[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

Zhao Xiaozhen sat cross-legged on the dragon chair, Baozi's face was wrinkled, and there was a small pimple between his brows.

Pang Ji's revelation just now was too horrifying. You can't listen to his side of the story, and you can't think wildly about the Eight Worthy Kings. Zhao Zhen can't figure it out after much deliberation.Fortunately, Zhao Zhen has been a straightforward person in both lifetimes. Instead of worrying about troubles alone, it is better to ask the Eight Sage Kings directly and explain clearly face to face. It is worse than mutual suspicion in private. If it is a misunderstanding, it should be resolved as soon as possible.

After thinking this through, Zhao Xiaozhen's mood suddenly brightened.

No wonder people in the world say "Closer to vermilion is red, close to ink is black", Pang Ji went astray because of his suspicion of the Eight Wise Kings, and he himself was influenced by Pang Ji, and almost went astray because of suspicion.Zhao Zhen is more willing to believe that the Eight Wise Kings have no malicious intentions than the Eight Wise Kings' schemes. Even if he doesn't believe his own vision, he should believe in the Eight Wise Kings' character. After all, people are not machines, and no matter how good their acting skills are, it is impossible for them to be dozens of times. Years of uninterrupted acting.

Zhao Xiaozhen waved his hand, "Come here, invite Eighth Emperor Uncle to enter the palace."

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Talk in two parts.

Some people with incompatible attributes, like cats and mice, wolves and sheep, are inherently hostile. Even if there is no conflict, they still dislike each other. If they find opportunities, they will step on them, and if they have no opportunities to create opportunities, they will step on them. , In short, just step on him!Step on him!Stomp on him hard!Pang Ji and Bao Zheng are such two people with different attributes.

When Pang Ji discovered that Xiaohong had a problem, he acted uncharacteristically. He didn't ask Zhao Zhen for credit at the first time, but felt that Kaifeng Mansion was disgusting. Mr. Bao, I found out the case that you couldn't find out. You step on you and flatten you!

Mr. Bao is upright, he rarely looks at people with colored glasses, but he just dislikes Pang Ji, and when he sees Pang Ji with a smirk, he feels disturbed. This time, Mr. Bao will let Pang Ji step on his feet!So the anger opened up Ren Du's two veins, Mr. Bao's fighting spirit reached full level, and the fighting spirit was burning visibly with the naked eye. He cheered up, his eyes lit up, and vowed to win back!

From the grandson of Zhan Zhao to the cats and dogs in Kaifeng Mansion, no one dared to approach the angry Master Bao.

There was only one exception—General Flying Star, who had a wrong style of painting, and Pang Tong, who never looked at people's faces.

Strange to say, Bao Zheng admired Pang Tong as much as he hated Pang Ji.The reason is that the Pang family's father and son have completely different personalities, and they have no similarities at all. When you see one, you will never think of the other. Compared with the relationship between father and son, the two are more like enemies who are born at odds.

I still remember that a few years ago, Pang Tong made many outstanding achievements in the frontier and came to Beijing to be awarded. All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew that his surname was Pang Mingtong, and he had the same name and surname as Pang Ji’s eldest son who ran away from home. , maybe even Pangji himself didn't think of it.

Bao Zheng disliked Pang Ji, but he never angered Pang Tong, "Is there something wrong with General Pang?"

Pang Tong nodded: "I have something to ask my lord."

This is really strange, Bao Zheng sat up straight and said: "General, please ask me."

Pang Tong paused and said: "20 years ago, the Kaifeng child abduction case."

Pang Tong likes to speak straight to the point, and never beat around the bush. Even if Bao Zheng knew his style, he would inevitably be startled suddenly.Bao Zheng put down the brush in his hand, and said with a deep expression, "Why did you bring up this case all of a sudden, where did you hear about it?"

Pang Tong didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly: "Candidates have a secret meeting."

Due to too many scholars coming to Beijing to rush for the exam, Bianliang City has reached its saturation point. Although the scholars failed to rebel for ten years, they can't just let them mess around like this.So Zhao Zhen ordered Bao Zheng and Pang Tongtong to maintain order. As for how to maintain it, it was up to the two of them to decide. Zhao Zhen didn’t have so much time to be respectful to each other. Many things were left to other people to take care of and trust them. , only look at the result, not the process.

Pang Tong has always been steady and ruthless in his work, and likes to use the simplest means to achieve his goals, so he directly sent spies to infiltrate the candidates.It was vaguely discovered that several scholars were too close to each other, and seemed to be organizing a secret gathering. The spies only found out that it was related to the child abduction case 20 years ago.

Pang Tong was far more calm than Pang Ji, and wanted to find out the matter before telling Zhao Zhen.But 20 years ago, Pang Tong was only seven or eight years old. He vaguely remembered that there was a time when his mother was worried all day long, took him with her wherever she went, and even hugged him tightly at night, as if she was afraid of something?

If you want to investigate the case 20 years ago, you can only ask the elders. Pang Tong naturally has his own information channel, but everyone is secretive about this case, and no one wants to talk about it.Pang Tong was at a loss, and Mr. Gongsun, who had no knowledge of it, recommended Mr. Bao to him.

Although Bao Zheng was not the governor of Kaifeng 20 years ago, since he became the governor of Kaifeng, with a serious and responsible attitude towards work, the dedicated Mr. Bao has read all the registered cases since the founding of the Song Dynasty. The momentary abduction case must have an impression.

So Pang Tong came to the door.

Thinking of his naturally dull master, Bao Zheng couldn't help rubbing his forehead, "It's a very important matter, you'd better ask the emperor in private."

Although Pang Tong is young, he also knows that the sky is high and the earth is thick, "Thank you for your guidance, my lord."

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Pang Tong got up to say goodbye, and met a humanoid object that looked like Zhan Zhao in the courtyard...

It can’t be blamed for Pang Tong’s bad eyesight. In fact, Zhan Zhao is holding a tall stack of files in his hands, half of his body is blocked, the files block his sight, he walks staggeringly like a drunkard, and his forward trajectory is obviously not a straight line .

Behind Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang was also holding a stack of files, which was about the same height as Zhan Zhao's.But Bai Yutang was a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Zhanzhao, and he raised his head just high enough to see the road.Bai Yutang found Pang Tong, and reminded Zhan Zhao, "Cat."

Zhan Zhao immediately stopped, poked half of his head out from behind the file, and smiled at Pang Tong: "It's just in time, we will share half of the meeting."

Pang Tong silently took half of the files, and helped Zhan Zhao move into Mr. Bao's study.

Pang Tong has always been puzzled, since Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are not related by blood and have not known each other for a long time, why are they more understanding than twin brothers?Zhan Zhao is all kinds of lively, Bai Yutang is all kinds of doting, how did this kind of relationship between old couples and old wives develop?

Martial arts practitioners walked silently, Zhan Zhao couldn't see him, although Bai Yutang saw him, he just barked "猫儿" and didn't say anything like "There is someone blocking the way ahead".When a normal person is called by their name or nickname, it is natural to understand that someone is calling them, and they will subconsciously look at the source of the sound to confirm the situation.But just now, Zhan Zhao stopped without hesitation, instead of looking at Bai Yutang who was speaking, he looked ahead, as if he heard even what Bai Yutang hadn't said, isn't this too tacit?

After Pang Tong left, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang rolled up their sleeves and helped Lord Bao sort out the files.

If Bai Yutang is placed in the modern age, he is a proper super genius, a 360° all-round male god with no dead ends.Not only is his photographic memory amazing, but he also has a reading speed that defies ordinary people. The reading speed of one person is faster than that of two Zhan Zhaos.So Zhanmao was lazy with peace of mind, sipping tea and watching the crowd with his legs crossed, and by the way, cheering up—"Come on, Xiaobai~"

Bai Yutang flew fast without being disturbed

Zhan Zhao stroked his chin and felt that something was missing. When he saw Mr. Bao, he suddenly thought—every time I bully Xiaobai, Mr. Bao will definitely criticize me outright. Why are you so absent-minded today?Zhan Zhao leaned forward with a smile on his face, and poked Mr. Bao with the crispy candy he carried with him.

"My lord, are you hungry?"

Master Bao took the crisp candy and ate it, "I have to keep an eye on the emperor recently."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, Bai Yutang put down the work at hand, and the two said in unison: "Zhao Xiaozhen got into trouble again?"

(=￣w￣=) It seems that Zhao Xiaozhen's special trouble-making skills have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Master Bao shook his head, "It's not the emperor, it's the former emperor."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang once again said in unison: "Why is he still alive after death!"

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It is said that the eight virtuous kings entered the palace according to the order, and Zhao Xiaozhen was sitting cross-legged on the dragon chair and eating tofu flowers.

Baxian Wang Junxiu's eyebrows twitched, and the veins on his forehead gradually tightened.

As the eight virtuous kings who lived in the inner courtyard of the deep palace since childhood, their words and deeds conformed to the royal family's standards, and were a model of elegance and nobility, they paid great attention to etiquette since childhood.Not to mention how weird the combination of dragon chair and tofu flower is, nor how vulgar Zhao Xiaozhen's cross-legged movements are, Zhao Xiaozhen, dare you tell me!How did the tofu flower get on the nose! (╬￣dish￣)

Eight Sage Kings took a deep breath, took a deep breath, and tried hard to endure the urge to reprimand the bear child.

Although the emperor is unreliable in private, he can barely show his hand in formal occasions. Don't be too harsh, he is still a child.

After the self-hypnosis ended, the Eighth Sage King took out a handkerchief and wiped Zhao Zhen's face, "Why does the emperor eat tofu flowers?"

Zhao Zhen raised her head, "I'm hungry, and suddenly want to eat tofu flower, I left a bowl for Uncle Huang!"

The Eighth Sage King couldn't help laughing and said: "I heard that you found an imperial chef from the Li family, and his identity is a bit special."

"That's right, let's put it outside to observe first, and let him enter the palace if there is no problem." The flower cat wiped his face clean, and Zhao Xiaozhen threw himself on the Baxian King and rubbed it against him, "I heard that the emperor's aunt likes to eat vegetarian food, and it happens that my mother also likes it. In a few days, I will treat my uncle and aunt to a vegetarian feast."

"It's rare that you still miss her." The Eighth Sage King touched Zhao Zhen's messy hair, "By the way, don't you claim to have 'clear time between public and private' and never use your private to handle official business? It's almost time for dinner Is there something urgent to call me into the palace all of a sudden?"

Zhao Xiaozhen rubbed his chin, "It's like this, I cheated Pang Ji this afternoon, and found out something."

The virtuous king couldn't help but support his forehead, "It's probably not a good thing."

Zhao Xiaozhen nodded vigorously, "It's really not a good thing, it's because the former emperor did something shameful."

The Eight Sage King's face changed slightly, "You know..."

Facing the Baxian King, a mature, stable and trustworthy elder, Zhao Zhen decided to tell the truth. "Actually, I don't know too well. Because of some coincidence, I sent Pang Ji to investigate Xiaohong's matter. Pang Ji was persuaded halfway through the investigation. I saw his hesitation and swindled by the way."

Eight Wise Kings didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's just a fraud 'by the way'?"

Zhao Xiaozhen looked upright, "Of course! I'm an honest man!"

The Eighth Sage King was speechless for a moment, "It's not that I can't tell you what happened back then, but I just don't think it's necessary to dirty your ears. Since I can't hide it anymore, it's better for me to tell you the truth than for you to inquire about unrealistic rumors yourself. How much right and wrong will be added in vain."

Eight Wise Kings said: "Twenty years ago, the first emperor was a conscientious and good emperor. He only wanted to show his strength and strive for governance. The idea was very good, but it was difficult to implement. To tell you the truth, the first emperor was indecisive and indecisive. You are very soft, even though you were over 20 years old at the time, you are still not as good as you are now." The eight virtuous kings seemed to be immersed in memories.

"At that time, it was a time of chaos, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, the borders were not stable, and the forces in the court and China were intertwined. Everyone had their own little calculations. The first emperor tried his best to control the court, but he couldn't fully control the court. It was difficult to move forward. At that time It's really tough."

Zhao Zhen said: "So, what bad idea did the late emperor come up with?"

"It's indeed a bad idea." The Eighth Sage King smiled wryly, "The late emperor sent secret guards to steal children from ministers' homes."

"What?" Zhao Zhen opened his eyes wide.

King Eight Sages said: "The late emperor asked the secret guards to steal children from the ministers' homes, and even abducted the children of poor people in the street. All this was disguised as a child abduction case, and the purpose was to use the children of these ministers to blackmail them. The first emperor stole There are rules for children, the first choice is the only seedling in the family, the second is the eldest son who has high hopes, and the third is the youngest son whose parents love..."

"These children are the lifelines of the family, and those ministers can only compromise." The Eight Sage King said in a very heavy tone, "That period of time was probably the happiest life the late emperor had ever lived in his entire life. No one dared to refute."

Zhao Zhen sneered, "Heh, Song Dynasty is not far from subjugation."

Solitaire or something, Zhao Zhen thought that it only existed in film and television dramas, novels, and Two-dimensional, and solitaire in real life is called [Second Second Disease], isn’t it not far from subjugation to be the emperor, such as Qin Shihuang or something.The Qin State was overthrown by the people who rose up. If Zhao Heng persisted, he might become the first emperor in history to be overthrown because of child trafficking.

The Baxian King sighed, "That's true. Later on, the late Emperor gradually felt that even though the officials no longer refuted his orders, they used silence to reject him, and even colluded in private to trip the late Emperor. Moreover, the late Emperor's Government decrees are not always correct. The place far away from Emperor Tiangao is still stable, but Kaifeng is becoming more and more chaotic. Not only is the yamen in chaos, but the law and order on the street is getting worse and worse. Many people close their doors and close their homes during the day. Don’t dare to go out, everything is messed up anyway.”

The first emperor encountered the legendary cold violence.

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips, "The only way is to remedy the situation."

Eight Wise Kings gasped, "The first emperor thought so too, but it's too late."

Zhao Zhen tilted his head, "Too late?"

The Eight Sage King's tone became gloomy, "The late emperor hid the stolen child in the underground palace, and the underground palace caught fire..."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help shaking, "In the underground palace? It's on fire!" It's scary to think about the fire in the thin air underground.In the underground furnace where they could not escape, the children cried and struggled, were burned to death, choked to death, suffocated to death, smoked to death, and roasted alive.

The Baxian King said in a difficult tone: "More than 20 children have been roasted alive into mummified corpses."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help covering her mouth.