Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

Zhao Rang, the leader of Nanyue Kingdom, adjusted his clothes and put on his sword. He was about to go to the main hall to summon the envoy of Eastern Chu. The queen entered the room in a hurry, her footsteps were messy, and she couldn't stand still.

Zhao Rang heard the sound and looked back, and saw that the queen was wrapped in silver armor, wearing riding boots, without any ornaments on her head, with awe-inspiring fighting spirit, she couldn't help frowning slightly.

It's just that the main wife of the Wuxi tribe in South Vietnam has shared joys and sorrows with him for many years. In this place where the mountains and forests are densely covered with insects and snakes, he was able to reconcile with the Baiyue, treat the barbarians with softness, and achieve great achievements.

Hearing that the queen was in a hurry and still used the old title, Zhao Rang smiled lightly and comforted him: "Why don't we meet? Then the envoy is indeed my old friend from Jinling in Eastern Chu, or my father's elders. It should."

The queen was furious, and said bitterly: "Who is the general bluffing? Is there any time to catch up on the old days? Well, you are a Han Chinese after all, do you still think about your former court? Don't forget, who asked for it?" Your child's life! As a member of the Wuxi tribe, the only option is to fight to the death! The general will see you if you want!"

After speaking angrily, the queen hurried away.

Zhao Rang immediately called his confidant servant, and said: "Haosheng looks at the queen, if she does anything out of the ordinary, report it immediately. Pass down the order, and no one in the palace, including the family members, is allowed to leave without authorization."

The servant took the order and left, Zhao Rang sighed secretly, walked into the main hall, and went straight to the throne.

The special envoy sent by the Emperor of Eastern Chu had been waiting for a long time. He bowed to the ground respectfully and greeted him, "General Zhao, are you all right?"

There was an uproar in the civil and military circles, but Zhao Rang was not angry, and said with a smile: "Teacher Lao is concerned, but I really dare not do it. I don't know what advice the Grand Tutor asks to see the king?"

Hearing this, the special envoy raised his head and looked at the ruler of Nanyue above. The little General Zhao was no longer the boy he was in Jinling, his brows and eyes were smiling and he still showed a mighty and heroic spirit. The greetings were pointless, straight to the point, stating the greatness of the emperor's grace, and the handwritten letter was handed over to Zhao Rang, the tyrant king of Nanyue, for personal reading.

Zhao Rang took the handwritten letter, opened it quickly, held the letter for a long time, thought for a long time, dismissed all the officials, ordered the maids and servants to avoid it, then got up from the throne, and said to the special envoy: "Is this really the emperor's intention?"

"Little General Zhao suspects that this letter is a forgery?"

"No," Zhao Rang returned the letter to the special envoy, and said with a smile, "there is a red seal with the word 'Lang' at the end of the letter, which is exactly the emperor's name. Zhao is just curious, and everyone in the world has said that the emperor's relatives do not recognize him, and he is utterly unfeeling. Don't hide it from the Grand Tutor. , Zhao is guilty of a serious crime, and he already has the idea of ​​burning everything, never expecting the emperor to be so benevolent."

The special envoy naturally understood the contents of the letter, and understood what Zhao Rang meant. The emperor not only allowed Zhao Rang to leave his relatives safely, but the civil and military officials in South Vietnam would not be held accountable. A thousand gold and one promise to Nanyue Wang Chengqiu.

Hearing that Zhao Rang had changed his title, knowing that he had accepted the emperor's kindness calmly, the special envoy breathed a sigh of relief, felt pity for the son of the old man, and said softly: "I just want to wrong General Zhao. Bring Little General Zhao back to Jinling—"

At that time, it is inevitable that the prisoner will be sacrificed, torture will be added, and he will end up in a shameful end with two parts of his head. These words will not be spoken by the special envoy, but Zhao Rang knows it well.

He shook his head and smiled, and said as if nothing had happened: "Since I came to South Vietnam, I have put life and death aside, Tai Tu don't have to worry about it, it's not too late, Zhao will return to the city today."

The special envoy applauded, talking and laughing, the small kingdom in Pian'an no longer existed, and returned to the land of the Eastern Chu Kingdom.

Two days later, Zhao Rang, the tyrant of South Vietnam and a rebel general of Eastern Chu, embarked on the road to be escorted to Jinling.

Before leaving, he failed to see the queen who treated him so affectionately. Only the side concubine led his two children to say goodbye to him.

Under the deliberate arrangement of the special envoy, Zhao Rang still dressed in his usual clothes, and the Wudong Chu army watched from the side, and met his children in the Nanyue palace.

The two children are still young, childish and cute, and they just get together as usual, calling him "Father King" around him, carefree, while the side concubine wipes away tears.

Zhao Rang picked up Jiaoer and his daughter respectively, and after saying goodbye to each other, he solemnly thanked the side concubine and asked her to tell the queen: "Go back to the tribe and don't make trouble. Bring the child up with peace of mind. If there is a chance in the future , let them go to my Zhao family’s ancestral grave to pay respects, and it’s not in vain for the husband and wife.”

The side concubine burst into tears, and asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, what should we sisters do?"

Although Zhao Rang is the king, he doesn't have many concubines. Besides the queen, there are only three side concubines, all of whom are local wealthy women.Except for the queen who had two daughters and one son with him, he did not have any children with other concubines. Hearing the side concubine's question at this moment, he smiled gently: "I'm afraid I will never return after I leave, you... just remarry. "

When the words fell, he took turns hugging a pair of children again, the separation was imminent, even he couldn't help but feel sore, forced himself to laugh at the side concubine, and then warned: "I know that the queen is resentful in her heart, and she doesn't want to see each other. But You must tell her that the national power of Eastern Chu is different from that of the past, so you must not act rashly and bring about your own destruction."

The side concubine nodded with tears in her eyes.

Zhao Rang looked at the foreign woman who was only two decades old, and with a cruel heart, he stuffed the two children under her body and strode out of the palace.

Most of the ministers kneeling in front of the door to send them off were generals who accompanied Zhao Rang's father in the South Vietnam war. When they saw him appear, they bowed their heads and said in unison: "Send off my king!"

Zhao Rang felt relieved, but also feared that the Eastern Chu army would take advantage of this to cause trouble, so he only replied "Treasure", and then walked quickly without words.

At the end there was a carriage waiting, and in front of the carriage was a special envoy with white beard and hair. Zhao Rang thought that he had to bump on the horseback at an early age to go to the emperor's order, and had to rush all the way to South Vietnam just to convey the Holy Spirit. The edict, to eliminate the fighting, added a little respect, and gave a deep salute to the special envoy.

The special envoy returned the salute and said: "Your Majesty has an order, you must treat the general with courtesy. If you want to make this journey back, the general will not be too sad."

Zhao Rang nodded, from the fact that the carriage was driven by four people, it can be seen that the carriage is lenient, and it is covered with leather, so it can't be seen from the outside that it is a prison carriage for escorting criminals. There is only a big iron lock on the door to show that the people in the carriage are not free. body.

"Please, general." The special envoy was a little taken aback when he saw Zhao Rang, he was afraid that this person would change suddenly, and his loyal subordinates who were from the army had not yet dispersed.

Zhao Rang smiled when he heard the words, and said to the special envoy: "The matter of South Vietnam, please do your best. The people here are tough and there are many foreign races. Wanwang Huairou is the best. If we can rule without fighting, it will be a blessing for all people. "

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the master to reply, Zhao Rang stepped into the car.

The Eastern Chu soldiers immediately went forward with the iron chains, bound them twice around the carriage, and then locked the iron locks on the carriage doors.

The special envoy had retreated about ten paces away, seeing the soldiers busy, ruminating on Zhao Rang's words, he felt sad, this man was doomed to die soon, and he still did not forget the political affairs, so it seems that he is a man of ambition.

Just thinking about whether he should take the risk of pleading for Zhao Rang when he offered the emperor the favor, the envoy glanced out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly saw a young woman standing alone half a foot behind the carriage.

The woman was obviously not a Han woman, she was slender and wore the costumes of the Wuxi nobles. She didn't pay attention to the eyes of the special envoy, she just stared at the carriage intently until the carriage left and disappeared. She turned towards that direction and suddenly clenched her fists Put it on your chest, and after such a moment, you turned around and left.

The special envoy's heart trembled when he saw it. Although he didn't understand the implication of the woman's actions, he could also sense something wrong from her dexterity. It seems that there is no deep meaning.

Zhao Rang, who was already a prisoner, was naturally unaware of this. At first he was melancholy about leaving the land that had been painstakingly managed in Nanyue, but he was relieved after a few days. It is a comforting thing that he can still return to his roots in this life.

As the special envoy said, he didn't suffer any hardships on this journey, the carriage was big and spacious, except that he couldn't concentrate on his actions, he was no different from an ordinary returning guest.

The army marched triumphantly to the north, it was the scorching heat, marching under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, trekking hard, not only was there no joy, but because there was no more war, most of them were listless from general to soldier.

But the prisoner, Zhao Rang, was blessed by nature and couldn't be more comfortable. The four horse-drawn carts were caught in the middle of the ranks, not like an escort, but more like an escort.

The distance from Panyu, the king's capital of Nanyue, to Jinling was about 2000 miles. The army did not travel day and night like it did when they came here. They only advanced fifty or sixty miles a day, and it took about a month to travel like this.

With four or five days left before Jinling, camped on the side of the road at night, Zhao Rang had eaten under the watchful eye of the two school lieutenants, and was about to return to the carriage when a young man with the appearance of a general led several soldiers forward , After waving their hands to signal, the two soldiers moved to Zhao Rang's left and right sides, and at the same time showed two sets of shackles, one for each hand and foot, and pulled Zhao Rang's limbs without saying a word, and put them on him.

Zhao Rang saw that the young general had a scarlet embroidered robe inside his armor, which should be of the fifth rank, but he was so young, it seemed that he was not as good as a weak crown, and his white face with a slight beard was arrogant and domineering. He couldn't help but secretly marveled. The pawn asked timidly, "General Xie, did General Cao order this?"

The young general smiled coldly, kicked the pawn who asked, and scolded: "General Cao is a ball, don't you take Second Grandpa Xie into his eyes?"

The soldiers were kicked and knocked to the ground, not daring to get up, and repeatedly kowtowed for mercy.

Then General Xie kicked the kneeling pawn away again, and laughed triumphantly: "Boy, Cao Lin was not in the camp the day before yesterday, here you thank the second master for making the decision, don't be ignorant!"

Zhao Rang frowned slightly. When the Eastern Chu army was besieging the city, and spent the past month together day and night, he noticed that the army was in order, and that advances and retreats were measured.Although the weather is burning like fire, the soldiers are still wearing their battle armors neatly. Based on this alone, the people who run the army must be very capable.

But this "General Xie" was really beyond his expectation, Zhao Rang thought about it for a while, and soon realized that this person must be the descendant of the Xie family, a powerful family in Jinling.

He has spent more than ten years in Jinling, so he naturally knows that among the important families in the Eastern Chu Dynasty, the power of the Xie family is second to none.

When Li Yan, the king of the East China Sea, established himself in Jinling, the great-grandfather of the Xie family was a hero in the founding of the country. He wholeheartedly assisted the Yuan emperor and made great contributions.

Among the six ministries of the current imperial court, the official ministries with the most power and responsibility, Shangshu is also in the pocket of the Xie family.

Zhao Rang heard that the Xie family also had a son who served as the commander-in-chief of the defense forces on the northern front.

But why did Second Master Xie, whose eyes are above the top, have nothing to do all the way, but when the general is not around, why does he come to make trouble for himself?

Even though Zhao Rang was good at making decisions, he still couldn't understand General Xie's intentions.