Funing Hall

After Zhao Congde was taken away by a stun, he woke up on the way.He was also physically and mentally exhausted, and he was fascinated twice in a short period of time, and the wound on his waist was still there, untreated, and the pain was severe.He knew that he was in the carriage, and he was frightened at this moment, so he didn't dare to yell again.

The driver seemed to notice that he had woken up, and when he went to a remote place, he opened the curtain and came in to see him.

He looked at the groom in martial law, not daring to speak.

The groom was very kind, smiled and said warmly: "Don't worry, Shizi, I was ordered by Shizi Jiang to save you!"

Zhao Congde didn't quite believe it, and looked at him in surprise.

"Look!" The groom took out a jade pendant from his pocket and showed it to him, Zhao Congde took a closer look, it was indeed Jiang Wei's belongings, and he personally picked it out and sent it to Taiyuan Mansion.The groom said again, "Your Majesty wants to kill you, Jiang Shizi ordered the young man to come and save you! Unexpectedly, it was a step late. Fortunately, there are people in Jinmingchi to cooperate!"

Zhao Congde was in a state of panic, and he didn't have time to think about the loopholes in his words. Instead, he believed a little, but he still asked: "Where are we going now? But going to Taiyuan Mansion? What's your uncle's plan?!"

"My son, Jiang Shizi has always been thinking about helping you to the throne. But you know the current situation in Taiyuan Mansion. Since Du Yu left——"

Zhao Congde said angrily: "Zhao Cong is insidious and cunning! He has already discovered Jiang Wei and I's secret plan, but he still pretends to be so far! If he doesn't go to Taiyuan, where else can he go?"

"Jiang Shizi means that I will escort you to the southwest area."

"What are you going to do there?! The barbarians in the southwest are the most difficult to deal with! The scenery is not good, the food and clothing are not good, and it is very wet. I don't want to go!"

The groom persuaded him a lot more, but Zhao Congde refused to agree, the groom suppressed his smile, and knocked him unconscious again with his palm.The carriage drove forward for a while, and came to the side of the river, with a boat parked beside it.The groom cut off the reins with a knife, and swung at the horse's buttocks, and the horse ran away screaming.

He carried Zhao Congde out and threw him onto the boat, picked up an axe, smashed the wooden carriages into pieces, kicked them all into the water, and went down the river.He didn't jump into the boat until there was no more trace on the ground, and the boat sailed south.

Since Sun Xiaoyu married Zhao Ting, she has not had a good life.

When she got married, she was pretty good, Zhao Zongning treated her well, she put on a good posture, and Zhao Ting also behaved relatively peacefully.It's just that after all the senders returned to Kaifeng, Zhao Ting revealed his true nature, and immediately took her, some maids, and her dowry away, and dragged her to another village.

She was blindfolded the whole time, and she didn't know how she got there.

It was only when he arrived that he found out that Zhao Ting hadn't lived in the Zhuangzi arranged by the Prince Wei's mansion these years. He lived in another place, which was a very remote Zhuangzi.He is an abandoned son of the county prince's mansion, very few people come, and no one has ever discovered that he actually lives here.There are very few people serving in Zhuangzi, but they all only listen to Zhao Ting's words.

She wanted to ask clearly, but when she saw Zhao Ting's gloomy eyes, she dared not say anything.

After all, she just wants to live and take care of her family now, so she can only please Zhao Ting.

It's just that she didn't expect that not long after she got married, the news about the empress dowager's fornication in the harem would spread, and it spread well.Zhao Ting had treated her badly at first, and as soon as the matter spread to Songzhou, Zhao Ting scolded her severely, scolding her for being shameless.

Sun Xiaoyu could only hide in her own courtyard, she lived alone in a courtyard, the country village, the place is big, she lived in a very spacious place.She was worried about Empress Dowager Sun, but unexpectedly, Zhao Ting, who had ignored her, came to see her suddenly. She was reading a book, but when she saw him coming, she immediately pressed the book under her body.

Zhao Ting smiled disdainfully: "Do you still think of yourself as the little lady of Yan Guogong's mansion?"

Sun Xiaoyu dared not speak out.

Zhao Ting can beat people, even women.Zhao Ting looked like every Zhao family member, very handsome, but he grew up in such a place, was rejected by others, and his temperament was very distorted.Moreover, he is lustful and good at drinking, and now he has a snow green all year round.

She was afraid that Zhao Ting would beat her again. Unexpectedly, Zhao Ting didn't beat her this time, nor did he drink any alcohol. superior."

Sun Xiaoyu asked in surprise, "What are you doing to pack the box?"

Zhao Ting didn't bother to explain, just said: "We have to leave here."

"Why did we leave here?! At this time, if people find out about leaving here, the people in the Palace will definitely arrest us! Your Majesty will also arrest us!" Sun Xiaoyu raised her voice.

Zhao Ting's face immediately turned cold, picked up the books on the side, and threw them at Sun Xiaoyu's face, smashing one after another, angrily said: "The palace has been sealed! I won't leave, stay here and wait for Zhao Cong to come and kill him personally." I?!"

"What?!" Sun Xiaoyu was puzzled, why was the county prince's mansion sealed?That's Zhao Shiqi's home!

Zhao Ting didn't explain to her, but said: "Someone sent a letter to me that something big happened in Kaifeng Mansion. Let's go tonight! Pack your things and go!"

"I do not go!"

"Aren't you going?" Zhao Tinghan smiled, "Success, if you don't go, leave your dowry to me, I will kill you, and I will go by myself!"

"You dare to kill me? I am married by His Majesty!"

"Hahaha." Zhao Ting laughed, "How long can Zhao Cong be emperor? He kills me? If one day, I will kill him and Zhao Shiqi with my own hands!"

"you--"

Zhao Ting stepped forward, grabbed her by the neck, and said word by word: "Will you come with me?" How could he kill Sun Xiaoyu? If there is no way out in the future, there is a way to save Sun Xiaoyu's life and return to the capital.

Sun Xiaoyu was almost strangled by him, so she could only nod with tears.

Only then did Zhao Ting let go, threatened a few more words, turned and went out.

Zhao Ting only learned about the Empress Dowager Sun yesterday, and today he received an unnamed letter, which only said that the Prince Wei Palace had been sealed, and that the affair between Zhao Congde and the Empress Dowager Sun had been exposed, saying that His Majesty To kill their family.He didn't believe it at first, but at noon, a servant who went out to inquire about the news came back and reported that the county palace had indeed been sealed, and he was shocked to realize that something was wrong.

But he also sensed a trace of vitality. He has been trapped in this place all these years, and he has had enough of it.Now that it's the end of the road, since the Prince Wei's mansion has been sealed, why doesn't he just escape and find a way out?

He wanted to escape from this ghost place a long time ago!

That night, the two of them took a few servants and went south by boat.

Seeing that she was obedient and that the dowry was indeed on, Zhao Ting stopped beating and scolding her, turned around and walked out of the cabin.

Sun Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, she left her wet nurse in Songzhou.Fortunately, her wet nurse was already old and inconspicuous, so Zhao Ting seldom went to her and hadn't noticed it yet.

In Sun Xiaoyu's heart, His Majesty is an extremely powerful person, no matter what the situation in the future, she will never betray His Majesty.She just wanted to live, she shivered slightly, sat on the ground, leaning against the board of the boat, listening to the sound of water outside the boat, she was also a little confused, not knowing where this road would lead.

Just want to live, why is it so difficult?

Zhao Congde didn't go to Songzhou, and Zhao Ting also left Songzhou. After Zhao Shiqi arrived, he was in vain.

It was quite a frustrating thing.

He came here specially to catch Zhao Ting, but he was a step too late.

Since his rebirth, Zhao Shiqi had never been so depressed.

The guards searched the villages and towns near Zhuangzi, and learned that Zhao Ting left by boat and rented the boat from a wealthy family in the town.Zhao Ting didn't hire a sailor, and he didn't leave the pier, so he couldn't find his whereabouts.

He thought about it for a while, and then sent someone to Fujian. Zhao Ting's biological mother, the former side concubine Xu, was there, maybe Zhao Ting would go there.Even if he didn't go, Zhao Ting might still have connection with that place.

Naturally, he can't follow, otherwise Zhao Cong will be angry.

It was rare for him to be a little discouraged, so he took the rest of the people back to Kaifeng.

As soon as I got back to Kaifeng, because it was still in the Dragon Boat Festival, the city was bustling as usual.

Zhao Shiqi walked through the city gate, watching the excitement in the city, he was in a daze for a moment.The people are really the most ignorant, but ignorance is the happiest.They also don't need to know the undercurrents behind the bustle, and they don't need to know that war may be coming, they just need to enjoy this prosperous world.

It's just that the prosperous age has always been the most difficult, difficult to start construction, and difficult to maintain.

Zhao Shiqi clenched the reins tightly, and in the midst of this bustle, he finally adjusted his emotions slowly.He shouldn't rely too much on the memories of his previous life, this life is already different.How many undercurrents are surging, how many wars are coming, he should not die of depression.

In his previous life, he was able to ascend the throne like that, and in this life he can also protect Zhao Cong.

After all, he stood with Zhao Cong until the last moment.

He pulled the rein and was about to go to Jinming Pond, but he saw the ink in front of him.

Yan Mo seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. Seeing him coming, he immediately ran towards him happily, stood under the horse, looked up at him: "Lang Jun! You are back!"

"What happened again?"

"...Hmm." Yin Mo hesitated.

Zhao Shiqi simply got off his horse, led the horse by himself, and talked with Yan Mo while walking.

There is a saying that there is another village in the shadows of the willows, and Zhao Shiqi has experienced it personally.

The nurse left behind by Sun Xiaoyu went back to Kaifeng Mansion secretly, and did not dare to go to other places. She only went to Zhao Mansion to find Zhao Shiqi according to Sun Xiaoyu's statement.Zhao Shiqi was not there, so she didn't say anything, she just said that she was Mrs. Sun's wet nurse.

Zhao Shiqi's eyes lit up: "Where is the person?"

"It's in the carriage! The servant girl is taking her with me, and I'm here to guard the Lord when he comes back!"

Zhao Shiqi immediately went to the carriage to meet the wet nurse. The wet nurse was a little scared, but at least she told the whole story, explaining why Zhao Ting took Sun Xiaoyu to leave Songzhou.Naturally, these words were all based on Sun Xiaoyu's position, but Zhao Shiqi finally caught a clue, and he asked, "Who is it that sent the letter to Zhao Ting?"

"Lang Jun, the servant girl doesn't know, and our lady doesn't know either. It just sounds like he is a powerful man, from Kaifeng mansion!"

"Where are they going?"

"Shiro didn't say it, but the lady did. As long as there is a chance, she will pass the message to the maidservant! The eldest lady had a house at the beginning, which was given by the empress dowager. Mr. Shilang doesn't know, but the servant girl plans to live there in the future and wait for the letter."

"You and I will go to see His Majesty."

"what?"

Zhao Shiqi brought the wet nurse to Jinmingchi together.

The rest of the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, but Zhao Cong has not yet returned to the palace, and the ministers come to Jinmingchi every day for business.

The ministers knew that what happened that day was a hindrance to the royal family's face, and they only thought that His Majesty was unhappy about it, so they stayed here temporarily and didn't think about other places.

At the beginning, Zhao Cong was really worried, but when he spread everything out a few times, he realized that it was not the time to really worry.At this time, he was very peaceful, and he discussed matters that should be discussed with his courtiers every day.

When Zhao Shiqi came back, Zhao Cong was talking to the people in the household department. If there was a war, he would save some money.Zhao Cong also didn't want to make people panic. After all, it seems that the world is peaceful now. He only said that he would exchange more horses from Xixia, fearing that the money would not be able to turn around.

It is well known that His Majesty attaches great importance to cavalry.

Several officials from the household department checked the accounts together yesterday, and they answered very safely today, saying that your Majesty can rest assured that there is enough money for raising horses.

Zhao Cong asked again: "How is the replacement of the salt capital on Huainan East Road?"

The servant hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the money has already been allocated, and this time, I sent someone to distribute the salt capital in person."

"This time, the sudden reissue in the middle of the year will affect the distribution of salt capital next year?"

The servant smiled: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is very full. It can be used for 20 or 30 years." After laughing, he continued, "It's just this, I only tell your Majesty. Externally, I still have to... ha ha .”

Zhao Cong nodded, it is better to pretend to be poor to the outside world, otherwise everyone will come to ask for money.

After asking this question, he was relieved that the national treasury was really full.

He said again: "I'm afraid you have heard about the fact that I want to build a Taoist temple for the empress dowager. Go and discuss it with the person who will be the prisoner. Everything should be simple. Simple and elegant, and you will allocate the money." , and it is up to you to control it, so you don’t have to ask me about this matter in the future, you two decide.”

"Yes." The servant hurriedly responded, for fear of offending His Majesty.

"Also—" Zhao Cong wanted to continue talking, but Rantao came from outside and said softly, "Your Majesty, Lord Eleven is back."

The servant looked very winking: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first and come to see you tomorrow."

"Go."

After he left, Zhao Cong immediately asked, "Where has he gone?"

"It's just outside. I heard that you were talking to several adults before you came in. The gentleman is still carrying the ink. The servant girl is going to ask the gentleman to come in."

"No need." Zhao Cong immediately got up and walked out, asking as he walked, "Are you alright?"

Ran Tao smiled: "Your Majesty, for a man as big as Lang Jun, how could he go to Songzhou for a visit?"

Zhao Cong paused, then nodded: "Exactly, I always treat him as a child—" Before he finished speaking, he stopped his steps and voice.

Outside, Zhao Shiqi was facing away from him.Standing beside him is Yan Mo, and he said crisply: "Saburo don't have to worry, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, right? Besides——"

Zhao Shiqi glanced at the shadow on the ground, he immediately turned around, with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty." After speaking, he walked towards Zhao Cong.

Is it more than three autumns if I don't see you in a day?

Since expressing their love, the two haven't been separated for even a day, and this time they haven't seen each other for nearly three days.

Ever since he entered Jinmingchi, the original anxiety and frustration were all gone, as long as he thought about seeing Zhao Cong, he could jump up again.

He also didn't realize that Yan Mo called him that way, he was already used to this name, and he saw that Zhao Cong was too happy and ignored many things.Yan Mo didn't notice either, she also yelled a lot so she was a little fluent, and she didn't realize that she was called "Sanlang".

Zhao Cong watched Zhao Shiqi approaching, but couldn't help frowning slowly.

Saburo?

Why Saburo?

Even if he wasn't Zhao Congde's son, he wasn't Shishilang, and he shouldn't be Saburo. His biological mother had only one son.Moreover, Zhao Cong later specially sent someone to ask, the husband of the single woman who was killed by Zhao Congde was also the only child in the family, Zhao Shiqi should not be ranked as "three" no matter what.

But Zhao Shiqi had already walked up to him, and the joy in his eyes could not be stopped.

If no one was there, he could directly hug Zhao Cong.

He said cautiously and happily, "Your Majesty, I'm back."

Putting aside the doubts in his heart for now, Zhao Cong looked at the smile on Zhao Shiqi's face, which was very contagious. He couldn't help smiling, and said lightly, "It's good to be back."

"It's just that I failed to do a good job." Zhao Shiqi's eyebrows drooped as he spoke.

"Go in and talk." Zhao Cong took his hand and walked in.

Yan Mo wanted to follow, but Ran Tao stopped him, and said with a smile, "We can go in after His Majesty and Lang Jun call us."

Yin Mo was taken aback, and nodded with a smile.