Great General [Rebirth]

The mid-afternoon sun came in through the red paper-cut window, Rong You was facing the sun, with a calm expression on his face, a smile in the corner of his eyes, and a very casual tone of voice.

However, Zhao Yongzhou knew that this man was serious.

"The Prime Minister of the Nine Kingdoms celebrates his birthday at the beginning of next month. If you can't release the Zhao family's military power with a glass of wine on that day, I will send the entire Shenwu Battalion to wash the Prime Minister's mansion with blood."

After Rong You left, Zhao Yongzhou lay on the bed for a while, the room was very hot, but his body felt chilly.

When Liu Qingming and Douzi walked in, they saw someone leaning on the head of the bed, staring straight ahead.The whole person seemed to have lost his soul, his face was pale, and his lips had no color.Both of them were startled, and ran to the bed, Douzi shouted: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Yongzhou was shaken awake, and suddenly saw: "Prince...?"

Liu Qingming grabbed his hand and squeezed it, anxiously: "Master, I'm Qingming, what's wrong with you?"

"Qingming..."

"Liu Qingming!"

"Oh..." Zhao Yongzhou nodded, the golden sunlight flooded the room, and the light turned cold.Zhao Yongzhou said suddenly: "Hurry up, prepare paper and ink for me, I want to... write a letter."

The two of them didn't know what was wrong with him. Liu Qingming laid out the paper and ground the ink, and Dou Zi helped him over.Zhao Yongzhou sat in front of the table, holding a pen in his hand and was stunned.

"Master, who are you writing to?" Liu Qingming asked aloud.

"..." Zhao Yongzhou frowned, the tip of the pen dropped gently, and wrote two words on the paper: Lianhua.A drop of ink from the tip of the pen fell off, smearing a big blob of ink, and he stopped writing.

Then he was in a daze for a while, put down the pen, leaned back on the chair, and didn't say a word.Seeing this situation, the two people next to him didn't dare to rush. Liu Qingming bit his lip, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

After a while, Zhao Yongzhou said, "Prepare the sedan chair."

Douzi hurriedly asked, "Master, where are you going?"

"...Tianyi Temple."

Later, Liu Qingming folded the paper with only two words and a drop of ink on it, put it in an envelope, and ordered someone to send it to Xiangzhou urgently.

Tianyi Temple is located on a mountain in the west of the outskirts of Beijing. There are no stairs, but there are [-] floors.Douzi and Liu Qingming supported Zhao Yongzhou and walked for half an hour.When we reached the top of the mountain, the sun had already set on the western mountain, and the whole mountain was glowing red.The old man Kong Yu was still so talkative, but this time Zhao Yongzhou walked in front of him, knelt down and kowtowed twice, when he raised his head, he saw the old man Kong Yu opened his eyes.

"... Master." Zhao Yongzhou called out.

By calculation, the old man is almost 130 years old, his face is full of wrinkles, and his eyes are hidden in the wrinkles as small as a slit.If you don't look carefully, you really can't tell that he has opened his eyes.Zhao Yongzhou was sure he didn't see the old man Kongyu open his mouth, but he heard an old voice speaking to him in a brisk and ridiculous tone: "Oh, it's my grandson, come here."

Fortunately, he asked Liu Qingming and Douzi to wait outside the Buddhist hall, otherwise they would have been frightened.Zhao Yongzhou moved two steps forward on his knees, and moved his body to the futon.Kong Yu seems to be sniffing, "Oh, you are not well. Are you sick?"

"Hmm...you've been too tired lately." Zhao Yongzhou's heart was very quiet, as if wrapped in a watertight air bubble, sinking to the bottom of the water.

Kong Yu: "Hey, pay attention to rest."

Zhao Yongzhou gave Kongyu a strange look. He originally wanted to listen to Zen and purify his mind, but in the end he decided to forget it.He sat in the Lianzi Hall until dark and had a fast meal. He originally planned to live on the mountain, but a Jinwu guard rushed up with a dozen Habayashi guards: "The emperor said: General Bai woke up from a serious illness and needs to be recuperated. General, please go back to your residence."

In this way, Zhao Yongzhou was escorted back to the White Mansion, and there were Habayashi Guards who guarded outside twelve hours a day.Although people inside and outside the house can come in and out freely, the neighbors in the vicinity are all walking around.Zhao Yongzhou was compulsorily cultivated. Every day, the imperial physician came to consult him. He ate ginseng and snow lotus as a meal. He went out for a two-hour stroll in the morning and evening.

Feng Xun looked at the Jinwu guards outside the pavilion, frowned and said, "What does the emperor mean by this? Watching you?"

Zhao Yongzhou didn't speak.

Feng Xun didn't ask anymore: "A letter from home said that my uncle went to Wanjuan Mountain. There is a meeting there in September this year. It is said that it is a grand event held once in a hundred years. It is huge. The little prince...I mean Rong Yue, followed suit."

Zhao Yongzhou nodded, still did not speak, sat for a while, and then returned to the White House.

After raising her for more than half a month, she didn't see any improvement, but became more and more haggard.

On the ninth day of June, the prime minister of the country celebrated his birthday, and all the famous people in the capital went there. With the birthday presents, the relatives of the royal family, dignitaries and dignitaries almost broke through the threshold of the prime minister's mansion. Hundreds of tables were set up for the banquet, and the scene was magnificent.

After three rounds of dinner, a young man walked in and whispered a few words in the ear of Zhao Yongxiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.Zhao Yongxiu stood up, held his wine glass and said:

"Everyone, today's birthday banquet is here, thank you all. Please go back."

Everyone was very puzzled. The doctor Yushi was about to open his mouth to ask, but the prime minister stepped on him under the table, stood up and bowed his hands: "Hahaha, that's right, the gift is also given and eaten, so we won't Sit down. Master Xiang, I wish you good health and longevity."

The Prime Minister of the State smiled and nodded, "Prime Minister Gu said kindly, you will have to worry about the court affairs in the future."

Doctor Yu Shi also stood up and bowed: "The general, Zhao Shangshu, let's go first."

Seeing that the two had left, everyone also saw that something was wrong, so they all stood up and left.In less than half a cup of tea, more than half of the people at the banquet dispersed.The remaining ten or so tables were all relatives and close friends of the Zhao family.The eight sons and daughters of the prime minister of the country, leading the family, plus the seven aunts and eight aunts, the scene is also extremely impressive.This also includes Jinghe. Although Jinghe is not from the Zhao family, he is sitting next to the eldest princess.

Zhao Yongxiu said to Guo Xiangye: "Father, let mother go back first."

The eldest princess said: "Why do you go back, I am also the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, so I won't go back."

The Prime Minister of the State sighed, and said to Zhao Yongde: "Open the door, we should eat or eat."

He also said that the Prime Minister Yu Shi and the people who came to celebrate the birthday went straight to the sedan chair and carriage of their own house as soon as they left the gate of the Guoxiang Mansion, and called the servants: "Quick! Go!"

That hasty formation is rare in the capital.Some passers-by were puzzled and hurried to wait and see. After a while, they heard a burst of uniform footsteps approaching from a distance, as if thousands of troops were coming.Passers-by all hid across the street to watch, wondering whose family this is such a big formation.Look at the oncoming guards, all in black and armor, stopping in front of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The leader is an angry horse in fresh clothes, with tiger eyes and white face, with an extraordinary bearing.The prime minister and doctor censor on the opposite side of the street squinted their eyes and looked at the man from a distance: he was wearing a snow-white gown, a light blue belt, wide sleeves, a sapphire bun, and long black hair scattered around his waist.He took two boxes of gifts from his subordinates, and gave an order to the people outside, as if they were not allowed to enter, so he turned around and walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The prime minister nodded inexplicably: "So that's the case, no wonder Taifu Feng is willing to be a dead person."

Doctor Yushi gave him a sideways look.Doctor Yushi is a fan of Feng Buran, and he hates others to say that Feng Buran is not good, but he himself doesn't understand why such a good-looking male god would fall in love with such a person.

The prime minister said: "The beauty of this whiteness is that it looks fierce and ferocious like a tiger, but if you look closely at the waist, there is actually a lot of femininity in it..."

"Damn! You old guy is disrespectful! I don't want to go with you anymore!" Doctor Yushi turned around and left in a huff.He never expected that the Prime Minister was this kind of person, and for some reason, although Doctor Yu Shi didn't like Bai Fusheng, he didn't like other people pointing at Bai Fusheng either.This is probably Aiwujiwu, the person my male god likes, you are not allowed to tell, let alone covet.

The prime minister yelled from behind: "Hey, hey, you obviously blame me for doing something wrong... By the way, don't we want to stay and watch the show? Let's go."

The prime minister dragged the man to a nearby teahouse.

Here Zhao Yongzhou entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, seeing the whole family looking at him with indifference and guard from a distance, he felt a lot of feelings in his heart, it was hard to describe.He took two deep breaths and walked over with a smile on his face:

"Master Xiang, I'm here to celebrate your birthday. I was delayed by some chores and I'm here now. I'm late, please punish me."

The Prime Minister of the State happily pulled him to sit down beside him, "I will punish you to have a glass of wine." He also brought a glass of wine himself, Zhao Yongzhou took it and drank it down.

Although the brothers and sisters of the Zhao family at the banquet were a little surprised when they saw this scene, they didn't show it too obviously.Rich people pay attention to face, even if their eyes are cold, they still have a smile on their faces.So when Zhao Yongzhou offered wine to every table, most of them accepted it very politely.

Zhao Yongxiu fixedly looked at the young man who was standing in front of him holding a wine glass and bent slightly. It was hard to tell whether the slender eyes were indifferent or indifferent. "What capacity are you here to toast? Is it the emperor's General Yunhui?" , or is it Feng Buran...?"

Zhao Yongxiu spoke the last two words so softly that he could hardly hear them, only Bai Fusheng paused, and the wine glass in his hand was almost unsteady.

The Prime Minister of the State slapped the table, "Fifth, you are going too far!"

Zhao Yongde also frowned slightly, and it seemed that he didn't like Zhao Yongxiu's bad words.Seeing this, the third son of the Zhao family quickly stood up and dragged Bai Fusheng to sit next to the Prime Minister:

"Oh, I heard that General Bai has recently recovered from a serious illness and has fainted several times. Oh, look, this little face is pale and pale. Let's not drink today, shall we? Since we are here to give Xiangye celebrates his birthday, just stay with Xiangye well."

When speaking, it seems that it is deliberately speaking to someone.Hearing this, Zhao Yongxiu tightened his hand holding the wine glass, and his eyes chased him involuntarily.

"Eat something first, there is no rush to toast, don't worry." Zhao Yongde said.He naturally knew what Bai Fusheng was doing today, in fact, he had a good time here, isn't it just military power, and it is easy to cause trouble if he holds it in his hands.In the current situation, the emperor obviously wanted to take the Zhao family to the knife, but as long as the prime minister nodded and agreed, and here was the ninth younger brother, he would naturally give it.The hardest thing to deal with is the fifth one, I'm afraid it's not so easy to compromise.

Zhao Yongzhou raised his head slightly, his big black eyes were foggy: "Thank you, big brother and third brother."

But that hand could not even hold the chopsticks steadily, and couldn't hold a piece of food for a long time, which made people feel really anxious.The Prime Minister of the Country gave a wink, and the maid behind him came forward to help pick the vegetables, and made a bowl of them, almost all of which were the things that Young Master Zhao used to like to eat.Sea bass, lobster, glutinous rice meat, candied elbow.

"Enough is enough." Zhao Yongzhou said quickly.

The Prime Minister of the State had a loving look in his eyes: "Don't worry, eat slowly."

Although he has been forced to take medicine for recuperation recently, he ate some messy Shiquan Dabu soup, many times Zhao Yongzhou really couldn't eat it, Liu Qingming saw that he was suffering from the pain of eating, so he secretly helped him pour it out while hiding from Jin Wuwei Feed the dog.

At this moment, Zhao Yongzhou stared at the delicacies in the bowl, and his mind felt dizzy for a while.I took a piece of glutinous rice meat into my mouth, chewed it hard for a long time, and finally swallowed it, tears rolled down from my eyes.

The Prime Minister asked, "What's the matter? Isn't it delicious?"

Zhao Yongzhou shook his head hastily, "It's a bit hot."

"Okay, okay, let's not eat this." Guo Xiangye pushed away the bowl in front of him, and wanted to coax his son, so he asked, "What do you want to eat? Let the kitchen do it?"

Zhao Yongzhou shook his head, wiped his eyes, smiled brightly, and said, "No need. I'm not here for dinner today."

Guo Xiangye looked at his youngest son for a while, and finally nodded: "Then do whatever you want."

Zhao Yongzhou stood up with support, and the servant girl had already come over with a tray, on which were placed four wine glasses, all of which were full.The Prime Minister of the country waved his hand, which probably means that I have prepared everything for you.

Zhao Yongzhou smiled and walked to Zhao Yongde's side: "Brother..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Yongde had already stood up, "Okay, okay, brother understands. You don't need to say anything, brother will not make things difficult for you."

Take the wine and drink it up in one gulp, very crisp.Then he took out a sign from his waist and stuffed it into Zhao Yongzhou's palm: "This is the token to command the Thirteenth Battalion, take it."

"Thank you, big brother. My little brother's gratitude is all in this glass of wine, I respect you." Zhao Yongzhou drank with his head raised, and the situation was inexplicably sad.He also put the token in the servant girl's tray, and then slowly walked towards Ling Yiren.

Zhao Yongde was a little moved, but he could also frown slightly, watching Zhao Yongzhou walking towards Zhao Yongxiu with a somewhat unsteady figure, thinking in his heart, fifth child, don't make things difficult for him.

Probably because the atmosphere here is too strange, at this time, the people on the mat in the yard also stopped their dishes and focused their eyes.

Zhao Yongzhou took a glass of wine and handed it to Zhao Yongxiu: "Fifth Master, please drink this glass of wine."

Zhao Yongxiu raised his head and looked at him, the look in his eyes was turbulent, but everything was attributed to the last restraint, it seemed almost hatred.In fact, he has come to this step, of course, he has also noticed it.He is still so stubborn, but for what reason, he himself does not understand.

"Do you want a soldier talisman?" Zhao Yongxiu asked.

"Yes." Zhao Yongzhou stood against the light, his eyes were dark and full of water. "Will Fifth Master give it to me?"

"Hmph." Zhao Yongxiu let out a cold snort, as if he heard a big joke.He thought he understood a little bit, he didn't like him calling him fifth master.What fifth master, why...

Zhao Yongxiu: "Do you think it's that easy?"

"Then what are you going to do with the fifth master? Wait for the Shenwu camp to come in? Fifth master, now is not the time to be angry." Zhao Yongzhou tried hard to persuade.

Zhao Yongxiu stood up, staring at the opposite person with slender eyes full of anger, and said viciously: "Then you let them in, kill everyone here, and then go back to deal with your emperor."

Zhao Yongzhou looked at him with a sad expression.

Zhao Yongxiu turned around and wanted to walk into the house. What he said just now obviously stimulated the people present. Although there was no screaming and chaotic scene, they all looked a little flustered.

"Old Five, why are you doing this!" Zhao Yongde shouted.

"If you compromise alone, it doesn't mean that the entire Zhao family has to compromise. The soldier talisman is with me, and I won't hand it over. I don't believe that he really dares to wash this place with blood. This is not how the world fights, and the throne is not like this. If he really If you dare to do this, at worst, let my Zhao family take the lead, and let the world see how the so-called Qiangu Mingjun behaves!" Zhao Yongxiu's harsh words obviously meant to follow the Shenwuying head-on, and the people in the banquet Everyone is in a mess.

The daughters of the Zhao family became anxious all of a sudden: "What's going on? We are here to celebrate my birthday with my father, but we didn't tell us that we would go to war."

"Fifth brother, don't count us if you want to go shopping with others, can you let us go first?"

"Where are you going? Are you still from the Zhao family? Fifth, what are you doing? At least make it clear."

"That's right, if you have something to say, you can't say it well. I don't think this General Bai is the kind of unreasonable person. Just let everyone speak up."

"That's right, if you open your mouth and shut your mouth to fight and kill blood, you are not afraid of scaring children. Today, the descendants of the Zhao family are all here."

"Then if there is a real fight, we'll be beheaded all over the house."

A few women said one sentence to another, but instead made the whole atmosphere tense, they didn't dare to continue talking, and kept silent, as if the Shenwu Camp outside the door was really going to rush in the next moment have to.

It was already past noon, and it was almost afternoon.

The sun is gradually setting to the west, and the yard is cool and hot.Zhao Yongxiu stood in the sunlight, his back was stubborn, he didn't know what he was holding on to.

Zhao Yongzhou walked over slowly, and everyone's eyes were on the two of them.Everyone is waiting for a verdict, whether it is reconciliation or killing, it is only a moment.

"...Fifth Lord, drink up the wine." Zhao Yongzhou said softly.

After a while, Zhao Yongxiu's voice came: "Let me ask you again, what is your identity to stand here? Why do you ask me to hand over the soldier talisman? Who do you think you are? Don't use those inexplicable reasons to convince me I, I will never admit you..."

Zhao Yongzhou opened his mouth, just about to say something.

"Enough!" The Prime Minister stood up suddenly, "Don't say it, don't say it! Fifth, give him the soldier talisman, don't force him anymore!"

"Why?!" Zhao Yongxiu turned around, pointed at Bai Fusheng who was facing him, and looked at Guo Xiangye and Zhao Yongde: "Are you sick? Who is this person? Why are you protecting him like this? I really want to admit it." Son? Are you old and demented? Who is he? Why?"

The Prime Minister of the State scolded Zhao Yongxiu: "You bastard, if you insist on asking, there will always be a moment when you regret it."

Zhao Yongxiu frowned tightly and stopped talking.In fact, he himself also felt it, but at the moment his heart was filled with anger, being deceived, concealed, and betrayed.

If that person is really the ninth brother, then ten years, twenty years, what is he insisting on?If Bai Fusheng was really the ninth younger brother, why didn't he come to him for so many years, why was he the only one left after everyone knew about it?Could it be that in Ninth Brother's heart, he actually... actually...

Zhao Yongxiu's eyes flickered, and his expression was a little crazy.

Zhao Yongzhou couldn't bear to see Fifth Brother like this.He looked at Zhao Yongxiu, walked over slowly, and said softly: "Actually, I always thought that even if the whole world doesn't recognize me, Fifth Brother will recognize me."

"No..." Zhao Yongxiu was shocked, he took two steps back and looked straight at the person opposite.

Zhao Yongzhou: "Fifth Brother, are you scared? Yes, I am back. I have become like this, neither human nor ghost, you must hate me?"

"No...not..." Zhao Yongxiu shook his head, "Don't come here, don't come here!"

Zhao Yongzhou couldn't walk anymore, he walked very slowly with the wine in his hand.For some reason, he felt a fishy-sweet taste surging in his throat, as if something was overflowing from his lips.

He heard the voices of Guo Xiangye and his elder brother, and saw the shocked and desperate look of Fifth Brother.Then he lowered his head slightly, and saw a puddle of blood on his snow-white clothes.He raised his hand to wipe his mouth, and it was really sticky. He took it off and saw a shocking red on the snow-white sleeve.

Sure enough, I shouldn't be wearing such white clothes today.

Zhao Yongzhou bent his lips and moved his steps with difficulty: "Don't be afraid of me, fifth brother... Come on, let's drink this glass of wine... Fifth brother, I respect you."

Someone has already rushed to support him, it was Zhao Yongde and Jinghe.

Zhao Yongde: "Old Fifth, do you really want to watch people die?"

Jinghe took out a handkerchief, and tremblingly wiped the blood on Zhao Yongzhou's lips, but wiped more and more, until it almost covered Zhao Yongzhou's face.

Zhao Yongxiu first took two steps back in a daze, then his eyes shook and he rushed over quickly.

"Don't wipe it! I told you not to wipe it! Get out!" Zhao Yongxiu pushed Jinghe away, "Why are you here now! If it wasn't for you—"

"Yes!" Jinghe cried and roared: "I killed him! It's my fault! But now, you are going to kill him a second time! Zhao Yongxiu, you are the one who makes him a ghost! You You have no right to accuse others! You are the one who is blind, and you turned a blind eye to Zhou’er who called you so many times! You even sent assassins to kill him, and you always wanted him to die!”

"I didn't! It wasn't me!" Zhao Yongxiu frantically denied.

At this time, Zhao Yongzhou finally couldn't restrain himself, a mouthful of blood protruded out, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, his clothes were stained with blood.

"Old Ninth!" Zhao Yongde shouted.Then hurriedly called for someone, and the third child of the Zhao family also rushed over: "Hurry up and find a doctor, hurry up!"

However, the fact is that the Prime Minister's Mansion has already been surrounded by the Bie Shenwu Battalion. If the soldier talisman is not taken out today, no one will be able to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion alive.

Zhao Yongzhou waved his hand, opened his eyes and shouted with difficulty: "Fifth Brother..."

Zhao Yongxiu stared and shook his head.The eldest brother of the Zhao family walked over, grabbed the man and dragged him over.Zhao Yongxiu was thrown and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to get up, a hand grabbed his sleeve, and he couldn't move any more.

"Fifth Brother..." Zhao Yongzhou shouted, "Why don't you recognize me..."

Zhao Yongxiu trembled all over.

"Fifth brother, do you know? When I sank at the bottom of the moat, I actually regretted it. If I had listened to you and recuperated at home, and waited for you to bring me back a carful of candied fruit from Henan, I wouldn't have ...Fifth brother, did you bring back that carriage of candied fruit?"

"...No." Zhao Yongxiu said.

"You lied to me... a big liar..."

Zhao Yongxiu knelt down tremblingly, "No... The boss who sells candied fruit said that there are too many of them, and they are easy to get damp when they are transported by water. I am afraid they will not be stored for a long time when they are brought back. He suggested that I take the dry road... but I met a man on the road. A group of hateful gangsters, the common people disdain to do it, they only pick on the powerful, they say they want to rob the rich and help the poor... I don't care about them, but if you don't take them back, you will definitely make trouble with me... Later in the siege When the gangsters were in trouble, the carriage rushed into the river, and even if they were fished up... they couldn't eat them..."

"I was still thinking, you must be crying... On the way back, I bought a lot, and I found many shops... Although the taste is not authentic, it should be able to lull you... Who knows When I went back, they said that you fell into the river and drowned... I taught you how to swim, how could you drown? Someone must have killed you... Then someone told me that you committed suicide, You committed suicide because, because Zhao Jing and Feng Buran were going to get married? This is a big joke!..."

Zhao Yongxiu cried while holding his head.

Zhao Yongzhou tried to comfort him: "Fifth Brother..."

"How could you commit suicide? For those two people?! I held you in my hand and loved you since I was a child, but you actually died for two outsiders. How can you let me accept it!"

"Fifth Brother...Brother...Look at me first." Zhao Yongzhou suddenly covered his mouth, a lot of blood flowed out from his fingers, and he couldn't stop it at all.

Zhao Yongxiu came to his senses, and stretched out his trembling hands to hug him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... Brother Wu is here, everything will be fine. Let's go see the doctor, where is the doctor? Doctor!"

He also said that although people in Guoxiang's mansion cannot go out, people outside can come in.As early as when Zhao Yongzhou fell ill, the soldiers from the Shenwu Battalion outside had already gone to the palace to report.

"The imperial doctor is here!" Zhao Yu shouted.The soldiers outside the door hurried in with five imperial physicians.

When being carried into the house, Zhao Yongzhou was still holding on to Zhao Yongxiu's sleeve, "Brother, soldier talisman... soldier talisman..."

The Prime Minister of the State hurriedly said, "Lao Jiu, let's not rush this moment, treat the illness first, treat the illness first."

Zhao Yongzhou vomited blood, and passed out. The last memory is his blood-red skirt in sight, and the panicked face of the fifth brother. crying...

The whole world was dark.Zhao Yongzhou felt that he was relieved, he was trapped in this blackness, and fell into a deep sleep.