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Chapter 878: King Jin can

From Quanzhou to Bianjing, first through the undulating forests of Fujian Road, and then facing the water network of Suzhou and Hangzhou, after staying in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the road ahead is finally wide. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info:

With a huge coffin, and a bustling prince, so many people and horses did not go fast, it took more than 20 days of hard work, Fuling's team arrived at the Gwangju Mansion on Huainan West Road, and after Gwangju was Gyeonggi Road, Bianjing was in sight.

Along the way, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the heat is at the head, the long journey makes everyone sweat, and finally ushered in a rainstorm, at first the team let out a burst of cheers, jumped a few times in the rain, cool is cool, but trouble also followed.

Although the dirt road has begun to spread slowly in major towns, it has not yet been extravagant enough to spread to the point that the official road is still filled in after the dirt is filled, which is usually fine, but once it encounters heavy rain, it immediately becomes sparse.

There are so many people in Fuling's team, and there are many carriages and horses, and it is extremely difficult to move forward in this mud.

The guards can still afford it, after all, they are born as soldiers, and so many years of training have already trained a body of copper skin and iron bones, not to mention that it is just a rain, the road is muddy, and it is common to go out for long-distance running drills in hail weather. But those princes and nobles couldn't bear it, and they complained one by one, and seeing that Shen Ao did not order to rest, they recommended Zhao Zong, the king of Jin, to lobby.

Zhao Zong also suffered so much for the first time, a good face was dark and thin, and the death of the imperial brother hit him hard, and his spirit was also very relaxed, and he said to Shen Ao: "In this kind of weather, I'm afraid that we can't rush anymore, we people are okay to say, but the coffin of the first emperor is so bumpy, I'm afraid it won't be able to bear it, so it's better to simply camp on the spot and make plans after the rain stops." ”

Shen Ao smiled secretly in his heart, he didn't expect that this father-in-law also had a scheming, and he actually knew that he took out the first emperor to come out as a shield, which shows that Zhao Ji's brother did a good job, and he did everything he could to protect him during his lifetime, but his death also gave Zhao Zong one more reason to avoid suffering. Thinking of Zhao Ji, Shen Ao became gloomy again, thinking in his heart, although the coffin was heavily protected, and the felt cloth was pasted and the canopy was topped, but there was no need to rush for a while, it was better to rest. So he said: "Gwangju City is only ten miles away from here, let's work harder and go directly to the city to rest." ”

Zhao Zong was relieved, and when he saw Shen Ao's gloomy face, he comforted him and said, "You don't have to mourn too much, people can't be resurrected after death." ”

Shen Ao reluctantly laughed and said, "Yes, Lord Taishan taught me." ”

Zhao Zong also became gloomy, and sighed: "I didn't feel anything when the imperial brother was here, but now that he is gone, there is such a brother missing in the world, which is really uncomfortable." ”

At this time, it was Shen Ao's turn to comfort Zhao Zong, and after saying a few words of relief, Zhao Zong left in tears.

In fact, it is not only ten miles from here to Gwangju, but a full thirty miles of road, Shen Ao said this, it is nothing more than the meaning of Wangmei to quench thirst, those noble princes are the most casual, teach them to hurry, either this is not fast to walk by the wind and cold, or the foot and neck are crooked, now I hear that Gwangju is only ten miles, as long as an hour can live in a warm and comfortable house to bathe and change clothes, immediately cheer up.

But the more I walked, the more I realized that something was wrong, but at this time, I couldn't care about it, I had gone so far, and I couldn't give up all my efforts, so I could only keep up with the pace of the guards.

It's better for Shen Ao, although he didn't have the bones of his body, but after so many years of running around, he has long been accustomed to this kind of bumps, and at this time, the rain is pouring down, with the hat, there are still raindrops dripping down the eaves of the hat, Shen Ao looks at this mist-like weather, and feels a little lonely to the bone.

On the side of Gwangju Mansion, there are already scouts arriving first, and He Wen, the prefect of Gwangju, is a little busy at this moment, and it is just a matter of welcoming the coffin of the first emperor and the auxiliary king, the real question is how to welcome the law, Gwangju is not far from Bianjing, and the news in the court can arrive in a day or two, how can He Wenzai not know the grudge between the auxiliary king and the new emperor, and now if the auxiliary king is solemnly welcomed into the city, it will be tantamount to offending the emperor. But if he is cold, he will inevitably offend the auxiliary king.

He Wen has been an official for so many years, but at this time he feels that it is difficult to choose, the emperor does not need to say it, and he will judge life and death with one word. But the auxiliary king is not a character that can be easily provoked.

After hesitating again and again, he finally made a decision, it is better to deal with it, no matter what, the emperor is the main master of the world, no matter how powerful the auxiliary king is, can he compare to the emperor? Which of the powerful ministers in the past have a good end?

So He Wenzai summoned the local officials, passed on his instructions, and only taught a priest to take people to the city gate to greet them, as for the reward, of course, they can be exempted, they want to enter the city to stay, then find some inns for them to rest, it is better not to go to see the auxiliary king, to avoid suspicion.

In fact, there are not one or two officials who make this plan, especially the Lufu north of Suzhou and Hangzhou, who are far away from this auxiliary king, and it is no wonder that He Wen is there.

However, He Wenzai's attitude is unaccustomed to it, the local Xiang army commander Zhu Sheng is one of them, this Zhu Sheng is a martial artist, originally a military attache is nothing in front of the local prefect, even if he is the same five-grade official, He Wenzai can not give him a look. But Zhu Sheng heard that the martial arts academy was disbanded in the past few days, and he had a stomach full of resentment in his heart, although Zhu Sheng was not a veteran of the battlefield, he also fought in Western Xia back then, and the school captain had a very high status among the martial artists, Zhu Sheng wanted to let his son go to the martial arts academy to apply for the exam, but unfortunately he was not screened out, although it was a pity, Zhu Sheng still had a kind of respect for the school.

The military academy was disbanded, and the auxiliary king arrived in Gwangju, of course Zhu Sheng was happy in his heart, no matter what, this auxiliary king is a legendary figure, and the rumors about him may not be finished even if it is a day and a night, since the auxiliary king is here, it is natural to have a good time, but who knows, the prefect's yamen has this attitude.

Zhu Sheng stomped his feet angrily, and personally ran to He Wenzai's side to ask, He Wen despised him in his heart for being a rough man, and he didn't know that the dragon and tiger in Bianjing were fighting, plus it was the rule of the Great Song Dynasty to control martial arts with literature, He Wenzai didn't give him a good face, and directly asked someone to drive Zhu Sheng out.

In the past, Zhu Sheng endured it and endured it, but today he didn't know what anger he had, he scolded outside the prefect's yamen, and went directly to the city gate with his own soldiers to greet him.

Although this is only a small episode, the extent of the feud between the emperor and the auxiliary king can be seen.

Shen Ao helped the coffin and beat the horse into the city, Zhu Sheng immediately came to greet him, and said that the prefect refused to come to meet the coffin of the first emperor, if it was replaced by Shen Ao in the past, I was afraid that he would have already led troops into the prefect's yamen, and he had to deal with this bullshit prefect. But now Shen Ao seemed to be even more unpredictable, sat on the horse and was stunned, and just said: "This king knows, clean up some places for us to rest." ”

He ignored it and rested in Gwangju.

At the same time, a knight arrived in Gwangju on a fast horse, and visited Shen Ao that night, Shen Ao was stunned when he heard the word Jingde, and then said, "Go, call someone in." ”

The person who came was a thin man, with a goatee, and his body was wet, and he was a little similar to Jingde, Shen Ao couldn't help but ask him: "What is your relationship with Jingde?" ”

This humane "villain Wu Zhong is the nephew of Jingde's father-in-law. ”

Shen Ao couldn't help but laugh and said, "No wonder it's so similar, this king should be Jingde secretly gave birth to a son outside." ”

If someone else said this sentence, it would definitely be sarcastic Jingde, how could a eunuch have a child, but Shen Ao blurted out, this Wu Zhong has no temper at all, and if people are willing to make fun of you, it is also to promote you. Therefore, different people say different things to get different effects, you may not be able to say what others can say, and you may not be able to make jokes that others can make, which is also the principle of dealing with people.

Wu Zhong got straight to the point and said: "The villain did not come on the orders of his uncle this time, but at the mouth of the Empress Dowager, and wanted to ask His Royal Highness a word." ”

"Oh?" The first emperor died, and the queen mother became the queen mother, hearing these four words, Shen Ao didn't dare to slack off, restrained his smile, and said, "You ask." ”

Wu Zhongdao: "The Empress Dowager asked: Can the Zhao family's sect be preserved?" ”

Shen Ao didn't hesitate for a moment, and said, "Yes." ”

Wu Zhongcai breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "If His Royal Highness answers no, the Empress Dowager said that this sentence should only be asked in vain." But His Royal Highness said yes, the Empress Dowager still has something to ask. ”

Of course, Shen Ao knew this kind of dumb riddle, and sat down and said, "But it doesn't hurt to ask." ”

Wu Zhongdao: "The Empress Dowager still wants to ask: then who can inherit the unification?" ”

This kind of words actually came from the mouth of the Empress Dowager, which is really incredible, but Shen Ao knew that the Empress Dowager had already made up her mind, and she didn't know what Zhao Huan had done to lack morality, so that even the Empress Dowager had to come out and stand in line. He hesitated for a moment and said, "The eighth son of the emperor, Yiwang Zhao Yan, is known for his talent and generous personality, is it okay?" ”

Wu Zhong shook his head: "The Empress Dowager thinks it's not okay? ”

Shen Ao had no choice but to continue: "Then the ninth son of the emperor, King Kang, Zhao Gou, is smart and benevolent, can he inherit the unification?"

Wu Zhong still shook his head: "The Empress Dowager said no." ”

Shen Ao couldn't help but smile and said, "There is no need to come up with a dumb riddle, who does the Empress Dowager think can?" ”

Wu Zhong said his name, which surprised Shen Ao: "Brother and brother, Zhao Zong, the king of Jin, can." ”

Shen Ao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he had always known that the Empress Dowager doted on her second son, but he never thought that even such a big thing would be so biased so obviously, it seemed that the Empress Dowager didn't trust anyone, so many grandchildren, none of them dared to entrust it. Shen Ao took a breath and said, "Okay, the Empress Dowager said that King Jin is okay, then King Jin can." ”

Wu Zhong smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager instructed that if Her Royal Highness agrees with her old man, she will give Her Highness a generous gift." He carefully pulled out the brocade belt around his waist, and then tore the brocade belt, and a copy of the edict came into view.

Lieutenant General Wu presented the decree and said, "Please take a look at Your Highness." ”

Shen Ao took the edict, only to see the handwriting of the Empress Dowager's own letter in the edict, and the seal of the Empress Dowager, this edict made Shen Ao's eyes shine.

With Yi Zhi, many things are much more convenient to do, although it is only a name, but this past dynasties have paid attention to a justifiable name in everything they do, and now with Yi Zhi, although it will not have much of a key impact on the duel between Shen Ao and Zhao Heng, it can at least help Shen Ao.

"The new king is not benevolent...... So that the middle of the night is dense, the good and the good cannot be used, the evil cannot go, and the Great Song Dynasty is in danger. For the Great Song Dynasty, the family mourns the edict of the Quartet......"

Shen Ao read it word by word, his eyes flashed with a hint of luster, and then he said in a firm tone: "Go back and tell the Empress Dowager that Weichen is ninety percent sure." ”

Wu Zhong listened and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the villain will go back to his life." ”

Shen Ao treated him politely, and sent him out rarely, and instructed at the end: "Go back and tell Father-in-law Jingde that Father-in-law Yang is not in the palace, and I am afraid that he will be in charge of the affairs in this palace." ”

Of course, Wu Zhong knew what the word "manipulation" meant, it was nothing more than a combination of the inside and the outside, and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, my uncle is determined to saddle the horse for His Highness." He hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Highness, the military horses in Bianjing are in the hands of the emperor, and now the martial arts academy has been disbanded again...... Otherwise......"

Shen Ao smiled: "Otherwise, you will have to be in a different place, right?" Shen Ao's smile became cold: "The head is in a different place? The people in this world who can kill this king have not yet been born, you don't have to worry, just go back and spread the word, and you will not be able to benefit in the future. ”

Wu Zhong didn't dare to say anything anymore, and bowed out.