Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 206 No one can treat the Gu and Yuan families lightly
The palace door opened wide, and the army entered the palace. In just half an hour, they basically took control of the overall situation.

Zhao Zongquan also smiled at this time, but he also knew that the life and death of the official family was very important to him.

Although Guan Jia is still alive, he might change his mind after being saved.

But if the official dies, it will be difficult for him to inherit the throne with just a blood edict without a jade seal.

Zhao Zongquan ordered people to inquire about the whereabouts of the official family. Soon he learned from a eunuch that the official family was under house arrest in Funing Hall by King Yan, and he quickly led his soldiers and horses to kill him.

When Zhao Zongquan led his troops to Funing Palace, they encountered strong resistance.

Those who could be transferred by King Yan to guard the official family were all his confidants.

These people knew that even if they surrendered, they would not survive, so they resisted extremely fiercely.

However, they were outnumbered after all. With Yuan Wenshao and Gu Tingye taking the lead, they quickly reached the square outside Funing Hall.

"I have the emperor in my hands, who dares to act rashly!"

At this moment, the door of Funing Hall opened, and King Yan came out holding the official family hostage.

Zhao Zongquan quickly shouted back the soldiers and looked at King Yan and the hostage officials with an ugly expression.

If, in full view of the public, he was attacked by force and the official was killed by King Yan, he would become one of the culprits of the official's death.

Once he carries this reputation, he will be completely out of reach of the throne.

King Yan looked at Zhao Zongquan, who had surrendered to the enemy, and said proudly: "If you retreat now, I will not only forgive you, but I will also reward you generously. Your rescue by King Yan is just to get rewards for your meritorious service. I can also satisfy you."

"Don't worry about me, kill this traitor and welcome King Yong to inherit the throne!" the official shouted.

At this time, he did not know that these soldiers and horses were mobilized by Zhao Zongquan from the western suburbs camp with a blood edict.

After all, Yuzhou is hundreds of miles away from Bianjing. Even if the blood edict is sent out, it will not be so fast.

The officials thought that some military generals noticed that King Yan was rebelling and led troops to help the king.

"To shut up!"

King Yan shouted with a ferocious expression: "I killed that good-for-nothing King Yong and his whole family. Do you want to pass the throne to a ghost? In what way am I inferior to King Yong? If you pass the throne to me, what will happen to you?" Is it about today?"

"Shu~"

When King Yan took Guan Jia hostage from Funing Palace, he was worried that someone would shoot a cold arrow, so he kept hiding behind Guan Jia.

At this time, because of excitement, his body was exposed from behind the official family.

When Gu Tingye saw this, his eyes lit up, he took the bow and arrow from the soldiers beside him, and drew the bow to aim.

However, someone moved faster than him, and an arrow flew out not far from him and passed directly through King Yan's chest.

"Uh"

King Yan lowered his head and glanced at the bloody hole in his chest, then lost consciousness, his eyes widened, full of unwillingness, and fell down.

"His Majesty!"

Zhao Zongquan was stunned and rushed towards the official's house with a cry of surprise.

Gu Tingye turned his head, looked at Yuan Wenshao who was drawing his bow, and said with a smile: "Erlang and I thought of going together."

"Hey, the situation is urgent, I can't worry about so much." Yuan Wenshao said a little embarrassed.

If everything went according to the original development, King Yan would have died in the hands of Gu Tingye.

Now that he dies in his hands, it can be considered as taking away his credit.

However, Gu Tingye had saved Zhao Zongquan and his son many times, and his family still had a title waiting for him to inherit. Whether or not he had this credit would not have much impact on him.

Thinking of this, the guilt in Yuan Wenshao's heart dissipated a lot.

King Yan died, and the remaining confidants had no backbone and no fighting spirit. Some wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, and some simply threw away their weapons and surrendered, and things were quickly pacified.

Zhao Zongquan and Zhao Ceying supported the officials and entered the main hall under the protection of Yuan Wenshao, Gu Tingye and others.

"Your Majesty~"

When the queen saw that the official family had returned intact, she came forward excitedly.

Zhao Zongquan and Zhao Ceying handed over their official residence to the Queen, took a few steps back, and bowed down: "I, Yuzhou regiment training envoy Zhao Zongquan, arrived too late to save me. He deserves death!"

Yuan Wenshao and others also knelt down quickly.

"Zhao Zongquan?"

The official was stunned. When he wrote the blood edict, he did not expect that Zhao Zongquan would come so quickly. He wanted to add more obstacles to King Yan and let the world know that King Yan was not in the right position, so they would gather together to attack him.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zongquan arrived so quickly.

The official was stunned and asked: "Yuzhou is hundreds of miles away from Bianjing, and it was less than a day after the blood edict was sent. Why did you come so fast?"

The clan was not allowed to enter the capital without an edict. Zhao Zongquan knew that if he did not explain this issue clearly, the officials would be suspicious, so he quickly sent King Yan to assassinate him. He was planning to go to the capital to report to King Yan.As a result, he met Yuan Wenshao, who carried the blood edict, and then told him in detail how he followed the edict to quell the rebellion.

After hearing this, the official said with a sigh on his face: "God's will, if King Yan doesn't send someone to assassinate you, even if the blood edict is sent, by the time you receive the blood edict and go to Beijing to quell the rebellion, I and the queen may have died. , maybe he will succeed at that time.”

"This is what I should do." Zhao Zongquan said.

The official nodded and took a look at Zhao Zongquan.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was very strict with the clan, and the surveillance of Taizu's lineage was even stricter.

Although he has never met Zhao Zongquan, he still knows Zhao Zongquan relatively well. In his heart, Zhao Zongquan is not suitable to be an emperor.

The previous blood edict was also a last resort. If Zhao Zongquan was not appointed as the prince, Zhao Zongquan would not be able to mobilize troops to serve the king.

If other clans were sealed too far away, King Yan might have taken control of the situation before the edict was received.

His purpose in conferring the title of Zhao Zongquan was to let Zhao Zongquan lead troops to serve the king and delay time.

Even though he knew that it was Zhao Zongquan who came to the rescue, he did not really want to pass the throne to Zhao Zongquan at that time.

However, when Zhao Zongquan finished telling the story of his coming to Beijing, the official changed his mind again. He felt that everything was God's will.

The official withdrew his gaze from Zhao Zong, looked at the people behind him, and finally his eyes rested on Yuan Wenshao.

"When I dismissed you from your post because of some trivial matter, did you ever blame me?" the official asked.

"I don't dare." Yuan Wenshao said quickly.

"Haha, after you made great achievements, I asked you to serve in the western suburbs camp. You must be very confused and dissatisfied, right?" the official said.

"Your Majesty has a lot of things in his belly. It is natural that he has profound meaning in doing so. I am not dissatisfied." Yuan Wenshao said respectfully.

"I thought you were still young and should be put in the western suburbs camp for a few years to work hard so that you could assist my son in the future. Unfortunately, my son was not blessed and died early. I removed you from your post because you offended me. King Yong, I also want to protect you by doing this." The official said.

"Your Majesty, I am extremely grateful for your good intentions." Yuan Wenshao said solemnly.

He was indeed a little dissatisfied at the time, but now he was relieved after hearing the official's words.

At that time, he offended King Yong. In the future, King Yong will definitely not let him go when he ascends the throne.But when the officials removed him from his post, it was different.

Without a position and a mere nobility, he became an insignificant person. After King Yong ascended the throne, he might not do anything to him.

The official said: "From now on, you must assist the new king."

"I obey!" Yuan Wenshao responded.

The official nodded, looked at Gu Tingye, and said: "When you entered the palace when you were eight years old, you played with a set of guns in front of me. After you finished playing, you asked me for a reward. Haha, I haven't seen any dolls before. You are so bold that I will reward you with the gun as a reward."

"Entering the palace? What entering the palace?"

Master Zhao Zongquan was stunned. They had always thought that Gu Tingye was called Bai Ye and that he was the son of a minor official.

However, now listening to the official's intentions, it seems that Gu Tingye is not that simple.

Zhao Zongquan even doubted whether Gu Tingye was sent by the government to supervise him.

The official heard this and explained: "He is the second son of the Gu family of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. He used to often enter the palace."

"Your Majesty has a photographic memory, I admire you."

Gu Tingye noticed something was wrong with Zhao Zongquan's expression, so he complimented and explained: "My mother's surname is Bai. After I was driven out of my family, I took my mother's surname. I didn't mean to deceive Your Highness. I hope Your Highness won't be surprised."

Gu Tingye's words were an explanation at first, and the following sentence "Your Highness" also told Zhao Zongquan that he was loyal to him, and also reminded the officials.

Sure enough, Zhao Zongquan's expression softened after hearing this.

The official also reacted, knowing that what he had just said made Zhao Zongquan feel grudge against Gu Tingye, so he changed the subject and said, "I see there is a lot of blood on you, are you not injured?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The blood stains on my body are from the enemy and I am not injured." Gu Tingye said.

"Okay, it's true that a tiger father has no son. Your father sat in the southwest for many years and made outstanding achievements in quelling the rebellion in the southwest. You have not embarrassed your father." The official said.

"Your Majesty is so complimentary." After Gu Tingye finished speaking, he raised his head and glanced at the official's house, hesitating to speak.

The official said with a smile: "I remember that you were very brave back then, and you dared to ask me for rewards. Why are you not as bold as before now? If you have anything to say, just say it. I forgive you."

Hearing this, Gu Tingye cupped his hands and said, "Since your Majesty said so, I forgive you for being bold. I heard that the maid in the imperial garden forgot to prepare tea, and your majesty couldn't bear the punishment of the maid, so he went to the queen's palace to drink water. Your majesty said to a The palace maids are so tolerant, why do they cut off my path to the imperial examination just because of one word?"

He had been holding this question in his mind for a long time. Now he asked it, partly because he wanted to find out the reason, and partly because he wanted to dispel Zhao Zongquan's suspicion.

"Shut up nonsense!"

Sure enough, after Zhao Zongquan heard this, the remaining doubts in his heart disappeared completely. He was worried that Gu Tingye would offend the officials, so he scolded him and said with cupped hands: "Bai... Gu Erlang, he is talking nonsense, please don't talk to him." General knowledge."

The official waved his hand to interrupt Zhao Zongquan's words, sighed, and said: "I did something wrong indeed. I have always regarded myself as a benevolent king, but I ruined Yang Wuduan's official career because of a joke, and I don't want to hear it from now on. Some people are talking about Yang Wuduan. I heard that you were complaining about Yang Wuduan, so I got angry and asked you to take the exam at the age of 50, just like Yang Wuduan. Now that you have come to rescue me regardless of your past grudges, I should show you your fault."

"I don't dare!" Gu Tingye said quickly.

How dare he ask the official to accompany him, and what the official said just now completely dissipated the resentment in his heart.

"I have also read your article. You want to imitate Mr. Li, dedicate yourself to death, and die. I hope you can assist Zhao Zongquan well in the future." The official said.

When Zhao Zongquan heard this, his eyes showed uncontrollable ecstasy.

Although he had a bloody edict, the officials had not said that they would make him the prince, and he felt very unsure.

The meaning behind the official's words just now was that they were ready to make him the crown prince. How could he not be happy about it?

"Even if I am shattered to pieces, I will never forget your Majesty's words today." Gu Tingye said.

"Okay...cough cough cough~"

As soon as Guan Jia opened his mouth, he coughed violently.

He was already terminally ill. After King Yan rebelled, he was so worried that he has never slept a wink until now.

Now that I have said so many words, I can no longer hold on.

"Your Majesty, please rest for now. If you have anything to say, we'll talk to you later." The queen advised the official while patting him on the back to cheer him up.

The official coughed for a while and felt better. He waved his hand to the queen, looked at Zhao Zongquan and said: "Yuan Erlang and Gu Erlang are both good boys. You are where you are today thanks to them. You must treat them well in the future." .Although this dynasty values ​​civility over military affairs, no one can treat the Gu and Yuan families lightly."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely remember this."

Zhao Zongquan responded quickly and said: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. It's better to rest first and let the imperial doctor take a look."

The official waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll call all the ministers and ministers here. I'll have to issue an imperial edict to pass the throne, so that I can feel at ease."

Not to mention that the officials were not at ease, even Zhao Zongquan was not at ease.

The official's body is in bad shape at first glance. If he does not issue an edict to pass the throne, he will die, and the variables will be huge.

After hearing this, Zhao Zongquan tried his best to suppress the ecstasy in his heart and arranged for someone to find him.

Among the Xianggong and the six ministers of the court, only those who took refuge with King Yan were placed under house arrest in the palace.

After King Yan rebelled, he did not take action against these people, and they were all brought over soon.

After arriving, these people denounced King Yan for his treason, but the officials did not want to listen to this. They directly said that they would make Zhao Zongquan the crown prince and ordered Han Zhang to write the imperial edict to pass the throne.

After Han Zhang finished writing the edict, the official read it and stamped it with the jade seal himself.

After covering the jade seal, the official finally couldn't stand it anymore and fainted.

The official family was already seriously ill. If it had not been for King Yan's rebellion, he would not have been able to survive for a few more months. This is why the official family wanted to make King Yong the crown prince.

King Yan's rebellion this time exhausted the last bit of effort from the official family.

When the officials were exhausted both mentally and physically, they talked so many words, summoned all the ministers to issue edicts, and entrusted the affairs of the future. After that, their tense nerves relaxed and they could no longer hold on.

"His Majesty!"

Everyone was in a mess. The imperial doctor waiting outside the palace came in to check his pulse and bluntly said that the official family's time was running out.

After hearing this, all the ministers proposed to Zhao Zongquan that the adoption ceremony should be completed as soon as possible.

Zhao Zongquan refused because he needed to serve at the hospital bed.He asked all the ministers to deal with state affairs for the time being and asked everyone to retreat.

Yuan Wenshao came out of Funing Hall and went to Shen Congxing to inquire about the whereabouts of Sheng Hong and Chang Bai.

As for rewards, they have to wait until the new king takes the throne before they can be rewarded based on their merits.

However, Yuan Wenshao felt that he might not be able to reward him in a short time.

After all, the death of an official is a national mourning, and it is not appropriate to reward him at this time.

Shen Congxing has temporarily assumed the position of commander of the Palace Front Division and taken over the military power in the palace.

Yuan Wenshao learned from him that all the officials and female relatives who were under house arrest in the palace had been sent back, so he said goodbye and left the palace.

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