The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 318 Zhao Family Speculation
Kaifeng Chongmingmen Nei Street, Zhao Mansion.

There is a relatively secluded school field in the backyard surrounded by houses.

At this moment, hundreds of Zhaojiazhuang men gathered on the school grounds.

Zhao Kuangyin is wearing black armor, a black military robe, a helmet on his head, and a wild goose feather sword hanging from his waist. He is majestic.

The chest of the armor is also engraved with the words "Tianxiong Army", which is the old robe Zhao Kuangyin wore when he served under Chai Rong of the Tianxiong Army.

Zhao Kuangyin has never worn this armor since he was transferred to the Forbidden Army.

After more than a year, he rummaged through the box and asked the servant to clean it, dry it and put it on again.

These one hundred village men are the private tribe of the Zhao family. There are two generations who have served the Zhao family for the shortest time. They are tied to the Zhao family in life and death, wealth and wealth, and they are loyal.

Zhao Hongyin, his wife Du Shi, concubine Geng Shi, and Zhao Kuangyi were all present. Even Zhao Tingmei, who was only three years old, clung to her mother Geng Shi.

Zhao Tingmei was at a lively and active age, and she was not afraid of encountering so many people in front of her. She wanted to break away from her mother's hand and run aside to play, but Geng Shi held him tightly and reprimanded him in a low voice.

Zhao Tingmei refused, and started crying loudly.

Zhao Hongyin and Geng gathered around their youngest son to coax him for a while, but Zhao Tingmei still acted arrogantly.

Zhao Kuangyi became impatient, pinched Zhao Tingmei's butt and scolded fiercely: "Shut up, little one!"

Strange to say, Zhao Tingmei was naughty and mischievous, often causing chaos in the Zhao family. The little guy was not afraid of Mr. Geng, nor was he afraid of his old father Zhao Hongyin, and even dared to pull his old father's beard while Zhao Hongyin was sleeping.

Even Mrs. Du, who was very popular in the Zhao family, was still Zhao Tingmei's legitimate mother. Zhao Tingmei was not very afraid of her, but was very close to Du.

No matter how majestic Mrs. Du is, she can't scare an ignorant child, and the same methods used to discipline the family cannot be used on a little baby.

The little guy picked up on Du Shi's temper, and whenever he made Du Shi angry, he would act coquettishly and fall into Du Shi's arms. Du Shi also loved this smart little guy and couldn't do anything to him.

The eldest brother Zhao Kuangyin has a gentle temper and dotes on his younger brother.

Only Zhao Kuangyi is the only person in the entire Zhao family that Zhao Tingmei fears.

Zhao Kuangyi stared and scolded, Zhao Tingmei obediently did not dare to move, cuddled up to Geng's side, hugged her mother's legs and shrank back.

"Sanlang can still control this little troublemaker!" Geng touched Zhao Tingmei's tiled head and gave him a grateful look.

Zhao Hongyin twisted his beard and frowned: "Sanlang is too harsh on his brothers."

Zhao Kuangyi bowed hurriedly and said: "My child was anxious for a moment and scared his brother. Please don't blame me, father."

Geng said hurriedly: "Master, please don't blame Sanlang. It's Meier's temperament that is too naughty."

Zhao Hongyin wanted to say something else, but Mrs. Du said calmly: "Tingmei is young and ignorant, and she is lively and agile at that age. Naturally, she cannot be blamed on him. It's just that as a biological mother, my sister should be disciplined strictly in the future. Don't go too far." Pamper."

Mrs. Geng hurriedly pulled the child to kneel down and salute: "Madam taught me a lesson, I will remember it."

Du Shi smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to signal her to stand up, and then glanced at Zhao Kuangyi and said seriously: "Sanlang, don't be too harsh on your younger brother. You should learn from your elder brother and treat others with kindness."

"Mother's admonition, the child will remember it in his heart!" Zhao Kuangyi bowed sincerely.

"Well, okay, please be silent and let's see how Dalang lectures." After finishing speaking, Du Shi looked at the school ground with a solemn expression.

Zhao Hongyin stroked his beard, swallowed the words on his lips, and glanced at Madam with a hint of resentment.

It feels like the limelight of being the head of the family has been completely stolen by his wife.

Zhao Kuangyin, like a commander-in-chief inspecting the three armies, jumped on a temporary high platform in front of the school field, looked around at the hundreds of villagers in the field, and said loudly: "You must have heard the news. The court is unfortunate, traitors are in power, and the officials are deceived, resulting in A loyal man was killed.

Commander-in-Chief Guo of Yedu came to Kaifeng with his own army, just to clean up the court, rectify the rules of the court, eradicate evil for the officials, and restore peace to the world! "

There was silence on the school ground, and all the villagers looked at Zhao Kuangyin who was lecturing on the high platform with wide eyes.

Zhao Kuangyin's solemn face suddenly showed a bit of sadness, and he said angrily: "A few days ago, some traitorous officials hijacked the officials and dispatched the Imperial Guards to station troops in the Qili suburb to prevent Ye's army from going south. Marshal Guo used his troops like a god, and Liu Zipo killed Houzan, Nie Wenjin, and Liu Chongjin in a battle. , Yuan Zhi and other traitors, the Ye army reached Kaifeng, and the soldiers were invincible wherever they pointed!
Unexpectedly, the treacherous official Guo Yunming hijacked the official family and fled to Zhao Village in the outskirts of the city. In order to survive, he brutally murdered the king!

The official family was killed, but the court was still controlled by a gang of evil spirits, who tried to rely on the tall and dangerous city of Kaifeng to confront Ye Jun and Marshal Guo.

My Zhao family has been favored by the emperor and is full of loyalty. I will never succumb to the power of evil and evil!

Today, Zhao Kuangyin is willing to lead all the brothers to rise up, respond to Marshal Guo, and open the city gate to welcome the Ye army into the city!

At this critical moment, the Zhao family must work together to overcome the difficulties!My Zhao family is with all the brothers! "

Zhao Kuangyin drew his sword, raised it high and roared.

All the villagers knelt down on one knee, clasped their fists and shouted: "I will follow the Zhao family to the death!"

Zhao Hongyin waved to the side, and dozens of servants brought a dozen large boxes and opened them, revealing boxes full of copper coins and silk.

"Today, the Zhao family is willing to spend all it has and give every brother the reward from the family treasury!"

With a wave of Zhao Kuangyin's hand, the servants began to distribute money and silk. According to rough calculations, each Zhuang Ding can get about a dozen coins.

Zhaojiazhuang Ding does not have to worry about daily food and drink, but he can only save three or four coins a year at most.

This large reward is completely worth the savings of a villager's family over several years. It is definitely a huge reward.

Zhao Kuangyin said solemnly: "I would like to assure you that no matter whether you are injured or disabled, the Zhao family will support you for the rest of your life. Your descendants can still stay in the village. As long as the Zhao family exists, they will do their best. Make sure that every brother has fields and food to eat! If you die in the war, the Zhao family will leave the land in your name to your descendants to support your children until they grow up. They will also give you a lump sum of funeral money to repair the work for you. Build a tomb and have your family members worship at all times!”

All the villagers looked grateful. The Zhao family had even arranged their funeral arrangements, so that they no longer had any worries and could devote themselves to serving the Zhao family.

Seeing that the morale was almost boosted, Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and shouted: "Distribute armor and weapons, everyone stay where they are and recuperate, don't move around at will, listen to my orders tonight!"

The servants drove the carriages and brought in a large number of armors and weapons. They were all discarded and defective products that Zhao Hongyin had obtained from the imperial army's treasury. They were more than enough to arm private soldiers.Zhao Kuangyin nodded in satisfaction when he saw that the audience began to move in an orderly manner, and jumped off the high platform to walk towards his family.

"Dalang has the demeanor of a general!" Zhao Hongyin praised.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "Father, I'm grateful."

Mrs. Du looked at him lovingly: "My son has grown up, and the Zhao family is in your hands. From now on, the security of the Zhao family will depend on you!"

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly cupped his fists and said: "Mother, don't worry, the child will definitely support the Zhao family's lintel!"

Zhao Kuangyi curled his lips and muttered: "As long as my brother can lead the Zhao family's tribe as an internal response to welcome Marshal Guo into the city, the Zhao family will get a share of the service of the dragon. No matter how incompetent my brother is, he will not just be the commander of the Holy Guard Army. It is inevitable to light the lintel of the door.”

Zhao Hongyin listened with a smile on his face. He didn't think there was a problem at first, but after a second thought, he felt something was wrong. He blew his beard and glared: "What you mean is that you think you are not a good father and can only earn a guardian saint for the Zhao family." Are you the face of the commander-in-chief?"

Zhao Kuangyi said with a smile: "Father is serious. My father only served as the commander of the Guardian Army. It was not a problem of ability, but entirely due to bad luck. When the weather changes, maybe the old trees will sprout new buds, and the dead trees will spring again! "

"Hmm~" Zhao Hong nodded with a smile, stroking his beard, but after savoring these two sentences carefully, he felt awkward thinking about it, grinning and his face twitching.

The family gathered together to discuss for a while, Du and Geng took Zhao Tingmei back to the back house to rest first, Zhao Hongyin was stimulated by Zhao Kuangyi, saying that he was going to take out his iron gun and wipe it, and act together with Zhao Kuangyin at night.

Zhao Kuangyi pulled Zhao Kuangyin to the side and warned seriously: "Brother, we must act decisively and quickly tonight. The Yingchun Gate in the East City is the weakest point in guarding the main gate of Kaifeng Waiguo City. If we can hit it with one hit, we will be able to welcome Duke Guo's army into the city tomorrow!" "

Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile: "Before, you obstructed me in every possible way, not allowing me to have contact with Mr. Guo's family, and not allowing me to call myself an old member of Mr. Guo outside. Why are you urging me to welcome Mr. Guo into the city today?"

Zhao Kuangyi curled his lips and said: "As the saying goes, this moment and that moment, the imperial court and the Ye army had a confrontation before, and the outcome was not decided. Naturally, we cannot easily choose sides.

Now that the official family is dead and the overall situation has been decided, it is only a matter of time before Guo Gong takes over Kaifeng and starts a new dynasty. Of course, our Zhao family must seize the opportunity and join the dragon. Otherwise, how will we establish a new dynasty in the future? "

Zhao Kuangyin laughed dumbly: "You are really a speculative guy!"

Zhao Kuangyi corrected him: "No, no! Only those who understand current affairs are heroes. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the Zhao family remaining neutral. The same is true for many nobles in Kaifeng."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said: "Okay, you can have a good rest in the house tonight and wait for good news tomorrow morning."

Zhao Kuangyi was worried, so he pulled him and warned him: "Brother, you must be quick. I don't know how many people in Kaifeng City are planning to serve as insiders to welcome Ye's army into the city. If they arrive late and others take the lead, the Conglong Zhi who has obtained it will The merit is gone!”

"I know, let go, you are so verbose!" Zhao Kuangyin broke away, waved his hand and turned away.

Zhao Kuangyi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his brother's tall back and murmured: "I didn't expect that a reckless man like Guo Que'er could become an emperor and a warrior could rule the country. It seems that the world's troubled times are far from over. ~”

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Outside Kaifeng City, there were large army camps and densely packed military tents distributed along the wide areas on both sides of the Bianhe River.

The flags of the Ye army, which covered the sky and the sun, were hunting in the wind. The morale of the army was like a rainbow, and they were eyeing Kaifeng, Kyoto.

The atmosphere in the big tent in the middle was a bit strange. The tent was decorated with white cloth and arranged like a mourning hall. There was also a huge Zi Palace. Incense was burned throughout the day and occasionally a few perfunctory sounds came from the tent. howling.

The officials and generals who entered and exited the big tent were all wearing plain clothes and wearing white hemp hair, as if they were holding a state funeral.

But there was no sadness in their expressions. They were all talking and laughing, chatting and laughing uninhibitedly. Occasionally they laughed too loudly, reminding each other and smiling knowingly.

Guo Wei insisted on coming to the big tent to worship every day, and every time he knelt down in front of Zi Palace, crying profusely, his eyes blurred with tears. Driven by his infection, the cries of others became more sincere.

In the afternoon, Guo Wei, dressed in solemn mourning clothes, went to the big tent to cry and offer sacrifices as usual.

Zhu Xiu, Chai Rong, Wei Renpu and other generals and officials all followed behind. Wang Jun temporarily acted as the funeral official, singing with his unique soft voice and directing everyone to perform the worship ceremony.

Everyone knows that Wang Jun has a naturally good voice and is famous for his melodious singing voice. Especially when singing female voices, it can be said that it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and male and female are not distinguished.

When Zhu Xiu read historical materials before, he was very curious about Wang Jun's identity as a musician.

Throughout the past and present, most officials in the Tang Dynasty were famous for their poetry and paintings, while most of the other lucky ministers were good at flattering and guessing the emperor's intentions.

There are very few people like Wang Jun who are appreciated and reused by those in power because of their good singing skills.

Zhu Xiu had always wanted to find a chance to hear Wang Jun sing, and now he finally got his wish.

Although what Wang Jun sang was some official etiquette words spoken at funerals, but he sang it with his soft and charming voice, which seemed to be resentful and weeping, it really had a different kind of beautiful feeling.

It seems that the soul of the resentful girl who unfortunately passed away is still floating in the air and singing a ghost song.

Others couldn't help but feel horrified when they heard Wang Jun's singing, but Zhu Xiu listened with gusto. He was indeed a good voice from the Five Dynasties, and his reputation was well-deserved.

After Guo Wei led all the generals and officials to pay homage, he cried sadly, fell to his knees heavily, and cried miserably: "The unfortunate death of an official is a great mourning for the country, and all the people in the world are mourning! I came with my army, and in the Liu Zipo respectfully welcomed the official's sage. He originally wanted to kowtow to the official in person and state his grievances to the official, but he never thought that the traitor Guo Yunming would be so crazy that he would take the official to Zhao Village and kill him."

Guo Wei burst into tears and cried heartbrokenly: "The officials are at ease. I have sent people to catch the regicide murderer. Guo Yunming confessed to the murder of the officials! When I entered Kaifeng and met with the Queen Mother, I convened the officials to discuss Regarding the official's state funeral, the traitor Guo Yunming committed a heinous crime. I have cut his body into thousands of pieces in front of all the generals and officials to comfort the official's spirit in heaven!
Guo Wei failed to rescue him, and he was ashamed of the court and the Queen Mother! "

Guo Wei fell down and kowtowed heavily, with red marks on his forehead.

The people behind him also cried and howled a few times and fell down one after another.

Zhu Xiu was caught in the crowd, crying in mourning along with the mountain, and glanced around to observe the expressions of everyone.

Hou Yi and Jiao Jixun, veterans of the game, had expressionless faces and shouted mechanically.

Wang Jun cried and howled several times, and kept mumbling, as if he was cursing.

Chai Rong, who was kneeling in front of Zhu Xiu, looked indifferent and said nothing.

Shi Yanchao looked impatient and yawned unbridled.

After looking around, no one felt truly sad about Liu Chengyou's death.

The emperor really failed when it came to this.

(End of this chapter)