Zhu Nao

At this moment, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji were indeed trapped on the road to the palace.

In one day and one night, what happened yesterday has almost spread throughout the capital.You must know that the people in Beijing are not looking forward to the arrival of King Qin's army for a day or two.For more than a year, the common people have been looking forward to it almost day and night, and also looking forward to it at night.Under the tyranny of the rebels, the common people even began to miss the fatuous court that they had always scolded before.After all, only after comparison can we know that there is no lower limit to being rotten.

But now the extremely rotten Guo and Cui rebels were finally wiped out, and the people heard that the Qinwang Huimeng, which they had hoped for, almost became the Thieves Protecting League. Only by being an enemy of the world can they enter the city and save them from fire and water, that would be a great gratitude to Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji!

Not only that.Last night, the Yanzhou Army and the Shu Army withdrew from the capital and stationed outside the city, which seemed unnecessary to Liu Song and other officials.As everyone knows, this is another dose of reassurance for the people in Beijing!

The people have been afraid of the soldiers for a long time, and the people in Beijing hardly dare to expect that there are any righteous teachers in this world. It is enough for them to burn incense if they only want to replace the rebels without bandits.But the two armies voluntarily withdrew from the city, disturbing the people is the second priority, but this is a frank statement - they have absolutely no intention of offending the people in Beijing.

This is an unexpected surprise for the people in Beijing!

God knows, when the Yanzhou Army and the Shu Army were evacuated last night, how many ordinary people watched them leaving the city, recalled all the experiences of the past year, and couldn't help crying.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji entered the city today, they were greeted by the people in the capital.

The spacious main road in central Beijing could originally pass three or four horse-drawn carriages at the same time, but at this moment it was blocked by the people who came after hearing the news.After the looting by the rebels, there were no longer any wealthy families in the city.However, the people still rummaged through boxes and chests and found many things to give to the Yanzhou Army and the Shu Army to express their gratitude.Some people gave clay pots, some clothes, some quilts, some brushes...the gifts were all kinds of strange things, none of them were valuable things, but they were all the hearts of the people.

Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji naturally refused to accept the gift.The guards of the two people protected the two people as they moved forward, while politely thanking the enthusiastic people.

"Folks, take all your things back. Fu Yin Zhu and General Xie don't need these. Keep them for yourselves."

Where are the common people willing to follow?One by one still stretched their arms and tried to hand in the few belongings they had.

There were so many people that even the guards couldn't stop them.Quite a few people broke through the barriers and came before Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao.

Xie Wuji was riding on the horse, for fear that the horse's hoof would step on passers-by, he had to hold the rein while pushing away the people who had crowded around him, even when leading troops in battle, he was rarely so cramped and embarrassed.As soon as he let go of the horse's rein, someone stuffed something into his hand without paying attention.

He looked down and saw a thin branch of plum blossom protruding from the palm of his hand.Looking up again, it turned out that the one who handed him the flower branch was a child supported by his father on his shoulders.

The child was bony and bony, with sunken cheeks, withered and yellow hair, and a body like a stick. He was not young, but it was still difficult to distinguish between male and female.However, those eyes were dark and bright, like stars at night.The child was holding another freshly broken flower branch in his hand, looking at Xie Wuji, then at Jun Nao, thinking that the other flower branch was to be given to Jun Nao.

Xie Wuji didn't know why, with a thought, he suddenly stretched out his hand to the child.The child was startled, and subconsciously handed over the flower branch.

Xie Wuji took it and had two plum blossoms in his hand.He made a little comparison, presumably the two flower branches were full of flower buds when they were just broken off, but they were squeezed by the crowd, most of the petals have fallen, and there is still a vitality in the barrenness.

He inserted the branch with fewer flowers obliquely into his skirt, and passed the other branch to Junao.

Zhu Nao was also a bit embarrassed by the crowd, suddenly there was a plum blossom in front of him, and he looked up to see that it was handed over by Xie Wuji.He was stunned for a moment, saw the other flower branches on Xie Wuji's chest, and saw the earnest child not far away, he couldn't help but sneered, and also inserted the plum blossoms into the skirt of his clothes.

The common people still gathered around and questioned the two groups of people in a hurry.

"Master Zhu, General Xie, will you take over the capital?"

"That's right. Now that the emperor is dead, all the officials in the court are gone. Governor Zhu, General Xie, you drove away the rebels, shouldn't you be a general? You must be good officials!"

"Fu Yin Zhu! Fu Yin Zhu! Fu Yin Zhu!"

"Thank you, General! Thank you, General! Thank you, General!"

The common people were so excited that they wished to pull Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji off their horses and throw them away.Waiting for the crowd's noise to be a little quieter, but Zhu Nao said: "I am the governor of Chengdu, and the people in Sichuan are still waiting for me. I will go back to Chengdu after finishing the affairs in Beijing."

As soon as this remark came out, the common people were greatly surprised, and rushed to keep him.

"Zhu Fuyin, you can't leave!"

"Yes, you should stay in the capital! You are better than those officials in the imperial court!"

"The people of Shu are human beings, aren't we? If you leave, what shall we do!"

"Where is General Xie? Will General Xie stay?"

"General Xie can't leave!"

Regarding the inquiries from the common people, Xie Wuji did not express his opinion, and continued to move forward slowly on his horse.

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted again: "Master Zhu, are you really the heir of the late emperor? Are you also a relative of the emperor?"

His voice was so loud that everyone around him heard it.The people were wrong for a moment, and they were fried in an instant!

"What? The heir of the late emperor?"

"Zhu Fu Yin is actually a relative of the emperor??"

"Haven't you heard the rumor?"

"What rumors, what are you talking about, tell me in detail!"

"It is said that Zhu Fuyin was born to a concubine in the former emperor's palace, and was sent to be raised among the people because he was persecuted by traitors."

"Really?? Then, isn't that..."

The distance between the capital city and the land of Shu is very far, and there are mountains and rivers blocking them, so about Zhu Nao's confusing life experience, there has been a lot of rumors in the Guanzhong area of ​​Shu land.That person's sudden voice today spread the news.

There was an immediate uproar.

Now that the little emperor is dead, and the position of king is vacant, if Zhu Nao really has royal blood, it will be no small matter!

Everyone's face was full of astonishment, surprise and other expressions, even Xie Wuji paused slightly when he heard that, and cast his inquiring gaze on Zhu Nao.

Naturally, Xie Wuji had heard of Zhu Nao's bizarre life experience.However, for so long, there were only folk rumors, but Zhu Nao had never heard of it on his own initiative.So he had almost forgotten about it.And this juncture was suddenly brought up...it was unavoidably a bit subtle.

Many conjectures popped up in his mind, and he looked at the man who had spoken just now.It's just that the crowd is bustling, and the person who shouted that word has long been submerged in the crowd and cannot be found.

Looking at Junao again, Junao didn't respond.As if he didn't hear the man's question, his expression was still the same as usual, his eyes were crooked, he seemed to be smiling, but he didn't seem to be smiling, he was busy pulling his horse.

But Jing Zhe beside him suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "Fellow folks!"

Seeing that Jing Zhe had something to say, everyone stopped talking and gradually became quiet.

Jing Zhe said loudly: "Nowadays the calamity of thieves is at the beginning of peace, and the capital is in chaos. Governor Zhu and General Xie thought about the difficulties of people's livelihood, so they set up nine sentry posts in the city. They are located at the entrances of the four main roads, the four main roads, and the southwestern gate of the palace city. Outside. If you folks encounter any difficulties, you can ask the soldiers of the two armies for help at the sentry post. The soldiers of the Shu army and Yanzhou army are willing to share your worries and solve your problems."

The people were stunned for a moment, and immediately cheered and jumped up!

Just like what Jing Zhe said, the city is now in turmoil and chaos, and the order is broken. The common people do have a lot of difficulties and troubles, and they don't know who to turn to.Someone is willing to take care of them, of course it is a great thing!

Jing Zhe said again: "Master Zhu and General Xie have urgent matters to go to the imperial city, please get out of the way and let me pass. If you have other matters, you can go to the sentry post to ask our soldiers for help!"

He repeated it several times, and the common people were finally embarrassed to block the road, and finally gradually gave way to a passage.

Only then did Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji escape, and headed towards the imperial city amidst the crowd's eyes and discussions.

……

It wasn't until they entered the gate of the imperial city that the people following behind finally stopped.

Leaving the crowd, Xie Wuji said calmly: "Master Zhu, did you arrange that person just now?"

Zhu Nao asked with a smile: "I don't know which one General Xie is referring to?"

Xie Wuji looked at him, trying to find flaws in his face, but every time he did so he failed.He said: "Does Zhu Fuyin really not know?"

Zhu Nao raised his eyebrows, he knew it.He said: "If I say no, will General Xie believe it?"

Xie Wuji's eyes flashed, but he didn't answer.

After riding for a while, the two turned off their horses, handed the horses over to the attendants, and continued walking up the hall side by side.

Xie Wuji looked ahead and asked calmly: "Master Zhu, are you right?"

This time Junao didn't ask him if it was anything.It's just that Zhu Nao still didn't answer directly, he only said: "What does General Xie think?"

Xie Wuji: "..."

The emotions in his heart were subtle and complicated, and he was a little unhappy.His lips moved, but he didn't say anything.

The two were silent for a moment, Zhu Nao said: "General Xie asked these words, what do you want to know?"

Xie Wuji was slightly taken aback, stopped, and turned to look at Zhu Nao.Rai Junau was born with a fair face, no matter what time he always looked harmless to humans and animals.

But Zhu Nao looked calm: "Is it true or not, does it really matter?"

Is it really important?

It doesn't really matter.

It was the little emperor who died tragically at the hands of the rebels, and he was also the son of King Bohai selected by the eunuchs from the royal family in the past.In fact, if you talk about the order of bloodlines, you may not be able to rank the King of Bohai, but he also justifiably became the emperor, just because he was young and ignorant, his background was simple, and he had no support behind him.

In the final analysis, whether the name is right or not, or whether the speech is smooth or not, cannot be separated from the word "right", and the word "benefit".

What is blood?What is Gangchang?What is etiquette?

When the armies of the princes stood in the way of King Xie Wujiqin yesterday, Xie Wuji knew where he had been wrong all along.He was not a person who kept the old and followed the etiquette, but he thought that if he wanted to pacify the world, he had to borrow the rules of etiquette.But the fact is not the case.

Whether it was the eunuchs who supported the little emperor in the past, or the various government troops who blocked him from serving the king yesterday, these people have definitely not abandoned the rules of etiquette, but for them, the etiquette that can be used for themselves is the etiquette, and everything is not good for themselves. Gang Chang is not Gang Chang anymore, and apart from that, he has to step on it a few times.

So, true or false, it never mattered.What matters most is when and how people use it.

However, although Xie Wuji understood this truth, he was still not very happy in his heart.The calmer Zhu Nao looked, the more unhappy he was.

The two continued to walk up the hall.

Zhu Nao asked: "General Xie, let's make an agreement before going in. I will go back to Sichuan soon. Do you still want to take this muddy water in the capital?"

Xie Wuji said coldly: "Is it important whether I go or not?"

Junao: "..."

Seeing Zhu Nao's speechless look, Xie Wuji finally felt at ease physically and mentally, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and went to the hall.

……

The military officers of each government waited for an hour, and finally waited for the arrival of Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao.

Seeing the two people coming in, all the officers had different expressions, and there were many discussions.As for Liu Song, who was sitting on the main seat, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

He got up coldly and asked: "Master Zhu, General Xie. I agreed with you yesterday to meet in the palace at this hour to discuss state affairs. I wonder what time you two think it is now?"

He had already prepared the draft, and he wanted to censure Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, and characterize them as not paying attention to other government officials.In this way, he can isolate the two of them, take the opportunity to win over the others, and establish his own prestige.

Unexpectedly, Xie Wuji didn't give him a chance to speak at all, with no expression of joy or anger on his face, he said indifferently: "Since it's getting late, please start Liufu Yin as soon as possible, and stop talking about it."

Liu Song: "..."

He was suddenly shocked and angry.What an arrogant attitude!This Xie Wuji, this Zhu Nao, did not take him seriously at all!

He was about to slap the table to make a fuss, when he met Xie Wuji's nonchalant and self-imposing gaze, suddenly his whole body became cold, and his hands that were about to be raised froze.

He almost forgot, why is Xie Wuji so arrogant?Because the Yanzhou army is strong and powerful!Strength alone is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that both Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao are lunatics!Yesterday I led an army of [-] princes from the Eight Routes to stand in front of them, and they dared to fight over without blinking.If this is in a hurry, it is not impossible for them to send troops to flatten the imperial city and kill all [-] soldiers from all the prefectures!

Liu Song faltered instantly, shrank his neck, and put down his hands embarrassingly.

Under the mocking gazes of everyone, he cleared his throat, pretending that what happened just now had never happened, and began to get to the point: "Everyone, now that the court is in trouble, we must work together to restore the country. The most urgent task right now is to investigate Find out the truth about Tianzi’s murder, find out the crimes committed by the rebels, sort out the official documents of the court, and revive Gangji!”

When he said this, naturally no one objected.

Liu Song said again: "Everyone has made great contributions in suppressing the bandits..." After a pause, he glanced at the direction where Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao were sitting, and reluctantly said, "The Yanzhou Army and Shu The military has done the most.”

He paused again, took a deep breath, and said: "All the armies have seized a lot of war profits. Originally, the war profits can be rewarded for the soldiers of the armies, but this is the capital, and this matter is related to the country. Hand over the materials seized yesterday and the thieves captured yesterday, and cooperate with the investigation, so as not to drown in the evidence of the rebellion and the confidential official documents of the imperial court—I believe that you are all sensible people, and the community should be the most important thing!"

There was still silence in the audience, everyone had different expressions, and many people quietly cast their eyes on Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji.

A large group of people broke into the imperial city with noisiness yesterday, all the soldiers were robbing things, although more or less they got some, but Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao were undoubtedly the ones who gained the most.Not to mention that the capital of the two big thieves fell into their hands, Li Cui fled with several carts of things from the imperial city, and all of them were sent to the Shu army and Yanzhou army.

That is to say, the most important things are all with Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, if they refuse to hand over, the power that Liu Song snatches is actually a joke, and nothing can be done.

Of course Liu Song knew about this situation, and was also very concerned about it.Although he didn't dare to offend Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao too much, he couldn't do without arguing at this time.So he repeatedly used Jiangshan Sheji as an excuse,

He searched his brains and thought of a bunch of righteous words, and was about to continue to exert pressure, but before he could speak, Zhu Nao took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"Since it's for the sake of the community, I'm naturally obliged to do so." Zhu Nao said, "The things captured by the Shu army yesterday will be sent back to the imperial city as soon as possible when I go back and order someone to count them."

Liu Song: "..."

Everyone: "..."

All the military officers of the various prefectures were shocked!

Yesterday, when Zhu Nao gave up the main power, they were already inconceivable. They always suspected that Zhu Nao was just putting on a show, and when the time came to find a way to make things difficult for Liu Song, Liu Song would be able to retreat.But now, he didn't use such a great opportunity to make things difficult?He agreed to hand over the spoils so easily? !

You must know that if anyone present here holds these things in their hands, not to mention fighting for the master's power, at least they can offer various conditions for their own benefit.But Zhu Nao didn't say a word about conditions.What is his plan? !

In an instant, all eyes were on Xie Wuji again.

What about Xie Wuji?Is he and Junao on the same page?Will he agree too?Or did he discuss with Jun Nao that one would be a good face and the other would be a bad face?

Even Zhu Nao looked at Xie Wuji, waiting for his statement.

Xie Wuji first exchanged a glance with Zhu Nao, then lowered his eyes again.

The plum blossom pinned to his chest exudes a delicate fragrance, hitting his nostrils, which makes him feel quite good.

Under the gaze of countless gazes, Xie Wuji spoke unhurriedly, with a calm tone: "What Zhu Fu Yin means is what I mean."

Everyone was stunned for an instant.

Even Liu Song was incredible.that's all?He thought that today must be a tough battle, but it turned out to be successful so smoothly?

No one saw that after Xie Wuji finished speaking, the smile on the corner of Zhu Nao's mouth became deeper and deeper, until finally, the smile filled his eyes.

……

After Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao set an example, the other people from all walks of life were reluctant, but they could only agree to hand over all the spoils.With Liu Song in charge, each family also sent people to participate in the supervision to clean up the mess left by the rebels.

So the council ended quickly, and everyone went back separately.

Liu Song had always taken precautions against Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji fighting for power with him.Unexpectedly, it was the generosity of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji that made him secure his position.On the contrary, the other groups of people obviously didn't bring many people, didn't do much meritorious service, and didn't grab much things, but they were there haggling for a long time.

But Liu Song didn't dare to let go of his hanging heart, and after returning to his residence, he paced back and forth in the room wonderingly.

"What are Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji thinking? They really don't intend to fight with me?" Liu Song muttered to himself, "Impossible! They must be paralyzing me, maybe they dug a hole somewhere to wait for me ..."

Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji are a fox and a tiger, if they are really so kind, he will write his name upside down!

He was muttering when someone knocked on the door outside.

Liu Song hurriedly said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and it was his subordinate who was in charge of spying on the information who came in.

The man panicked and said: "Fu Yin, it's not good, something serious happened!"

Liu Song was taken aback, and quickly asked, "What happened?"

The man said: "Right now, there are rumors everywhere in the city, saying that Mr. Zhu Fuyin...Zhu Fuyin..."

"What happened to Zhu Nao? Tell me quickly!"

"The common people are saying, saying that Zhufu Yin is the heir of the late emperor, and also... say..." The rest of the words, the man dared not say anything.

Liu Song was taken aback for a moment, then gasped suddenly.

Could this be the plan of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji? ?Could it be that they are planning to usurp the throne directly by taking advantage of the fact that the court has no master and the throne is vacant? !

Although Liu Song is also an official in the Central Plains, his news is of course better than the common people.Moreover, in the officialdom, he paid close attention to Jun Nao, and of course he had heard of the rumors about Jun Nao's life experience.For this reason, he even scolded Zhu Nao with the people around him: What kind of bullshit prince, he is a complete liar!

When Zhu Nao had just led his army to the Central Plains to participate in the King Qin League, Liu Song also thought about this matter, and thought that if Zhu Nao dared to go to the Central Plains to spread rumors, he would immediately contact various forces to make a plan for Zhu Nao For the crime of rebellion, it is good to take the opportunity to get rid of this cowardly and reckless person.

However, in the past two months, neither Zhu Nao himself nor the Shu army has mentioned this matter, as if this matter is just an unreliable gossip among the people, and it is nonsense.Liu Song also gradually let go of his guard.

Who would have thought that as soon as the emperor died, Zhu Nao would immediately start spreading rumors!

How cunning, how hateful!

Liu Song gritted his teeth at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly became happy.

Although he temporarily got the master's right now, it was because there was no one in the capital.In fact, the forces of all parties are obedient to him, and they have already sent people back to report to their lord, and soon someone will come to compete with him for power.But Zhu Nao's disturbance gave him an opportunity to incite everyone to fight against the enemy.

He has already sent people back to Henan Province to deploy troops and generals. As long as he takes the lead in stabilizing the situation in Beijing, actually controlling the capital, and putting the new court on hold before other forces arrive, he will worry that he will not be able to do so in the future. Is the power in your hands?

So Liu Song hurriedly ordered: "Quick, tell everyone the news right away!"

……

The military officers of all the prefectures soon learned of the rumors in Beijing.In fact, even if Liu Song didn't know the meeting, everyone heard the news.

——After learning of Zhu Nao's life experience, the people in Beijing heard a lot of news about how Zhu Nao loved and sympathized with the people in Shu and managed Shu to prosper.Combined with Zhu Nao's life experience, it is so exciting!

Originally, the previous emperor had no heirs. If a new emperor is elected, it is likely that a group of dignitaries will elect a puppet child who is still young, and then turn the world into a mess.But now—Junao!He has the blood of the royal family, but also is a clear-sighted adult, and he is also diligent and capable. That is an unbelievable surprise!If such a person can inherit the great rule, there will be hope in this world!

Ever since, the news spread at an unbelievable speed, and in an instant, there was an uproar in Beijing.Even if the military officers of the various prefectures don't want to hear about it, it may be difficult.

When the news reached Xie Wuchen's ears, he was worried about when he would be able to lead the army back to Jiangning.

When he heard the rumors about Jingzhong, he was stunned for a while, then shook his head in disdain and confusion: "Then Zhu Nao is obviously a smart person, how could he do such a non-stop thing? It's true that he released such news. Are you going to make an enemy of the world?"

This kind of news spread, saying that it was not instigated by the Zhu Nao faction, he absolutely refused to believe it.

But don't look at the current situation in Beijing, the news of Beijing will soon spread all over the world, and the important officials of various governments will send people to the capital immediately.Especially the several prefectures in the Central Plains will immediately increase their troops to the Central Plains, and it will not take a few days at all.But Zhu Nao's Shu land is thousands of miles away, how can he dispatch troops and generals in time?

Or, just relying on him and Xie Wuji's thousands of troops, he plans to become emperor in the Central Plains?Even if he did, he would only become the second Guo Jinli.How many people in the world are willing to recognize him?

Xie Wuchen's subordinates asked: "Chang Shi, what should we do?"

Xie Wuchen frowned, shook his head and said: "It would be best if Zhu Nao could drag Xie Wuji to be buried with him. I don't want to worry about the other side, clean up the mess here as soon as possible, and go back to Jiangning."

Right now even if he wants to make trouble for Xie Wuji, he doesn't know where to start.If there is still a good show to watch before he goes back, let's just watch it.