mountain and river oath

Zhao Jing stayed in the study to write the memorial, and his tone was pertinent and impartial.

It was heard in the capital that Duan Zhenli had rebelled, and the court was shaken. Emperor Jing ordered that Duan Zhenli's family members and Rongyang magistrate's servants be escorted back to Beijing by Zhao Jing to be tried in Dali Temple. Knowing that everything was done by Duan Zhenli himself, the emperor did not investigate further, but ordered the prince to close the door in the East Palace for a month, the prince reluctantly accepted.

On the way back, the group of them slowed down a lot. Zhao Jing and Shu Zilan sat in the carriage with the pulley of the carriage. The journey was slow, and it took ten days to return to the capital one after another.The two escorted a group of prisoners to Dali Temple and handed them over to the Shaoqing of Dali Temple before returning home.

Zhao Jing returned to the mansion, and immediately locked himself in the study to write a memorial, telling the truth about the disaster in Rongyang, the embankment of the Yongjia River, and Duan Zhenli's rebellion. He summoned the senior officials,

"Pass this scripture to the palace"

The executive turned and left.

Zhao Jing opened the door of the study and returned to his bedroom. A maidservant had already come up with a bucket. Zhao Jing tidied up and changed into clean clothes. The tiredness of the journey disappeared instantly.He was at ease in Prince Qi's mansion waiting for his throwing gun to play a role.

Shu Zilan finished washing up in the room, and when he heard the servants saying that King Yu was coming, he hurried out. King Yu was waiting in the main hall, and when he saw Shu Zilan, he immediately waved away the servants,

"Zhao Jing reported the matter of Rong Yang to the emperor, why didn't you tell me about such a big matter as Duan Zhenli?"

Shu Zilan looked at Zhao Chong, and choked up again when he was on the verge of speaking. He believed Shu Ting's words, if he spread the news, why didn't it reach King Yu?Someone in Prince Yu's mansion must have intercepted his message privately, but he didn't know who it was so far, so he didn't dare to say it casually, so he could only swallow his breath.

"Do you know that Duan Zhenli opened an iron mine, raised assassins secretly, and privately raised talisman soldiers. We can't make a big fuss about each of these things, and take advantage of Duan Zhenli's affairs to bring down the prince." King Yu said angrily .

"My lord, I"

"Rong Qing, do you understand the seriousness of the matter? Duan Zhenli is dead, we missed the best opportunity to bring down the prince, and I will spend a lot of effort to deal with the prince in the future, do you understand?" King Yu looked at Shuzi Lan said dissatisfiedly that he couldn't understand how Shu Zilan would make such a low-level mistake.

Shu Zilan lowered her head.

"Speak," Zhao Chong said angrily.

"It's my subordinate's dereliction of duty, please punish me," Shu Zilan gritted her teeth.

Zhao Chong saw Shu Zilan's downcast brows, his expression of self-reproach, and he knew that his words were serious. After three months of separation, Shu Zilan left, he was often in a trance, thinking that Shu Zilan was still by his side, every time he turned around There was no one in sight, and there was nothing in his heart. Now that the person came back, he was swearing and cursing, Zhao Chong felt a little bit sorry,

"Forget it, Rong Qing, we still have time, and we will plan slowly in the future," Zhao Chong said in a slightly relaxed tone.

Shu Zilan didn't look at Zhao Chong.

Zhao Chong felt embarrassed. After a few months of separation, when they met for the first time, they felt that they were a little strange.

"How is Zhao Jing?" Zhao Chong said.

"He has outstanding abilities, but there are some hidden forces behind him, we need to be careful," Shu Zilan said.

"I know, they are all things that can't be put on the table. It's not a problem. Our enemy is still the prince. We must concentrate on dealing with him, and we can't make enemies everywhere." King Yu said disapprovingly.

"This trip to Rongyang, he did it beautifully, the emperor will definitely reward him."

"So what if I get a reward?"

"Zhao Jing's influence will expand"

"He won't threaten us for the time being, just let it go"

Shu Zilan was disappointed, Zhao Chong was so arrogant that he couldn't see the threat hidden around him.

"How is it in Rongyang? Are you injured?" Zhao Chong asked with concern.

"No," Shu Zilan said.

"You..." Zhao Chong's anger rose all of a sudden. Before coming, he approached Shu Ting and asked about Shu Zilan's situation in Rongyang in detail. Shu Zilan was in danger several times in Rongyang and was seriously injured. Now he is in He said in front of himself that he was not injured.

Shu Zilan bowed her head and remained silent.

"I heard from Shu Ting that you were injured, how are you doing now?" Zhao Chong asked with suppressed anger.

"Shu Ting is exaggerating, I'm fine," Shu Zilan said.

"It's okay, let me see"

"It's all right"

"Rong Qing, are we unfamiliar?"

Shu Zilan was silent. He and Zhao Chong reunited after a long absence, and they were really a little strange.

"Forget it, have a good rest and come to my house tomorrow." Seeing that Shu Zilan didn't want to say anything more, King Yu got up and left.

After Zhao Chong left, Shu Zilan walked back to the bedroom gloomily and rested.

Zhao Jing's excerpt really exploded like a cannonball in the capital, and the capital was shaken for a while, and he didn't expect such a disturbance in Rongyang.

The prince was summoned into the palace by the emperor that night. The prince cried and swears that he has nothing to do with Duan Zhenli, and he doesn't know this person at all. Everything about Duan Zhenli has nothing to do with him. He didn't know. The queen came out of the harem. He also came to intercede with the emperor, and the emperor finally let the prince contemplate behind closed doors in the mansion for three months.

The next day Zhao Jing went to court. He wore a small golden crown, raised his hair high, and wore a vermilion embroidered robe. He was gorgeous and rich. He walked slowly into the court hall. The highest-level deliberative body of the Great Wei Dynasty was also the first time he officially entered the eyes of the courtiers.

Zhao Jing stood behind King Yu, and King Yu looked at Zhao Jing gently, and said, "Sixth brother, congratulations, Rongyang did a great job in disaster relief this time."

Zhao Jing said indifferently, "Fifth brother is too much."

King Yu is not talking.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, looking majestically at the dark crowd of courtiers

"Jing'er, Rongyang did a good job in disaster relief this time."

Zhao Jing came out in response and said, "Thank you father for your compliment"

"Where are Duan Zhenli's family members, counselors, and government servants?"

"Currently detained in Dali Temple"

"The men of Duan Zhenli's family beheaded the Meridian Gate, the women filled the court, and the counselors and magistrates were sent to Lingnan, and they could not be recalled for life."

"I obey your orders," Dali Temple Minister stood up and said.

"Jing'er, what do you want?" Emperor Jing said.

"My sons and ministers have little talent and shallow morality, and they only want to be idle people, and they are willing to study history at home"

"Xiu Shi?"

"Yes"

"Okay, it's just because you can bear the loneliness, it's up to you, is there anyone you like?"

"It's all up to the father and emperor"

"Let Xu Xi, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and Cui Jing, a bachelor of arts, assist you," Emperor Jing said.

"Thanks Father"

"Compiling history is related to the world's evaluation of our dynasty in a hundred years, so we should do it well"

"My son will live up to my father's expectations"

After retiring from the court, Zhao Jing went out alone, and the crown prince and King Yu were surrounded by many ministers, talking to them in a low voice.

"Sixth brother" Zhao Jing heard someone calling him from behind, turned around, saw Zhao Chong hurriedly coming from behind, greeted Zhao Jing with a smile,

"Why did the sixth brother leave?" Zhao Chong asked with a smile.

"I don't know anyone in the hall"

"Fifth brother can introduce you"

"Thank you Fifth Brother for your kindness, I still like quiet days, those people are very noisy"

"The sixth brother has made such great achievements, why don't he ask his father for an official position?"

"I just want to stay at home, so I came up with a title, the history is all those people's business"

"Haha, the sixth brother is still an elegant man"

The two went out together.

In October, the weather gradually turned cold. Zhao Jing presided over the history revision in the mansion, and sat down with people from the Imperial Academy every day to discuss classics and history.

In the later contact, they became more and more harmonious, and they had endless praises for Zhao Jing.

Zhao Jing came out of the mansion by stealth, climbed over the wall and entered the Shu mansion, walked along a stone-paved path shaded by bamboo springs, and walked into a small courtyard with white walls and black tiles. Lush chrysanthemums.There is a small lake in the distance, misty and misty, and a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, with white veils flying, against the backdrop of the misty water vapor, it looks like a fairyland.

Shu Zilan was in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, dressed in a yellow shirt, her crow-black hair bound by a white jade hairpin, sitting on a piece of white fox fur on the floor, with a desk in front of her, and a handle lying horizontally. Guqin, a pot of censer with delicate fragrance wafting out, Shu Zilan lowered her eyebrows, her expression was calm, she looked solemn, and she plucked the strings with her fingers, and the ethereal sound of the piano spread far from the surface of the water. Zhao Jing was fascinated by the sound, Touching the bamboo carefully, Shu Zilan raised her head when she heard the sound, and smiled slightly when she saw someone coming, Zhao Jing walked over, Shu Zilan didn't stop, and continued to play the piano, Zhao Jing sat on the ground, listening to the piano quietly.

That's all, Shu Zilan turned to look at Zhao Jing, only to see that he was listening intently, still immersed in the sound of the piano, and said with a smile, "Why do you have time to come here?"

"Discussing classics and history with a group of old men all day long, I have long wanted to run away"

"Those old men think highly of themselves, and most people don't pretend to take it seriously. I didn't expect that they would praise you."

"I can sit down and listen to him talking for three hours, you can sit down and listen to him talk for three hours"

Shu Zilan laughed, "It's hard for you."

"So today I sneaked out to you to relax, since Rong Yang said goodbye, we never sat down to get together again"

"You are too busy"

"I heard that the emperor wanted to appoint you an official, but you refused again," Zhao Jing said.

Shu Zilan was silent.

Zhao Jing looked at Shu Zilan, understood why he refused, and felt sorry for Shu Zilan in his heart. The number one scholar of Emperor Jing's ten years, but he only served as the chief secretary in Yuwang's mansion, living in a palace and doing some intrigues.

"Let's not talk about that, I brought a bottle of good wine, let's have a drink together." Zhao Jing took out the wine, Shu Zilan called the servant to bring two glasses, and the two of them drank.

After Shu Zilan drank a glass of wine, rouge immediately appeared on her fair cheeks,

“Good wine”

"Ten Years of Flower Carving"

"The taste is soft and full of stamina." He raised his head and drank another cup.

"Drink less," Zhao Jing advised.

Shu Zilan ignored it and filled it up for the two of them.The two chatted casually while drinking, time passed like this, and the night was approaching, Zhao Jing raised his eyes and said in surprise, "It's so late"

“Good times always fly by”

"I have to go now"

Shu Zilan didn't stay either, Zhao Jing climbed over the wall along the bamboo spring path, Shu Zilan smiled and watched Zhao Jing go out.

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Sorry, something happened last night, the update was interrupted, and I will catch up again today. If there is nothing wrong, I will guarantee the daily update