Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

The guard pointed to the northeast direction, "The palanquin team is heading towards the palace, and the little one heard the word "entering the palace" mentioned by the prince and His Royal Highness when he left the station."

"Thank you" Jia Jun arched his hands, got on his horse, and ran towards the palace. From a distance, he saw the sedan chair team in front of the palace gate. Bo Zhong, who was guarding the palace gate, was about to mount his horse. When he saw Jia Jun riding his horse, he quickly got off his horse and told Bobang stepped forward to meet him, and stabilized the rein of the horse, "Father, why are you here?"

Jia Jun got off his horse and asked, "The lord and the prince are still in the palace?"

"Yes, Dad, is there anything going on in the mansion?"

"It's all right, your Uncle Gongliang and Uncle Zhou have returned to Beijing. I saw that the prince and the prince hadn't returned to the mansion, so I went to the post station to have a look. The guards said that the prince and the prince might have entered the palace, so I came here."

"Father, it's hot, please sit down and rest for a while."

"No, why haven't the lord and the prince left the palace for so long?"

"Just now someone from the Palace passed on the news that the lord and the prince are talking with His Majesty, and they will go to visit Li Xiang together later, and they will return to the mansion very late today. I am going back to the mansion to tell the empress. There you are."

"That's it." Jia Jun looked at the gate of the palace and said, "Then father returns to the mansion and tells the empress that you stay here and go inside to avoid the sun."

"Yes, Dad." Bozhong and Bobang held hands together, "Slow down."

"Okay, take care of yourself." Jia Jun got on his horse and returned to the palace.

In the palace, Shiguan Gongliang and Zhou Shixiong finished scrubbing, changed their clothes and sat on a stone bench under the shade of a tree in the small courtyard of the guards to drink tea. Gongliang put a scroll on the stone table and said, "This time. I'm worried that it will be a waste of time again." .”

"How could it be?" Zhou Shixiong said, "This time is the most promising in so many years, maybe we will find that noble person."

"Maybe it's been too long, hey." Gong Liang shook his head, "I'm still not at ease."

"Brother Gongliang, we have gone to all possible places, and none of us have lost the things we need to ask, the people we need to find, and the books we need to look up." Zhou Shixiong pressed the scroll with his hand, "This time we are very close."

"I hope." Gong Liang looked at the scroll, "This is the prince's wish, and it's also a pity, whether he can find it. The prince can only be heartbroken. At first, we searched everywhere without a trace. But later, I really didn't want to find anything, because I couldn't bear to see the prince lost and sad again and again, as if I was hurting the prince. The prince said forget it, don't look for it, but. " Gong Liang clenched his hands tightly on the stone table, "I really want to help the prince find it. I can't watch the prince have any regrets and repay the favor of the prince. But. Why am I so ineffective! Sometimes I really want to Beat yourself up!"

"Brother Gongliang!" Zhou Shixiong hurriedly held Gongliang Shiguan's arm. "We did our best. The prince knows how difficult this matter is, and he understands our loyalty even more. The prince said that he will accept God's will. If God's will is true, Why should we force it?"

"Brother Shixiong, do you still remember why the prince chose us among the many little guards back then?"

"Of course." Zhou Shixiong nodded, "Actually, we are not the best in martial arts, but the prince didn't care about this. Before watching the guards' rehearsal, the prince had already read everyone's booklet. The prince said that virtue and filial piety are what he values ​​most."