Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Brother Gongliang, for the sake of the lord, no matter what decision you make, I, Zhou Shixiong, will definitely follow, but." Zhou Shixiong looked at Gongliang Shiguan worriedly, "I don't want to see my brother blame himself for this, and suffer every day."

"I'm fine. As long as it can reassure the prince, whatever I do is worth it." Shiguan Gongliang sighed, picked up the scroll and just stood up when he heard footsteps coming towards the small courtyard, and a figure swayed in front of him. When entering, Gong Liang loosened the scroll in his hand, and the scroll fell vertically. Gong Liang supported the lower end of the scroll with his toes, and the upper end rested on the stone table. The entire scroll was just blocked by the pillars of the stone table. Gongliang and Zhou Shixiong took a closer look, it turned out to be Song Jiajun, they cupped their hands and said "General Song"

"Gongliang, Shixiong," Jiajun replied, looking around, "Why don't you see your two younger siblings, nephews and nieces?"

"The children haven't come to the mansion for a long time. The third prince is resting in the mansion today, so he took them around. The family and his siblings went to the dining room, saying that he would cook something for us."

"That's just right. Your sister-in-law also went to the dining room. She just cooked some side dishes. We haven't seen each other for so long. Why don't you come to my place and have a drink together?"

"General Song, but we have to see the prince later, it's not good to drink."

"I just went to the palace, the prince and the eldest prince are still in the palace, and I will accompany His Majesty to visit Li Xiang later, it will be very late when I come back, let's have a drink or two, there will be no delay." Jia Jun stepped forward Pat Shixiong "Let's go."

"Okay, okay." Shixiong turned his head to look at Gongliang. Gongliang moved a little and touched the tea bowl with his little finger. When it fell, Gongliang bent over as if to grab it, and let go of the scroll with his toes. The scroll fell sideways for a moment, and Gongliang put the scroll through Put it on the inside of the arm and put it in the sleeve, the tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered, Gongliang straightened up and sighed, "Hey, my hands and feet are so bad, I can't hold the tea bowl."

Jia Jun smiled and said, "Tell yourself as if you are old, isn't it just a teacup, and someone will clean it up in a while."

"General Song, then you go over first, my shoes are stained with tea, go back to the house and change them."

"That's right," Zhou Shixiong said quickly, "General Song, let's go there first."

"Okay." Jia Jun nodded, and left the small courtyard with Zhou Shixiong. Gong Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried back to the house, put the scroll in the cabinet, changed his shoes, and went out to Jia Jun's small courtyard, where the side dishes made by his wife were placed on the table. , three people sat around, Jia Jun poured wine for the two of them, picked up the wine glass and said, "You two are working hard on business for the prince, I toast you two."

The two hurriedly picked up the wine glasses, and Gong Liang said, "General Song is serious. It is our duty to do business for the prince. How dare you ask the general to toast. The two of us should return the general's respect."

Zhou Shixiong said, "Brother Song, Brother Gongliang, let's not be so estranged, brothers, what about respect, if you want to talk about a toast, then I, the younger brother, should respect the two elder brothers."

Hearing this, Jia Jun said, "I made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue, I will punish myself with a drink." He drank the wine in the glass, poured himself a glass and said, "Let's clink this glass, brothers."

"Okay, okay." Gongliang and Shixiong clinked glasses with Jiajun, and drank it with a smile. Shixiong filled them up, and Jiajun asked, "Gongliang, where did you go this time?"

“Went to Shouzhou”

"Shouzhou?" Jiajun thought for a while, "Why did you go there?"

"Brother Song, don't you remember?" Gong Liang cupped his hands to the sky and said, "Emperor Taizu once followed Zhou Shizong to conquer Shouzhou in February of the fourth year of Xiande."

Song Jiajun suddenly remembered, and said, "Yes! At that time, Shouzhou was still under the jurisdiction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was difficult to conquer. Zhou Shizong sent heavy troops for this purpose, and even went out to Beijing to personally conquer. Emperor Taizu was the accompanying general."