Song Emperor Jiangshan

Because the next development of the matter is not in Xiao Shan's control at all, but in whether Zhao Yuan's letter can move Zhao Gou's heart.

Xiao Shan also didn't intend to secretly look at Zhao Gou's face at this time, the emperor would not like people to speculate on the holy will, and Xiao Shan could not cause Zhao Gou's unhappiness now.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Zhao Gou's voice finally sounded: "You all go down!"

Xiao Shan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it was the emperor who planned to have a private talk with him.

After everyone in the hall had gone down, Zhao Gou waved to Xiao Shan: "Come here!"

Xiao Shan stepped forward, Zhao Gou said: "Raise your head, let me have a look!"

Xiao Shan raised his head, looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose.But I heard Zhao Gou ask: "What's your name? Looking at it strangely, you must not be a guard in this palace."

Xiao Shan almost spat out a mouthful of blood, just as he was about to say who he was, a thought suddenly moved in his mind.

It is true that Zhao Gou did not recognize himself, but if Zhao Gou knew that he had sneaked into the palace, would it arouse his vigilance?Because this means that anyone in the palace can sneak in, and the safety of the emperor is very threatened.If Zhao Gou once became disgusted with him, then Zhao Yuan might also be implicated as well.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shan said: "The officials have seen the minister, and three years ago, the minister also went to the palace to have a face-to-face. It is Qin Shan, the adopted son of Qin Xianggong, who later changed his name to Xiao Shan."

He mentioned Qin Hui everywhere in his words, and he also hoped that if Zhao Gou was upset, he would immediately feel unhappy with Qin Hui in his heart.

Zhao Gou looked Xiao Shan up and down again, and laughed: "So it's you. I mean, I feel a little familiar, but I just can't remember it. You have changed a lot in the past few years. When did you return to Beijing? "

Xiao Shan said: "Ever since I was able to escape from the capital with the protection of the officials that year, I never forgot your majesty's kindness in the past few years. I should have been notified and summoned before entering the palace, but because the minister was afraid of being killed by Qin Xianggong learned that Xie En was murdered before he entered the palace, and the death of the young minister is not a pity, but it cannot bring the King Pu'an's love for his father to him."

Zhao Gou nodded, and didn't ask how Xiao Shan got in. He just asked, "When you're in Xiuzhou, have you seen Yuan Yuan? Is he okay?"

Xiao Shan said: "It's not very good."

Zhao Gou's face immediately showed concern, Xiao Shan remembered what Han Shizhong said that day, Zhao Gou basically didn't know anything about the local affairs, and was controlled by Qin Hui, so he said: "The minister has been in Huaixi for the past two years, and there have been many thieves. , was ordered by the imperial court to quell the chaos, and half a year ago when we quelled the monsters in Xuanzhou, I ran into Prince Pu'an and saw that he had lost a lot of weight."

Zhao Gou was taken aback, and asked, "The monsters in Xuanzhou are making trouble? How could I not know..." Halfway through the speech, he consciously made a slip of the tongue, and the emperor didn't know about the rebellion below, which shows that he failed.

Xiao Shan pretended to be surprised, and said: "Xuanzhou demons and thieves have gathered tens of thousands, and the imperial court suppressed them for almost two years. I followed the military order of the Privy Council. If your majesty doesn't believe it, just ask Qin Xianggong."

Zhao Gou snorted, and his face became ugly. At the beginning, Qin Hui transferred the front office privately, but he didn't expect that after three years, even the local troops could be transferred at will.

Seeing that Zhao Gou's anger and dissatisfaction had been successfully transferred to Qin Hui, Xiao Shan took the opportunity to say, "The King of Pu'an misses the official family day and night, and has not heard from the official family for a long time. I don't know if the official family is safe. You want to go to Beijing, so you deliberately dragged me to deliver the letter."

Zhao Gou picked up Zhao Yuan's letter and read it twice, and then tore it up with a bang.

Xiao Shan was startled when he saw Zhao Gou's action. He didn't know what Zhao Gou meant, but Zhao Gou didn't just tear the torn letter paper in half, and then overlapped the torn letter paper. Knead into a ball and tuck into a sleeve.

Xiao Shan knew that it was Zhao Gou who didn't want others to know that Zhao Yuan had written to him.

Zhao Gou walked around the hall for two steps, frowning tightly, after a while, he suddenly raised his head and asked Xiao Shan: "Yuan Yuan is still so ignorant now, do you want to make trouble with Mr. Qin?"

Xiao Shan said: "The Qin thieves bullied the emperor and harmed the people. The king of Pu'an hated him day and night, and so did the minister. Your majesty has favored him, so saying this will definitely offend Long Yan, but since your majesty asks, the minister also hates him." Don’t dare to say a word against your will.”

The corner of Zhao Gou's mouth revealed an almost undetectable smile. Over the years, Qin Hui took power and slowly emptied Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou was already very dissatisfied, and wanted to find someone to check and balance Qin Hui, but it was not easy to find.

Hearing what Xiao Shan said now, he thought over and over in his heart, and finally said: "Since his filial piety period is over, he shouldn't stay in Xiuzhou all the time, it's not good if the Prince's Mansion of Pu'an County is always empty."

Xiao Shan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Zhao Gou said: "I will order him to return to Beijing."

Xiao Shan bowed and said: "Pu'an County King will be loyal and filial if he can see his face again." Speaking of this, Xiao Shan suddenly remembered that if Zhao Gou made an order, he would definitely not be able to bypass Qin Hui's hurdle.If Qin Hui obstructed him, according to Zhao Gou's character, he might be capricious again.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shan pretended to be suspicious: "It's just that Qin Xianggong doesn't want to see the county king..."

Zhao Gou's face turned cold, and he said solemnly: "He dares!"

Xiao Shan said: "Do you remember the assassination of His Royal Highness Jiuhuang Mountain three years ago? The road from Xiuzhou to Lin'an was not peaceful. I have encountered three bandits when I came this time. I am worried that if the king of Pu'an County will be killed by this On the road, if there is a mistake, wouldn't it be bad?"

Zhao Gou thought for a while, and felt that what Xiao Shan said made a little sense, and said, "What do you think?"

Xiao Shan said: "I think, it's better to let the king of Pu'an go back to Beijing secretly. Firstly, His Majesty can reunite father and son, and secondly, there will be no troubles." Of course, if Zhao Yuan can come back secretly, Qin Hui can be bypassed. Agreeing to this hurdle, when Zhao Yuan returned to the capital, it was a done deal, and it was impossible for Qin Hui to drive people back.

Zhao Gou also felt that if he made a decree tomorrow, he might have to argue with Qin Huifei again, so he said, "It's best if you think carefully. How about this, I will write a hand letter, and you will go and bring Yuan Yuan back in person. .”

Xiao Shan was stunned for a moment, he never expected that Zhao Gou would send himself to escort Zhao Yuan back, but he must not show the slightest hesitation at this moment, even bowed and answered yes.

Zhao Gou immediately picked up his pen, wrote a reply letter, and sent it to Xiao Shan.When Xiao Shan was about to leave, Zhao Gou suddenly asked: "You have been in Jianghuai these few years, is the border still safe?"

Xiao Shan didn't know the meaning of Zhao Gou's sudden question, so he said, "On the surface, it's safe, but I pretended to have seen Jin Guo's Longhuwei General Wan Yanliang cross the river to spy, it seems that he is planning to plot something wrong. "

Zhao Gou breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry about him, as long as there is no conflict on the border between Song and Jin, the world will be considered peaceful!" If the two countries don't go to war, it's fine if you don't make yourself adrift at sea. It would be even better if Qin Hui could die of old age and sickness sooner...

Xiao Shan didn't know what was in Zhao Go's mind. He clearly felt Zhao Gou's dissatisfaction and resentment towards Qin Hui, but it seemed that Zhao Gou had no intention of getting rid of Qin Hui at all.It can be said that he and Zhao Gou have no friendship or relationship at all, and of course it is impossible for Zhao Gou to confide in himself, to persuade Zhao Gou to get rid of Qin Hui as soon as possible, only Zhao Yuan can do it.

Zhao Gou asked Xiao Shan again if he was short of money, and after doing something, he opened his private treasury and rewarded him with 20 taels of gold as travel expenses.

When Xiao Shan left Lin'an, he specifically explained to Shi Quan, telling him not to assassinate Qin Hui recklessly. Xiao Shan was really worried that Shi Quan's assassination failed like in history, and he was torn apart by a car in the city.

Assassination is not impossible, but it is better as icing on the cake rather than purely risky.

Seeing Xiao Shan's solemn expression, Shi Quan and Yu Mo made an oath to the sky: When the situation is unclear, they will never act rashly.

During the period, when Xiao Shan was walking on Lin'an Street, he saw Qin Xi from across the street. Qin Xi was riding a tall horse and wearing brocade robes, with a high-spirited look, obviously he didn't see Xiao Shan across the street.

It took Xiao Shan a full month to do this in Lin'an City before he got Zhao Gou's handwritten edict. Because he was afraid that Zhao Gou would change his mind temporarily (this kind of thing happened before), he didn't dare to take the edict for a while. After staying there, he galloped out of the city and ran five hundred miles in a day and night. When he was convinced that Zhao Gou would not be able to catch up even if he changed his mind, he slowed down and walked for two days before arriving at Zhao Yuan's residence in Xiuzhou.

After the Lantern Festival that day, Zhao Yuan stayed in Zhenjiang City for one night, and transferred to Xiao Shan's residence the next afternoon, and learned that Xiao Shan had gone home to engage in marriage.He originally planned to spend two more days in Zhenjiang, but for some reason, he lost his mood and returned to Xiuzhou on his own.

He was still counting the days in his mind, and he didn't know when Xiao Shan would set the date of marriage, when he suddenly heard someone outside announce: "Your Highness, General Xiao is visiting."

Zhao Yuan stood up abruptly, walked towards the door, after taking two steps, he realized that this was probably the day when Xiao Shan came to tell him about getting married, although Zhao Yuan had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his heart , and even regretted persuading Xiao Shan to get married.

When Zhao Yuan was full of emotions, he suddenly raised his head and saw the man standing in the courtyard with a vigorous figure. Although he was wearing an ordinary green cloth robe, his heroic aura could not be concealed by ordinary clothes.A pair of eyes are bright and bright, and his skin is a healthy wheat color. When he walks, his steps are steady. The sun is falling around him, forming a somewhat dazzling light.

Zhao Yuan stood still, Xiao Shan went straight to him and stood still.

Xiao Shan said: "I came because I have a happy event to tell His Highness."

Zhao Yuan only felt his heart pounding, knowing that he was coming to tell him about the wedding date, at this moment, Zhao Yuan felt that the smile he forced was too forced and hypocritical.

Zhao Yuan's voice was gentle: "What date is it set? I will definitely go."

Xiao Shan was taken aback: "What did you say? What is the date?"

Zhao Yuan was also stunned: "Didn't you come to tell me the date of your engagement?"

Xiao Shan shook his head and sighed: "There are more important things to do right now, I'm afraid marriage is far away..."

Zhao Yuan felt ecstasy in his heart, he asked himself why he was happy when he heard this, and what was there to be happy about, but that joy was real, no matter how many times he questioned and denied it, it still existed .