Song Emperor Jiangshan

In the spring of the 19th year of Shaoxing, the Song Dynasty sent people to congratulate the patron Wan Yanliang on his ascension to the throne. Although Wan Yanliang spoke poorly, he expressed his willingness to continue the good relations between the two countries.

When the envoy came back, Zhao Gou took advantage of this to give Qin Hui the credit and add Jiuxi to him.

Nine tins are nine kinds of ritual utensils. The emperor bestows the highest honor on the princes, namely chariots and horses, clothes, music, Zhuhu, Nabi, tigers, axes, bows and fragrant wine for sacrifices.There are not many people who add nine tin in history. Wang Mang, Cao Cao, and Sima Zhao all accepted it. Later, the founding emperors of the Five Dynasties all accepted the nine tin from the previous emperor. It is a necessary procedure before treason.

Qin Hui wrote five times to resign, but Zhao Gou refused, saying that the commander of his country should be entitled to this honor, and Qin Hui accepted it.

When the news came, the Lin'an imperial court was naturally full of praises, but the local people were all dissatisfied, saying that Qin Hui had objections.Even the sergeants under Xiaoshan's troops scolded Qin Hui in private.Needless to say Zhou Hong, Jin Sheng and others, even Shao Hongyuan shook his head and sighed.

Zhao Gou's face was gloomy, and he was sitting in the hall, surrounded by only Zhao Yuan standing around.

Zhao Gou spoke first: "He dared to accept it. It really is Sima Zhao's heart. Everyone knows it!"

Zhao Yuan said: "Father, if he dares to accept, he must be prepared. If Father doesn't make a move, he will seize the opportunity!"

Zhao Gou nodded slowly, making up his mind.

In May, Zhao Goufeng appointed Yang Cunzhong, the commander in charge of defending the capital, as king. He spied on many times and tried his best to support his power.

In June, an official wrote a letter saying that there was a flood in the Jianghuai River. Zhao Gou went to ask Qin Hui if there was such a thing, but Qin Hui asked, "Where did your Majesty know about this?"

Zhao Gounian turned his head and said, "It was the King of Pu'an who informed me."

Since then, Zhao Yuan and Qin Hui have been forced into a quarrel, which has been put on the bright side.

In July, Zhao Gou activated Liu Kai and ordered him to garrison the Jingxiang area in case of accidents.

In August, Qin Hui made a request to make Zhao Zhuo, king of Enping County, his heir, but Zhao Gou ignored him and put him on the shelf.

In October of that year, Zhao Yuan's 22nd birthday, Zhao Gou came to the mansion in person to show that he valued him. Empress Dowager Wei was dissatisfied with Zhao Yuan and wanted to make Zhao Zhuo his heir, but Zhao Gou did not express his opinion for a long time.

In the spring of the next year, Zhao Gou allocated three of the talents obtained in the imperial examination to serve as Zhao Yuan's staff.He also ordered Shi Hao, Chen Junqing and other ministers who refused to attach themselves to Qin Hui to go and serve as Zhao Yuan's masters.

In the summer of that year, Zhao Gou had mobilized everything, summoned Zhao Yuan to the palace, and asked how to deal with Qin Hui.

Zhao Yuan proposed to dismiss him publicly, but Zhao Gou shook his head and said: "There is one item in the peace agreement between Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty that the Song Dynasty must not dismiss him as prime minister. If he is punished publicly, it will definitely give the Jin people an excuse to invade the south."

Zhao Yuan persuaded: "The Jin Lord Wan Yanliang has just come to power, his foundation is not stable, and the internal political situation of the Jin country is quite chaotic, he will have no time to look south. If there is a slight change in the south after his foundation is stabilized, it will inevitably lead to criticism It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do it now!"

Zhao Gou was silent and thought for a long time in his heart. Although he was ready, he was not sure of victory, so he didn't dare to make a move easily.

Qin Hui also sensed that something was wrong, and was also making arrangements. He ordered Yushitai to write a letter to impeach the old ministers, intending to use the crime of treason to cleanse the people in the court who opposed him to attach to Zhao Gou again.

After Zhao Yuan learned about it, he braved the rain to meet him: "If Dad doesn't do anything again, I'm afraid the Qin thieves will seize the opportunity, and there will be no day to turn around!"

Zhao Gou slowly turned the ring on his thumb, and said an ambiguous sentence: "Our Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and we have always kept our promises. How can we publicly dismiss the prime minister?"

Zhao Yuan was startled, and then understood what Zhao Gou meant, implying that he was acting in private.

He went to visit Yang Cunzhong once, because he held the military power of the capital, and his ideas were also very important.

Yang Cunzhong's answer was also very ingenious: "I only know how to be loyal to the emperor, and don't ask about other matters. Only the emperor can move in front of the palace, and other people, no matter how high and powerful they are, can't mess around."

Zhao Yuan felt relieved, and after receiving Yang Cunzhong's answer, he decided to personally send someone to kill Qin Hui.

The first Zhao Yuan looked for was Yu Mo. Before Xiao Shan left Beijing that day, he had informed Zhao Yuan that Yu Mo had developed some assassination organizations, and he was an old minister of the palace, so he was very reliable.

The candidate recommended by Yu Mo was still Shi Quan, the bodyguard of the Dianqian Division, who ambushed Qin Hui on his way to court.

Zhao Yuan was worried that things would not go so smoothly, so he personally met Shi Quan, tested and taught his martial arts, and agreed on the route and specific action plan. Qin Hui should come to court.

Zhao Gou acquiesced.

After everything was arranged, Zhao Yuan fell asleep, touched the coarse cloth purse on his chest, and knew that it was time to open the purse.

What is written in the purse? This question has been entangled with Zhao Yuan for almost two years, and he has the answer tonight.

Zhao Yuan took off the purse, took out the dagger, and carefully picked apart the tight thread of the purse, and there was indeed a short letter inside.

"Since Your Highness has opened the purse, he must be ready. If it is another method, His Highness can do it according to his own ideas. There is no other way. If you want to pin your hopes on assassinating Qin Hui, please think twice. If there is no other way Fazhi is the only way to go, please His Highness, no matter how well the arrangements are, he will definitely double the power of assassination! And the flying pigeons will pass on the letter to me, and I will go to Beijing to help His Highness."

Zhao Yuan was very surprised by Xiao Shan's prophecy. Before the incident, he never thought that Zhao Gou would not publicly dismiss the prime minister, but was only willing to assassinate.

Although Zhao Yuan felt that his arrangement was foolproof, Qin Hui could not escape, and felt that Xiao Shan was a bit unfounded, but he had made an oath in front of Xiao Shan at the beginning and had to abide by it.

Dang even chose three guards with high martial arts skills as Shi Quan's helpers, making sure that he will succeed.

Three days later, it was the court's ten-day grand meeting. After the court dispersed, Zhao Gou deliberately kept Qin Hui on the pretext of discussing state affairs, gave him wine and banquets, and did not let him go back until ten o'clock in the evening.At this time, all the courtiers have gone to court, and there are few pedestrians on the road.

Qin Hui took more than a dozen guards from the Prime Minister's Mansion and traveled in a small sedan chair.

He felt a little terrified when he left the palace gate, and ordered people to go home first, so that Qin Xie could bring more people to pick him up.

And he changed clothes with his guards and walked on foot, letting the guards sit in his sedan chair.

At the golden gate of Xingzhichong, a big stone suddenly fell and smashed the small sedan chair to pieces.

What Qin Hui had worried about for many days finally happened, and he was assassinated on the way.

The guards around him swarmed up and grabbed the assassin, but Qin Hui walked north along the path.

Halfway through the walk, he suddenly raised his head and saw that what he was walking on was the back wall of the oil shop that Qin Chong had opened back then, and an inexplicable panic gushed out of his heart.

However, the uneasiness hadn't dissipated yet, and the three masters who had been in ambush attacked again, with their bows and arrows, Qin Hui was wearing a soft armor made of silk, one of them shot Qin Hui in the heart, and Qin Hui fell to the ground.

When the three of them were about to go forward again, Qin Xi had already arrived with his men. Seeing that the situation was not good, the three of them ran away immediately, and only one person was captured. up.

Qin Hui was carried back to the Qin residence by Qin Xie, claiming that he was seriously ill and had not been to court for several days, and no one was allowed to visit him, no one knew the extent of his injuries.

Shi Quan, who did the assassination that day, has already been imprisoned in Dali Temple. Under torture, he refused to reveal who instigated it, but cursed: Everyone in the world wants to kill Qin Hui, but I am not the only one?

After Zhao Gou heard the news, his heart was full of agitation, and he blamed Zhao Yuan for not being able to do things well, and actually let Qin Hui run away.

Zhao Yuan then suggested that he should visit the Qin Mansion instead of his father. If he was not seriously injured, he could only say that it was God's will before making another plan.

When Zhao Yuan appeared in the Qin residence, saying that he had heard that his grandfather had been assassinated and was seriously ill, when he came to visit, he was stopped by Qin Hui. The two sides fought for a long time but still failed to see Qin Hui.

Zhao Yuan sighed in his heart, he didn't know how to answer Zhao Gou, he was hesitating when he suddenly saw Yu Mo coming and told him in a low voice: "Your Highness, Xiao Shan is back and said he wants to see His Highness, It's urgent."

Zhao Yuan was startled, he only gave Xiao Shan the news three days ago, he didn't expect the other party to come so soon!

Zhao Yuan no longer hesitated, rode his horse and ran towards the palace, it was midsummer, the trees and flowers in the palace were luxuriant, the servants in the mansion bowed their knees to salute when they saw Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan walked quickly to Yu Mo's room, but I saw that it was empty and there was no one there.

Zhao Yuan was a little puzzled, Yu Mo said: "Minister Xiao is in his room."

An ominous premonition flashed through Zhao Yuan's mind, he turned around and walked through the gallery, and sure enough, he saw the two rooms where Xiao Shan lived, one with the door wide open and the other with the door ajar.

Zhao Yuan stretched out his hand and pushed open the half-covered bedroom door, and saw Xiao Shan sitting in the room.

Xiao Shan was covered in ashes, his forehead was still sweaty, and his eyes were red. It seemed he had been rushing back day and night.

Before Zhao Yuan could speak, Xiao Shan asked, "Qin Hui is dead?"

Zhao Yuan shook his head, Xiao Shan's heart suddenly fell to the bottom.Although he left a bag of tips, hoping to change the result of assassinating Qin Hui this time in history, it seems that it is not very useful.

Zhao Yuan said: "Originally, Shi Quan was only prepared for one person. He stabbed Qin Hui halfway, and Qin Hui escaped unscathed. Fortunately, I opened up the purse you left behind, and I sent three more men. One of them said that he shot Qin Hui. But I went to the Qin Mansion for an inspection, but I couldn't see Qin Hui at all, and I don't know how his injury is."

Xiao Shan sighed, looked at Zhao Yuan, and said after a while: "I came all the way, and I heard some rumors on the way, saying that Qin Hui's murder was instigated by His Highness."

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said: "The matter is very confidential, such rumors should be just groundless speculation."

Xiao Shan nodded and said, "Then what is your Highness going to do now?"

Zhao Yuan said: "What the officials mean is that if Qin Hui is dead, it's easy to talk about everything, but if he doesn't have any injuries, we can only wait for the next time!"

Xiao Shan calculated the time in his mind, the time of Qin Hui's assassination this time was not much different from the history, but after this time, Qin Hui's precautions became more stringent, and he would live another seven or eight years before dying of illness.

Seven or eight years is insignificant in terms of the long history, but in the current situation, it is very long.

Seeing that Xiao Shan didn't speak, Zhao Yuan asked, "I've always wondered about one thing. How did you know the situation in the capital today a year or two ago?"

Xiao Shan smiled, but did not speak, after a while, seeing Zhao Yuan, he also decided to take a risk.

"Does Your Highness have the guts to deceive the King?"

Zhao Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Shan said: "Qin Hui is not dead this time, it will be even more difficult in the future. Since you can't see Qin Hui, why don't you ask the officials to meet him in person!"

Zhao Yuan was taken aback: "Are you planning to strike again in the Qin residence?"

Xiao Shan nodded slowly, and said: "Your Highness probably hasn't informed the officials about Qin Hui's injury, right? The officials didn't go to visit, but it was because they wanted to find a way out for themselves."

Zhao Yuan remained silent, Xiao Shan said: "If Your Highness returns to the palace and tells the officials that Qin Hui is in danger and will not survive tonight, the officials will definitely go to visit them in person! If I can go with the officials, no matter whether Qin Hui is injured or not Let him die!"

Zhao Yuan showed a hesitant expression on his face: "It's fine to talk about other things, but this matter is not a child's play. If Qin Hui is really in danger, it's okay. If he is in good health..."

Xiao Shan stared into Zhao Yuan's eyes: "If he is healthy and turns his face on the spot, the emperor can only choose to kill him."

Zhao Yuan was deeply entangled in his heart, and he was even more worried that if Xiao Shan intervened, no matter what the final result, Xiao Shan might be killed as a scapegoat to give Jin Guo an explanation for Qin Hui's assassination.

Seeing Zhao Yuan's reluctance to make up his mind, Xiao Shan became a little anxious, and asked: "The matter has come to this point, why is there any hesitation, Your Highness?"

Zhao Yuan looked at Xiao Shan, and slowly shook his head: "I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just worried... I'm worried that if you get involved, I'm afraid there won't be a good result.”

Xiao Shan smiled slightly, looked at Zhao Yuan: "Are you worried about me?"