The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

At the door of the Imperial Study Room in Chengguang Hall, Emperor Wu of Zhou put his hands in his sleeves and squatted on the stone steps like an old man.

The emperor squatted, and Sun Kui and the others naturally couldn't stand.They knelt on the ground.

Emperor Wu of Zhou held a piece of grass that he did not know where he got it in his mouth. He squatted on the stone steps and shook his legs.

Sun Doudou made eye contact with Sun Kui, as if asking his master, "What's the matter, Your Majesty?".

Sun Kui gave his apprentice an indifferent look, as if saying "don't ask too much".

Emperor Wu of Zhou chewed the grass for a while, then spat it out in disgust, and then sighed softly: "Alas..."

Sun Kui, who was kneeling behind Emperor Wu of Zhou, heard his sigh and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, what's the matter with you? Is there something bothering you?"

"I have a lot of things to worry about." Emperor Wu of Zhou sighed again, "Oh..."

While talking, an ordinary man in a guard uniform came over.He first bowed to Emperor Wu of Zhou, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Tenth Highness went to that house, do you want His Highness to go out?"

Emperor Wu of Zhou was not surprised that Zhao Yao went to see that man again in that house, "Did he drive Xiao Shi away?"

"No, he is teaching His Royal Highness the Spring and Autumn Annals."

When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard this, his originally impatient face showed a look full of interest.

"Oh, teach Xiao Shi to read "Spring and Autumn"?"

"Yes."

"Xiao Shi passed his assessment?" That man would not teach people casually.Even if Xiao Shi looks like big brother, that person will not teach Xiao Shi easily.

"Passed."

Emperor Wu of Zhou drew his right hand from his sleeve, then patted his knee with the ground, and laughed loudly: "As expected of my son."

Sun Doudou was confused and didn't know what Emperor Zhou Wu and the others were talking about.But his master Sun Kui was shocked.

His Highness the Tenth Prince actually passed that assessment? !
"Your Majesty, the Tenth Highness..."

"Since that kid passed his assessment, let him learn from him." Emperor Wu of Zhou originally wanted him to teach Zhao Yao. "Don't stop."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After the ordinary man in guard uniform finished speaking, he retreated respectfully.

"You brat is not bad, you didn't embarrass me." Zhou Wudi said with joy.

"Your Majesty, is that person really not going to harm His Highness the Tenth Prince?" Sun Kui knew that person's power, and even more knew about that person's methods, so he was very afraid of that person.He was really worried that that person would hurt Zhao Yao.

"No, if Xiao Shi passed his assessment, he will accept Xiao Shi as a student." Emperor Wu of Zhou said proudly, "He will teach Xiao Shi wholeheartedly, and he will also protect Xiao Shi."

"Although the Tenth Highness is like Prince Yiyong, that one hates you to the bone. The Tenth Highness is your son. Are you really not worried about the one who will deliberately teach the Tenth Highness to be bad?" Sun Kui felt that he was such a dangerous person. , His Royal Highness should not be allowed to approach.

"Didn't I say it before, I hope he will teach Xiao Shi badly, what a pity..." Zhou Wudi shook his head and said, "It's a pity he can't teach Xiao Shi badly." After he finished speaking, he wanted to stand up, but just stood up. When he got up, he felt a strong numbness and pain from his legs, and he gasped involuntarily because of the pain.

Sun Kui heard the gasp of Emperor Wu of Zhou, saw him squatting back again, and hurriedly stood up to help Emperor Wu of Zhou.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Emperor Wu of Zhou frowned and said, "My legs are numb from squatting." After speaking, he sat down on the ground.

Sun Kui was busy rubbing Emperor Zhou Wu's leg. Seeing this, Sun Doudou hurried over to massage Emperor Zhou Wu's other leg.

Emperor Wu of Zhou grinned and said, "I'm really old. After squatting for a while, my legs will go numb."

"Your Majesty, it's not a question of age, but that you've been squatting for too long." Sun Kui's massage movements were very skillful, which shows that he often massaged Emperor Wu of Zhou on weekdays. "No matter who it is, if you squat for a long time, your legs will go numb."

"You can talk." Emperor Wu of Zhou waved to Sun Kui and the others, "Okay, my legs are no longer numb."

Sun Kui and Sun Doudou stepped aside.

Emperor Wu of Zhou sat on the stone steps, bent his right leg, and rested his right hand casually on his right leg.Looking at the sky in the distance with both eyes, he said softly: "I just dreamed about my eldest brother." A few moments ago, Emperor Wu of Zhou sat on a chair and took a nap because he was too tired from reviewing memorials, and then dreamed of his eldest brother.I dreamed of my elder brother when I was young and him when I was young.

"What did you dream about Prince Yiyong?"

Emperor Wu of Zhou laughed lightly and said, "I dreamed that my eldest brother took me to steal chickens. When I was young, there was a landlord in my village, and the chickens and ducks in his family were very fat. At that time, we hadn't eaten meat for a long time."

Sun Kui asked, "Did you steal it?"

"No, my elder brother and I were caught and beaten up by the servants of the landlord's house. My elder brother and I were almost beaten to death." Emperor Wu of Zhou felt pain when he recalled what happened back then.It was the first time he had been beaten so hard, and it was also the first time he had experienced the feeling of being almost beaten to death.

"You and Prince Yiyong didn't steal the chicken, but this landlord beat you to death. This is too vicious."

"At that time, poor people were worse than dogs." Emperor Wu of Zhou said with a heavy face, "I said I wanted to eat chicken, so my elder brother took me to steal the chicken, but I was almost beaten to death. My elder brother and I raised a chicken." It took more than half a month to raise it well, and then my eldest brother and I took a group of brothers to take revenge and beat up the landlord's precious son."

Thinking of this incident back then, Emperor Wu of Zhou unconsciously raised a smile, "Of course, he also stole a lot of chickens. Maybe it's because we haven't eaten meat for a long time. After we ate chicken, we had diarrhea for two days. "

"Your majesty, did you let that landlord go?"

"I beat up the landlord's son and took away a lot of his chickens. We have avenged our revenge, and we don't have to trouble the landlord anymore." Emperor Wu of Zhou laughed, "We originally planned to rob the rich and help the poor, but we At that time, I was too young to be the opponent of the landlord's servants, so I had to give up this great plan."

"It's your kindness, Your Majesty."

"Later, a group of bandits came to the village. The landlord's house was robbed by the bandits, and everyone in the house was killed by the bandits."

"Your Majesty, did you encounter those bandits?"

"We were lucky. Before the bandits came to the village, our family went out to beg for a living because we couldn't live on, so we escaped unharmed." Recalling the days when he was a child and had no food to eat, Emperor Wu of Zhou's face felt cold. Come down, "However, we met those bandits later."

"Your Majesty, are you all right?"

"It's okay, my eldest brother and I led people to take those bandits away, and none of them were left behind." At that time, the bandits not only burned and looted, but also treated human lives as a trifle. "Those bandits killed a lot of people."

"Your Majesty, you are doing justice for the heavens, and you are right to kill." Although Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't say anything in detail, Sun Kui could imagine what those bandits had done.

"At that time, there were many bandits who killed people like this without blinking an eye." Emperor Wu of Zhou said with a long sigh, "At that time, the most worthless thing was human life. In fact, whether it is father, elder brother, or me, I never thought of establishing the Great Zhou as emperor."

"At that time, we just wanted to survive, to have food, meat, and wine." Emperor Wu of Zhou put his hands behind his back and said, leaning on his back, "My eldest brother and I didn't like wars, but at that time there were wars every day. There are endless battles. My elder brother always told me that when the world is peaceful, we will buy a piece of land, build a big house, and then raise some chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, but unfortunately this wish has not come true.”

"Your Majesty, you should have fulfilled your wish." Sun Kui said, "You live in a big house now, and you have the whole world, and there are many chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs in the palace."

"It's different, I've been trapped in this palace." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, and couldn't help complaining, "At the beginning, I said that I would go, but my elder brother insisted on telling him to go, but in the end, I never came back. .If I were the one to go then, nothing would happen to my eldest brother."

"Your Majesty, it's been so long, don't blame yourself anymore."

"If I had gone then, I wouldn't have been trapped in this ghostly place in front of Emperor Laoshizi."

The corner of Sun Kui's mouth twitched slightly. He thought the emperor was blaming himself for what happened back then, but he didn't expect the emperor to complain about being an emperor again.

"If eldest brother lives to be the emperor, I can travel around and live a carefree and unrestrained life."

"Your Majesty, God made you emperor." Thinking of that person, Sun Kui couldn't help asking curiously, "Your Majesty, didn't that person go to save Prince Yiyong back then?"

"He was sent by the eldest brother to deal with Zhu Que, and his legs were also abolished in this battle."

"Zhu Que?" Zhu Que was a famous general in the previous dynasty and the God of War in the previous dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as invincible.

"Yes, he was the only one who could deal with Zhu Que at that time." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "In that battle, he wiped out Zhu Que's 40 army, forcing Zhu Que to commit suicide."

Sun Kui exclaimed: "That man is really powerful." The fact that he fought against General Zhu Que has been praised to this day.It was also because of this battle that the one who replaced General Zhu Que became the fearsome God of War.

As long as this battle is mentioned, everyone will be in awe of that person.

"He is a real genius. No matter whether it is the elder brother or I, he is not as good as him." Emperor Wu of Zhou stood up, raised his hands and stretched indecently, "with him, Da Zhou is as good as he is." With Dinghaishenzhen, Da Zhou will not be invaded by foreign races."

"Your Majesty, do you mean that if the Huns invade, who will go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"

"He will. Although he hates me, he knows in his heart that Da Zhou is what Big Brother wants to protect, so he won't let Da Zhou be bullied by foreigners." Emperor Wu of Zhou twisted his body, "The country name of Da Zhou was the name of Big Brother back then. Take it."

"Didn't the late emperor take it?"

"It was taken by the elder brother. The elder brother said [Zhou] means comprehensive. The establishment of the Great Zhou is to protect the people comprehensively, so that the people will no longer suffer from the suffering of war, and let them live a stable and stable life." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "The old man thinks what the elder brother said is very reasonable. He took [Zhou] when the country was founded."

"So that's how it is." It was the first time Sun Kui heard about the origin of Da Zhou's [Zhou].

"[Zhou] has another meaning, the cycle flows back and forth, and the life is endless." Emperor Wu of Zhou said with emotion, "Brother, I hope that the Great Zhou will always be prosperous."

"Prince Yiyong has a good literary talent."

"Brother looks like a big boy, but he likes to read very much. Xiao Shi is not like him in this respect."

"Your majesty, didn't you like reading when you were young?" The slave girl felt that His Royal Highness looked like you.

Emperor Wu of Zhou glared at Sun Kui and said, "I am such a talented person, how could I not like reading when I was young?"

If Prince Yiyong heard what Emperor Wu of Zhou said, he would definitely laugh at him for being shameless.

Zhao Yao: Father, you obviously didn't like reading when you were young, why did you force me to study?
Emperor Wu of Zhou: Of course it is to let you experience my suffering when I was a child.

Zhao Yao: I can't take this father.