On July 8, when Fu Liang heard that he was going to leave for Jiankang at noon, he couldn't believe his ears. At this moment, he stood on the deck, watching King Yidu burst into tears on the shore, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

He could see that Liu Yilong was really reluctant to Jiangling, but how could he make up his mind overnight.

Liu Yilong got on the boat with load-bearing steps, glanced at Fu Liang, didn't say anything, and went to the cabin.

This time, he was in a hurry to return to Jiankang, and Liu Yilong only brought Yanzhi, Wang Hua and other Jingzhou henchmen and officials, and even the princess Yuan Qifei stayed in Jiangling temporarily.

"Lord Zhongshu Ling."

Yan Zhi's voice brought Fu Liang back to his senses, only to see that his ears were finally healed, and the fabric that had been wrapped for several days was removed.

"Ji You thanks the captain for his words!"

"Your Excellency doesn't have to thank you. It was the king of Yidu who was persuaded by Mr. To Yanzhi hurriedly picked up Fu Liang and led the way for Fu Liang, "Mr. understands the hard work of adults, so he went to see King Yidu last night." At this time, the gentleman knows that the adults are not busy, so I want to meet them. ”

"I hope the captain will lead the way." Fu Liang hurriedly responded, and at the same time his heart was full of curiosity: who was the sacredness of this person who was made "Mr. Yanzhi" and could still convince Liu Yilong.

Before Yanzhi took Fu Liang to a room, he didn't go in with him, but just took the hatch and waited outside the door.

Fu Liang saw the person sitting on the couch in the room, about thirty years old, with a focused gaze, and was looking at himself with a smile at this time, "Please also ask Lord Zhongshu Ling to forgive me for the inconvenience of my legs and feet, and I can't get up to greet him." ”

"Where." Fu Liang bowed, "Ji You is here to thank Mr. for being able to persuade King Yidu to go to Jiankang. ”

After finishing speaking, Fu Liang sat opposite Ji Zixun.

"It was also the adults who had to concentrate on the affairs of the king of Yidu, so I was able to convince the king of Yidu." Ji Zixun got a cup of tea for Fu Liang, "King Yidu was young, he left Jiankang at the age of four, for him, Jingzhou, which he has been governing, may bring him a sense of belonging." ”

"He only remembered that he was the king of Yidu who managed Jingzhou, but he forgot that he was also the third prince of Gaozu." Fu Liang sighed, a little helpless, "Although Jiankang now has the prime minister and others in charge of the government, it is not a long-term solution." ”

"King Yidu is young and a little timid. If you first degrade the king of Luling, and then abolish the young emperor, you can't blame the king of Yidu for being jealous. Ji Zixun looked at Fu Liang with a bitter face, and sighed, "It's not just King Yidu, look at this Jingzhou official, who is not full of wariness of you?" ”

Fu Liang remembered that although he had been listening to the government in the past few days, it was true that no Jingzhou officials were willing to deal with him, and even to Yanzhi, except for a few words of conversation on the day he first came to Jiangling, only Fang had just said a few words.

"Sir, we have no dissenting intentions!" Fu Liang looked at Ji Zixun seriously, a fifty-year-old man faced a person who looked to be only in his thirties, but it was like a student facing a teacher, "Ji You was thinking last night, when Mr. Kong Ming was entrusted to be orphaned, he took over all the power of Shu Kingdom, and he said nothing in Shu Han. If Mr. Kong Ming really replaced Liu Houzhu back then, what would happen to the Shu Kingdom? ”

But Ji You himself denied his crankiness. The Kingdom of Shu was founded by Liu Xuande, even if Mr. Kong Ming was the hero of the founding of the country, he was still a minister. Mr. Kong Ming can remain in the history books because he has done his best for the Shu Kingdom. Ji You, Zongwen, and Xuanming were all courtiers who went out with the first emperor to build the country, and before the first emperor died, we were also entrusted to orphans. The reason why we are not like Mr. Kong Ming is because we have more choices than him. The first emperor has many heirs, and the young emperor has been deeply loved by the first emperor since he was a child. King Yidu left Jiankang at the age of four, and guarded Jingzhou at the age of eight. When Zongwen proposed to support the king of Yidu, I also had some doubts, but looking at the current situation of Jiangling in the past few days, I really think that the king of Yidu can become a generation of Ming monarchs. ”

When Fu Liang came out of the cabin, night fell outside. Ji Zixun didn't leave him to eat together, and Fu Liang was not in the mood.

"Your lords have set a precedent for deposing the young emperor as the king of Yingyang, but you are not the one who kills the king after all. The king of Yingyang is in Wu County and should be enshrined well. If the king of Yingyang encounters an accident, and you really have the reputation of killing the king, how can it be possible if you still want to stand in the world and do things in front of the emperor? ”

The crescent moon is cold, different from the bustle of yesterday in Gangneung, and the river is very quiet at this time.

Knowing the way is precious, and Huailu is especially righteous. The four peons are tired of the long road, and the reins can be collected.

Fu Liang sighed, then went back to the cabin to write a letter, arranged for someone to wait for the ship to dock for supplies, and disembarked by land, and rushed back to Jiankang to hand over the letter to Xu Xianzhi.

For the next 20 days, Fu Liang never saw Ji Zixun again, and the Jingzhou officials on the ship were also strict soldiers defending themselves, and Fu Liang was miserable in his heart. On August 8, Xu Xianzhi led the courtiers to welcome Liu Yilong in the new pavilion in the west of Jiankang City. Liu Yilong has never received such courtesy in his more than ten years of life, and he tried his best to hide the tension and panic in his heart when he watched everyone.

Drawing a gap, Xu Xianzhi came to Fu Liang's side, and his hurried appearance was in stark contrast to the elegant and calm Fu Liang, "How is King Yidu?" ”

"It should be above Jin Jing and Emperor Wen." Emperor Jing of Jin and Emperor Wen of Jin are Sima Shi and Sima Zhao. Xu Xianzhi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but the old man who was over sixty patted his chest like a child, his face was full of confidence, "Even so, you will be able to understand our naked heart!" ”

The corners of Fu Liang's lips moved slightly, and he said two words: "Not necessarily." ”

It's a pity that there is a lot of noise around, and Xu Xianzhi didn't hear it clearly. The slightly excited emotions quickly calmed down, and Xu Xianzhi immediately asked, "What do you mean by what you said in the letter?" ”

Fu Liang was stunned for a moment, only feeling that his meaning was explained in the letter, but he suddenly woke up and looked at Xu Xianzhi, "Didn't catch up?" ”

"What has been said a long time ago, of course, it will be done as soon as possible."

Fu Liang sighed, at this point, there is nothing that can be changed, "Then so be it." ”

On August 10, after paying homage to the Chuning Mausoleum, Liu Yilong, accompanied by hundreds of officials, came to the middle hall on the north side of the Qinhuai River in the south of Jiankang City. Hundreds of officials entered the jade seal, and Liu Yilong resigned according to the routine to give up the number four, and then accepted the jade seal, that is, the emperor's throne. Immediately, prepare for the law, enter the palace from the big Sima Gate, and Liu Yilong entered the front hall of the imperial Taiji; Amnesty to the world, changed the second year of Jingping to the first year of Yuanjia.

Ji Zixun was in the restaurant, heard the pardon, and silently recited in his heart: May you become the king of this heaven and earth.

At the end of August, news came from Jiangling that Yuan Qifei gave birth to the eldest son for Song Taizu, and Song Taizu was overjoyed. On September 18, Yuan Qifei was crowned queen.

In October, Song Taizu learned from Wang Hua that the second emperor's brother had died in June, and he was even more wary of Xu Xianzhi and other ministers.

It happened that Song Taizu returned to Jiankang, and Jingzhou was ungarrisoned, so Xie Hui asked for an order to go to Jingzhou to assassinate the history, and Song Taizu exchanged Jingzhou assassination history for Xie Hui's position as a leading general.

"You would think that you have exchanged military power for the opportunity to stay away from Jiankang." Fu Liang smiled, and the wine glass touched Xie Hui and then raised his head and drank it all, "When you go, I always feel that I will never see you again." ”

"Ji You, do you think I can avoid trouble by doing this?" Xie Hui's face turned red from drinking, and he looked at his friend with a hint of a smile on his face.

"We accept the dying entrustment of the first emperor to assist the monarch. This time, it is reasonable to abolish the faint monarch and establish a saint. However, the two elder brothers of Taizu whom we killed have used the prestige of the sovereign to shock, and it may be difficult to avoid calamity from the perspective of the ancient and modern circumstances. Fu Liang smiled bitterly, "Although fratricide is very common in the imperial family, outsiders are absolutely not allowed to intervene." ”