Born short-lived

"His Majesty summons King Beizhao to the palace for an audience—"

The news that Dong Sheng gave him was not wrong at all. Within two days, the eunuch of the Queen's side came to deliver the order.Zhou Zirong nestled in the mansion for a full month, honestly he didn't go anywhere, and all the eyes and ears wandering around the palace didn't find anything.

That's why Dong Sheng used to sneak around in the middle of the night when he came here, catching those eyeliners pretending to be passers-by and peddlers and jumping over the wall to be admitted to the hospital.

Zhou Zirong didn't go to the morning court for a month in a row, and his father-in-law woke up with a howl. He didn't want to delay, and after a quick breakfast, he took a palanquin and took a small path into the palace.

Early in the morning, the palace had just had an early watch, and there were two rows of silver-armored imperial guards standing in front of the main hall. Zhou Zirong got off the sedan chair and walked along the mandala in front of the main hall.

When the palace was being built back then, it was considered a major construction project. From the Zhengyang Gate in front of the palace to the Shenwu Gate in the north, walking alone could break the ankle.

Zhou Zirong caught up with the last one to enter the court, bowed his head in front of the Jinluan Hall, and then bowed his head to the hall.

The news of Panyang’s new funeral has basically spread throughout Huajing City, but no one in the main hall took the initiative to speak—now the mission to Panyang is selecting officials, and it has never been a good idea to go to Panyang Errands, so no one wants to show their heads.

The relationship between Hua Xu and Panyang has always been hard to describe, and every step is like walking on thin ice, and now that Panyang is changing, no one knows what kind of situation there is.

When all the officials paid homage, Dong Sheng, who was standing in the front, secretly glanced at him.

There was a dead silence above the court, the empress grew impatient, coughed, and immediately opened her mouth with discernment.

Dr. Chen, the censor, has always been happy to be the young bird, and he couldn't bear it long ago. Hearing the empress's intention, he immediately stood up and said, "Report to the emperor, the king of Panyang is newly mourned. Although our court has been at odds with him for many years, But after all, we are facing each other across the sea, so I thought we should send envoys to Panyang to express our condolences."

Although this sentence is nonsense, it is a very courageous nonsense, because it not only breaks the deadlock, but also may lead to the Queen's next sentence, such as "whom Ai Qing thinks it is appropriate to send?" or " Then Aiqing, would you like to take a trip?"

However, no matter which one it is, it is enough to make one head and two big.

Sure enough, the empress lived up to everyone's expectations and asked: "Then Ai Qing thinks, who should I send to be suitable?"

Everyone couldn't help gasping, and their hearts began to beat silently, for fear that this ignorant prickly head would put the hat on his head.

And this Dr. Chen's words were not surprising, and he continued with a sentence: "I have the courage to recommend myself, I hope Your Majesty will approve, I will definitely live up to my high expectations."

All the officials fell silent for a moment. Everyone knew that Chen Yin was still at the age when a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, but they didn't expect this person to be so deadly. They couldn't help but silently said in their hearts: Well done.

The corners of the Queen's eyes twitched, she never thought of sending this old man to suffer, but now this man has bumped into him, and Chen Yin is impeccable in terms of official rank and ability, plus he is willing to go There were not many people in Panyang, so the empress had no choice but to admit it with a sullen face: "Then Chen Aiqing will be lucky, so I don't know if you have any other candidates?"

Just when Chen Yin was about to speak, Lord Zhang, who had fought with Dong Sheng before, suddenly stood up: "I think that General Zhou is the best choice for envoy to Panyang."

Dong Sheng was taken aback when he heard the words, although he knew that the empress wanted to send Zhou Zirong away from Panyang to avoid suspicion, but he did not expect it to be realized in the hall in this way.

Zhang Lunian definitely wouldn't be kind enough to help them, if he didn't want to help, then he must be cheating.

The trip to Panyang is uncertain, no one knows what will happen on the way, and what will happen when they arrive at the Palace of Longevity in Panyang.

More importantly, no one "knew" what would happen to the court after Zhou Zirong left.

It seems that the empress knew that Zhang Lunian would not let Zhou Zirong go easily, and wanted to take the opportunity to throw him far away, so that she could act in the court—that's why she let Zhang Lunian say out.

The empress raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Really? What does Zhou Aiqing mean?"

Zhou Zirong hurriedly knelt down knowingly: "I would like to take the crime and make meritorious service, and I hope Your Majesty will grant you."

The queen pretended to be relieved and nodded: "Then I have to trouble Zhou Aiqing."

Although Zhou Zirong sent troops to Slan with the emperor's secret order, the emperor did not want him to be wronged too much, and intended to protect him.But in any case, the crime of "sending troops without authorization", coupled with the punishment of "being banned for one month", is also suspected of being biased.Although the queen is deliberately protecting her, she can't be too ostentatious. It's not good to go too far.

And the trip to Panyang is like being handed a pillow as soon as you take a nap. The situation in Panyang is complicated, but as long as you pay a little attention, you will not lose your life there, so it can be said that it is Zhou Zirong's best choice to "make up for the mistakes".

But Zhang Lunian said this, but it was hard to make people feel at ease.

Zhou Zirong noticed Dong Sheng's gaze, and looked back at him, indicating that he was fine.

Chen Yin and Zhou Zirong were certain that the whole air of the mission was almost set up.Although Chen Yin is an old thorn, he is also a very pertinent old thorn. He doesn't rely on anyone above the court, and bites anyone who doesn't like him, so he will never deliberately plot against them.

But Dong Sheng has been in a panic ever since he knew that the empress planned to send Zhou Zirong to Panyang. He watched helplessly as the candidate was selected. Although it could be considered the best situation, he still felt like he was beating a drum.

However, it turns out that Dong Sheng's intuition is very accurate.

The next report is the news of the black flag disaster.

"The remnants of the black flag have harmed me towards the border, I hope His Majesty will make a clear decision."

After a long time, when the black flag was regained, a large number of black flag warriors ran out of the country with the priest, wandering around and making troubles, as if they wanted everyone to accompany them if they couldn't live in peace.

The queen frowned: "Is that true?"

The general who played the report said: "There is absolutely no falsehood."

"Then catch me!" The queen waved her hands impatiently, "If you catch him, kill him, it's another favor for Aldan."

When Jiang Kun heard this, he gave Zhang Lunian a sneaky look, and Zhang Lunian understood, and jumped out again: "I am willing to share your majesty's worries, and thoroughly investigate the matter for your majesty, so as to eliminate the root cause of the trouble."

Dong Sheng looked at him in disbelief, thinking that he hadn't said that yet, why did you recommend himself.

Dong Sheng only felt that this matter should not be left in the hands of others, so he stood up and said: "I think that I know Slan and Heiqi better, and I should take this responsibility..."

The queen glared at him, and interrupted with her mouth open: "The prince should take a good rest these days, why, are you still used to living in the East Palace?"

It's true that Dong Sheng hasn't cleaned up the grievances on his body, so he should really let it go for a while.

Dong Sheng was dumbfounded for a while, and then he had no choice but to say: "I'm used to it, thank you Your Majesty for your concern."

After retiring from the court, Jiang Kun carried his usual smiling face and walked back and forth with other officials in a friendly way. It took a long time before he finally reached the high stage in front of the main hall, and the people around him finally dispersed. some.

Jiang Kun hooked his hands behind him and followed him silently. Zhang Lunian hurried up and said, "Master Jiang."

Jiang Kun squinted at him and asked, "How long will Zhou Zirong and the others go this time?"

Zhang Lunian made a rough calculation: "It will take at least a month."

When Jiang Kun heard it, he snorted and laughed: "A lot of things can happen in a month, you tell your people to hurry up, the people on both sides are in ambush, and they must be unable to eat and walk around."

Zhang Lunian also smiled strangely: "Of course this is not something Mr. Jiang is worried about."

Zhou Zirong and the others left in a hurry, they packed their luggage and left the palace almost the next day, and the palace in the capital, which had finally been warmed up, cooled down instantly.

Dong Sheng only took the past life with him, and rode him all the way to the gate of the city.

The city gate of Huajing is also considered majestic. The willows on the roadside sprouted new buds, and they swayed as soon as the strong wind passed, which really meant seeing off friends.

Zhou Zirong told Luo Chi to go forward with the large army, and he followed.

Dong Sheng: "Be careful on the road, write a letter if you have something to do, I should be in the capital during this time."

Zhou Zirong nodded and said with a smile: "With His Highness as your backer, I really can't be more at ease."

Dong Sheng rolled his eyes and scolded with a smile: "You poor, if you want to leave, hurry up, they are almost gone."

Zhou Zirong didn't turn his head back, he just stared at Dong Sheng, and didn't speak for a long time, until he looked at Dong Sheng until he was a little scared, and then he opened his mouth mercifully: "I won't be here for a while, you must Be careful, don’t be impulsive in everything, and be careful.”

Zhou Zirong looked at the past life standing aside: "Please."

At the moment of eye contact with Zhou Zirong, Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, an inexplicable and strong sense of familiarity roared in his heart, but people couldn't explain the reason, so he was quickly suppressed by Xiangsheng.He pulled up the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, the journey is safe."

Zhou Zirong nodded, and after explaining to Dong Sheng a few more words, he finally turned around and chased after the large army.

Along the way, Zhou Zirong turned his head from time to time, seeing the black figure of that man getting smaller and smaller, a great sense of emptiness slowly crept into his heart, the feeling of powerlessness he felt when he left Donghai without a trace back then. Sweeping again.

What am I thinking about...

Zhou Zirong was thinking angrily, while whipping the horse hard again, the innocent beaten horse neighed and ran forward at a faster speed.

After finally catching up with the large army, Zhou Zirong slowed down a little, and followed the emissary at the end, euphemistically called "pressing the tail", but he couldn't help looking back at the slowly becoming hazy all the way. The majestic city pass, trying to find a sesame-sized figure in it.

But there was no human figure, but there was a bird figure—a snow-white spirit bird flapped its wings and flew towards him.

Zhou Zirong raised his hand, and the spirit bird landed obediently on his wrist, and it turned into a white mist with a bang, and then Zhou Zirong felt a chill in his palm.

——It was actually a black jade pendant.

The fineness of this black jade can be said to be the best of the best, and I'm afraid it is not inferior to Dong Sheng's eyebrow.Moreover, the carving was excellent, and it was carved into a small chime with a few tassels attached to it.

"The sound of Sheng and Qing is the same".

Zhou Zirong's heart skipped a beat, and after finally calming down, he became irresistibly calm again.

Seeing that there was still a small roll of paper clipped on the openwork black jade, Zhou Zirong pulled it out almost nervously, as if his heart was pounding.

There were four ugly and big words written on the note.

"Young master is like jade."

Zhou Zirong was so blessed that he suddenly raised his head and looked towards the city gate, but this time, for some reason, he saw the faint black figure above the city tower, and that person seemed to be looking at him as well.

Zhou Zirong felt a turmoil in his heart, which almost made his blood boil.

He clenched the rein tightly, clenched his knuckles white as if venting, and stared at the city gate as if he couldn't turn his eyes.

Dong Sheng, Dong Sheng, what do you want me to do?

[The author has something to say: Do you still remember that piece of jade?It was given by Aldan when I was in Sri Lanka. 】