Chapter 354, the life and death of the prince
"I don't know if you know the cadre Mo Xie?" Zhang Tianshi asked after thinking for a while.
"Cadre Mo Evil, Cadre Mo Evil for Jin Jun to make a sword, three years to make, the sword has male and female, the world's famous weapon. but the female sword is offered to the king, and the male is kept. Said his wife said: "My hidden sword is in the yin of the South Mountain, the sun of the North Mountain, and the pine stone, and the sword is in it." Jun Ruojue, kill me. Er gave birth to a man to tell him. "As for Jun Jue, kill the cadres ......" The scholars and doctors were still very knowledgeable and memorized, and soon someone remembered it and recited it.
However, Zhang Tianshi nodded and said: "When the cadres make swords, "pick the iron essence of the five mountains, and the golden ying of the Liuhe", wait for the heavens and serve the earth, choose an auspicious day, open the furnace for forging, and the gods will watch, however, after smelting for a long time, the collected gold and iron cannot be melted, and the sword cannot be made at all. The cadres don't know what the reason is. His wife Mo Xie said: "You can make a sword, and your fame will alarm the king, but now it's good, you can't do it, seeing that the three-month construction period is about to expire, what will you pay?" The cadre said: "Alas, I don't know why, those gold and iron just can't be refined, alas." Mo Xie said: "The transformation of the husband's gods must be made by people, and the master also encountered the situation that gold and iron could not be melted, and the husband and wife both jumped into the smelting furnace, and then made the sword, have you forgotten?"
So, Mo Ye cut off his hair and nails, threw them into the furnace, and told three hundred boys and girls to blow up the wind and fill it with charcoal, and when the charcoal fire was at its most violent, Mo Ye climbed onto the stove, threw himself into the furnace, and set himself on fire. In an instant, the gold and iron melted and turned into liquid molten iron, which was forged into two swords. The first cast is Yang, named "Ganjiang"; Later, it was cast into yin, and it was named "Mo Evil". The cadres hid the yang sword in it, and only dedicated the yin sword "Mo Evil" to King Wu. King Wu got the sword, tried it on the stone casually, and opened it in response, which is the "test sword stone" of Tiger Hill today. He was overjoyed and rewarded the cadre with 100 gold as a thank you.
During that time, King Wu became obsessed with casting weapons. Not only got the "Mo Evil" sword, but also recruited capable people to cast gold hooks for him, and those who could make gold hooks were rewarded. As a result, Wu Guo had many contributors for a while. There was a master who was bent on making a pair of good hooks, and when he was forging in the furnace, he also encountered the above problem, that is, the good iron he carefully selected could not be refined and could not be cast. He killed his two sons in the sacrificial furnace and threw them into the fire, so that his sons' blood was fused with gold and iron, and then they were cast into a pair of peerless golden hooks and presented to the king of Wu. A few days later, the hook master came to the palace of King Wu and asked King Wu for a reward. How much does it cost? The highest price in Wu is the same as that of a cadre: 100 gold. Wu Wang Lu asked: "There are so many people who make hooks, but you ask for a reward, so what is the difference between the hooks you make and others?"
The hook master said: "If the minister kills the second son to become a hook, how can others compare?" King Wu Lu didn't believe it, so he ordered the people around him to take the hook he made and look at it. The men on the right and left went and returned with two free hands, saying, "The hooks he made have been mixed in with the hooks, for they are all of the same shape, and it is impossible to discern which one is his." He called all the hooks to be lifted over, and I saw them in person, and they were indeed the same, there was no difference, and it was not easy to find. Just say, you did it, you can find it yourself. The hook master stepped forward, looked left and right, they were all the same, he couldn't tell which one he did, he stomped his feet in a hurry, and shouted the names of his two sons to the hooks: "Wu Hong, Hu Ji! Your father is here, why don't you show up in front of the king?" The screams continued, and two golden hooks suddenly flew out and stuck to the hook master's chest!"
Zhang Tianshi didn't want to talk about these two stories at all, after all, they were all disrespectful. In ancient times, there was a saying that the head was replaced by the hair.
Zhang Tianshi was worried that he only said the first one, what if Zhao Zhen also cut his hair and nails?
That's why he said two. After saying that, he bowed down heavily.
"What does Heavenly Master mean by this? Isn't it ......" Zhao Zhen listened, and the scene changed greatly.
The hooker killed two of his own sons, and he had a son of his own.
The other Wenchen glanced at Zhang Tianshi, and did not say a word of reprimand, but bowed down in unison and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”
There are courtiers who know about the struggle of the old Zhao family, and they are even thinking in their hearts: I can't imagine that the Heavenly Master is also their person.
This time, no one objected.
"You...... You ......"
Zhao Zhen's face was pale, and he couldn't believe that his Aiqing was pushing himself.
"Master Yan!" Zhao Zhen did not call the prime minister, but called the master, because this was their call for help.
"Your Majesty is Your Majesty of the Great Song Dynasty. Yan Shu didn't seem to have received Zhao Zhen's call for help, but said very seriously.
"Jia Aiqing ......" Zhao Zhen asked for help from others.
However......
Zhao Zhen was desperate. Raising his head, his face was full of tears and snot, he had never been so embarrassed since he was in power, at this moment, Zhao Zhen's anger was beyond his own imagination, beyond the sum of the past, to the Queen Mother, to the invasion of the Western Xia and Khitan people, to the absence of military power, he had never felt so angry and sad, the anger in the past, he would want to yell, want to throw things, want to kill, and this time, he didn't want to do this, he felt that he had never been so calm.
"Big companion, Empress Xuan is here. ”
He calmly ordered, Chen Lin wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, he could only be.
Soon, Empress Cao came in, and Zhao Zhen ordered his ministers to tell Empress Cao about the matter. When Empress Cao heard this, she was very calm, she looked at the ministers below, and when she saw who, the person immediately turned her head away, not daring to confront Empress Cao.
They all want the life of their sons, and who wants to bear the wrath of the loss of the young, the mother?
Seeing that they did not dare to look at themselves. Empress Cao turned her head and looked at her husband, seeing his crying and weeping eyes. She knew that her husband probably couldn't stop it.
But Empress Cao didn't get angry, at least not when she showed it. She just said calmly: "Your Majesty, you and I don't know about Shinto, but there are people among the ministers who know. Why doesn't Your Majesty invite Lord Bao and Lord Shen?"
"Ah! Hurry up and please!"
Under the reminder of Empress Cao, Zhao Zhen realized that there were experts on his side.
Shen Shi is in the city, so come quickly. Bao Zheng is outside the city for epidemic prevention and flood control, and he comes slowly.
Shen Shi, who arrived first, was on the way, and Chen Lin told him what had happened.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother. "Entering the palace, Shen Shi first gave a gift to the emperor and queen.
There are not many people who are willing to sacrifice their relatives and children to save the people's lives. Although they are the emperor and the queen, nominally the owners of the country, in reality they ...... Hehe.
"Lord Shen, don't be burdened. If this can only be the case, this palace is not a person who does not know the general situation. Empress Cao said before Shen Shi spoke.
Obviously, she didn't want to burden Shen Shi.