Chapter 56: Brothers
Recently, there was a news in the rivers and lakes, saying that the Shaolin Temple did not cultivate virtue, which attracted the heavens to surrender the crime, and a thunderstorm fell, which razed the Shaolin Temple to the ground.
According to insiders, the Shaolin abbot broke the color ring more than 20 years ago and even gave birth to a boy, and the boy stayed in the Shaolin Temple, preparing to replace the Shaolin abbot in the future. Some people also say that Ye Erniang, one of the four evildoers, is the woman who has a relationship with Xuan Ci, and the two of them are plotting to dominate Wulin Yunyun.
At first, it was difficult to distinguish between true and false news, and people only laughed at it, after all, how could anyone have heard of the Heavenly Thunder Descending World Extermination Sect?
However, later, the Shaolin Temple announced that it would close the mountain, not ask about the world, and recall all the monks sent to various places, and even the fact that Xuan died in Dali a few days ago did not dare to pursue it anymore. In recent days, many Jianghu figures have come forward to prove that many of the first seats of Shaolin have passed away, and businessmen who come and go to Xixia also said that Ye Erniang has been removed from Yipintang, and it is said that he committed suicide. This series of related changes has made people realize that the rumors are not groundless.
Sun Xu didn't care about this, he fought with Kang Jinlong that day, and he didn't know if it was the Thunderbolt Immortal or which Lei Gong sent a heavenly thunder in the crowd of the Shaolin faction, and I don't know how many monks passed away. Who of the remaining monks would dare to come out again to stop this master? Sun Xu took Xiao Yuanshan out of the Shaolin Temple safe and sound.
Xiao Yuanshan's revenge was avenged, and his only son had a good future, so he completely let go of his knot and went to Yanmen Pass to mourn his deceased wife. Sun Xu took Qiao Feng's family of three to turn around Bianliang. After settling the Qiao family and his wife, he took Qiao Feng only to the Imperial City Phi Xiang Palace.
The emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was in the Phixiang Palace, and he had just finished discussing with the ministers, and he was going to return to the dormitory, and suddenly it was rumored that the prince of Guangping County asked to see him. The Son of Heaven hadn't seen this sect for a long time, and he missed it tightly, so he hurriedly invited him in.
After a while, seeing Sun Xu come in with a burly and tall man and prostrate himself on the ground, the Son of Heaven said, "Why should the royal brother be polite." I haven't seen my brother for a long time, and I miss it very much!"
Sun Xu respectfully stood up and thanked him.
The Son of Heaven left the dragon case, walked to Qiao Feng's side and helped him up, looked at Qiao Feng with approval in his eyes, and then said to Sun Xu: "Who is this strong man? ”
Sun Xu bowed and said: "This person is the 'North Qiao Feng' rumored in the outside world, quite martial arts, and the minister has been collected under the account for the purpose of being a pioneer." ”
The Son of Heaven's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he grabbed Sun Xu regardless of his manners, and asked in surprise: "Does the royal brother think that he can conquer Western Xia at this time?"
Sun Xu said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager has been ill for a long time, and the blessings and misfortunes are only in the future. When she dies, the Son of Heaven can send troops when he is in power. ”
When the Son of Heaven heard this, he was a little depressed, but there were outsiders present, but it was not good to say something excessive. He, the Son of Heaven, is called the "Shadow Emperor" by some people. Since ascending the throne, all military and political affairs have been decided by the Empress Dowager Gao, known as the "female Zhongyao Shun". Yao Shun is in Japan, how can the emperor of the world speak?
Originally, the queen mother should return to power when the emperor became an adult, but the Gao family has no intention of letting the emperor govern pro-government. What's even more excessive is that even the emperor's private affairs such as the concubine of the Son of Heaven will be interfered with by him. Empress Dowager Gao sent twenty elderly palace concubines to take care of his daily life, and often ordered Zhao Xu to sleep in the queen mother's own attic at night, so that after the Son of Heaven was in power, he indulged in lust but still had no heirs, which was later passed on to King Duan for this reason. However, since the beginning of this year, Gao's condition has worsened, and it is obvious that there is not much time to live.
Sun Xu saw that the Son of Heaven was unhappy, so he retreated from the left and right, leaving only Qiao Feng, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why bother yourself? Even if the Empress Dowager is tough, how long can she live? ”
Over there, Qiao Feng saw that Sun Xu left himself behind, so that he could hear such royal secrets, and he was grateful to Sun Xu for his kindness, but he was afraid that these things should not be known to him.
The Son of Heaven trusted Sun Xu the most, and seeing that he left Qiao Feng alone, it can be seen that this person has a lot of weight in Sun Xu's heart, and he knows that this is a usable talent, so he took out a piece of jade Jue that he carried with him and gave it to Qiao Feng, and said: "Wangqing works hard and makes contributions with the royal brother!"
Sun Xu was a little moved when he saw that the Son of Heaven trusted him so much, and asked another thing: "How is the Murong clan doing?"
A few days ago, he said in Shaolin Temple that the words with Murong Longcheng and Murong Bo were just tricks, so that the two of them would be angry and give themselves a chance. Although he knew that the Murong clan had eyeliner inside and outside the palace, how could they be easily uprooted after they had been in business for a hundred years?
The Son of Heaven smiled mysteriously, looked at Sun Xu's eyes full of teasing, and said, "Your Murong Emperor's sister-in-law has found you a good relative, and she is the cousin sister of her mother's Murong family." ”
Sun Xu was stunned: "Isn't that woman's name Wang Yuyan?"
The Son of Heaven was really convinced by this cousin, and said, "I really don't know what else in the world the royal brother doesn't know!" Seeing that Sun Xu was thinking, he said: "Although the Murong clan may have an impure purpose, I think so, another day to issue an edict for the royal brother to recognize his ancestors and return to the ancestry, and on the day of the royal brother's wedding, I canonize the imperial brother as the imperial brother as the prince, how about it?"
Sun Xu didn't speak yet, but Qiao Feng next to him quickly fell to his knees with a thud, his head was deeply on the ground, the ancestors and grandsons in front of him knew the grievances and grievances of the whole world, but how could this heir know to him, a person who was shouted and beaten by everyone on the rivers and lakes.
Seeing this, Sun Xu smiled a little, and then said to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in the prime of life, although there is nothing to show so far, but in case there is an heir in the future, how can the uncle and nephew get along?" Your Majesty thinks twice. ”
When the Son of Heaven heard this, his face was full of resentment and said: "How can I not know my own body? Gao made it clear that he didn't want me to have an empress, and he was afraid that I would retaliate against her, how hateful!" Although he is not in power, after all, he is a son of heaven, and his anger at this time is also quite imposing.
Sun Xu saw him like this, he was also helpless, his sleeves flicked slightly, and the Son of Heaven suddenly felt that Fang Cai's irritable mood calmed down a lot, but he heard Sun Xu say: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, and all directions have relied on Your Majesty for ten thousand years, why should Your Majesty be so thin? Without waiting for the Son of Heaven to answer, he changed the topic and said: "Murong Meiren threw out her in-laws, just to bind her ministers with the love of her children, and their thoughts are obvious. ”
Even so, the Son of Heaven was not reluctant, and went with him. Hearing Sun Xu talk about the Murong Clan, he said, "Since the Royal Brother knows that the Murong Clan is ambitious, why don't you let me take her?"
Sun Xu asked the Son of Heaven to sit back in the Dragon Case and told the Son of Heaven everything in the past few days. The Son of Heaven was very surprised when he heard this, and only after a while did he exclaim: "There is such a bizarre thing? My Emperor Taizu turned out to be the upper immortal and the lower realm, sweeping the Quartet, no wonder he inherited the great unification." That Murong clan is so wolf-like, it really can't be punished!"
Sun Xu said: "The reason why the minister dissuaded His Majesty was just to lure the snake out of the hole, and His Majesty will know it in the future." ”
Seeing that Sun Xu was so confident, the general trend of the world seemed to be under control, so he nodded in agreement at the moment, and asked: "Brother Yu will return to Bianliang this time, how many days will he stay?"
Sun Xu thought for a while and said: "The crusade against Li is about to be defeated, the minister has to make some preparations, the Western Xia has been entrenched in the northwest for many years, how can there be no foundation? ”
Only then did he go over and help Qiao Feng, who had been lying on the ground. Although Qiao Feng got up, he kept his head bowed respectfully, as if nothing had happened just now.
When the Son of Heaven heard that Sun Xu was leaving tomorrow, he reluctantly said: "The royal brother is working hard for state affairs, but the foolish brother is sitting in the palace, which is really uneasy." ”
Sun Xu knew that this emperor valued love and righteousness, and valued himself, so he explained: "My own brother, it is the duty of your own to support the Great Song Dynasty, why should Your Majesty be like this? Ministers are born with a life of hard work, but I hope to open up the territory for Your Majesty and protect the great Song Dynasty, so why bother to talk about it?"
Only then did the Son of Heaven feel better, and then arranged a banquet in the palace to dine with the two.