The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 130 Six Returning to Beijing Road ([-])

The news that the prince quietly left Xiangyi did not spread until after dawn. The people who gathered around the palace to see the prince off were both disappointed and moved. A stable and prosperous place was left behind, but everyone was not given a chance to express their gratitude.

When Meng Tao returned home, he saw his wife Osmanthus wiping tears with her arms around the child.Two years ago, the palace abolished the maids, and Osmanthus stayed behind. The prince was the matchmaker and married Meng Tao. She still stayed in the mansion to help manage the affairs of the inner courtyard and discipline the new maids. They all stayed.

"Master, the second master is gone?" Osmanthus asked, the people in the mansion received an order yesterday, and no one is allowed to leave the house to see him off, so as not to disturb the neighbors.

"Let's go, we should have reached the capital city of Gongzhou by now." Meng Tao took off the knife and hung it on the wall and said, this knife is one of the two Japanese swords given to the prince by Cheng Xishou during the Chinese New Year.

"Oh, if the child wasn't young, I really want to go back to Beijing with the second master..." Osmanthus osmanthus sighed and began to sob again. It can be said that she watched the prince grow up. Although they are master and servant, they are like siblings.

"Osmanthus, don't cry. We will never forget the kindness of the second master. Besides, the second master said repeatedly before leaving that we are the old people around him. He asked us to stay and help him take care of this place. The responsibility is equally important. , let's not disappoint the trust of the lord." Meng Tao has now been promoted to the second steward of Nanfu, he sat down to comfort his wife, but his eyes were red.

"Well, I also understand this truth, but it's just psychologically uncomfortable." Osmanthus leaned on her husband's shoulder and murmured...

The people in the mansion are not only suffering from Meng Tao's family. People in the mansion are still coming in and out, but without the presence of the prince, everything seems to have lost their vitality. Every time old Zhang, the gatekeeper, hears the sound of horseshoes, he will rush out to have a look. I hope to see the prince's childish smiling face appear in front of my eyes again...

In the inner courtyard, several older little yellow men swung their brooms vigorously to sweep the dead leaves on the ground, as if they wanted to sweep away the depression in their hearts. The prince asked for their opinions before leaving, so he stayed here. Or go back to Beijing with him, they know that they are old and frail, even if they go back to the palace, they will go to a nursing home, because they are waiting to die in that lifeless place, it is better to stay here and be at ease, but without the prince, The yard suddenly became deserted.

"You wait and scan again. Before leaving, the second master told me that he left a sum of money for everyone to let you go home and choose an honest and kind child from your relatives to take care of you and enjoy the family happiness. The voluntary school in the mansion goes to school, the older ones can arrange something to do in the mansion, and you can come to me to pay at any time." Jianxi and Huang Jingchen both returned to Beijing, and Fengxi was left in charge of the inner mansion. In fact, he is Zhao Tun The one eye left, after all, this is his base, if the backyard catches fire, the loss will be too great.

"My lord is still thinking about us useless people, how can we repay such a great kindness?" Several little yellow men knelt down and said tearfully towards the south, adopting sons is the patent of those rich and powerful servants, they are low-level Some people didn't even dare to think about it, but the prince helped them realize their wish.

"Master Xi, the task is completed." At this moment, several guards came in and said.

"We didn't lose?" Fengxi asked.

"Everything is done according to the prince's arrangement, our people are unscathed, and we found that all the hidden piles have been cleaned up"

"Well, very good, you have worked hard, go down and rest." Fengxi nodded and said, the prince returned to the capital and chose ten people from the guards to be his assistants, and before leaving, he left behind an eyeliner ordering to secretly clear all hostile forces .

"Second Master, I hope you can return to Beijing smoothly," Feng Xi muttered to himself while looking at the south, the journey could be said to be full of murderous opportunities.

In Beifuzhong, the resounding wake-up call sounded, and the training life of the pro-guards began again.If all 500 people were brought into the capital, many of them would not be able to sleep well, and the emperor might not agree. In order to reduce the trouble, Zhao Tun thought twice and decided to bring fifty guards back to Beijing to act as his entourage and nurse. Du Qinwei appeared as guards of honor and handymen in the government. With their combat strength and firearms, they were able to deal with the complicated situation in Beijing.In addition to continuing to strengthen training, the remaining people are now also undertaking the military training tasks of Fuchu Zhuangke and Yixue to train and select reserve soldiers.

Now that the firm has undergone reorganization, it can still maintain normal operations without the prince, but Zheng Shou has more things to do. He has to take care of the left-behind personnel in the palace. Go to Jingzhong Daqian Station to take over the new palace in Beijing, and will stay as the butler to handle the affairs of Beijing.

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It is 150 miles from Xiangyi to Kaifeng, and it can be reached by both flood and drought. Now is the time when the autumn tax enters Beijing, and the boats transporting grain in the Bian River are constantly coming and going, which often leads to congestion. For safety, Zhao Tun chose land. After all, it is better to be down-to-earth on the water have a sense of security.The official roads in the Song Dynasty have been rebuilt and built for many years, and they have been very developed. The main road leading to the capital is even more spacious and convenient, and the roads are maintained by special soldiers sent by the prefectures and counties.In order to make it easier for people going inside to avoid the sun, pines and willows are planted on both sides of the road, which is still very considerate.

It is said that the convoy of people and horses that Zhao Tun went to Beijing was quite small, three of the five carts were occupied by people, one was his special car, the other was Huang Jingchen and He Qufei, and the other was the court lady and the other one that Zhao Tama was accompanying. The cook and others took the ride, and the others had already arranged to enter Beijing in batches.The other two carts were full of gifts and pocket money he had prepared, and one was full of ammunition.The accompanying guards were all on horseback, with twenty close guards and a team of fifty personal guards.

The decree only said that he was called to Beijing, and there was no specified time, so there was plenty of time, and he didn't have to hurry. At the end of the time, it entered the boundary of Yongqiu.

"Jianxi, did this Yongqiu used to be Cao Zhi's fiefdom?" Zhao Tang slept and ate something, and now he is in good spirits, remembering such a thing.

"Second Master, look at it, there is still Cao Zhi's cemetery here, is Second Master interested in going to see it?" Jianxi replied.

"Okay, tell them to stop and go to the posthouse to arrange board and lodging first, I'll go and have a look on horseback," Zhao Tong ordered.

After parking the car, Zhao Tang came down to see that the guards had set up a cordon. These boys had all put on new clothes now, wearing Ma Jun's yellow silk cotton jacket, white silk pantyhose pants, and purple headbands on their heads. He wears a turban, scarf silk around his waist, hemp shoes on his feet, a black cloak, a saber in his waist, a water bottle and a gun bag beside his saddle, and of course the gun is wrapped in a gun jacket. It is not as pleasing to the eye as the military uniform he designed, but it is also very energetic.

"Xin Zhao, you bring your guards to accompany me, Zhao Zhong, you take your guards to protect the vehicle and go to the post house to arrange board and lodging, and I will go to see the scenery," Zhao Tong ordered.

"My lord, do you mind bringing us two old men?" He Qufei and Huang Jingchen couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to go with them.

"Okay, there are more people and it's lively, but I'm going to ride a horse, can you do it?" Zhao Tang said with a smile.

"Haha, my lord, although we are old, we can still get on the horse, don't worry," He Qufei said with a big laugh.

After a while, the pommel horse was ready here, Zhao Tun got on the horse, and the two old men got on the horse with the help of the guards, Gao Chong was unwilling to follow the brigade to the posthouse.Xin Zhao was accompanied by his guards. They were all in soap-colored clothes, with two-handed horizontal knives behind their backs, pistols hidden under their armpits, and long guns at once. Not enough for them to kill.

Cao Zhi’s cemetery is not far away. They arrived there in about two quarters of an hour on horseback. A mound next to a forest is Cao Zhi’s cemetery. The surrounding buildings have long since disappeared. There is only a piece of white marble standing there ten times larger. Cao Zhi's Tomb', Zhao Tunari got off his horse from the saddle and stood in front of the tomb. It is inevitable that he thought of his life. At the age of 20, he was "good at writing", and when he became an adult, he was very talented. At the age of [-], he was named Marquis of Pingyuan, and three years later, he was named Marquis of Linzi.

"My lord, do you know Cao Zijian's seven-step poem?" Because it was a temporary idea and he didn't buy any incense sticks, Zhao Tang picked up earth as a furnace and used sticks instead of incense.

"Boil the beans to make a soup, boil the soybeans for juice, burn the Osmunda under the cauldron, and the beans are weeping in the cauldron. They grow from the same root, so why bother frying them together?" Zhao Tun immediately chanted.

"Well, very good, my lord knows why it ended up in seven steps into a poem." He Qufei nodded and asked again.

"I only know one thing or two. He and his brother Cao Pi failed to compete for the reserve and were forced by Cao Pi. I would like to ask the teacher to explain in detail."

"Okay, Cao Cao has 25 sons, but he likes the youngest son Cao Chong the most, but he died at the age of 13. His sons persuaded him to mourn, but Cao Cao said: It is your luck that he died..." He Qufei recalled that Mrs. Bian gave birth to four sons Pi, Zhi, Zhang, and Xiong for Cao Cao. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi began to compete for the crown prince very early.

Cao Zhi's nature is simple, but he is not dignified.Yuma clothes are not gorgeous.Every time I see a difficult question, I respond to the voice, and my ambition and talent are extraordinary, so I am especially loved by Cao Cao.In the dispute between brothers, Cao Zhi had the upper hand in the early years, and was almost made the prince by Cao Cao several times.However, Cao Zhi behaved willfully and drank recklessly, but Cao Pi used tricks to defend himself, pretending to be self-effacing, and was good at using various means to serve Cao Cao and whitewash himself.Cao Cao was also worried about repeating Yuan Shao's mistake of abolishing the elders and setting up the younger to attract disaster, so he decided to make Cao Pi his son, and at the same time as compensation, he increased Cao Zhi's fiefdom from five thousand households to ten thousand.

Cao Cao, who was suspicious and repeated, once gave Cao Zhi a chance to perform.But then he made two mistakes. He walked on the road without authorization, and opened the Sima Gate to leave the palace. This was a serious transgression.Cao Cao was furious, "Planting pets is declining day by day."After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ren, who was stationed in Xiangyang, was besieged by Guan Yu. Cao Cao appointed Cao Zhi as the general of Zhonglang and led his troops to rescue him. However, Cao Zhi was too drunk to perform the task, and Cao Zhi fell out of favor completely.Cao Cao was a ruthless politician. For Cao Pi's consideration, he began to cut off Cao Zhi's wings—killing his counselor Yang Xiu, his father-in-law Cui Yan, and his wife Cui Shi.But the bigger crisis came from his elder brother Cao Pi who proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty. As a former opponent and potential danger, Cao Pi and his son deeply feared Cao Zhi.Cao Zhi's life went from high to low - he was falsely accused, demoted, and changed many fiefdoms. Since then, he began his 12-year "suffering journey".