Funing Hall

Shocked to hear that the government office was on fire, Zhao Congde hurried back, only to learn that the house of his eleventh son was on fire!

He was furious, but he didn't dare to go forward, the fire was so hot that anyone who entered would die.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the fire was finally extinguished, and the people lying inside had been scorched black for a long time, and their original appearance could not be seen at all.

Zhao Congde was both angry and heartbroken.

But it was not for Zhao Shiqi, he was for himself.

Without the plaque of Zhao Shiqi, how much has he gained or lost? !He wanted to release the false news of Zhao Shiqi's death, but he never really wanted him to die!Zhao Congde roared and rushed in to check Zhao Shiqi's body. Everyone knew that Zhao Shiqi had a jade ring on his hand.He immediately turned Zhao Shiqi's hand, and when he saw the ring, he roared again.

The person lying on the bed couldn't see his face, his whole body was burnt black, but he was exactly the same size as Zhao Shiqi.

The fire will not start without a reason, Zhao Congde wants to investigate strictly, but there are more and more reinforcements in Beijing, and they have already attacked the city gate.If it weren't for the threat of the group of archers on the city gate, they might have crossed the city wall long ago, and now they are just delaying.

Zhao Congde didn't know the art of war anymore, and he also knew that he couldn't delay at all.

Originally, Long Guangcheng was very satisfied because of Zhao Shiqi's appearance, but now seeing that his son was burned to death, and Yizhou City was about to be taken back, he attacked Zhao Congde.

Zhao Congde quarreled with him, and the quarrel was chaotic, and people from the other four families also came.The Luo family has always been Long Guangcheng's lackeys, slapping the table and making a fuss.

Long Guangcheng said harshly: "It's a big deal, we quit! We hide in the mountains, no matter how bad we are, we can go west to find Duan Pingran! The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the southwest depends on us. Your emperor can't do anything to me!"

"For this sake, why don't you do it?!"

"How did you promise me at the beginning? I will give you soldiers and cooperate with both sides! Right now Yizhou is about to fall, but you feel sorry for those people! I really feel sorry, why bother to rebel? You bastard!"

"Native goods! Native dogs!"

"Zhao Congde, how dare you call me a dog?!"

The more noisy the two became, the more lively Zhang Tingchu was idly watching from the side with his arms crossed, full of disdain in his heart.Just like this, still want to rebel?If the Emperor Jingzhong saw this situation, he would have to laugh three times. No wonder Zhao Shiqi didn't take them seriously, and even dealt with them without thinking too many soldiers.

Zhang Tingchu listened for a while, and then said: "You two stop the dispute first, the Song soldiers are outside the city gate, and it seems that it will only take a day or two to capture Yizhou City. Why don't we discuss how to retreat ? Houzhou of old Fang’s family is the closest to here, where should we evacuate?”

The most stingy Fang Zhiheng immediately said: "Why?!" Withdrew to their Houzhou border, wouldn't they start a fight in their Houzhou?

Long Guangcheng raised his eyebrows: "Old Fang! Houzhou is the closest, so we will withdraw to Houzhou!"

Fang Zhiheng refused loudly: "No!"

Long Guangcheng's most loyal dog leg, Luo Jiu slapped the table: "Fang Zhiheng, since you are so fucking greedy for life and afraid of death, why bother to rebel with us?!"

Fang Zhiheng sneered: "Together, you won't fight in Yanzhou, don't you feel bad?"

"Then withdraw to Yanzhou!"

"Shit! Yanzhou is so far away, how to withdraw?!"

Long Guangcheng patted the table twice, and fixed his voice: "Remove Houzhou!"

Fang Zhiheng split the table with a knife: "No way!"

The good old man Shi Chengfeng had no choice but to say, "Then what should I say?"

Several people quarreled again.

Zhang Tingchu pulled Zhao Cong aside to comfort him: "My son's day is sad."

After all, Zhao Congde felt a little sad because his son was gone, and sighed: "Only you treat me sincerely."

Zhang Tingchu also sighed: "When the son first came to the southwest, I was the first one to see him, so I am responsible."

"I will ascend the throne in the future, and I will give you a military title, and I will make you a military commander."

Zhang Tingchu was touched and said: "Thank you for your love and care. You don't have to be sad, you still have a son by your side, even though—" Zhang Tingchu seemed to say something wrong, so he quickly shut up.

Zhao Congde looked at him in surprise: "Why don't you continue talking?"

Zhang Tingchu forced a smile and turned to leave.Zhao Cong pulled him back and said seriously, "Master Zhang, why don't you tell me!"

Zhang Tingchu struggled for a long while, and said softly: "I came to the mansion today, and I happened to meet you, Mr. Shi Lang, and had the honor to have a meal with you. Mr. Shi Lang drank a little too much, he said, he said—"

"What did that little bastard say!"

"He said he was going to burn the eleventh prince to death—the son, the tenth prince must be talking nonsense, the son—" Zhang Tingchu chased him outside, Zhao Congde cursed "little beast" and ran towards Zhao Ting's house.

Zhang Tingchu pretended to run after him for a while, then walked back leisurely and entered the house, still arguing.

He simply picked up the teapot on the side and threw it in front of several people.

The tiles shattered and the tea splashed everywhere. They looked at Zhang Tingchu together.

Zhang Tingchu smiled: "You four, do you still remember why we helped Zhao Congde rebel?"

Fang Zhiheng frowned and said: "The Emperor Jingzhong forbids us to go to Beijing to pay tribute. This is no longer doing us any favors, and he often asks the Yizhou prefect to come to inspect Jimizhou in our tribe. I see that it won't be long before he We are going to take back our five tribes. He has always been at odds with Queen Mother Sun, and he has brought down the Sun family, so he will come to mess with us?"

The other three rarely did not refute and nodded.

"Why did you choose Zhao Congde?"

"He is the heir of Prince Wei after all, and his name is justified."

"What if the rebellion fails?"

Long Guangcheng grinned, grinning with white teeth: "We were forced by Zhao Congde, what can we do? What does it have to do with us? We are just a bunch of rural people."

The others laughed together.

Zhang Tingchu nodded: "Right now, how much do you think Zhao Congde has a chance of winning?"

Don't laugh anymore, there is no chance of winning.

Zhao Congde said it nicely at the beginning, but actually disappointed them very much.

Zhang Tingchu said indifferently but righteously: "Since I have followed the prince, I will definitely continue to follow. It's just that we have known each other for many years, and I will tell you both the pros and cons. Just think about it." After finishing speaking, Zhang Tingchu turned around and left up.

The few remaining people didn't even look at each other in blank dismay, and dispersed after thinking about it.

Even Luo Jiu, the dog leg, didn't follow Long Guangcheng, but went back to his room to think.

Zhang Tingchu couldn't help chuckling when he heard his servants tell about everyone's activities. Zhao Congde really wanted to believe the five surnames who were scattered like sand.He doesn't care about the deeper strategies, but he always feels that Zhao Congde has been played by others, not just Zhao Shiqi.

Zhao Congde caught Zhao Ting, but Zhao Ting refused to confess. It was Sun Xiaoyu who confessed everything while crying.

Zhao Congde got angry and wanted to kill Zhao Ting. Zhao Ting kept calling his mother. After all, he was the son he loved for many years. Zhao Congde softened and ordered someone to send him away, but he didn't know where to send him.

Zhang Tingchu arrived at the right time and couldn't bear to say: "My lord, why don't Mr. Shilang come to our tribe for a while?"

When Zhao Congde saw him, he felt bored and panicked. He waved his hand and told him to take him away as soon as possible. The farther the better, the better.

In this way, Zhao Congde trusted Zhang Tingchu even more.Zhao Ting also felt more and more that Brother Zhang deserved to be Brother Zhang, who was closer than his own brother!

Zhao Ting was sent to Xiangzhou where Zhang Tingchu was in a daze, but for some reason, there seemed to be a lot of people escorting him?But he couldn't take care of it anymore, he was so frightened that he had a high fever.On the way, the carriage behind him stopped quietly.A woman clutching a small bundle walked out of the carriage, got into another carriage, and quickly headed towards Chengdu Mansion.

In the galloping carriage, Sun Xiaoyu was full of tears.

She was finally able to get away from Zhao Ting, and Mr. Eleven really kept his word. After she did those things, he sent her away.

Zhao Shiqi's golden cicada escaped from his shell, and he did not meet with the banned soldiers from Beijing that he personally brought. He still stayed in Yizhou City.Mu Fu and others were waiting for him, seeing him appear, Mu Fu immediately knelt down and saluted.

"Get up." Zhao Shiqi walked to the first seat and sat down, and asked first, "How is your majesty? Do you have a letter from your majesty?"

"Zhao Congde rebelled in Yizhou. People in Yizhou, Liuzhou and other places fled northward. The road was very chaotic, so the letter may be slow to pass."

That's right, Zhao Shiqi was a little disappointed, but he didn't show it. He just said, "In a few days, news of my death might spread. Let's finish this job quickly. I have to go back to Kaifeng quickly, and I can't worry His Majesty." .”

"Yes, the little one sent someone to watch Zhang Tingchu, he is quite honest."

Zhao Shiqi had dealt with Zhang Tingchu in his previous life, and Zhang Tingchu was very good at dancing, so he chose this person.The five surnames in the southwest are indeed scattered, and it is impossible to really get together in one place, even if there are the same interests to be found.He knew that Zhao Cong didn't want to see the casualties of the people, since there were ways to reduce casualties, he naturally wanted to use them.

Otherwise, if the two sides are about to confront each other, even if the soldiers of the five surnames are not to be feared, someone must die.

So far, everything seems to be going well.When the five surnames were scattered, Zhao Congde had no support, so he attacked and captured him.

Zhao Congde was overestimated.

He is not worthy of their many forces against him.

He didn't know that Zhao Cong sent many soldiers to help him, let alone that Huang Shu was on his way.

Everything after that was as expected by Zhao Shiqi. Under Zhang Tingchu's faint instigation, Fang Zhiheng had brought people back to Houzhou, and he did not want to rebel with Zhao Congde.It's useless for Zhao Congde to stay, and Luo Jiu is also a little ready to move.Zhang Tingchu was about to blow some air again, when something happened.

Naturally, this small fork had no effect on Zhao Shiqi's plan, but it had a huge impact on His Majesty who was far away in the capital.

The groom next to Zhao Congde was very happy when he heard that Zhao Shiqi had died.

His master once said that Zhao Cong cared very much about this nephew. In Luoyang, Zhao Shiqi saved his life, and Zhao Cong's life almost followed.Now that Zhao Shiqi is dead, he happened to use it and send it back to stimulate Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong's sick and weak body was stimulated to death earlier, and the chaos in Beijing was also a great benefit to the master.

He persuaded Zhao Congde to send Zhao Shiqi's "body" back to the capital.

Zhao Congde didn't agree at the beginning, he was his son after all, and he was going to take care of the funeral for him.

But the groom is very eloquent, and the two of them have been together for the past few months, and he has great trust in the groom.The groom analyzed this and that, and Zhao Congde accepted his suggestion.Fang Zhiheng has already returned to Houzhou, Luo Jiu is about to leave soon, there are fewer and fewer people, he can't wait, if he can drag Zhao Cong down earlier, it will be a great thing for him.

"Zhao Shiqi" was transported back to Beijing.

Because they were not very familiar with Zhao Shiqi, they all thought it was really Zhao Shiqi.

For this reason, the groom secretly praised Zhao Ting, although he was a fool, he rarely did a smart thing.

Zhao Shiqi's people kept watching their residence, knowing their plan, they waited for them to go out of the city so they could snatch them back.Although it is a substitute, it cannot be sent back just like that.

Unexpectedly, when they went out of the city, they ran into Huang Shu who just arrived.

When Huang Shu heard it, Lord Eleven was burned to death by Zhao Ting!He almost didn't stop, he was followed by the forbidden soldiers who protected him, while stopping them and protecting the body of "Zhao Shiqi", Huang Shu immediately sent a message to Beijing.

This is a major event, no matter how uncomfortable it can make His Majesty, he can't hide it!

Zhao Shiqi was sitting in the room thinking about Zhao Cong, when Mu Fu came in, he knelt down on the ground, looking like he had made a big mistake.

"What happened?"

After Mu Fu explained the matter in this way, Zhao Shiqi almost didn't rush out immediately, fortunately he still remembered the big event.

"Send someone to recover the letter!"

"Already gone!"

Zhao Shiqi took a deep breath, he got up and walked around the house, he felt that although he had a new life, God always seemed to be against him.But whatever he is determined to do, nothing goes smoothly!

When he thought about it again, it wasn't entirely true——

Only Zhao Cong.

He sighed, okay, as long as he can be with Zhao Cong for life and life, no matter how many things go wrong, he can bear it.