Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 202 Human Heart
Zhangde City was also full of excitement at this time. In the teahouse opposite Tongtian Ticket Office, the storyteller slapped the rattle and said, "So, this world is unfair. Good people don't live long, and evil will last for thousands of years."

"The previous dynasty is gone, but the days are not the same as before." Someone drank tea, shook his head and said, "Look at the people in Sizhou, when they wake up, they are at the bottom of the lake. , none of the people in the city came out alive."

"It's them this time, and I don't know where it is next time. Speaking of which, we people have been the most unlucky people since ancient times."

Someone pressed his mouth, "Shh!" and said again: "Go home and talk about this with your wife, but you can't say it in a teahouse. If someone spreads it, you will be beheaded."

"Decapitate it." The man threw down the teacup and said, "I'm going to Fengyang to join the rebel army. Even if it doesn't work, I feel at ease if I make a fuss."

Otherwise, those nobles who sued officials thought they were doing the right thing.

What tradeoffs, bullshit tradeoffs.

"Have you heard that Zhennan Hou was ambushed outside Taiyuan City two days ago. He was seriously injured."

As soon as the words came out, the teahouse suddenly became noisy, and the storyteller stopped talking, and said loudly: "You are talking nonsense, Zhennan Hou, he just came back from beating Nurhachi."

"It's absolutely true, it's the news from Tongtian Ticket Number." The man said.

Everyone was silent for a while, and someone asked: "Then, is Lord Hou okay? Is he in Taiyuan? Does the Holy Majesty not care who ambushed him?"

"The Holy One sent someone to kill him." The man replied, "It is said that Lord Hou intends to rebel."

The room was filled with sobs, everyone had eyes and could see, "...Impossible, the Hou Ye came back and the soldiers stayed outside the pass. If he wants to rebel, he has to bring people by his side, right? This must be the treacherous minister who framed him Marquis."

While talking, someone suddenly shouted at the door: "It's not good, Master Hou was blocked by bad guys outside our city, and the two sides are fighting."

"Master Hou has come to our place?" Everyone stood up, and immediately someone said: "Yes, if you go from Taiyuan to Jiangnan, you can't go to our place if you don't take a boat."

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, suddenly someone said: "We can't lose to Taiyuan, let's go, let's go protect Lord Hou, no matter what, we can't let Lord Hou get hurt here. A paragraph."

"You're right." Everyone yelled in unison, and the crowd dispersed from the gate. Within a quarter of an hour, people from half of the city rushed in front of the closed city gate, and the guards who closed the city were replaced by the guards, and the two sides confronted each other. , someone said to the imperial guards guarding the city: "You can pretend that you don't know about this matter. As long as Lord Hou passes through Zhangde, he has nothing to do with all of us, but as long as others are in Zhangde, we can't ignore it, otherwise it will be cold." It has broken the hearts of the soldiers of the world, and chilled the hearts of the common people."

The commander of the imperial army stood on the tower and did not speak for a long time. What the people said was actually reasonable. The Holy Majesty said that Zhennan Hou was rebelling, but until now they have not seen any signs of Zhennan Hou's rebellion. Maybe the Holy Majesty was really deceived.

But even so, as the imperial guards, they can't open the door, and they can't do things that violate the holy order.

"Don't talk nonsense here, you can talk about the affairs of the court, go back to me." The commander of the forbidden army pointed in the direction of Dongcheng, "Go back!"

Everyone didn't understand at first, but suddenly a scholar had a flash of inspiration, and said to the people around him, "Yes, you can go to the east city, there is no guard there, and the city gate is locked all year round."

"Let's go to Dongcheng."

In a mighty way, hundreds of thousands of people rushed to the east city, opened the city gate and rushed out of the city.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, they heard shouts of killing from far away, and the torches were faintly visible. Those people shouted loudly: "It's just ahead, did you hear the sound?"

"I heard it, I heard it." Someone responded: "Hurry up, let's save Lord Hou."

Hundreds of people held torches and yelled all the way: "The thief in front, retreat quickly, if you hurt Zhennanhou, we Zhangde people will never give up."

"The thieves in front, retreat quickly, if you hurt Zhennanhou, we Zhangde people will never give up."

The loud and tidy slogans shook the surrounding fields in the thick night, the movement ahead stopped suddenly, the light of the torches jumped more and more clearly, and then the crowd dispersed and the battle was suspended.

"Retired, people retreated." The people found Zhennanhou's carriage and respectfully said: "Master Hou, please take refuge in the city, I will definitely protect you."

The curtain of the car was opened, and Shen Zhan came out and stood in the car, clasped his fists with everyone, and said: "Shen is now wearing a sinful body, and it is not appropriate to stay too much in any place. Everyone, Shen will bear it in mind, and I am grateful." Thank you, but you must never enter the city."

"Everyone, please go back, we will go around the city and go south." Shen Zhan cupped his fists, "There will be a period later."

I don't know who cried in a low voice, and someone said: "Master Hou, go slowly."

"Master Hou, go slowly." Someone said: "I hope that Master Hou's family will be healthy and live a long life!"

Shen Zhan clasped his fists together, "Thank you for your good words." As soon as he finished speaking, he shouted, "Let's go!"

Stepping into the night, a team of no more than a dozen people continued on their way silently, looking desolate and lonely, which made people feel distressed.

"The cunning rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking!" Someone mournfully shouted, "The law of heaven is not fair, human life is worthless, like worthless."

The crying sound was faint at first, then became louder and louder, and finally turned into hundreds of thousands of people crying softly along the carriage. After more than ten miles, the carriage left the territory of Zhangde, and they left reluctantly. up.

"I don't know what's going on with Wei Hui." Someone sighed, "I hope they can protect Lord Hou and make it to Jiangnan."

"Sure, they will be as we think."

Indeed, they went all the way, did not enter a city, but wherever they went, the people in the city met and saw each other for ten miles, all the way south, until Xuzhou!

"You said the common people escorted him?" Zhao Zhiang couldn't believe it, "What about the forbidden army in each city, why didn't they stop him? Also, I remember that I said that no matter who it is, anyone can behead Shen Zhan with a knife."

Sun Shun lowered his head in response, and replied: "That's right, but...but the forbidden army didn't dare to do anything." Then he said: "They all think that there are traitors who are framing Shen Zhan, so they turn a blind eye and close their eyes. one eye."

The imperial guards in each city didn't understand, so they just relied on their Habayashi guards to chase and kill them, and they were stopped by the people halfway, how could they succeed easily.

What's more, Shen Zhan is not made of tofu. Although there are only a dozen of them, all of them have high mobile phones. It is really not easy to kill them.

"He's making a play for the people of the world, pretending to be pitiful." Zhao Zhiang said angrily, "Shen Zhan is no longer the old Shen Zhan."

That's right, in the past, Shen Zhan would have done what he wanted to do directly, how could he have such scheming.

"Then what should we do now." Sun Shun asked: "It seems that they don't seem to be going to Chengdu, but they seem to be going to Xuzhou."

Yangzhou?Zhao Zhiang was startled when he heard the words, and suddenly thought of something, he turned to look at Eunuch Du, and asked, "What happened to those mobs in Fengyang?"

"The news came from the Yangzhou Imperial Army. There are about [-] people. They have no weapons, and all they hold are hoes and poles. They rushed to Huai'an once, but failed, and they are still confronting each other."

"Confrontation is fart." Zhao Zhiang said: "Tell the two imperial guards to quickly eliminate these evils."

He didn't feel well, always feeling like he was missing something.

If Shen Zhan doesn't go to Chengdu Mansion or the Northwest, why does he go to Xuzhou and go to the south of the Yangtze River?
"Your Majesty." Eunuch Shui whispered at the door: "In the clan mansion, His Highness the Fourth Highness begs to see you."

Zhao Zhiang frowned and did not speak.

Concubine Chen Shu looked at Zhao Jun, was taken aback for a moment, and then asked: "You said that the fourth child came out of the clan's mansion?"

"En." Zhao Jun said: "Isn't the father very angry because of the Yantie Yamen, why did he suddenly forgive him?"

I can't figure this out.

Concubine Chen Shu suddenly thought of something, and suddenly realized: "...I just said why he went to find Mrs. Su that night, and why he was trapped by two nuns. That's how it is."

"Mother, what do you mean?" Zhao Jun asked.

Concubine Chen Shu replied: "The Su family followed Shen Zhan, turned over!"

yes!Zhao Jun suddenly understood that at this moment, Zhao Xu could make up a hundred reasons and tell the Holy One that he went to see the Su family that night because of his family and country.

And his occupation of the Yantie Yamen was also because of Su Shi and Ge Huaichuan's affairs.

You must know that although the Holy Majesty reinstated Officer Ge Huaichuan, Master Ge was not involved in Fengyang and Shen Zhan's affairs this time, and he never approached Ge Huaichuan whether it was to discuss or make suggestions.

"He's really good at calculating." Concubine Chen Shu said.

Zhao Jun frowned, thinking of something, and said: "Mother Concubine, you said that the person who wrote to us at that time was Mrs. Su? Could it be that Mrs. Su and the fourth brother secretly colluded to frame us?"

"No." Concubine Chen Shu said: "Probably, Mrs. Su didn't expect that the fourth brother was really calculating."

Zhao Jun nodded, walked back and forth a few times, stopped, and said, "Then what should we do now?"

"Wait and see what happens." Concubine Chen Shu said.

The weather was fine today and the sun was shining brightly. Zhao Xu came out of the imperial study, looked up, stroked his sleeves in a good mood, and walked out of the palace with his hands behind his back.

In other words, the four princes have had ups and downs several times, but they managed to save themselves from danger every time, and this time they even let him escape.

"Xi Momo and Qian Momo are afraid they won't be able to survive." A mama said with a suppressed voice: "Because the fourth prince was rewarded by the empress, but in a blink of an eye, the Su family escaped, and now the fourth prince has also been released. ..."

"It's like walking a mountain road. If you turn around a bend, you will fall off the cliff."

Whispering and talking, Zhao Xu heard it in his ears, and sneered in his heart, who can harm me, just rely on the Su family?
Can two wives catch him?He still went to look for Mrs. Su in the middle of the night... unless his mind was broken.

Therefore, he intentionally grabbed the Su family and made trouble. His father would quickly take him into custody in order not to make Shen Zhan suspicious. Otherwise, his father's suspicion would not only make him close the clan's residence...Su family It's smart, but so what, it's not being used by him.

The clan mansion entered, but half of the people he arranged in the Yantie Yamen remained.

In this deal, he was still the winner in the end.

"Congratulations, Your Highness." Mr. Lin greeted him, put a cloak on him, and said in a low voice: "The hot water and food in the house are all ready."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, smiled, and said, "Let's go home."

"Your Highness." The two talked while walking, passing by the clan mansion, Mr. Lin looked up and smiled, "What do you plan to do next?"

Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows and said: "Done the crime and made the meritorious service." Then said: "I just told my father that I will personally go to Fengyang to suppress the mob."

Mr. Lin nodded yes, and was about to speak when suddenly a person walked towards him. Mr. Lin smiled and said, "Brother Song."

"Your Highness, Mr. Lin." Song Qiao arched his hands.

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "During this time, thank you Brother Song for taking care of me, we will have a long life."

"Don't dare to accept Your Highness's thanks." Song Qiao said: "The villain is only acting on the entrustment of others."

Zhao Xu was taken aback, "I don't know whose order Brother Song is serving?"

"It's inconvenient to mention this matter, Your Highness, please forgive me." Song Qiao smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, go slowly, the villain has orders from uncle to go to work, so I won't disturb Your Highness."

With that said, Song Qiao straightened his clothes and strode away.

Zhao Xu looked at Song Qiao's back, his heart skipped a beat, and he exchanged a glance with Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin said, "This subordinate will send someone to investigate this person."

"Hmm." Zhao Xu was very surprised. Song Qiao had always been honest, and he didn't say a word when he brought him meals every day. He always felt strange why he suddenly said such words to him today.

Mr. Lin ordered people to check Songqiao, Zhao Xu went home to wash and bathe, and changed into new clothes. The fourth concubine brought the children to accompany him for dinner. The whole family talked and laughed. After dinner, Zhao Xu went In the study room, as soon as he sat down, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The servant who came in to serve tea jumped in surprise, dropped the teacup in his hand and shouted: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Then he shouted outside: "Come on, hurry up and invite the imperial physician."

Zhao Xu had cramps in his stomach, as if his internal organs had been gouged out with a knife. He was lying on the table, trembling all over.

The fourth prince's mansion suddenly became chaotic, the imperial physician rushed over, Mr. Lin and the fourth imperial concubine stood by the side, the imperial physician helped the pulse, frowned and said: "Your Highness, is this poisoned?"

"Poisoned?" Everyone was shocked, and the fourth prince and concubine said: "When did you get poisoned, and what kind of poison did you get?" Could it be the lunch meal?But why did she and the child have nothing to do with the food their family ate.

"I don't know what kind of poison it is, but this situation is clearly poisoning." The doctor said: "This poison..."

Before the imperial doctor finished speaking, Zhao Xu spat out another mouthful of blood lying on the bedside, and everyone shouted, Mr. Lin asked: "It is possible to detoxify, please detoxify quickly."

"I'm afraid I can't." The imperial doctor said: "I don't even know what kind of poison I got, how can I get rid of it."

Mr. Lin's complexion turned pale.

"Let's pour some mung bean soup first." The imperial physician said, "Since the poison has developed now, it must not last long. Let's try it first."

Everyone went to make mung bean soup.

Zhao Xu's pained mind was only buzzing, and for some reason, Su Wanru's appearance appeared in front of his eyes... Obviously this matter should have nothing to do with her, why did he think about this woman.

"Mr. Lin." Zhao Xu thought of Song Qiao, "That Song Qiao, have you found out where he came from?"

Mr. Lin nodded, "A person whose ancestral home is Xuzhou, came to the capital with his aunt in the past two years. However, after his aunt passed away a few years ago, he has been staying in Qin'enbo's house as an official. He has always been honest and reliable, and there is nothing suspicious about it."

"Impossible." Zhao Xu was dying of pain, the imperial doctor stopped the mung bean soup to drink, Zhao Xu vomited twice, but the pain still hurt, there was no sign of detoxification.

The imperial physician frowned and said, "Has Your Highness eaten out recently?"

"Your Highness just came out of the Clan Mansion." Mr. Lin said: "You mean, His Highness didn't get poisoned today, but was poisoned in the Clan Mansion?"

The Imperial Physician dare not say this, the Clan Mansion is now under the management of Wu Zhongjun, "It's hard to say, since we don't know what the poison is, we can only guess."

"It's him." Zhao Xu grabbed Mr. Lin's hand, "It's Brother Song, it must be him."

Mr. Lin also thought it was possible, "Then my subordinates will arrest him immediately for interrogation."

When Wu Zhongjun heard about the situation, he immediately sent people to protect Song Qiao, and said with a sneer, "The Fourth Highness said that he was poisoned in the clan mansion. Why is he fine in the clan mansion? It’s gone, I want to ask, what kind of poison is so powerful, and it can control the time of poisoning.”

"Go back and tell your Highness, don't rely on us for this matter, we are not soft persimmons, you can handle it as you like." Wu Zhongjun said angrily.

He didn't kill Zhao Xu in the clan's mansion because of Zhao Zhiang's face, otherwise, he could poison Zhao Zhiting to death thousands of times just because he wanted to grab Zhao Zhiting's position as the crown prince with all his heart.

Now he still has the face to come here to ask for someone, without evidence, not to mention Song Qiao, even the gatekeeper's wife, he can't let the other party take him away.

The people in the Fourth Prince's Mansion were closed doors, so they had to go back to report the letter. Mr. Lin's face changed when he heard this, and he hurried back to the room and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, I'm afraid this matter is complicated by our thinking. The master of Songqiao It should be Uncle Guo!"

More than a dozen imperial doctors read books next door for a long time, but made no progress.During Zhao Xu's break of time, his mind was sometimes sober and sometimes confused.
"Empress?" Zhao Xu sat up, and fell down again, "I'm careless, I only stared at Lao Wu and Mrs. Su, but forgot about her!"

That's right, the Clan Mansion is managed by Wu Zhongjun. He thought that Wu Zhongjun and the Empress would not have the guts to kill him in the Clan Mansion, but now it seems that his thinking was too simple.

"That's not right..." Zhao Xu seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly became confused again. He said intermittently: "If she is not benevolent, I will be unrighteous. Go and invite the fifth child!"

This throne, even if I give my fifth son the throne, I will definitely not let that donkey fool Zhao Zhiting sit on it.

Zhao Xu stroked his chest and panted.

After a while Zhao Jun came over, looked at him in surprise, and blurted out: "Fourth brother!" Although he was happy, he was even more surprised.

He and Concubine Chen Shu were still discussing Zhao Xu just now, why did he become like this in just one day.

too weird.

"Five!" Zhao Xu waved Zhao Jun from here, and said in a low voice, "Come here, I have something to tell you."

Zhao Jun walked over and half sat on the bedside, Zhao Xu suppressed his voice, and said a few words intermittently, although what he said was not clear, but Zhao Jun's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Fourth brother, you Sure?"

"I'm sure." Zhao Xu said: "I won't say this because the foreign enemies have not been eliminated. Now that I can't survive, I will tell you about it. Fourth Brother is watching you from the sky. The world!"

"Fourth brother." Zhao Jun held Zhao Xu's hand, frowning, "You...you will be fine."

Zhao Xu smiled, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, "You and I don't need these hypocritical politeness." He pulled his hand out, "However, even opponents are very close, and I wish you the best compared to him. "

Zhao Jun believed in Zhao Xu. If they changed positions at this moment, he would tell Zhao Xu what he knew.

"Fourth brother, you can go." Zhao Jun said.

Zhao Xu chuckled, his throat seemed to be choked, and the sound he made was extremely strange. Mr. Lin invited the fourth concubine and several children over, but Zhao Xu didn't even look at him, his head tilted and he died.

"Father, my husband..." The room became a mess and shouted loudly. No one could have imagined that the fourth prince who came out of the clan's mansion with a happy face in the morning died within a few hours after returning home.

Zhao Jun came to the next door, and several imperial physicians sat downcastly, he asked, "What kind of poison is it?"

"I don't know yet, but we have checked carefully, and there is no problem with the meals His Highness ate at noon, because the concubine and several young princes have eaten these meals, only wine!" The imperial doctor said: "But we have also checked the wine There is no problem. Then there is only one possibility, the poison in His Highness is fine, but because His Highness drank wine after returning, it was the wine that made His Highness poisoned."

Already poisoned?So it's really in the clan mansion?

Queen and Wu Zhongjun!

What a vicious thought.

Zhao Jun felt cold all over.

Song Qiao ordered a large bowl of noodles from the donkey meat shop by the roadside, and he ate slowly, while the diners at the next table were discussing, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is also quite unlucky, if someone comes out, he will lose his life, If I had known earlier, it would be better to stay in the clan mansion all the time, at least I could save my life."

"Who says it's not." The two said, regretting for a while.

Song Qiao Xili snorted after finishing a large bowl of noodles, sweating from the heat, the money was on the table, and when he went out with his things, he felt refreshed when the cold wind blew.

The princess asked him to stay in the capital, and he was very anxious. His wish was to take revenge with Su Ji, but now that the opportunity came, he could only stay in the capital.

However, just now, he suddenly felt very honored. He killed Zhao Xu by himself, and even blamed Wu Zhongjun and the queen.

Just wait for the right time, and the world will know.

At that time, the Zhao family will be in chaos.

The princess is right, what he wants to do is more important than theirs!
Song Qiao couldn't help laughing.

"You must come early, I am waiting to meet you in Yanjing."

Apart from secretly holding reservations about Zhao Zhiang's killing of Shen Zhan and Shen Zhan's plan to create chaos, Yanjing was very calm because of the distance, but this calmness was only superficial, and Shen Zhan was escorted by people from all over the country What happened in Xuzhou cannot be concealed.

Everyone knows it and is secretly glad.

It is a blessing for the people of the world that loyal ministers and good generals are still alive!
"If this continues, Zhennanhou will have to rebel if he doesn't." Someone sighed, "This world is going to be chaotic again."

"The central capital has been in chaos for a long time." Someone whispered: "The rebels have captured Fengyang and Yangzhou, and the Marquis of Zhennan is in Xuzhou, so close, maybe..."

As the two spoke, their faces changed drastically.

"Big deal, big deal." Someone rushed into the Miaoshicai Teahouse, and ordered the doorman to close the door, and the people in the shop who were drinking tea and listening to books all looked at him, and said with open mouth, "What's the big deal, tell me quickly. "

The man gasped and said, "The Marquis of Zhennan has rebelled in Xuzhou!"

"It's true, it's true." Zhang Tiezui said: "If you are so forced, he will have to rebel if he doesn't want to. Who doesn't want to live well. He has no way to survive, so what if he doesn't fight hard."

The crowd was in an uproar, and someone said angrily: "Those people in the court are all traitors, and the loyal ministers and good generals forced to have nowhere to go, had to rebel with cavalry, abominable!"

"Then why did Lord Hou rebel? His soldiers are in the northwest." Zhang Tiezui asked.

The fact that Marquis Zhennan left his soldiers in the northwest is enough to prove that he is loyal to the Holy Majesty.

"It's the rebel army following Fengyang. That rebel army is called...what's it called?" The person knocked his head, "I made a slogan that compares the country with the people, and the people are more important, and created a sect. What is it called?" ..."

"Manjianghong!" Zhang Tiezui said.

The man nodded, "There is another piece of music, created by the leader." He sang in a low voice, "If the ruler is not upright, the court will be upright. If the court is not upright, the country will be upright. If the country is not upright, the people will suffer. Spring has no seeds, There is no shade in summer, no harvest in autumn, and nothing to return to in winter. Taxes are wrapped in a cold heart, and Qi Qiran..."

Everyone felt pity and sympathy for a moment. It is difficult to do anything these years. The shop has to pay taxes as soon as it is opened. The crops in the fields have not been planted yet, and they already know that the tax will increase by [-]% in autumn.

The common people have no demands, as long as they have a place to live and a mouthful of food, it is impossible for them to resist.

The fact that Fengyang was able to rebel was also due to the interception of the river by the Holy Lord, which caused the flood to burst and submerge a city.

If you do any of these things, you will be accused by thousands of people, and you will be infamous for thousands of generations.

"Who is singing?" Suddenly someone kicked the door open and shouted, "Who was singing just now?"

It's the imperial army, Zhang Tiezui laughed loudly, and said: "Master Jun, it's the villain who is singing, and the villain was singing Chilechuan just now!"

The imperial guard glanced at him, didn't go into it, and shouted: "Be honest with me, if something happens, don't blame me for not being good at knives." Then he left.

After a while of silence in the teahouse, Zhang Tiezui asked, "So, Master Hou and Manjiang Hongjiao rebelled together?"

"Yes!" The man said: "Manjianghong's leader is surnamed Su, and it is very likely that he has something to do with the Later Song Dynasty. He is also a capable and loyal person. He said that he will lead the people to live a good life. Live a really good life."

Everyone didn't speak. It's hard to say whether this will happen. After all, Da Zhou is not just paper, and he can't fight if he wants to.

"Marquis Deqing went in person." Someone opened the door and came in, pointing to the outside and said, "Marquis Deqing went to Xuzhou in person."

Everyone was stunned.

"This battle is really about to start."

(End of this chapter)