[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

As I mentioned last time, Zhao Zhen and Bai Yutang were two bold people who sneaked out of the city to meet the King of Xiangyang without telling everyone.

The Shili Pavilion outside the city is deserted, and Zhao Zhen is sitting in the pavilion with tea in hand, playing chess and backgammon...

The grass grows in the ten-mile pavilion outside the city and the warbler is flying, and the clothes of Bai Yutang are flying, as if a fairy believes in the horse, feeding the horse to eat grass...

The two waited and waited and waited, but they couldn't see King Xiangyang's car driving as far as they could see. Zhao Zhen put down the tea in his hand, his eyes were bright and his smile was cute, and he said dirtyly: "Why is Zhao Jue swollen? Why don't you come here! The concept of time is fed to the dog." huh! This guy is on his way to death!"

Bai Yutang glanced at him, and was about to say something when he saw Chengying rushing back, "Your Majesty! The King of Xiangyang was assassinated!"

Zhao Zhen subconsciously covered his mouth, Bai Yutang looked at him with raised eyebrows, "The crow's mouth is a disease, you have to cure it."

Zhao Zhen gave him a blank look, then turned to ask Chengying: "What's going on, is King Xiangyang dead?"

The death of the King of Xiangyang is good news, but Zhao Zhen is also quite depressed because the pig he worked so hard to fatten was slaughtered by others.

Cheng Ying said honestly: "When the dark guards arrived, most of the King of Xiangyang and his party were killed and injured. The carriage of the King of Xiangyang was destroyed, and there was a lot of blood on the car. The life and death of the King of Xiangyang was uncertain. According to the seriously injured guards, they were ambushed on the road. Wang was seriously injured and was rescued by his cronies. I have sent people to investigate around, but have not received definite information yet."

Bai Yutang frowned, "Isn't King Xiangyang the mastermind behind the scenes, why was he also assassinated?"

Zhao Zhen lost interest, lowered his eyes and said, "It seems that King Xiangyang is just a pawn, and now he has become an abandoned pawn..."

Bai Yutang was taken aback: Even the King of Xiangyang has become an abandoned son, so what kind of identity is the real behind-the-scenes person?

Zhao Zhen said lazily: "Where did the news about Zhao Jue's advance to Beijing leaked from? Our side or their side."

Cheng Ying lowered her head and said, "The King of Xiangyang was stabbed by his servant, because there must be a traitor there."

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, "What should we do now, are you still waiting?"

The cat must have blown its hair, what to sell to feed the cat, smoothing the hair is also a technical job...

Zhao Zhen's eyes flickered, "Wait, I'm going back to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother to have dinner, and by the way, tell the Queen Mother that she doesn't need to be critically ill, how about you?"

"I'm going to buy seafood." Bai Yutang thought and thought - at this moment, Zhanmao must be waiting in Kaifeng Mansion, and only seafood can calm the cat's anger.Zhao Zhen was afraid of being scolded and hid back in the palace, so he could only crash into the tree stump like a silly rabbit. Thinking about it, it was really miserable.

Bai Yutang touched the white horse and sighed, "Let's go, I'll take you back to the palace."

Zhao Zhen stretched out her hands to hug her, "Just send me into the city, the law and order are pretty good these days~"

Came here in high spirits, but came back disappointed. On the way back, Zhao Zhen was very silent. Bai Yutang didn't like to talk in the first place, and Chengying was even less talkative than Bai Yutang.After entering the city, Bai Yutang took a detour to buy seafood, Zhao Zhen watched his handsome back leave, and suddenly said to Chengying: "Let's go back!"

Cheng Ying was taken aback, "Go back?" This didn't sound like returning to the palace.

Zhao Zhen looked at the direction Bai Yutang was leaving, and said in a slightly envious tone, "The only one who can disturb Bai Yutang is Zhan Zhao."

Chengying immediately reacted, "You deliberately sent Bai Yutang away."

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly: "With Bai Yutang's intelligence and understanding of me, he shouldn't be fooled so easily. I can only say that in Bai Yutang's heart, nothing is more important than Zhan Zhao..." Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes, "Come on!" Come on, don't make the emperor wait too long."

Cheng Ying never disobeyed Zhao Zhen's orders, and immediately got on the horse, "Do you know where the King of Xiangyang is?"

Zhao Zhen was carried on the back of the horse by Cheng Ying. Cheng Ying was no bigger than Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang's adult figure. Zhao Zhen felt uncomfortable and changed several positions before saying, "Go back to Shiliting again. Since Zhao Jue wants to see me, just There is still a breath, he will definitely go somewhere!"

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Bai Yutang absentmindedly led the white horse, what seafood should I buy?

The prawns are not fresh, the crabs are not tasty, so I can only buy fish, let the kitchen stew crucian carp soup at night?

"Brother Bai seems to be troubled?" A familiar warm and pleasant voice.

Bai Yutang subconsciously asked, "What kind of fish does the cat want to eat?"

The pleasant voice said with a smile: "Master Cat doesn't want to eat fish today, but wants to eat mice."

(——#) Oops, that's too bad.

Bai Yutang looked at the smiling Zhan Zhao in front of him, and three black lines dangled down from the corners of his forehead.

Bai Wuye touched his nose, "What a coincidence..."

Zhan Zhao smiled and said: "It's not a coincidence, you come here to buy seafood every time you feel guilty, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Zhan Zhao looked around, but couldn't find Zhao Zhen, "The rebel Wukong should go back to the palace. The Empress Dowager has been waiting for him for a long time."

Bai Yutang looked at the sky silently, Zhan Zhao said with a smile, "Where did you two go?"

Bai Yutang hesitated for a thousandth of a second between betraying Zhao Zhen and deceiving Zhan Zhao, and finally decided to betray Zhao Zhen...

Hearing Bai Yutang tell the cause and effect, Zhan Zhao was so angry that he scolded him: "He is a child, are you a child too, too impulsive!" Zhan Zhao told Bai Yutang about the girl's disappearance and the conjecture of the demon monk, "My heart is always up and down. Yes, it's not over yet."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao who was rubbing his stomach, "Are you feeling agitated in your heart, or in your stomach? Are you hungry?"

Zhan Zhao was so angry that he patted him. Feeling that the hand didn't feel right, he poked Bai Yutang's chest, "What are you wearing underneath?"

"It's Zhao Zhen's soft armor." The soft armor was very comfortable to wear, and if Zhan Zhao hadn't discovered it, Bai Yutang would have almost forgotten about it.

Zhan Zhao tilted his head, "Why are you wearing his soft armor?"

Bai Yutang was helpless, "Zhao Zhenfei made me..."

In the blink of an eye, a thought flashed through Bai Yutang's mind - "Tune the tiger away from the mountain!"

Bai Yutang got on his horse, not forgetting to pull up the bewildered Zhan Zhao.Zhan Zhao was dragged onto the horse by Bai Yutang, and he was still out of shape. The white horse was running fast, so Zhan Zhao had to stay close to Bai Yutang to maintain his balance. "Hey, why are you so surprised?"

Bai Yutang turned his head and replied, "Zhao Zhen deliberately dismissed me, so he must have returned to Shiliting."

Zhan Zhao was still in a daze, "Why did he dismiss you?"

Bai Yutang's face was dark, "Zhao Zhen is very strange today, he seems to be afraid that something will happen to me, and he doesn't want me to see the King of Xiangyang."

Zhan Zhao smacked his lips: Oh, is Xiaobai angry that Zhao Zhen lied to him, or is he angry that he was easily deceived?

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Zhao Zhen returned to Shiliting in Chengying.

There was an extra couch in the pavilion, and a haggard old man was lying half-lying. The old man had a gloomy expression, and there was no one else around him.Zhao Zhen signaled Chengying not to come, and walked over alone.

Zhao Jue is actually not very old, at least a few years younger than the first emperor and the eighth prince.The early death of the first emperor was caused by himself. The eighth prince kept himself clean and healthy, and he could live to 90 years old by visual inspection.Zhao Jue is not lustful and has no bad habits. It is not easy to toss himself into...

Zhao Jue's face was gloomy, and Zhao Zhen felt that he was like a living poisonous ghost, not happy at all.

Zhao Zhen was very enthusiastic, and smiled and shook his hand at Zhao Jue, "Hi, Uncle Emperor, I am relieved to know that you are going to die~"

Zhao Jue snorted coldly, "You are honest."

Zhao Jue's voice was very young, at least younger than his gloomy face and gray hair, but there was no energy in his voice, it seemed that he was indeed seriously injured.Zhao Zhen fully showed his familiar side, picked up the teacup on the stone table and poured himself a drink.There was no helmet for horseback riding in ancient times, and the wind blew his mouth dry. Zhao Zhen couldn't let out a comfortable sigh after drinking three cups...

Zhao Jue just looked at him with complicated eyes, "Don't you want to say something?"

After drinking tea, Zhao Zhen wiped his mouth with his sleeve, "Uncle Huang asked me to meet in private, don't you have something to say?"

Zhao Jue coughed twice, Wu Qing appeared faintly at the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be a symptom of poisoning?

"I won't live long, and I don't have the energy to fight with you. Believe it or not, I'm just that person's puppet." Zhao Jue spoke very slowly, trying his best to hide his weakness. He insisted on not wanting to show weakness in front of others.

"It's ridiculous that I've been a puppet for half my life, but I don't know who the owner is." Zhao Jue pointed to the collapsed wooden box, "Here are the clues I found in the past 20 years. Although there are not many, I have tried my best..." Zhao Jue's tone was infinitely disappointed.

How many 20 years can a person have in his life?In the best time of life, those who dare not approach those who yearn and daydream can only spend the rest of their lives guarding cold secrets.Is it worth it?Zhao Jue didn't dare to think about it, he couldn't live if he thought about it, and he couldn't think about it if he wanted to live...

Zhao Zhen bent down and dragged the wooden box out, but he didn't open it.

Zhao Jue withdrew the ring from his hand and gave it to Zhao Zhen. "All my property is stored in Tianbao Yinhao. I don't have a son, so leave it all to you. This ring can mobilize people who are loyal to me. I don't know how many people will be left after I die. If you want to kill or cut it, you can figure it out." .”

Zhao Jue waved to a middle-aged man, "This is the only man, I want him to live, as long as he doesn't rebel, you will never touch him, let him marry a wife and have children and die in bed." Zhao Zhen was full of questions, but didn't ask a word, Just nod seriously.

Zhao Jue seemed satisfied, closed his eyes and said, "Go, I will die far away, and I won't hurt you."

Zhao Zhen looked at him, "Is this enough?"

Zhao Jue was silent for a long time, "Enough is enough."

The setting sun dyed the clouds in the sky red, thick and faint blood sprinkled the sky and the earth, and even the breath smelled of rust.Zhao Zhen played with the ring on his hand, suddenly smiled and said, "I'm curious about something, I hope you can answer me before you die, who was the person you loved 20 years ago?"

Zhao Jue snorted coldly, "Why should I tell you?"

Zhao Zhen put the ring on his thumb and said casually, "The person you love is Empress Liu, or the first emperor."

Zhao Jue was stunned for a long time, and suddenly he laughed, as if he heard some big joke, even though he was coughing up blood, he was still laughing.

"What nonsense are you talking about, how could I fall in love with my brother!"

Zhao Zhen put on the ring, picked up the light wooden box, and stood beside Zhao Jue, looking directly at him. "Why did you leave these things to me? Isn't it because I am the last and only blood of the former emperor?"

Zhao Jue coughed intermittently, and refused to answer the question in silence.

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Why don't you make a deal, tell me who you like, and I'll bury you with him."

Zhao Jue was silent, Zhao Zhen said slowly, "If you don't tell me, I will bury you with the late emperor!"

The muscles on Zhao Jue's cheeks were tense, and his voice was trembling: "I won't tell you!"

Zhao Zhen smiled slyly, "You have already told me." Not answering is the best answer.

Zhao Jue's expression was indescribably sad and joyful, there was deep regret and a little bit of relief, he suddenly vomited a big mouthful of blood, the blood was poisonous black!The middle-aged man looked calm, and fed Zhao Jue medicine swiftly, but his trembling hands betrayed him.

Zhao Zhen was about to say something, but someone pulled him from behind suddenly, the wooden box Zhao Zhen was holding fell off, and he was holding the ring tightly.

Chengying left with Zhao Zhen in his arms, and several rockets ignited the grass near the gazebo.A group of strangely dressed monks surrounded the Ten Mile Pavilion. These monks wore revealing clothes, breasts, and big Buddha beads around their necks, each of which was the size of a fist.

Zhao Zhen thought, this is the demon monk Zhan Zhao was talking about, and he just happened to wipe out this group of scum!