The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Zhao Zongdan was suspicious, there was no mention of himself in the imperial decree, just now Yan Shu said that there was a divine decree for him, but now there is nothing.

Seeing Tang Jie accepting the order to thank him, Zhao Zongdan and all the officials also got up one after another, but Yan Shu shouted: "The sage said, Zhao Zongdan listens to the order."

As soon as Zhao Zongdan got up, he knelt down in a hurry, Tang Jie and other officials also knelt down in a hurry, and Yan Shu said loudly with his hands behind his hands: "Zongdan was young and intelligent, and he studied in the West Hall with me. It is my deepest intention that King Teng be established in Yingtian Mansion. Yingtian Mansion is the place where our Zhao clan's dragons and dragons dive. I have a good relationship with the local officials, and I have never violated the ancestral precepts and interfered in local government affairs. I am very happy! Today I heard that the Taizu Immortal came to Yingtian Mansion. Although it was wronged by a certain case, it is a sign of auspiciousness. It is not a coincidence that Taizu appeared in Yingtian Mansion, I thought it was Teng Wang Xianda, the ancestors were pleased, so he came here to show his consolation."

Although the emperor's words were praises, Zhao Zongdan heard every word in his ears, saying that the Taizu came because he was in Yingtian Mansion, so it was not a shadow; Isn't he accusing himself of colluding with Tang Jie and others in disguise?Every word the emperor said seemed to be poking his nerves with steel needles, making Zhao Zongdan, who was kneeling on the ground, covered with thorns all over his body, and his heart was jumping with fear.

"In view of King Teng's ability to take care of his heart and mind, and to be a virtuous man, I should give him a commendation. He is bestowed with the title of 'Worthy King', with a reward of 20 yuan and [-] pieces of cloth to show my heart; you may wish to enter the palace to have a look at it when you are free. I, the empress dowager and the concubine have not seen each other for a long time, so they miss you too."

After Yan Shu delivered the instruction in one breath, a smile changed on his face, he took out a roll of white silk from his bosom, handed it to Zhao Zongdan and said, "Thank you, my lord, this is a plaque bestowed by the emperor, and I will frame it and hang it up when I get back. The reward money will be collected in Yingtian Mansion treasury."

Zhao Zongdan shouted Long Live with a trembling voice, took the unusually solid white silk wrap, and was about to open it, but Yan Shu stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Go back to the mansion and take a closer look, please come back, my lord, this old man will hand over government affairs to the prefect of Tang. I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of the prince, so I'm being rude."

Zhao Zongdan had no choice but to say a few polite words, and gave Tang Jie a wink to find an opportunity to explain a few words, but seeing that Tang Jie was in a daze, he didn't even look in his face, so he had to walk away.

Yan Shu pulled Tang Jie to hand over the government affairs without mentioning it, Zhao Zongdan got out of the government office in anger, surprise and anger, and got into the car, Qin Fei followed him into the car, the two looked at each other in panic, speechless for a while.

"Qin Fei, what do you think of this?" Zhao Zongdan broke the silence.

"My lord, I'm sorry to say it bluntly, I'm afraid things are going to be bad."

"……What do you think……"

"Prefect Tang's departure... I'm afraid he won't be able to come back. He knows too many things. He is transferred to the capital this time. There is no guarantee... there is no guarantee that there will be no mistakes. At that time, you will be passive, my lord. "

"This king is also having a headache because of this matter. I gave him the wink just now. He looks like he's lost his mind. I'm also very worried."

"My lord, you have to make preparations early. In my humble opinion, the emperor may have noticed something. To transfer away from the prefect of Tang is to cut off your left and right arms. Every sentence is irony."

"I don't know why I don't know, what kind of plaque is bestowed on the wise king of the bird, but it is still written in black on white silk cloth. It is unlucky to hang on the gate of the mansion. The old thing is too deceiving." King Teng angrily threw the silk cloth in his hand Throw it on the floor of the car.

The tightly wrapped silk cloth rolled along the floor, spread out, and looked a bit too long. King Teng picked it up suspiciously, and slowly unfolded it, only to find that the proportion of the plaque was a bit outrageous. It was about ten feet long. On the white silk, only the words Xianwangfu are written in the two-foot square in the middle, and the blank areas on both sides look surprisingly long.

"This... how could it be like this?" Qin Fei also felt weird. It was difficult to figure out the inscriptions on the plaques with white silk instead of paper, but now they have such long white silk inscriptions. The mind and things that leave the palace need to be inspected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Such a long silk cloth must be twisted from both sides in an appropriate proportion. How can it be so sloppy.

Zhao Zongdan's chest seemed to be hit by a big stone hammer, and he suddenly woke up, his face turned livid, and his body was shaky.

Qin Fei noticed something was wrong, he quickly supported Zhao Zongdan's body and said, "My lord, my lord, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Zongdan resisted the fishy and salty thing rushing up his throat, calmed down and said slowly: "This is a white silk of Zhang Er, the emperor is implying that this king will... cut himself off."

Qin Fei almost fell down. Looking at the scattered white silk and Zhao Zongdan's pale face, although he didn't want to believe it, he had to admit that it might be true.

"No wonder the old thief Yan Shu wanted me to take it back to the mansion to have a closer look, because he wanted me to figure out what the emperor meant. Emperor uncle, emperor uncle, I didn't expect...you are so kind and kind on ordinary days, but you are so kind." Snakes and scorpions, they don't care about the royal blood, so they are so cruel."

Zhao Zongdan murmured cursing, not wanting to think that he was planning to kill the emperor uncle, he blamed himself, regretted, and became angry at the moment.

Qin Fei calmed down and asked cautiously: "My lord, what should we do now?"

Zhao Zongdan's face turned blue and red, and suddenly he laughed wildly. He stretched out his hand and pulled the white silk randomly, and gritted his teeth: "I'm afraid it will not be so easy to want my life, Zhao Zongdan. I am the blood of Emperor Taizong's blood, and my life can only be determined by heaven." Take it away, how can he take it away?"

Qin Feidao: "Since that's the case, I will immediately summon the people from the four cities and the royal guards to rush into the yamen, first kill Yan Shu into meat paste, and then mobilize people from all over the world to gather in Yingtian. Cloud gathering, let’s do it.”

Zhao Zongdan's eyes flickered, as if he was a hungry wolf who would prey on someone, the breath in his nostrils became thicker, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

Qin Fei is eagerly waiting for that moment to come. He has been with Zhao Zongdan for so many years, and he has never seen Zhao Zongdan look like this. It seems that the day when he dreams of rebellion is coming. As Teng Wang, Qin Fei The number one confidant under his command will gallop across the battlefield and create a new chapter in his life of wealth and wealth.

However, the blood in Zhao Zongdan's eyes and face gradually receded, his breathing gradually calmed down, and he finally sighed, "It's not the time yet."

"But lord, the emperor will kill you, how can you wait?"

"He was playing charades with me, so I pretended to be confused and pretended not to know. At this moment, Li Gang, the bastard in the city, had nearly 5000 troops in the imperial guards. There are only more than [-] guards in the Shangwang Mansion, how can we resist them? It is better to stabilize them first, and after Li Gang transfers the imperial army out of the city and returns to the camp, we will slowly gather the guards from various cottages and food towns into the city, and at the same time contact Several adults in Xiang Bing, so the strength can reach six thousand, whoever will take over the post of Fu Yin, if he cooperates with me, he will stay, otherwise, he will be killed, occupying Yingtian City, and he will have a foothold. "

"My lord is really thoughtful, I'm too confused, I completely forgot the disparity between the enemy and us now."

"Make a decision before acting. Acting recklessly will always lead to losses. Our preparations will take some time to complete. There is still a lot of food, armor and weapons, and we must hurry up. Before that, the emperor can't let the emperor catch me directly. Evidence, the prefect of Tang is afraid that he will go to Beijing to take up his post today. He is a hidden danger. You have to deal with this matter. Take people on the way so that he will never be able to speak, and send people to various villages to order and sort it out. Zero, all gather in Yingtian Mansion."

"Obey, my lord, I'll do it immediately!" Qin Fei's blood began to burn again, and he turned around to get out of the car.

Zhao Zongdan grabbed him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take care of everything, and if everything is accomplished, you will be No.1 under my Dragon Throne."

Qin Fei almost didn't cry, lay down in the car and shouted long live, kowtowed a few times, jumped out of the car, and left in a hurry.

Zhao Zongdan leaned back in his chair with a lonely and thoughtful expression on his face.