Tiance

Although he had known for a long time that the queen might die, Bai Jincheng didn't expect it to be so soon, and was really surprised: "When did it happen?"

Master Bao sighed, "It was early today when the court was in court." At that time, the court was still in court, when suddenly a eunuch came to announce the queen's funeral, and Zhao Zhen's face turned pale.

"How is the official family?" Bai Jincheng was afraid that Zhao Zhen would suffer too much. Even if there was no love between Zhao Zhen and the queen, after all, after many years of husband and wife, which man would not feel uncomfortable if his wife died?Zhao Zhen was already a little haggard, what if he got hit and fell ill?

"Although it is very sad, but the body looks good," Mr. Bao said, "You have a good relationship with the official, and if you have the opportunity, try to persuade him to open it."

Bai Jincheng nodded and asked, "When can I go and see him?"

Mr. Bao waved his hand: "The palace is busy now, it will take a few days. You go and change your clothes, I remember you don't have plain clothes, and the guard Zhan also escorted me back just now, go to him to borrow them, I will Go and tell Madam to let the servant girl rush to make some for you."

Bai Jincheng hurried to find Zhan Zhao. His stature was about the same as Zhan Zhao's. Although he was a little taller than Zhan Zhao, it didn't hinder him.Zhan Zhao readily gave him a few sets of clothes he hadn't worn—except for the red official uniform, Zhan Zhao usually wears plain clothes, and the material is still good, even if he is not as rich as Bai Yutang, The family background is also good.

After changing his clothes, Bai Jincheng hurried to find Zhao Liuhe. He had just sent him to find Mr. Gongsun, so he probably didn't know the news yet.

"I was fine yesterday when I asked Brother Huang to allow me to come to Tiance Guard..." Zhao Liuhe didn't expect the queen to die like this, "Then I'm going home first, I still have to be busy. !"

As soon as he left, Mr. Gongsun also started to get busy. As the head of the Kaifeng Mansion, he also had a lot of things to do at this time.

Bai Jincheng also hurriedly went to the mansion to see if there was anything that needed help, so he offered a helping hand.

Although it is not as serious as the death of the emperor, there is also a month of national mourning on the day of the queen's funeral, and entertainment activities such as marriage, singing and dancing are banned across the country.

Although Mrs. Bao has already ordered her servant girl to make plain clothes for Bai Jincheng - Xiaowei Bai is too poor, he has never bought new clothes when he came here, and he always wears clothes from his Tiance Mansion - but it was only a couple of days God, I haven't rushed out yet, so when Bai Yutang came over, he saw his friend wearing Zhan Zhao's clothes wandering around.

"Why are you wearing cat skin?" Fifth Master looked at Bai Jincheng with disgust, "How poor are you?"

Captain Bai looked innocent: "My clothes are all red, I can't wear them now, so I borrowed some from Xiao Zhan. By the way, what have you been doing these days?"

"Buy a house." Fifth Master said lightly.

... a local tyrant!Buying a house is as easy as going grocery shopping!

but……

"Why are you buying a house?" Bai Jincheng was puzzled, "Isn't it good to live in a house?"

Bai Yutang sneered: "I'm not from your Kaifeng mansion, what do you do here?"

"Living here is convenient for us to meet, isn't Xiao Zhan and I the only two friends of yours in Kaifeng?" It's too much to say so ruthlessly!

Bai Yutang pointed to the left of Kaifeng Mansion, "On the street over there, an old Hanlin who returned to his hometown after returning to his hometown sold his house to me. It's very convenient for you to go there or I come here."

"You bought Master Chen's house?!" Captain Bai was shocked, "That house is very expensive!"

Fifth Master looked calm: "Everything is expensive to you."

Bai Jincheng wanted to stab him to death.In comparison, what a good friend Zhao Zhen is, he never speaks so harshly to himself!

So he wanted to see Zhao Zhen a little bit, and comfort him by the way, so when Mr. Bao went to court the next day, he took Zhan Zhao's place and sent Mr. Bao to find Zhao Zhen by the way.

After only a few days of not seeing each other, Zhao Zhen lost a lot of weight again. Bai Jincheng couldn't bear to see it, so he asked him, "Why are you so thin?"

Zhao Zhen sat down beside him and sighed, "I'm so tired. I've been busy with the queen's funeral every day these days, and I'm still sick after a long life."

Bai Jincheng was shocked: "What disease? Is it serious? The child is still so young."

"It's nothing serious. The imperial doctor said he was frightened. He carried him to the empress's coffin and worshiped him that day. The people around him were crying so loudly that he was startled. He kept crying that night and refused to sleep, and then he developed a fever. Now, it's much better now," Zhao Zhen rubbed his temples wearily, and sighed, "I really didn't expect her to walk so fast, I didn't even see her for the last time, and she was still in court at that time."

Bai Jincheng didn't know how to comfort him. It wouldn't be appropriate to say "don't be too sad". Can't you be sad after your wife dies?But he didn't want him to hurt his body because of being too sad, so he had to say: "You must take care of yourself, it's not good for your health. Didn't sleep well these days?"

Zhao Zhen nodded, and said in a low voice: "I don't have anyone to talk to, the Queen Mother, Di Niangniang, Eighth Prince Uncle, Liuhe, Pang Concubine... There are so many people, everyone tells me not to be too sad, everyone follows I said 'sorry and change', but how can I control this? No matter how bad she was before, she has lived with me for so many years, and she is still my son's mother. I can only tell you these words said."

Bai Jincheng patted him on the shoulder helplessly: "You can say whatever you want."

He also started talking slowly, talking about his quarrel with the empress back then, and how the empress had been domineering all these years, "But I'm not happy when she died..." This kind of "unhappiness" has nothing to do with love, But it is also a bit heavy.

"You are a good person," Bai Jincheng said, "That's what people with a very good heart are like."

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly.

Bai Jincheng asked him: "Can you still hold on? Seeing that you've lost so much weight, don't you think you didn't eat well?"

Zhao Zhen sighed: "Where can I eat, I'm not in the mood."

Bai Jincheng frowned: "I know you're not in the mood, but things will pass, and you have to cheer up, otherwise who should the country, the people, your mother and son rely on?"

He thought of his past, "I haven't told you about my past, have I?"

Zhao Zhen looked at him blankly: "Which one are you talking about?"

Bai Jincheng smiled, "Actually, don't look at me as poor. My family was also very rich when I was young. Our family also has three generations of Zhongliang. I was born in Chengdu, so my name is Jincheng. My father used to be a general in Chengdu. Later, I was transferred to Chang'an. At that time, I was still a dandy who had studied for a few years and studied martial arts for a few years, but had achieved nothing. Before the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, I made an appointment with some friends to travel, and I happened to arrive in Chengdu. ...Then An Lushan reversed."

Zhao Zhen lost his voice and said, "What about your family?"

"They were all in Chang'an at that time," Bai Jincheng said sadly, "After Chang'an fell, they all..."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help shaking his hand.

"I knew that when the rebels went to Chang'an, it was too late to rush back, so I left Chengdu. Chang'an had already fallen. At that time, I really felt that the sky was falling," Bai Jincheng said in a low voice, "Then I met The team moved to Chengdu by His Majesty Xuanzong, the commander of our Tiance Mansion, that is, the hereditary British general Li Chengen, had some friendship with my father, and he was with His Majesty Xuanzong at that time, so he accepted me into the Tiance Mansion. The first thing that taught me is that no matter how much pain you have experienced, there is always something that you need to let go of these pains to protect. The family is gone, but the country is still there. I spent several years Time, on the battlefield, I went from a small soldier to a captain of Zhaowu with one knife and one gun. It was because of this belief. You are the emperor, and you can do much more than me, a sixth-rank captain. You can't It's been so embarrassing."

Zhao Zhen was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled at him: "You said so much, just to make me eat well?"

Bai Jincheng raised his eyebrows and glared at him: "Sleep well!"

"Okay," Zhao Zhen nodded honestly, "I will eat two bowls of rice later and go to bed early."

That day, Zhao Zhen left Bai Jincheng to have dinner with him. Chen Lin, who was waiting on the sidelines, was relieved to see that he was finally willing to eat more. When he sent Bai Jincheng out of the palace, he was very relieved and said, "Guard Bai, you still have The way, we have to go to the palace often to explain the officials, these days we are all worried."

Bai Jincheng nodded, and decided to hurry up and get Tiancewei's affairs right when he went back, so as to make Zhao Zhen happy.

After the hustle and bustle of the past few days, the Kaifeng Mansion has restored the order of life in the past, and Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun have time to discuss with Bai Jincheng about Tiance Guard.

Because the Kaifeng government is in charge of the entire Kaifeng city, the area of ​​the government office is very large and there are many departments. In addition to places like courts, meeting halls, prisons, and living quarters, there are also small school yards and Yingwu buildings.This Yingwu building was originally used to house the yamen servants, but because most of them are locals from Kaifeng, they usually live at home, and they only live here when they are on duty.Moreover, the Yingwu Building is very large, consisting of many buildings, many places are vacant, and it is on the side of the small school grounds. It is quite suitable to renovate the barracks of the day's guards. Anyway, Bai Jincheng only plans to choose more than 100 people this time. 200 people, so Master Bao allocated this area to Bai Jincheng.

After the queen's burial, Zhao Liuhe, the new director of Tiance Guard, also came to report, so he began to get busy with the preparation of Tiance Guard's supplies, including armor, weapons, war horses and so on.Bai Jincheng was in charge of designing training programs and so on, and even invited the yamen servants to try out the training. The result was rave reviews. After his systematic training—although it was only a few days—all the yamen servants have improved a lot.

With such busy work, the national funeral is finally over, and Zhao Zhen's son's longevity is also full moon.

The author has something to say: Let me explain the title of "Prime Minister" mentioned in the original book yesterday. The Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty is not the same as the Prime Minister of today. There was more than one prime minister in the Song Dynasty, usually three or two prime ministers Together, the Prime Minister refers to the one with the greatest power among them.