Lao Dao said with a smile: "Is Master Shen interrogating Poor Dao?" ”

Shen Ao also smiled and said: "How dare you, how dare you, it's too late for the students to admire, but I have been an orphan since I was a child, and I just saw the ability of the immortals, so I thought of my parents, and wanted to ask the immortals to ask, where are they now?" ”

Lao Dao nodded inscrutablely: "You have this filial piety, how can you refuse." After that, he settled down again, swam for a while, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said: "Your father is the reincarnation of Hebo, who is in charge of the water, because of the flooding of the Bianhe River, so he will die early, you don't have to feel it, your parents have spirits in the sky, and they will protect you." ”

Shen Ao looked surprised and delighted and said, "Really? It turns out that my father is really a god, and that's great, I want to see my father, okay? ”

Lao Dao shook his head, and said with a straight face: "God and man have different paths, how can they easily meet each other?" ”

Shen Ao asked, "Then why can the immortals meet him?" ”

Lao Dao said: "Poor Dao is just to meet him when he is in a fugue." ”

Shen Ao sighed: "So that's the case, it is said that the moat in the palace is connected to the Bianhe River, can I set up an incense case there to worship my father." ”

Zhao Ji said with a smile: "I didn't expect Shen Ao to fall in love with the immortals today, I will fulfill you, come, go and prepare incense and sacrificial things for Shen Ao." ”

It didn't take long for everyone to bustle to the moat, and Yanfu Palace was originally a new palace bed opened up outside Ouchi, so between Yanfu Palace and Ouchi, there was just this moat, and you didn't need to leave the palace to worship here.

Shen Ao pretended to put on the incense, there were words in his mouth, and the old Taoist on the side didn't know what incantation he was reading, Shen Ao inserted the incense, and suddenly said: "Immortal, the student has something that he wants to send to my father, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Lao Tao said: "Naturally, you can." ”

Shen Ao took off the ring in his hand and said, "Then ask the immortal to give this ring to my father." The student also has a reluctant request, I hope that the immortal will hand over the ring to my father, tell him that he does not have to remember his child, and tell him that I have married a wife and become an official, and the old man has given the student a big house, that's all, I am really embarrassed to bother the immortal to run away! ”

The immortal was stunned for a moment, and then smiled lightly: "Okay, wait until the poor road is settled......

Shen Ao hurriedly said: "The immortal should go in person, it is best to meet him in person, and tell the student about his current situation by the way, how is the house he lives in now, and has he found me a stepmother or something......

The immortal said hesitantly: "I'm just afraid that it's not appropriate, people and gods have different paths...... He looked at the faces of the people around him, and found that many people were suspicious, and they all wanted to see how the immortals went to find Hebo, Zhao Ji was even more interested, and his eyes were full of expectation.

Shen Ao interrupted: "Immortals, don't forget, you are also an immortal, what does it matter if an immortal sees an immortal?" Immortals, let's go, don't be late, do you want me to give you a ride in person? ”

"Send? How to send it? The immortal looked at Shen Ao in confusion.

Shen Ao grinned, walked to the immortal's side, and pushed him into the moat: "The immortal is easy to go, the student won't send it!" As he spoke, he clapped his hands triumphantly.

The immortal rolled down at once, threw himself into the water, and did not sink, but struggled in the water, shouting, "Quick...... Help me......"

……………………………… This toss almost took the life of the immortal, and he was finally rescued ashore, looking at the emperor's murderous eyes, he immediately kowtowed and confessed.

Zhao Ji was angry and funny, biting his lip, thinking that he was the Ninth Five-Year Honor, he was deceived by such a thing, it was really decent, and he immediately waved away the hundred officials, leaving Shen Ao alone, and said indifferently: "Shen Aiqing thinks, how should I deal with him?" ”

Shen Ao Zhengse said: "Weichen doesn't understand, why did Your Majesty want to deal with him, the surname of the person was good at the beginning, but later, he became bad after being tempted, if His Majesty doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, how can someone come to swagger and deceive, these words, Weichen shouldn't have said, but His Majesty treats Weichen like a nephew, Weichen is thinking, if he doesn't even say Weichen, others won't say it, so Weichen thinks that His Majesty should not punish this liar, but should reward him." ”

Zhao Ji's face was a little unbearable, he glanced at Shen Ao deeply, and said angrily: "Hmph, do you want to reward him?" ”

Shen Ao said: "If there is no such liar, how can Your Majesty understand that the ghosts and gods in his mouth are just nonsense?" ”

Zhao Ji made a straight face, pursed his lips, and said: "It's because I don't know anyone, what you said is not wrong, come on, drive this person out of the palace!" Then he said to Shen Ao: "Shen Ao, follow me to Wenjing Pavilion." ”

This pair of monarchs and ministers did not speak all the way, and when they arrived at Wenjing Pavilion, Zhao Ji said: "Are you messing around in Hangzhou again?" ”

Shen Ao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty really wronged Weichen this time, where the people are not familiar with the place, where does Weichen dare to mess around." He laughed and said, "There is no nonsense, and I won't admit it if I am killed; It's a mistake for people, people are good and are bullied, Weichen is good to change his past, determined to be a sincere gentleman, who knows that he was framed by others, so he knows that a good person can't do it. ”

Shen Ao was snickering in his heart, there was still a resentment in the emperor's stomach, and it was not easy to attack, so he had to find a step for him, and then said: "In fact, Weichen and Your Majesty are both good people, and good people always have to suffer some losses, such as the liar who deceived and deceived His Majesty, and dared to deceive His Majesty's head, this is to know that His Majesty is lenient and a benevolent king, so he has great courage, Your Majesty, just imagine, if Your Majesty is a tyrannical king like Shang Xuan and Sui Yang, who would dare to touch the tiger's buttocks?" Your Majesty, this is all because you are too kind. Weichen is bent on learning from His Majesty, where do he dare to go out and make trouble. ”

Zhao Ji's face softened a little, and said, "When will you learn to pat on the back?" He said indifferently, in fact, he thought deeply of Shen Ao's words in his heart, and even a little fluttering, clumsy sycophants, Yu Zhao Ji is useless, if you want to pat yourself on the back, you need to be reasonable, Zhao Ji was slightly happy in his heart, and thought to himself, Shen Ao said well, if I am a businessman and Sui Yang, it is too late for others to dodge, who would dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

Zhao Ji settled down, and said with a straight face: "This time I summoned you, it is still the matter of the Khitan people, the Khitan people have always hoped that you will send an envoy to the Liao State, I am not allowed, but now it is time to reconsider, but the current priority is to solve the urgent need to solve the contradiction between the Tangut people and the Liao people, the Tangut people and the Jin people swore an oath to prepare to send troops to attack the Liao State, the Liao envoys came to ask for help, I hope that my Great Song Dynasty can send troops to the Xixia, what does Shen Qing think?" ”

Shen Ao also said with a straight face: "Now is not the right time. ”

Zhao Ji nodded: "You go on." ”

Shen Ao said: "Sending troops now will only cheapen the Liao people, according to Wei Chen's estimate, the Western Xia people are not ready for war, but they are just intimidating first, so as to teach the Liao people to be afraid." The Tangut people will intimidate, but won't my Great Song Dynasty intimidate? This matter is also easy to solve, Your Majesty only needs to dispatch a strong force to strengthen the military strength of the Western Xia border, and the Tangut people go to attack the Liao, aren't they afraid that we will attack the Western Xia together with Tubo? ”

Zhao Ji said: "Your statement is no different from that of Taishi Cai and Duke Wei. ”

Shen Ao frowned slightly, and said: "The minister still thinks that the forbidden army does not need to be in a hurry to mobilize, the initiative is in my Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao people are in a passive position, why not take this opportunity to claim back the lost territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?" ”

Zhao Ji perked up and said: "I'm afraid that the Liao people will not want to, the Liao people have lost a large area of territory outside the Guan, and can only survive in the Guan, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are very important to the Khitans, how can they give up easily?" ”

Shen Ao smiled: "Of course, I don't want to come back now, but it's not too difficult to ask for some first." ”

Zhao Ji smiled and said: "I know that you must have some crooked idea, okay, I don't care about this, since this national policy was proposed by you, you can't ignore this matter, when the time is ripe, I will order you to be the messenger and specialize in mediation." ”

Shen Ao knew that Zhao Ji now had the bottom in his heart, but he was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Does Weichen dare to disobey his fate?" ”

Zhao Ji cheered up, so he asked Shen Ao to come closer, took out these works of the time to show Shen Ao, and couldn't help but say complacently: "I have come to my senses this time, and I am much clearer than before, come and see, what do you think?" ”

Shen Ao looked at the painting, Zhao Ji took out a landscape map, this landscape map has a reasonable layout, and there is a lot of ink, Zhao Ji is right, he has indeed made a breakthrough these times, especially in landscape painting, and couldn't help but praise: "Good painting." Immediately pointed out a few flaws, Zhao Ji also humbly accepted, the two sat opposite the case, they hadn't seen each other for many days, and there were a lot of things to say.

Yang Jian came in from outside the pavilion and said, "The Queen Mother, please ask Your Majesty to drive the harem." ”

Zhao Ji nodded his head and said, "I think it must have been instigated by the King of Jin, he wanted me to forgive him in front of his mother, so as to escape punishment, hum, it's really getting more and more unreasonable." Although he snorted coldly, there was no anger on his face, he glanced at Shen Ao and said, "Shen Qing should also go with me, if you have nothing to do, you should see Mrs. Xian." ”

Shen Ao responded, Zhao Ji took him to the harem, although he came a few times, but every time he was a wanderer, and so many attic palaces he saw was just Princess Anning's boudoir, and when he entered the palace of the Empress Dowager Qinci, he knew that the scale of the harem was beyond his imagination.

"An Ning doesn't know what's going on, although this little girl is a princess of a country, she doesn't have a shelf at all, her surname is gentle and shy, I haven't seen her for so long, but I miss her a little." When passing by Anning's attic, Shen Ao couldn't help but glance at it while thinking about it, his heart was warm, and he suddenly remembered the poem written by An Ning, the girl's taste of missing her sweetheart at night made Shen Ao's heart soften.