Between the mechanism and the last stone chamber, there is a long corridor.

The last torch is about to burn to the end.

"What kind of person is Zhou Taizu Guo Wei?" Xiaogui asked.

"It's a man whose whole family has been killed, and his life is full of misfortunes." Duan Meimei said.

"I don't know much about him," Xu Yongzhi said, "Brother Zhao has always been with Emperor Chai, and he doesn't have much to do with Guo Wei." ”

They saw a stone house, and inside it was a sickbed, on which lay a man in a yellow robe.

"You're here?" The voice was very familiar.

This is not Guo Wei at all, this is Emperor Sejong Chai Rong, who just died last year.

Xu Yongzhi fell to his knees, this was the lord he had served.

Xiaogui also knelt on the ground, this is the emperor who once talked to her and discussed the relationship between the two countries.

Duan Meimei also fell to her knees, she had never seen Chai Rong, but she had fought to protect him outside the palace gate on the last day of his life.

"Come closer." Chai Rong's voice was cold.

Duan Meimei hesitated a little.

Xu Yongzhi got up, took three or four steps forward, and knelt down again.

"I'm dead, I'm no longer contagious, and I'm putting a sickbed just to make you feel ashamed." Chai Rong said.

Clearly explain your intentions, this is the mind of a big man.

"Tell me, how do you still have the face to come to me?"

Xu Yongzhi prostrate on the ground: "Your Majesty ......"

"Don't call me Your Majesty, your lord's surname is Zhao." Chai Rong said.

"Your Majesty......" Xiaogui wanted to help explain.

"You also stop, your majesty's surname is Li." Chai Rong said.

After his death, Emperor Chai was able to choke people.

"Why don't you speak?" Chai Rong looked at Duan Meimei.

"What else am I talking about? My master is my son-in-law, surnamed Xu. Duan Meimei said angrily.

"This woman said it well," Chai Rong looked at Xu Yongzhi, "Your daughter-in-law?" ”

"Fiancée." Xu Yongzhi said.

"There is vision," Chai Rong said, "and my husband is your lord, and this is not wrong." ”

Duan Meimei saw that Chai Rong was not angry, and continued.

"On the day Your Majesty died, Gongzi and I were escorted outside the palace gate, and we killed the clay monster together, and we didn't offend Your Majesty, our loyalty, Your Majesty knows." Duan Meimei said.

"It's a pity that not everyone is like you, and some people take the opportunity to attack me." Chai Rong said.

Xu Yongzhi bowed his head and said nothing, Chai Rong was killed by someone, he was killed by Zhao Guangyi and Lei Song, it doesn't matter who did it, the most important thing is that this decision was made by Zhao Guangyi.

"Your Majesty, in fact, my son-in-law's situation is the same as mine." Duan Meimei said.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I am your people, whether it is you or the Zhao official family, if there is a conflict with my son-in-law, which side will I stand on?"

"The husband is the wife, of course he follows the husband." Chai Rong said.

"Zhao Guan's family is the husband of my son-in-law, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, but my son-in-law can only follow his eldest brother." Duan Meimei said.

"It makes sense to say that, that's the person I recognized the wrong person, and I have to promote Lao Zhao, I deserve it, right?" Chai Rong said.

"Your Majesty, the people don't dare," Duan Meimei said, "but my son-in-law has never betrayed you, I hope you can understand." ”

"Yes, but he betrayed my son and is still hunting after my woman." Chai Rong's eyes suddenly sounded like lightning.

"This is really a misunderstanding," Xiaogui said, "Your Majesty, we are here to save Sister Qiao today." ”

"Save her? She was pregnant with my flesh and blood, and she was detained by you, and I want to wait until after giving birth, to see if it is a man or a woman, and if it is a woman, she will be worthy of the hero, and if it is a man, she will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, your plan, don't think I don't know! Chai Rong said.

"This is Li Lianqiao's provocation," Xiaogui said, "Sister Qiao was given to Your Majesty by me, she is like a sister to me, Your Majesty should believe me." ”

"If you really care about her, how can you allow her to live in Tokyo to work? Is it bad to bring it back to Jinling? Chai Rong's tone loosened a little.

"Sister Qiao has no name, when she returns to Grandpa Jinling's house, she will be laughed at by the people around her, and now that the dynasty has changed, no one can give Sister Qiao a name anymore, the clay monster who assassinated His Majesty at the beginning was sent by Li Lian Yu, and the murderer of His Majesty may be someone else, but it is not an exaggeration to say that the culprit is Li Lian Qiao, if the prince falls into her hands, not only Song will be set off in turmoil, but Prince Zheng (the eldest prince Chai Zongxun) will inevitably be implicated." Xiaogui explained.

That's right.

"Xu Jin," Chai Rong looked at Xu Yongzhi.

"The minister is here." Xu Yongzhi said.

"I'm dead, but I'm going to listen to you."

"Yes!"

"Who is responsible for stabbing me?"

"The minister is outside, I don't know much, Sister Qiao is hiding in the box, and what I heard is Zhao Guangyi and Lei Song. The minister investigated, and it was the two of them who made a temporary decision, and my eldest brother didn't know. ”

"But he protected his brother and didn't kill Zhao Er." Chai Rong said.

"Maybe every brother would have done that." Xu Yongzhi said.

"It was Lei Song who stabbed me, Zhao Erxin was ruthless and didn't dare to do it." Chai Rong said.

"I've already killed Lei Song." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Don't think I'll forgive you, you helped Zhao Kuangyin mutiny in Chenqiao and usurped the world of my Chai family, what's going on?" Chai Rong asked.

"What does Your Majesty think of Brother Zhao's character?"

"A gentle man, but his heart is too soft."

"If the little emperor can't keep the world, is it better for Brother Zhao to take over, or is it better for Li Yun, or is it better for Li Chongjin, or is it better for Taiwei Fu?"

"It's better to be Lao Zhao." Chai Rong thought for a while and said.

"Brother Zhao has properly arranged His Majesty's son, but he doesn't know about this child in Sister Qiao's belly, and we'd better not let him know. Know, the child will live under house arrest from an early age. Your Majesty, you also hope that this child will have a free life. Xu Yongzhi asked.

"Yes." Chai Rong said.

"That's how I arranged it, I arranged a job for Sister Qiao that she could do, and the treatment was good, and when she gave birth to a child, I would also take care of the child."

"But Sister Qiao, this girl is a little too willful, she was bewitched by the servant woman and contacted Li Lian Qiao, now that Li Lian Qiao knows the existence of this child, she will think of taking this child to see Li Yun and be the capital of reviving the Great Zhou, Your Majesty, do you want to see a Li Yun in power, and a one-year-old child in the Great Zhou as the emperor?" Xu Yongzhi asked.

"When I think about it, I think it's going to be a mess in the world." Chai Rong said with a frown.

"The minister is willing to follow Brother Zhao and regard him as the Son of Heaven, also because he can keep his promise and treat His Majesty's descendants well, if he can't follow this, the minister will inevitably return to the field and no longer serve him, if someone wants to harm Prince Zheng, the minister will also defend him with his life." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Xu Jin," Chai Rong looked at him, "Don't say pretty things, I want to see your actions." ”

"The minister doesn't dare to use the sword against His Majesty, His Majesty is willing to trust the minister, so give the key to the minister, let the minister rescue Sister Qiao, raise this prince or princess, if Your Majesty doesn't trust the minister, please stab the minister to death with a sword, and hand over Sister Qiao and the prince to Li Lianqiao." Xu Yongzhi boldly took a step forward.

He handed the sword to Chai Rong.

Chai Rong looked at Xu Yongzhi's closed eyes and his outstretched neck.

Looking at the two girls, he sighed.

"Death is empty."

"Is there any other choice for me?"

Chai Rong stretched out his hand and helped Xu Yongzhi up.

"I will appoint you as the prince and young master of the Great Zhou, and when this child is twenty years old, he will be promoted to the prince and prince."

"Thank you."

"Okay, the officials of the dead country can only be used after death, and after you are a hundred years later, the epitaph can be written like this, Xu Jin, the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, hahahaha." Chai Rong's laughter was desolate.

"Promise me one thing, I'll give you the key." Chai Rong said.

"Yes."

"Don't obey, this is a man's entrustment to another, and I have no one else to entrust."

"Yes."

"Don't leave a child without a father."

"You mean, let Sister Qiao remarry?"

"It's not a remarriage, you come to raise this child, just say it's you and her child." Chai Rong said.

"Death penalty!"

"What is the capital offense? You can give him the title of a concubine, I am in charge, and these two girls will not have any opinion. ”

"Absolutely!" Duan Meimei cried out in a lost voice.

Xiao Gui held her hand.

"The minister's decree ......" Xu Yongzhi is about to kneel and bow.

"High five." Chai Rong said.

"1. May the little prince be free from illness and disaster;" Xu Yongzhi said.

"Second, may Brother Xu, your father-in-law Wandai;" Chai Rong said.

"3. May you have many sons and daughters." Chai Rong looked at the two embarrassed girls and hurriedly comforted them.

After the three high-fives, Chai Rong took out the key and gave it to Xu Yongzhi.

"I mistakenly believed Zhao Kuangyin, but I didn't have a choice at the beginning, and now I have chosen you, I hope you can do it." Chai Rong said.

Xu Yongzhi made a big gift, which can be regarded as a complete reputation between monarchs and ministers.

"I'm tired, let's go, this is not the place where the living should come, let's go."

When the three of them were about to return to the key plate, Duan Meimei said, "I don't want to." ”

Xu Yongzhi said: "No one wants to. ”

"I think you said yes very simply." Duan Meimei said.

"Sister Meimei, you know what Childe is for." Xiaogui said.

"I'm talking to him." Duan Meimei didn't take Xiaogui lightly this time.

"You think she's interesting to you, don't you?" Duan Meimei said.

"No," Xu Yongzhi said, "I owe Emperor Chai a favor, just pay it back." ”

"Then the woman who is going to marry him, right?" Duan Meimei asked.

"I have nothing more to say, what are we for, isn't this key?" Xu Yongzhi said.

"So it's expedient, you're not going to marry her, are you?" Duan Meimei asked.

"I won't deceive Emperor Chai, I promised, and I will do it." Xu Yongzhi said.

"So you decided to marry her anyway?" Duan Meimei said.

"It's not like you!" Xu Yongzhi said.

"I should be virtuous and virtuous, and be a good wife, right?" Duan Meimei said.

"That's not what I meant." Xu Yongzhi said.

"I can't get along with that kind of woman, she's greedy and suffocates to climb up," Duan Meimei said, "She's by your side, and she'll keep getting you into trouble." ”

"Sister Meimei, I don't think you understood what Emperor Chai really meant." Xiaogui said.

"What do you mean?"

"Sister Qiao is very familiar with this person, she is a person who loves to deviate, she has had a dream of being a mother since she was a child, and Emperor Chai also understands that he hopes that the son is not the husband of Sister Qiao, but the father of the prince or princess, but he is afraid that this child will follow Sister Qiao." Xiaogui said.

"Xiaogui's words are what I want to say." Xu Yongzhi said.

"Then why don't you say it yourself?" Duan Meimei asked.

"It's like justifying your actions...... But I really don't have any other thoughts about Sister Qiao. Xu Yongzhi said.

"Do you know what that price is?" Duan Meimei asked.

"At what cost, we can afford to raise a child!" Xu Yongzhi said.

"Childe, why are you so naïve, you are going to be admitted to the bachelor's department this fall, right?" Duan Meimei asked.

"yes, what does it matter?" Xu Yongzhi said.

"If you want to be the father of this child, you have to take a concubine now, take a concubine during the funeral of your parents, and forget about the generals, if you want to be admitted to the Jinshi, you will definitely be impeached by the officials, and Lord Zhao Zeping (Zhao Pu) will not let go of this matter." Duan Meimei said.

"That's true!" Xu Yongzhi said with a bitter face.

"Xiaogui, is there any way?"

Xiaogui looked at Xu Yongzhi: "Son, you can't have a clear conscience and become a king and a saint." ”

"Meimei, think of a way!" Xu Yongzhi turned to Duan Meimei again.

"What you promised, let's finish it with tears!"