The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 94

After an unknown period of time, a group of people finally returned to the tall and majestic Bianliang City. Zhao Dezhao led all the civil and military officials to stand at the gate of the city, waiting respectfully for the emperor to return to Beijing.Zhao Guangyi looked at his own handwriting on the gate of the city - Bianliang City, the three powerful characters, recalling how proud he was when he left Tokyo a few months ago, he couldn't help feeling sad.

When Zhao Dezhao saw Zhao Guangyi, he hurriedly gave a deep salute, and said: "Officials, due to the poor protection of the emperor's nephew and the generals in the battle of Youzhou, the officials encountered danger. I come here to make amends. I hope that the officials will forgive all officials and punish Germany alone. Zhao alone."

Cao Bin hurriedly said: "Officials, the defeat in this battle is the crime of the last general. I hope the officials will forgive the martial arts king and punish Cao Bin alone."

Pan Mei also said: "King of Wugong County, General Cao, you don't need to fight anymore. I am the official family who recruited all the North Road. Now that such a big event happened, I should be punished if I want to punish Pan Mei."

All the officials behind the three also said: "Officials, we are all responsible for the defeat in this battle. You can't punish one person alone. If you want to punish, punish everyone!"

Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi sneered, unwilling to say a word, and rode straight into Bianliang City, leaving Zhao Dezhao and other officials far behind.Looking at the back of Zhao Guangyi going away, Zhao Dezhao sighed silently, looked up at the sky, and saw that the dark clouds all over the sky had been blown away by the wind at some point, and the fiery red sun had reappeared in the sky.

In the middle of the night, the Chuigong Temple.

On weekdays, when the emperor was in the early court, the Wendongwuxi hatchbacks stood in the vertical arched hall, which crowded the huge hall to the brim.It was night at this time, and there was no one in the hall, not even a little light, only the bright moonlight poured through the window lattice on the blue bricks on the ground, reflecting the gloomy and solemn interior of the hall.

The dragon chair made of gold emits a cold brilliance under the moonlight, which makes people feel extremely sacred, but it is also repelling people thousands of miles away.Throughout the ages, how many heroes have been crazy for this dragon chair, and have given up family, friendship and love, just to get closer to this position, and a little closer.

Suddenly, the grand gate of the palace was slowly pushed open from the outside, and Zhao Guangyi walked in from outside the palace wearing a dragon robe.His back was slightly bent, and his steps became slightly staggering. When he looked at the dragon chair in the middle of the hall, the cherishment, longing, and even madness in his eyes clearly looked like a young man.

Zhao Guangyi walked slowly through the spacious hall, walked towards the dragon chair step by step, and finally stepped up to Yubi next to him with some difficulty, and walked to the extremely noble dragon chair.He stretched out his hands, and gently and affectionately stroked the exquisitely carved and lifelike golden dragon on the dragon chair. It was as if a treasured object was lost and found again, and it was also like reuniting with a loved one after a long absence.

Zhao Guangyi kept stroking, unwilling to let go for a moment, as if he was afraid that if he let go, he would be taken away.While stroking, he muttered to himself, and said: "Everyone says that I am not in the right position. Even my most trusted Qing family, after I disappeared, were eager to support the eldest son of my second brother as emperor. But you Who knows how much painstaking efforts I have spent to get this position, and how do you know how much painstaking efforts I have spent governing the country after I ascended the throne?"

He smiled bitterly and continued: "You don't know, you will never know, not only you don't know, I'm afraid no one will know after thousands of years. You are just doing your duty as courtiers, just one Everyone dreams of being a high official and generous salary, but I have done so much, who will give me a reward? Not only will I never get a reward, but there is no one who can talk to me a few times. Looking at the world, there is nothing but to curry favor with me , Want to plot against me, want to get rid of me and replace me, there is no one else. At the beginning, I thought that as long as I became the emperor, everything would be good, and it was just a moment of obsession that killed Taizu, but now I know my mistake It's a pity that the second brother will never come back again, if I also fall now, I really don't know what kind of chaos will be in this world?"

At this time, Wang Jien came in tiptoely from outside the hall, still holding a wooden stick in his hand.His expression was very tense, and he held the wooden stick tightly in his hand, not even daring to breathe.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhao Guangyi turned around subconsciously, and shouted loudly: "Who is it! Do you want to assassinate the widow in the middle of the night?"

Seeing that the person in the hall was Zhao Guangyi, Wang Jien quickly threw the wooden stick, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, "Officials and miscellaneous families just heard voices in the hall, so they came to have a look. I don't know if you came here late at night, why did you come here?" What about rebellious officials and thieves, that's why..."

Zhao Guangyi waved to Wang Ji'en and said, "Ji'en, come here. Apart from you, I have no one I can trust anymore."

Wang Jien immediately knelt and climbed in front of Zhao Guangyi, and said, "Officials, are you troubled by the fact that all the ministers supported the king of Wugong County as emperor?"

Zhao Guangyi sighed slightly, and said: "Ji'en, you really know me very well, and you seem to always be able to guess what I'm thinking. It's a pity that you succeed and fail here, and I'm really worried that one day you will also lose." Will join hands with others to plot against me."

Wang Jien hurriedly said: "The official family, the Zajia's success today is all thanks to the official family, how could the Zajia family plot against the official family? If you don't believe it, the Zajia family will be bumped to death in this hall!"

Zhao Guangyi smiled, "I'm just talking, why should you take it seriously? I don't know what you think about the matter of the Wugong County King?"

Wang Jien had the courage to say: "Officials, Taizu's eldest son, Dexiu, died young, and the second son, King Wugong County, became the eldest son. If there is any disturbance, the officials will embrace him as emperor. If he is alive, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later. It will happen again. According to the miscellaneous family, it’s better to just have a good time, so that it’s over.” He wiped his hand on his neck and made a killing gesture.

Zhao Guangyi shook his head and said, "No! Now many people suspect that I murdered the Emperor Taizu. If I kill his flesh and blood again, how can all the officials agree? Besides, when I killed Taizu, it was also a moment of obsession. Can you still attack your loved ones?"

Wang Ji'en said: "The officials are benevolent, and they are unwilling to attack their close relatives, but the Wugong County King may not think so. He must have the heart to seek revenge from the officials. As the saying goes, 'It is better to strike first'. I'm afraid it will be too late for the officials to regret it!"

Zhao Guangyi sighed when he heard the words, "Oh, but he is my nephew after all, and I watched him grow up with my own eyes. I have already felt sorry for my second brother, and my niece Chanxue has escaped into Buddhism because of this. How can I treat De Zhao again? , Defang's two nephews?"

Wang Jien had no choice but to say: "Officials, since you are so benevolent, why don't you write this down for now, and only demote the ministers who supported the Wugong County King, so that they would never dare to threaten the officials again. If Wugong No matter how disobedient the king of the county is, the officials can punish him for two crimes and kill everyone in the world."

Zhao Guangyi pondered for a moment, and said: "For the present, it has to be like this. I hope Dezhao will stop doing outrageous things, otherwise I will never tolerate it any longer!"

He hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly felt another sharp pain in his buttocks, and hurriedly said: "Ji'en, my injury seems to have recurred again. Please help me back to the harem to rest, and then bring all the imperial doctors to me , I want to send a few good imperial doctors, bring 1000 taels of silver, and go to Luoyang to find a young man named Lu Mengzheng to treat his old mother."

Wang Jien nodded, "Officials, you can take care of your wounds at ease, and you will remember these small things." Wang Jien has been with Zhao Guangyi for many years. On the two people's already gray hair, the two people who are no longer young are reflected much older.

(End of this chapter)