The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 140 Returning to Beijing Road ([-])

After tidying up the room, setting up the carriages, horses and luggage, it was getting late, and the cook prepared the meals in the kitchen of the post house.After eating, Zhao Tang chatted with the two old men for a while. They didn't sleep well last night, and they took the sky train again. They were old and mentally ill, so they went to bed early.He was idle and bored, and when he left the house, the lanterns had been lit in the yard, as if it were daylight, and he looked around his residence at three steps, one post, five steps and one post, laughing to himself.

"Zhao Zhong, don't be so nervous, tell everyone to retreat and have a good rest, but take good care of that kid, don't let him run away" Zhao Tang called Zhao Zhong and ordered.

"Second Master, be careful, there is no big mistake, if you break your skin a little bit, I will have no face to go back to see my brothers," Zhao Zhong said.

"Lifting the weight lightly, tight inside and loose outside, you think if you place so many people, they will be afraid." Zhao Tang patted Zhao Zhong on the shoulder and said with a smile, walking straight to the yard, Xin Zhao made a grimace at Zhao Zhong and fell behind. Half a step behind him.

Now that it has entered September and late autumn, Zhao Tun was walking aimlessly in the garden, thinking about his own thoughts. Although he had expected that the day of returning to Beijing would not be too far away, he had arranged a lot of things intensively, but it was still disrupted. The most unfortunate thing about his plan was that he was involuntarily involved in the battle for the heir apparent, and no one could have predicted how things would develop.

"There is a monkey on the top of the mountain. It nods when the guests arrive. It has a big head and a small neck, a big belly and a raised mouth."

"A cub is white and oily, with a mouth on the forehead. He nods wildly when he sees the guests."

"Grow on the mountain, sell it down the mountain, and when it reaches the water, it will bloom."

"I was born in Yeerpeng, a green mountain, and died in the lake where the water was dyed red. People like to treat me first, and I am not at the banquet."

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Unknowingly, Zhao Tun walked along the corridor to the backyard, and suddenly heard someone talking. After listening carefully, it turned out that the Zhu family who lived in the backyard were making tea and guessing riddles in the pavilion. It sounded interesting, and the two stopped to peek, " Come downstairs, the money is lost; ask the sky, where is the person? I hate the king and grandson, I have been gone; Don't use a knife; don't rely on your enemies from now on; lovesickness from thousands of miles away." At this time, a little lady with her back to him chanted.

"Second Master, what is she talking about?" Xin Zhao couldn't figure it out after hearing this, and turned his face to ask Zhao Tun.

"There are words hidden in this poem, and the design is quite exquisite." Zhao Tong thought for a while, and he knew the answer, and he couldn't help praising.

"Second Master, what exactly is it?" Xin Zhao asked anxiously while pulling Wang Ye.

"Listen to me: Farewell to my son, there are no people at the end of the world. Looking forward to the return of spring and sunset, there are few pedestrians. If you want to stop, you can't tell me what to say. It's so good that you throw me up and down. Soap and heat are indistinguishable. Bai, you don't need a knife to break up. There is no one without hatred, it's better to leave Qian Xiangsi behind. Guess what?" Zhao Tong said in order to let Zhao Xin understand.

"Young master is very talented, can you bend over and have a drink together?" Hearing Zhao Tong's answer, a man stood up and said.

"Young master, you're clearly a small person, secretly eavesdropping on people's conversations," came a crisp female voice, clearly carrying disdain.

"I'm sorry, I was just passing by, and I overheard you guys chatting, and I started talking too much on the spur of the moment, and disturbed everyone's pleasure, please forgive me." Zhao Tuo pulled Xin Zhao who was about to come forward, and apologized with a salute.

"My lord, I'm not sensible, please don't blame me." A middle-aged man in a scholar's shirt and a Dongpo scarf stood up and returned the salute.

"Don't dare, dare not," Zhao Tun said politely and left.

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The next day, the weather was not good, and it began to rain in the early morning. As the saying goes, one autumn rain and one cold, Huang Jingchen, who was always in good health, caught a cold, had a fever and sneezing and couldn’t get out of bed. I went to the best doctor in the city for a consultation. Fortunately, there was no serious problem. I prescribed two medicines and just needed to rest, but the trip was delayed, so I couldn't go any further, so I had to stay in the post house.

Zhao Tun ordered someone to cook the medicine, and personally served Huang Jingchen. After talking for a while, he heard that Chen Liuzhi led a group of officials and staff to come to greet him. He didn't know these people before, but he couldn't dial People's kindness can only be dealt with, saying some useless words.Chatting with each other until noon, Zhizhou asked the prince to go to the mansion to clean up the wind and dust for him. Zhao Tun refused because of the bad weather and another patient, but these people didn't give up. When they arrived at the post house, all the officials, big and small, who entered and left Beijing in the post house were invited to accompany them. Zhao Tuo had no choice but to change his clothes and take his teacher He Qufei to the banquet.

The banquet was set in the hall of the post house. Zhao Tang brought two 'chief guards' Jian Xi and Zhao Xin and several guards as soon as they entered the door, everyone quickly got up and saluted, and he also nodded with a smile on his face in return. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he found a tinge of red in the crimson green official robe. This is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, she is like a flower, just about to bloom.Crescent eyebrows, red lips, Qiong nose, fair oval face, tassels in a bun, wearing a light red narrow-sleeved shirt, a long skirt of the same color, a red palace sash, and a peach-colored long silk. Although she is not very old, she has already grown up. Zhao Tun, an old virgin, couldn't help but feel swayed by her beautiful appearance, radiant and pure, with a trace of innocence.

"My lord, this is Shuzhen, the vice envoy of Zhu. Although she is young, she is well-versed in poetry and books. She is proficient in rhythm. She is known as a talented woman." Seeing the ecstasy of the lord, Chen Liuzhizhou hurried forward to introduce her.

"My lord, all blessings, Shuzhen is polite." The little lady stood up, put her hands on her waist and bowed slightly to salute.

"Hello, Miss..." Zhao Tun came to his senses, and hurriedly saluted in a panic. Seeing Zhao Tun's embarrassing look, the little girl stared straight in the eyes, and two blushes flew out of her face.

"My lord, please take a seat." Seeing that the lord lost his composure, the magistrate hurriedly smoothed things over and invited him to take a seat.

Zhao Tun took his seat, Zhizhou sat at his lower left, He Qufei was invited by several officials to sit at another table, Zhao Xin led two guards to carefully inspect the curtain behind him, and the left and right screens. Standing behind him with vigor, Jian Xi took a box from Wangfu, and replaced the chopsticks and wine glasses in front of the prince. Their manipulation made the magistrate a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything, but he didn't Calling people to serve food and wine, only a cup of tea was placed.

"Hello everyone, I'm late." When everyone was waiting impatiently, a man walked in with a big grin. Although he confessed his crime loudly, there was no sign of apology on his face, and everyone in the hall stood up one after another. Bow down and salute as if he should be like this. Although some people are not angry, there is nothing they can do.

Zhao Tuo didn't move, and frowned lightly, only then did he realize that the banquet hadn't started for a long time, and this old guy was waiting, but seeing that he was wearing a green robe, even if he was an official, he would not be higher than the seventh rank, but everyone was more respectful than him .

"My lord, hello." The man walked to Zhao Tun's lower right hand and said hello, before he was about to sit down.

"May I ask who are you?" Zhao Tang raised his hand, did not let him sit down, and asked without pinching his eyes, but the man was taken aback.

"My lord, this is..." The magistrate hurriedly got up and smiled, ready to introduce.

"Did I ask you? Let him speak for himself" Zhao Tang glared at him and said, his tone was rather unfriendly, the prefect blushed, and stepped back embarrassingly, neither standing nor sitting.

"My lord, my next official is Zhu Xugao, the head of Mr. Zhu's residence, the Suizhou Observation Envoy. I pay my respects to my lord," the man said with a dry laugh and bowed.

"A servant of a family who looks for flowers and asks willows, digs graves, and builds houses and plasters with mud dares to sit with the king and be called a subordinate official, get out of here." Zhao Tang slapped the table and shouted. His words were vicious enough. Strange flowers and stones, digging some antiques from ancient tombs, helping the emperor build a house and making a fortune, but I hate what people say about him the most, but Zhao Tun exposes his faults in public. Ass is no different.

After Zhao Tun finished speaking, not only Zhu Xugao was stunned, but everyone in the hall was also stunned. Everyone knew what Zhu Ting was doing now. He really wanted money, power, and power, not to mention the local officials. Even the loyal ministers in the court, the royal relatives and relatives, there are many people who treat him as a guest, and it is the first one who dares to humiliate him in front of everyone like Zhao Tun

"My lord, my lord is a senior member of the party, and the young one was also favored by a seventh-rank official. He followed the lord into the palace and went to the palaces of the kings. Even if the lord doesn't like the young one, he still has to look at the owner when he beats the dog?" Zhu Xugao had also been in and out of various palaces, where the prince was not with him, and he was there to eat and drink, but today he was reprimanded by Zhao Tuo in public, and he felt deeply humiliated.

"You bastard, you know you're a dog, yet you still dare to sit next to the lord, get out!" Jian Xi, who was behind Zhao Tang, didn't dare, and shouted loudly.He thought to himself that I have been with the prince for so many years, and now he is the number one confidant, and the prince eats and I smell it, what the hell are you, you want to sit down and eat too

"Prince Yan, you will regret it if you treat me like this," Zhu Xugao shouted angrily as he was dragged away by Zhao Tun's two guards like chickens.

"My lord calm down, let's not do this for the sake of the main observer and the subordinate officials." Zhizhou originally got the benefit of Zhu Yu, and promised him to make peace with the lord, and he wanted to come up with Zhu Ruzhou, but he didn't expect that there would be trouble at the beginning. That's it.

"Oh? Since you're pleading for him, bring him back," Zhao Tang told Zhizhou with a smile.

"Thank you, my lord..." Zhizhou just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard the second half of the lord's sentence, he almost bit his tongue off in shock.

"Okay, later you take that little piggy's head back together, I want to see how your lord makes me regret it," said Zhao Tong still with a 'smile'.

"My lord, you have a lot of adults, so you spared my little one and my nephew and young master, and passed us off like farts." Zhu Xugao looked at the icy eyes of the lord, knowing that this 'grandson' could do what he said, so he should be beaten up or not. It's a small matter, now I'm here to 'redeem' my nephew and young master by the master's order, and now I'm carrying my head back, the master still skinned himself alive, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground, kowtow like a chicken pecking at rice, nothing more just now arrogance.

"Hehe..." Zhao Tun suddenly heard a chuckle, raised his head abruptly, and met the eyes of the girl at the banquet, he scratched his scalp and gave her a slightly apologetic smile.