Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 945: Zhao Gou: What sin has our Zhao family committed? [1 update]

School grounds.

Hua Rong is personally training the "Divine Archers", which are the archers directly under his command.

Lu Zhishen has the Wutian Camp, Wu Song has the Shuangdao Camp, Lu Junyi has the Qilin Cavalry, and Lin Chong has the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry...

The brothers all have their own direct troops, even Yue Laojiu has the Wild Wolf Cavalry.

Of course he also needs Hua Lao Ba.

The Divine Archer Cavalry, from the men to the horses, were all selected by Hua Rong, and he also trained them in riding and archery.

Hua Rong believed that once the Divine Archer Cavalry was trained by him, it would definitely be the most elite cavalry among the brother troops.

"Master!"

Kong Liang, the "lone fire star", ran to Hua Rong and whispered:

"Prince Guangping is here!"

Since Qingzhou already belonged to the Han Kingdom, Qingfeng Village lost its meaning, and both Kong Ming and Kong Liang came to join Hua Rong.

So in addition to Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, and Wang Gui, Hua Rong's trusted confidants also included his two apprentices, Kong Ming and Kong Liang.

It’s just that Kong Ming and Kong Liang are too weak. They are the most useless second generation among Hua Rong’s brothers…

To be honest, Hua Rong is too greedy for Lu Junyi's apprentice Yang Zaixing, Yue Fei's apprentice Luo Yanqing, Yu Hualong...

"What is he here for?"

Hua Rong frowned. Zhao Gou was only the Prince of Guangping now, so it would not be appropriate for him to meet with him privately.

Kong Liang lowered his voice and said, "Prince Guangping said he has something important to discuss with Master. Master, do you want to see him?"

Hua Rong flicked his sleeves and said, "No!"

Kong Liang said yes, but at this time Zhao Gou had already led the guards in very forcefully:

"Get out! Get out, everyone!"

Since he was originally the emperor, Hua Rong's imperial guards did not dare to stop him, and could only chase him and persuade him:

"Your Highness, please stay!"

"Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for us!"

"Your Highness..."

A hint of coldness flashed in Hua Rong's eyes. He waved his hand expressionlessly and ordered all the imperial guards to retreat.

Then Hua Rong bowed to Zhao Gou. Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Gou anxiously told Hua Rong:

"Oh no, Master Hua, something terrible has happened!"

Hua Rong frowned: "Your Highness, what's the big deal?"

Zhao Gou hurriedly urged his horse to Hua Rong's side and whispered to Hua Rong without caring about his status:

"My father was assassinated!"

"what?"

Hua Rong's face changed drastically:

“Who did it?

“When did it happen?

"How is your majesty now?"

"Died..."

Zhao Gou shook his head with a sad face:

"I was riding outside the city today, and on my way back I ran into General Feng.

"General Feng told me that a few remnants of the Jin State sneaked into Master Zhang's residence and assassinated my father!

"General Feng led his army to encircle and suppress the assassins, but those assassins were highly skilled in martial arts and had already escaped from the city..."

"hiss--"

Hua Rong couldn't help but take a breath:
Is Song Huizong dead?
Song Huizong died just a few days after he returned?

Slow!

Hua Rong suddenly realized something:
Early this morning, Feng Mei mobilized a thousand imperial guards to hunt down the remnants of the Jin State!

Hua Rong didn't take it seriously at the time.

Besides, those imperial guards fled from Tokyo to Xijing. Before Zhao Gou stepped down, he handed over the imperial guards who escaped from Tokyo to Feng Mei for management in order to share Hua Rong's power.

So the question is, did Feng Mei know that the remnants of the Jin State would assassinate Song Huizong today?
"Hua Shaobao, the city is in chaos right now, I'm worried there are assassins..."

Zhao Gou pleaded timidly:

"Can you please protect me as I return to the city?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will escort Your Highness back to the city right away!"

When Hua Rong learned of the death of Song Huizong, he had no intention of training troops anymore. He immediately summoned two thousand archers to escort Zhao Gou back to the city.

After returning to the city, Hua Rong protected Zhao Gou and entered the palace. Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the palace, they saw many eunuchs and palace maids crying. "Your Highness, Hua Shaobao..."

Yang Jian was turning around like a donkey pulling a millstone at this time. When he saw Zhao Gou and Hua Rong, he hurried over to them:

"Something terrible has happened! The prince has passed away!"

"what?"

Zhao Gou was struck by lightning, tears welled up in his eyes:

"My father passed away, and my brother also passed away...

"What sin has our Zhao family committed..."

Zhu Shengfei said from the side: "Fortunately, Your Highness is with Hua Shaobao, otherwise it would be dangerous..."

Hua Rong: "..."

"Hua Shaobao, Xijing is too dangerous today..."

Zhu Shengfei advised Hua Rong again: "Our prince is in greater danger, so can you ask Hua Shaobao to protect His Highness..."

Hua Rong: "It is my duty."

……

"His Majesty passed away?"

The new Grand Marshal Song Jiang stared at Wu Yong who came to report the news in disbelief. Wu Yong smiled bitterly:
"It collapsed, it really collapsed..."

"This……"

Song Jiang's face turned green: "What should we do?"

"The prince has also passed away!"

Wu Yong sighed: "The most likely successor now is the Prince of Guangping!

“So if we want to keep our position, the best way is to go see Prince Guangping right away!

"Tell Prince Guangping that we support him in succeeding to the throne!"

Song Jiang seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw:
"you're right!
"Let's go see Prince Guangping now!"

It doesn’t matter who becomes the emperor. What matters is that Song Jiang climbed to this position with great difficulty!
He cherishes this position more than his life!

Besides, Song Huizong was the emperor and he was a minister of Song.

When Song Gaozong was the emperor, wasn't he still a minister of Song?

So Song Jiang and Wu Yong went to see Zhao Gou as soon as possible.

At this time, Zhao Gou had gathered around him several loyal ministers, including Zhang Bangchang, Hua Rong, and Zhu Shengfei.

When Song Jiang saw this, he was startled:
I'm late!
There was no time to explain. Song Jiang fell to his knees before Zhao Gou:

"Your Highness, we are extremely saddened to hear that His Majesty has passed away and the Crown Prince has passed away!

"But the sky cannot be without the sun for a day, and the country cannot be without the king for a day!
"I beg Your Highness to consider the interests of the nation and choose a day to succeed to the throne so that the people can rest assured!"

Wu Yong also prostrated himself on the ground: "I second the motion!"

Good guy!
Zhang Bangchang, Hua Rong, Zhu Shengfei and others were all stunned:

These loyal followers of the emperor hadn't even mentioned it yet, but unexpectedly Song Jiang and Wu Yong got there first!

Zhang Bangchang, Zhu Shengfei and others also bowed to Zhao Gou:
"I beg Your Highness to take the throne to calm the people!"

Hua Rong is of course no exception. As an undercover agent, he has to be more active than Zhang Bangchang and Zhu Shengfei.

Zhao Gou was very satisfied, but he still pretended to wave his hand:

"My father just passed away, and I am deeply saddened...

"I really have no intention of succeeding to the throne..."

"Your Highness is extremely filial, the sun and the moon can bear witness to this!"

Song Jiang kowtowed vigorously: "But the world cannot be without an emperor!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhang Bangchang advised earnestly:

"If Your Highness does not come out to take charge of the situation, the world will be in chaos again!"

"For the people of the world, for the country and the people!"

Tears welled up in Zhu Shengfei's eyes:

"Your Highness, don't refuse anymore!

"This court cannot do without His Highness, and this world cannot do without His Highness!"

Hua Rong felt that he should say something, but no matter what he said, he felt a little disgusted.

It didn't seem right to say nothing, so Hua Rong had no choice but to reply to Zhu Shengfei's words:
“…That’s right!”

(End of this chapter)