Song Emperor Jiangshan

Xiao Shan couldn't believe it: "Your Highness...how...is it you?"

Zhao Yuan bit his lip and said nothing, Xiao Shan said: "Your body is dirty... Don't stain His Highness's clothes... Let go of your hands!"

Zhao Yuan felt that Xiao Shan's words deserved a beating. After Xiao Shan said these words, he was a little out of breath. He leaned against the head of the bed and gasped for a while, seeing that Zhao Yuan not only did not let go, but held himself tightly After a while, the light brown robe on Zhao Yuan's body was also stained with blood.And Zhao Yuan was staring at himself, obviously annoyed at the words that sounded a little alienated just now.

Zhao Yuan just kept staring at Xiao Shan, and Xiao Shan rested for a while before he could explain: "I didn't mean that...it's because...because you will definitely go to the court later...it's dirty...not good..."

It was only then that Zhao Yuan realized that Xiao Shan was originally worried that the blood on his robe would cause attacks from others during the court meeting, so he immediately turned his anger into joy, and asked, "Where did you get hurt? Have you seen the doctor? "

As soon as he finished asking this question, he immediately realized that looking at Xiao Shan like this, he must have never seen a doctor.

Zhao Yuan stretched out his hand to untie Xiao Shan's clothes, but Xiao Shan couldn't hide if he wanted to, so he had to let him go.It's been a long time, and the blood in some injured places has stained with the clothes, and it hurts to pull it.Zhao Yuan saw that Xiao Shan's arms, thighs, and back had sword wounds, and even a broken feather arrow stuck in his left thigh.

Seeing that Zhao Yuan's eyes were slightly red, Xiao Shan said: "There is no vital injury, it should just be a lot of blood loss, rest for a few days and it will recover."

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Yuan felt a dull pain in his heart. He seemed to have a thousand words to say, but now he was very good at comforting others, but now he couldn't say a word, and asked after a long while: "What's going on? ?”

Xiao Shan glanced at Zhao Yuan, he didn't have much strength to speak now, but Zhao Yuan thought it was because Xiao Shan had some scruples and refused to speak up, so he said, "Tell me carefully, I really want a countermeasure!"

Xiao Shan spoke with some difficulty: "I don't have the strength...it's all trauma, there's no need to go to the doctor...you help me bandage the wound...I'll take a break and tell you about it."

Zhao Yuan nodded, stood up and went out to ask Yu Yunwen to get some food, took clean bandages and clothes by himself, and returned to the room again.

After he cleaned Xiao Shan from top to bottom, and helped him change into clean obscene clothes, Yu Yunwen came in with a bowl of porridge, with a troubled expression on his face: "I wanted to get a chicken, but I couldn't find it in the middle of the night. this."

Xiao Shan said: "Porridge is fine..." He wanted to reach out to pick it up, but his hands were shaking and he couldn't hold it at all.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuan took the bowl from Xiao Shan and fed him spoon by spoon. Xiao Shan closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Zhao Yuan took off his outer shirt, and it was indeed stained with blood and dust. He went to the well in the courtyard to pour water, shook off the dust, washed the blood-stained corners of his clothes with soap root, and put the outer shirt in a cool place. In the courtyard, he looked anxiously at the sky outside. Venus had already appeared in the eastern sky, and he was about to go to court early, but he still didn't know what happened to Xiaoshan.

He stood outside the house for a while, then went back to the room to have a look, after going back and forth three or four times, Xiao Shan opened his eyes, his face was already rosy a lot.

Xiao Shan waved to Zhao Yuan: "Come here, I don't have the strength to speak loudly now."

Zhao Yuan hurriedly walked over, Yu Yunwen had been sitting beside Xiao Shan, but at this moment Xiao Shan glanced at him, hesitant to speak.

Yu Yunwen laughed haha, knowing that there are some things that he should not know, so he turned and went out.

After Yu Yunwen went out, Xiao Shan briefly explained what happened in the Qin Mansion, and said again: "I think the officials might want to silence them."

Zhao Yuan guessed from the very beginning that this matter must have a lot to do with Zhao Gou, but he didn't expect Zhao Gou to do it again, and he felt a surge of anger in his heart, but then he suppressed the anger, bowed his head and pondered for a moment , Said: "No! There is no rush to silence the words at this moment. I think he is probably..."

When Zhao Yuan said this, he couldn't continue.In order to deal with Qin Hui, Zhao Gou has vigorously supported his own power in the past two years. Now that Qin Hui has fallen, Zhao Gou may not hope to go to the wolf and come to the tiger.On the surface, it seems that Xiao Shan is going to be silenced, but the real consideration is that he is afraid that he will threaten his throne.

Xiao Shan didn't go as far as Zhao Yuan thought, he just watched Zhao Yuan bow his head and didn't speak, and he just had a rest.

Zhao Yuan pondered for a while in his heart, and felt that if he wanted to keep Xiaoshan, taking advantage of Qin Hui's downfall was the best opportunity to confirm his status.

He reached out and held Xiao Shan's hand, the temperature of the other's palm also rose a lot, the palm was very rough, but it felt reassuring to the touch.

Zhao Yuan asked, "Can you walk?"

Xiao Shan rested for most of the night and ate again. Although his body still hurt a little when he moved, he didn't seem to have no strength before, so he nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhao Yuan made up his mind and said: "Okay, wait a while and go to court with me! The government will issue an order in the early court to let Qin Hui's descendants become officials. He is worried about the opposition of Qin Hui's minions in the court, and he will definitely order many Qin Hui's sons." Political enemies go to the court together, as long as the officials issue an edict, those people will definitely denounce Qin Hui's crimes on the spot, and even take the opportunity to demand that those officials who were wronged back then be rehabilitated. You are one of them. Persecution, how can you suppress the traitors and be suppressed, the officials can only help you to rectify your name in front of everyone!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuan paused slightly, and said: "But I guess he will transfer you later, and he may be transferred to an inconspicuous place to be a general who is not very important. But... it is better than you It’s always been unclear.”

Xiao Shan nodded, but he was still a little worried. Before he could speak, Zhao Yuan said: "Don't worry, with me here, you will be fine! When the time comes, you must not show any injuries."

Xiao Shan said: "Okay, as long as you stand still, you can still persevere!"

Zhao Yuan took another look at Xiao Shan, and said softly, "You should have a good rest for a while!"

Xiao Shan also felt a little tired, so he closed his eyes. After a while, he felt that Zhao Yuan was rubbing against his face with something, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and slowly fell asleep.

Zhao Yuan only woke up Xiao Shan when the sky was light, "I hired a sedan chair and asked them to carry you outside the palace gate. You can rest inside now. I will send someone to call you when needed!"

Xiao Shan felt that there was some strange fragrance around him, so he stretched out his hand to touch his face, and only got some rouge and gouache, and asked, "What is this?"

Zhao Yuan was afraid that Xiao Shan would be unhappy, but he still explained: "Your complexion is a bit unsightly, this thing can cover it up for now."

Xiao Shan was extremely disgusted with the behavior of putting on makeup and powder, so he stood up by himself, walked around the room, saw a wet towel laying on the side of the water basin, went over to wipe his face clean, and said, "I don't have to go to the toilet like that." After learning this, Qin Hui has already rested, so let's go now!"

Zhao Yuan saw that Xiao Shan was unwilling and had no other choice, so he took a clean ordinary robe and changed it into Xiao Shan.When he moved his arms, he frowned slightly in pain, Zhao Yuan stepped forward to help him put on his clothes, and lowered his head to fasten the pockets at the collar for him.

Seeing Zhao Yuan's serious expression, Xiao Shan felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and said in a low voice, "You don't need to bother Your Highness, I can do it myself."

Zhao Yuan didn't say anything, just gave Xiao Shan a look, and with just this one look, Xiao Shan shut up obediently and didn't say anything else.

When the two of them walked out of the room together, Zhao Yuan secretly looked at Xiao Shan's face. Although his complexion was a little pale, his eyes were piercing and very energetic.

Immediately, Zhao Yuan and Yu Yunwen left first, and Xiao Shan followed in a sedan chair.

A group of people came to the gate of the palace, where many ministers had already gathered, many of them were eagle dogs that Qin Hui had cultivated over the years. At this moment, almost everyone heard about the accident last night, and they were a little terrified. When Zhao Yuan came, he hurriedly surrounded him and asked, "Where does Your Highness come from?"

Zhao Yuan pretended not to know: "Of course he came from the palace. What are you adults doing standing here? You're going to court soon, let's go in together!"

Those who are well-informed have already found out that Zhao Yuan and Yang Cunzhong went to Qin Hui's mansion last night, and now seeing him denying it, they all made up their own calculations in their hearts, knowing that there might be tricks behind this, most likely it was this ordinary man. King An's instigation still does not know what Emperor Zhao Gou meant.

After everyone waited for a while, the gate of the palace opened slowly, and all the ministers filed in, entering the Tai Chi Hall used by the Grand Court.

When everyone was standing in accordance with their shifts and waiting for Zhao Gou, they suddenly saw Yang Cunzhong and Qin Xie coming together. Seeing Qin Xie's expression as if mourning, he felt surprised again, and some of them came up to talk to Qin Xie without winking. , and more people stood still, watching from both sides.

Following the shouts of the shifts in front of the hall, Zhao Gou, wearing a red crimson gauze robe and a crown that reaches the sky, was surrounded by many guards, turned from the back hall to the front, and sat down on the dragon chair. The ministers congratulated Wanfu and came up one by one to say hello.

After all the ascending ceremonies were completed, Zhao Gou would retreat directly from the court in the past, but this time he sat still on the dragon chair and asked, "Did you hear about it? Qin Xianggong died of illness last night, and the country lost another pillar." material!"

Qin Xi immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, my father's death is strange, please make the decision!"

Zhao Gou remained silent, and immediately Qin Hui's best friend also stepped forward to sing the praises of Qin Hui's merits, which is also in line with Qin Yu's saying that Qin Hui's death must be strange.

Zhao Gou sneered slightly in his heart, and suddenly said a word: "It is God's will that Qin Xianggong died of illness. The strange words cannot be trusted. If such rumors spread to the Kingdom of Jin, I am afraid that the gold master will hear the news!"

All the ministers were taken aback for a moment, feeling that Zhao Gou's attitude today was a bit strange.

When no one was answering, a middle-aged man in his 30s suddenly stood up from the shift, bowed to Zhao Gou, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, there are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have good and bad fortunes. It is normal to die of illness, I thought that there is no need to get too entangled in this matter, how to deal with the aftermath is the top priority!"

Zhao Gou looked at the middle-aged official and recognized the newly appointed school secretary Chen Junqing. He usually refused to attach himself to Qin Hui and was often hit by him. What he said at this moment was very in line with his own thoughts.

However, Zhao Gou remained silent, and the officials below wanted to discuss it in private, but the uncut feet of the official hat were too long, and the hat bumped into the ear before it was close to the ear, so they had to give up.At this moment, Wan Qisi, who had been under Qin Hui's shadow, suddenly came out and said loudly: "The Qin thief misled the country. He has perverted these years, and it is just right to die!"

Everyone looked sideways, knowing that this person is already like this anyway, and taking the opportunity to express their position, maybe there is still a moment for Xianyu to turn around.

But Zhao Gou still didn't make a statement, waiting for all the courtiers to make a statement.

There are also Shi Hao, Xin Ciying, Ye Yiwen, Tang Situi and others all said that the Qin thieves wronged the country and could not be investigated for their crimes when they were alive. Now that they are dead, they should know the rest of the party.

The rest of Qin Hui's party naturally refused to give up and quarreled with each other, but at this moment, Zhao Gou held the gentian and slapped the dragon table hard, and the surroundings immediately fell silent.

Without turning his head, Zhao Gou said to the eunuch beside him, "Declaration!"

The eunuch immediately handed out the imperial decree, and slowly read it out according to what he had planned the night before. All the descendants of Qin Hui were dismissed from office, and more than 100 of his party members were dismissed from office.

After the eunuch finished reading, the hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard, Zhao Gou said again: "Just now Wu Mingyi also agreed with my will, it should not be the Qin Party."

As soon as these words were said, the officials in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, and immediately an official from the Qin Party came forward to make a statement: "Your Majesty, the Qin thieves have misled the country..."

Until now, Zhao Gou had a slight smile on his face, but unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan suddenly came out and said, "Your Majesty, Qin Hui was in power back then, and there were many unjust cases. Zhao Ding was forced to death by him, and Li Guang was also demoted. , His Majesty should be the grace of Guangze, restore his reputation, and make him feel grateful for His Majesty's holiness."

Zhao Gou nodded slightly and said, "Not bad!"

Seeing that the basic tone had been set, Zhao Yuan said again: "Back then, there was a person in the minister's house who was persecuted by the Qin thieves and had nowhere to go. First, I heard that Your Majesty has given you a lot of favors. Please allow him to go to the hall to thank you."

As soon as Zhao Yuan's words fell, all the ministers discussed one after another, not knowing who the Pu'an County King favored, Zhao Gou's face changed slightly, staring at Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan respectfully bowed his head.

Zhao Gou was playing with the gentian in his hand, but he was weighing this matter quickly in his heart.

Since Zhao Yuan said so, it means that Xiao Shan is not dead, and he can still go to the hall to thank him, which means that he is probably not injured either.

Xiao Shan was the main person involved in the Qin Hui incident that day. He did not die at that time, but now it is not easy to find an excuse to kill him openly.

Especially after Zhao Yuan said these words in the court hall, if something happened to Xiao Shan, there would probably be bad rumors.Domestic rumors are not afraid, what is afraid is that Jin Guowan Yanliang will use this to provoke.

Zhao Gou's eyes fell on Zhao Yuan. How could this son care so much about a useless pawn?He immediately remembered the matter of Xiao Shan leaving Beijing a few years ago, it seemed that Zhao Yuan had tried his best to protect this pawn.

Zhao Yuan said: "Your Majesty, that person is outside the hall, should he come in to thank you, or let him leave?"

Zhao Gou's eyes slowly moved away from Zhao Yuan, and looked at the courtiers, all of them showed curiosity on their faces, if they refused, it would be too strange, and it would damage their reputation.

Zhao Gou said: "Show him to the palace!"

Immediately a young eunuch ran out to deliver the decree, before arriving at the palace gate, Zhao Yuan's attendant had learned about it and told Xiao Shan, Xiao Shan got off the sedan chair and waited at the palace gate with his arms crossed.

Under everyone's guess, Xiao Shan walked slowly into the hall, knelt down and saluted, "Long live my emperor."

Zhao Gou felt a very awkward feeling in his heart, and said, "Be flat, I know you, you are Qin Hui's adopted son, how could you be persecuted by him?"

Xiao Shan said: "It's all happened in the past for many years. I entered the city today and just learned about His Majesty's wise deeds. I was able to see the light of day again. I am grateful for His Majesty's kindness in my heart, and I came here to thank you."

Zhao Gou noticed that Xiao Shan said that the time to return to Beijing was this morning, and felt relieved. He looked towards Xiao Shan, and saw that his complexion was normal, his eyes were bright, his steps were steady, and he didn't look injured at all. He was secretly surprised.

Zhao Gou hadn't opened his mouth to say "no need to be too polite", but Qin Xi, who had already died, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he jumped up and shouted, "Qin Shan, you bastard who eats everything! What did you do to my father last night? Hey, what did you do?" Isn't he injured and dying?"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Xiao Shan, who spoke in a strong voice: "I just arrived in the capital this morning, I don't know what Qin Shaojian's words mean last night? I don't even know what it means to be injured!"

Zhao Gou frowned slightly, stared at Qin Xie, and named Qin Xie impolitely: "Qin Xie, above the court, how can you be presumptuous?"

Qin Xi couldn't speak any more, and just stared at Xiao Shan bitterly.

Zhao Yuan said: "Your Majesty, my servant, whose real name is Xiao Shan, was persecuted and persecuted by Qin Hui that day. He had nowhere to escape but went to join the army. He once quelled the Tuling tea bandits and Xuanzhou monsters, but because of Qin Hui's suppression, he has been There was no promotion."

All the ministers immediately echoed, saying: "Rehabilitate General Xiao!"

"Such a talent should be promoted!"

"This is to demonstrate His Majesty's holiness"

"..."

Zhao Gou had just settled Qin Hui, and it was not very convenient for him to blatantly dismiss Zhao Yuan's request in front of all the ministers. He turned around in his mind, and saw that Xiao Shan insisted that he only arrived in Lin'an this morning, so this person can be regarded as knowledgeable. Then he looked at Zhao Yuan and asked, "What does the Prince of Pu'an think?"

Zhao Yuan said: "He used to be a bodyguard of my palace, but now that his name has been rectified, he can still be my bodyguard! He has always been very loyal, he knows what to say and what not to say, even though he was Qin Hui's adopted son, it is also an expedient measure in desperation , Your Majesty, please enlighten me."

Zhao Gou weighed in his mind for a moment, then asked pretendingly: "Xiao Shan, what job do you have now?"

Xiao Shan said: "He is a general under the command of Shao Hongyuan in Zhenjiang Prefecture, with 300 people under his command."

Zhao Gou nodded and said to everyone: "Anyone can be a guard of the palace, but Xiao Qing has the talent to lead the army, so it's too talented to be a guard. How about this, I will transfer you to Ezhou, which is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. If it is urgent, just do it..." Zhao Conceived for a long time, and found an errand for Xiao Shan who had no real power and could not go to the capital casually: "Go and become a general under Liu Kai! The original generals will still be stationed at the same place , don't move lightly! Liu Qing is a famous general in the world, and you will benefit a lot from following him."

Zhao Yuan had known for a long time that Zhao Gou might have such an arrangement.Zhao Gou, the emperor, likes to hide behind everything he does, and rarely speaks out by himself.Now that he has praised Xiao Shan in front of all his ministers, Xiao Shan will be fine for a while.However, I'm afraid it will never be reused, and it will be difficult to return to Beijing.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan felt a little sad, but then felt that it was much better than hiding it all the time before.Moreover, Zhao Gou didn't want to keep Xiao Shan in the capital, probably because he didn't want to see himself getting too close to Xiao Shan.

After saying this, Zhao Gou turned his head again, as if asking for opinions, and asked, "What do you think of Pu'an County King?"

Zhao Yuan bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty's kindness, I will keep it in my heart. Presumably Xiao Shan is also grateful to His Majesty, and should do his duty faithfully to repay the grace."

Zhao Gou nodded, and left Wan Qisi, Tang Situi and other senior officials behind to discuss how to deal with Qin Hui's affairs and how to distribute his descendants.

Qin Xi was escorted out of the palace by the Qin Party, and when he returned home, his family also received an imperial decree, telling him to sit quietly at home and not to go out at will.

Three or four days later, Zhao Gou decreed again to find out several of Qin Hui's crimes, and let his descendants be exiled everywhere, and his party members were dismissed from office and exiled.

At this moment, the matter of Qin Hui was finally settled, and the whole world applauded.What's more, Han Shizhong was sick in bed, and it seems that he won't be able to survive this midsummer. Unexpectedly, when he heard the news of Qin Hui's death, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he recovered, and he was able to travel to the West Lake again!

Xiao Shan counted with his fingers. The time of Qin Hui's downfall was fully eight years earlier than in history. His own butterfly wings are already slowly fanning the direction of history. Under this chain effect, will Zhao Gou Also follow the early abdication?

It is impossible for Zhao Gou to know Xiao Shan's thoughts. He is now enjoying the joy of being an emperor. He decreed to restore the reputation and official positions of some officials who were framed by Qin Hui, allow their descendants to serve as officials, and return the land seized by Qin Hui back then. .For a while, the voice of singing praises to Zhao Gou reappeared, and everyone thought that Zhao Gou was going to regain his glory this time.

After Xiao Shan rested in the capital for three days, he was supposed to go to Ezhou to take up his post. During this period, Zhao Gou called him over once. He had already praised Xiao Shan in front of everyone. In the Qin Mansion, it was something we had to do. If you hadn't disrupted Qin Xi's pace in the Qin Mansion and left him no time to care about it, how could things go so smoothly? You are the main contributor to this matter. When you return to the palace that night, I think of your life and death in the wolf's lair, and it is as uncomfortable as a sharp knife stabbing your heart. Fortunately, God blesses you, with your high martial arts skills, you can escape and live up to my trust. When you arrive in Ezhou, you will do your best to serve the imperial court. I expect a lot from you high!"

The author has something to say: I just want to say: Ninth brother, if you make a big move, so what if you capture Xiao Shan and chop it up, but no matter how much you say, Xiao Shan will not love you, this white lotus scum. ! ! !