Compete for the Song Dynasty

Between Zhao Xu and Wang Pang, each other understands that the past will not be so easy to let go

Someone outside the door gently asked: "Qizou the emperor, it's getting late, please drive back to the post."

Zhao Xu stood up and was about to speak, but Wang Pang said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for so many years, the emperor is in a hurry to leave?"

"No hurry, no hurry! Listen, isn't there a living room reserved in the temple tonight? I won't be leaving today, I will chat with Brother Wang for a while."

The people outside seemed not quite reconciled: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not safe to stay here overnight!" [

"Nonsense, if it's not safe here, isn't the posthouse also safe? Besides, what am I afraid of when my brother Wang is here?" This probably means that the most insecure person is probably the king, and I am already in front of the king. , what else could be unsafe? "

"Here, you should go, General Tong is already waiting outside the temple..."

"What's the rush! Come in! Do I have to listen to you whether I go or not?" Zhao Xu was a little angry.

The person talking outside opened the door and walked in. It was an eunuch who came in, but Wang Pang didn't recognize him.

"The emperor forgives the sin!" The person who came in said tremblingly.

Zhao Xu said: "Tell General Tong that the official family will not leave today. Besides, isn't he the adopted son of the prince? Just ask him to come in and see him."

Wang Pang knew that Tong Guan was accompanying Zhao Xu to escort him this time, and he was still thinking about finding a chance to meet Tong Guan.Thinking of hiding Tong Guan's identity when he was in Yongle City, he really felt a little awkward.

The little eunuch took the order to pass the decree, and Tong Guan came after a while.

Tong Guan saw Wang Pang as soon as he entered the door, and he knelt down and worshiped without saying a word, which made Wang Pang feel even more sad. "Get up, get up, Daofu doesn't blame me for not recognizing you when I was in Yongle City?"

"Strange! Ever since I found out that you are still alive, Daddy, I have been blaming you for not recognizing me earlier. Let me recall the past after meeting you for nothing."

Zhao Xu laughed and said: "It's a good thing, the monarch and ministers are reunited, father and son are reunited, this time I came to Jiangning Mansion for nothing!"

In his eyes, as long as this head is opened, things will be smooth in the future.

Tong Guan said: "Father, forgive the child's responsibility to protect the driver, so I can't talk to you too much. Your Majesty, let's drive!"

"Why are you urging me too?" Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.

Tong Guan looked at Wang Pang, and Wang Pang sensed that he had something to say, so he asked, "Do you also think it's not safe for the emperor to live here?"

"No, no, we caught someone just now."

"Who?" Zhao Xu and Wang Pang asked in unison.

"It's a boy, sixteen or seventeen years old. I watched him enter the hall, but I was afraid of disturbing the emperor talking to Wang Xianggong, so I waited until he came out to catch him."

Sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, isn't he talking about time change?Wang Pang thought to himself, now that Tong Guan is not causing trouble anymore, it is not likely that he will start causing trouble at this time. [

"A young man, may I ask what he is doing in the palace?" Zhao Xu asked.

"He said he was looking for something to eat, and he also said he wanted to see the emperor!"

"You want to see me? Haha, this kid is really courageous. Your lord, you know a lot. Do you know who this person is?" Zhao Xu looked at the king, as if saying that he was not sent by you.

"Of course I don't know if I haven't seen it. Why don't the emperor announce that he will come to see him, and then he will understand when he asks?" Wang Pang said calmly.

Shi Qian was taken to the living room, seeing Tong Guan who was stern and silent along the way, his heart was pounding.As soon as he entered the door and saw that Zhao Xu and Wang were there, Shi Qian knelt down with a thump: "The emperor spares my life, my lord, help me!"

Seeing that he was indeed a young man, Zhao Xu asked with a sullen face, "What are you doing in the hall? Are you being instructed?"

Shi Qian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I fainted from hunger. I don't eat dinner in this temple. Look at my age when I eat a lot. I'm hungry. I walked to the main hall. Originally wanted to steal some tribute, but who knew it, I saw that the great hall was very bright. I didn’t even eat it, and the guards picked it up with a net. Your Majesty, please spare me!”

Wang Pang laughed secretly, although this kid was nervous, he said the same thing, he didn't know the age of death!

"Do you dare to steal the tribute of the Buddha? You should be punished for this one!~"

"My lord, don't want it, please help me say something nice!"

Wang Pang looked at Zhao Xu and said: "Your Majesty, I know this man. He is my servant Shi Qian. When I took him in, he already had the bad habit of sneaking around. It seems that I can't discipline him anymore. He will be killed and cut at will." Your Majesty, you can figure it out."

Isn't this a problem for the emperor?Just now he said that he would share the glory with the prince, and now he is going to attack his servant, but if he is killed, he has no imperial prestige.

Shi Qian was a little anxious when he heard that, and then saw Wang was drinking tea with a faint smile.He turned his head and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, the Buddha has the heart to save all living beings. I am hungry. If eating his tribute saves my life, the Buddha will definitely not blame me."

Zhao Xu nodded: "What you said seems to make sense, my lord, this person belongs to you, what do you think should be done?"

Wang Pang asked: "Shi Qian, what did you say the guards used to catch you?"

"Use a net to cover me like fishing!"

"Your Majesty, do you know the theory of releasing life?"

"I know, what is the prince asking this for?"

"Look, you want to live a long life, and you want to rejuvenate. In addition to having me refine the elixir for you, you also need to do more good deeds. You see that Shiqian is not yet an adult, why don't you just catch a little turtle?" Son, wouldn't it be good for you to let him go."

"Little Guizi? Hahaha, okay! There are so many happy events today, so I'll let you go!" Zhao Xu said, pointing at Shi Qian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty"

"Get up, go and thank the prince!"

Shi Qian stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and walked in front of the king: "Thank you, my lord, for pleading, but it doesn't sound good when you say I'm a little turtle, you might as well say that the emperor thinks I'm a fart. "

Before Wang Pang spoke, Zhao Xu laughed again: "My lord, you are surrounded by strange people? Be a fart? Be a fart? What do you think?!"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry back to your room!" Wang Bang dismissed Shi Qian without smiling.

Zhao Xu laughed enough, said that Wang Pang and his son hadn't seen each other for many years, let them have a good chat, and left the living room where Wang Pang was with the eunuch and guards.

The father and son sat quietly, the courtyard was exceptionally quiet, Wang Bang wanted to ask too many things, what he wanted to ask most now was why Tong Guan wanted to enter the palace as an eunuch.

I wanted to say a lot, but suddenly I didn't know where to start.Tong Guan said for a long time: "When Dad left, I was as old as that kid just now. Unexpectedly, after so many years, I am now in my thirties."

"Yes! How have you been in the palace all these years?"

"En!" Tong Guan hummed, as if he didn't want to say more.

Being an eunuch is a very painful thing, but Wang listened to Su Xiaomei say that the eunuch Tong Guan is not a real eunuch, and if he wants to continue asking, he is afraid that there are ears behind the walls.

But Tong Guan stood up, went to the door and looked outside along the crack of the door to confirm the people around before asking: "Father, I don't understand something."

"what's up?"

"That little stone is indeed your own son. I saw the birthmark on his arm with my own eyes. It can't be wrong. But why didn't he go back to court with his father? Could it be that the prince of Xixia is so easy to do?"

"It's not easy to be a prince anywhere, especially now that Wang Shi has an idea to use his own identity to overthrow the Liang family. Therefore, it will be a good thing if you don't come back. Hearing what Daofu said, I think you are still very loyal to the court."

Tong Guan said: "The emperor treats people in the palace well, and those who can be appointed officials are also appointed. As for me, since I have chosen this path, I have no other way to go."

Wang Pang looked at Tong Guan, his expression flickered as if there was something unspeakable.

"Tell me why you wanted to purify yourself back then? Could it be that someone forced you to do it?"

Tong Guan shook his head: "Where was anyone forcing me, I entered the palace voluntarily. At that time, I always thought that my father was forced to do so. In order not to let me enter the palace, Dad, you tried your best. But I think, I am not like Cai Jing They are full of poetry and books, and I have no chance to talk about martial arts. So, thinking of this road, maybe I can get closer to the emperor, and then I can know why your father disappeared back then."

"Then what happened later?!"

"Later... Later, I couldn't serve the emperor for many years. That is to say, in recent years, there have been many meritorious persons among the nobles. Difference."

Later, who did Tong Guan serve?This is very important, his identity must have a lot to do with this person.

But if you continue to ask, Tong Guan will not say anything.Wang Pang said: "You are also tired, we have a chance to talk when we go back to the capital, let's go to rest earlier."

Tong Guan felt a little bit reluctant, but he was afraid that Wang Pang would ask more questions, so he turned around and was about to leave when he heard Wang Pang sigh.Looking back, Wang Bang was looking at the words on the wall that Zhao Xu praised just now.

Tong Guan stopped again and asked, "Father, what do you do?"

"No, I just sighed. Just now the emperor praised Li Yu as a genius. But it was this genius of poetry and painting that ruined the country. In the future, I am afraid that I will have such an emperor!"

"The future? When is it? I remember that what my father said back then was a prophet, who will it be fulfilled this time?" Tong Guan became interested, and instead of leaving, he sat down again.

The father and son found a topic and broke the silence just now, just as Wang Pang also wanted to chat with Tong Guan for a while.Seeing that the way he blinked his eyes was quite vigorous, he said with a smile.

"This future is not too far away. I'm afraid it will have something to do with the crown prince appointed by the emperor."

Tong Guan's eyes widened when he heard this: "The emperor wants to establish a crown prince?"

"Not yet. It is said that the emperor is also worried about this matter. Concubine De is urging the emperor to stand up, but Zhao Xu is young. And the prime minister does not want the emperor to stand up now. I am afraid that outsiders can't explain clearly what is going on here."

With a strange expression on Tong Guan's face, he suddenly said, "Isn't everyone the same?!"

"How can it be the same? But it's true, one will be established first but will not live long, and the other will succeed!"

Tong Guan stood up suddenly, his eyes widened scary: "Father, what did you say? Is what you said true?"

"What didn't happen, who knows? Don't you want to hear the prophet? Then I'll tell you that Chen Meiren will give birth tomorrow. See if I'm right!"