In the third year of Pingyuan, April 25, Chenshi.

On the way to the capital, I couldn't walk until I got to Zhending.

A level every ten miles.

I don't know if it was stuck in King Qi, but they were stuck, and for a while, there were people pushing and arguing at every checkpoint.

There are even levels where there are few people who have been broken open.

More people are familiar with the intersection and terrain, and the official roads are not passable, so they can cross the mountains and mountains and cross the canals, and there are thousands of roads to get to the city gates, but it is just convenient or difficult.

By noon, there was already a sea of people outside the city gate.

There were countless soldiers standing on the city wall, holding arrows aimed at these people, and someone shouted: "The prince has an order, and all idle people are not allowed to enter the city or make trouble, and if anyone violates the order, they will be killed!" ”

"You can't kill Lord Song!" The people shouted.

They didn't have any other demands, they just couldn't kill Song Ning.

In this world, there are not many officials who can think about them, her existence is not just alone, she will affect many people, drive the atmosphere of an official, she gives a positive influence and guidance to the officialdom and even the people, which is what she really makes them want to protect and care.

They are here to rob the Dharma field.

They believed that there must be someone in the capital who thought the same as them, who came to help them open the city gate and protect Lord Song together.

Protect Lord Song, whether he is a man or a woman, just because she is Lord Song.

"She is a traitor, deceiving the king with the intention of rebellion, you protect her is to rebel with her, the same is an unforgivable crime!"

The soldiers on the tower shouted.

The person below replied: "We don't know anything, we don't know what to plot rebellion, we only know that Lord Song is a good official, we have to protect her!" ”

One person's voice was not enough to be echoed, and two people were thin, and three people, four people, and hundreds of people shouted together, shouting at the city tower and into the city.

"Folks, we are also ordinary people, we have benefited from Lord Song, now she is suffering and is going to be beheaded, we can't watch it, we have to protect her!"

"If you hear it, make all your efforts to open the gates."

"Open the city gate and save Lord Song."

The sound was very loud, and one by one it passed through the thick gates and over the high walls, and fell into the ears of many, and fell into the ears of many.

The city was not quiet or calm, but there were too many soldiers to suppress patrols, and they did not dare to come to the city gate, they did not dare to open the door, so they could only go to the Dharma field in groups.

The notice said that if the prince of Qi did not appear at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Song father and son would be beheaded.

After that, every hour that passed, he killed a person of interest.

The notice is a notice issued by the prince, and there will be no fakes.

Now there is still a quarter of an hour before three quarters of noon, and the king of Qi has not appeared, but the law field has been surrounded by the people of the capital on three floors and three layers outside.

But what is strange is that not a single official was present, and there was not a single official on the court who could be said to be of high rank.

Suddenly, the crowd became agitated, and then a group of people rushed towards the court, and someone shouted, "Lord Song is here." ”

After speaking, I saw that a group of people came over in the middle of the wall escorted by the soldiers.

The leader is Zhao Xi, the king of Ning, his hair is scattered, his clothes are dirty and wrinkled on his body, behind him is Song Yanxu, his spirit is not bad, even if his clothes are dirty, his hair is also combed, after Song Ge Lao, it is the officials of Luo, Lu, Chai, Sun, and Yuan, and behind these adults, I saw the little Song Lord with scattered hair.

Lord Xiao Song was a little different from before, wearing a new official uniform, and walked sadly at the end with his hands tied.

When someone saw her like this, their eyes immediately turned red with distress.

"It's okay, the official is very good, except for the hungry who have no water to drink, don't think about all your health, hehe!" Lord Xiao Song comforted everyone, and the hippie smile was indifferent.

Everyone also comforted her: "Don't worry, my lord, we will intercede with the prince in a while, you will not rebel, this must be a misunderstanding." ”

"Yes, yes, misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding."

"Drink water, sir." A little girl handed the kettle, and Lord Song took a few sips of the other party's hand, and said with a smile, "Thank you, thank you, and I'll repay you when I'm safe." ”

The little girl shook her head and said no thanks.

Song Yanxu turned around and coughed, and Lord Xiao Song followed a few steps over.

After Lord Xiao Song, he was followed by Tang Xingye, Lu Qingqing, Lu Miaomiao and others from Dali Temple.

"Miao Miao!" Tong Chunniang said with a crying voice, "Are you thirsty, I brought water." ”

Lu Miaomiao shook her head: "Sister is not thirsty, don't cry, oh, it's okay for me." My brother said that if he really cut off his head, he would die immediately, and it didn't hurt. ”

"I hurt you!" Tong Chunniang twisted the Buddha beads and said, "The Buddha will definitely bless you." ”

Lu Miaomiao grinned and nodded, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Xiaotian screamed, jumped in, and turned against Lu Miaomiao's legs, Lu Miaomiao comforted it: "Don't be afraid, they won't kill dogs, you take the family to find a chance to leave the capital." ”

"Go to Jinan Mansion to find the old boys, they will support your family." Lu Miaomiao said next to Xiaotian's ear, "Your money is stored in the bank, and the silver ticket was buried under the gardenia behind my house. ”

Xiaotian: "Wangwang! ”

Xiaotian circled around Lu Qingqing and Qiao Si again, refusing to leave, so he squatted under the Dharma platform.

On the Dharma platform, more than a dozen people knelt in a row.

In the middle of the day, the chatter in the crowd grew louder and louder, and the people shouted slogans together to demand that the officials on the stage be released.

At this moment, the people in the palace are also very busy, the queen's body is still parked in the palace, there are many things to go up and down, and there are many things to prepare.

Zhao Chi visited the queen, and when he returned to the Qianqing Palace, Ji Chun was waiting for him, and Zhao Chi asked, "How is the law field, has the King of Qi appeared?" ”

"Not yet. Holy ...... Just now, there was a reply from there, saying that His Highness had not yet arrived at the Dharma field. ”

Zhao Chi was puzzled: "What about others?" ”

Zhao Chi has been insomnia for three consecutive nights, and his face has been ugly for the past two days.

Ji Chun shook his head: "Lord Yin sent people to look for it, but no one was found." ”

"What about Wei Xunchang?" It's not that Zhao Chi doesn't want to go, but he doesn't want to go now.

Ji Chun also shook his head.

"It seems that there is a bit of a means." Zhao Chi guessed what might have happened, and he took out the software from behind the screen, inserted it into the leather belt, and buckled it around his waist.

"I'll go myself." Zhao Chi strode out of the door, all the way out of the palace gate, got on the horse, Yu Linwei's guards followed him, and he instructed as he walked, "Close all the palace gates, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my handwriting." ”

The yellow gate should be, and the palace door of everyone should be closed.

Zhao Chi walked very slowly, looking up at the sun above his head, squinting his eyes, he hadn't been out of the palace for a long time, the palace was just a square palace, and the sky he could see was what he saw in the palace.

Are the clouds elsewhere gray or blue? He didn't know.

However, he doesn't need to know these useless things, the territory of the world is his, what is a cloud?

Not far from the Dharma field, he traveled all the way, and the people who were originally congested heard the sound of whips and gongs and drums to open the way, and they had already moved away and knelt on both sides of the street.

Long live the people.

"Holy Lord, Lord Song is a good official, don't kill Lord Song." Some people shouted.

In the minds of the people in the capital and all over the world, the saint is benevolent and benevolent. When he was the crown prince, he did a lot of things to benefit the people, and he even fought against the power of the first emperor for the tea tax that year.

The saint is still a good elder brother, he is very tolerant of his younger brothers, nine younger brothers, he is impartial, even an arrogant and unruly prince like King Qi, he is also tolerant to this day and can repeatedly back down to protect the interests of King Qi's younger brother.

For the courtiers, he has no doubt about employing people, and he is exceptionally promoted, only looking at ability and not qualifications, he is a shabby Ming Jun, and it is precisely because of such a monarch that Xiao Song was able to achieve three products at a young age, so as to seek benefits for the people.

The thing that the people talk about the most is his harem. From the time he was the crown prince, there was only one side concubine in his prince's mansion, and one was added after many years, and two more were added after entering the palace.

After the death of these concubines, only the queen and the concubine were left in the inner palace, and he did not accept any more concubines, even if the heirs were thin, he never cared, and once said to the courtiers that if the prince was unexpected, he would give up the throne to a certain prince.

The monarch's young age is a curse to the country, and for the sake of the overall situation, the adult younger brother must be much stronger than the young son.

This remark has been widely known from the court to the people, and everyone has to say that the saint is a good saint.

Even if someone mentions that there were a few things that were not very good during the period when the saint was the prince, and someone mentioned that he also had a strong hand when he was the prince and the prince, someone immediately replied to you, at that time, the first emperor was in poor health, and if the prince was not strong, he would immediately be bullied by the courtiers.

In a word...... No matter from which point of view, the current saint is a king who is benevolent, righteous, kind, and even has some kings who are too soft-hearted and easy to handle.

Zhao Chi dismounted and walked onto the platform, his eyes swept over the kneeling people on the platform.

The chair was moved up, and Zhao Chi sat in the middle, and the canopy was stretched out to cover a shade. The crowd continued to bow down, and the mountain shouted long live.

"What about the prince?" Zhao Chi asked Yin Zhi, who was on the books, and a few servants, and a few princes who were on duty in the Governor's Mansion and the Zongren Mansion were also there.

Pu Hansheng stood behind the crowd with a worried face. He hasn't been in contact with Song Shi'an for a long time, and he shouldn't continue to communicate without face.

This is the first time they have seen each other in the capital.

I didn't expect it to be on the court.

Song Shi'an also looked at him, squeezed his eyebrows, he couldn't help laughing, and said silently: "I can't die, I'll go eat and drink another day." ”

"Cuixiang Building, there is a new corner." The other party said.

Pu Hansheng was stunned for a moment, smiled and nodded.

The crowd was still noisy, and Yin Zhi said: "Back to the saint, I don't know where His Highness went, I didn't see anyone in the morning." ”

Zhao Chi looked around and saw the faces of the people, and every face was worried and anxious.

When they saw him, they followed him and pleaded.

Zhao Chi said helplessly: "I, I am more heartbroken than you, you beg me to let them go, but they will not let me go, let me go." ”

"No, Holy Lord!" Someone said, "Prince Qi, Prince Ning, and Lord Song will not rebel, they are good people." ”

"A few days ago, I thought they were good people." Zhao Chi coughed a few times, looking very poor, "However, they disappointed me, so disappointed, again and again, I couldn't convince myself anymore." ”

He walked to the middle, looked at the crowd, and said, "I am a monarch, and I don't need to explain anything to you, but you are my people, I am responsible for you, and I must have a clear conscience!" He paused, pointed to these people who were kneeling, and said, "They conspired to deceive the king, treason, and rebellion, and these charges are not unwarranted, but they are really clear." ”

Saying that, he sighed, and said, "Dig out these three charges, have you ever noticed that the prince and my courtiers did not come. ”

Everyone was surprised, and it was. The prince is responsible for this matter, but the prince is not there, even Wei Xunchang and others are no longer there.

"These thieves have arrested my prince and courtiers!" Zhao Chi asked everyone present, "You tell me, how to do it?" ”

"I, what am I going to do? As a king, I can't protect the prince and his courtiers, what's the use of what I'm doing as a king, I don't deserve to sit in this position, I have a loss to heaven and earth! Zhao Chi said sadly and indignantly.

Inside and outside the law field, thousands of people, Wu Yang people listened to him say these words, and the people who were still talking about it, fighting for Song Ning and Zhao Yi, suddenly quieted down.

Someone whispered, "Holy Lord, too...... Not easy! ”

They originally felt sorry for Song Ning's heart, but they were brought back by these words: "Indeed, the Holy Lord is the monarch, who dares not to die if he wants to kill?" Besides, the Holy Lord has always favored King Qi and Lord Song, and now he has been betrayed, and the saddest and most disappointed is the Holy One. ”

"Yes, it's not easy to be a saint, why did Prince Qi arrest the prince and officials?"

"Arrested, in order to exchange hostages to save Lord Song, right?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

Zhao Chi stood with his hands in his hands, and his single figure was pitiful and lonely.

Ji Chun stood on the side and wiped his tears and said to the people, "What do you know? Ask the Holy Lord to spare Lord Song, the Song father and son have today's place, it is all given by the Holy Lord, and now kill them, the Holy One is the most sad and disappointed person. ”

"Do you want to add to the wounds and salt them again?"

This third person's questioning made everyone completely silent.

Indeed, they have a point.

The surroundings were quiet, Zhao Chi walked up to the Song father and son, and asked, "What about King Qi, isn't he coming out?" ”

Several people hung their heads.

"King Qi, you come out, let the innocent people go, don't harm the lives of innocent people, I am willing to exchange my life, I ...... I will give you the throne as you wish, as long as you don't mess around and hurt the people and innocent people, and let the peace of the country and the people become miserable, okay? ”

"Come out!"

Zhao Chi begged.

The waiter of the Criminal Department stepped forward and reminded: "Holy Lord, it's already three o'clock in the afternoon. ”

"If you don't come out, it's good, it's good!" Zhao Chi's face was sad, and he ordered, "Execution, cut one by one, for the sake of peace in the world, I am willing to be scolded by future generations, and I am willing to be a tyrant." ”

"Execution!"

He made up his mind in pain, drew the token, pointed to a kneeling person, and shouted to the crowd: "I count to ten, if you don't come out, I will really do it." If you are a man, you come out, we will solve the conflict between our brothers, don't involve the innocent, don't push things to the point where you and I can't control it. ”

"I, too, will be angry and really kill."

The audience was silent, and everyone began to look forward to Zhao Yi's appearance.

As long as Zhao Yi appears, the current situation will be solved.

As long as Zhao Yi appears, these people don't have to die.

"One!"

"Two!"

Zhao Chi counted, his face was helpless and sad, and the onlookers were heartbroken with him.

Someone even shouted: "Lord Xiao Song, can you persuade the prince of Qi, let him stop messing around, can't he be a good prince?" ”

"Three!"

"Four!"

...... "Nine! ”

People began to get anxious and went around looking for Zhao Yi, and in the crowd on the roof, they felt that Zhao Yi must be hiding here.

"Lord Wang, if you don't come out again, you really can't blame the saint." People persuaded.

didn't see Zhao Yi, so he persuaded Song Ning: "Little Song, you have always been able to say, you can explain it to the saint." ”

Lord Xiao Song was kneeling, his hair hanging down and he couldn't see his face clearly, but the sweat was not dripping, and a small piece of the stone slab facing his face was wet.

"Ten! Then don't blame me for being reckless! After Zhao Chi finished speaking, he drew a long knife from the guard and slashed at the nearest Lu Miaomiao, Lu Miaomiao hugged his head tightly, and the people who saw it also held their breath together, and followed the knife to look at Lu Miaomiao's neck with suffocation.

Xiao Tian Wang jumped up, Zhao Chi, who was about to pounce, shot at Xiao Tian with an arrow with a swish, and at the same time the arrow blocked the arrow, and the two arrows hit Xiao Tian's head and staggered, Xiao Tian also pounced on Zhao Chi's body.

Zhao Chi was stepped on by Xiaotian's arm, his stomach hit his face, the knife was deflected, Lu Miaomiao let the knife fall short, Zhao Chi grabbed Xiaotian and threw it out.

Someone landed sideways to catch Xiaotian.

More than a dozen arrows shot at Xiaotian, and the man danced his sword to block the arrows, but the arrows on the other side were not accurate enough, and they shot at the people across the altar, and some people fell to the ground with arrows.

The crowd was in disarray.

Yan Feng Fuyu and Gu Yu stepped forward to maintain, and the arrow man was only injured by the arrow.

The agitation of the crowd subsided.

Xiao Tian lay in the crook of Zhao Yi's arm, screaming at Zhao Chi, grinning his teeth.

After the chaos, everyone saw clearly who was coming.

It was Zhao Yi, the king of Qi, who was standing in front of the Dharma platform, dressed in a blue brocade robe, wrapped in a silver-rimmed placket, dazzling in the sun's rays, just like him, no matter where he went, he was the most eye-catching.

Now it is, since childhood.

(End of chapter)