Downstairs in the city.

Song Zhi hurried and hurried, and finally joined the Song family before they entered Linhai City.

"Father, uncle...... I've met all the elders. ”

Song performed a salute, and saw that his father, who had not seen him for a few days, and his temples were already gray, seemed to be ten years old, and when he thought of the way here, he heard that the emperor deliberately made things difficult for the Song family, even if he restrained himself, he couldn't help but complain at this time.

"Why didn't Father tell us what happened to you in Jiazhou earlier?"

"At that time, you were fulfilling the emperor's order, so what's the use of telling you?"

Song Shilun's words made Song Zhi, who has always been sharp-tongued, dumbfounded.

Oh, yes.

At that time, not to mention him, an entourage soldier, even if it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at that time, it was impossible to ask the emperor to stop.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did this, maybe the Song family would not be imprisoned but beheaded all over the house.

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince secretly entrusted someone to take care of us, although we suffered some hardships on the surface, but the whole family was peaceful and finally survived to this day."

Song Shilun hurriedly looked behind Song Zhi.

"Where's Qin'er?"

"My cousin has military affairs, and His Majesty sent him to take troops to the coast to rest and recuperate, and asked me to take three days off to settle the tribesmen."

Song Zhi looked at his uncle Song Shizhen.

If the father is only ten years old, then the uncle is like a walking corpse at this time, with empty eyes, as if he is not interested in the outside world except for the basic reaction of being born.

"Uncle knows the news that the emperor is dead?"

Song Zhi frowned.

Song Shilun nodded lightly and said in a low voice: "Brother, after hearing the news, he cried a lot, and when he was in prison, he suffered some crimes, and he came with us, and his body was a little unbearable. ”

Is it because the body can't bear it, or can't accept the result of the father-son fight?

Song Zhi did not insist on looking for answers.

The facts have been decided, and it is not anyone's will that can be changed.

"Please also ask my uncle to take care of his health, so that he can continue to enter the court to serve the new monarch in the future."

As soon as Song Zhi said this, he didn't pay attention to his father when he saw his father motioning him to shut up with a disapproving face.

The Song family said that they came from the whole family, but in fact, there were only more than 30 people who lived in Jiazhou temporarily, and most of them were elders.

According to the rules of weekdays, there is really no place for him to speak here.

But thinking of the agreement with his brother Song Qin and the ambition of the new emperor, Song Zhi was willing to be the first bird.

"Your Majesty deliberately takes care of the Song family, not because my uncle spoke for Your Majesty in front of the emperor, but because Your Majesty has great ambitions and wants the Song family to fly with him."

"In the generation when my uncle was the patriarch, the emperor suppressed the Song family everywhere, so that no matter how talented the brothers and sisters were, they could only retreat into the wild or be a small rich man, and how many people with lofty ideals were buried, it is impossible for the uncle not to know."

Song Shizhen, who was originally empty-eyed, flickered his eyes when he heard these words.

And the Song family members behind him, hearing this, all breathed heavier, and remembered the days when they were suppressed in the past.

They supported Song Shilun to contact His Royal Highness the Crown Prince privately and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for help, precisely because they saw this clearly.

and then follow the first emperor to the dark, and the Song family will only bury the lintel in the end.

But no one expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be able to ascend the throne and become the new emperor so quickly, and the Song family did not even have a chance to contribute, and they were likely to be marginalized again.

That's why when they heard that His Majesty came to Haicheng to resist the Japanese invaders, they wanted to express their loyalty, so that His Majesty could remember that there was still a Song family in South Vietnam.

Can you listen to what Song Zhi means by this, His Majesty's intention to win over the Song family?

It was a big surprise.

"Deacon, what you just said was ordered by His Majesty?"

Song Shilun was overjoyed, and suddenly his face was radiant, as if he had returned to his original state.

Song Zhi shook his head and looked at his uncle Song Shizhen, who was not ready to speak out.

"No, I guessed it myself."

“……”

All the members of the Song family had black faces.

It was Song Shizhen, who glanced at Song Zhi thoughtfully and reminded in a deep voice.

"The emperor's heart can't be guessed."

Song Shizhen knew that Song Zhi could freely enter and leave Linhai City, and his status was different from before, and he must be valued by the new emperor.

But in the end, if he is too young, if he acts too rashly, and takes a wrong step, he may be like him.

When the time comes, there will be no second Royal Highness the Crown Prince to lend a helping hand.

Song Zhi finally waited for his uncle to speak, and asked rhetorically without thinking.

"Uncle, if I want to be loyal to the king, but I don't know the king's heart, how can I be loyal?"

Song Shizhen also considered this issue when he was young.

He conveyed the words taught to him by the elders at that time to Song Zhi word for word.

"The king let the ministers die, and the ministers have to die."

"What if the king lets the minister die, and then the king may also die?"

"Wake up the king with a dead admonition, and not to stigmatize the king, but to put the state first."

The weight of the king of a country is much higher than the life and death honor and disgrace of the Song family and even the whole clan.

Sometimes the death of a king can lead to the destruction of an entire country, so the Song family is patriotic.

Song Shi really said so, and he did so.

The emperor said that the Song family should be punished for doing something wrong, but Song Shizhen did not rush to clear his name.

Justice is at ease in people's hearts.

History books have their own conclusions.

Even if the emperor didn't overturn the case for him, his descendants would comment.

But living in the present should not lead to resentment against the king and allow others to use it as an advantage against the king.

This is the way of loyalty of the Song family.

Even if the people of the Song family thought that Song Shizhen's words sounded very stubborn, they also agreed very much.

"I agree with and support my uncle's ideas and practices."

Song Zhi's eyes were full of admiration.

My uncle has been imprisoned for so many days, and he can still stick to his heart, which is indeed an example of loyalty.

Song Zhi believes that it is precisely because of this that His Majesty will help the Song family and help each other secretly.

Song Shizhen was not very embarrassed by Song Zhi's sincere eyes.

Because if you think about it carefully, his role in the court has no other achievements other than admonishing each other with death.

Moreover.

There are some things that he may have misjudged, such as whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had different intentions in the first place.

Even if it is rumored throughout South Vietnam that the former emperor was poisoned by the Chen family and the eldest prince, the evidence of the characters is conclusive, but there is a reason for it.

This reason is still in the original Royal Highness the Prince.

Many things, if not deliberately done by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the battle between father and son would inevitably be unfought.

"What does Uncle want to say when he sees His Majesty?"

Song Zhi saw that his uncle's eyes had regained their former brilliance, and asked on the side.

"But you want to ask about the death of the first emperor?"

"Hmmm......"

"The ins and outs of the death of the former emperor are known to the world, and if my uncle asks today, he will give someone with a heart the handle to attack His Majesty, and there will be twists and turns, and the country will be unstable in South Vietnam."

Song Zhi's words were like thunder, making Song Shizhen stunned on the spot as if he was thundered.

Is that so?

It seems that this is indeed the case.

But if Your Majesty is not afraid of the shadow, why should he ask?

"Uncle, Your Majesty is naturally not afraid of your question, but my nephew thinks that at this time, instead of questioning, what the Song family should do is to believe that the monarch and the minister have always been a two-way choice, and the monarch does not doubt the minister, and the minister does not doubt the monarch."

Song Shizhen's face changed and changed.

He finally knew the purpose of Song Zhi saying so many words.

"Song Zhi, how innocent is it that His Majesty sent you to let the Song family testify for him and succeed to the throne?"