Fisherman's Song Dynasty

June twenty-fourth, today is the beginning of autumn.

Xu Zizhen was riding a horse, drinking water with his clothes open. Although it was the beginning of autumn, the weather was still hot enough, and he was afraid of heat, so he couldn't sit still in the carriage.

All the female relatives were still in the car, Daye was driving the car, only Li Menggao Chong's two children followed him on horseback, discussing the Battle of Taiyuan cheerfully while walking.

Suddenly there was a rush of hoofbeats behind him, Xu Zizhen looked back in surprise, and saw a fine-looking horse galloping towards him, and immediately it was a guard in official uniform, and when he saw him from a distance, his face showed joy He shouted: "Is Mr. Xu Zizhen in front of you?"

Looking for me?Something happened in Taiyuan again?But it shouldn't be a guard to deliver the letter.

Xu Zizhen stopped his horse out of curiosity, and waited for the guard to step forward and asked, "You're looking for me?"

The guard came to the front and stopped, but he didn't get off his horse, but sat on the horse's back and shouted loudly: "Xu Zizhen accepts the order!"

Xu Zizhen was startled, a little dazed, but Gao Chong who was beside him reacted quickly, gently pulled his sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Brother-in-law, get off the horse."

"Ah? Oh." Xu Zizhen quickly got off the horse as he said, and knelt down on the ground regardless of whether the ground was dirty or not, and shouted long live to Xianshan in a low voice.

The guard looked solemn, and carefully took out a bright yellow scroll from his arms, opened it and read it aloud.

"Xu Zizhen, a righteous man, has the courage and righteousness to help defend Taiyuan. I am very relieved... Return to Beijing immediately and enter the palace to receive rewards!"

It was not the first time for Xu Zizhen to see the imperial decree, but most of them still couldn't understand it. He could only hear that he had made great achievements in defending Taiyuan, and Emperor Zhao Ji wanted him to enter the palace to commend him and offer him a reward.

After the guard finished reading, Xu Zizhen kowtowed his head to thank him, and the imperial decree was handed over to him. When he opened it, he saw that the end was indeed covered with the National Seal and Tianbao, and the inscription was a weird signature, which looked a bit like the word "Heaven" and a bit like "Heaven". "A big one".

Xu Zizhen secretly asked Gao Chong: "What is written here? With so few strokes, it doesn't seem like the name of the Holy One?"

Gao Chong sneered: "I don't know much about it. The Holy Majesty's signature has always been like this, which means that the world is one person. I have seen it many times since I was a child."

Only then did Xu Zizhen feel relieved. It seemed that the imperial decree was true. Since Zhao Ji asked him to take the reward, there was no reason not to refuse it. After the guard finished announcing the decree, his face relaxed and he waited with a smile on his face. he.

Everyone got out of the car and surrounded them. Xu Zizhen raised the imperial edict and said with a smile: "Well, you should respond to Tianfu first, and don't make too much noise."

Everyone was happy that Xu Zizhen was praised by the emperor, and they all wanted to go to Bianjing together, but no one said anything when Xu Zizhen said that. After all, Xu Zizhen was still a thorn in the eyes of many officials in Beijing. It's always better to be low-key.

Gao Pujun frowned and pondered for a moment, and said to Xu Zizhen: "It is very important to go to Bianjing to see the Holy One. You don't understand the etiquette, and I am afraid that there will be mistakes. I will go with you."

Xu Zizhen smiled and said: "It's a big deal, I'll talk less and kowtow more. Anyway, there should always be eunuchs in the palace who teach the rules. If there are no big mistakes, Xiao Su San will just accompany me."

Gao Pujun was a little annoyed, and when he was about to say something more, Xu Zizhen leaned into her ear and said, "There are many people in Beijing who are worried about my life, if they want to do something to me when I go back, won't that implicate you?" ? You can run away alone, but what about your Gao family? Listen to me, be good."

Xu Zizhen's worries are normal. Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng have always wanted to touch him, but they never had a good chance. They failed to kill him in Suzhou, and he escaped in Lanzhou. After watching him for a while, Taiyuan didn't move him because of the large-scale siege of the Jin people, but now once he returns to Bianjing, he can't be sure.

Although Lord Yong is also a prince, he is already old and has no real power. If Liang Shicheng and others label him as an accomplice, I will feel sorry for him, so Xu Zizhen decided to only take Su San with him, not even Shui Liuli. Because it will implicate the seventh master Zhao Gou.

After the matter was finalized, they divided into two groups. Xu Zizhen took Su San back to Bianjing with the guard, and the others all went back to Yingtian Mansion first. There is always a faint uneasiness in my heart.

The emperor's summoning was no small matter, and it would take two or three days to rush back to Bianjing from Xu Zizhen's current position.

The guard claimed to be surnamed Wang, and he was very talkative, and except for his serious face when he announced the decree, he always had a smile on his face, looking very kind. Xu Zizhen had a brief chat with him on the way, but it was basically not nutritious. At most, he knew one piece of news, that is, Shao Zai Wang Fu went to the Jinjun Camp of Zhending Mansion for another peace talk.

There was no reaction on Xu Zizhen's face, but he was contemptuous for a while. He didn't have a good impression of Wang Fu. After learning that this treacherous minister went to peace talks, he guessed that there would be no good results. But the current court is like this, and it's not him. It can be controlled, and it is not yet Zhao Gou's control of the situation, so there is no way to complain.

Today's weather is fine, and it's cloudless at night. A bright moon hangs high in the sky. Xu Zizhen originally wanted to find a place to sleep, but Wang Shiwei reminded him very politely that the officials were waiting to see him , It is not appropriate to delay, so Xu Zizhen had to endure exhaustion and drive all night while cursing inwardly.

Running is a physical effort. After one night, Xu Zizhen felt that his crotch had lost consciousness. If he did not hold the rein firmly, he might fall off the horse due to bumps. The sky gradually brightened, and he walked on a country road all the way, and finally When it was close to noon, I came to a city outside.

Wang Shiwei slowed down his horse, pointed to the distance with a smile and said, "Xu Yishi, how about I find a shop to rest for a while before leaving?"

"Okay, okay, you make the decision!" Xu Zizhen wished that there would be a bed now, so he could rush over and fall asleep.

When approaching the city gate, Xu Zizhen couldn't help being stunned for a moment, because there were two large characters on the city gate - Pingyang.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "Oh, so the famous Pingyang is here."

Wang Shiwei also smiled and said: "Exactly, the former Han Dynasty's famous general Wei Qinghuo Qubing was originally from this place, so Xu Yishi has also heard of it?"

Xu Zizhen laughed dryly twice, but thought to himself: "I'm talking about the tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs... But I've forgotten where this word came from, and I don't know if it has been said like this these days."

After entering the city, Xu Zizhen found that there was a lot of people coming and going, and there were many shops on both sides of the street, which turned out to be a prosperous city.

Wang Shiwei took Xu Zizhen and Su San to an inconspicuous wine shop and stopped, and said with a smile: "It's just a short rest, I hope Mr. Xu Yishi doesn't think it's rude."