Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

Turning back to the secret letter, Li Lang's words were sharp, Zhao Rang was still just saying, since the Ming Lord came out, it would be unwise to resist stubbornly, but why did he have to send a [-] army from Eastern Chu to South Vietnam before he would open the city, but he always avoided talking about it, Gu left and right talk about him.

Li Lang tried several times, he knew that this person had already decided to die, and the coercion was fruitless, and it was not good. He didn't care about the emperor's face, and threatened Zhao Rang's family members.After all, Nanyue had just returned and Jinling was still undecided. It would be foolish to make enemies on all sides. Thinking about it this way, he decided to put it aside for the time being and asked about Zhao Rang's family affairs instead.

This topic is obviously not what Zhao Rang likes. When talking about children, he only asks and answers, and never talks too much.

Li Lang's ears were hot from the wine, and he felt sleepy, since he didn't talk for a while, he fell on the camp bed in the tent, after all, he was young, and fell asleep after a while.

Zhao Rang had been called up by Li Lang earlier, bowed his head, and waited for a long time, until he heard the emperor's breathing gradually deepened and lengthened, looking up, he couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Although I know that this emperor has rarely been pampered by a prince since he was a child, and he has been a soldier in his youth, and he has been born and died on the battlefield. It is understandable that he has experienced such experience and is not bound by the red tape of the heavenly family. Pass?

In the same room as the surrendered traitor general, even though Zhao Rang was convinced that he would never be able to harm the emperor, regardless of his feelings, reasons, or interests, the emperor ignored his own safety and fell asleep in front of him so boldly...

Zhao Rang was angry and funny, and even had a subtle dissatisfaction with being underestimated. If he hadn't remained calm, he really wanted to step forward and scare the emperor who was acting like no one else.

After finally suppressing this absurd impulse, Zhao Rang saw that the emperor was only half body lying on the bed, with half of his legs still hanging outside the bed. He turned to look at the entrance of the tent, and the curtain did not move at all. No trespassing without shouting.

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Rang stepped forward bravely, carefully lifted the emperor's legs, laid them flat on the bed, and removed the boots covering his feet.

Fortunately, the emperor fell into a deep sleep and did not wake up halfway.Zhao Rang couldn't help laughing when he thought that he had become a small school under the tent who ran around full-time to serve the generals. He stepped back in front of the main case, facing the entrance, and sat cross-legged on the floor.

Closing his eyes and thinking about what has happened since his surrender and the possible encounters after entering Jinling, Zhao Rang felt uneasy. The emperor's act of intimacy just now, he was only aware of the turmoil in his heart, with mixed feelings .

The child who was trembling in his arms back then, with frightened tears on his childish face, but after regaining his senses, the first sentence urged him to plead guilty to the second prince with a caring tone——

Growing up to be an emperor, remember that they had this short intersection?

He pulled out the hanging accessories from his chest, and the pendant on the blue thread was the jade that the child gave him back then.

Peiyu is only as big as a pigeon's egg, with a transparent body and uniform color. The front is engraved with a picture of "fish leaping over the dragon's gate", and the back is engraved with two characters: Yushang.

Putting the jade in the palm of his hand, rubbing it lightly, and after a smile, he hid it back under the cover of his clothes. Even if the emperor really remembered it, Zhao Rang did not dare to hope that the emperor would spare him, but if he could die more happily, he would not be ashamed. It is always a good thing for the head to be separated from the family, and the head hung to show the public, so that the ancestors will suffer less humiliation.

Zhao Rang was born in a family of military generals in the Eastern Chu Dynasty. His ancestor was a general who stationed troops in the border areas to fight against Di Rong when the Eastern Chu Dynasty was in great prosperity.

After that, Eastern Chu fell apart and had to retreat to Jiangnan.In order to expand the territory, resettle the Han people who escaped the chaos, and obtain more population resources, since they were unable to conquer the north, Eastern Chu chose to expand to the south and annex Fujian and Yue. Zhao Rang's late father was the general of Pingnan.

However, after arriving in Nanyue, Zhao's father couldn't stand the heat and humidity. At first he suffered from persistent diarrhea and multiple illnesses. Finally, he became terminally ill, and the medicine failed. He died in office within two years.Zhao let his son take over his father's job, and in less than ten years, Nanyue had a new look. Although it was located in the border area, it was not as prosperous as Jinling and other places, but the people still enjoyed peace and lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Between the Han and barbarians, although there are still rifts, it is common to exchange goods in the market. Zhao Rang is also happy to see the occasional intermarriage. After all, his first wife is a daughter of the Han family. He was bold and generous, so he recommended himself, "A barbarian girl is willing to marry Han Jialang".

He knew that the road was not easy, but he didn't want to follow his father's example and forcibly moved the people of Fujian to the south, driving them like livestock, and enriching the land with Han people in the Central Plains.

Now that the great cause has been achieved in a small way, and the king's order is about to be returned, Zhao Rang himself has no grievances, but is deeply afraid that the successor will be arrogant and disregard people's hearts. , I don’t know how long the blood will flow like a river, and how many people will have their families broken and busy.

Although he didn't want to say it clearly, the original intention of the secret letter was that he didn't want to offend Dongchu and make his army have no reason to slaughter.

How can you tell the truth in front of the emperor with such a trick?There is another layer of deep meaning in it, which is even more unknown to the emperor.

Han and barbarians in South Vietnam are half equally divided, and the generals and officers of the army are mostly former troops of the former Eastern Chu Southern Expeditionary Army. Even if Zhao Rang believes in the loyalty of these people, he can't really lead them to fight the Eastern Chu army to the end.

But the Baiyue barbarian tribe headed by Wuximan didn't think so. They didn't think that these menacing and murderous Eastern Chu army were the same as the Eastern Chu Han people who had opened up wasteland, cultivated, dug rivers and built canals here for more than ten years, and even built their capital. similar.

Offenders must be eliminated.It's a lose-lose situation.

Zhao Rang let out a long sigh, that's why the Eastern Chu army had to come to the city before he could return safely. Without this condition, as long as he expressed his willingness to submit to Jinling, he would be very likely to be killed by the people around him.Even if the situation is not so serious, he will not be able to resist if his main wife opposes her Wuxi people. At that time, there will be a split between the Han and the barbarians, and they will kill each other. Even if Nanyue returns to the king's land, it will become an urgent need Clean up the mess.

He is willing to die with his whole body and the humiliation of his family in exchange for South Vietnam not being able to fight, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, just because he is afraid...

I don't know if the emperor is really the son of heaven or not?

Today's emperor is really far from what he knew back then.

When his thoughts passed, Zhao Rang felt nostalgic, and he couldn't help turning his head, trying to find the traces of the past on the face of the handsome young man who was sleeping soundly. Unexpectedly, his eyes swept across the face of the emperor, and he was surprised that the emperor did not know when. Already woke up, staring at him intently, thoughtfully.

Before the two could speak, Cao Lin outside the tent begged to see him, Li Lang turned over and sat up, and Zhao Rang also stood in front of the case again.

When Cao Lin came in, he saw Li Lang leaning on the camp bed, as if he had just woken up from a sound sleep. He couldn't help but glance at Zhao Rang who was standing not far away, and felt inconceivable that the emperor was sleeping soundly in front of this person.

Taking a second look, he saw Zhao Rang showing embarrassment on his face, and Cao Lin was even more suspicious. In connection with the previous events, it was really hard to figure out what the origin of Zhao Rang was.However, when the emperor asked a question at this time, he had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being, and said: "Your Majesty, the vehicles are all ready, when will we leave? In addition to the imperial army led by the leader of Wei, I will send another group to escort the coffin." .”

Li Lang nodded, looked at Zhao Rang, frowned slightly, and said in a deep thought: "It's better for him to be different. You go and ask Wei Yixiao to pick up the armor of the imperial army. That prison cart will not be on the road, it's better to ride on horses."

"but……"

Seeing Cao Lin's embarrassment beyond words, Zhao Rang couldn't help laughing bitterly to himself, the emperor's behavior was indeed absurd, if he was asked to pretend to be an imperial army and ride on the road, did he want him, a prisoner of war, to escort him by himself?

Seeing that both of them showed disapproval, Li Lang smiled lightly and said, "As a general, he will move in his favor. I'm not worried. What do you think, General Zhao?"

"Criminal..." Zhao Rang murmured, not knowing how to respond.

After Cao Lin thought about it, he realized that as long as Zhao Rang was not stupid enough to kill himself, the emperor did not intend to kill Zhao Rang.Nanyue is located in the southern frontier, bordering Jiaozhi, Dian Kingdom and other places. Zhao Rang has worked hard for many years. If he can borrow his help, it will be of great benefit to the expansion of Eastern Chu's territory.

Sure enough, Cao Lin accompanied Li Lang out of the main tent, the night was receding, Li Lang smiled and said, "Cao Qing doesn't understand my intention?"

Cao Lin hesitated for a moment, and said in a respectful tone with slight disapproval: "Your Majesty, since Nanyue has returned, and the emperor Enmu, why worry about the dissatisfaction of the barbarians? It may not be beneficial to keep this person."

Li Lang didn't answer, but there was no expression of anger on his face. Cao Lin boldly said again: "This person is a shameless person who betrayed the master and the emperor. He has a lot of ties to the barbarians in South Vietnam, and his children are all of Wuxi barbarian blood. It’s really unclear what His Majesty’s intention is to keep this person.”

"Cao Qing," Li Lang said suddenly, "How many troops have you left to garrison South Vietnam?"

Cao Lin couldn't understand what he heard. This was obviously the number of soldiers that the emperor had discussed with him, so why ask this question instead?But when the emperor asked, he still answered honestly: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 5000 people."

"That's right," the emperor smiled, his eyes burning, "Southern Vietnam has nearly 10 troops. I heard that Zhao Rang is just and virtuous as a king and general. The people's hearts are close to him, and the soldiers work hard. If he really wants to fight Eastern Chu to death, The [-] people you brought with you—I don’t know how many of them will be able to return.”

This is true, and Cao Lin can't argue with it. Cities have always been easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now they take Nanyue without bloodshed. From the standpoint of Eastern Chu, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Zhao Rang himself deserves the most credit.

But Cao Lin still felt that something was wrong, and he was waiting to argue. Li Lang lowered his voice and said, "Zhao Rang won't kill Xie Wu, and I don't want to kill him either. Now that he has offended the Xie family, I have to protect him." He...wait until the day when there is no balance..."

Before the emperor finished speaking, he stretched out the palm of his left hand in front of Cao Lin, and slowly wrote the word "tune" on the palm with the index finger of his right hand.

After Cao Lin watched it, he was enlightened and pondered carefully. He praised the emperor's foresight and foresight again and again, but he still said bluntly: "Yi Chen met, even if Zhao Rang is not kept, this plan may not be impossible."

This time it was Li Lang's turn to shake his head, he knew that Cao Lin would be cautious in his words and deeds quickly, and if he said three points, the real meaning of "it may not be impossible" was an [-]% chance of winning.

But the idea of ​​killing Zhao Rang made Li Lang extremely unhappy.

But Zhao Rang who stayed in the camp was also baffled by Li Lang's unusual behavior, until he changed the sent guard uniform, he still couldn't figure out why.

It was not the fat leader Wei of the imperial army who was ordered to guard the tent, but the "big beard" who had just plotted against Zhao Rang under Cao Lin Zuo Xiao's cavalry guards, and he led two small schools. The people facing Qin Muchu were full of malice. Seeing that Zhao Rang seemed to be thinking and his movements were slow, he couldn't help but get angry. The barrel of the gun in his hand came down heavily, and he cursed: "It's really bad luck! Bad luck!"

A small school behind him said with a smile: "Lieutenant Zhou, what are you talking about? You are almost home, what's wrong with you?"

"Big beard" grinned and patted Xiaoxiao's head, and glanced at Zhao Rang from the corner of his eyes: "You don't understand this. A good man goes to the battlefield, but he doesn't care whether he can go home. Do you understand the shroud of horse leather? This enemy's head Didn’t get it, but our brother was slaughtered by a traitor, we still have to save that traitor’s life, isn’t this bad luck or something?”

The small school heard Zhou Xiaowei's unscrupulous words, how could he dare to answer, and shut up.

Zhao Rang's expression remained unchanged, and he ignored it. Seeing that the verbal provocation was fruitless, Captain Zhou simply spit in his throat and spat at Zhao Rang's feet.

Seeing this, the small school was afraid that Zhao Rang would do something to implicate himself in his anger—although this person was the Nanyue surrendered king, he actually killed the deputy general of the army in the barracks, even the emperor was alarmed, but now he is alive and well, Maybe there is something terrible about it, it is better not to provoke, hurriedly urged: "Lieutenant Zhou, let's go quickly, if you are late, General Cao's military law is not a joke."

"Let's go!" Seeing Zhao Rang's nonchalant and indifferent expression, Zhou Xiaowei was also quite bored, and pushed the boat along the way, pushing and shoving Zhao Rang while talking.

Zhao let him, and when he lifted his foot, he stopped suddenly, and said softly to Captain Zhou: "A good man goes to the battlefield, for his family and the country, killing for fame and fame is second, of course it is the most gratifying thing to be able to return home safely. "

"Don't worry, you will be able to return to your hometown in Xitian safely in a short time!" Captain Zhou said sarcastically.