will inevitably anger the Song people, and for the sake of the people of the whole city, we should immediately send people to carry wine, meat, melons and fruits and other things to appease the Song army who have already stationed troops at the gate of the palace." Then gather all the ministers and ask the lord for a foolproof plan. ”

The implication of his words is to convene the lord and important ministers who are still in Jinling, and persuade Cai Yu to surrender to the Song Dynasty, after all, as long as Cai Yu descends to the Song Dynasty, a cadre of ministers will follow him, and there will be no loss.

Remembering that Zhao Kuangyin once commented on the famous appearance of the Song Dynasty by Zhou, "but owes Zhou Shizong a death", Xu Xian didn't feel a little creepy, it seems that although the Zhao family is not right, but the loyalty to this courtier is very important, how to change the court, the priorities in the meantime still need to be considered, even if Shi Song, with his own talents, as long as the planning is done properly, the first assistant dare not say, the position of the chief assistant still can't run. (Later, as Xu Xian thinks today, he worships as the ruler of the country, and this prince is the first person, and he is listed with the name Kou Zhun.) ）

Wu Qiao glared at Xu Xian, and said in a deep voice: "The battle situation is undecided, and the generals in the city, such as Hu Ze, Lu Jiang, and Wu Yingying, have not returned, how can Xu Xiang surrender to the enemy lightly." He saw that Xu Xian's face was uncertain, and said with a straight face: "The lord humiliates the ministers to death, and the country is broken and martyred, so why bother wagging his tail and begging for mercy to the northerners." ”

Xu Xian was robbed of his white by him, and he didn't speak, but Zhang Xun retorted on his behalf: "It's not fake that the Song army broke the city and the vanguard has entered the palace gate, right? Wu Xiang can't leave a name for himself in history, and he mistook Your Majesty." After speaking, he actually ignored the minister's system, took a step forward, knelt down in front of Cai Yu, approached and said loudly: "The matter has come to this, Your Majesty has made a decision as soon as possible, so as not to arouse the anger of the Northern Army, so that the temple will not be protected, and the people will be miserable!" The voice was very loud, and Cai Yu was reluctantly opened his eyes by him.

(Note: The prime minister and the emperor, before the Song and Ming dynasties, was a fairly equal relationship, so it is common for the prime minister to have some disregard for the emperor. Huaxia has three generations of Zen to promote the custom, Ji Zhou people republican righteousness, the Spring and Autumn Hundred schools of thought contention, after the scholars and doctors to rule the world said, the son once said, the road is not good, boating in the sea, has never been an authoritarian country, must not be checked. The decline of the prime minister's status began in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the civil service system was reduced to an interest group supported by the imperial power in an autocratic system. After the Mengyuan Dynasty and the Ming and Qing dynasties, the civil bureaucratic system began to believe that the so-called officials should not do anything as the first priority, concentrate on managing their own interests, and have no spirit of taking the world as their own responsibility since the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties. Yue Wumu's so-called "civil officials don't love money" are afraid that their thoughts are the opposite of the emperor's, and the emperor's idea is that it is okay to love money, but it is not okay to "abuse power". ）

"You," Wu Qiao pointed at Zhang Xun angrily and said angrily, "The soldiers are still forgetting to fight the enemy with their lives, but you are persuading the king to surrender to the enemy, and his heart can be punished!"

Xu Xian saw that Wu Qiao and Zhang Xun couldn't hold each other, Cai Yu's eyebrows showed impatience, and he took the opportunity to say: "The Song army is still blocking the palace gate, if you want to know the outside news, it is better to ask the Song army's vanguard general to enter the palace to inquire, and also test the enemy's details." Having said that, the four monarchs and ministers present all understood that this was actually a condition for inviting General Song to come in and test and even surrender.

Wu Qiao frowned when he heard this, and strongly objected, but Zhang Yi strongly agreed. The three of them argued, and finally Xu Xian said: "Even if you can't meet with General Song, send someone to inquire which general is in charge of the Song army that entered the palace gate. ”

Cai Yu was already impatient, frowned and waved his hand: "Then bother Xu Xiang, if it is really a high-ranking general, you can meet him." Lonely and tired, go back to the harem to rest for a while. After speaking, he didn't care about the three important ministers here, and walked into the inner palace, and the graceful back of the former Jinhua Yushu seemed indescribably desolate and decadent at this time.

Xu Xian immediately stood up, and in Wu Qiao's eyes that almost tore him apart, Shi Shiran stepped out of the Guangzheng Palace and went straight to the palace gate. And Zhang Xun, who stayed behind, looked at Wu Qiao vigilantly, for fear that he would take advantage of Xu Xian's absence to pick up something like Qingyu paperweight and smash him, and muttered secretly in his heart, this Wu Qiao is also a scholar from the two lists, how can he not care about the system at all, he is like an outlaw.

Cai Yu walked alone into the Rouyi Hall where Zhou Hou lived, only to see the red candles shining in the hall, and Zhou Hou was discussing with Baoyi Huang the loud noise and ground movement in the direction of Shicai Dongcheng, both of them knew that something big would happen, and asked the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace did not know why. Since they couldn't go to the front hall to disturb Cai Yu and the ministers to discuss the state of the country, they had to wait for news here.