Return to the Song Dynasty

Encountered such an accident, the suburban festival team was extremely tragic.Most of the princes and ministers were wounded, and those who were in the front were taken care of by the assassins. Zhang Dun, Zhao Ji and others were not spared, and they died one after another.Master Xu, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was seriously injured and fell into a coma.Mr. Wang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, suffered a serious leg injury, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to stand up again.

However, the most tragic thing is that Zhao Bi, the king of Daning County who presided over the suburban sacrifice on behalf of the emperor this time, unexpectedly disappeared after being assassinated.Zhao Xu was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.Soldiers were sent to search carefully along the Bianhe River every day, looking for Zhao Bi, but they didn't find anyone, not even any news.You can't see people when you are born, and you can't see corpses when you die.

The county prince's mansion was gloomy.The princess washes her face with tears every day. If she hadn't taken care of the fetus in her womb, she might have followed her.How much her love for her husband is, how much her heart hurts at this moment.No one knew how important this man who had just been her husband for a year was in her heart.

He is handsome and handsome, and every time he looks at her, it always makes her blush and her heart beat.He has always spoken to her in a gentle tone, caring for her, playing the piano with her and composing poems, combing her hair and thrushing her eyebrows.He always has endless wonderful ideas, which make her heartbroken.The days with him are so happy and sweet.But now, he was seriously injured and his whereabouts are unknown.

She couldn't imagine the days without Zhao Bi, and without her husband, she couldn't live a day.She didn't even dare to close her eyes, for fear of seeing Zhao Bi covered in blood.She didn't even dare to listen to the news from outside, for fear that what she found was Zhao Bi's body.

Zhao Ji, who was close to Zhao Bi, felt powerless at this time. When the accident happened, he was just a scholar, and he had no strength to restrain his brother, so he couldn't protect his brother at all.Now it is even more inconvenient for a man to comfort his sister-in-law, so he had to entrust sister Huang to bring some supplements to her sister-in-law.

Zhang Dun, Su Shi, etc. were even more helpless. Zhang Dun himself was injured and was stabbed in the thigh.Su Shi is a literati, and he has nowhere to use his strength. He can only follow Zhao Ji, Ma Qi and others to join the team looking for Zhao Bi along the river.Everyone is constantly praying in their hearts, hoping that Zhao Yuji will return safely.

Princess Kang was afraid that something would happen to her sister-in-law, so she went to the county palace to relieve the princess every day these days.The queen mother even went out of the palace in person to visit the princess of the county in the palace, promising that she would never give up and would find Zhao Bi to reassure the princess.And the wives of the princess's natal family were allowed to live in the palace for a short time to accompany the princess.

Back in the palace, looking at the peach jade pendant, the queen mother could not regain her senses for a long time.There is a word "佖" engraved on the back of this jade pendant, which was what she gave to these children back then, and the pattern was specially carved according to their preferences. Every piece of jade pendant is unique.It is absolutely true that this piece belongs to Zhao Bi.The jade pendant was found, but what about this person?Where are people?

In fact, the Queen Mother herself is also very sad. The Queen Mother already prefers Zhao Bi. After many years of mother-child friendship, when her son has an accident, how can the mother not feel heartbroken?The queen mother also understood that after searching for so long, there was still no sign of him. In addition, Zhao Bi was seriously injured before falling into the water, and his body would have sunk to the bottom of the water at this moment.

But she didn't want to believe it, as long as the body was not found, she was willing to believe that the well-behaved child was still alive.Even when Zhao Xu came to discuss with the queen mother about posthumous titles for Zhao Bi's funeral, the queen mother insisted on going her own way and firmly opposed it.He only granted the title of Prince Zhao Bi, but refused to publicly admit that Zhao Bi was dead, saying that Zhao Bi's death could not be announced if the body was not found.

Seeing that the queen mother insisted so much, Zhao Xu must have been too sad, so he didn't insist anymore, and according to the queen mother's wishes, he added the title of prince to Zhao Yu, the title Shen.The palace was also renovated in accordance with the prince's regulations, enjoying the prince's salary, and giving several boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, and precious medicinal materials to try to appease Princess Shen.

In fact, Zhao Xu also felt in his heart that Zhao Bi clearly saved himself from disaster this time, and died for him.My younger brother lost his life, so I have to try my best to make up for it.At the same time, he was very angry about the assassination.You must know that the assassin was targeting the emperor, he really borrowed his courage from the sky, and dared to assassinate the emperor.

"Investigate, thoroughly investigate, who instigated it? It hasn't been found out yet, but the assassin is so stubborn? What do you all do? The imperial court supports you with so much salary, you, you are so useless. Zhen What else do you want?" Furious, Zhao Xu ordered Liu Qi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, and Wang Xuyang, Minister of Kaifeng Prefecture, to solve the case within a time limit.

"Then how did the rebel know the route and time of the suburban festival? How did they just intercept the team of the suburban festival? The Ministry of Rites, the Taishi Bureau, and the guards in charge of the guard of honor that day, the imperial guards in charge of guarding, all relevant information must be investigated! There are traitors!" The more Zhao Xu thought about it, the angrier he became, and he accidentally smashed the teacup in front of him, "There is someone who dares to betray me and join forces inside and outside to murder me!"What a heinous crime!Cut to pieces! '

"Your Majesty, calm down." A group of officials below and above the court were so frightened that they quickly knelt down and bowed to the ground in unison.Liu Qi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Wang Xuyang, Shao Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture, looked at each other, and then said after considering, "I think there may be a traitor, but this traitor must not be an official currently in power."

"Why do you know?" Zhao Xu suppressed his anger and asked. "Reporting to Your Majesty, I was also present at the time. Although the scene was chaotic, it can be seen that the assassins mistook His Highness Shen Wang for His Majesty from the beginning to the end. I also confirmed it with the guards who were in charge of protecting His Highness Shen Wang afterwards. That was indeed the case. "Liu Qi wiped the sweat with his uninjured left hand and continued to report.

"I thought that if the assassins were in collusion with officials in the court, they should know that His Highness King Shen was going to replace His Majesty for the suburban festival. His Majesty was not in the team of the suburban festival. Of course, he would not assassinate His Majesty during the suburban festival. Not to mention seeing His Highness King Shen and mistaking him for His Majesty."

"What Master Liu said is true, and I think so too." Kaifeng Mansion Shao Yin Wang Xuyang hurriedly added from the side. "I have interrogated the assassins. Although they insisted that there was no one to instigate them, they all thought that the assassination of His Majesty was successful. It can be seen that they really regarded His Highness King Shen as His Majesty. Therefore, I also believe that the assassins did not collude with the officials in the court."

Mr. Wang observed the emperor's face tremblingly, and continued: "Although the time and route of my suburban festivals are followed every year, they are not known by ordinary people. But assassins can accurately know the time of the suburban festivals." And the route, it can be seen that someone must have informed that this person is very likely to have been a Beijing official."

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard falling.The ministers were all silent and dared not speak.There are many suspects in this sentence. For example, the old party officials who have just been demoted are all suspects?No one dared to speak easily, for fear of offending the emperor.

After a long silence, Zhao Xu finally said, "Well, there is some truth to it. Liu Qing and Wang Qingzhen ordered you two to do their best to solve the case. All suspected demoted officials can investigate and report as soon as there is news. "The minister complies with the decree." The two adults, Liu and Wang, hurriedly received the decree, and their palms were sweating at the same time. Fortunately, there are traces to follow. If there is no progress, it may not be good.

"Oh, His Royal Highness Shen Wang is really unlucky. He never shows up. He managed to preside over a suburban sacrifice for the official family, and then he was assassinated. Alas, it is really bad luck." "That's right, it's really... I haven’t found it yet, I think it’s more of a bad luck than a blessing.” The courtiers who walked out of the hall in the next dynasty talked one after another, expressing sympathy for the innocent victim Zhao Bi.

"Shh, shh." There were also colleagues who were cautious in words and deeds, and quickly reminded everyone not to talk nonsense. "You don't want to die, stop talking, if His Royal Highness Shen Wang is not unlucky, then the unlucky one is..." After speaking, he raised his head and looked at the sky, it was self-evident who was unlucky.A group of ministers didn't dare to speak out anymore, and walked out of the palace in silence with their heads down.

At this time, the unlucky King Shen was lying on a pile of thatch in the ruined temple, his wet clothes had been taken off, and he was covered naked with a thin quilt. It's warm.The wound on his body was also simply bandaged, and the turquoise herbs could be faintly seen through the bandage.

Two burly youths were lighting a fire nearby.While lighting the fire, he looked at the sleeping Zhao Bi from time to time. "Brother, I think his wound looks like a knife wound. He can't be some kind of gangster, right?" The younger round-faced youth asked worriedly.

"I don't think so. Take a closer look at him. He looks like a scholar. He doesn't have much strength. He doesn't even have calluses on his hands. He hasn't done any work at first glance. I think he is probably a candidate who came to Beijing to catch the exam. Rob it." The older square-faced young man answered while picking up Zhao Yu's wet middle coat, and put it on the wooden stand beside the campfire. "Look at this dress again. It's not an ordinary material. We've never seen it before. It must be the son of a rich family."

"Well, no. Hey, brother, why do you think this young man doesn't even have a coat? When we two fished him up, he only had this coat, which is really strange." A pair of round-faced youths Thick eyebrows, a pair of big round eyes, very clever and pleasing.

"You're stupid, the thieves who robbed him must have snatched the clothes after seeing their value. Could it be that he took them off by himself?" The young man called the elder brother replied.But what they didn't expect was that Zhao Bi really took off the clothes by himself, in order not to be assassinated as the emperor.Alas, it's a pity that the clothes were taken off, but it was still useless.If he was wearing his four-clawed python robe at this moment, the brother who rescued him would probably have been sent to the government by now. Alas, cleverness was misunderstood by cleverness!If Zhao Bi had known this would happen, he probably wouldn't have taken off his coat at all.

"Brother, look at him, he's quite handsome. I didn't look at him carefully just now, but now I take a closer look, he's really good-looking." Although Zhao Yu was pale due to blood loss in a coma, his delicate features and handsome face, Still can't be ignored. "We applied herbal medicine to him, but he still hasn't woken up. Shall we find him a doctor?"

The older young man walked up to Zhao Bi, reached out and touched Zhao Bi's forehead, "The fever has subsided, and there should be no danger. Where can I find a doctor if I don't go to the village or back to the shop? This kid is also fate. It's not that you kid insisted on taking a detour to see Songxi in Yushan Mountain, who would come to this barren mountain?"

"Hey, it's all fate." The round-faced young man scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "It's just that I made my brother suffer with my little brother." Huh. If he doesn't wake up tomorrow, we have to get a stretcher or something to carry him out to find a doctor." The older man patted the round-faced young man on the head and said with a smile, "Eat some dry food and rest early , we took turns watching him at night."