The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 255 The Lord Is Here
As time went by, the officials came one after another, all gathered in the side hall; Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong still sat calmly, neither speaking nor stopping, allowing them to discuss what happened last night by themselves.If it wasn't for Xu Jingheng and others who came forward and shouted in a low voice, the officials might have forgotten that the two of them existed, especially Zhao Gou was one of the parties involved.

Immediately, there was no sound in the side hall, and the officials looked at Zhao Gou tremblingly, and glanced at each other, the meaning was self-evident: "Why is the county king here?"

Zhao Gou smiled slightly, but he didn't take it to heart, he still sipped tea and watched the play with Zhao Yougong.In addition, Zhao Gou whispered a few times in the ears of Xu Jingheng and others, and the officials were even more frightened in their eyes. They were worried that there were other plots, especially Xu Jingheng and others nodded one after another. The ministers misunderstood.

"Although the county king is young, he is resourceful. Could it be that he has some conspiracy?"

"Just now we were talking about what happened last night. The king of the county personally captured Li Bangyan alive. This man died in the sky prison for some reason. Did he know our guess and set us up? I have never offended the king of the county. , shouldn’t do anything to me!”

"Master Xu is surprised. Could it be that the county king really wants to deal with us? If so, what should we do?"

"It's a good thing I didn't speak just now!"

The ministers were in a state of turmoil, and looked at Zhao Gou in fear, fearing that they would be the next to be arrested.The body is not afraid of the shadow slanting, but it is a pity that there are very few of these people whose water is as clear as a mirror. Those who have ghosts in their hearts are worried, but those who are open-minded look at their faces mockingly, with disdain on their faces, and they are ashamed to be with them. They were officials in the same dynasty.

At this moment, Wang Fu, Gao Qiu, Liang Shicheng and others hurried over. Last night they were so worried that they went to bed very late. If they hadn't told the housekeeper to wake them up, they might have missed the court hour.Now, the three of them appeared in the side hall, and everyone's eyes were cast on them, all exchanging pleasantries.

Zhao Gou, Zhao Yougong and others also looked over, their eyes looked a little strange but they couldn't tell what was wrong; at the same time, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu and others also looked at Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong, the three of them He also stepped forward and bowed to salute.

Zhao Gou didn't say anything from the beginning to the end, and Zhao Gou looked at Gao Qiu and the others with a smile on his face, and said, "Did the three adults sleep well last night?"

"Thank you for your concern, the king of the county, I slept soundly last night!"

Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, and Liang Shicheng's hearts tightened, and they replied in unison that they could really fall asleep there last night. If they hadn't heard that Li Bangyan was dead, their expressions might have changed when they came here today, but their expressions now Still a little pale, bloodless, the whole person looks mentally deficient.

"Oh!" Zhao Gou smiled meaningfully, prolonging his voice deliberately, and then said after a pause: "It is good to sleep soundly, some people can't see the sun today. Life is in the world for dozens of cold and heat, and it is fleeting. , no one knows if you can see the sun when you open your eyes, you should cherish it, three adults, do you think what I said is right?"

"exactly!……"

Gao Qiu, Wang Fu and the other three were sweating profusely. They dared not speak out in anger. How dare they deny it in front of the officials. If there was a fight with them, it would mean that Li Bangyan's death had something to do with them. When it was clear, I had to answer according to Zhao Gou's words.

In addition, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, and Liang Shicheng glanced at each other, and they were all very surprised.Before, Zhao Gou never took the initiative to say a word to them, even in court, he was not hesitating about it; today's Zhao Gou was uncharacteristically, which shocked them, and it meant that Zhao Gou officially declared war on them.

The three of them immediately thought of this, and their hearts were also taken aback.Even though Zhu Xi, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan and others were all dead, Prince Zhao Huan's power had been weakened a lot; however, Zhao Gou's power was still fledgling, and he couldn't confront them head-on at all. What is the plan: "Today's county king, what happened to him? Did he really decide to fight us to the death? Could there be other conspiracy?"

Zhao Gou's smile stopped abruptly, and he looked behind Gao Qiu and the others with a cold face; in the eyes of the three of them, they thought they had offended Zhao Gou, but they didn't want him to look behind them, so they followed Zhao Gou's direction. Looking around, I saw that Prince Zhao Huan was late, walking in strides calmly, as if nothing had happened, making people puzzled and unable to guess what was going on in his mind.

The ministers saw Zhao Gou's face change, no longer a smiling face, and guessed what was going on in their hearts, they saw Prince Zhao Huan walking in.Immediately, everyone suddenly became enlightened, because the Lord came.Although they didn't know whether Li Bangyan's death was related to the prince, the only thing they knew was that Li Bangyan had a close personal relationship with the prince.

Zhao Gou captured Li Bangyan alive last night, and made it clear that he wanted to tear the face off with the prince and not give him face.Moreover, Zhao Gou took the initiative to chat with Gao Qiu and others abnormally, asking about what happened last night, and all the officials speculated that this matter had something to do with them.

In addition, Zhao Gou's face was much colder, and he stared straight at the prince with sharp eyes without fear; everyone confirmed their previous guesses: "Zhao Gou is going to have a formal contest with the prince, and last night must have been just the beginning, and it was also the clarion call to declare war !"

Half of the officials were on the prince's side. They saw that Zhao Gou's expression was very different from before, they were shocked but they didn't dare to say it, so they could only show it with their eyes.It's just that they were scared by Zhao Yougong's ruthless gaze and shrank back before they could use their eyes, lowering their heads and secretly anxious.

"His Royal Highness!" Everyone shouted respectfully.

Even though Zhao Gou formally declared war on Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan was still the crown prince in terms of etiquette, so Zhao Gou would welcome him respectfully; even if Zhao Yougong didn't like Zhao Huan, or was angry in his heart, he had to respectfully address him: "His Royal Highness!"

Prince Zhao Huan smiled calmly and said: "My lords, please excuse me!" Everyone stood up straight, Zhao Huan glanced at Gao Qi, Wang Fu and the others when they saw them nodding, understanding; In the end, he stayed on Zhao Gou's body, and said with a kind smile, "Ninth Brother, it's the first time for you to come so early!"

"Yes!" Zhao Gou replied with a smile without showing any weakness, "It's the first time that the prince came so late today, but I don't know if he slept comfortably last night?"

The corner of the prince's mouth twitched, his eyes changed suddenly, and he soon returned to normal. He smiled reluctantly and replied: "That's natural, I slept soundly last night, otherwise I would have almost missed the hour. Fortunately, it finally caught up."

Prince Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou exchanged a few words and saw a eunuch walking in, shouting loudly: "Go to court!"

All the ministers stood up straight and straightened their clothes, then Prince Zhao Huan walked out of the side hall first, followed by Chu King Zhao Yougong and Zhao Gou.Originally, Zhao Gou's official rank was not high, and he had to come out later, but his status was different, so he walked side by side with King Chu Zhao Yougong, and the others followed.

(End of this chapter)