On the day that Mr. Meng left the capital, the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials to send him out of the city gate. The emperor bid farewell to Mr. Meng as a student, and thanked Mr. Meng again and again.

Before leaving, Mr. Meng solemnly saluted the emperor and presented the emperor with a poem. The content of the poem is to praise the emperor as a Ming monarch.

The picture of the emperor saying goodbye to Mr. Meng was painted by many painters, and it has been passed down to later generations and has become a good story. Of course, that's an afterthought.

When Mr. Meng left, the students in the capital followed him. They were going to Liangzhou with them to continue to listen to Mr. Meng's lectures.

During this time, the capital became very lively because of Mr. Meng's lectures. Now, Mr. Meng has left, and the capital has suddenly become very deserted, which makes the people in the capital a little unaccustomed. These days, they have become accustomed to seeing students on the street.

However, Mr. Meng's departure had no impact on the ministers of the DPRK and China. It can also be said that they don't care about Mr. Meng's departure.

Of course, for Mr. Meng Lao coming to the capital to give a lecture, they still have to act like a sigh. Many ministers wrote poems or articles to praise Mr. Meng's selfless lectures.

The emperor did not have the time to write, so he read the poems and articles written by the ministers. He not only praised what was well written, but also rewarded something.

Zhao Yao sighed, in terms of face kung fu, his father still knows how to play. Mr. Meng's departure still had some impact on him, because he couldn't see the excitement anymore.

During Mr. Meng's lecture, a lot of interesting things happened in the capital, and Zhao Yao also went to see the excitement. Don't talk about anything else, let's just say that the prince's brother is lively, which is very good-looking. Now that Mr. Meng is gone, Zhao Yao feels that his daily life is less fun.

Zhao Yao also discovered one thing, after Mr. Meng left, the atmosphere in the capital became more subtle. When the bodies of the two sons of the Yuan family were sent back to the capital, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became very calm.

"Your Highness, it's not too early, it's time for you to rest." Tong Xi saw that it was not early, so he hurriedly reminded Zhao Yao, "You will follow the Eighth Hall to the Jingyang Marquis Mansion early tomorrow morning to pay respects, hurry up and go to sleep." ”

Although the Yuan family secretly colluded with the Xiongnu, on the surface, the Yuan family was still the Marquis of Jingyang and one of the founding heroes. The Yuan family lost two sons-in-law, and it was reasonable for the royal family to send someone to mourn.

It was impossible for the emperor to mourn, so he sent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince down. Naturally, the other princes will also go.

Zhao Yao didn't stop the movement in his hand, "Wait until I'm done writing this." ”

"Your Highness, it's not too late for you to continue writing tomorrow."

"It's a little closer, wait for me a little longer." Zhao Yao hurriedly sped up and finished writing the rest that had not been written. A moment later, he finished writing. I wrote it too quickly and urgently, and my wrist was sore. Seeing this, Tongxi hurriedly walked over and rubbed his wrists.

"Your Highness, what are you in a hurry, it's too late to write tomorrow." Tongxi lowered his head and seriously massaged Zhao Yao's wrist, without looking up curiously at what Zhao Yao had just written.

"I'm going to give it to the second uncle tomorrow, and I have to finish writing it tonight."

"Your Highness, are you feeling better?"

"Alright, much better." Zhao Yao moved his wrist, then stood up, raised his hands and stretched, "I'm tired, I'll take a good bath later." ”

"By the way, Your Highness, Yu Hai just came over and told the slaves and maids, let's not prepare the sacrificial things, they helped prepare."

"It's still starling's intimateness." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and then his expression became calm, and he sighed, "The wind and rain are coming." ”

"Your Highness, what kind of wind and rain?"

Zhao Yao said meaningfully: "Storm." "In the past few days, the capital has suddenly become very quiet, and the silence is very incredible, as if a storm is brewing.

Tongxi didn't understand, thinking it was literal.

"Then you have to bring an umbrella when you go to the funeral tomorrow."

Zhao Yao: "......"

He glanced at Tongxi rather helplessly, and then said angrily: "I'm talking about bloody rain." ”

As soon as Tongxi heard the word "bloody wind and bloody rain", he immediately understood, and his delicate little face showed the same solemn look as Zhao Yao.

"Your Highness, is the Marquis of Jingyang Mansion about to ......" Speaking of this, he paused, then raised his hand and made a gesture to wipe his neck.

Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "It is estimated that it will be a matter of the past few months." "The news from the Western Regions that most of the Yuan family's business over there has been robbed. The Yuan family suffered heavy losses this time, not only killing two sisters-in-law, but also losing most of their business. "Sixth brother is already on his way back to Beijing."

When Tongxi heard this, a look of horror appeared on his face: "That...... Is His Royal Highness King Chen going to be ...... before returning to Beijing?" he made another gesture to wipe his neck.

Zhao Yao nodded slightly and said, "It's possible that this will be a few days." "With the means of the starling brother, it is impossible for the sixth brother to return to Beijing safely and smoothly.

After listening to it, Tongxi didn't know what to make for a while. After a while, he hesitated and asked, "Your Highness, if His Royal Highness King Chen is dead, then ......?"

"If the sixth brother dies, the capital will be ......" Zhao Yao shook his head and said with a heavy face, "The city is full of wind and rain." Although he had expected this to happen, he was still a little uneasy when it was all about to come.

"Your Highness, you'll be fine."

"Hopefully." He was prepared, but some things didn't necessarily go the way he expected. Besides, there is a possibility that something will happen to the fish in the pond. "Uncle Ben is tired, hurry up and wait for Uncle Ben to bathe."

"Yes, Your Highness, the slave will definitely take care of your bath."

At this time, the eighth prince, who was supposed to be in Heungdeok Palace, was in a house somewhere in North City.

The person the Eighth Prince saw today was not Wang Siqi, nor Lin Xueyi, but another person.

"Lord, everything is arranged, where are we going to do it?"

On the table in front of the Eighth Prince was a map. He lowered his head and looked thoughtfully at the map up the mountain. After a while, he put his finger on a place called "Jingshan".

"Do it in Jingshan." He remembered that Jingshan was densely forested and the roads were rugged and narrow, making them ideal for ambushes. "King Chen, when did they pass through Jingshan?"

This man thought about it in his heart and said, "With King Chen's footsteps, he will be able to pass through Jingshan the day after tomorrow." ”

The Eighth Prince's finger lightly tapped on the "Jingshan" on the map, and said in an indifferent tone: "Then do it the day after tomorrow." ”

"Yes, my lord."

The Eighth Prince advised, "Remember to do it beautifully." ”

This man understood what the Eighth Prince meant, and said respectfully: "Rest assured, my lord, we will never expose any horses. ”

The Eighth Prince's expression was calm, and he wrote in an understated tone: "There are also some miserable deaths for King Chen." ”

The man said: "My subordinates understand. ”

The Eighth Prince didn't speak, his right index finger tapping lightly on the table, his expression contemplative.

The man stood quietly aside, waiting for the Eighth Prince's next command.

The eighth prince put away his index finger, looked at the man, opened his mouth and instructed him something, and then waved his hand to let the man retreat.

After the man left, Yu Hai walked in.

"Your Highness, take a sip of tea."

The Eighth Prince stretched out his hand to take the teacup, lowered his head and took a few sips, and then said, "How is Wang Siqi's arrangement?" ”

Wang Siqi replied that everything was going well.

The Eighth Prince nodded his head, "Just wait for Bo Chang's side." ”

Yu Hai was a little worried in his heart, he hesitated and said, "Your Highness, will the Right Virtuous King's side really be like what we arranged?" King Youxian has colluded with the Yuan family for so many years, will he cut off contact with the Yuan family so easily? ”

The Eighth Prince hooked the corners of his mouth and sneered: "It's not that the Right Sage King wants to cut off contact with the Yuan family, but the Yuan family wants to be inseparable from the Right Sage King." ”

"Your Highness, do you think the Yuan family would really believe that it was the people of the Right Sage King who did it?" Yu Hai felt that they were very careful and did not have a trace of deliberateness, but he still felt that this matter was a bit suspenseful.

"Yes, but the Yuan family will not tear their faces with King Youxian for the time being, and they will continue to maintain a friendly relationship on the surface." The Eighth Prince smiled sarcastically, "The Yuan family knows that they can't completely tear their faces with the Right Virtuous King, otherwise the Right Virtuous King will expose their collusion, and the Yuan family will face a full house of beheadings at that time." ”

"Then the Yuan family won't cut off contact with King Youxian for the time being?" Yu Haidao, "The slave maid thought that the Marquis of Jingyang would immediately seek revenge on the Right Xian King." ”

"The Yuan family has a handle on the Right Xian King, and the Marquis of Jingyang doesn't dare to fall out with the Right Xian King easily." The Eighth Emperor sneered, "With the means of the Marquis of Jingyang, he only dares to use despicable and insidious means against the Right Virtuous King behind his back. ”

"What about the Right Virtuous King?" Yu Hai asked, "Will King Youxian directly expose what the Yuan family has done over the years?" ”

"Youxian Wang is conceited and has no brains, he feels that Jingyang Hou does not dare to betray him, let alone do anything unfavorable to him, after all, Jingyang Hou's handle is in his hands."

When it comes to the handle, Yu Hai has a question in his heart.

"Your Highness, there is something unknown about the slave maid."

The eighth prince guessed what Yu Hai wanted to ask, and said, "You want to ask us that we already have evidence of the Yuan family's collusion with the Right Xian King, why don't we directly expose the Yuan family?" ”

Yu Hai nodded vigorously.

The Eighth Prince smiled coldly: "This is too cheap for the Yuan family." ”

When Yu Hai heard this, he understood what the Eighth Prince meant.

The Eighth Prince said again: "That thing may be in the Yuan family." ”

"In the Yuan family?" Yu Hai was stunned and said, "Your Highness, why do you think that thing is in the Yuan family?" ”

"The Yuan family had close contacts with the Southern Wei Dynasty back then, and it is not impossible for that thing to be taken away by the Yuan family." As the Eighth Prince spoke, his brows furrowed, and his eyes instantly became cold, "I suspect that the Yuan family has other things. ”

"Anything else?" Yu Hai asked with a puzzled face, "What else can there be besides that thing?" ”

"Gold and silver jewelry, and there should be quite a few." Back then, when the Yuan family was in contact with the Southern Wei Dynasty, they made a lot of money from the Southern Wei Dynasty. Later, the Southern Wei Dynasty was exterminated, and the Yuan family was also involved in it, and a lot of things must have been copied from it.

"Your Highness, then we must take it back." As soon as he heard that the Yuan family had the money of the Southern Wei Dynasty, Yu Hai's face immediately became angry, "Your Highness, it is your thing, and the Yuan family must not be allowed to continue to occupy it." ”

In addition to the gold, silver and jewelry, the Eighth Prince also suspected that the Yuan family had stolen another very important thing from the Southern Wei Dynasty. Of course, this thing is not as important as that thing, but it is very important to the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince went to the Jingyang Marquis Mansion to mourn.

In addition to the princes, civil and military officials and families all came to mourn.

Jingyang Hou fell ill and couldn't see anyone for the time being. The funerals of the two sons-in-law of the Yuan family were organized by the eldest son.

The eldest son was a little cowering, and he stammered a little when he spoke, and Zhao Yao was anxious for him when he heard what he said.

After the incense, the eighth prince took Zhao Yao and left, and did not stay in the Yuan family for a long time.

On the way back to the palace, Zhao Yao asked the eighth prince: "Starling, is that Yuan Kuang a stammer?" ”

"I haven't heard of it." The Eighth Prince speculated, "Maybe it's because of nervousness." ”

"I feel that he is quite nervous and scared, he seems to be the eldest son of the Marquis of Jingyang." The eldest son of the deceased, Yuan Han, is not the longest eldest son, and there is also an eldest son above him.

"That's right, he is the eldest son of the Marquis of Jingyang, but because he is a concubine, he is not reused in the Marquis of Jingyang." The Eighth Prince introduced to Zhao Yao, "The Marquis of Jingyang attaches great importance to the matter of the difference between the concubines and the concubines. Although he is also a son, the status of the concubine and the concubine is far from the status. ”

Zhao Yao heard what the Eighth Prince said and found a key place.

"Starling, you said that the Jingyang Marquis Mansion pays special attention to the concubine, what is the matter with the eldest son being older than the eldest son?" It stands to reason that the eldest son cannot be older than the eldest son.

"In fact, Yuan Han is not the real eldest son, he also has an elder brother, but he died when he was more than a year old, and then he had Yuan Kuang, the eldest son, and it took two years to have Yuan Han, the eldest son." The Eighth Prince knew very well about the situation in the Marquis of Jingyang.

Zhao Yao said suddenly: "No wonder." ”

He thought of the situation he had just seen in the Jingyang Marquis Mansion, and his face suddenly became a little strange.

Seeing his strange little expression, the Eighth Prince asked funny, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Yao looked mysterious, lowered his voice and said to the Eighth Prince: "Starling, I think the Marquis of Jingyang is a little ...... Blame. "Leaving aside the collusion between the Marquis of Jingyang and the Huns, the atmosphere in the Marquis of Jingyang is really ...... It is more appropriate to describe it as "weird". "When I just went in, I felt a little hairy in my heart, do you feel this way, brother?"

The Eighth Prince didn't feel this way. He comforted Zhao Yao and said: "The Jingyang Marquis Mansion is holding a funeral, and it is the first time for you to attend the funeral, so you should be afraid in your heart." ”

"Is that so?" Zhao Yao didn't mean that, but he saw that the Eighth Prince didn't understand his words, so he didn't say much.

"That's right, when you grow up, you won't be afraid."

Zhao Yao pretended to have just reacted, and immediately glared at the Eighth Prince: "Starling, you mean I'm cowardly?" ”

"Oh, you can see it."

Zhao Yao: "...... "Starling, your expression is so exaggerated."

"Starling, how can you call me cowardly?" Zhao Yao pounced on the Eighth Prince, tickling the Eighth Prince's itch.

The brothers played around in the carriage for a while.

Zhao Yao leaned on the car window and stared outside, saw the carriage of the Li family not far away, and immediately thought of the King of Chu in Liangzhou.

Alas, although the fourth brother is not in the capital, his sense of presence is very strong, especially after Mr. Meng went to Liangzhou.

During this period of time, many ministers of the early dynasty participated in His Royal Highness the King of Chu, participated in his support of the army and self-respect, participated in him to buy the hearts of the people, and participated in his lack of court......

The emperor was amused when he saw the twists and turns of the king of Shenchu. After the morning court today, he will receive a bunch of recitals from the king of Shenchu.

"They almost said that the fourth child was going to rebel."

"Didn't you expect that Mr. Meng would go to Liangzhou, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu would be visited by some ministers?" The word [some] minister, Sun Kui used very well.

The Emperor snorted, "They really didn't disappoint me. He dropped the fold of the king of Shenchu in his hand and just picked up the other folds. Just then, the Darkguard walked in.

The Dark Guard Armor enters and exits any place in the Chengguang Palace, and it does not need to be transmitted in advance, and it can come in directly.

He first saluted the emperor, and then took out a secret letter from his bosom and handed it to Sun Kui.

Sun Kui took it and put his hands in front of the emperor.

The emperor picked up the secret letter and looked at it, then hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Finally ask for help." He raised his eyes to look at Sun Kui who was standing aside, "Call Song Dekang and Zhang Gong." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Emperor gave a few words to the Dark Guard, and then let him retreat.

After a while, Song Dekang and Zhang Gong came to the imperial study. The emperor told the two of them about Han Zhong's eldest son asking them for help.

When the two of them heard this, their faces were overjoyed. Then, excitedly asked the emperor for instructions, and they were willing to lead troops to help Han Zhong's eldest son.

"Lao Song, you stay in Beijing, and Lao Zhang goes to Shudi."

When Zhang Gong heard this, he immediately knelt down and received the order: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Song Dekang was not convinced, and he was very unhappy.

"Your Majesty, why did you keep me in the capital? I can go to Shu with Lao Zhang. ”

"There must be someone in the capital who stays behind to guard it, understand?" The emperor said, "You have been to Jiangnan before. Lao Zhang hasn't gone out until now, so let him go to Shu this time. ”

Zhang Gong looked grateful: "The emperor is shengming." ”

"Shu is not easy to fight, Lao Zhang is afraid that he can't do it alone, I'll go with Lao Zhang." After Song Dekang finished speaking, he quietly glanced at Zhang Gong.

Zhang Gong couldn't pretend not to see, so he had to help Song Dekang speak. As soon as he was about to speak, he heard the emperor say, "I will let the fourth child go to Shu with Lao Zhang." ”

Song Dekang and Zhang Gong were shocked in unison: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu? ”

The emperor bowed slightly and said: "Well, the fourth brother will go with you, you are not the main general this time, you are the deputy general, and you will assist the fourth general." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Gong frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has not led troops to fight. "This time I went to Shu to help, mainly to recover Shu, how could such an important matter be handed over to His Royal Highness the King of Chu who had no combat experience to command.

"The fourth brother has never been on the battlefield, but you have been, otherwise why would I send you to assist the fourth." The Emperor took a deep look at Zhang Gong, "Do you understand what I mean?" ”

Although Zhang Gong is a little reckless, he is not stupid. Listening to the emperor's words, he instantly understood the emperor's intentions.

"The minister understands, and the minister will definitely help His Royal Highness the King of Chu to take the land of Shu."

The emperor said: "You prepare for the next few days, and then go directly to Shudi, and I will let the fourth child meet you in Shudi." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Song Dekang looked at Zhang Gong with envy and hatred. He also wanted to recover Shu.

The emperor said a few more words to Zhang Gong, and then they retreated.

After they left, the emperor wrote a decree and sent it to Liangzhou as quickly as possible.

Soon, the ministers of the court learned that His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Zhang Gong were about to go to Shu.

After His Royal Highness the Acting King heard the news, his face was full of disbelief: "What do you say, my father ordered the King of Chu to be the master of the land to recover Shu?" ”

Fu Zhong said: "Lord, the holy decree says so. ”

"It should be this king to recover Shu, how can it be the king of Chu?"

At the same time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also full of disbelief.

"My father actually let the king of Chu be the main general, and let General Zhang be the deputy general to recover Shu, what is my father going to do, to let the king of Chu make war exploits?"

Judging from the current situation of the King of Chu, what he lacks most is military exploits.

"Father, is this going to pave the way for the King of Chu?" After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finished speaking, his usually gentle face became a little distorted because of jealousy.

Regarding why the emperor didn't let the male protagonist see the king of Chu, some old iron guessed correctly.

Irons, keep asking for tickets!

(End of chapter)