Funing Hall

In Funing Hall, Zhao Cong did not despair for too long.

Just because soon many people came to the palace to ask to see him.

Zhao Zongning came the fastest, she burst into tears as soon as she came in, obviously she had learned the truth about her parents' death.Zhao Cong has no time to worry about his own affairs anymore, he put away the will, he wants to get up to help her, Zhao Zongning has already buried his head in his arms, knelt on the ground, crying and calling him: "Brother——"

Zhao Cong sighed, hugged his sister, and said softly, "Okay, stop crying."

Zhao Zongning cried very sadly, crying so much that Zhao Cong's eyes turned red.Although Prince An Ding and Concubine Princess spent little time with him, and he had a lifetime of experience, he was not a real child back then, but these parents really cherished him.Amidst Zhao Zongning's unrestrained crying, he also remembered the scene where Prince Anding sent his troops to the palace to meet him. That was the last time their father and son met.

Even though Prince Anding is an idle prince, he knows that the road ahead is dangerous, so he still wants to lead his troops to fight.

Anding County King is for him who has just ascended the throne.

That was his biological father, but he could only kneel down and call him "Elder Prince" and "Your Majesty".Not to mention the princess of Anding County, always with a gentle face, smiling at him lying on the bed playing alone, and softly calling him "Bao'er".

Zhao Cong let out a sigh, closed his eyes and hugged his sister even tighter, tears fell from his eyes.

The two brothers and sisters were crying inside the house, and no one outside dared to come in to persuade them.

But Zhao Zongning is Princess Baoning after all, she cried all her tears, she raised her head to look at Zhao Cong, her voice was still crying, but she was much calmer: "Brother already knew, did you keep it from me?"

At this time, Zhao Cong no longer kept the secret from him and nodded.

"Brother shouldn't hide it from me, I can bear it, I should go to Taiyuan with you, I want to kill Jiang Weicai with my own hands!"

Zhao Cong took her hand with pity. Zhao Zongning's hand was soft. He looked down and said softly, "You are the hand of Xiangfu. You shouldn't be stained with blood. It's up to my brother to kill people."

Such a common sentence made Zhao Zongning cry again.She buried herself in Zhao Cong's arms and cried bitterly, "Although my parents are gone, I still have my brother."

"Yes, my brother has always been there."

"Brother, I miss my father and my mother..." She talked fondly about her father and mother when she was young, and Zhao Cong also listened quietly.

After talking straight for a long time, Zhao Zongning came out of his arms, stood up from the ground, and said very sensiblely: "Brother is in Taiyuan, I am afraid that many people will come to the palace again, and some old scholars will talk too much, brother go."

"I chased after my parents, are you happy?"

"Happy!"

"Since the title has been posthumously, the ceremony needs to be done again. It is a big deal. I also plan to do a ritual ceremony for my parents again—"

Zhao Zongning rushed, "I'll take care of it!"

Zhao Cong finally showed a smile: "Okay."

Zhao Zongning didn't ask anyone to come in, wiped his tears, and hurriedly said: "Brother, do you know about Xiao Shiyi?"

The smile on Zhao Cong's face was stiff, and he nodded reluctantly.

Zhao Zongning thought he was stiff because he was very worried, and immediately persuaded him: "He left in a hurry and didn't have time to wait for me to come back. I accompanied An Niang to Luoyang to relax, but he also left me a letter. I really didn't expect Zhao Ting to have This ability." She said distressedly, "If I knew this person was like this, I shouldn't have stayed!" She thought of her parents, and sighed, "I can understand him, that is his mother. By the way, say As for his mother, brother, do you know where his mother came from?"

Zhao Cong froze again.

he does not know.

"Have you seen Xiao Shiyi's mother?"

"I have seen."

"Does it look like Little Eleven?"

"picture."

"Isn't that really beautiful? I've been to Wei County Prince's Mansion before, but I haven't seen it before. I really want to see how beautiful his mother is." Zhao Zongning said to himself.

Zhao Cong was also in a daze, Xiao Shiyi was indeed too tall, but he did look like a Han Chinese, although the contours on his face were too sharp, especially the bridge of his nose was also high.Little Eleven didn't even look a bit like Li Liangcheng.He also thought that Mrs. Shan did indeed look like a Han Chinese, which gave him another burst of comfort.

Maybe it's all because I think too much.

Che Xia came in later, washed Zhao Zongning's face, and applied balm, she wanted to leave.

Zhao Cong stopped her again, and said with a smile, "I almost forgot to tell you."

"Ok?"

"I didn't kill Han Ding."

Zhao Zongning's eyes lit up, this is the one who really killed their father.

"Don't get your hands stained with blood, the rest is up to you, you go to Zhang Juan."

Zhao Zongning should be excited, and hurriedly took Che Xia away.

Zhao Cong laughed, after all it was Princess Baoning, if it was Zhao Shu'an, he would have cried in fright.

After Zhao Zongning left, Zhao Cong didn't have time to continue to be sad or despair about Zhao Shiqi.

Regardless of his fatigue, he washed his face, changed his clothes, and went to Chongzheng Hall to meet the officials who were waiting for him.

There were too many people asking to meet, so he simply met together.

As for his pretending to be sick, it was actually a matter of going to Taiyuan. Although some veteran officials dared not express their dissatisfaction publicly, Zhao Cong could understand and did not blame them if they expressed their dissatisfaction in secret.

After being dissatisfied, he asked Jiang Wei about it.

Zhao Cong was really bored, so he asked Lu Yuan to tell everyone the situation at that time.Lu Yuan still has a bit of storytelling ability, and he told the story of that night in a thrilling way. Some older people almost fainted when they heard Zhao Cong facing tens of thousands of soldiers alone.

When it came to Jiang Wei who was about to attack His Majesty, one of them actually fainted.

Lu Yuan looked at Zhao Cong in embarrassment.

Zhao Cong glared at him, and deliberately said: "You are the only one who talks too much!"

Qian Shang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, help Master Lu to lie down first."

Zhao Cong nodded, and asked someone to carry Master Lu who had fainted down, and asked the imperial doctor to see him.

After such a fuss, no one asked about the specific situation. Zhao Cong briefly talked about it, and the audience fell silent.

Jiang Wei has indeed committed a serious crime, and it is indeed enough to punish the Nine Clans, but the problem is that they have always acted gently in the Song Dynasty.This killing of the Nine Clans in the end...is a hindrance to His Majesty's reputation. In future history books, the rest of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are all stable. It's their Majesty who killed the Nine Clans so fast and so hard that Ling Chi even used it. .

However, Zhao Cong had almost killed the Jiang family. They had been with Zhao Cong for a long time and knew His Majesty's temperament, so they didn't bother about it.Then he asked about the posthumous title of Prince Anding and Princess Consort of the County.

As it was related to his biological parents, Zhao Cong was very tough, he didn't even explain, he only said that Princess Baoning was in charge of the posthumous title.

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, what else is there to ask.

Six years ago, when the Holy Majesty first came to power, who would have thought that such a weak emperor would have such a temper.

The two founding fathers who were proclaimed by Taizu have all been abolished since then.

Zhao Cong saw that everyone was honest and knew not to push people too much, so he asked about Yi Yu in a gentle voice.

At this juncture, everyone didn't dare to make him unhappy, they only said that the eleventh prince was in charge of the full power, and the people also said that the eleventh prince was mighty and did a good job.

People like Huang Shu and Qian Shang must have known about Zhao Shiqi's going to Guangnan West Road, but most of the others did not.

Zhao Cong also had no intention of concealing it, and it happened that everyone was there, so he informed everyone, and said: "The southwestern area is not peaceful, and there are tribes making troubles. He got my order to quell the chaos. Besides——"

This "besides" made everyone's hearts tug again.

"The prince of Wei, Zhao Congde, has fled and hid. There is reliable news that he is now in the tribe with the five surnames Fan, but it is not known which family it is."

Many people shed cold sweats, this is not enough after the Jiang family is ruled, who is the Jiang family.Not everyone knew the truth about the fact that Wei County Prince's Mansion was locked up at the beginning.Now they have also figured out a little bit of meaning, I am afraid that the prince will have dirty hands!

But even if Zhao Congde is like this, His Majesty still uses Eleventh Langjun again, and he is assured to send him to catch his own father.

It can be seen how much His Majesty trusts the Eleven Lord.

If the Eleventh Prince really killed his relatives righteously, I am afraid that His Majesty could release the innocent people in Wei County Prince's Mansion. For this Eleventh Prince, their Majesty seems to do anything.

Zhao Cong knew what they were thinking when he looked at the expressions of the people below, he had no intention of caring about their thoughts now, but continued: "This is a big event, one mistake may lead to war."

Everyone came back to their senses one after another, with a stern look on their faces.

Indeed, if one is not careful, there will be a fight in the southwest.The Southwest has always been very loose and chaotic, and it is not very scary to fight. It can always be subdued, but it is too chaotic, and it is really difficult to manage, and it takes extra effort.

The reason why Zhao Shiqi only brought a thousand forbidden soldiers at the beginning was to avoid causing panic and to be confident in himself.The second is also that he has no military power in his hands, and it is the limit to bring 1000 people.

But after Zhao Cong came back, he also said the importance of this matter, and immediately allocated another [-] forbidden soldiers, asking them to make up their minds and set off immediately to catch up with Zhao Shiqi and his party.He also sent the Ministry of War to Guangnan West Road to issue an order to ask the Changhua, Wan'an and Xiang troops there to cooperate fully.They also sent two other experienced and dignified generals to lead the troops to go together.

In addition to these arrangements for soldiers and horses, he also sent people to step up the decree to Kuizhou Road, Yazhou and other Luzhou prefectures, telling them to immediately send people to the Jiji Prefectures to control them, so that no more tribes will take advantage of the chaos to make trouble.

That is Zhao Shiqi.

Although Zhao Shiqi may still have kept him a lot.

He also needs to protect people well, and Zhao Cong has a strong premonition that this battle is really inevitable.The five surnamed Fans in the Southwest were already on the same rope with the Empress Dowager Sun, and had benefited a lot from the Empress Dowager Sun, and had been dissatisfied with him for a long time.Especially this year, he has refused the envoys of the five surnames Fan to pay tribute to the capital, cutting off their source of income, how could they accept it honestly.

The people behind him did everything possible to send Zhao Congde there, just for such a day.

It's just that they can still control what it looks like.

After Zhao Cong arranged everything and met everyone, he got up and went back to rest.

Originally, when these ministers entered the palace, most of them wanted His Majesty to give an explanation. After all, His Majesty pretended to be sick and left Beijing regardless of safety.Everyone was very energetic at that time.

When leaving the palace now, everyone was silent.

In a peaceful and prosperous age, there is never a need for war.Wars always bring casualties, not to mention the chaotic place in the southwest, and now it is the time when the miasma is still there.

Everyone only hopes that the southwest area will be safe and sound.

Zhao Cong returned to Funing Hall again, it was already dark and he was extremely tired.

Forcibly suppressing all the despair and worry in his heart, meeting the minister and deploying everything, exhausted all his strength at this time.As soon as he returned to the inner room, his body felt a little weak.Fu Lu supported him strongly, and carried him to the couch together with Lu Yuan.

Rantao was still recuperating, and Chaxi came over to wipe his face and hands with a hot handkerchief.Lu Yuan untied his bun and combed his hair again, while Fu Lu changed his clothes.

Zhao Cong leaned against the couch with his eyes closed, motionless.If it weren't for the slight twitching of the nose, it really seemed lifeless.

Fu Lu and others all knew that he was tired.

Cha Xi asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, can you eat some bird's nest porridge before going to bed?"

"En." Zhao Cong responded softly.People would die if they didn't eat, so of course he had to eat, no matter how uncomfortable he was.

Cha Xi went down to get the porridge, and Fu Lu brought him the water soaked in the old ginseng, Zhao Cong only half-opened his eyes, and drank half of it by Fu Lu's hand.

When the porridge came, although Zhao Cong couldn't eat it, he ate more than half of the bowl and was ready to go to bed.

Wake up, and make plans for tomorrow.

Fu Lu supported him, but he didn't look carefully, so he turned over and lay down on the bed.The obscene clothes on his body were made of extraordinarily soft materials, and when he lay down, he felt some discomfort in his lower body.Cha Xi was about to lower the curtain for him, when he stretched out his hand softly, and groped under him, he found a letter.

He was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Wait."

"His Majesty?"

"You go back first."

Seeing his tired face, Cha Xi wanted to persuade him to go to bed early, but Fu Lu saw their Majesty's actions just now, and winked at her.Together with Lu Yuan, the three of them retreat obediently.

As soon as they left, Zhao Cong quickly brought the things in front of his eyes.

It turned out to be a letter!

And still two!

On the first one, the word "Shang Shu" was written on the envelope. He was very familiar with Zhao Shiqi's handwriting.He suddenly felt a sense of relief as if he was being redeemed, and he knew that his little eleven would not lie to him.

He anxiously tore open the first letter, his hands even trembled a little, but he couldn't care less.He hurriedly opened the letter, and Zhao Shiqi's arrogant and awe-inspiring words immediately appeared in front of his eyes——

Shidun pays homage to Your Majesty:

The autumn season is cold and the night is cold, I wish my Majesty all blessings.When your Majesty returned to Beijing, Shi Qizhe had gone to Guangnan West Road. He hadn't seen him for ten days, so he missed him very much.There was an incident in the past, Shi Qi did it hastily without His Majesty's instruction, and his servant was in a panic. Gai Southwest was in a hurry, so he wrote it to His Majesty.

Yi Yu, the county magistrate of Baoying County under the rule of Yangzhou on Huainan East Road, was guilty of countless crimes. Everyone in Tokyo looked at each other.Yi Yu has no heart of repentance, he is becoming more and more crazy, his words are very disrespectful, and he hurt himself with blood as a book, talking a lot of absurd things.

Shi Qi had a bad temper and killed him by mistake.Pu paused and bowed to His Majesty again.Shi Que knew that a catastrophe was brewing, and for the sake of complete planning, he wrote down his will in His Majesty's handwriting.The great crime of the world.Shiqi has always been protected by His Majesty, and he only misses His Majesty, and never has any second thoughts.However, Shiqi has been charged with the crime, and when he returns to Beijing, his majesty will punish him severely.

I beg Your Majesty not to be frustrated with Shiqi!

Shidun pays homage

August 28

He carefully read one word after another, and read it several times before carefully putting down the letter.

He picked up the second letter, and the words "Yu Zong Baoshu" were written on the envelope.

What I said just now is business, and this letter is a letter from home.

Zhao Cong tore open the envelope lightly, and unfolded the letter, waiting for him to see what words were on the paper.

He suddenly leaned back, stretched out his right hand, covered his eyes with the back of his hand, and smiled faintly.

After laughing, he put down his hand again, looked at the paper again, and then directly covered the paper on his face, the corners of his mouth became more and more raised, and there was rarely a sweet smile on his face.

The candlestick next to the bed glowed softly. Under the light, the words on the paper could be vaguely seen through the back of the letter paper.

A total of eight characters——

I love Zongbao,

Wait for my return.

The author has something to say: the ancients were sometimes sweet [doge]

For ancient letters, the format and norms of each dynasty were different.The norms of letters in the Northern Song Dynasty were naturally strict and complicated. Strictly speaking, the letter I wrote did not conform to the norms.But if you really want to write it according to the specification, it is very cumbersome and difficult to understand, so it is written like this.

Ps: The family letter is the easiest format, and the format can be the simplest, just write what you want to say.

If you are interested in these, you can read Sima Guang's "Sima Shi Shuyi", and the letters of Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu and others are also very good.