The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 294
The next day, Zhao Tun got up early in the morning, and after eating, he received a letter from Shuangli from Fan Lou.

After he opened the letter and read it, he understood what Fan Xuewen was thinking.

However, it is normal for people to follow the power and power, especially for a family like the Fan family that has been in business for generations. If it is high-minded and independent, with few human relationships, it may not last for hundreds of years. It has been destroyed in the troubled times of the Five Dynasties.

He was noncommittal about the contents of the letter, and asked Lei San to go outside the door and replied "Got it" before reading the book.

The book is a miscellaneous book called "Evening Talks under the Curtain of Spring", the embroidery is exquisite and fierce, and the description is even more colorful, Zhao Tun couldn't put it down for a while.

When it was near noon, he reluctantly put down the book, and then his eyes fell on the letter sent by Fan Lou.

After thinking for a moment, he didn't show any expression. He got up with some difficulty and weirdness, and then walked out slowly.

After walking around the house for half a circle, we came to the martial arts arena. This martial arts arena was originally very small, but after Lei San won money at the Guanpu shop in Zhouqiao last time, he ordered it to be expanded. Running away from the horse, you can try out the soldiers on the horse.

At this moment, there are several people clamoring around beside the weapon rack in the martial arts arena. Among them is Su Shi, who is wielding a Yanyue Dao. The sword has another name, it is called Guan Wang Dao. The blade is wide and long, and the blade is heavy. But it turns around like a windmill, not to mention whether it can kill the enemy, but it looks good.

With his hands behind his back, Zhao Tang watched Su Shi jumping and turning, thinking that he is indeed a martial arts practitioner, his sprain yesterday turned out to be healed today.

Everyone also saw Zhao Tun at this moment, and hurriedly saluted and said hello, Su Shi stopped the drill in the middle, bowed his head and called "Prince", then walked silently to the weapon rack.

At the beginning, he was still vigorous, but slowly his legs and feet began to become unsteady, and after putting the Crescent Moon Knife back, he became even more limping.

Then he turned around with difficulty and saluted again, his figure was lonely, and he limped slowly towards the outside of the court.

Zhao Tun stared at his back with squinted eyes, um, very good, he sprained his ankle yesterday and it was fine today, and then he limped again when he was walking. He is really a loyal subordinate.

He picked a clean stone pier and sat down, and asked several guards to practice long soldiers, mostly knives against guns, sticks against sticks, kidnappers against shooting stars.

The guards are working hard, but most of the soldiers are heavy, and they have not honed their martial arts and tempered their strength since they were young. Although they can barely play, they can't do it well, and they can't dance vigorously.

He watched and frowned: "One is worse than two when eating, and two are not as good as one when practicing martial arts. Let me get out of the way!"

As Zhao Tong said, he got up by himself, then walked to the weapon rack, looked around, and reached out to pick up a large Xuanhua axe.

This ax has a long handle, the thickness of a pigeon egg, and the ax head is like a washbasin. It has two blades, one large and one small. The blades are covered with flower-shaped patterns left during forging. It is a Xuanhua axe.

This ax is the second-heaviest weapon on the shelf after the hammer, and it weighs 77 catties. There is no one in the mansion to play with it on weekdays.

Zhao Tang held the ax in his hand, looked at the guards and said indifferently: "This king will show you the Tiangang 36 axe!"

The guards had basically never seen Zhao Tama perform martial arts, and now seeing him easily holding a 77-jin big ax in his hand, they couldn't help applauding.

Zhao Tun snorted, switched hands to move the axe, and used the ax all the way, after only a few strokes, the guards secretly clicked their tongues, praising the prince in their hearts.

Zhao Tong swung the big axe, after three moves, halfway through the fourth move, he suddenly seemed to lose his strength, and yelled "Not good"!
He was holding up the ax at first, but suddenly dropped it by mistake, and the 77-jin ax hit his left arm.

Zhao Tun screamed and backed away, all the guards paled in panic and stepped forward to help.

He was helped to sit down on the stone pier, his face was pale gold for a moment, he looked at the weakly hanging left arm, and sighed: "It's broken!"

The prince's arm was broken by a weapon, and the news spread out of the palace, and then to the market, and then, with the help of someone with a heart, it actually spread to the imperial city...

Time passed quickly, and it was the end of the afternoon in a blink of an eye. Zhao Tun was half lying and half sitting in the room, sighing, his left arm had been fixed by two wooden boards, and hung obliquely from the back of his neck with a strap.

At this time, he looked at the sky outside, and was just about to ask someone to make a pot of tea to quench his thirst, when suddenly Lei San trotted in.

"My lord, someone is coming from the palace, and they say they want to take my lord to attend the celebration banquet."

Zhao Tang's expression froze when he heard the words, it seemed that the Emperor Daojun was determined to take him to the celebration banquet, and actually sent someone to pick him up.

Glancing at the splint on his arm, he gritted his teeth and said, "Help me out!"

Lei San murmured: "My lord, you are so hurt...do you want to pass a note to the palace?"

Zhao Tun shook his head and sighed: "The official has said it, and he has to carry it away. How can the official's words be counted!"

Lei San said: "But my lord, your arm...is so inconvenient, how can you participate in the banquet?"

Zhao Tang glanced at him, frowned, and suddenly asked, "Have you seen Ouyang Bei these few days?"

Lei San shook his head: "I haven't seen it before. I heard from the people in Suiyulou that it seems like I go to the state bridge every day to fight, and I don't know whether I will win or lose."

Zhao Tang said: "In the future, stay away from him, especially in places like Goulanguan. If he asks you, don't go there, or sooner or later you will be deceived by him."

Lei San was stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand what the word "wife" meant, but he thought it had something to do with silver, but he felt that his brains were flexible, so how could he be tricked by that murderer?But he didn't dare to refute, nodded and said: "This subordinate remembers."

After leaving the gate of the mansion, Zhao Tang saw a carriage parked in front, with the logo of the palace engraved on the pole frame, and four young eunuchs were standing and waiting.

Zhao Tang looked around, but didn't recognize anyone, so he couldn't help asking: "Which palace is it?"

The leading eunuch saluted: "Reporting to the prince, the younger ones are not from the palace, but are dedicated to serving the halls in front."

Zhao Tong nodded, serving the main hall in front is not a good job, not to mention the busy day without rewards, and not being able to match officials and courtiers, generally they have no future, only those who can't afford money will be sent there.

He said: "Where is the celebration banquet held, but the Daqing Hall?"

The little eunuch said: "Going back to the prince, it is the Daqing Palace. This celebration banquet is on a large scale. All Beijing officials with duties above the seventh rank will come. Only the Daqing Palace can accommodate it."

A Beijing official above rank seven?Zhao Tong thought about it, and the scale is really not small. There were already many Beijing officials in the Song Dynasty. To be bloated.

However, the Daqing Hall should be able to hold it. After all, the interior of the Daqing Hall is grand and the hall is vast. During the annual ceremony, it can accommodate thousands of people. It is the largest one in the main hall of the imperial palace. There is no problem in accommodating 2000 people.

He said: "What else did the officials say?"

The little eunuch lowered his head and said: "There is no other intention, just that I heard that the prince is in poor health, so let the little ones be careful on the road."

Zhao Tong pursed his lips and said, "Be careful, you can't just go there with a guard of honor."

The little eunuch didn't dare to answer when he heard the words, he just pretended not to hear, seeing Zhao Tun walking down the steps with one arm hanging in the splint, he couldn't help but hurried to help.

After getting into the carriage, Zhou Chu followed with several guards and headed straight for the imperial city.

It was afternoon, the sky was still bright, and there were many pedestrians on the streets of Tokyo.

As the distance from Miyagi got closer, the road began to be crowded. Although there were not many carriages, there were more small sedan chairs for two people, green mules, and black donkeys.

Not all officials are eligible to ride in a carriage. Even if the investigation is not strict now, and many officials dare to improve their behavior, some small officials cannot afford a carriage.

Not to mention that horses are expensive, even rough horses cost a lot of money, and raising horses is even more expensive. You need to hire a special groom, and you have to order fodder outside, because it is extremely expensive to use a horse-drawn cart and hire a coachman. Big expenses, although the official salaries of Song Dynasty are very high, some ordinary officials can't afford it.

Therefore, there are more Tokyo officials sitting in sedan chairs for two people, or riding alone on mules and donkeys. Some may have a large population and live a little tight. They don’t have much spare money to raise livestock, so they walk all the way.

Zhao Tong's carriage was walking in the middle of the road. It wasn't that other people knew his identity and gave way, but the carriage looked like an inner court style, and the driver was actually a young eunuch, followed by guards on tall horses, so no matter whether it was a small sedan chair or a donkey mule, , give way to a channel.

Sitting in the car, Zhao Tun secretly thought about how much money might be spent on such a big celebration banquet. He felt sorry for Emperor Daojun. A dozen or 20 taels, it is estimated that the emperor Daojun would not dare to waste it like this.

As for the celebration, what is the celebration?Two big defeats, only the last victory, Huaixi except for Luzhou, other prefectures and counties have been ruined by the bandits, how can they have the face to celebrate?
The carriage moved forward all the way until it slowed down in front of the Xuande Gate in Miyagi.

Xuande Gate is the outer gate due south of the imperial city, and it is also the closest palace gate to Daqing Hall.

At this moment, many officials who came to the celebration banquet gathered here, because no matter whether the sedan chairs or mules and horses can only stay outside, these officials are explaining to the servants in front of the door.

But Zhao Tong's carriage belonged to the palace, so he drove forward slowly, and when he was about to enter Xuande Gate, he suddenly heard someone talking outside.

"Brother Wang, did you hear what happened in Fanlou the night before yesterday?"

"Naturally, I heard that the court has impeached, and now there are no people who don't know."

"I really didn't expect that the majestic King Qi would compete with the merchant's son for the oiran in a place like Fan Lou. It's a self-deprecation and insult to the royal family's reputation!"

"More than that, I heard that the king of Qi was arrogant and domineering at that time, and he beat the sons of those merchants. It is said that one of them died the next day after returning home. No punishment was given!"

Zhao Tang's face turned black when he heard the words in the carriage. He went to Fanlou to make a fuss, more or less with the intention of self-defilement, it's good to spread the word, even adding a little oil and vinegar doesn't matter, but it's not what he heard right now.

This is not embellishment at all, it is a fabrication and slander with ulterior motives!

Son of a merchant?Where is the merchant's son?The other party is a yamen, and no matter how much it is passed on, it will not be passed on as the son of a merchant.

As for why he didn't fabricate the other party's status as a scholar and scholar, it must be used to further suppress him!
He, Zhao Tun, is also a scholar, if he puts aside his status as a prince, it's okay for two groups of scholars to compete for the crown.

But the sons of merchants are different. The status of merchants in the Song Dynasty is not as high as that of scholars.

Especially for many scholars who are well-known, it is reasonable for Zhao Tun to have conflicts with them, but it is not appropriate to have conflicts with the merchant's son.

From the yamen to the son of the merchant, it is impossible to become like this within two days, no matter how much rumors are spread, it is clearly a fabrication with ulterior motives.

At this time, the carriage had already come to the side of the two speakers, and the two continued: "Oh, brother Wang, it's a pity that we are not qualified for the court meeting, otherwise we would also participate in the book of the king of Qi and ask for orders for the people." , I have long wanted to do it!"

"Han Xiandi, I'm not talking about you, we two are lowly and light, even if we have the opportunity to meet at court, I'm afraid it won't be of much use. If it weren't for the favor of the officials, the two of us, a seventh-rank minister, would even enter the Daqing Palace I have no qualifications!"

"Brother Wang's words are wrong. What's wrong with our low official position? Isn't Qin Hui, the censor in the palace, only of the seventh rank? Isn't it still the first to impeach King Qi? Give that king of Qi a blow, let him restrain himself from now on, and stop oppressing the people!"

"Brother Han Xian's words are justified. Brother Wei, I also can't understand this king of Qi. It's just that he is a high-ranking official, so there is nothing I can do. Brother Xian's words are like enlightenment, which makes Brother Wei feel at ease. Since Qin Yushi dared to speak Lu, forgive this king of Qi for not being so arrogant in the future!"

Zhao Tang heard this in the carriage, and said calmly: "Stop."

The few young eunuchs in that frame trembled when they heard the words, they also heard the conversation between the two young officials, and they all thought in their hearts that this is not idle?If you come to the banquet, you will go to the banquet, and you are not afraid of getting into trouble if you say something messy!

They thought that it would be best if Zhao Tang didn't hear him in the car, so they could just go there quickly, but before they finished thinking, Zhao Tang spoke, and they couldn't help crying out in their hearts.

They didn't dare to stop, and after reining in the horse, Zhao Tang leaned forward and got off the carriage.

"My lord, this is..." The little eunuch didn't expect Zhao Tang to get out of the car, and hurriedly asked in a low voice with a look of panic.

"Who are these two people?" Zhao Tang looked at the two young officials standing beside the carriage.

"Should be going to the palace for a banquet..." The little eunuch looked at the two of them and couldn't help cursing in his heart. At first glance, the two of them were not court officials. They might be subordinate officials of some department. You said that you are an official of one department. , what kind of court affairs are involved, you can eat as soon as you come to eat, and dare to say something about impeaching the prince, I really don't know the level and depth!

The two young officials naturally recognized the carriage in the palace, but they didn't know why the carriage stopped suddenly, and there was one person in the carriage.

Zhao Tong looked the two of them up and down, and suddenly sneered, "What were you two talking about just now?"

(End of this chapter)