Chapter 143

It is said that there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two monarchs in the country.

It would be fine if there was only the Holy Emperor Xiaociyuan alone, respect him as the Supreme Emperor, and enjoy peace and happiness with peace of mind.

Although going back over a thousand years, from the first emperor to the most recent Emperor Huizong of the Great Song Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor was almost always a relationship between father and son, but with the situation here, Zhao Ding couldn't be embarrassed at all.

However, the birth mother of Zhao Guan's family, Xuan and Empress Dowager Wei, came back together.

Today, His Majesty has always governed the country with filial piety, and even this time he decided to cut gold, he also used the name of avenging his parents... Emperor Yuansheng is easy to handle, but this queen mother is a real headache.

Because she made it very clear:

"Brother Nine inherited the Great Reign because the situation forced him. He has always liked to be idle, and his talents are limited. How can he be the emperor?"

"The eldest brother is the prince who was appointed by the first emperor himself, and he is also the eldest brother of Zhao. If he is not here, the ninth brother will be the emperor, but now he is back... Brothers have to settle accounts. Give it back to your elder brother."

Then there was a strange scene: the rightful lord Zhao Huan kept refusing, just saying that it was enough to let himself be the lord of the Taiyi Palace; Pro-son belittles.

In the Daqing Palace, the Empress Dowager Xuanhe sat on the throne, and Zhao Huan sat beside her... and below, there were all the ministers promoted from the prefectures to the court by Liu Bang.

No one spoke against the empress dowager, and indeed, no one wanted to go along with her.

The facts are here, you have indeed suffered 15 years in the north, but no matter how much you suffer, it cannot change the fact that Zhao Huan lost half of his country and Zhao Gou is trying to earn back.

You are all part of the Northern Expedition, and you have received the emperor's kindness, support and support. The reason why you don't refute you is because you are the emperor's own mother.

That's it.

But the current 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 again, I'm afraid something serious will happen.

"I heard that it was the boy from Yiwang's family who caused the trouble this time... Ninth brother was messing around and led his troops to the north... You are all the ministers of the humerus of my Great Song Dynasty, and it is true that he should be stopped. ...Who is responsible for the defense of Lin'an City?"

Zhao Ding was about to answer, but he was halfway through the bowing, when he heard the Empress Dowager talking to herself:
"No matter who it is, leave it to..."

She looked at Emperor Yuansheng, Zhao Huan still had a warm smile, squeezed Wang Xie's name from between his teeth, and the empress dowager answered:

"Let Marshal Wang take charge."

No matter how dead Wang Xie was, he was also a military general who was bestowed the title of "loyalty and bravery" by Zhao Huan himself. Followed up to the sky.

Zhao Xiangye, who had hidden a lot of words, suddenly became silent at this moment.

He seemed to smell something, and seemed to feel something, but he really put on a defensive posture, which was his silence.

Pulling Hu Quan who stood up, Zhao Ding shook his head towards him, even though the latter had everything he wanted to say, he had to hold back at this moment.

The empress dowager can do wrong things, even if she did something wrong, and the blood relationship with the emperor is there, even if the sky falls, the Zhao official family will support it.

But they can't. At this time, even if the empress dowager takes her own life, it is impossible for the official to come back and punish his mother.

Before the Great Song Dynasty, it was not without examples that the queen mother listened to the government behind the curtain. The current emperor is the candidate personally affirmed by the queen mother Meng.

But Empress Dowager Meng is the daughter of a Taiwei, a family of officials, and a descendant of Mencius... Empress Dowager Wei was born as a maidservant, how can I say...

Ugh!
Zhao Ding agreed to all her requests, he had been delayed for more than a day, all the military affairs sent from various places were blocked out, and he stayed up all night.
I was worried about other things in my heart, and now there are thousands of difficulties, and the Northern Expedition must not be stopped.

In this way, he took everyone to leave.

But when he was about to go out, Xin Ciying, who had been slapped several times by Wang Xie, stopped suddenly and refused to move a step.

Knowing his temper, Zhao Ding quickly grabbed his wrist, but he opened it.

Xinfu Yin turned his head and looked at the woman sitting high in the main hall, thinking that the emperor was taking risks outside, but his family kept showing up to hold him back, and thinking that he was in front of the Guanwang Temple that day. Leaning on the emperor's body, resting his head on his shoulder...

Xin Ciying bowed to her, Empress Dowager Wei didn't know why he left and returned, so she asked:

"But what else is there to say?"

Xinfu Yin naturally had something to say, but he looked at Zhao Huan, the Emperor Xiaociyuan, the Emperor Jingkang of the Song Dynasty, and the Duke of Tianshui County who was also a native of the Kingdom of Jin.

"Earlier this year, Roufu Diji came back."

"Who?!"

Empress Dowager Wei couldn't hear clearly, but she was obviously surprised, and it didn't seem like she didn't hear clearly.

"Roufu Emperor Ji."

Xin Ciying raised his voice, and the whole Daqing Hall kept echoing the name.

"Rou...Rou Fu, I haven't seen her for some days...Where is she now?"

The two worked together in the Jin Guo Laundry, and each had seen the ugliest side of the other... Naturally, the two knew each other's secrets.

Rou Fu was taken out before, well, this kind of thing is very normal, and there are mostly old or decrepit people in the laundry yard. take it out.

Even Queen Mother Wei herself was taken out.

By the way, that person is Gaitian King Wanyan Saili, I don't know what kind of thoughts this person will have in mind when he knows the news of Saili's death.

Unexpectedly, she actually went back to Lin'an by herself first... Empress Dowager Wei had just tried the feeling of mothering the world, and she felt a huge sense of crisis.

"She's dead."

Xin Ciying's speech seemed a bit awkward, it was clear that he turned around and came back, but he seemed unwilling to say a word.

These three words were very normal, as if he was talking about what he had eaten in the morning, but it was very effective, and the two people sitting above were stunned.

After a long time, Empress Dowager Wei squeezed out a smile:
"Why did he die... I just came back, Brother Jiu never took care of my sister, he is a brother, but..."

"It's the official order."

"Ok?"

"The officials said she was not real, so they handed her over to the Dali Temple, and killed her with a stick."

not real……

This is a bit of a lot of information, Roufu is indeed no longer in the Kingdom of Jin, so if it’s not her who returns to Lin’an, who else can it be?

But Zhao Huan on the side obviously thought more, he looked at the lame old man below:

"What do you mean by that?"

"I don't mean anything." Xin Ciying was neither humble nor overbearing, "I just said this to the queen mother. It's like talking about homely things. It doesn't need any meaning."

"I retire!"

When Empress Dowager Wei came back to her senses, there was no sign of Xin Ciying in the hall.

"He... what does he mean?"

Zhao Shi sighed softly:
"He has always spoken without measure, so don't worry about it, the Queen Mother."

Zhao Huan also persuaded her for a while, and she gradually stabilized.

But it has nothing to do with others' persuasion, it's something she figured out on her own:

This is the Great Song Dynasty, not the Kingdom of Jin.

She is the queen mother, not a servant of the laundry.

The emperor is her son, even if he can kill Roufu, he can't attack him.

The causal relationship is not complicated, and Queen Mother Wei thought it through very well.

After Zhao Shi had arranged the bedroom for the two of them, the Compassionate Palace had been there early in the morning. As for His Majesty the Emperor, he could only temporarily be wronged to the position of the East Palace.

They sent a lot of money... Although the Empress Dowager Wei still wanted to carry it, Zhao Shi could clearly see it. Her eyes lit up when she saw those clothes and jewelry.

Although she really wanted to touch those things, she was still taken back, and said to Zhao Shi:
"Thanks for your hard work Da Zongzheng. I just heard that my son has taken in many women in the south. I don't know if there are any who are better-natured and have a clean family background... Concubine Kang has been dead for a long time. No matter how affectionate Ninth Brother is, he should be the one again. It's time to stand."

"This matter should have been arranged by the late Emperor and me, but it took so long because of him."

Zhao Shi didn't think it was inappropriate, but thought that the officials had already named Xing Bingyi the queen, but the queen mother only called her Concubine Kang... Could it be that she lost her mind and really wanted the officials to give up the throne?
"The empress dowager is exhausted, it's better to rest first, and the harem side, I just ask someone to inform."

"I'm not tired... I still have Lao Zongzheng, let me take a look first."

Zhao Shi couldn't persuade him anymore, so he called a servant over and asked them to call all the concubines who had positions in the harem, but after a while, the little eunuch came running over and said:

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, and Zongzheng, to enter, but not to enter."

None of the three knew what he meant: "Where can't I get in?"

"The gate of the inner palace cannot be entered."

"Why can't I get in?!"

The eunuch took a few breaths before replying:
"Outside the gate of the inner palace, there are all armored soldiers, saying... that no one is allowed to enter except the official family."

soldier...

Zhao Shi was a little confused. Although the imperial city's imperial guards had been released, there was no reason why they were not allowed to enter the inner palace.

All the people from Sanya were taken out by the three commanders, and all the people from the Imperial City Department were by the emperor's side.

Where are there any extra forbidden troops coming out?
If it weren't for the forbidden army, no warrior would dare to have such courage in the inner palace.

Dazong couldn't figure it out, and he was a little impatient because he couldn't figure it out. Apart from the throne, there is no more sensitive place in the world than the inner palace.

He glanced at the queen mother, who paused and said:
"Then let's go and have a look together?"

This was what he had in mind, and after thinking for a while, he asked the Queen Mother to call in a group of forbidden soldiers, and together with Zhao Huan, they all went outside the gate of the inner palace.

It was really as the servant said, from a long distance away, he could see that the inner palace door was tightly closed, and there were people in full armor standing in front of him.

When Zhao Shi got closer, before Zhao Shi could react, Emperor Yuansheng suddenly fell to the ground beside him... Empress Dowager Wei hurriedly wanted to help him, and when she heard what he said clearly, she Looking at the group of people, he almost fell down.

The two of them were paler than the other, and in this cold winter, they were actually sweating... This appearance was like seeing an evil ghost.

Dazong 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... they even raised their bows to face him.

At any rate, they are also people who have gone through a lot of wind and waves, let alone other places, this is the imperial city of Song Dynasty!

In this imperial city, there are still people who dare to point a crossbow at him... With the emperor and the empress, he also became angry.

What's the matter, does everyone want to learn from Zhao Shicheng?

Dazong Zhengda shouted:

"Look! What do you want to do with such an action?!"

No one paid any attention to him, and the hundreds of divine arms pointed at them without even moving.

This made him even more angry, and he wanted to rush forward with his head buried. When he found the leader, he must question him carefully.

And the confidence that allowed him to do this and dare to do it was that he didn't believe it.

I don't believe that someone really dared to be here, shooting arrows at him without any explanation.

He only took a step forward when he heard Emperor Yuansheng's voice... still gentle, but trembling so much that it seemed more cowardly.

"Da...Da Zongzheng, that, is that Dajin's Iron Buddha?"

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, even if he has never been on the battlefield, Zhao Shi has indeed heard the name of Tiefutu.

"Your Majesty was joking, the Iron Buddha is not a cavalry soldier? Besides, this is the imperial city, where did the Iron Buddha come from?"

He rolled his eyes: "It must be the armor made by the military inspector imitating the Iron Buddha, but it scared you."

It's not unreasonable for him to say this. One emperor and one empress calmed down a little, Zhao Huan got up from the ground, and said apologetically:
"It's my bow cup snake shadow."

After all, but looking at the appearance on the other side... At this time, Zhao Shi had no choice but to bite the bullet and move forward, but he just took a step out...

'咻~'

Hundreds of crossbow arrows shot out, all of them were shot in front of him, the closest one even touched his toes.

There were densely packed arrows in front of him, and when he looked again, Da Zongzheng had already collapsed on the ground.

They really dare.

It's all right now, the sweat on Zhao Shi's head was as much as that of the Queen Mother and the others. He quickly wiped it off with his sleeve, and then shouted again:

"Wait... Presumptuous! 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 Xiaociyuan?"

He asked three times in a row without hiding any secrets, and directly revealed the identities of the two people behind him.

What answered him was the neat, 'click' sound of the arrow being buckled on the bow of the god's arm.

What's more, is the 'squeak' sound of the inner palace gate being opened.

And as the gate of the inner palace opened, these warriors scattered to both sides, finally revealing the people inside.

It was two people, the standing one was a woman... It should be said that it was a woman with her hair coiled up, and the one in front of the woman, leaning on the reclining chair, 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 came to this palace.

But speaking of it, as the commander of the Imperial City Division, it's normal for him to appear here.

He recognized this person, so he took up some courage:

"A kind of commander, what does this mean?"

"Da Zong is polite."

Zhong Feng spoke a little weakly... Although he has been back for several months and has been cured by the imperial physician and Lin'an's famous doctor, he still only has one hand that he can move now.

Others, even the doctor can't say for sure, it just depends on his own recovery ability.

Maybe three to five years, maybe ten or eight years, but in the end they didn't say anything to death.

"A kind of commander, what does this mean?!"

Zhao Shi knew his identity, but he was a royal relative decades earlier than him, and he was older than him, so where did he come from to show off his qualifications.

"Da Zongzheng Mingjian is not aimed at Zongzheng alone, it is really..."

He coughed twice, and Erniang Yan quickly pulled up the blanket covering him.

"It's true that when I came back, the official ordered that if there is nothing wrong with Lin'an, then this inner palace will also be fine."

"But if something happens to Lin'an...then no one can enter this inner palace."

Hearing that he carried the emperor out, Zhao Shi had nothing else to say, but the empress dowager once heard the words of the two and knew that they were arranged here by her son, and once again regained her dignity as the mother of the country.

One step forward:
"This palace is Brother Jiu's biological mother, no one else can enter, not even this palace?"

The corner of Zhongfeng's mouth curled up slightly:

"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 so much in the Kingdom of Jin, but when I return to Song Dynasty, it seems that I can't bear any grievances.

Empress Dowager Wei insisted on taking two steps forward, and shouted:

"Please stop, the minister is also following orders."

"I am the Queen Mother!"

"Before the officials have no accurate words, who can say for sure?"

These words completely angered the woman, and she continued to move forward... She really couldn't believe it, since these people are controlled by their own sons, how dare they do anything to themselves!
Just took a step back, before his right foot landed on the ground, Zhong Feng said softly:

"put."

Empress Dowager Wei's feet were stuck with arrows, and she no longer had a place to stay.

Moreover, she no longer has the courage to move forward.

Just looking at these armored warriors in front of me, I suddenly remembered what Xin Ciying said just now...

That old man, is there really no other meaning?

After taking a few steps back, her mouth was still unforgiving:
"This conductor is so majestic. When Brother Jiu returns, I will definitely..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhong Feng again:
"The official family is the son of heaven, the son of heaven, the father, the mother, and the earth, and the law is the best; please be careful, don't cause more troubles for yourself."

In words, there was no respect for the empress dowager at all.

Maybe it was a deviation from the imagined one person, Queen Mother Wei was put down 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 around...

The Empress Dowager Wei didn't realize at all that the biggest capital she could command and control was her emperor's son.

They came here in a hurry, but now they are all dumbfounded. No one knows how many armored men are hidden in the inner palace, but the three of them really have no intention of going in.

Queen Mother Wei still dropped a lot of cruel words, but Zhongfeng didn't take them seriously.

He had already died once, so he was afraid of these innocuous threats.

Just turned around and wanted to leave, but Zhongfeng was still reluctant.

It's just that what he said this time was aimed at Zhao Huan:

"The officials didn't expect his elder brother to come back... It's always a good thing to come back, but there is only one emperor in the Great Song Dynasty. Da Zongzheng has to explain this truth clearly to others."

These words seemed to be a warning, but also a threat. After leaving this sentence, the gate of the inner palace was slowly closed... The group of armored men stood in front of the gate again, and separated them from the inner palace. The palace was cut off.

"He is a descendant of the Zhong family, and his sister was taken in by the official family. Young people, it's normal to be domineering."

Zhao Shi still wanted to comfort them, but the more he comforted them, the more embarrassing they were.

Zhao Huan was still smiling, but no matter how you looked at it, the smile was mostly forced.

……

When Lao Wangtou arrived in Shouzhou, it was already the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

No more, no less, exactly eleven days.

Maybe it's because of the Chinese New Year, but I didn't see many people along the way. I heard that the river can't be crossed in other places, only in Shouzhou.

Fortunately, when he was in Jiaxing Mansion, he bought a donkey, which was the only living thing on the road that allowed him to talk, and he almost suffocated to death.

This old man is old, approaching the juncture of the Chinese New Year, he is driving outside in the ice and snow, and he has a strange face, so he can't help attracting attention everywhere.

Just like when we arrived in Shouzhou, the city defense there was still tightly guarded. We knew that it was the Chinese New Year, and everyone was outside, so we couldn’t reunite with our families.

Li Xianzhong specially took on some extra errands, took the initiative to take over the work of the city defense with his own soldiers, and told everyone to take time to get together, have some wine, and have a good time for a few days.

After all, he has worked hard for a year, and only at this time can he have a rare rest.

So when there was no one entering the city in Shouzhou for a whole day, when Lao Wangtou led his donkey into the city, he was noticed by Li Xianzhong.

He purposely went to this one:

"Old man, it's freezing cold, where are you going?"

Knowing that his son-in-law was here, he broke through a hundred thousand Jinren army by himself, and most of the soldiers who wanted to come here were the emperor's own people.

The old Wangtou did not hide anything, but he had also been a soldier. He knew that the morale of the army should not be disturbed, so he selectively hid the fact that there were people in Lin'an rebelling. He just said:

"It's good to teach the Marshal to know that my son-in-law is serving as a soldier in Yingzhou, and the little old man is going to see him!"

He said he was the emperor's father-in-law, but the biggest official he has spoken to so far is the head of their infantry division at Qiantangmen. I know that the official position is definitely not low.

When he spoke, he was much more humble.

"Then Yingzhou is surrounded by golden men, how can you get there? It's the season, you should go back first."

"If I don't go back, I won't go back. The little old man came from Lin'an, and if he goes back now, he won't be able to make it in time for the Chinese New Year... To tell you the truth, I must see my son-in-law."

"But what's the matter? Maybe someone can help."

After thinking for a while, Old Wangtou said:

"My son-in-law was fighting outside, but the relatives at home insisted that he was dead and wanted to take over his family property... The little old man is not very capable and can't help, so we have to inform him, don't fight I lost my life, but in the end I saved wealth for others."

"Have you ever reported to the official?"

"It is in collusion with the government."

Li Xianzhong was a bit pitiful, he was also a soldier, if this kind of thing happened to him...

But I have received letters from officials before, no matter what happens, I can't get involved in Yingzhou's affairs.

But I thought about how pitiful this person is, and if I saw him go to die, I would feel very sorry.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw a group of people rushing towards the west of Yingzhou. Li Xianzhong was about to shut the door, but he saw the appearance of the leader.

He also had some doubts...

Why did Wang Yecha come here?

(End of this chapter)

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