Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 616 The Emperor Returns to Beijing
Therefore, the big men who really controlled Kaifeng did not dare to relax in the slightest. After Cao Bin, Zhao Pu, Li Junhao, and Hu Sanguang met in secret and had secret talks, a large network of power and information covering the court, the army, and the people was formed. It has also been prepared to hunt and kill anyone who has a different heart or dares to make changes at any time.

The people in the capital are not as nervous as the officials and the army. In such a hot weather, the people of the wealthy Song Dynasty are unwilling to stay at home and fight the scorching heat. Instead, they are used to hiding in shaded teahouses, drinking Inexpensive herbal tea, enjoying all kinds of coolness brought by the cheap ice cubes produced by Ye's Workshop, and at the same time talking about what happened in the court recently, and talking about the neighbor's parents.Of course, rich people all went to the Yongle Clubhouse, because every room in the Yongle Clubhouse for eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and playing was covered with ice cubes, making it extremely cool.

For the people of Kyoto, in some cases, there seems to be no big difference between the imperial palace and their neighbors.

The cicadas were singing loudly in the trees outside the teahouse, and some of them even stopped blindly on the green flags of the teahouse, and painted the big tea character into the word tea.And these hissing tweets just happened to cover up the discussions of the troublemakers in the teahouse.

Of course, the discussion was about His Majesty's visit to the west and offering sacrifices to heaven. Discussions and gossip about why His Majesty, a wise and mighty emperor, suddenly went to visit the west and worship heaven, have been in the streets and alleys of Kyoto since the day the emperor left Kaifeng. It unfolded in various teahouses and taverns, and after nearly a month, various theories were flying all over the sky.

King Jin had the intention of treason, and His Majesty couldn't bear to behead his brother with a sword after he realized it, and he didn't want to lose the brotherhood, so he took King Jin on a trip to Luoyang, His Majesty's hometown, in order to arouse King Jin's family affection and conscience. 'This statement began to spread widely in Kaifeng City overnight, and no one knew where the source of the news came from.

Of course, this news was done by Hu Sanguang after Li Junhao and Hu Sanguang conspired with Cao Bin and Zhao Pu.The purpose is naturally to prevent problems before they happen, to be precise, just in case—if His Majesty really lured the snake out and failed to kill the snake but was bitten to death by the snake, Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi must have follow-up means. With this rumor, At least it has taken the lead in public opinion, as long as it is used well, it can bring endless troubles to Zhao Guangyi.

certainly.At this time, the people in Kyoto, including the civil and military officials in the court, did not expect that the turmoil at the turn of summer and autumn in the fourth year of Kaibao came so suddenly and violently, rumbling like thunder.Involved almost everyone, all the land inside and outside of Kyoto.

Bai Canghai and Bai Zixuan escaped from the top of the Jade Emperor with more than 30 killers and more than 20 swordsmen.Next, the first thing they have to do is to return to Kaifeng as soon as possible, and tell the people in Kaifeng about the King Jin's murder of his brother and conspiracy, such as Li Junhao, Hu Sanguang, Cao Bin, Zhao Pu, And brothers Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang.

In fact, Bai Canghai and Bai Zixuan did the same.But when they were more than 200 miles away from Kaifeng, they were found by the confidant spies sent by Xu Fangyi, and then a letter, ten fingers, and ten ears were sent to them by Xu Fangyi's confidants at the same time, Bai Canghai and Bai Zixuan saw After receiving the letter, his eyes immediately turned red, and his murderous intent rose instantly.But they had to stop and retreat a hundred miles.

The Lord of Jianzhuang brought fifty swordsmen from the village to participate in the most dangerous and most dangerous event in the Song Dynasty. With Bai Zixuan's prudence, it was natural that the old and weak, women and children from all over the Jianzhuang, plus servants, totaled 400 people. Many people hid, in fact they hid very secretly, but they were found by Xu Fangyi, who had been staring at them for a long time.So these more than 400 people fell into the hands of Zhao Guangyi. The people who did this matter were naturally Xu Fangyi and Cao Wei. The three thousand sailors were captured.

Bai Canghai joined the Huaxia Weifu at the beginning because of Ye Chen. In fact, he was not very loyal to the dead emperor Zhao Kuangyin from the beginning to the end, and Bai Zixuan was willing to take Jianzhuang to participate in this snake-leading mission because he wanted to Give Jianzhuang a big fortune.Now the women, children, and children in Jianzhuang have been kidnapped by the other party, and there is no second choice at all.According to Zhao Guangyi's request, he took all the killers and swordsmen back two hundred miles away from Kaifeng City without taking a step further, and could not send or find another person to report to the people in Kaifeng City.

Whoosh.Strong winds blow from the wide streets of Kyoto without warning.Densely rising among the houses.through.Skim!The wind came so suddenly that it blew off the straw hats of those vendors with fruit stalls on the street and sleepy heads.The muddy eyes were exposed, and the fruit peels were rolling all over the street.The cicadas on the green banners outside the blowing teahouse could no longer cling.It fell to the ground with a clatter.

The word tea became the word tea again.

The tea drinkers sitting by the bars of the teahouse looked out curiously, wondering.It has been unbearably hot for three months, is it finally about to fall a timely autumn rain?
Then they saw that the blue sky was suddenly covered by layers of cumulonimbus clouds pouring in from the southeast, above the entire capital of Kyoto.As if a huge cover had been added, the shade enveloped the city and the people in it.

The clouds are constantly twisting and rolling, like countless giant dragons are arranging formations.From time to time, cloud threads will be pulled out, which looks very terrifying.Such thick dark clouds naturally heralded the coming heavy rain.Looking at the cloud head, I'm afraid this heavy rain will be extremely fierce.

And those tea drinkers were not surprised but happy.I thought that God was finally willing to make this world cooler.

There was a crackling sound of thunder, and the rain finally fell into the ground. The pedestrians on the street ran away one after another, and the tea drinkers upstairs squinted their eyes, enjoying the rainwater that had not been seen for a long time and the oozing water from the house after being wet. A little bit differently beautiful.

The rain is not particularly heavy, but it is very cool.After a while, the tea drinkers began to feel a slight chill, which was a little surprising.I thought to myself that in the past, the rain in the early autumn was only pattering, and there would always be three or four heavy rains to completely dissipate the heat. Why is the first heavy rain in early autumn this year so cool.

The tea drinkers rubbed their hands, drank hot tea, and secretly scolded God for being too weird. Everyone went out without umbrellas, let alone unlined clothes.I had no choice but to resist the coolness in this building.

"What happened?" Suddenly a person looked in the direction of the city gate and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty has returned from his western tour to worship the heavens." Someone shouted, with joy from the heart in his expression.

"So Jin Wang did not rebel, that's good, that's good! Otherwise, many people will die." An old man who has experienced the troubled times of the Five Dynasties sighed.

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As early as two hours ago, Xue Juzheng, the prime minister who was staying in the capital, received the news that His Majesty was returning to Beijing. Half an hour ago, he brought all the civil and military officials to meet him twenty miles away from the east gate of Kaifeng City.The guard of the east gate and Zhao Guangmei, the prefect of Kaifeng, also arranged matters such as road clearing and security.

On a piece of flat ground, a shed to keep out the rain had already been set up. Cao Bin, Li Junhao, Hu Sanguang and more than 100 ministers who welcomed His Majesty back to the palace knelt under the shed, and under the leadership of Prime Minister Xue Juzheng, they said in unison: "Welcome Your Majesty! Go back to the palace."

"Get up!" In the emperor's special carriage, Zhao Kuangyin waved at the ministers through the tulle, and said listlessly, his voice sounded a little hoarse, but it was no different from the emperor's voice.

After everyone shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" After getting up, Wang Jien, Zhao Kuangyin's number one confidant and chief eunuch in the palace, said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty suffered from the wind and cold at the top of the Jade Emperor, and the dragon's body was itchy. , Your Majesty is not in good health, it is not good for you to get out of the car, Your Majesty has an order, please go home quickly, so as not to catch a cold!"

Everyone said in unison again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Cao Bin, Li Junhao, and Hu Sanguang stared at the emperor's carriage, making sure that they could see no flaws before looking at the others.It was just because of the heavy rain that except for His Majesty, Mrs. Huarui, and King Jin who rode in a carriage, everyone else, regardless of civil and military officials, rode horses, and all wore coir raincoats and bamboo hats, covering most of their faces. Li Junhao, Cao Bin, and Hu Sanguang From a distance, the three of them saw Shen Yilun, Lu Duoxun and all the officials who followed His Majesty on the west tour, and they even saw Bai Canghai, who was riding alongside Xu Fangyi and talking about something, at least it looked like Bai Canghai .Only then did he heave a long sigh of relief.

When the guards of honor were far away, and the ministers boarded the carriage in twos and threes under the service of their own servants and left one by one, Hu Sanguang suddenly remembered something and said, "I didn't see Pan Mei."

Cao Bin shook his head and said, "This doesn't mean anything." Then he turned and left.

"The spies sent to Yuhuangding to inquire about the news have not returned so far. This matter is a bit strange." When Cao Bin walked away and only Hu Sanguang and Li Junhao were left, Hu Sanguang hesitated again and again, gritted his teeth and said to Li Junhao: "Since His Majesty left Song County to worship at the Jade Emperor's Peak, Lord Xu will send someone back to report the situation there every two hours. Everything is normal. King Jin has never made any changes."

Li Junhao frowned and said: "So what, now it seems, isn't it true?"

Hu Sanguang said: "But every time the person who comes to send the news is the absolute confidant of Mr. Xu. And since everything is normal, why do you have to send letters back every two hours? Isn't it superfluous?"

Li Junhao frowned in thought, but did not speak.Hu Sanguang's words were very euphemistic, but he suspected that Xu Fangyi's meaning had been expressed very clearly.It's just that I was concerned about my close relationship with Xu Fangyi, so I didn't speak directly.

After a while, Li Junhao said: "Take all the Huaxia Golden Guards and the gold medal spies in Kaifeng to your lord's mansion! Regardless of whether the carriage was sitting in the carriage just now, it is His Majesty, and no matter what happens in Kaifeng City next, your lord's family Absolutely nothing can go wrong.”

Hu Sanguang thought for a moment, and said: "Lord Li, tomorrow morning's court meeting is not as good as...you say you are sick and don't go."

Li Junhao thought for a while and said, "I know."

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(End of this chapter)