This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 194 Renzong
Listening to the mournful cries in the inner hall, both Lu Sen and Runan County King looked a little surprised.

No way!
The little eunuch leading them immediately quickened his pace, and Lu Sen and Runan County King followed immediately.

And Bao Zheng, Pang Taishi and others behind also accelerated their speed.

When a few people entered the room, they found that there were many people around, including Empress Cao, and several people who looked like imperial doctors were lying on the ground with their heads lowered, trembling.

There was also an old eunuch who poured half a bottle of honey into Zhao Zhen's mouth.

It's just that only a small part of the honey went into the throat, and most of it flowed out, but the old eunuch was still drinking it, his face full of panic.

Empress Cao, who fell down in front of the bed, burst into tears. When she saw Bao Zheng and others coming in, she jumped up and shouted, "Everyone, the official, the official..."

Bao Zheng hurriedly turned his head and asked the imperial doctor next to him: "How is the situation of the official family?"

Several imperial doctors bowed their heads lower, and after a while, an old imperial doctor raised his head and said with confused eyes: "The official suffered a sudden stroke... the sky is over."

Bao Zheng took a deep breath and stepped back in a daze.

As for Grand Master Pang and the others, their faces were also pale.

Although Zhao Zhen was not considered a talented and general emperor, in the eyes of civil and military officials, he could be regarded as a good emperor, who was good at accepting advice and was able to allow others to speak out.

It can be said that from the point of view of literati, Zhao Zhen is the kind of emperor they admire most.

But in their eyes, such a good emperor, who was rare in a thousand years, actually passed away?
He was in his early 40s, in the prime of his life.

Bao Zheng murmured, "Why so suddenly?"

The King of Runan County also looked surprised: "Yes, I usually send in some fairy fruits and honey water from time to time? And half an hour ago, I specially sent someone to send in Lu Zhenren's honey. Why didn't I drink it?"

Empress Cao slumped on the ground, crying so hard that she could hardly breathe: "Half an hour ago, the officials could still open their eyes, how did they know that before the honey water came in, it was already..."

Lu Sen walked to the bed and looked at Zhao Zhen's body.

Bao Zheng stepped up immediately and asked, "Is Master Lu able to do something?"

His eyes were full of hope.

Lu Sen shook his head: "If there is still a trace of breath, it can be saved with honey poured in. It is obviously out of breath."

Hearing this, Bao Zheng raised his head and exhaled heavily.

"There are unpredictable things!" Grand Master Pang shook his head with emotion.

He was the oldest among the crowd, and he was used to parting from life and death.

Lu Sen frowned, but felt very strange.In history, Zhao Zhen lived to be 54 years old, but now Zhao Zhen seems to be only 44 years old.

"It stands to reason that he should have at least ten years of life."

Lu Sen muttered in a low voice.

Because Empress Cao was crying beside her all the time, it was extremely noisy, and almost no one heard Lu Sen's voice.

But Bao Zheng was very close to him, so he barely heard it.

Hearing this, he immediately turned his head and said, "What does Master Lu mean?"

"The official's departure is a bit strange." Lu Sen directly expressed his thoughts: "As far as I know, even a severe stroke can last for several hours, especially if there are a few imperial doctors In the next situation. But from the onset of the official's illness to this time, it took more than an hour before and after, which is too fast."

Several imperial doctors who were lying on the ground waiting for trial nodded repeatedly.

The old imperial doctor who spoke before raised his head, and hurriedly said as if grasping at a straw: "The official's disease is very serious. After hearing that the official's family fell down for no reason, the few of us rushed over. , not more than one stick of incense. At that time, the official was still a little sane, and he comforted the few of us by saying, don’t worry, take your time, he just accidentally fell down, but then the official’s condition took a turn for the worse and he lost consciousness. Sleepless, with twitching hands and feet, and snoring, we knew it was a stroke, so we hurriedly used acupuncture to calm down the official's breath, but we didn't expect that after the official woke up, he would let the The close father-in-law brought a few elixir to eat!"

"what!"

Upon hearing this, the group of people who came behind were all stunned.

Bao Zheng couldn't help roaring angrily: "Elixir? What elixir? Won't you stop him?"

Lu Sen also felt strange.

"We tried to persuade, but the officials didn't listen." The old imperial doctor cried and burst into tears: "He said that the elixir is incomparably miraculous, no worse than the fairy fruit of Master Lu. , He is not feeling well now, is it right to eat? Who knows that after eating, he passed out again within a stick of incense, and this time he didn’t even last half an hour, and the acupuncture technique didn’t help at all.”

After all, these people are only imperial doctors, they are not Bao Zheng, and they don't have the kind of domineering Bao Zheng who can point their noses at officials and scold them.

When Bao Zheng heard this, his face turned livid at first, and then turned pale again.

"Where did the elixir come from?"

Bao Zheng turned his head and asked the old eunuch who was still pouring honey into Zhao Zhen's mouth.

The old eunuch's face was already pale, and the hand that poured honey into Zhao Zhen's mouth was shaking all the time. Hearing Bao Zheng's question, his whole body shook, and the honey bottle in his hand fell to the ground, rattling a few times. After the sound, a large piece of honey spilled out.

But no one cares about this little problem anymore.

The old eunuch turned his head slowly, and said with a crying face, "The elixir was brought in by this old slave."

It's just that when the old eunuch said this, Empress Cao's body trembled beside her.

The few old officials present were all good people, even when they were in a state of desperation, they were the kind who kept their eyes open.

The queen's unnaturalness still caught their attention.

It's just that they don't want to care about this matter for the time being.

"Outside?" Bao Zheng said coldly: "How can the things outside be presented to the officials at will, and who handed them over?"

"Masters of Zhongnan Mountain."

After the old eunuch finished speaking, he fell to the ground as if he had lost his bones.

Zhongnan Mountain?
"Is there any other elixir?" Grand Master Pang asked a step forward.

The old eunuch didn't move, but Empress Cao who was next to her touched a small white porcelain bottle from her clothes, and handed it over crying.

Grand Master Pang didn't even look at it, and handed it directly to Lu Sen: "My son-in-law, take a look at what this so-called elixir is all about."

Now among the people in the room, only Lu Sen has great supernatural powers, and he can be regarded as a serious practitioner. Whether these elixirs are good or bad, he has the right to say.

After Lu Sen took it, he didn't say anything. He immediately took off the cap of the bottle and poured out a few pills from it.

Don't tell me, this pill looks really good, it's about the size of a little finger, it's shiny, round and smooth, silvery white.

Moreover, after the pill was poured out, a strange fragrance spread immediately.

In terms of appearance, this thing does seem to be 'extraordinary'.

When Lu Sen turned on the system video, his face became distorted.

Hubao Qiangyang Pills: After taking it, Yang hyperactivity increases, qi and blood rush, refreshed, and lasts for about a stick of fragrance.But it is extremely harmful to the body, and it is poisoned by heavy metals. The main materials are mercury, silver powder, lead powder and other substances.

Seeing Lu Sen's expression, everyone understood that this was definitely not a good thing.

Bao Zheng couldn't help asking: "What is this so-called elixir?"

"It's a kind of medicine for tigers and wolves, and it has great side effects!" Lu Sen sighed, "It's estimated that two or three pills can poison a duck."

Empress Cao's body shook again.

Now, both Bao Zheng and Grand Master Pang couldn't bear it anymore.

They all looked at Empress Cao.

Bao Zheng asked with a dark face: "Is the empress related to this elixir?"

Although the old eunuch took over the blame, how could Bao Zheng and others not know that in the palace, how could an eunuch have the idea of ​​influencing the officials.

Empress Cao trembled all over, covered her face and cried loudly.

But Bao Zheng and the others were also extremely patient, waiting by the side.

After crying for a long time, Empress Cao said distraughtly: "This elixir was enshrined by several Taoist priests in Zhongnan Mountain, and it is really useful to eat. Because the king of Runan County does not send many fairy fruits and honey every month, the official I gave these things to the prince and the concubines in the palace, but when I felt that my health was getting worse and worse, I remembered the pills offered by the Taoist priests in Zhongnan Mountain. After trying a few pills, I felt miraculous. Master Lu's fairy fruit is not as good as honey, so..."

I understand, this thing was first sent to Cao's family, then to Empress Cao, and finally to the official family.

"How long have you been taking the elixir?"

"More than a year!"

"absurd!"

Bao Zheng was so angry that he snatched the vase from Lu Sen's hand and threw it down heavily.

The bottle shattered at the sound, and small pills rolled around on the ground.

Grand Master Pang sighed, "Xiren, don't be impulsive."

Bao Zheng shook his sleeves resentfully, he walked to Zhao Zhen's bed, and looked at Zhao Zhen's ruddy face for a while!

After all, it was caused by high blood pressure and cerebral hemorrhage, and it didn't take long, and it still maintained the appearance of when it was alive.

Looking at Zhao Zhen's face for a while, Bao Zheng shed a few big tears, then he wiped away the tears and said: "Notify Dali Temple that all officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Internal Affairs will enter the palace immediately to handle the affairs of the official family. "

Then he looked at the old eunuch next to him: "Eunuch Chang, where is the Tiger Talisman of the Forbidden Army?"

The old eunuch took out half a tiger talisman from a nearby cabinet and presented it to Bao Zheng.

Under normal circumstances, the Tiger Talisman of the Northern Song Dynasty was divided into two parts, one in the hands of officials and one in the hands of privy envoys.

Only when the two pieces are combined, has the power to mobilize the imperial army.

Bao Zheng held half of the Tiger Talisman in his hand, and said, "Grand Master Pang, you will be in charge of the palace, and you will handle the affairs of the officials and the arrangements of various departments."

Taishi Pang nodded in agreement.

Then Bao Zheng looked at Empress Cao: "Empress Empress, may I ask where Chu Jun is now?"

"In Jinshui... street... Zhaojiazhuang."

Empress Cao was about to die of tears.

Bao Zheng lowered his eyelids, looked at Lu Sen, and asked, "Is Master Lu planning to stay in Bianjing during this time?"

Lu Sen shook his head slightly: "No, I'll go back to Hangzhou immediately."

"Very good! Thank you very much!" Then Bao Zheng looked at the King of Runan County: "Please also ask the King of Runan County to go home and stay at home for three months. During this period, it is best not to let the family members wander around, is it possible?"

"Can!"

The King of Runan County clasped his fists, turned and left, and Lu Sen followed behind.

After Bao Zheng waited for the two to leave the inner palace, he left the palace with the tiger talisman.

Half an hour later, Lu Sen's aircraft flew away from Bianjing City carrying Yang Jinhua.

Not long after he left, a large number of forbidden troops entered the city, one was divided into four, some guarded the palace, some guarded Zhaojiazhuang, and some arrested Taoists related to Zhongnan Mountain in the city.

The last part of the forbidden army, under the leadership of Mu Guiying, galloped to the southern suburbs of Xi'an and surrounded the entire Zhongnan Mountain.

A few days later, the obituary of the official's death spread all over the world, and his posthumous title was 'Ren'.

The whole country closed the market for several days to mourn, every household in the streets and alleys cried, and the black smoke of burning paper money rose into the sky, darkening the sun and the moon.

Staying in the cave, Lu Sen also felt a little emotional.

He really didn't expect Zhao Zhen to walk so fast.

After staying in the cave for a period of time, he heard the rumor that Bao Zheng had sealed off the Taiyi Palace in Zhongnan Mountain, and a large number of Taoists were dismissed, and the leader of the [-] people had their characters tattooed and distributed to the army in Northern Xinjiang.

If the news of Zhao Zhen's death was mourned by the whole world, then the news of Bao Zheng's suppression of the Taoist was shocked by the whole world.

They don't understand why.

For the sake of Zhao Zhen's face, senior officials such as Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi did not say that Zhao Zhen ate the elixir refined by Taoists.

It even promulgated a law that Taoists from all over the world are not allowed to enter Beijing for ten years.

Although Bao Zheng didn't know the reason why he did this, the monks were happy.

A large number of monks began to pour into Bianliang City.

What happened after that was that Chu Jun Zhao Xi was sent to the dragon chair, and Empress Dowager Cao began to listen to the government behind the curtain.

Bao Zheng and Pang Taishi handled the government affairs very well, and there was no turbulence at all, so the imperial power was smoothly transferred to Zhao Xi's hands.

This is a skill. After hearing about Zhao Zhen's death, Yelu Hongji, the leader of Khitan, cried for two days, and then ordered hundreds of thousands of troops to the Song and Liao borders, just waiting to see if there would be civil strife in the Song court.

When he heard that Zhao Xi was sitting on the dragon chair, and the officials of the Song Dynasty had hardly changed, he had no choice but to call back the soldiers and horses.

No chance at all.

"Bao Longtu and Grand Master Pang are still very good." Lu Sen was playing Go with Lu Xianxian. He placed a chess piece on the Tianyuan position, cut off a small dragon of his opponent, and said with a smile, "It's just that I was implicated by those idiots in Zhongnanshan. After that, life for Taoists in the world will be difficult."

Lu Xianxian frowned and looked at Lu Chessboard. Her chess skills are actually quite good, but she is not as good as Lu Sen, but she is also the kind of chess player, the more she loses, the more she wants to play: "Taoist life is hard, what's the matter with you, Mr. You are not a Taoist."

"But now the Taoist seems to want me to stand out, go and talk to Bao Zheng." Lu Sen said with a smile: "There are many Taoists in Hangzhou City wandering here and there, and there is more and more news on the market that I am going to Bianliang. The more it spreads, the more true it is, it’s not that people secretly use public opinion to force me to support them.”

To be honest, Lu Sen thought it was quite funny.

Lu Xianxian sighed and said, "Isn't this strange? Grandma Zeng said that the human race is best at forcing people to do things they don't want to do."

Lu Sen shook his eyebrows.

At this moment, Yang Jinhua and Zhao Bilian came back from outside.

The two walked to Lu Sen's side with serious expressions on their faces.

Lu Sen was obsessed with Heizi, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Bilian's face was stinky, she held back for a while, and said, "My younger brother Zhao Shu has been driven to Hangzhou City!"

what?
(End of this chapter)