Now in public, he was caught by his eldest brother, and now he has to shed his skin if he doesn't die. Zhao Zhongbao got off the horse in sweat, hesitated in front of the eldest brother, hung his head in frustration, bowed his knees, did not dare to stand straight, did not dare to kneel, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

Zhao Bohu also ignored him, and looked at Uncle Mi: "Give good care to the injured people, and you personally send them to a reliable hospital in the city for treatment, and all the expenses will be borne by the Prime Minister." ”

"No!"

"Thank you!" There was a sound of joy on both sides of the suspension bridge.

"You," Zhao Bohu turned to his younger brother: "The Great Dynasty Meeting has long ended, and even Song Gongzi Fu's father has returned to China, and you still want to go out of the city to hunt?" is it that he still abuses the people like this, whose power is it that he is fighting for? Well? ”

The word "um" was asked, and the tone was hoisted high, and Zhao Zhongbao couldn't hold it anymore, knelt down and begged for mercy: "Brother, it's the fault of the younger brother, I don't dare anymore." I'm going to pack my bags and go back to China right away. "Read

"Wait," Zhao Bohu said, pointing to the injured people who were following Uncle Mi into the city, "you can clean up the mess you have created first." ”

Zhao Zhongbao understood: "Brother, junior brother understands." I'll take them to the hospital with Uncle Mi, and the expenses are all on my account. ”

He pulled out his legs and was about to leave, but Zhao Bohu stopped him again: "After the matter of the medical hall is dealt with, go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to receive five whips, and go out of the city early tomorrow morning to return to the country." Punish you for three years and not be allowed to return to Beijing! ”

"This ------" Zhao Zhongbao raised his head suddenly, and there were tears in his eyes. Not allowed to return to Hojing for three years? I have to be whipped five times under the gaze of the whole house, how can I say that I am also a dignified Yanhou------ this is too ------

"If you do it again, you will be punished with ten lashes." Zhao Bohu hated to throw down a sentence.

In the back hall of the Zhao Gong Mansion, Zhao Zhongbao was naked, lying on the long table, and was forced to suffer the five whips. He has been pampered for half his life, where has he been wronged like this? The crying father called his mother to kill the pig, and the cry could even be heard clearly by the doorman in the front yard.

Looking at the shocking five blood marks on his younger brother's white and tender back, Zhao Bohu sighed lightly and ordered him to be carried back to the room and ask the house doctor to take medicine.

"Xiangye," Uncle Mi put away the leather whip, a little unbearable: "The second master has been whipped, and he knows how to change, can he stay in the mansion for a few days, and then return to Yan Country when his injuries are healed?" ”

"No," Zhao Bohu replied categorically: "You can ask the government doctor to follow you on the road, this time the people are abused and gently spare him, then the next time he will be more and more bold, don't you kill the king and make trouble?" I am in charge of governing the country, and my younger brother must be strictly disciplined so as not to be truthful. ”

Zhao Zhongbao's soft chariot had not gone far, and he listened to these words sincerely. He had never been so humiliated and beaten since he was born, and although they did not dare to talk about it in front of his own domestic slaves, the inquiring eyes were enough to make people die of shame and indignation. Come on! Ho Kyung can't stay any longer, we can't afford this brother, we just hate why he was born a few years earlier than him?

When the crowd dispersed, Zhao Bohu was distraught, and only wandered around the small courtyard, wanting to calm down and then go back to the big study to deal with official business.

It is the height of spring, the surroundings are verdant, and the old trees in the courtyard have grown new branches, stretching out their slender and playful arms to the sun. The clear and bright sunlight seems to frame this century-old Guogong Mansion with a circle of quaint edge lines, which can be seen from far and near.

"Husband," Zhao Bohu turned around in surprise: "Madam, why don't you stay in the house well, it's easy to cough and stop, you must take good care of yourself!" ”

As he spoke, he helped himself up to the couch that was always placed under the ancient tree. Zhaoji said lightly: "In the spring weather, this cough will stop, what's so strange?" It's the matter of the second brother, husband, you must not blame it too much! ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Zhao Bohu was angry: "Madam, haven't you seen his virtue at the city gate, it really ruined the reputation of my Zhao clan that has been passed down for several lifetimes!" If you don't teach him a hard lesson, how can you get it? ”

"That's not what I'm talking about," Zhao Ji said angrily, "The Zhao clan has been passed down for more than 100 years, and there are countless clansmen. The so-called family has a thousand mouths, and there is one person in charge, and you are not only the backbone of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the core of the Zhao clan. If the brothers are born and spread out, and they are used by those who have a heart, they will definitely cause trouble in the future. So the second brother, the husband still has to be appeased------"

"What Madame said is not unreasonable, and it is not that the husband does not understand, but it is just ------" Zhao Bohu sighed: "It's just that this Zhong Leopard is really angry." Yan is the feudal country of the ancestors, he doesn't guard it well, but he wants to return to Hojing. Every time he goes to the court, he doesn't stay in the house for half a year, as a feudal monarch of a country, he doesn't govern the country, he doesn't manage the government, he only fights cocks and lackeys in the pickaxe capital all day long, and he doesn't do his job, what does it look like? ”

Speaking of this, Zhaoji suddenly showed guilt: "Speaking of which, you can't blame the second brother, it's all the concubines who are not good, they should have sent someone to Xingguo to discuss the date of marriage, but unexpectedly, everything was troublesome, and the concubine kept being sick, delaying the marriage of the second brother." My mother-in-law passed away, and the marriage of the second brother should have been handled by me, the sister-in-law, if I married Princess Xing Huan as soon as possible, the second brother would also be at ease in Yan Kingdom. ”

"How can I blame you for this? Didn't I take care of my brother as a brother? Speaking of this, thinking of the five bright red blood marks on Fang Cai's younger brother's back, Zhao Bohu suddenly couldn't sit still: "Okay, I'll go and see him!" ”

"That's right, the eldest brother is like a father, what can't the brother say?" A rare smile appeared on his haggard face.

Before Zhao Bohu entered the house, he heard a wolf-like "ouch" sound from the house when Zhao Zhongbao changed the dressing - brushing the ground and sinking his face, "Is it really that painful?" Then when you raised the whip and whipped it on the people, did you ever think about whether others hurt or not? ”

As soon as he saw his brother come in, Zhao Zhongbao was immediately silenced, his eyes showed fear, and he muttered, "Where am I like them?" ”

"What's the difference? Aren't they all raised by their fathers? Are you much more noble than others? Zhao Bohu habitually raised the tone. The house doctor lowered his head, put a dry towel on Zhao Zhongbao's back, bowed down, and exited the house in a humorous manner.

Zhao Bohu stood silently in front of the couch and said softly: "I know that you have a lot of dissatisfaction? The two brothers did not have an overnight feud, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can speak bluntly, today we will talk about it, and we can turn this one over in the future. ”

"Brother?" Zhao Zhongbao almost jumped up, and fell down with a "sizzle", and said hatefully: "Do you think I am my own brother?" I'm afraid it's only Ji Tayou who is your brother, right? No, it's closer than brothers. After being busy for him, it was a send-off and a send-off, how could you ever treat me like this? As soon as they met, they frowned coldly, and those who didn't know thought they were enemies! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhao Bohu shouted angrily: "You yourself look like a gentleman, and you want to compare Duoyou? Let me tell you, as a man, you rely on your birth before you become an adult, and you rely on your own ability after you become an adult. You are no longer a child under your parents' knees, you are about to marry a wife and have children, and you have to support a feudal country alone. But what about you? In the whole day, he will only run and hunt, lingering in the female lu, how can there be a king of a country? Although the country of Yan is remote and cold, it is the ancestral feudal country of my Zhao clan, you don't practice your skills diligently, practice the way of civil and martial arts, how to defend the country? "Read the book

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, paced a few steps angrily, pointed to Zhong Leopard on the couch and scolded: "You blame me for treating Duoyou as a brother, why don't you reflect on yourself?" My Duoyou and I are both based on our own skills in the world, and everything he is doing now is based on his own skills. What about you? What do you have that you have by your own ability? ”

Zhao Zhongbao was whipped on his body, and he was scolded by his brother again, and suddenly his temperament came up, he ripped off the dry sweat towel on his back, and struggled to stand up: "Okay, good, I know you have long looked at me unpleasantly." I'll go back to Yan Kingdom, okay? In the future, I won't come to this pickaxe again, I'll freeze to death in Yan Kingdom, you and I can't afford to provoke, can't you hide? ”

"Come on, set the car——, master, I'll go back to Yancheng now!" He said as he shouted at his entourage outside the house.

The people outside the house were shouting and shouting, and Zhao Bohu was tired, and sat on the couch in a dejected manner, holding the big sweat towel in a daze, why did the conversation come to this point? He couldn't figure it out either.

Speaking of the transportation of ancient people, influenced by film and television dramas, many people will invariably think that it is a horse-drawn carriage. In fact, it is a big fallacy! In ancient times, Marco was a noble luxury, and the families who owned it were either rich or noble. Horses, the equivalent of today's Rolls-Royce, are not something that ordinary people can have.

The so-called boat is tired, the boat is in front of the car, and the boat is the most common and universal means of transportation for the ancients. Because the boat ride is convenient and comfortable, ordinary people can spend three taels of small money to share the ferry, and the rich and noble can rent a boat alone, which can be stretched or contracted, rich or cheap. And the boat ride is comfortable, go down the river, hold the side to look at the view, and sigh, so comfortable.

Especially for a high-level aristocrat like Zhou Gongding, when he goes to the Central Plains, he has dozens of suitcases and cages, servants and servants around him, how can there be so many carriages pulling so many people? Rent two or three big boats, go straight down from Fengshui to Weishui, and then go straight into the Yellow River, and they are all alive.

For this mission, Zhou Gongding's original plan was very relaxed. He believed that the crux of the matter was that the marriage between Ji and Qi had aroused the resentment of Lu Bushan, the Marquis of Qi, and he had to persuade Lu Hou to cancel this family affair. After all, Lu is the feudal country of the Zhou family, and when it comes to genealogy, the current Luhou Jibi still has to call him uncle, and he won't even give him this face.

With a decision, he decided to go to the ancient city of Lu first, and if things went well, the other two countries would not have to rush, and the matter would be solved gently and skillfully.