Chapter 29: Dismounted
It is said that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country.
If it's just this Holy Emperor of Filial Piety, it's just that, respect him as the Emperor Taishang, and enjoy the blessings with peace of mind.
Although it has been pushed up for more than a thousand years, starting from the First Emperor to the recent Emperor Huizong of the Great Song Dynasty, the relationship between the Emperor Taishang and the son almost always exists, but the situation is here, and Zhao Ding is not embarrassed at all.
But on the contrary, there are also the biological mothers of today's Zhao Guan's family, Xuan and Empress Dowager Wei.
His Majesty has always ruled the country with filial piety, and even this time he decided to cut gold, and he also made a name for avenging his parents...... Emperor Yuansheng is easy to handle, but this Queen Mother is a real headache.
Because she made it very clear:
"Brother Jiu'er inherited the unification, it was forced by the situation, he has always been an idle character, and his talent is limited, how can he be the emperor."
"The eldest brother is the crown prince set up by the first emperor himself, and he is the elder brother of the Zhao family, if he is not there, the ninth brother will be the emperor, but now he is back...... The brothers still have to settle the accounts, and the throne should be returned to the eldest brother after all. ”
So there was a strange scene: the main lord Zhao Huan kept refusing, just saying that it was okay to make himself the master of the Taiyi Palace; On the contrary, His Majesty's biological mother was strongly opposed, and she constantly belittled her own son.
In the Daqing Palace, the Empress Dowager Xuanhe sat on the main seat, and Zhao Huan sat beside her...... Below, they are all ministers promoted by Liu Bang from the prefecture to the central government.
No one spoke up against the Queen Mother, and it is true that no one wanted to go along with her.
The facts are all here, you have indeed suffered in the north for fifteen years, but no matter how much you suffer, it can't change the fact that Zhao Huan lost half of the country and Zhao Gou is trying to earn it back.
Everyone is a faction of the Northern Expedition, and they have received the grace of the emperor's knowledge, so the reason why they don't refute you is because you are the emperor's mother.
That's all.
But now this messy situation is indeed beyond Zhao Ding's ability, he only hopes that the spies sent out today can pass the news to His Majesty the Emperor......
If you don't come back, I'm afraid something really will happen.
"I heard that it was the son of the Yi Wang family who caused the trouble this time...... Brother Jiu'er was messing around and went north with his men and horses...... You are all the ministers of my Great Song Dynasty, so you should really stop him...... Who is responsible for the defense of Lin'an City? ”
Zhao Dinggang wanted to answer, but he was halfway through the process, and then he heard the Queen Mother say to herself:
"Whoever it is, leave it to ...... for the time being"
She looked at Emperor Yuansheng, Zhao Huan still had a warm smile, squeezed out Wang Xie's name from between his teeth, and the Empress Dowager answered:
"Let Marshal Wang take charge."
No matter how bad Wang Xie is, but he is also a military general who Zhao Huan personally gave the name of "loyal and brave", since Nandu, he has been degraded again and again, and he has been demoted to become a Jilu official, and now his main owner is back, and he actually followed the sky.
Zhao Xiangye, who had hidden a lot of words, suddenly became silent at this time.
He seemed to smell something, and he seemed to feel something, but he did put on a defensive posture, and that was his silence.
Grabbed Hu Quan, who stood up, Zhao Ding shook his head at him, even if the latter had everything to say, he had to hold back at this time.
The queen mother can do wrong things, even if she does something wrong, the blood relationship with the emperor is there, even if the sky falls, there is a Zhao official family to stand up.
But they can't, at this time, even if the queen mother wants her own life, it is difficult for the official family to come back, and she can still punish his mother.
In the Great Song Dynasty, there were no examples of the Empress Dowager listening to the government, and the current emperor is the candidate personally affirmed by the Empress Dowager Meng.
But Empress Dowager Meng was the daughter of Taiwei, an official family, and a descendant of Mencius...... Empress Dowager Wei, a person born as a servant, what do you say......
Alas!
Her request, Zhao Ding all agreed, he had been delayed for more than a day, and all the military affairs sent from all over the country were blocked out, and he didn't sleep for another night.
I was worried about other things in my heart, and now there are thousands of difficulties, and the Northern Expedition is absolutely unstoppable.
So he took the people and withdrew.
It's just that when he was about to go out, Xin Ci, who had been slapped by Wang Xie many times, suddenly stood on his feet and refused to move a step.
Zhao Ding knew his temper, and hurriedly grabbed his wrist, but he opened it.
Xin Fuyin turned his head and looked at the woman sitting high in the main hall, thinking that the emperor was in danger outside, but he kept coming out of his family to drag him back, and thinking that that day in front of the Guanwang Temple, he lay on the emperor's body and rested his head on his shoulder......
Xin Ciying gestured at her, and Empress Dowager Wei didn't know why he left and returned, so she asked:
"But what else do you have to say?"
Xinfu Yin naturally had something to say, but he looked at Zhao Huan, the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan, the Emperor Jingkang of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Tianshui County Duke of the Jin Kingdom.
"Earlier this year, Emperor Johor came back."
"Who?!"
Empress Dowager Wei couldn't hear it clearly, but she obviously had a surprised expression, and it didn't look like she hadn't heard clearly.
"Emperor Joofu."
Xin Ciying raised his voice, and the name continued to echo throughout the Daqing Palace.
"Soft ...... Roufu, I haven't seen her in the palace for a few days...... Where is she now? ”
The two worked together in the Jinguo Laundry Hospital, and each had seen the ugliest side of each other...... Naturally, the two also know each other's secrets.
Roufu was taken out before, taken out, this kind of thing is normal, the laundry is mostly old or decrepit, I don't know how many people can't bear the hardships, I can't wait to be taken out.
Even Empress Dowager Wei herself was taken out.
By the way, that person is the King of the Heavens, Wanyan Sairi, I don't know what this person will think in his heart when he knows the news of Saili's death.
Unexpectedly, she actually returned to Lin'an one step ahead of herself...... Empress Dowager Wei had just tried the feeling of motherhood, and she had a huge sense of crisis.
"She's dead."
Xin Ciying's speech seemed a little axial, it was obvious that he turned around and came back, but he didn't seem to want to say a word.
These three words are very normal, as if he is talking about what he ate in the morning, but it is very effective, and the two people sitting on it are forced to listen.
After a long time, Empress Dowager Wei squeezed out a smile:
"How did you die...... I just came back, and Brother Jiu'er didn't take good care of his sister, but he was a brother, but ......"
"It's the official's order."
"Huh?"
"The official family said that she was not true, so they handed her over to Dali Temple and punished her to death."
Not really......
This is a bit informative, Roufu is indeed not in Jinguo, so it is not her who returned to Lin'an, so who else could it be?
However, Zhao Huan on the side was obviously thinking more, and he looked at the lame old man below:
"What do you mean by that?"
"The minister doesn't mean anything," Xin Ciying was still neither humble nor arrogant, "The minister just said this to the queen, just like talking about homely things, saying homely things, and didn't need to mean anything." ”
"Retire!"
When Empress Dowager Wei came back to her senses, there was still the shadow of Xin Ciying in the hall.
He ...... What does he mean? ”
Zhao Shi sighed softly:
"He has always spoken without measure, don't care about the Queen Mother."
Zhao Huan also persuaded her for a while, and she gradually stabilized.
However, it has nothing to do with the persuasion of others, it is completely something she figured out by herself:
This is the Great Song Dynasty, not the Kingdom of Jin.
She is the queen mother, not a descendant of the laundry house.
The emperor is her son, and even if he can kill Roufu, he can't attack him.
This causal relationship is not complicated, and Empress Dowager Wei thought it very thoroughly.
After Zhao Shi arranged the dormitory for the two of them, Cining Palace was there early in the morning, and as for His Majesty the Emperor, he could only temporarily resign himself to the position of the East Palace.
It also made people send a lot of use...... Although Empress Dowager Wei still wanted to hold it, Zhao Shi could clearly see it, and when she saw those clothes and jewelry, her eyes lit up.
Although she really wanted to touch those things, she still asked people to take them back, and said to Zhao Shi:
"I've worked hard, but I heard that my son has accepted many women in the south, and I don't know if there are any people with better temperament and innocent family background...... Princess Kang has been dead for a long time, and no matter how affectionate Brother Jiu'er is, it is time to stand again. ”
"This matter should have been arranged between the emperor and me, but it was delayed for him for so long."
Zhao Shi didn't think it was inappropriate, but he thought that the official family had already made Xing Bingyi the queen, but the queen mother only called her Princess Kang...... Didn't she lose her mind, and really wanted the official family to give up the throne?
"The Queen Mother is tired of traveling, it is better to rest first, and over there in the harem, the minister will call someone to inform her."
"I'm not tired...... There is still Lao Zongzheng, let me take a look first. ”
Zhao Shi was not good at persuading again, so he called a chamberlain to come over and asked them to call all the concubines who had positions in the harem, but after a while, the little eunuch ran over and said:
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Zongzheng, enter, you can't get in."
None of the three knew what he meant: "Where can't I get in?" ”
"I can't get in at the inner palace gate."
"How can I not get in?!"
The eunuch gasped for a few breaths before replying:
"Outside the gate of the inner palace, there are all soldiers with armor, saying...... said that no one was allowed to enter except the official family. ”
Soldier......
Zhao Shi was a little confused, although the forbidden army in the imperial city had been released, there was no reason not to be allowed to enter the inner palace.
The people of the three yas were all taken out by the three commanders, and the people of the Imperial City Division were all by the emperor's side.
Where is the surplus forbidden army coming out?
If it weren't for the forbidden army, then the inner palace was important, where would the martial artists dare to have such courage.
Dazong Zheng couldn't figure it out, and if he couldn't figure it out, he was a little anxious, except for the throne in the world, there was no more sensitive place than the inner palace.
He glanced at the Queen Mother, who paused and said:
"Then let's go and have a look?"
He had this in mind, thought about it, and asked the Queen Mother to call a team of forbidden troops, and together with Zhao Huan, everyone went to the outside of the inner palace gate.
As the inner chamberlain said, from a long distance, he saw that the door of the inner palace was tightly closed, and the front was full of heavily armed people.
When he got closer, before Zhao Shi could react, the Yuansheng Emperor on the side suddenly fell to the ground...... Empress Dowager Wei hurriedly wanted to help him, but when she heard what he said clearly, she looked at the group of people again, and almost fell down.
The two of them were whiter than the other, and in this cold winter, they were oozing out of sweat...... It's like seeing an evil ghost.
Da Zongzheng didn't know why the two of them were so abnormal, at this time they were only a hundred steps away from the palace gate, and he also saw those people in front of him...... He raised his divine arm bow to himself.
Anyway, he is also a person who has gone through strong winds and waves, even if it is somewhere else, this is the Great Song Imperial City!
In this imperial city, there are still people who dare to use a bow and crossbow against themselves...... and the first emperor and one queen, he also came to the fire.
What's the matter, does everyone want to learn from Zhao Shicheng?
Dazong Zheng shouted:
"Look! What are you waiting for such a move?! ”
No one paid attention to him, and the hundreds of divine arm bows were facing them, and they didn't even move.
This made him even more angry, and he wanted to rush forward with his head buried in his head, and when he found the leader, he must ask him carefully.
And the confidence that allows him to do this and dare to do this is that he doesn't believe it.
I don't believe that anyone dares to be here, and I can't help but shoot arrows at myself.
He had only taken a step forward when he heard the voice of the Yuansheng Emperor...... It's still gentle, but it's trembling so much that it's more like cowardice.
"Big ...... Da Zongzheng, that, that's Dajin's Iron Floating Slaughter? ”
The name of the person and the shadow of the tree, even if he has never been on the battlefield, but the name of Tiefutu, Zhao Shi has indeed heard of it.
"Your Majesty said with a smile, Tiefutu is not a cavalry? Besides, this is the imperial city, where did the Iron Floating Slaughter come from? ”
He rolled his eyes: "Presumably, it must be the armor made by the Weapons Supervisor imitating the Iron Floating Tu, but it scares you." ”
It was not unreasonable for him to say this, the first emperor and the other queen calmed down a little, Zhao Huan got up from the ground, and said a little apologetically:
"It's my bow cup snake shadow."
After all, but look at the other side...... At this time, Zhao Shi had to move forward, but he had just taken a step out......
'Huh~'
Hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot in front of him, the closest to him, even next to his toes.
There were dense arrows stuck in front of him, and when he looked again, Dazong Zheng had already collapsed to the ground.
They, really dare.
Now it's okay, the sweat on Zhao Shi's head is much the same as that of the Queen Mother, he quickly wiped it with his sleeve, and then shouted again:
"Wait...... Licentious! Do you know who this king is? ”
"Do you know that this is the Empress Dowager Xuanhe?"
"Do you know that this is the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan?"
He asked three times in a row, and he didn't hide his secrets, and directly indicated the identities of the two people behind him.
He was answered by the neat 'click' of arrows on the bow of the god's arm.
Also, there is the 'squeak' sound of the door of the inner palace being opened.
And as soon as the gate of the inner palace opened, these warriors scattered to both sides, and finally revealed the people inside.
It was two people, and the one standing was a woman...... It should be said that it was a woman, her hair was coiled, and in front of this woman, leaning on the chaise longue, was a man.
Kind of Wind ......
Zhao Shi only knew that he was seriously injured and returned to Lin'an, but he didn't know when he arrived in this palace.
However, speaking of which, as the commander of the Imperial City Division, it is normal for him to appear here.
He recognized this, so he was a little bold:
"What does this mean?"
"The big sect is polite."
The wind is a little weak to speak...... Although he has been back for several months, and the imperial doctor and the famous doctor of Lin'an have also healed him, he still only has one hand to move.
Even the doctor can't say for sure, but it all depends on his own recovery ability.
Maybe three years and five years, maybe ten years or eight years, but in the end I didn't say anything to death.
"Kind of commander, what does this mean?!"
Zhao Shi knew his identity, but he was an imperial prince decades earlier than him, and he was older than him, where did he come from to be qualified.
"The Great Zong Zheng Mingjian is not aimed at Zong Zheng alone, it is really ......"
He coughed lightly twice, and Yan Erniang hurriedly pulled the blanket covering him up.
"It's really the official family who ordered it when I came back, if Lin'an is fine, this inner palace will be fine."
"But if something happened to Lin'an...... Then no one can enter this inner palace. ”
Hearing that he carried out the emperor, Zhao Shi didn't have anything else to say, but the queen mother listened to the words of the two and knew that they were arranged here by their own son, and once again restored the prestige of her mother.
A step forward:
"This palace is the mother of Brother Jiu'er, and others can't enter, even the palace?"
The corners of Chongfeng's mouth were slightly hooked:
"What the officials say is that no one can enter."
"You are presumptuous!"
I don't know what's going on, obviously I have suffered a lot in the Jin country, but as soon as I return to the Great Song Dynasty, it seems that I can't stand any grievances.
Empress Dowager Wei insisted on taking two steps forward, and shouted in a kind of wind:
"Please stop, the minister is also acting on orders."
"I'm the Queen Mother!"
"Before the official family has an accurate word, who can say it accurately?"
This angered the woman completely, and she went on her way...... I really don't believe it, since these people are subject to their own sons, how dare they do to themselves!
It was only when he took a step back, and before his right foot fell to the ground, he said softly:
"Put."
The soles of Empress Dowager Wei's feet were inserted with arrows, and she had no place to stay.
Moreover, she no longer has the courage to move forward.
It's just that looking at these ironclad warriors in front of me, my mind suddenly remembered what Xin Ciying said......
That old man, really doesn't mean anything else?
After taking a few steps back, her mouth was still unforgiving:
"This commander is so majestic, when Brother Jiu'er comes back, I will definitely ......"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chongfeng again:
"The official family is the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, the Father and the Mother of Heaven and the Earth, and the Dharma Fights the Extreme; Please also be cautious and don't cause more trouble for yourself. ”
Between the words, there is no respect for the queen mother at all.
may be a deviation from the imaginary person, Empress Dowager Wei was set up one after another, but she couldn't do anything.
Yes, after all, she is still a woman, without her husband, and her son is not by her side......
Empress Dowager Wei didn't realize that the biggest capital she could command was originally his emperor's son.
When they came, they were all dumb, and no one knew how many ironclad people were still hidden in the inner palace, but the three of them really didn't have the heart to continue to go in.
Empress Dowager Wei still threw down a lot of cruel words, but she didn't take them to heart.
He's a person who has died once, so it's no wonder he's afraid of these innocuous threats.
just turned around and wanted to leave, but the wind was still unforgiving.
It's just that the words he put this time were towards Zhao Huan:
"The official family didn't expect his brother to come back before...... It's always a good thing to come back, but there is only one emperor in the Great Song Dynasty, and this truth has to be explained clearly by Dazongzheng. ”
These words were like warnings, and like threats, and when he threw this sentence, the door of the inner palace slowly closed...... The group of ironclad men stood in front of the gate again, isolating several of them from the inner palace.
"He is a descendant of the planting family, and the sister was accepted by the official family again, young people, it's normal to be a little domineering."
Zhao Shi still wanted to comfort him, but the more comforting he was, the more embarrassed the two of them became.
Zhao Huan was still laughing, but no matter how he looked at it, there was a lot of reluctance in that smile.
……
When Lao Wangtou arrived in Shouzhou, it was already the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month.
No more, no less, exactly eleven days.
Maybe it's because of the New Year, I didn't see a few people along the way, and I heard that you can't cross the river in other places, only here in Shouzhou.
Fortunately, when he was in Jiaxing Mansion, he bought a donkey, which was the only living thing on the road that could make him talk, and he almost didn't suffocate to death.
This old man is a little old, and when he is approaching the New Year, he is rushing outside in the ice and snow, and he has a new face, and he can't help but attract attention everywhere.
It's like when I arrived in Shouzhou, the city defense there was still tight, and I knew that it was going to be the New Year, and everyone was outside, and I couldn't reunite with my family.
Li Xianzhong specially took on some errands, and took the initiative to take his own soldiers to take over the work of the city defense, and asked everyone to take time to gather, eat some wine, and live happily for a few days.
After all, I have been fighting for a year, and only at this time can I take a rare break.
So when there was no one in Shouzhou for a whole day, as soon as the old king led his donkey into the city, he was noticed by Li Xianzhong.
He came to this one:
"Old man, it's cold, where are you going?"
Knowing that his son-in-law was here, he broke the 100,000 army of the Jin people by himself, and most of the soldiers who wanted to come here were the emperor's own people.
The old king didn't hide it, but he also served as a soldier, and he knew the truth that he couldn't mess with the army's heart, so he selectively hid the rebellion of someone in Lin'an, but said:
"The marshal knows that my son-in-law is a soldier in Yingzhou, and the little old man is going to see him!"
He said that he was the emperor's father-in-law, but the biggest official who has spoken so far is the head of their infantry military division in Qiantang Gate, although he doesn't know the position of the person in front of him, but looking at his dress, he knows that the official position is definitely not low.
When he spoke, he was much more humble.
"Then Yingzhou is now surrounded by the Jin people, how do you get there? It's all this time, so you might as well go back first. ”
"If you don't go back, don't go back, the little old man came from Lin'an, and now if he goes back, he won't be able to catch up with the New Year...... To tell you the truth, my son-in-law, I must go to see it. ”
"But what's the urgency? Maybe you can help. ”
After thinking for a while, the old king said:
"My son-in-law was fighting outside, but the relatives at home said that he was dead and wanted to take his property...... The little old man didn't have much ability and couldn't help, so he had to inform him, don't fight for his life, but in the end he saved wealth for others. ”
"Have you ever reported to the official?"
"It's collusion with the government."
Li Xianzhong was a little pitiful, he was also a soldier, if this kind of thing fell on him......
But I have already received a letter from the official family before, and no matter what happens, I can't get involved in the affairs of Yingzhou.
But I thought that this person was really pitiful, and if I saw him go to die, I would not be able to do it.
was about to speak, but saw a team of people rushing towards the west side of Yingzhou, Li Xianzhong was about to ask people to close the door, but he saw the appearance of the person in charge.
He also had some doubts......
Why, the king of the Yaksha came running.
(End of chapter)