Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang nodded to Emperor Taizong, "I understand, Your Majesty must have some arrangements, and I am willing to obey."

Taizong and Defang were whispering, and Defang would withdraw from the Chongzheng Hall later and return to the mansion. At this time, Defang felt heavy and confused. He slowly closed his eyes and held the golden mace in his hand tightly. It has been 20 years, and now history is about to pass again. As if repeating itself, Defang opened her eyes. At this moment, there was only one thing in her mind: Never let this kind of thing happen in front of her eyes again.

In March 997, Emperor Taizong was critically ill, seriously injured by an arrow, and was bedridden. Wang Jien moved frequently, going to and from Yuan Zuo's residence. Li Jixun, the commander in front of the palace, was also fine-tuning the deployment of troops. Li Changling, a political adviser, and Hu Dan, a Zhizhigao, were in close contact.

One day, Defang came to Yuan Zuo's residence and saw Wang Jien walking out. Defang immediately dodged aside and entered after Wang Jien left. Zuo"

Yuan Zuo looked up and saw Defang, he was very happy, "Brother Wang, you are here too, sit down quickly"

Defang sat down and looked at Yuan Zuo, "Yuan Zuo, you look good recently, and your body is much stronger."

"Yeah, I'm completely healed!" Yuan Zuo looked very excited

"Oh? It's all right?" Defang looked around again and found that it was much more tidy. He knew in his heart that Yuanzuo must be very happy that Wang Jien and others wanted to support Yuanzuo, so he said, "It's not as good as Brother Wang." I will practice sword with you to see if your martial arts are the same as before"

"Okay! Okay! I've always wanted to compete with Brother Wang too! Brother Wang, you've said it." Yuan Zuo immediately went back to the room and took out the sword. When the two came to the open space, Yuan Zuo asked, "Where is Brother Wang's sword?" ?”

"That's it" Defang held up the golden mace

"Okay! Come on then." Yuan Zuo was very excited at this time

Yuan Zuo stabbed at him with a sword, and Defang struck with a golden mace. The two fought for about a cup of tea. Defang was always on the defensive, while Yuan Zuo was attacking, and his physical strength gradually declined. Yuan Zuo's illness has never recovered. Well, at this time, I was eager to win, and I started to go crazy, swinging my sword desperately. Jiajun on the side wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Defang. Injuring Defang's arm, he raised his sword and slashed at him. Seeing this, Defang clenched his golden mace tightly and swung it upwards, breaking Yuan Zuo's sword. He turned the golden mace across and pushed Yuan Zuo to the ground.

At this time, Jia Jun ran over to treat Defang's wound, and Yuanzuo became sober after falling to the ground. He looked at Defang as if he didn't know what happened just now. Defang walked up to Yuanzuo and said to him, "Yuanzuo, You can’t even control yourself now, how to control others, if you continue like this, you will only hurt your closest relatives and more people.”

Yuan Zuo stood up and looked at Defang, "No, it was an accident."

"Yuan Zuo, don't lie to yourself anymore. The crown prince's position is stable and unshakable. Wang Ji'en just uses you as a pawn. If you are still awake, you can see this."

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" Yuan Zuo was very angry

Defang sighed, "Yuan Zuo, you and I are brothers, and I don't want to see you in such a situation now, but the crown prince is also our brother, don't you want to put him in danger?"

Yuan Zuo gasped and stopped talking, and De Fang said again, "Yuan Zuo, you are not far behind in intelligence, if you can assist the prince, you will be respected, so why cling to a vain position?" De Fang patted Yuan Zuo's Shoulders: "The prince is kind and considerate of his brotherhood, he will definitely protect you. This is what Brother Wang said. You have to think about it yourself." Defang left after finishing speaking.