Become a feudal king from today

"Father, I would like to give you a drink!"

Zhang family residence. read

Zhao Xu sat on Zhao Heng's lower right hand, the second prince Zhao Qu sat on Zhao Heng's lower left hand, and other officials and generals sat on both sides.

Before Zhao Heng arrived, Zhao Xu ordered people to clean up the Zhang family's mansion and use it as Zhao Heng's temporary retreat.

After settling in, he arranged a banquet to welcome Zhao Heng.

"Okay, okay, okay." Zhao Heng smiled and drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

As he sipped the wine in his mouth, he felt completely relaxed.

Since being trapped in Xiancheng, he has lived in fear all day long.

Now, he finally no longer has to worry about enemies coming at any time.

After all, this is King Yan's territory, now the safest place in the north.

"Father, I respect you as well." The second prince, unwilling to lag behind Zhao Xu, picked up the wine glass.

Glancing at Zhao Qu, Zhao Heng snorted slightly, but still drank the wine.

In fact, he also knew that it was not entirely the second prince's fault that he went deep alone this time.

Without his acquiescence, not a single soldier of the Northern Expeditionary Army could be moved.

Then Zhao Qu poured another glass of wine, raised it to Zhao Xu, and said with a smile: "Ninth brother, thanks to you this time, otherwise my father and I would be in danger, but ninth brother is really hiding it, and there are actually Hot air balloon stuff.”

"My second brother is wrong. I can only say that my father and my second brother have been blessed in the sky. This thing called a hot air balloon was just made by the son of an official under my command. Five of the nine times it flies into the sky, it will be able to fly from the sky five times." It fell, I used it out of desperation this time," Zhao Xu said, looking at Zhao Qu lightly.

He secretly thought that Zhao Qu had grown up in the capital's political arena.

There is a hidden meaning in every sentence.

What he said seemed to be truly flattering him, but in fact, he was telling Zhao Heng in a subtle way.

If he, the King of Yan, hadn't hidden the hot air balloon, they might not have been trapped in Xiancheng for so long.

Beidi besieged the city and they could escape.

"Furthermore, a hot air balloon can only fly more than twenty miles back and forth. If the fuel burns out, it will fall from the sky." Zhao Xu added.

When Zhao Heng and Zhao Qu heard this, their expressions changed at the same time.

It turns out this thing is so dangerous.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but feel a cold sweat on their backs.

"Ninth brother is really generous." Zhao Qu glanced at Zhao Heng.

It means that King Yan actually used such dangerous things to save them, and his heart is to be punished.

Zhao Xu was still very indifferent, he said: "Save, ten deaths and five lives. If you don't save, ten deaths and no life. Moreover, my father is the real dragon emperor. I believe that God will protect my father. This time, my father will go well." Escape from Qinzhou shows that my father has great blessings."

"Hahaha……"

Zhao Heng laughed out loud. He was secretly unhappy at first, but when Zhao Xu said this, he couldn't help but feel happy.

Zhao Xu attributed his ability to escape Qinzhou to his status as the True Dragon Emperor, and deliberately did not mention his own contribution, which naturally gave him full face.

"Ninth brother has recovered from his illness, but he is more eloquent than before." Zhao Qu said with a sour heart.

Both of his tricks were easily resolved by King Yan.

"Thank you for the compliment, second brother. It's true that you can speak well, but the root cause of the disease has not been completely eradicated. Sometimes when you are angered, you will do extraordinary things..." While speaking, Zhao Xu stared at the second prince.

His meaning was clear enough. In contemporary terms, he was telling the second prince that he was suffering from intermittent mental illness.

Don't mess with him again.

Sure enough, when the second prince heard this, his face seemed to be coated with a layer of wax.

If it were true, would King Yan have his generals chop him down if he fell ill?

Thinking of this, he immediately shut up, lowered his head to eat the food, and did not dare to look at Zhao Xu anymore.

Zhao Heng, who sat down, also smiled awkwardly.

Now he can understand all the unreasonable behaviors of King Yan.

His ninth son is really different from ordinary people.

I also felt a bit apprehensive.

However, he remained calm and looked concerned, "When I return to Jinling, I will send you the best doctor in the palace to diagnose and treat you."

"Thank you, Father." Zhao Xu lowered his head with a sly smile on his lips.

After drinking together for a while, Zhao Heng became slightly drunk.

Thinking of the unsatisfactory journey of his own expedition, he felt depressed and couldn't help but sigh, "Xu'er, although my father escaped from danger, General Yang and his soldiers are still trapped in Xiancheng. I wonder what's going on now?"

When Zhao Xu heard this, he no longer hid it from Zhao Heng and said, "Father, don't worry. Ulanba, the land of Beidi Khan, is now in prison in Yancheng. Mulehong really wants his son to go back. It’s impossible to touch Xiancheng again.”

"Yeah, you're right." Zhao Heng felt refreshed for a while and was mostly awake from the wine.

He almost forgot about it.

Thinking of Ulanba's 100,000 troops hiding at sea, he said: "Whose pirates attacked the Beidi army? If we can recruit them for Da Song's use, they will benefit a lot in the future."

"Back to my father, this pirate is called Black Shark. My son also thought so, but he declined." Zhao Xu said.

He knew very well that after this naval battle, the name of Black Shark would be known both inside and outside.

Therefore, I have already prepared a set of rhetoric.

"What a pity." Zhao Heng sighed.

Then he asked about the current war in Yanzhou.

Zhao Xu then told the story about how he ordered his troops to march out of Ningjin Dusi.

"Nonsense, how can a mere 100,000 soldiers and horses be the opponent of the two Beidi royal tents? The Ningjin Dusi is stationed in the Tongniu and Scimitar royal tents. These two royal tents are very fierce. Otherwise, Mule Hongzhen would not have defeated them. Ningjun and Jinjun rewarded them as their pasture." Zhao Heng frowned.

At the moment, he really didn't want King Yan's troops to suffer heavy losses.

Otherwise, Dasong will really be in trouble internally and externally.

After all, the Forbidden Army suffered heavy losses, and if King Yan continued to decline, the balance between the royal family and the powerful clans would be further unbalanced.

The clarion call of war in Beidi has not stopped yet, who can contain Beidi?

Zhao Xu smiled softly, and Fu Er told Zhao Heng his true purpose.

Zhao Heng nodded slowly, "I see. If so, I will wait in Yancheng for a while to see what Mule Hong really decides."

At the same time, he once again looked at his ninth son with admiration.

This east-west linkage not only broke Beidi's east-west linkage, but also made Beidi completely passive.

The most important thing is that he, King Yan, did not suffer much loss at all.

Happy, he drank a few more drinks and was almost drunk.

Zhao Xu instructs the officials and generals to persuade him to drink wine and get the second prince drunk.

At this moment, the moon was shining brightly, and holding the wine glass, Zhao Xu was extremely sober.

For a long time, both the courtiers and Zhao Heng have treated him as a pawn.

This will not change in the future.

In the past, when he was weak, he could only tolerate it temporarily.

But now, he will no longer be manipulated by the powerful clan and Zhao Heng.

They set a trap for him, and he will set a trap for them.

Therefore, based on the last rebellion of the Yuan family, the imperial court lightly let the Yuan family go and only assigned two counties to him as a precedent.

He had no hope of Zhao Heng's so-called "heavy reward" after he returned to the capital.

It would be better to decide on the "heavy reward" on his territory in Yancheng.

And this was also the most important reason why he asked Zhao Heng to come to Yancheng.

Merchants doing business even know how to exchange goods at equal value.

This time he saved Zhao Heng's life and also saved the crisis in the northern border. It would be impossible for him, Zhao Heng, to leave without spitting out something.