In the first year of Jingkang, on the first day of March, the weather was warm.

Zhao Ta walked slowly in the Qin Palace, followed behind Gao Pet.

"Do you remember them all?" Zhao Ta said lightly.

"Apprentice, apprentice have written it down." Gao Zhong hesitated: "Master, I want to go with you." ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him: "What are you going to do with me?" Stay honestly in Tokyo and do as I say! ”

"Yes, master......" Gao Chong scratched his head, his mood was a little depressed, he hadn't been out of Gyeonggi Road since he was so big, and he wanted to go out for a walk in his dreams, but who knew that Zhao Ta didn't take him.

"There will be opportunities in the future." Zhao Ta said again.

"Okay, master, don't forget." When Gao Zhong heard this, his mind immediately came alive again: "Master, why don't you pass on some martial arts to me again?" ”

Zhao Ta looked at the new green in the cracks of the gravel road, raised his eyes to look at the buds from the trees on both sides, and said slowly: "There is a fist technique to pass on to you." ”

Gao Zhong said: "Great, master, will you teach the apprentice now?" ”

Zhao Ta nodded, and the two walked towards the martial arts arena.

Although spring arrived at this time, the Qin Palace's mansion was very lonely and cold, and there were few people left.

Zhang Zhenniang and the three had already left in February, and Zhao Ta sent Du Yan Zhang Xian to escort him to Longyou with the people of the Broken Jade Building.

Both of them have the identity of the guards and the pro-military division, holding the military order issued by Zhao Ta, and they naturally pass along the way.

And the broken jade building is almost empty at the moment, and the original building is basically followed, leaving only the two brothers of the Bai family, Bai Ba and Bai Zhan, to guard it.

Nowadays, many people in Beijing know that the broken jade building is his industry, so it can no longer be used as an eyeliner.

As for the big opera garden, the same is true, Zhao Ta has ordered the disbandment, gave the three opera troupes a lot of money, and sent them away.

Xiao Min and Zhao Fujin on the side of Green Willow Village, and Qi Hongyu on the side of the Red Fish Tea Shop, all left together.

Luliuzhuang was handed over to Luo Jinshui, and the Red Fish Tea Shop was given to Zhao Yan, who did not leave Tokyo, but Lu Jiang followed the team to Longyou.

At present, Zhao Ta's descendants in Tokyo still have four left: Lu Junyi, Bai Ba, Bai Zhan, and Zhu Xiaoyi.

Lu Junyi and Bai Ba Bai Zhanzi are also leaving, and they will go out of the city with him at that time, Zhu Xiaoyi left a huge number of people to help with dirty clothes, continued to inquire about the news, and worked with Luliuzhuang as a dark spot for Zhao Ta to stay in Tokyo.

Many of the guards in the palace who had families were also arranged, either entering the division or going to the Mabu Army Yamen below.

Including Su Shi, Zhao Ta was told to leave, after all, Su Shi was born in a forbidden army family, and his family was huge, so he went to the northwest, but he was afraid of being implicated, so he drove out of the house first.

There are only three left in the guards: Zhou Chu, Qian Wenxi, and Wu Xiaodao, and these three are going to leave with them.

As for the servants and maids, they all gave a large amount of money to settle down, tore up the deed, and gave up the house, leaving only two east cooks, but they also confessed and were ready to leave at any time.

Zhao Ta took Gao Pet to the martial arts arena, only to see that there was no one, only the red horse lying bored in the distance, the red horse also seemed to sense that something was wrong in the house, and he didn't have any spirit in the past few days.

Seeing Zhao Ta, the red horse lazily stood up from the ground, ran over after snorting, and then rubbed it with his big head.

Zhao Ta only left the red horse by his side, walked alone for a thousand miles and let Jian Suyi ride away, the Qingfeng horse was given to Du Yan to carry, and the others were distributed to the people in the Broken Jade Building for use on the road.

He came to think for a moment and went to the field, and taught Gao Pet to play a set of boxing techniques, but it was Baquan.

This set of boxing is the kung fu of Li Cunxiao, the first general of the five dynasties in the late Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxiao was born with divine power, chasing the overlord Xiang Yu, and there is a saying that the king is not Xiang and will not be Li.

Gao Pet is also born with divine power, so it is very suitable for this boxing method, but the family heirloom Four Seasons Boxing is somewhat inferior to the taste.

After watching Gao Pet practice a few times, Zhao Ta nodded, as if tailor-made, even if his own martial arts were strong, he couldn't play that kind of domineering meaning, but Gao Pet had this kind of momentum.

Seeing that he had learned, Zhao Ta said: "Go back, don't come back these days." ”

Gao Chong's footsteps did not move: "Master, I will send you when the time comes." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Hurry up, if I see you again before leaving, I will be expelled directly from the door!" ”

Gao Pet shrank his neck in fright and hurriedly left.

Zhao Ta saw him go away, led the red horse back to the stable first, mixed some grass for the red horse, and went to the study.

Now that there is no one to serve him, he made a pot of tea and soup by himself, sat on the side of the desk and drank it slowly.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on the door outside, and Zhu Xiaoyi's voice came: "Childe, it's me." ”

"Come in." Zhao Ta said.

Zhu Xiaoyi, dressed in green clothes, entered the door and saluted, Zhao Ta said: "How are you preparing?" ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "Son, everything has been explained, and after the court is dispersed tomorrow, it will start to be publicized on the streets and everywhere, and it will be the same for three days." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "How is the inspection on the underground waterway?" ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "Although this son can rest assured, General Lu took it, and the villain and Lu Qiu walked back and forth a few times under the ground, but they all dried up and smooth, and there was no hindrance." ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin: "After I leave, be careful, especially a few gangs in Beijing, try to avoid conflicts if you can, and if you really encounter something that can't be solved, go to the Eighth Prince for help." ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said yes when he heard this, but then he fell to his knees with a "poof" and said with tears streaming down his face: "When will the son come back?" ”

Zhao Tan frowned and said: "The boss is not young, how old are the children, what are you doing crying?" ”

Zhu Xiaoyi said: "The villain misses the son, if there is no son, where will the villain be today." ”

Zhao Ta sighed, was silent for a long time, and waved his hand: "Go, go." ”

Zhu Xiaoyi answered "yes", and then kowtowed a few times before getting up and leaving.

Zhao Ta drank a pot of tea, walked out of the door with his hands behind his back, and looked at the faint crescent moon in the sky, looking cold and lonely......

The next day, the court.

Zhao Ta wrote an unprecedented memora, and in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, he admonished the prisoner to cancel the punishment of tattooing the face of the prisoner.

The punishment of black noodles has existed since ancient times, and this dynasty has always applied acupuncture, so it is also called black thorn.

Depending on the culpability, the position of the stab and the shape of the stabbing are also different.

All serious sins are tattooed on the forehead, and this kind of crime will probably be distributed to the prison camp of the far evil military state, which is called the assassination match, and is also called the thief match army by the world.

When he was sixteen years old, he replaced the crime of manslaughter of villagers for his brother Di Su, and was tattooed with a black face and sent to join the army.

Later, when Di Qing was noble, he still retained the mark of the tattoo, and he was unwilling to get rid of it, thinking that he would always warn and alert his family.

As soon as Zhao Ta's performance came out, it immediately aroused the opposition of almost everyone in the court, but he didn't argue deeply, and after Emperor Daojun dismissed it, he accepted it.

But after the dispersal of the dynasty, these words were passed on somehow, and all the people in Tokyo knew about it, and for a while, the people of Tokyo were talking about it.

Then, on the second day, he went to court again.

Zhao Ta handed over the recital again, but this time it was still a recital, but the invitation was to remove the normal people who served in the army and tattoo the mark.

Ordinary people in the Great Song Dynasty also had to tattoo characters when they joined the army, but this kind of writing was not tattooed on the face, but on the neck, arms, or the back of the wrists.

This is not a criminal punishment, but two reasons, the first is to use it as a number, and the content of the inscription is probably related to the number, which can reflect the source of the identity.

The second is used as a marker, to prove identity on the battlefield, if it is killed, it can be determined which team it is, and if the enemy army is pretending to come, it can also be used to distinguish the authenticity.

This kind of marching tattoo is not only in the Great Song Dynasty, but also in Liao and Western Xia, and it is a long-standing rule.

As soon as Zhao Ta's words came out, he suddenly shook upward.

This is worth it, how can you cancel the tattoo of the soldiers? Wouldn't that be a mess!

Zhao Ta did not defend this time, but did not defend it when he spoke yesterday, but really refuted it, saying that his family has a way to solve the problem of number marks, and his body is skinny, and it is unkind for his parents to forcibly tattoo the characters.

Emperor Daojun was very unhappy when he heard this, so he naturally rejected it again.

With the dispersal of the dynasty, the day's recital quickly spread all over the streets and alleys of Tokyo again, and even spread to the military camps, whether it was the forbidden army, or the Xiangjun village soldiers all talked about it in private, although there were different opinions, but no one said badly, after all, many people were not willing to tattoo words on their bodies, just to live in the army, there was no way to accept this.

On the third day, Zhao Ta continued to go to court.

It's still a recital, or a statement, but this time it's about the alliance between Song and Jin.

Zhao Ta talked eloquently above the court, talking about the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and said that the soldiers have always been united with the weak to defeat the strong, where is the reason for the joint strong to defeat the weak? Once Liao is wiped out, the north loses its portal, and the ambition of the female straight wolf son will be unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty!

Emperor Daojun was furious when he heard this, at this moment in his eyes there was nothing more important than recovering Yanyun, not to mention that he had sent an envoy to the sea to negotiate with Nuzhi half a month ago, and at this time, I am afraid that they had already met in the ship.

The Great Song faction is Zhao Kai, and the opposite Jin State faction is Wanyan Agu to fight the fifth son Wanyan Zongqiang, both parties are extremely high weight, and they can make a final decision, whether the female straight agrees to add less than the adult coin, this alliance will also be concluded.

Emperor Daojun said angrily: "King Qin, this is the national policy of recovering Yanyun, how can you believe that you are talking nonsense?" ”

Zhao Tan stood in the center of the main hall and said loudly: "Official, the alliance of the Yuanyuan has been more than 100 years, the soldiers along the border do not know the blade, and the domestic farmers do not increase their service, although the Han and Tang Dynasties' peace plan is not as good as the border policy of our dynasty, and now the Quartet is safe, but it is necessary to break the contract rashly, for fear of causing resentment from the heavens, and the way of using soldiers, the victory or defeat is unpredictable, if it wins, the treasury will be lacking, the people will be trapped, if defeated, the damage is unknown, the god of the Taizong back then, the recovery of Yanyun, both battles were defeated, how can you start a war lightly today?" ”

As soon as he said this, the ministers standing on both sides of the hall immediately whispered, their faces showed shocked looks, and they stole at Zhao Tan, I don't know what medicine King Qin has taken wrong these days, and his words are becoming more and more amazing day by day, and today they dare to disobey the official family in the major matter of recovering Yanyun.

Emperor Daojun was so angry when he heard the words that he slapped the imperial case in front of him "snapped": "Now that Liao is worried about foreign troubles, the country is ruined, the people's livelihood is withering, my Great Song Dynasty and Liao have a feud, and Yanyun has not recovered for hundreds of years, isn't it just taking this opportunity to attack the weak and attack the weak, destroy this thief in one fell swoop, and recapture the sixteen states?" ”

Zhao Ta looked up at the Daojun Emperor on the steps in front of him, and sighed: "Official, what is 'both weak and weak', I think it should be to help the weak and suppress the strong, since the first battle of Fangla, now the country's military strength is sluggish, financial resources are scarce, and the people's power is withering, this situation is known to everyone, but no one dares to speak, the minister does not understand, is it better to be neighbors with strong gold than to be neighbors with weak Liao?" ”

Emperor Daojun was furious at this time, he didn't know what evil the second child had committed in the past few days, and today he actually talked about this Song and Jin alliance, and couldn't help but "Teng" stood up from the dragon chair, threw down the fold that Zhao Ta handed before, and roared: "King Qin, don't say it again, I will make a decision early, you go back to the house!" ”

Zhao Ta looked at Emperor Daojun, shook his head, and said: "The official family, the so-called authorities are confused, and the bystanders are Qing, and the king of Goryeo also sent a letter before, saying that Liao is a country of brothers, and it can be safely stored, and Jin is a country of tigers and wolves, and it cannot be handed over!" ”

"You, you, you ......" Emperor Daojun's body trembled after the imperial case, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

At this moment, the ministers in the hall below were silent, no one made a sound, and the needle could be heard, and they all faintly felt that something was going to happen.

At this moment, Cai Jing suddenly stepped out of the class, looked at Zhao Ta, and said slowly: "King Qin, Your Majesty has ordered you to return to the house, why are you disobedient?" ”

Zhao Ta turned his head suddenly, looked at Cai Jing, stretched out his finger at him and sneered: "Shut up!" Shameless old thief, how dare you speak, don't you know that people in the world are willing to eat your flesh alive and swallow your bones alive, and they dare to rap here! Since you are a flattering minister and a traitor to the country, you can only hide and shrink your head, and beg for food and clothing, how dare you praise in front of this king! The gray-haired old thief, the first horseman! You are close to the year of the Staff Dynasty, and you are about to return to Jiuquan, what face will you have to see the first emperor of my Great Song Dynasty, the loyal ministers and good men of the past dynasties? You sinner and thief, eight out of seventy in vain, have not achieved an inch in your life, you will only shake your lips! Graft! You are a dog with a broken spine, and you dare to bark wildly in front of this king, who has never seen such a brazen person as you! ”

"Ahhh......h

"Father?"

"Taishi?"

"Cai Xiang!"

"Teacher?"

Everyone was stunned, they were all dumbfounded, they didn't expect Zhao Ta to scold Cai Jing in the court, Cai Jing is nearly eighty years old, and he has been weak recently.

The Cai family hurriedly stepped forward to take a look at this moment, but saw that Cai Jing was already out of breath and unconscious.

Cai Qian cried and shouted: "King Qin, why insult my Cai family and my father!" ”

Cai Yan ran to the front and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for my father!" ”

Emperor Daojun was also a little stunned above, he didn't think that Zhao Ta would be so presumptuous, when the dynasty insulted the Taishi, but the scolding was just that, he actually scolded the other party for being a sycophant minister, a traitor and a traitor to the country, Cai Jing, the Taishi, is the master who is in charge of the prime minister, and is in charge of the world, if Cai Jing is like this, what is the family that appointed Cai Jing? Isn't he the number one faint king?

Emperor Daojun was so angry that his mouth opened wide, panting, and he didn't know what to say.

At this time, the ministers below stood up one after another to accuse Zhao Ta, which is a tongue and a sword, what is difficult to hear, what is vicious accusation!

Zhao Ta looked at everyone, sneered, stretched out his finger and said: "You and other rats, you dare to speak, but with the old thief Cai Jing a hill of raccoon dogs, flies camp dogs, dare not speak for the common people, refuse to save the people of Li, this king looks at this temple, is already rotten wood for officials, between the palace and majesty, all are birds and beasts eating Lu, wolf hearts and dogs, turbulent in the dynasty, slaves and servants, one after another, will lead to the ruins of the community, the common people will be ruined, Shenzhou will be in trouble, and the world will be in chaos!" ”

"You, you, you ......" The ministers were shocked when they heard this, where could they argue at this moment, and where did they dare to continue to argue, they all retreated, with a look of fear in their hearts and a frightened face.

"Evil Barrier!" Emperor Daojun waved all the things on the imperial case from above, and roared, "What are you talking about? Someone, someone...... Take this obstacle down to me! ”

Zhao Ta looked at Emperor Daojun with both eyes, and then bowed deeply: "Official, the son of the minister retires!" Official ...... Take care! ”

Emperor Daojun was so angry that he was so dizzy that he almost fell down directly, and he shouted: "Take it, take it for me!" ”

Zhao Ta's face was expressionless, he turned around, and walked towards the outside of the Golden Palace, sneering as he walked: "Who dares to take this king!" ”

At this moment, a person ran in front of him, but he was wearing a helmet and armor, holding a spear, and there were more than a dozen Zhendian soldiers behind him, this person blocked Zhao Ta's way, and said loudly: "King Qin stopped, could it be that he wanted to resist the decree?" ”

Zhao Ta saw that it was Fan Qiong, the inspector of the four walls, and today it was his turn to stand in the hall.

This Fan Qiong Zhao Ta was deeply impressed, and he was a wolf-hearted dog-lung.

In the original second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers fought in Tokyo, and Qinzong went out of the city to ask for surrender and was detained by the female straight, and then Fan Qiong was appointed by the Jin people to force the emperor Zhao Ji out of the city.

He led a group of traitors to surrender to the generals, and forced more than 4,000 people from the emperor's clan to go out of the city, the people in the city wept and wept bitterly, and the people stopped them, and they were all brutally killed by Fan Qiong and others.

And then the city of Tokyo was looted by the female straight, the golden soldiers burned, killed and looted, all kinds of evil, the people of Tokyo were in dire straits, and death was better than life.

Zhao Ta saw that it was Fan Qiong at this moment, and couldn't help but get angry in his heart, and reprimanded: "The thief dares to stop this king? ”

I saw a cold light flashing in his sleeve, and the sword aura was soaring, and Fan Qiong's head on the opposite side flew high, and blood spurted out.

"Who dares to stop this king!" Zhao Ta snorted coldly, and those Zhendian soldiers retreated in fright.

All the ministers in the hall were stunned, no one thought that Zhao Ta would dare to kill people in the Golden Palace, with a sword soldier, this is simply a conspiracy!

"Ahhh......h

As Fan Qiong's body fell to the ground with the sound of "cave passing", Emperor Daojun suddenly shuddered coldly, and said in a trembling voice: "Someone is coming, will ...... Capture this evil obstacle to me, catch it back, whoever dares to disobey the order will be killed, killed without forgiveness! ”

The soldiers of the town hall did not dare to be timid when they heard this, and hurriedly chased Zhao Ta from behind, at this time Zhao Ta had already stepped out of the palace gate, and saw the soldiers chasing after him, and waved his sword, and immediately beheaded several people, and then sneered, his body shook, and he had already swept away.

In the Golden Palace, Emperor Daojun's weak but angry voice came out: "Adjust the forbidden army, transfer the forbidden army to catch this evil obstacle, catch this evil obstacle......"

Zhao Ta swept all the way, went straight out of the palace gate, and then quickly bypassed the street to a figure-eight water outlet, only to see Lu Junyi waiting here.

The two exchanged glances, went directly to the Bazi Shuikou, Lu Junyi led the way in front, and walked the passage of the Ghost Fan Tower, the two of them showed light work, and it didn't take long to reach the outer city, and it was a secluded place to go out, Bai Ba Bai Zhan was leading the horse and waiting.

A few got on their horses and went straight to the west gate of the outer city, and when they got closer, they saw that the city gate was not closed, and they did not speak, but rushed out, and then galloped towards the west......

(End of chapter)