The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 140 Two Wangjing Gate ([-])

"The sound of autumn suddenly rises and the phoenix trees fall..." Zhao Tun read it again, his heart trembled, "Xin Zhao, what's the name of Miss Zhu's family?" , Their political commissar always thinks that he is too murderous, and every time he comes back from a mission, he will throw him two books of poems for him to read, saying that the aura of the ancient poems in the books will dilute his murderous spirit, so even though he has not learned how to write poems, ancient poems But I remember a lot.

"Yesterday, when the prefect Chenliu introduced her, she seemed to be named Shuzhen," Xin Zhao said after thinking for a while.

"Zhu Shuzhen, how could it be her?" Zhao Tong exclaimed. This girl's poems are as famous as Li Qingzhao. It was only able to be passed down to the world, how could I meet her here, Zhao Tong broke out in cold sweat, discussing poetry with her, isn't he looking for 'death'?

"Second Master, do you know her?" Xin Zhao asked when he saw Wang Ye's surprised expression.

"It's just a one-sided relationship." Zhao Tang coughed dryly, concealing his gaffe, looking at the piece of paper on the table and feeling worried. He thought about writing a poem yesterday because he was so crazy. After hiding it for so many years, would he still rely on plagiarism in the future? live?

"Did the second master fall in love with the little lady of the Zhu family? She is both talented and beautiful. I have shown this word to He Yishan, and he said it is a top-notch work." Zhao Xin looked at the prince and said in a low voice.

"You, I think you have a long heart but not a long heart. Why don't you eat the same food and do the same things as Zhao Zhong and the others, why are you not as tall as me now?" Zhao Tang slapped him on the forehead Li, turned around and went out.

"Second Lord, it's cold, put on the cloak." Xin Zhao rubbed his forehead, looked at the back of the prince resentfully, and chased out with the cloak in his arms.

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Zhao Tang first went to Huang Jingchen's place to have a look. The old man's energy was much better, and he estimated that he would be able to go on the road after two days of rest.After breakfast, he went up to the tower and looked north. It was sunny after the rain, and the autumn air was crisp and blue. The autumn colors of Chenliucheng were in his eyes. Looking north, the spire of the glazed pagoda of Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo reflected a golden light.The capital seems to be very close at hand, and it seems that one step can step in, but Zhao Tong feels that it is so far away from him, and he walked for eight years before reaching the door.

"Second master, Zhu Xi is asking to see you." Just as Zhao Tun ascended the heights and expressed emotion, Zhao Zhong came upstairs to report.

"Yeah." Zhao Tun nodded to show that he understood. After beating the child, Lao Tzu finally showed up. "Zhao Zhong told everyone to get ready, listen to my orders, and kill him when you hear the signal," Zhao Tun said murderously. .

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Zhong accepted the order without hesitation, although he didn't know why the lord hated this Zhu so much, and would definitely kill him.

As soon as Zhao Tuan turned around and walked to the front hall, he saw a person kneeling in front of the door, and a servant standing beside him, Jian Xi was also there with him, with a very respectful expression, "My lord, you should be damned if you are an official, you have no way to teach your son to offend your lord." The man kowtowed to plead guilty when he heard about Zhao Tun, which made Zhao Tun at a loss.

"My lord, this person is the Suizhou Observation Envoy, Master Zhu." Seeing that the lord was in a daze, he hurriedly introduced.

"Oh, Master Zhu, what is the meaning of this?" Zhu's performance was beyond Zhao Tong's surprise. In the Song Dynasty, the superiors and subordinates only need to bow their hands and say hello to each other. Generally, they don't need to kneel down to salute. It's embarrassing, if he comes hard, I have 180 ways to deal with him, but with such a low posture, it's hard for me to make a move.

"My lord, I have repeatedly taught my nephews to abide by the law, and not to bully or be domineering outside, but that bastard still dares to contradict the lord. Now, whether to kill or beat him depends on what the lord says. I will never blame the lord." He kowtowed again and said.

"Master Zhu, please get up." Zhao Tunxu said, but his heart was not calm. This old pig is much more difficult to deal with than that little pig. These few words not only left him out, but also changed from passive to active. Anyone who sees it will say that killing people is nothing more than nodding their heads, and your prince can't go too far

"Lord Zhu, the lord asked you to wake up" the servant next to him repeated again, Zhao Tang looked familiar at this person but couldn't remember where he met him. "My lord, this villain is Hu Yong, Taiwei Tong's personal entourage. I had a relationship with my lord outside the palace a few years ago." The man said with a smile as if he had seen through Zhao Tun's thoughts.

"Oh, forgive me for my poor eyesight. This eldest brother still has a kindness with me. I have never been able to thank you. I hope you can forgive me." Hearing what he said, Zhao Tong remembered that when Tong Guan was hanging on his filial piety, Tong Guan had been in his most difficult time. I once gave myself a bowl of porridge, he saluted

"This little thing, the prince still remembers the little one, let the little one be honored." The man quickly moved away, not daring to accept the gift, and said with a bow.

"My lord went to Beijing to show filial piety, moved the heavens and earth, felt filial piety to the world, and I have always regretted that I didn't have the chance to see the magnificence of my lord back then." Zhu Meng got up and said to Zhao Tun with a charming smile on his face.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhu is also well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, even in my territory of the Song Dynasty, everyone knows it." Zhao Tong said with a dry smile, and he looked at one of the 'six thieves', which is what he saw The third big thief, Zhu Xi, is not tall like that little pig. It seems that it is a DNA problem. Although he is a little fat in middle age, he can be called a handsome man when he was young in terms of appearance. It turns out that my father sold apples in his previous life, so he had to be pretty to pick a treacherous minister.

"How dare you compare with the lord with such a poor name as an official?" Zhu Xi didn't care, and still said with a smile on his face.

"Hehe..." Zhao Tang smiled helplessly this time, this guy is too deep in the city, he doesn't show his emotions and anger, even if he runs on him, he doesn't look annoyed at all.

"Master Zhu, please, Hu Gaozhi." Seeing that the prince was going to enter the door, he hurriedly invited the two of them into the house. He suddenly saw Zhao Zhong and more than ten personal guards entering the hall, and he was shocked. Want to kill them both?

"Master Zhu's sudden visit is for your nephew?" After the three of them sat down, Zhao Tang said straight to the point.

"No, no, when I heard that the prince returned to the capital, I thought it was in a hurry. I was afraid that there would be something missing in the mansion, so I specially ordered some things to be sent to the mansion, so I left two days late, but I didn't expect that little beast to dare to offend the prince. It's really a sin," Zhu Xi said with a sigh.

"Yes, Lord Zhu was overjoyed when he heard that the prince had returned to Beijing. He bought some rare things in the south of the Yangtze River and prepared to meet him in Beijing. These days, Lord Zhu and I are together every day. It took a lot of thought to prepare these things." Hu Yong said with a smile.

"They are all small things. I don't know if the prince likes them. If we meet here today, I will give them to the prince together." Zhu Xi took out the gift list from his sleeve and respectfully presented it.

"Oh, Master Zhu is bothering you." Zhao Tang took it over and looked at it. There were a lot of items on the list, ten singers, ten servants, one musical instrument troupe, a set of rosewood furniture, two horses, and five Longquan swords. , a pair of Xia Guo iron armor, and some rare things such as ambergris, ivory, and tortoiseshell.

"****, this pig's head is really hard to deal with." Zhao Tong looked at Li Dan and thought about it. That Hu Yong is a Tongguan, and he is obviously here to be a peacemaker. Not to lose a reputation of being ungrateful, but also to lose an ally, the most important thing is that I am afraid that I will be imprisoned in the big courtyard for a while, but I can't bear to let him go like this.

"Old Zhu, it's not that I don't care about friendship, but that this matter is more difficult to handle. Your nephew said something that shouldn't be said and done something that shouldn't be done." Zhao Tong threw the gift list on the table and shook his head lightly Said.

"My lord, don't mention that bastard thing, you can kill or cut it up as you like." Zhu Xi said with a smile, his eyes flashed brightly, "You will spend a lot of money when you return to Beijing, and I have prepared some silver taels for you, please accept it as well. Bring it in." Someone immediately agreed, and eight people brought in two large red-lacquered boxes from outside. Seeing their heavy steps, we could tell that the boxes were not light.

Zhu Xi waved his hand, let a few people go down, and opened the lid of the box with his own hands. It was really golden and silver, and the corner of his mouth curled up, revealing an imperceptible smile. Courtesies are always indispensable, so please don’t dislike me, my lord.”

"Master Zhu is so generous, these two boxes of gold and silver can be worth the salary of the king for several years." Zhao Tang stood up and walked around the box twice with a smile and said with interest.

"My lord, my elder brother passed away early, and I left two children to take care of me, but this bastard didn't know what to do and offended my lord, and I asked my lord to save him a dog's life on the face of this official, and I'm worthy of you." The elder brother who died young" Zhu Xi bowed and said, and wiped his eyes with the corner of his sleeve seriously.

"Well, it's just that your nephew's outspokenness will cause trouble sooner or later, and you have to discipline him well when you go back." After Zhao Tang finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Jianxi handed over a stack of papers.

"This...you should be damned." Zhu Xi took the stack of papers, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. It was a cold day, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. This bastard told everything he knew, what bullying? Domineering women, seizing private houses, falsely claiming treasury money, defrauding the emperor, colluding with internal officials, etc. are all written in black and white. Don't say that this stack of papers fell into the hands of the emperor, it fell into the hands of those enemies who looked at him with jealousy It's enough for him to drink a pot, these things are really worth it in exchange for things.

"How about Mr. Zhu, I will not be wronged if I kill your nephew?" Zhao Tang picked up the teacup and skimmed the tea foam on it.

"Your Majesty, the next official will definitely discipline that bastard, and he will never let him step out of the house again," Zhu Xi said with a stern look on his face.

"My lord Zhu, there are rumors about the Prince Li in Jingzhong, what do you want to do?" Hu Yong asked with a smile at this time.

"My lord, please rest assured, Taiwei, I will immediately contact my colleagues to jointly recommend my lord as the Lord of the East Palace," Zhu Xi said oathly.

"Okay, I hope you don't forget what you said today, and you owe the Taiwei's painstaking efforts." Hu Yong clapped his hands and laughed.