Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 390 Old events from ten years ago

Lin Zhaoxia heard that Zhao Guangyuan would enter the court tomorrow to listen to politics, and was happy for him.

"Then you should keep a low profile, don't be arrogant in everything, and don't be rash in doing things."

Lin Zhaoxia felt that he still needed to accumulate more connections and connections, and be more prepared in order to hit the target with one hit.

In fact, according to her idea, just enjoy the cool under the big tree. She has money and property, so she doesn't have to worry about food and drink. She can just live her own small life behind closed doors. If she has to do something big that will change the world, she can't do it alone. Separating people's heads is really a high-risk thing.

But it was hard for her to persuade him. She knew how hard it had been for him these past years, and she knew that he was still trapped in his old dream. He was always thinking about redressing his brother's case and seeking justice for his grandfather's family. She felt sorry for him, so it was hard to persuade her.

There is no other way, they are all on the pirate ship. Apart from staying with him through thick and thin, it is not easy to get off the ship.

It was okay in modern times, but if she left him in Daqi, would she be able to live a happy life alone or would she be able to live a lazy life? Without his protection, I am afraid that I will be eaten up and wiped clean.

Moreover, she couldn't bear to leave him.

She wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Eat slowly. It's hard to digest if you eat too fast. It's so late at night, I don't mind your stomach hurting."

Zhao Guangyuan stopped his chopsticks, smiled at her, grabbed her hand, rubbed it on her thigh, and slowed down his eating movements.

Lin Zhaoxia let him hold her hand and told him what she did today, what she learned, and how she felt today. Zhao Guangyuan listened carefully and did not feel bored. He told him everything about her. Everyone wants to hear it.

Occasionally, I would say a word or two back to her. The two of them chatted at the dinner table, and there was no rule to abide by that meant eating, talking, and sleeping.

When Zhao Guangyuan finished eating, Lin Zhaoxia thought of something, "By the way, today Priest Zhao sent a gift, saying it was from an old friend to congratulate us on our wedding."

"The old man gave it to me? Who gave it to him? What did he give it to?"

Lin Zhaoxia went into the inner room and took out a box and handed it to him.

The black box is made of ebony and is as big as a palm. It has no decorations and looks plain and simple. Zhao Guangyuan held the box and looked at it, then opened it...

Seeing a string of ebony Buddhist beads lying on the satin inside, he frowned. Then he looked at the mark on the Buddha's head, his face changed, he closed the box with a snap, and threw it on the table.

Lin Zhaoxia was startled, why did she suddenly become angry?

He glanced at the box far away from him on the table and said warmly: "What's wrong? Shouldn't I accept it?"

Seeing how cautious she was in asking, Zhao Guangyuan felt heartbroken. In this Daqi, in this capital, she only has herself. He took Lin Zhaoxia into his arms and stroked her back, "It's none of your business."

"Then why are you suddenly angry?"

Seeing him gritting his teeth, he stared at the box containing the beads with hatred, "Is that person an enemy?"

Zhao Guangyuan closed his eyes, "No." When he opened his eyes, he saw her looking like she was breaking the casserole and asking for the truth. He endured it again and again before he managed to say, "It was given by a bald donkey." There was resentment in his voice.

Bald donkey? "Is he a monk?"

"Ah."

"Why did the monk offend you?"

"...He ruined my family!"

Lin Zhaoxia's eyes widened. Pull away from his arms slightly and look at him. He opened his mouth and closed it again.

When he mentioned the old events from ten years ago again, he was afraid that he would still bleed. "It's late at night. You have to get up early to go to court tomorrow. Why don't you go back home first."

Zhao Guangyuan also knew that she was afraid that he would be sad and didn't want to ask more questions. But now that the matter was brought up and I couldn't put it back, I suddenly felt the desire to talk about it. The pain had been buried in his heart for too long and had weighed on him for too long. He wanted to find someone to talk to. He pulled her into the inner room and placed her on the bed. He sat down leaning on the bedside with one leg half-supported on the bed, his eyes unfocused, "Eleven years ago..."

Eleven years ago, Daqi suffered from major and minor disasters since the end of autumn. The land was bare for thousands of miles and the people were in dire straits. The imperial court was busy providing disaster relief and appeasing the people, and was exhausted. The supply of food sent to the Jiubian Military Camp was no longer available. The soldiers fought hungry, and soon a mutiny broke out in the army.

Although the 300,000-strong army at Hangu Pass was suppressed by Lu Guogong, the soldiers were unwilling to fight on an empty stomach.

The officers and men were passive and sabotaged their work, and the foreign tribes outside the customs kept a close eye on them, hoping to take advantage of the civil strife in Da Qi and raise their troops to invade. Duke Lu Guogong had no choice but to use his own money to buy food from elsewhere, and then he could barely fill the stomachs of the soldiers.

As a result, as soon as the domestic disaster subsided, Lu Guogong was impeached.

He said that his food was purchased from outside the customs, that he colluded with the aliens outside the customs, and that he collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. It was also said that he was greedy for Mojun and secretly hid the trophies. Emperor Zheng issued an imperial decree and urgently summoned the Lu family and his son back to Beijing.

Lu Guogong and his son had just returned to the capital, and they were just asking questions as usual. The matter was not clear and they had not yet been convicted. As a result, something happened to the prince again.

It was revealed that before this, the prince was engaged in disaster relief, and the guards committed theft. The relief money was stolen, and the officials under his command were corrupt. The prince also caused a large number of casualties to the victims due to ineffective treatment. Emperor Zhengzheng relieved the prince of his duties and imprisoned him in the East Palace.

Seeing that the prince lost power, the court stepped on the prince even harder.

He said that he was unworthy of being the crown prince and asked the emperor to depose the crown prince. However, the prince was named crown prince when he was young. He has been the prince for more than ten years. He has been very diligent in helping with political affairs in these years. The emperor has no intention of deposing the prince and suppresses the voices in the court.

When he went to the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors, the emperor asked the high priest Zhao Gang whether the prince was worthy of being the king.

Zhao Gang then told the emperor what monk Zhiyuan had said about the prince. In order to protect the prince and avoid turmoil in the government and the public, he exaggerated a bit, saying that the prince was destined by fate.

He didn't want these words to be leaked out and bring trouble to the prince.

The court officials who had already offended the prince and Duke Lu did not want the prince to stand up and liquidate them in the future. So he collected all kinds of accusations in order to bring down the prince.

Several charges were fabricated against the prince.

It was also known that the emperor was afraid of Lu Guogong and worried that he would be superior to his master. If the prince had such a powerful relative in the future, he might become a puppet of the Lu family in the future, fearing that the country would change hands. The ministers took advantage of the emperor's mentality and suppressed him wantonly. .

Because Lu Guogong and his son had been summoned to the capital for questioning, the prince was placed under house arrest, and other ministers close to the prince were either imprisoned for questioning, or they dared to be angry and dared not speak out. For a while, the prince and Lu Guogong had no one to help them.

Later, the prince's secretly hidden dragon robe was found in the East Palace. The prince was first taken to Dali Temple for interrogation, and then his letters of collaboration with the enemy were found in Lu Guogong's mansion, which further confirmed their disloyalty.

"...I learned that my grandfather's family was sentenced to death, and the emperor's brother sent people to rob the prison. I wanted to save my grandfather's family, but unexpectedly, a traitor came out, and my father sent people to ambush... The emperor's brother committed another crime... Afterwards, my grandfather’s family died unjustly, and the east palace caught fire. The emperor’s sister-in-law, Zhi’er, and several of the emperor’s brother’s concubine children all died in the sea of ​​fire overnight...it was also said outside that they committed suicide out of fear of crime..."

Zhao Guangyuan pressed his chest and could hardly breathe.

"Yan'er, who I desperately saved from the sea of ​​​​fire, also died of a sudden illness in the palace a few days later... The emperor was disheartened and died in prison the next day. In order to protect me, my mother also followed. …”

Lin Zhaoxia was stunned.

She had heard him say something before, but it was not detailed. She didn't expect that the truth was like this.

The struggle for imperial power turned out to be a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

There is only one dragon chair, but everyone wants it.

If you really want to keep him away from that position, just spend your little life secretly. But seeing him pressing his chest and suppressing painful sobs, Lin Zhaoxia's heart broke in half.

Holding him, she kept comforting him, "It's okay, it's okay, you still have me..." The words were pale and weak.

Seeing him hunching his shoulders and crying in his arms, tears fell down.

Damn it!
What a big deal, isn't it just a dragon chair? I have to snatch it over for him to sit on. The worst case scenario is that heads will fall to the ground. Afraid of a ball, eighteen years later we are a hero again!