In the first year of Jingkang, on the fourth day of the third month, Zhao Ta, the king of Qin, made a big disturbance in the Golden Palace, scolded Cai Jing, reprimanded the ministers, killed the palace generals, refuted the alliance, Ma Mingfeng Xiao Xiao, all the way out of Tokyo.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, the matter spread completely, and no one in the neighborhood and the Yamen army knew about it, and no one knew about it.

On the sixth day of the first month of March, Cai Jingxu died at home, and Emperor Daojun gave him the name Wenzhong, Cai's family, and the ministers wrote a letter, requesting that Zhao Ta be cured of the trouble, and the crime of rebellion was indicated.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, the forbidden army in front of the palace searched the city of Tokyo to no avail, seized the palace of the king of Qin, and seized all the properties under the name of Zhao Ta, and the emperor of Daojun officially issued an edict to the Quartet, demoting Zhao Ta to a commoner, and ordering all state capitals in the world to arrest him.

At noon on the eighth day of the first month of March, Zhu Xiaoyi was eating and drinking on the side of the Qinghui Bridge on the Wuzhang River in the outer city, where there was a dilapidated courtyard and the territory of the Dirty Clothes Gang.

He listened to the reports of his subordinates while eating and drinking, and it was the people under the Dirty Clothes Gang who had been running around in the market for a few days to spread the news of the court, and Zhao Ta's previous explanation in the study was to inform Zhu Xiaoyi of what he was going to do in the court, and let him send someone to spread it out in advance, the more people who knew about it, the better, and the farther it spread, the better.

After eating and drinking, Zhu Xiaoyi summoned a few cronies to the helmsman, and then took out a stack of thick paper manuscripts from the Nanmu box behind him, solemnly handed them to a few people, and then whispered an order, and several helmsmen carefully held the paper manuscripts and left.

On the ninth day of March, early in the morning, the city of Tokyo exploded.

It turned out that Zhao Ta, the king of Qin, actually had a new work come out, which is said to have been written when he was in exile and was sent back to Beijing.

Last time, Zhao Ta's poem touched the fish and asked what the world was like, which amazed the world, and was known as the first love word throughout the ages, and there was no other word to come out.

But this time, what came back from the outside was a song, not lyrics, nor that graceful tune, but a very passionate and tragic tune......

Emperor Daojun sat in the Yanfu Hall of Yanfu Palace, holding a paper manuscript in his hand, and read with a pale face:

The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are on the surface of Tongguan Road.

Looking at the western capital, he hesitated.

Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.

After reading this song, Emperor Daojun's body trembled like chaff, he stood up tremblingly, walked out of the case, circled back and forth in the middle of the hall, and roared angrily in his mouth: "Rebellion, this is going to rebel!" ”

Zhang Di was so frightened that he didn't dare to approach, and said from a distance: "The official family is angry, the official family is angry, don't hurt your body is ......"

"Get out!" Emperor Daojun roared, then pinched the paper manuscript and went straight to Zhengyang Palace.

The Zhengyang Palace was empty today, only Empress Zheng was alone, and no concubines rushed to speak, obviously knowing about Zhao Ta, there was a great sense of avoiding suspicion.

Emperor Daojun rushed into the palace and saw Empress Zheng embroidering a landscape, flowers and birds, and was about to get up to salute him when he came.

Emperor Daojun threw the manuscript in his hand fiercely: "Rebellion, rebellion!" ”

Empress Zheng silently picked up the manuscript, looked at it carefully, and then said, "Official, is this written by the second brother?" ”

"Who else but this obstacle?" Emperor Daojun sat down on the chair in a huff, slammed the flower table and shouted.

"Official, the concubines also heard about the affairs of the court that day...... Empress Zheng said slowly: "Although the second brother has disobedience and offenses, if you want to say that he rebelled, the concubines will never believe it." ”

"What is not a rebellion?" Emperor Daojun roared: "The top of the Golden Palace scolded the hundred officials, implying that I was a faint monarch, and I also hid sharp weapons, killed people in the palace, and ...... And this tune, what does this tune mean? This is not a rebellion or anything! ”

Empress Zheng bowed her head and said, "So the concubine said that he was disobedient." ”

Emperor Daojun said angrily: "It's a rebellion, I think that the Great Song Dynasty has been founded for nearly 200 years, the etiquette and filial piety have been passed down, the poems and books have been passed down, and the royal family has never had a rebel, this evil obstacle is a precedent, this is to be written into the history books, it is to be written into the history books!" Queen, how did you teach your son? ”

Hearing this, Empress Zheng said lightly: "The official family keeps saying that the second brother rebelled, but where is he now?" Where did you rebel? How many people are there? How many soldiers and horses do you master? ”

"This ......" Emperor Daojun was stunned when he heard this: "How do I know this, so I came to ask you if you know where this evil obstacle has gone?" ”

Empress Zheng frowned and said: "The officials don't know, how did the concubines know?" However, although the concubines are shallow, they also know that if they want to rebel, they must have territory, soldiers, and food, salaries, and money, I'm afraid the second brother doesn't have them, right? ”

Emperor Daojun slapped the table and was about to speak, when Zhang Di stumbled in outside, knelt down and said, "The official family is urgent, the urgent report is ......."

Emperor Daojun took a deep breath and said, "Where is the urgent report?" ”

Zhang Di peeked at Empress Zheng and whispered: "Xijing urgent report, two days ago, I found the trace of King Qin, and I was heading to Yongxing Military Road, but I hadn't received a notice from the imperial court at that time, so I didn't stop it." ”

"Show it to me!" Emperor Daojun didn't wait for Zhang Di to present the fold, so he snatched it with his hand, opened it and immediately widened his eyes: "This evil obstacle, how can there be these people around this evil obstacle?" More than a thousand? Still dressed up as a forbidden army? ”

Zhang Di didn't dare to speak, Zheng Niangniang's face turned pale and turned her head.

"The forbidden army is dressed up, the forbidden army is dressed ......" Emperor Daojun suddenly shouted angrily: "Quickly call someone to check, and see which team under the Guards and Pro-Military Division followed him?" ”

"Yes, it's Your Majesty......" Zhang Di got up and ran out, not even having time to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

Emperor Daojun's roar continued to come from behind: "Arrest all the families of the forbidden army who fled with the evil obstacles, all of them!" ”

Zhang Di responded while running, and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, the second king, the second king, what kind of rebellion do you say you have nothing to do, how can this rebellion be so easy to make? It's good if you succeed...... Well? It worked? His heart suddenly moved, if the two kings really succeeded in their rebellion, wouldn't they have to ascend to the sky in one step with their relationship with the two kings? I can't say that I will add officials to the court, and I am like Tong Guan, sealing the public and hanging the seal, so I am not happy!

Thinking of this, he glanced back and saw that Zhengyang Palace had disappeared behind him, he couldn't help but stop, wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and then swayed three times and began to walk slowly, without the slightest urgency before......

Emperor Daojun threw the fold in front of Empress Zheng at this time, and said angrily: "Look at it, look at it, you still said that there are no soldiers in this evil obstacle, and more than a thousand forbidden troops have run away with him, and they are all cavalry!" ”

Empress Zheng picked up the fold and read it, and then said nothing.

Emperor Daojun said angrily: "It's all cavalry, why did they go with this evil obstacle?" It must be the people of the Dragon Guard battalions, this is not a rebellion or anything! ”

Empress Zheng said in a low voice: "The concubine still doesn't believe that the second brother will rebel!" ”

Emperor Daojun snorted angrily, looked at Empress Zheng for a moment, slammed his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the palace.

He then returned to Yanqing Hall and called Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Tong Guan, Cai You, Tang Ke, Zhang Bangchang, He Li and others to come to discuss the matter.

Emperor Daojun told the story of the Xijing fold, everyone was shocked, originally thought that Zhao Ta would leave Tokyo with personal guards at most, but he didn't expect to bring so many forbidden troops.

Emperor Daojun said with a dark face: "Tell me, where is he going with these people?" Those are all my soldiers, how could they follow him! ”

"This ......" Tong Guan said: "Official, after all, King Qin has been running the Guards and Pro-Military Division for many years, and it is not impossible to secretly cultivate some cronies and subordinates, but there are more than a thousand people, which is unexpected......"

"I shouldn't have put the guards in charge of him in the first place!" Emperor Daojun said coldly: "More than a thousand cavalrymen, with armor on their bodies and war horses under them, that's a lot of silver!" ”

Tong Guan was stunned, originally thought that Emperor Daojun was worried that so many people would follow Zhao Ta to get into trouble, but he didn't expect that he was concerned about how much it would cost to arm a cavalry, so he suddenly shut up.

Li Bangyan said at this time: "Official, since the King of Qin is leading people to the west, will he go to Western Xia?" ”

Emperor Daojun immediately frowned and said angrily: "He dares!" ”

Tang Ke said: "What is Li Xianggong talking about, what a barren place in Western Xia, let the King of Qin of the Great Song Dynasty not do it, and go to Western Xia to be a famous general, King Qin is not so stupid." ”

Li Bangyan said unhappily: "Then Tang Shangshu is talking about it, where else can King Qin go?" ”

Tang Ke was silent in thought, and Bai Shizhong suddenly said on the side: "Official, the minister remembers that King Qin once served as the capital protector of Longyou, and he also went to Longyou for a period of time a few years ago, and even if he came back, he still received this position remotely, and did not return it to Xining ......Prefecture on Xihe Road."

"That's right, that's right, the minister remembers, there is indeed such a thing!" Cai You also said.

Emperor Daojun looked puzzled and said, "Xihe Longyou? That kind of bitter cold and desolate place...... Will he go? Isn't he going to rebel? ”

"Your Majesty, looking at the shape of King Qin yesterday, there is no doubt that he wants to rebel, although this Longyou is bitter cold, it is not impossible to rebel." White time in the middle of the road.

Emperor Daojun wondered in his heart, the most important thing in the Great Song Dynasty was rebellion, but the rebellion has always been in prosperous places, especially in the south of the Yangtze River and the two lakes, even if it is the rebellion of Liangshan and Songjiang, then Shandong Shuibo is also a land full of fish and rice, not to mention the place where Wang Qingfangla rebelled.

Although he is usually greedy for pleasure, he also understands the truth, where is the rebellion so easy to make, in a prosperous place is because it is easy to raise food, grass and military salaries, as long as you start to rob, coercion with knives and guns, there will be no shortage, but in a place like Longyou......

Emperor Daojun thought about it, and looked at Tong Guan, after all, Longyou was led by Tong Guan, he only learned about it from the paper book, and he didn't go there in person.

Tong Guan coughed and said: "Official, this place on the right side of Xihe Longyou must be divided into two, the land around Xining Prefecture is still rich, and it is suitable to continue to walk out of Xining, until the West Sea, but once you cross the West Sea, the more than 1,000 miles ahead are desolate and barren. ”

Emperor Daojun wondered: "It sounds like this, it's not a very good place, not to mention that Xixia is above, and behind is the Xihe Road army, will the second child really choose this place to cause trouble?" ”

Tong Guan's eyes flickered, and he shook his head: "This minister doesn't know." ”

Tang Ke said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister remembered one thing, the capital protector of the Longyou Metropolitan Protector was originally the governor of Xining Prefecture, and there was no deputy capital protector, but the minister remembered that when he was a servant of the ministry, His Majesty had decreed the appointment of a deputy capital protector, so I didn't know ......."

Emperor Daojun's face changed when he heard this, and he remembered that the deputy capital protector of the Longyou Capital Protector Mansion was recommended to him by this evil obstacle at that time, it seemed that he was a member of the Liu family, and he had also been hit by Tanhua!

He said: "This is indeed the case, and that person was recommended to me by the second child, so it seems that this evil obstacle is really likely to run over there!" ”

Bai Shizhong: "Your Majesty, since the King of Qin may really go here, the deputy capital guard will not be safe, Your Majesty still quickly issued an order to remove him from his post, and then ordered the governor of Xining Prefecture to take precautions, so as not to let the King of Qin really run away, which is not conducive to Xining." ”

Emperor Daojun nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'll make an order now......"

On the Yongxing Military Road, a team of iron horsemen was raising dust, quickly passing through the boundary of Jingzhao Mansion and heading straight to Qinfeng Road in front.

Zhao Tan rode a red horse in the middle of the team, and after he and Lu Junyi left Tokyo, ten miles to the west, they saw the ninth and tenth commanders of the Dragon Guard Army waiting, as well as the Scarlet Guard Regiment led by Shen Fei.

When the three teams were stationed in the military camp outside the city, he deliberately set up these three teams far away from the Longwei camp, as time went on, the battalion didn't care much about the ninth and tenth commanders, after all, each commander could cook separately, and Zhao Ta always trained separately, and the camp was accustomed to it and didn't care.

The night before Zhao Ta left Tokyo, the ninth and tenth conductors were ready, and before Zhao Ta went to court, under the leadership of Shen Fei, in the name of drill, he ran to the west to wait, and then Zhao Ta came over, and after converging together, he continued to go west.

At this moment, the team ran for nearly half an hour, Zhao Ta put his hand on the pergola to watch, and couldn't help laughing: "It's time to enter Qinfeng Road, no matter how fast the official's will is, it can't be faster than our horses." ”

Lu Junyi said on the side: "Senior brother, although I support you no matter what you do, I support you as a brother, but I am really a little puzzled as a brother, do you really want to rebel?" ”

Zhao Ta laughed when he heard this: "Senior brother, guess? ”

Lu Junyi shook his head and sighed: "Brother is stupid, where can you guess it, but what you do above the Golden Palace, even if you don't want to rebel, you will be misunderstood as rebelling." ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin, shook his head and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether to rebel or not, the important thing is that I have been planning some things for a long time to do, and now the time is almost the same, and if I don't implement it, I am afraid that the opportunity will not come again, and once Song Liao goes to war, the secret of my trip to the Jin Kingdom will be revealed, and I will leave at this time, so there is the matter of the Golden Palace." ”

Lu Junyi was puzzled: "What does the junior brother want to do?" ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and smiled: "Let's not talk about it for the time being, by the way, senior brother, have you reached the realm of grandmasters?" ”

Lu Junyi said: "I'm ashamed, I finally arrived a few days ago, but it was a little too late. ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said: "It's not too late, it's not too late, senior brother can help me when he arrives at the grandmaster, has Xiao Yi been there to write a letter?" ”

Lu Junyi said: "I've already been there, let him sell all the family businesses in Hebei, and then come to Xining to vote for me." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said: "This is the best, and there are no worries, otherwise not to mention that the imperial court may find it, that is, in the future, when the war starts, Hebei may become a battlefield, and then it will be a mess, and any family property will be turned into powder." ”

While the two were talking, Shen Fei rode back and said, "Childe, you have already entered Qinfeng Road, what are you going to do next?" ”

Zhao Ta raised his eyes and looked at the changes in the terrain ahead, the peaks and mountains on both sides were like gatherings, and the road was desolate in the wilderness, so he couldn't help but say: "Go to Fengxiang Mansion, then go to Qinzhou, and then directly enter the Xihe River!" ”

(End of chapter)