031 Undercurrent

The past year has been a relatively important year for Zhao Ji.

He came here at the beginning, from being uncomfortable and hesitant to gradually getting used to it, getting acquainted with Qiao Feng, and enlisting the beggars to subdue Quan Guanqing, from an idle prince with black eyes, to now having thin achievements and mastering a group of people for his own use. Although I can't do much for the time being, I have finally laid a foundation, and I finally have a little more confidence in the future road.

In the past year, it was also peaceful, except for going to Luoyang and his party, Zhao Ji stayed in Bianliang City for most of the time, traveling between the palace and the courtyard. has cut most of the past entertainment pastimes, in the eyes of outsiders, Duan Wang Ye is indeed self-cultivation, successful in cultivation, and there are many absurd deeds that have been circulated.

Although he has reduced a lot of contact with the beggar gang on the surface, Zhao Ji is still very concerned about the affairs of the beggar gang, and there is such a conscientious work as Quan Guanqing by his side, and Zhao Ji cannot be hidden from Zhao Ji in the big and small things in the beggar gang. Qiao Feng's decentralization, the exhibition of the beggar gang has indeed reached a new track, and in the past year alone, seven or eight halls have been added to various places, and the reputation of the rivers and lakes has become more and more resounding. Because of the preservation of the elders' hall, there are no signs of weak stems and strong branches, and the momentum is very good.

And because of Zhao Ji's support, Quan Guanqing's voice in the Hall of Elders has gradually strengthened, and he can already convey some intentions on behalf of Zhao Ji that can affect the decision-making of the entire beggar gang. Zhao Ji had already instructed the beggars to exhibit in the Liangzhejiang area to observe the momentum of Manichaeism's exhibition nearby. Not being able to solve the hidden danger of Fang La as soon as possible is a thorn in Zhao Ji's heart after all.

As for Qiao Feng, he took a break from complicated affairs and stayed at Luoyang for most of the time, and occasionally came to Bianliang to stay for a while. Without being entangled in trivial matters, Qiao Feng's martial arts have become more and more obvious, at least in Ma Dayuan's evaluation, which is much better than the former gang leader Wang Jiantong. Zhao Ji didn't know how Wang Jiantong's martial arts were, but so many people besieged Qiao Feng's father, Xiao Yuanshan, and he still almost died, and he was not a master who was not born in the world. However, Li Puppet saw Qiao Feng once and commented that this person's martial arts were not under his own elders, but Zhao Ji probably knew that Qiao Feng should indeed be able to defeat Ding Chunqiu now. It's just that I don't know which one is stronger or weaker than those real hermits.

Seeing that Qiao Feng's martial arts have benefited every time he meets, Zhao Ji can't help but feel itchy, and he really can't hold back his idea of learning martial arts. It's just that he himself understands that if he practices orthodoxy like Qiao Feng, it will be difficult for him to reach the so-called first-class master realm in the rivers and lakes in this life. First of all, he was entangled in many trivial matters, and it was difficult for him to practice martial arts without distractions, and secondly, he didn't think that he had Qiao Feng's unique talent for martial arts. If a lot of hard work is only a level that does not enter the stream, it makes no difference whether you learn martial arts or not. However, with the storage of the Northern Shengong of the Xiaoyao School, even if Zhao Ji has not learned it now, he can still dream of being a generation of grandmasters.

With Li Puppet, the orthodox heir of the Loose School, by his side, Zhao Ji couldn't help but chant in front of him about the Nanhua Sutra and the Wandering of the North Underworld. Although if you understand Li Puppet's martial arts attainments, you may not know the most profound martial arts in this sect, but you should always have heard of it. Zhao Ji didn't expect to learn the mantra of the exercises from Li Puppet's mouth, just listening to the gossip related to it could greatly satisfy his curiosity.

It's just that Li Puppet is a person, all his thoughts are on the drama, but he has always turned a blind eye to Zhao Ji's side-knocking behavior. Only once, when Zhao Ji remembered the getaway again, he seemed to interject unintentionally: "The sea is inclusive, and there is tolerance." But the premise of this is that you have to be sure that you have the measure of the sea. ”

Finally hearing some hard goods from the mouth of the puppet Li, Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and carefully thought about the meaning of these words, could it be that there are any restrictions on cultivating this Northern Spiritual Skill? But Duan Yu's kid clearly has no martial arts at all, and he has no endowments that are very different from ordinary people, and he can practice by mistake, and it doesn't seem like there is any limit. Oh, the back of Duan Yu's head is relatively high.

When Zhao Ji wanted to delve into this topic again, then Li Puppet had already studied the drama again. Zhao Ji wants to take out a little hard goods from the mouth of this drama idiot, but it is really too difficult. However, if you can't keep it, this puppet Li will take the wrong line one day and come up with a sentence or two. Therefore, in order to let this puppet Li live in the palace in peace, Zhao Ji also took great pains to throw out one or two new drama texts every once in a while, and the inventory in his mind really couldn't support it, but some opera stories always remember a lot, and it is still useful to retouch and write them by himself. In the past six months, Zhao Ji has honed his writing, and his literary talent has inevitably reached a higher level, and he often feels in private that with his current literary level, it is not impossible to try to write about the Water Margin, but he must be bright and majestic.

Speaking of this Li puppet, there is actually another benefit. This person is obsessed with opera, and his singing skills are rare in the world. Although there is no shortage of masters in the Goolan market of Bianliang City, compared with Li Puppet, it is too much worse. In addition, this person is a person in the hidden palace, and there is no need to avoid suspicion, so soon after coming to the palace, Zhao Ji invited the Queen Mother to come to the palace and listen to this person singing. Empress Dowager Xiang has been bored living in the palace for a long time, and when she heard Li puppet's drama and singing, she immediately became enthusiastic, so she has frequently visited Duanwangfu for most of the past six months, and even lived in the palace directly for a few days when she was interested.

Of course, there are also officials in the DPRK and China who give advice on this matter, saying that the whole court is working hard to make the country rich and strong the people, and the palace is singing every day, which is too eye-catching. However, the emperor first thanked the Queen Mother for abiding by the etiquette and law and not interfering too much with herself, and secondly, he also felt that this matter was really harmless, and it was much better than what Zhao Ji had done in the past, so he did not say a word about it. Sometimes he even took time to accompany the queen to listen to the drama in the palace, although he was quite interested in listening, but it was not good after all.

It is worth mentioning that the saint in the palace before the year passed on the joy, and the prince was born in the autumn of last year. This is the emperor's first heir, and seeing that there is a successor to the Great Song Dynasty, the whole dynasty naturally celebrates. The emperor was so happy that he even wanted to directly crown the prince who was less than a month old as the king, but he was afraid that the prince's blessings would be broken, so he gave up temporarily. It's a pity that this prince was born with congenital deficiencies, and he died before he survived the New Year. Great joy turned into great sorrow in a blink of an eye, and the emperor was sad and fell seriously ill.

At such a critical juncture, Zhao Ji naturally didn't dare to get out of the way to attract attention, and he didn't go out every day, only reciting the Taoist scriptures at home, and not receiving visitors.

This situation lasted until the New Year's Eve and the New Year, when Zhao Ji was summoned by the palace to enter the palace to participate in the family banquet. The emperor had just experienced the pain of losing his son, and the atmosphere of this banquet could not help but be heavier, Zhao Ji didn't want to participate, so after thinking about it, he would arrange to enter the palace. He wanted to prepare some ginseng zhi elixir to nourish his body and bring it to the palace, but was stopped by Liang Shicheng: "There is no good medicine in the forbidden, you have done a lot, and there will be many mistakes." ”

After getting Liang Shicheng's suggestion, Zhao Ji entered the palace alone. This time, as usual, I went to meet the Queen Mother first. When Zhao Ji arrived, the rest of the brothers and sisters had already arrived first. After saluting each other, Zhao Ji sat directly beside the Queen Mother, and as soon as he sat down, there was a little brother, Zhao Zhao, the thirteenth ranked King Jian, said: "Brother Eleven, let me go, I have something to say to Niangniang." ”

Zhao Ji couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, when he hadn't come yet, the thirteenth brother didn't have anything to say to the Queen Mother, he had already sat down but wanted to let him go. He didn't think much about these small sections, so he got up and sat next to Ninth Brother Zhao Yan. That King Zhao seemed to really have something to say to the Queen Mother, and when he saw Zhao Ji get up, he sat straight over.

The last time the family banquet was when the little prince was full moon, and the atmosphere at that time was quite warm, but this time the brothers sat together, the atmosphere was extremely dull, and no one spoke or laughed loudly, all of them breathed and stared, without saying a word. After sitting like this for a while, Zhao Ji, the king of Wu beside Zhao Ji, suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered, "Brother Thirteen has grown up." ”

Zhao Ji couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and secretly said Isn't this nonsense, King Jian Zhao seems to have opened the cabinet this year, isn't it just that he has grown up. But after thinking about it again, Zhao Ji understood the meaning of this sentence. Recently, it has been rumored that the official family is not in good health, and the prince has died young, and a large number of people are staring at their own group of princes. Zhao Ji doesn't feel it when he cultivates himself and ignores foreign affairs, but there is a tendency for the whole Bianliang City to come in a storm. In such an atmosphere, Zhao Ji's identity is actually quite embarrassing, among the many heirs of Emperor Shenzong, he is neither the eldest nor the heir, and his future is really a little bleak. And King Jian Zhao is like a brother-in-law of the current emperor's mother. Thinking about it this way, Zhao Li's seemingly headless sentence really has some meaning to be guessed, and it can be regarded as blind and not blind.

Although he had these realizations, Zhao Ji was not much anxious, he knew very well that it was far from the time to think about these things, so his mood was relatively calm.

After a while, the official arrived, and compared with the last time they met, they were obviously more sluggish and a little sickly. Before the brothers got up, King Jian Zhao seemed to have stepped forward first, and said: "Sixth brother must take care of his body, the younger brother came to the palace this time to collect many rare medicinal materials to recuperate for you, sixth brother." ”

The emperor's face was still a little happy, but when he heard the words, his complexion suddenly sank: "Brother Thirteen has a heart, but the coarse tea and light rice are used to recuperate for a long time, you can bring those things back to the mansion to recuperate carefully." ”

The rest of the brothers were silent when they saw that Zhao seemed to have hit a wall. Zhao Ji couldn't help but sigh secretly, many things, we must listen to the opinions of professionals.

At the banquet, the emperor's mood gradually improved, and after he was full of wine and food, he said to his brothers with a smile: "The southern Dali country has cut off the tribute since the Xining period, and I don't want to send an envoy to the court again this year. This is really the first happy event in the beginning of the year, I have decided to send the Ministry of Household Shangshu Cai Jing Cai as an envoy, go to Dali, canonize the Dali lord Duan Zhengming as the king of Dali, rebuild the old good, the world as a vassal. ”

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