Song Emperor Jiangshan

Zhao Yuan put the brochure sent by Xiao Shan aside, thinking to himself: It's time to talk to him.

When Zhao Yuan was practicing archery in the afternoon, he still didn't make any progress. The Martial Artist of the Pope's son didn't dare to press too hard. He just said that His Highness is talented and has made great progress.

Zhao Yuan was a little dissatisfied, so he said to Xiao Shan who was beside him: "Qin Shan, didn't you say that my posture is not right, what exactly is wrong?"

Xiao Shan saw that Zhao Yuan took the initiative to ask him for advice, he was happy in his heart, and felt that his brochure was delivered correctly, so he walked over generously, at first he was somewhat modest, just a few words.Seeing that Zhao Yuan couldn't comprehend, Xiao Shan began to stretch out his hand.

He stood behind Zhao Yuan, put one hand on the opponent's waist, and supported the opponent's shoulder with the other, corrected a few movements, and pulled Zhao Yuan's arm leading the bow to make him stabilize his hand.

The martial artist at the side looked a little terrified, the prince's body was precious, how could he touch it casually?Xiao Shan didn't notice anything wrong with his actions at all.He was in the army in his previous life, and there were soldiers who couldn't shoot, couldn't aim, and so on. They all took such one-on-one corrective actions until they learned it.

Xiao Shan has always been dissatisfied with the martial masters in the palace. He feels that the three martial masters are very irresponsible. They neither assign homework nor dare to step forward to correct their movements. Save face, do everything better than him.

Xiao Shan felt that if Zhao Yuan wanted to make rapid progress, he had to carry out the legendary "devil training, the instructor is a beast" - because he himself was also trained in this way.

Zhao Yuan never expected that Xiao Shan insisted on correcting his movements with his hand, and he insisted on forcing himself to practice more than ten times before letting go after he just asked casually.

When Xiao Shan was correcting his movements, he leaned very close to Zhao Yuan, and all the breath he exhaled went into his neck, which made Zhao Yuan feel very uncomfortable, because no one had ever done this before.

Zhao Yuan bent his bow again and shot an arrow, and the arrow hit the red heart.

Xiao Shan clapped his hands: "Good shot! You need to practice more, try to hit the red heart every time, and gradually increase the number of moving targets, because the enemy can't stand there waiting for you."

When Zhao Yuan practiced privately on weekdays, he was not as accurate as today. Seeing that he had achieved results, the young man couldn't help feeling a little happy in his heart. He was in a good mood, and his invitation became extraordinarily natural: "Let's come here today." , I was able to hit the red heart, I want to celebrate. The weather is not bad, and the sky is early, why not go out for a walk!"

Xiao Shan was taken aback, wondering if Zhao Yuan was too easily satisfied?Anyway, kill the moving target before leaving!

But he had no reason to object to the prince's proposal, so he nodded in agreement, and went back to his room to change his clothes.

Taking advantage of the time when Xiao Shan went back to his room to change clothes, Zhao Yuan gave a task to the eunuch Gan Min next to him - after Xiao Shan left, he went to tidy up Xiao Shan's room and see if there was anything special.He wasn't quite sure whether Xiao Shan was writing the booklet for himself last night.

After Xiao Shan changed his clothes, he waited for Zhao Yuan in the courtyard.

After a while, Zhao Yuan also changed into an ordinary robe and walked out of the room.

It was the late afternoon at this time, the spring sun was very soft, the light and shadow fell mottled through the big trees in the courtyard, and the small white flowers on the privet tree fell one after another with the wind blowing, Zhao Yuan was wearing a crescent white robe, The sapphire belt around his waist made his complexion fair and his eyes like lacquer.

Xiao Shan was stunned, and after a while he realized his impoliteness, and hurriedly looked elsewhere.

Zhao Yuan walked in front, Xiao Shan followed beside him, the four guards, two in front and two in the back, left the palace together.

Zhao Yuan was going to talk to Xiao Shan today, he wanted to find a place where no third person could hear him, he had already chosen the location in his mind, the group of people wandered around seemingly casually, but they came to the edge of the West Lake not long after.

There are many tourists in the West Lake in spring, and there are hundreds of boats of various sizes on the lake to carry tourists to the lake.Large ships can carry hundreds of people at a time, and they are used for silk and bamboo orchestral music and food and drink.Small boats can carry five or six people, and there is a big oar at the stern, which the boatman uses to row.There are also some boats equipped with wheels, which can be stepped on with feet.

On the south side of the West Lake, there is a part separated by a small embankment, where the emperor's royal boat is parked, and there are guards guarding it.

When the four guards saw that Zhao Yuan was going to swim in the lake, they originally planned to use a royal boat, but Zhao Yuan spent more than 200 copper coins on the excuse of not wanting to go to the lake, rented a small boat, took the same boat with Xiao Shan, and ordered the four guards to wait on the shore.

It has been half a year since Xiaoshan came to the Southern Song Dynasty. Today is the first time to visit the lake. The lakeside is full of weeping willows. When the warm wind blows, you will feel drunk.The distant mountains are verdant and the lakes and mountains are hidden. It is really a good place to visit.

Because Zhao Yuan wanted to have some private conversation with Xiao Shan, he didn't hire a boatman, but let Xiao Shan row the boat.Seeing Xiao Shan's skillful movements, he suddenly asked, "Qin Shan, you used to be on the river all the time?"

Xiao Shan was taken aback, and said, "Why do you ask like that?"

Zhao Yuan said: "I saw that you are very experienced in rowing, didn't you say that the water is not good?"

Xiao Shan didn't know how to explain it. He received training in the army, which included beach grabbing and pontoon building. In addition to training in driving mechanical motorboats and landing craft, he also paddled rubber boats.

Xiao Shan chuckled, and said: "I'm really bad at water. I used to wear bamboo clothes every time I got on a boat. I can row a boat, but I can't swim well."

Xiao Shan's water combat training in the army is all about wearing a life jacket, similar to the bamboo armor of this era, which can float on water.His swimming performance can be regarded as an upper-middle level. Although he has been trained deliberately, he has not improved much.

Zhao Yuan heard what Xiao Shan said, so he didn't ask any more questions. When Xiao Shan circled the West Lake, bypassed the island in the middle of the lake, and arrived near Sanquan Yingyue, and there were no other boats around, he finally got to the point: "What is the purpose of you giving me that booklet today?"

Xiao Shan said: "I saw His Highness practiced martial arts these days, but there is no progress, I just want to help a group."

Zhao Yuan silently weighed in his heart, if he and Xiao Shan clarified some things, how likely is he to win, and how likely is the other party to be willing to tell the truth to him.

He thought about it in his heart, and felt that he was quite sure, so he smiled and said, "Is that true, isn't it Qin Hui's instigation?"

Xiao Shan never expected that Zhao Yuan would ask such a question, he felt a little unhappy, but when he raised his eyes, he saw two big willow trees on the bank in the distance.Their current position is very far away from the east bank, and the two big willow trees are only a small spot.

Xiao Shan threw away the paddle, let the boat float on the lake, pointed to the two dots and said, "Does Your Highness still remember those two trees?"

Zhao Yuan didn't understand what it meant, Xiao Shan said: "When the minister and His Highness met, His Highness once said, 'You must firmly remember the location of these two big trees, if I forget in the future, you must remind me' .”

Zhao Yuan knew that Xiao Shan was talking about the fact that the two buried Zhang Xian and Yue Yun together that day.

Zhao Yuan remained silent, he still had a big doubt about this matter in his heart.

Xiao Shan said slowly: "I know Your Highness has always suspected that I am a spy sent by Qin Hui, a spy. My identity is here, and you won't believe the hype. But please think about it, Your Highness, if I really If you were on the same side as Qin Hui, why did I help you bury Zhang Xianyueyun's body in the first place?" Xiao Shan was a little annoyed, and used "you" and "I" indiscriminately.

Zhao Yuan looked at Xiao Shan, Xiao Shan also stared at Zhao Yuan, neither of them said anything, they both hoped to see what the other was thinking from the other's eyes.

After a while, Zhao Yuan slowly said: "When I left the palace with my front foot, Qin Hui entered the palace with my back foot to face the saint, and suggested that I should move out of the palace. From the time I returned to the palace to the time Qin Hui entered the palace, it was only a stick of incense. How can you prove that you didn’t leak the fact that I went out of the palace to the execution ground and buried the bodies of the two generals? If you can’t prove this to me, I still can’t believe you.”

Xiao Shan didn't know at all that Zhao Yuan moved out of the palace, and Qin Hui was involved in it, let alone that the matter happened to this point.

He suddenly remembered that when Zhao Yuan met him for the first time, he suspected that he was a spy who was going to follow him.

Xiao Shan spread his hands helplessly: "Your suspicion is indeed very reasonable. As Qin Hui's adoptive son, of course I want to inform him. It was not a coincidence that I met you that day, but a long-planned plan. That night you and I met each other. I broke up with you, and I ran to report to Qin Hui, and Qin Hui went to the palace overnight to trip you up in front of the emperor, and the time coincided. I really have no way to prove that I did not leak this matter."

When Zhao Yuan heard this, a look of disappointment appeared on his face. In his heart, he secretly hoped that Xiao Shan could present strong evidence to refute his guess.

After Xiao Shan finished speaking, he paused.He couldn't wash his innocence with words, and he didn't expect Zhao Yuan to have such a deep prejudice against him.If he stayed in the palace like this, no matter what he did, he would only be regarded by Zhao Yuan as having ulterior motives or deliberate fraud.

Xiao Shan decides to take a risky move and take a gamble.If he wins, Zhao Yuan will no longer doubt himself out of nothing; if he loses, there are many thieves at the junction of Song and Jin, and there are also many rebels in Jiangbei who are not bound by Song and Jin.

He stood up slowly and walked in front of Zhao Yuan.

The boat swayed from side to side following Xiao Shan's footsteps, Zhao Yuan quickly stretched out his hand to hold the side of the boat.

Xiao Shan walked up to Zhao Yuan and sat down, saying word by word: "But at least I can prove one point!"

Zhao Yuan slightly raised his eyebrows: "Which point?"

Xiao Shan stretched out his hand fiercely, grabbed Zhao Yuan's arm, twisted his hand, and twisted Zhao Yuan's arm behind his back, while his other hand tightly wrapped around Zhao Yuan's neck.

Zhao Yuan was tightly bound by Xiao Shan, and suddenly realized that the other party had actually grown taller than himself in the past two months!

Xiao Shan's voice had a hint of danger, and even a hint of anger: "That is, if I want to harm you, I don't need to tell the truth behind my back. I can let you die at the bottom of the lake right now!"

It will be more conducive to negotiation to prove one's own strength, deter the other party, and then appease the other party and show sincerity.

Xiao Shan has used it many times on his soldiers and even his comrades-in-arms, and it has been tried and tested.

The boat the two were on quickly swayed from side to side.

Zhao Yuan didn't struggle, but said calmly: "If you murder the emperor's heir, it will be a great crime to punish the nine clans, and Qin Hui can't get rid of it."

Xiao Shan replied very simply: "I will disappear with you. After you are buried at the bottom of the lake, I can hide in the countryside. Qin Hui will find someone to pretend to be my dead body, and treat my adoptive parents well. I will have nothing to lose!" "

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "What you said seems to be correct. Qin Hui can completely shirk the responsibility on the spies, assassins, and Jin people. I am not the only adopted son in the official family. He will not and dare not pursue it too much. Now that he has thought Well, why don't you do it yet?"

Xiao Shan took a deep breath, he saw the expression of regret on Zhao Yuan's face, he thought Zhao Yuan had given in.Then he slowly let go of his hand and said, "I won't do this because..."

Before he could say a word, someone tripped him suddenly, Xiao Shan was completely unprepared, his legs bent slightly, a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, Xiao Shan instinctively dodged back, feeling that something sharp had pierced his chest on the chest.

The strong sense of crisis caused Xiao Shan to react instinctively. His limbs reacted faster than his brain. With a sweep, he kicked towards the source of danger, and at the same time threw himself on the opponent, trying to subdue him.

With a plop, the two fell into the water at the same time.

As soon as Zhao Yuan entered the water, his whole body was like a loach, he easily broke free from Xiao Shan's confinement by twisting his waist, and quickly swam to a distance of ten meters away from Xiao Shan.

Zhao Yuan's voice was full of regret: "Qin Shan, I regret that I have to go back and tell my guards that you died protecting me. I thought you had to have some difficulties. But I didn't expect that after you were exposed by me, you would Angry and angry, I want to murder the emperor's heir."

When Xiao Shan knew this, he realized that there was a dagger stuck in his chest, and he felt severe pain.

Zhao Yuan continued: "I actually regret asking you out today. If the two of us stayed in the palace, it wouldn't be like this. If you die, I might miss you occasionally. After all..." said here , Zhao Yuan's voice was a little low, "After all, I once regarded you as a friend, although this friend only did it for less than half a day."

After Zhao Yuan said these words, he didn't swim far away, he just stepped on the water at a safe distance, Xiao Shan knew that Zhao Yuan was waiting for his strength to run out, and came to kill him to silence him.And be able to retrieve the dagger as evidence of the murder weapon.

The sky has gradually darkened, there are fewer and fewer tourists on the lake, and there are no tourists passing by around.

Xiao Shan knew that after Zhao Yuan went back, he could spend his time making up a perfect story about the prince going on a boat, encountering assassins, and reading stories about the heroic savior.And Qin Hui just lost one spy, so he wouldn't suffer too much loss, and would even try to find a way to install someone similar to himself into the palace.

The contest between Zhao Yuan and Qin Hui will continue, but he, Xiao Shan, will not have a chance to live again.

Xiao Shan knows very well that Zhao Yuan must not be allowed to succeed now, he needs to catch Zhao Yuan and force him to bring him back to the shore.

But now he can't chase Zhao Yuan and force him to submit, because he is injured, and his physical strength will be exhausted first when he chases.Moreover, Zhao Yuan had been preparing for a long time, and he just made up a temporary idea. No wonder Zhao Yuan asked about his water quality. It turned out to be to judge where the terrain advantage was.

He looked at the empty boat not far from him, as long as he could swim to the boat, he would have a chance to treat his wounds, as long as he arrived on land safely today, Zhao Yuan would have nothing to do with him.

Now, Xiao Shan no longer fantasizes about Zhao Yuan's trust, he is now at a disadvantage, no matter what he says, even if it is crying bitterly and begging for mercy on his knees, Zhao Yuan will only think it is an excuse for fear of death.

Xiao Shan felt very regretful in his heart, he lost the bet he made.It was only after his failure that Xiao Shan realized that the one in front of him was raised in the deep palace, a prince with high vigilance, a strong sense of defense, always aloof and privileged, and not his comrades who were equal to him, let alone his soldiers.The other party doesn't follow his own set.

Zhao Yuan has been waiting for Xiao Shan to run out of strength, he can see that Xiao Shan is lying, Xiao Shan can swim, but the simple thing is that the opponent's skills are not as good as his own.

He saw that Xiao Shan didn't chase him, and didn't run away, so he purposely swam a little further away from Xiao Shan, luring Xiao Shan to chase him, so as to consume Xiao Shan's energy.

But immediately, he discovered Xiao Shan's intention.

Xiao Shan's eyes fell on the small boat not far away, Zhao Yuan paddled his arms vigorously, kicked the water with both legs, and swam towards the small boat, he couldn't let this small boat be snatched away by Xiao Shan.

At the same moment, Xiao Shan also understood Zhao Yuan's thoughts, and they used their greatest strength to sprint towards the boat in different directions.

Halfway through Zhao Yuan's swim, he suddenly realized that he was going in the same direction as Xiao Shan, so he would be too close to Xiao Shan, which was very dangerous.He hurriedly turned around, but Xiao Shan was better, he had expected such a result a long time ago, he didn't swim to the boat at the beginning, but blocked Zhao Yuan halfway.

By the time Zhao Yuan turned around, it was already too late.

Xiao Shan successfully caught Zhao Yuan, having the experience of being slipped away by Zhao Yuan when he just fell into the water, Xiao Shan was very cautious this time, he used all his strength, and hit Zhao Yuan's vitals as soon as he came up.

Xiao Shan tightly hugged Zhao Yuan and dragged him to the bottom of the water.No matter how much Zhao Yuan struggled, he would not let go.

Zhao Yuan struggled fiercely at first, but later on, his hands and feet gradually softened, and finally remained motionless.

Xiao Shan was afraid that Zhao Yuan was pretending to be unconscious, so he put his hand into Zhao Yuan's clothes and pressed against Zhao Yuan's chest to test his heartbeat.

It wasn't until he felt Zhao Yuan's heartbeat slowed down that Xiao Shan brought Zhao Yuan to the surface of the water slowly.

The sky was dusky, Zhao Yuan's face became pale, his eyes were closed tightly, Xiao Shan stretched out his hand to check Zhao Yuan's breath, there was still a faint breath.

Seeing Zhao Yuan like this, Xiao Shan felt a powerless sense of frustration.Maybe I shouldn't have shown such an intention to stand firmly on Qin Hui's side in the first place.

He knew that after today's incident, it was impossible for Zhao Yuan to believe in himself again.

The dagger on Xiao Shan's chest was pulled out as early as when he blocked Zhao Yuan, because he was afraid that the weapon would be snatched by Zhao Yuan.At this moment, the wound on his chest was already white with blisters, and the pain came in bursts, and Xiao Shan's strength was almost exhausted.

Xiao Shan dragged Zhao Yuan to swim towards the small boat, he spent a lot of effort to drag Zhao Yuan onto the small boat.

Zhao Yuan was still in a coma, he was breathing in but not out, Xiao Shan didn't want the other party to die like this, but he was afraid that he would come back to pester him after he was revived.Xiao Shan thought for a while, then tore his clothes into strips and bound Zhao Yuan's hands and feet.

After confirming that Zhao Yuan couldn't break free, he pinched Zhao Yuan's nose and gave him artificial respiration.

After several times, Xiao Shan's lips slowly moved away from Zhao Yuan's. He found that Zhao Yuan's eyes had been opened, and he was glaring at him. Under the light, it looks very beautiful.

Xiao Shan sighed, and said: "You can think whatever you like, I really don't have any intention of harming you, otherwise when you just fell unconscious, I would choose to kill you instead of saving you. After you go back, is it It has nothing to do with me to continue to endure Qin Hui, or to send someone to assassinate him."

Zhao Yuan coughed hard, his lungs were still choking with water.

Xiao Shan was very frustrated and said to himself: "I never told anyone about the fact that you left the palace that day and buried Yue Yun and Zhang Xian. I am not Qin Hui's adopted son, it was him who suddenly behaved like this during a banquet I said it. In front of the emperor, I had no way to contradict him. I could only acquiesce. Besides, I had already offended you at that time, so I had no choice but to stand on Qin Hui’s side and say some shameless words. Wangfu, sooner or later you will understand my position and my character. As for why you must squeeze into Wangfu, I can only say that because I am optimistic about you, I think you will become the master of ZTE in the future, and I If you want to do something, you must have a good relationship with you, so I deliberately made friends with you. Whether you believe it or not, I have finished what I have to say."

After Xiao Shan finished speaking, he stood up and began to slowly bandage the wound on his chest.

Zhao Yuan suddenly asked: "Are you planning to leave the palace?"

Xiao Shan nodded and said: "Yes, since I can't gain your trust, and I can't change your opinion of me, I don't think there's any point in staying any longer. Besides, Yue Fei was so heroic back then, but he died unjustly. Middle. It can be seen that there is no hero in the Song court. I should also be a warning to my predecessors and stop having some unrealistic fantasies. It doesn’t matter if I tell you, I am going to cross the Yangtze River and go to Jiangbei occupied by the Jin soldiers. Local hero, wait for the opportunity to rise up to fight against gold. If there is fate in the future, maybe we will see you again, but this possibility is not very great."

When Xiao Shan spoke, he had already bandaged his wound, and he said to Zhao Yuan: "If I leave, my adoptive father and mother will definitely be murdered by Qin Hui. I hope you can follow your original thinking and say that I did it for To protect you and die, so that Qin Hui will not think that I ran away privately, and my adoptive father and adoptive mother can at least live in peace."

Xiao Shan's expression was gloomy, and he stood up slowly. After resting for a while, his strength recovered a lot, and he was ready to dive into the water and swim away. Then he went north, or joined the army or crossed the river, creating a new world for himself.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan suddenly shouted from behind: "Wait!"

Xiao Shan didn't turn his head back: "I tied your hands and feet because I was afraid that you would come and kill me again. Don't worry, after I swim to the shore, someone will notify the guards of the palace waiting on the shore to rescue you."

With a plop, Xiao Shan jumped into the water.

Zhao Yuan shouted: "I'm not going to talk about this, I just want to ask, I had an appointment to meet at Qingbo Gate that day, why didn't you go?!"