The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

On this day, after the court, Song Dekang and Shen Hu came to the imperial study with flattering expressions.

Seeing the wretched looks of the four brothers, the emperor raised his left eyebrow in disgust and said unceremoniously: "If you have any questions, hurry up."

Song Dekang and the others did not write ink, so they said very cheerfully: "Your Majesty, do you still have those oysters?"

The other three stared at the emperor with burning eyes, "expectation" written on their faces.

Sun Kui on the side thought that General Song and the others had something to ask the emperor for, but unexpectedly they asked the emperor for oysters.

When the emperor heard this, he knew what Song Dekang and the others were thinking. He looked at the four of them with contempt: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect you four to be so useless. You actually want to regain your power by eating oysters."

When Song Dekang and others heard this, their four faces turned red. They retorted in unison: "No, we just think oysters are delicious."

"Yes, and those scallops are also delicious."

"And that fish is delicious too."

"Oysters are delicious grilled. We just want to eat oysters."

The emperor looked disbelieving and stared at them suspiciously and said, "The meat of the oysters is not enough to fit between your teeth. They are still delicious."

"The oysters have little meat, but they are delicious."

"Boss, you can't slander us."

“We just wanted to simply eat oysters.”

"Boss, we are so majestic, how can we need oysters to show our power?"

After hearing this, Sun Kui on the side finally understood, and then looked at the four generals with subtle eyes.

"Hey, who was it when eating oysters before that they disliked the lack of meat and hard shells of oysters? Why do you think oysters are delicious now?" The emperor looked at the happy faces of the four generals and said jokingly, "Look at you guys You look like a bear, you are quite romantic these days, how many times in one night?"

Sun Kui was so shocked by the emperor's straightforward question that he choked on his saliva and couldn't help coughing.

Even the shameless Song Dekang and the others would be a little embarrassed if the emperor asked him this.

"Boss, you are the emperor, can you be more subtle?"

"That's right, boss, how can you ask such a secret question?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows ambiguously at the four generals, "Do you have the seventh son?"

Song Dekang's old face turned red, and he frowned and said, "Boss, if we don't eat oysters, we are still seven times old."

Sun Kui complained in his heart: This is the imperial study, not the Goulan Courtyard. Your Majesty, you and the four generals are talking about such obscene things in such a sacred place as the imperial study, okay?

"Just you?" The emperor sneered.

"Boss, what do you mean?" Song Dekang and the others felt that they had been underestimated by the emperor. As men, they could not be told no.

Seeing the angry expressions of the four brothers, the emperor smiled in a good mood: "I don't have any extra oysters for you." The emperor rewarded most of the seafood Zhao Yao sent back to the capital some time ago, leaving only the remaining oysters. I've finished eating the next half in the past few days.

"Boss, we are not here to ask you for oysters, we are here to ask for your permission."

The emperor asked: "Do you want to buy oysters from Xiao Shi?"

"Yes, we also want to buy scallops and that big crab roe."

"Although the food in the sea here doesn't have much meat, it is delicious."

"Those fish in the sea have no spines, are not fishy, ​​and can be eaten alive."

The emperor knew very well that what the four generals wanted to buy mainly were oysters, so he did not expose them any further.

"I agree."

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Song Dekang and the others looked happy and said gratefully: "Thank you, boss."

"In addition to oysters, Xiao Shi has a lot of medicinal wines that are also aphrodisiacs. Do you want to buy them?"

"Boss, we buy oysters because they are delicious, not because of anything else."

"Boss, we don't need aphrodisiacs."

"Boss, who are you looking down on? We don't need medicinal wine."

"Boss, you are insulting us."

The emperor looked at the four generals who were trying their best to argue in a funny way, "I just underestimated you. What's wrong with you?"

Song Dekang and the four of them said: "..." So angry, they can't do anything.

Sun Kui, who was standing by as a background, lowered his head and tried his best to hold back his laughter.

The emperor put away his teasing face and became serious.

"Since you four are here, I don't need to send someone to call you."

As soon as they heard this, they knew that the emperor had something to order, and the expressions of Song Dekang and the four others immediately became serious.

"Boss, what do you want us to do?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, a stern look flashed across his eyes.

"It's not peaceful over there in the north. Which of the four of you will go to Zhenbei Camp to stay for a while?"

Song Dekang and the four of them rushed to say: "I'll go!" The four of them couldn't wait to go to the north to see it.

The last time I went to the North was more than 20 or 30 years ago. At that time, the war spread to the northern border. It was the emperor who took Song Dekang and the four of them to the northern border to quell the chaos. They have never been to the North since. As a general, the best destination is to guard the borders and protect the people of the Zhou Dynasty, rather than staying in the capital to enjoy happiness.

Song Dekang and the four of them started arguing again about going to the north. "Okay." The emperor interrupted the four of them and told Sun Kui on the side, "Go and prepare four lots for them to draw."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui hurriedly retreated and prepared four lots.

After a while, Sun Kui walked up to Song Dekang and the four of them holding four lots.

"Four generals, please draw lots."

Song Dekang and the four of them randomly picked up a lot.

Chu Ying was lucky enough to win the lottery, and Song Dekang and the other three could only envy and hate him.

"Your Majesty, is it that the Huns are not at peace, or that there is peace in Zhenbei Camp, or that there is peace in Youzhou?" Chu Ying is the smartest and most scheming of the four of them. He heard something different from the emperor's words just now.

Hearing Chu Ying's question, the faces of Song Dekang and the three of them instantly became stern.

The emperor did not answer Chu Ying, but asked: "Which one do you think it is?"

Chu Ying pondered for a moment and replied: "It's because there is no peace between Youzhou and Zhenbei Camp."

The emperor crossed his hands and held his chin, and asked with interest: "Why aren't the Xiongnu in peace?"

"At this time of year, the Huns do not need to go south to plunder food and property." Chu Ying said, "If only Zhenbei Camp was not at peace, you would not send us to the north, so both Zhenbei Camp and Youzhou are different."

Song Dekang frowned and asked: "Boss, is it possible that King Han colluded with Zhenbei Camp?"

Shen Hu's face suddenly turned serious and angry: "Deng Xianyun betrayed the boss, where are you with King Han?"

Zhang Gong looked angry: "The dog thief Deng Xianyun dares to betray the boss, I will kill him."

Deng Xianyun, as Song Dekang and others said, was the general of Zhenbei Camp, who had been responsible for guarding the northern border.

"Is that thief Deng Xianyun secretly defecting to the King of Han because he is dissatisfied with guarding the northern border all year round?"

"Boss, let me chop off Deng Xianyun's dog's head." What Zhang Gong and the others hate most are people who betray their master.

"It was Deng Xianyun, that dog thief, who took the initiative to ask for orders to guard the Northern Territory. He also swore that he would protect the Northern Territory and prevent the Huns from going south." Song Dekang's face was full of resentment, "When I wanted to go to the Northern Territory, he told me not to I fought with him, but he betrayed the boss. I went to the north with Lao Chu and killed him with my own hands."

Chu Ying remained silent.

The emperor looked at him and asked: "Old Chu, what do you think?"

"Boss, Deng Xianyun has no reason to betray you." Chu Ying knew Deng Xianyun's temper very well. This man was not a brainless person. There was no doubt about his loyalty to the emperor. Because the emperor would ask Deng Xianyun every two years if he wanted to return to the capital and change someone to guard the northern border. It was Deng Xianyun who insisted on guarding the northern border. It is impossible for him to be dissatisfied with guarding the northern border all year round and turn to the King of Han. "Boss, are other people in the Zhenbei Camp colluding with King Han?"

"Who can collude with the King of Han under the nose of that thief Deng Xianyun?" Song Dekang said sarcastically, "Deng Xianyun is not blind."

Zhang Gong echoed: "He's not brainless."

Shen Hu said bitterly: "The King of Han must have promised him a lot of things, and he was tempted."

After the emperor listened to Song Dekang's guesses for a while, he said: "Old Deng is fine, but the other people in the Zhenbei Camp are not sure."

Chu Ying thought to herself: It is indeed so.

"If it's not Deng Xianyun, who is that?" Song Dekang looked shocked, "He has the final say in Zhenbei Camp, who dares to collude with King Han under his nose?"

The emperor asked in a deep tone: "What do you think?"

Chu Ying guessed: "He is Deng Xianyun's son."

If it was Deng Xianyun's son who colluded with the King of Han, then Deng Xianyun would be forgiven for not finding out. Also, even if Deng Xianyun found out, he would not do anything to his son. After all, tiger poison cannot eat its seeds.

"Who is Deng Xianyun's son?" He remembered that Deng Xianyun had four sons, and who was so bold as to collude with King Han.

Chu Ying did not answer Shen Hu's question, but asked the emperor respectfully: "Boss, do you want me to go to Zhenbei Camp to investigate who is colluding with His Highness the King of Han?"

"Lao Deng is ill. You go and see him for me, and help him guard the Lower North."

Chu Ying exclaimed: "Deng Xianyun is ill. What illness? Is it serious?"

Song Dekang asked with a look of astonishment on his face: "Isn't Deng Xianyun dying of illness?"

Shen Hu said: "So his son took advantage of his illness to secretly hook up with King Han?"

The emperor smiled inexplicably and said, "Who knows."

"Boss, can Deng Xianyun's illness be man-made?" It's normal for people to get sick, but from the boss's tone, Deng Xianyun's illness is strange.

Song Dekang had a very bad guess. He looked shocked and said: "Deng Xianyun couldn't have been sickened by his son, right?" Couldn't Deng Xianyun have been poisoned by his son?

"Could it be that the King of Han and his son teamed up to make him sick?" Zhang Gong thought to himself, if that was the case, Deng Xianyun would be really miserable.

"Boss, will letting me go to alert the enemy?" If it is as they suspected, then if he went to Zhenbei Camp and temporarily took charge of the Zhenbei Camp for Deng Xianyun, wouldn't it be to alert the enemy to the enemy?

"The main purpose of letting you go is to control the situation." The emperor's expression became solemn, "Although the Huns have not made any movement for the time being, they will make some movement before long."

When Chu Ying and others heard that the Huns were moving, Chu Ying and the others were frightened and asked hurriedly: "Boss, are the Huns going south in a while?"

The emperor nodded slightly and said: "It is very possible that you went to Zhenbei Camp, and the Huns did not dare to act rashly."

Chu Ying: "I accept your order."

"As for Lao Deng's matter, you should investigate it secretly." The emperor explained, "As for Lao Wu, you should leave it alone and treat it as if you don't know anything."

Chu Ying understood instantly: "I understand."

"You pack up and leave for the North in two days."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Song Dekang and the others now know that the situation in the north is complicated, so they no longer compete with Chu Ying to go to Zhenbei Camp. The three of them are indeed good at fighting, but they are not as good as Lao Chu in terms of conspiracy.