Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 5
After returning to the mansion, Zhao Dezhao didn't even bother to eat lunch, and locked himself in the study alone, and began to desperately recall the history of the early Song Dynasty in his mind.

Whether it is a big event or a trivial matter, write down what comes to mind immediately, otherwise you will inevitably forget some after a long time, so you have to hurry.

He didn't use any writing brush either, but he plucked a chicken feather from the feather duster in the study by himself, sharpened it with a paper knife, and then dipped it in the carbon ink in the inkstone as a pen.

The specially written simplified characters are written in a small notebook the size of a palm, and the "chicken brush" is also very difficult to use. I can see clearly.

This is very good, if the small book is lost or stolen in the future, it will be the same as reading a book if someone else gets it, so it will not cause any unexpected troubles.

Thinking and writing, Zhao Dezhao's heart gradually sank.

According to the Song Dynasty history he recalled, Zhao Kuangyin died at the end of the ninth year of Kaibao.

And now is the beginning of Kaibao's eighth year.

That is to say, there is only more than one year left, less than two years, before the "candle shadow and ax sound" change that completely changed one's destiny and turned one's life into a tragedy.

And King Zhao Guangyi of Jin has been operating in the court, the army, inside and outside of Tokyo, and even in the palace for more than ten or twenty years. He has a deep foundation, huge influence, and many party members.

What's more terrible is that Zhao Kuangyin has always taken an acquiescing and even conniving attitude towards Zhao Guangyi's actions.

To this day, it can be said that Zhao Guangyi can reach out to anyone and have his people everywhere.

It is conceivable that in less than two years, you can manage your own prestige and power, and finally completely overwhelm the other party, how easy is it?
But I don't have any retreat, I can only succeed, not fail, otherwise I will end up miserable and my life will be hard to save.

There is not much time left for him, Zhao Dezhao can't help feeling a strong sense of urgency!
"Master." Someone called softly outside the study door, it was Qian Niu'er's voice.

"Come in." Zhao Dezhao carefully closed the little book that recorded his exclusive secret.

The door opened, and Qian Niu'er came in carrying a tray with several plates of pastries on it.

"You haven't eaten lunch yet, so you can't be hungry, so fill yourself with some snacks."

Zhao Dezhao was worried about his future and destiny at the moment. How could he be in the mood to eat some cakes? He didn't even look at them and said casually: "Put it there."

"Yes." Qian Niu'er put the pastry on Zhao Dezhao's desk, turned and left.

Zhao Dezhao suddenly caught a glimpse of two bruises on Qian Niu'er's face, so he stopped him: "Wait a minute, where did the bruises come from?"

Qian Niu'er looked away, shrunk his head and said in a low voice: "If you're going back to Master, I accidentally fell and got knocked..."

"Then your ability to fall is very good, show me another fall? If you can fall exactly the same, then I will believe your evil!"

Zhao Dezhao almost laughed angrily. The bruise on Qian Niu'er's face could be seen from a beating!

Qian Niu'er lowered his head, pursed his mouth tightly, and remained silent.

Seeing Qian Niuer's cowardly and stubborn bear, Zhao Dezhao became more and more annoyed: "Say it quickly! Who the hell hit you?"

Zhao Dezhao is really angry. This is the inspector’s mansion. It’s the mansion of this mansion. You Qian Niu’er is this man’s slave. ?And I dare not say it after being beaten!
Qian Niu'er looked like he was about to cry, and begged in a low voice: "Master, don't ask, we are slaves, it's nothing to be beaten once or twice..."

Zhao Dezhao laughed back angrily: "It's okay to be beaten once or twice, right? That's fine, I'll ask someone to beat you out now, and beat you half to death first! If you're afraid of the one who beat you, you won't be afraid of me, right? ?”

Qian Niu'er finally couldn't hold it anymore, fell to his knees with a plop, and confessed the truth.

"It's Manager Wang."

The manager Wang he was talking about was Wang Shijie, the chief eunuch in the mansion, who was equivalent to the housekeeper, and all the servants and servants in the mansion were under his command and jurisdiction.

Zhao Dezhao said "Yes", Qian Niu'er is his personal eunuch, and his status in the mansion is not low. Apart from his wife, there are not many people who can beat him, and the chief eunuch Wang Shijie is one of them.

For this chief eunuch, Zhao Dezhao had an average opinion, vaguely felt that this person had a sinister face and was not a good person, but he was skillful and safe in managing the house's internal affairs, and he hadn't made any mistakes.

"Why did Manager Wang beat you? What did you do?"

If Qian Niu'er did something wrong and was beaten, it would belong to Wang Shijie's subordinates, and Zhao Dezhao was naturally inconvenient to intervene.

"The servant didn't do anything. It was Manager Wang who asked the servant: Has Your Highness been out to any strange places these days, has any strange people come into the mansion recently, and has any strange things happened. The servant replied that there was none, Manager Wang If you don't believe me, you thought I was fooling him, so you hit me twice in a fit of anger..."

Hearing this, Zhao Dezhao couldn't help frowning.

Why did Wang Shijie suddenly inquire about this? Could it be that something unusual happened in the mansion recently, which made the chief eunuch feel that it affected the peace of the mansion, so he wanted to find out?

But, obviously not!

If there were really any unusual and strange things happening in the mansion, and I was neither deaf nor blind, why didn't I find any clues?

There must be something famous here!

Zhao Dezhao thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. He paced back and forth in the spacious study room irritably.

On the first day after crossing, you have to face the difficult road ahead and the dangerous storm.

Therefore, he would never allow any blind spots around him, especially in his mansion.

When passing by a bronze mirror placed against the wall, Zhao Dezhao caught a glimpse of a figure in the mirror inadvertently, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, suddenly, he suddenly realized, and couldn't help but slapped his head hard!
"The most obvious unusual thing in the mansion recently, didn't it just happen to me?"

"In one day, I changed my temperament as if I changed a person... Well, I really changed a person."

"Wang Shijie's duty is that he was probably worried that I might be haunted by evil spirits, so he wanted to find out whether I have seen any strange people or been to any strange places recently..."

"I'm in Lushan, and the authorities are obsessed with it. It takes me a long time to wake up!"

Zhao Dezhao stopped pacing, only to notice that Qian Niu'er was still kneeling there without permission.

(End of this chapter)