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

General Lu led his army and horses to move slowly on the grassland, reaching the extreme of turtle walking.

There was no choice but to be slow. In order to keep their whereabouts secret, they could not attack the towns and tribes along the way to support the war. Everything had to be done by themselves.

Take care of your own horses, make your own meals, and supplement your daily needs.

All grain, grass and baggage must follow. The front army cannot stay too far away and can only follow the rhythm of the baggage and vehicles.

You must also be careful to avoid some cities. Although the grassland is empty, there are many soldiers and horses. If you go straight, you will always encounter them. If you can't see anywhere, you will start to duck.

Eleven thousand iron kites and ten thousand modified light cavalry, so cautiously headed northeast...

Zhao Yan held a banquet for all the generals in Zhending Mansion, and Li Yanxian from Hejian also came with Liu Qi, Zhong Yanchong, Wu Jie and others. It was considered a post-war celebration banquet.

After the banquet, under the moonlight above the willow trees, Zhao Tong called Yue Fei to the back hall for tea and asked why he joined the Eight-Character Army in Zhending Mansion.

Yue Fei said that it was only after Xiangzhou fell that he gathered some martyrs to resist, and later joined Zhending to participate in the defense of the city. Because of his many contributions, he was appointed as the deputy leader of the Eight Character Army.

Zhao Tong nodded and said: "Junior brother, don't go anywhere else this time, just stay close to me."

Yue Fei said yes, and then he mooted for a while, as if he wanted to say something.

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Fujin is still in Xining. When the war is over, I will ask her to return to Tokyo, and then... get married to you two."

Yue Fei immediately blushed and stood up in a hurry and waved his hands in panic. He didn't know what to say. He couldn't say rejection, but he was equally embarrassed to say words of gratitude.

"Hey..." Zhao Tong pressed his arm and motioned for him to sit down. Knowing that he was embarrassed, it was enough to reveal his thoughts at this time, so he asked, "During my trip to Longyou, is there any news about the master? "

Only then did Yue Fei calm down and sit down again: "In the past two years since Senior Brother went to the west, I have gone to Huashan Mountain to look for Master to greet him, but I couldn't."

"Oh?" Zhao Tong wondered: "Didn't Master say that he would retire in Huashan? If not there, where would he go?"

Yue Fei said: "When I asked the woodsmen and hunters near the mountain, they all said that the master had wandered away, but did not say where exactly or when he would come back."

Zhao Tong touched his chin: "Master is already over eighty, and he has gone straight to those who are in his nineties. Why are you still wandering around? People are old at heart. Could it be that there is an old sweetheart out there?"

Yue Fei blinked and didn't dare to answer. Zhao Tao added: "Wait until the military situation calms down and then go over and have a look. If you don't want to come to you and me, just seal a mountain to Master. But Huashan Mountain is not easy to seal. After all, It was given to the Chen family during the reign of Emperor Taizu."

Yue Fei said yes, thought for a while and said, "Senior brother, I also visited my senior master."

"Huh?" Zhao Tong frowned upon hearing this and subconsciously touched his hair: "What are you doing, old monk?"

Yue Fei chuckled and said, "Master, he is quite leisurely, and his martial arts skills have improved, and his skills are astonishing."

Zhao Tong nodded: "I'm afraid the old monk is touching the threshold of heaven..."

"Master also asked about you, senior brother. I told the truth. He asked you to go to his place when you have time."

Zhao Tong said: "It's time to go and visit. What else did the old monk say?"

Yue Fei thought about it: "There was no one else, and then he asked me if I wanted to stay in the temple. I was afraid of being ordained, so I ran away quickly."

Zhao Tong nodded: "So Master didn't go to Songshan Temple either?"

"I didn't go. I asked my master. He scolded me for being unfilial and not looking at him for so many years."

Zhao Tongyile: "I think there might have been something unpleasant between them back then."

Yue Fei was puzzled: "I don't know about this, and Master has never mentioned it."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "Never mind, never mind, let nature take its course for the matters of the older generation. It's not for us juniors to get involved."

Yue Fei thought to himself, this is not like your style, senior brother.

After the two drank tea for a while, they began to talk about military affairs. They talked about the Jurchens, Goryeo, Japan, Dali, Jiaozhi, Tianzhu and other places.

Later, when they talked too much, Zhao Tong proposed to compete in martial arts, and the two began to perform martial arts again. They fought from inside the hall to outside the hall until it was dark, and they did not rest until midnight.

Xihe Lanhui Road, Longyou Xiningzhou.

Xining Prefecture is currently undergoing major construction. The original city wall has been extended five miles to build an outer city.

This project is huge, but fortunately there is no rush. We are working on it bit by bit and it is estimated that it can be completed within three years.

In Xining City, in the Taishang Mansion, Emperor Daojun was sitting in a daze.

This mansion is not small, second only to the Prince Qin's Palace in the city, and the interior is luxuriously furnished, with pavilions, pavilions, rockeries, flowing water, flowers, plants and trees, which is far beyond what the Prince Qin's Palace can match.

Just looking at the scene inside the mansion, it seems to be the same as in Tokyo, but once outside the mansion, everything becomes rough and full of northwest style.

But Emperor Daojun couldn't see the scene outside, because he couldn't get out of the mansion. Not only could he not get out, but everyone who came with him couldn't get out, including Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai, who also lived in the mansion with their families. , there are soldiers strictly guarding the outside of the house, prohibiting anyone from leaving.

Emperor Daojun has obviously lost weight. Although he is still well-dressed and well-fed in the Xining Palace, he has lost his power, lost his prestige, and is not accustomed to the local environment. His face is very sallow.

He sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, looking at the tea soup on the table in front of him, unable to take a sip.

Although it is also a good Xiaolongtuan, it just doesn't taste right. The water in Xining is not as good as the water in Tokyo.

He was not alone. Opposite him, Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai were standing with a slight bow.

Emperor Daojun sighed and pointed to the pier opposite the stone table: "Please sit down." The two looked at each other and said in unison: "I don't dare, kid."

Emperor Daojun looked at the two of them, they were all like him, their faces were sallow and much thinner, and the two of them looked indignant, even mixed with a trace of hatred.

They are all hating the rebellious son of the second child. Emperor Daojun immediately resonated in his heart and coughed: "I told you to sit down."

The two of them sat down, and Emperor Daojun ordered two more bowls of tea to be cooked and served, but they couldn't drink it either.

Emperor Taojun said: "The second child is rebellious and plotting to usurp the throne. Sooner or later, I will take back this country and the country."

Zhao Kai's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Daddy is in his prime and has great talents and strategies. The traitor will definitely not last long. Sooner or later, daddy will ascend the throne again and dominate the world!"

Zhao Huan said calmly: "Dad is right, but how can we take back the country from the rebels?"

Emperor Daojun was stunned when he heard this. Yes, how can we take it back? This boss is really unpleasant. No wonder I don't like him. He always says disappointing things.

"This matter needs to be discussed in the long term and planned carefully." Emperor Daojun stroked his beard: "Do you two have any ideas?"

Hearing this, Zhao Kai rolled his eyes and lowered his head to think. Zhao Huan spoke first: "Haier, do you think we should contact the old officials in the DPRK first?"

Emperor Daojun glanced at him. Although he didn't like this eldest son, he was right to contact his old ministers, but it seemed that it was not easy to contact him: "The second son ordered people to surround the house. It's hard for a bird to come out. How can we contact him?" To the minister?"

"This..." Zhao Huan racked his brains and couldn't figure out how to deliver the news, so he could only say: "I think there will always be opportunities slowly. As time goes by, there will always be omissions and slights on the part of the rebels. Then I can wear the clothes and wear the edict. Something happened.”

"The Clothes and Belt Edict..." Emperor Daojun sighed after a long time: "It's a pity that there are no subordinates loyal to me at this moment who can swear to the death to carry the edict out. Zhang Di, Zhang Di is not around either."

At this time, except for his family members, the eunuchs and palace maids were all unfamiliar to him in Tokyo. It could be said that he had no confidants.

Zhao Kai raised his head at this time: "Dad, my son has been thinking very hard these days, just thinking about how to deal with the traitor. I just thought about it again and felt that we should first find out his weakness and start from the traitor's weakness. Good job."

"Weaknesses? What are the weaknesses of the rebellious son? He has cultivated his reputation since he was a child and accumulated a reputation among the people. He has been planning for sixteen years to enter the court, steal military power and increase his power. He has also been fighting for years to defeat the rebels, making his reputation spread all over the world, and he still has a lot of people in his hands. A loyal retainer, always on guard, promoting great achievements and deceiving the world, what weaknesses can he have?" Emperor Daojun frowned.

"Dad, it is indeed difficult to find the rebel's weaknesses based on what you said, but we can start from other places instead of these places." Zhao Kai said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Place next to it?" Emperor Daojun looked at Zhao Kai and asked doubtfully, "Where is it?"

Zhao Kai looked around and saw no one around, lowered his voice and said, "Dad, isn't the traitor's Qin Prince's Mansion located in Xining City? It seems that the traitor's family has not yet rushed to the capital."

"Prince Qin's Mansion?" Emperor Daojun took a breath after hearing this: "My son means..."

Zhao Kai nodded vigorously, and Emperor Daojun pondered, and after a long time he said: "What are the weaknesses in the traitor's family? Let me think about it, the concubine named Zhang is just an ordinary civilian girl, and she has been married before, and she also has the surname Concubine Zhao, this one is from a lower background, she is the oiran of Fanlou, and her surname is Zhu... her surname is Zhu? "

Speaking of this, Emperor Daojun's eyes shone with light: "The concubine named Zhu was from a noble family in the south of the Yangtze River. She was from a wealthy family. When the thief chief Fang La invaded Jiangning, all the Zhu family members and the nobles in the city were killed. All of them were killed. !”

Zhao Kai answered: "Dad, wasn't this traitor guarding Jiangning at that moment?"

Emperor Daojun nodded slowly, remembering that his family was overjoyed after receiving the military report, and secretly thought that all these nobles should die, because the second son was ruthless enough.

But later I found out that the second child actually married a daughter of the Zhu family, and I hesitated a little bit about the second child's guess. After all, if it was really the second child who did it, how could he cut the grass without eradicating the root and keep a woman by his side? How could that woman still be willing to marry him? This is somewhat unreasonable.

What's more, that woman is said to be a talented woman, and most talented women are fierce in nature. If she really wanted to destroy her family, she might have committed suicide long ago, or filed a lawsuit against him, and she would have become his concubine, or even given birth to a son?
Later, it was discovered that the property of the wealthy noble families in Jiangning was left behind, and the amount was astonishing. Lao Er also gave these dead people generous burials, and invited Taoist monks to perform spiritual deeds. As a result, no one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, including him, doubted the rights of these noble families. Death is related to the second child.

Then... Emperor Daojun looked at Zhao Kai: "What third brother means..."

Zhao Kai said with a sinister expression: "This is the daughter of the Zhu family. At that time, the rebels were stationed in Jiangning and all the nobles in the city were dead. Only this daughter of the Zhu family survived. Don't you think it's strange, dad?"

Emperor Daojun asked doubtfully: "Wouldn't it just prove that this matter has nothing to do with the traitor?"

Zhao Kai shook his head: "My child thinks it has a lot to do with it. Maybe the traitor did it deliberately to hide the eyes and ears of everyone."

"Hide everyone's ears and eyes?" Emperor Daojun couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this. This is very possible. The traitor is cunning and cruel. He originally thought that he had something to do with this matter. From this point of view, , could it really be a trick he used?

"But, there is no evidence..."

Zhao Kai shook his head: "Dad, I don't think I need any evidence for this kind of thing. As long as the daughter of the Zhu family can stand up and testify, that's enough!"

Zhao Huan interjected from the side: "I know about this, but third brother, you said that the daughter of the Zhu family came out to testify. If the massacre of the nobles was indeed done by the traitors, then the daughter was coerced and did not dare to speak, or maybe How can we prove it when we are completely kept in the dark?”

Zhao Kai grabbed the tea bowl on the table and took a sip: "If she is coerced and dare not speak, then promise her father to support her by returning to the throne and avenge her. If she is kept in the dark...this is a bit difficult to handle, But as long as you peel off the details and slowly explain the truth to her, she is a talented woman and will always guess the truth! "

Emperor Daojun nodded: "Although I also speculate that this matter was done by the traitor, are you sure that it is correct?"

Zhao Kai said: "Dad, my child has thought about this matter many times back then. There are many doubts in it, especially the child has close contacts with two of those big families and knows how much their family property is. But after the matter was over, those two families were far away from home. When the clan members took stock of their family property, the child once asked about the amount. They didn’t know the details, but the child knew that the property was less than half of it!”

"The quantity is wrong?" Emperor Daojun's eyes widened, as if he had thought of something, and he suddenly grabbed the stone table cup and threw it to the ground: "You are a traitor, you are a traitor, you are really a traitor, how much will it cost? How much will it cost?"

Zhao Kai was stunned by Emperor Daojun, and after a long time he continued: "So I judged that not only the property of those two families was reduced, but the property of other families must also be reduced, but the clan members in other places were either side branches or for Officer, I don’t know much about the family’s accounts, so I didn’t find much clues, and all of this is definitely related to the traitors, and the deaths of these nobles must also be caused by the traitors!”

"It's true, it's true!" Emperor Daojun gasped: "That's right, these Jiangning gentry must have been killed by the treacherous son!"

Zhao Kai clenched his fist and punched the table hard: "So as long as the daughter of the Zhu family stands up and accuses the traitor of doing the matter, then the whole world will be condemned. He will never be able to sit on the throne again. Even being broken into pieces is not enough to atone for his sins. Dad will be reborn again." Reaching the pinnacle is just around the corner!”

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Daojun showed a long-lost smile on his face, but suddenly he remembered something: "My son, you and I are trapped in the mansion, how can we contact the daughter of the Zhu family?"

Zhao Kai gritted his teeth: "This is the most difficult part of this matter, but I feel that as long as you are willing to wait and pay attention everywhere, there will always be opportunities..."

(End of this chapter)