Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Well said!" Taizu patted Defang and laughed, "Defang's words are exactly what my father thinks."

"It turns out that you, Father, have already made your decision."

"That's right, my father came to you just to know how to make a decision if you encountered this kind of thing. Defang really didn't let my father down."

"Thank you, father, for your compliment."

"Come" Taizu pulled Defang to sit on the chair next to him, "Defang, did you have the short blade belt that the emperor gave you at the beginning of the year?"

"Go back to father, my son is in the dormitory, son is going to get it now" said that he was about to get up, Taizu patted him "sit down, sit down, father doesn't want to see."

"Father, son... I will take it with me every day from now on."

"No, that's not what my father meant." Taizu asked, "Defang, do you like that short blade?"

"like."

"Do you bring it on weekdays?"

"My son... on weekdays... I don't know how to take it..." Defang lowered her head, thinking that she had made a mistake, Taizu smiled, "Defang, tell Father, why don't you take it every day?"

Defang slowly raised her head and looked at Taizu, "Father, my son is in the palace every day, there is no danger, there is no need to carry a short blade."

"Well, what if someone in the palace wants to hurt you?"

"Hurt Erchen? How could someone want to hurt Erchen?"

"Then what if someone wants to hurt the father? How can you protect the father without a short blade?"

Defang looked at Taizu in surprise, "Father founded the country with benevolence, how can anyone be unfavorable to father, besides, you are excellent in martial arts, you have never been defeated on the battlefield, and there are many forbidden troops in the palace, the bad guys can't hurt you at all." Your."

Taizu nodded, "Father means just in case, what if someone suddenly wants to assassinate Father?"

"The son will stand in front and protect the father."

"If someone wants to assassinate, he must have a plan. If he wants to succeed, he must be as close as possible. Only those who can get close to the father can do it, and those who can get close must be the ones that the father wants." People who trust and rely on, but..." Taizu looked at Defang, "If one day, even they want to assassinate the father, then you won't even have the effort to stand in front of you."

"Father...then...what should I do to protect you?"

Taizu shook his head, and then said, "Defang, when my father went on a personal expedition a year ago, an officer of the Imperial Guard presented his father with a cane. , Why do you dare to offer it to me? The officer said that there is a dagger hidden in the cane, which can be used for self-defense. But the father threw the cane on the ground, do you know why?"

Defang thought about what Taizu said before, thought for a while and replied, "Father, I understand."

"Oh? Tell Father what you understand."

"Father is a benevolent king, and he will not be afraid of someone's assassination at all, but if...if..." Defang looked at Taizu, a little afraid to say, Taizu supported the small tea table with his arms and looked at Defang Fang "Say what you think, father, you must listen to the truth, don't be scruples."

"Yes, father," Defang continued, cupping his hands, "if one day you really use this cane with a hidden dagger, it will only be able to resist a few people."

"How was the monarch at that time? What will the world be like?"

"The monarch... must be fatuous and immoral, the people will lose their hearts, and the world... will surely fall into war again because of this."