Chapter 326 What is loyalty? Life is a big gamble! How can a husband stay in this world for a long time?

Author: purple water

Chapter 326 What is loyalty? Life is a big gamble! How can a husband stay in this world for a long time?

I am happy here and don’t miss Shu.

Zhao Tong stayed for three full days, and it was not until dusk that day that he walked out of the room.

Zhao Yuannu looked at him worriedly, not expecting Zhao Tao to be so arrogant and overbearing, but his face was full of sweetness, even though his heart was still trembling after the fierce whipping.

It was a gloomy sky outside again, and although it was dusk, it was dim and gray. Zhao Tong got on the carriage, and only half way through it became completely dark, and then large flakes of snow fell down as if endlessly.

"The snow is very heavy this year." Zhao Tong sighed in the car.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. Next year will definitely be a good year." Wu Xiaodao replied outside the carriage.

"You still know this?" Zhao Tong smiled.

"My lord, I didn't know about it at first, but my father bought a few acres of land in the northern suburbs two years ago and listened to the farmers there talking about it, so I found out about it."

"The land in the northern suburbs seems to be unsafe. It is close to the Yellow River. It seems that most of it was flooded when the floods occurred this summer." Zhao Tong thought.

"Who says it's not the case? This year's flood only lasted for one season, barely keeping the capital, but it also cost a lot of labor time." Wu Xiaodao said frustratedly.

Zhao Tong sighed and stopped talking. Life for the Forbidden Army family was not easy, otherwise they would have to buy the worst land in the northern suburbs, and then they would have to depend on the weather.

The carriage was walking slowly. Zhao Tong was not in a hurry. He raised the curtain to watch the snow scene. At this time, there were no pedestrians on the street. The kick of the horse's hooves and the "squeak" of the wheels mingled together and spread far away.

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At this time, just in front of the tall doorstep of Prince Qin's Mansion, illuminated by the dim light of the lantern, a short black figure stood silently.

His figure was stiff, his expression was numb, and he was as humble as a gangster.

After a long time, he shook off the snow on his body and glanced at the horse on the hitching post in the distance. It had been a whole day since the horse and man had water and teeth.

But he still had to keep waiting, no matter what, he had to wait until the end of Haishi.

The King of Qin said that if he saw him today, he would wait till the end without any hesitation.

He came from a humble background and had a humble status. Even though he was recruited and met with officials, he was still like an ant in the eyes of the princes.

Not to mention someone like him who has a dark background to recruit bandits, even among those border generals with upright family backgrounds and meritorious deeds, how many of them can be taken seriously by the golden and purple ministers in the temple?

Therefore, he must cling on, otherwise the future will be unclear and difficult to get ahead, and the road will even become more and more difficult.

In the past few days, he had been sending compliments everywhere, but very few people paid attention to him, and most of them didn't even get a reply. But what he didn't expect was that among the few big shots who agreed to meet him, he actually had the power to influence the king of Qin.

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Tianhuang nobleman, a scholar leader, has great power and is famous all over the world.

When he thought of this, he moved his frozen legs and rubbed his hands, and a strange look appeared on his already numb face.

He had to wait. With his status as the King of Qin, he had to deal with many things and was busy with official duties. Maybe he had forgotten it, or maybe he just couldn't get away from it. This was the time to test his sincerity.

Even if you can't see the King of Qin today, you can pay your respects again tomorrow. I think the King of Qin will definitely think of this and remember Song Jiang.

Life is a big gamble. If you don’t want to be mediocre and lose everyone, then you must plan carefully, be bold and careful, seize the opportunity, and never let it go!

Even if he risked his wealth and life, he would not hesitate to do so. Since he had no hope of studying for the imperial examination, he could only find another way to make money as an official, make friends with green people, and cultivate his reputation.

He goes up the mountain to become a thief, enters the water to become a thief, kills people and sets fires, and is punished!

In the morning, I am a guest in the green forest, and in the evening, I ascend to the Emperor's Hall.

A man born between heaven and earth, how can he live in depression for a long time under human beings?

It's a pity that when he once said these words to Lin Chong, the man looked impatient. He only had martial arts skills and no ambition as a man. Sanniang married him. It was really... painful!

That man... is probably dead at this moment?

Open the big one, open the small one, and you’ll be sure to leave!

Life in this world is really difficult!

"Master Song, I think you should leave first. When the prince comes back, I will report your request for an audience."

A young servant walked out of the concierge, gnawing on a meat bun and shouting loudly.

Song Jiang shook his head, clasped his fists with a smile on his face and said, "I'd better wait a little longer, Brother Lao, I'm sorry for the trouble."

The young servant hurriedly took two steps back: "Master Song, please don't hold your fist for me. I can't bear this. Just wait if you want..."

After saying that, he turned around and ran back to the room with a hiss.

The servants in the palace were never as cold-eyed as in other palaces, so Song Jiang didn't think there was anything wrong with his fist.

After all, he, Song Gongming, had always been known for his courtesy and virtuous treatment of others. He couldn't forget his true nature when he became an official.

Moreover, there are seven rank officials in front of the prime minister, let alone a prince.

Xuan's father is still afraid of future generations, but his husband must not be young. Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, who knows whether this young concierge will be the next Gao Qiu in the future?

Gao Qiu was just Su Shi's school boy at that time.

He, Song Jiang, would never look down on anyone or despise anyone, but...excluding Lin Chong.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Tong's carriage finally returned to the gate of the palace. By this time, the snow on the ground was extremely thick and was not letting up.

After getting out of the car, Zhao Tong saw a man standing next to the stone lion on the steps. His whole body was pale, he was abject and humble, and he looked at him with a sad look.

This is... Zhao Tong frowned.

Wu Xiaodao said: "Hey, who is so bold as to dare to spy in front of the palace?"

Although Song Jiang had a firm belief in his heart, the weather was cold and his body was cold. He was already dazed by the cold at the moment. Hearing this, he couldn't help being frightened. He reluctantly moved to look and saw Zhao Tao, who was wearing a fur coat.

Zhao Tong was sitting in the front row at the banquet that day. He had definitely seen his appearance. He, Song Jiang, had this advantage. As long as he met anyone, he would never forget him. Even after ten or twenty years, he would recognize him at a glance.

At this moment, he couldn't help but immediately became energetic and shouted softly: "I'm going to visit Songjiang, Shandong Province..."

As he said this, he was about to kneel down. Who knew that after standing for too long, his legs had already become stiff. He suddenly turned around and exerted force, but without realizing it, he jumped forward with a "pop" sound.

Then he struggled a few times, but still couldn't get up. He couldn't help but scream in his heart, so he lay on the ground and apologized: "Your Majesty, I have been standing for too long and my legs have lost the use of my legs. I hope your Majesty will forgive me for my unreasonable behavior."

crime."

Zhao Tie looked at him, remembered what he had done a few days ago, and said, "It turns out to be Dr. Song. He has been waiting in the snow for a long time. What's wrong with him? Someone, help Dr. Song in."

Silently all the way into the front hall, Zhao Tong took off his fur coat and sat down, and asked someone to make tea. At this time, Wu Xiaodao and the young concierge dragged Song Jiang in.

It was cold outside, but there were a few charcoal pots in the hall to keep warm. The two phases alternated, and Song Jiang suddenly felt dizzy, but fortunately he could stand, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I'm going to the east of Shantong, Song Jiang, to pay my respects to His Highness the King of Qin.

Your Highness is a thousand years old."

Zhao Tong looked at him, but Song Jiang didn't hear the sound and didn't dare to get up or look up.

After a long while, Zhao Yucai said calmly: "I like martial arts and have heard about it in the green forest. At that time, I heard about your name as Shandong Jiyu Hu Baoyi."

Song Jiang immediately lowered his head and said: "Jiang is a reckless person, wandering in the rivers and lakes, as humble as a dust particle. He didn't want to dirty the prince's ears. Jiang is really guilty."

Zhao Tong was actually a little puzzled. Normally, Emperor Daojun gave this credit to Zhao Kai, and Zhao Kai should recruit everyone in Liangshan. Why did Song Jiang run around in the capital like a headless fly?

Moreover, there are fewer people coming to Beijing from Liangshan. Where have they gone?

He could think of a reason for Zhao Kai. After all, the third prince of Zhilan Yushu was such a self-respecting and noble person. Naturally, he was unwilling to deal with the rough bandit leader in Liangshan.

As for things like winning people's hearts, Zhao Kai naturally knows how to do it, but he probably doesn't look down on people like Song Jiang. What's more, once Liangshan recruits troops, the imperial court will inevitably adopt a strategy of differentiation to disrupt all the soldiers below, and some leaders may not be able to do it again.

Zhao Kai was even more disdainful to recruit him if he could meet him. After all, such a small official and a small position, and originally a bandit, would pollute his own identity.

Zhao Kai wanted to be a righteous man. He was waiting for Emperor Daojun to appoint a crown prince, so he didn't have to take the road of bringing troops to gain power. Even if he did, he wouldn't go with people like Liangshan.

That's fine, but there are some people missing from Liangshan, so what's going on?

He looked at Song Jiang and said: "Doctor Song, I have heard that there are many leaders in Liangshan, so why were there so few generals that day? Is it because you don't want to recruit people and go to other mountains to start a new business?"

Song Jiang was stunned when he heard this. Before he came, he had rehearsed in his mind over and over again. He had prepared all the words that King Qin might ask him one by one. He felt that nothing was missed before he came over. However, he never expected that the other party would actually ask him.

Asked about this matter.

Logically speaking, the King of Qin was not familiar with Liangshan. There were so many people there at that time, so he should not have noticed that there were only a few talented people there.

Seeing him stunned, Zhao Tong knew that there must be something fishy, ​​and couldn't help but grimace: "Liang Shan did not do anything in a day, and the court has recorded the replacement of the leaders. If I remember correctly, the second leader before the recruitment was called Lin Chong, right?

?This man was originally the instructor of the Forbidden Army, under the command of the Palace Chief, where is he now?"

Song Jiang was shocked and thought to himself, could it be that the King of Qin had an old relationship with Lin Chong? That would be a bad thing! But...it doesn't seem right. If there really was an old relationship, how could he be forced to go to Liangshan? How could Gao Qiu dare to frame him?

He was confused for a moment, and then he said quietly: "Your Majesty, this Lin Chong..."

Zhao Tong frowned: "I don't recognize Lin Chong, I just heard about him, but there is no name for him in the reward given by the palace. Where did he go?"

When Song Jiang heard this, he immediately let out a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Lin Chong does not want to be summoned. Before we set off to Beijing, he had already taken his wife and Hu Sanniang down the mountain and escaped."

"Escaped?" Zhao Tong touched his chin: "Where are the other few people?"

Song Jiang said: "The lower officials are afraid that Lin Chong will go to another place to occupy the mountains to rebel and bring trouble to the court, so he sent more than a dozen leaders to hunt him down. I guess... I guess his head has been taken by now and he is on his way back.

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Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes. Those few men actually went to chase Lin Chong, but was Lin Chong so easy to kill? This man seemed to have changed his temper after he went to Liangshan. He killed Wang Lun, Chao Gai, and married Hu Sanniang. , fighting for the second top spot is not as timid and willing to compromise as he was in Tokyo, but more sinister and sinister.

He thought for a while: "Did someone named Zhang Shun also go?"

Song Jiang didn't understand how Zhao Tong knew about Zhang Shun, so he could only tell the truth: "Because it was Lin Chong who fled south, and the subordinate officials were afraid of taking the water route, so they sent two people who were good at water, namely Zhang Shun and Li Jun. Zhang Shun is one of the best in water skills in the village, and Li Jun is the best in water martial arts. With these two people here, Lin Chong will definitely not be able to pass through the water channel."

Zhao Tong nodded. Song Jiang knew people well and took advantage of their strengths. These two were bullies in the Xunyangjiang area in Jieyang Mountains back then. Because they were old acquaintances, they must have a tacit understanding of each other, but when he went to Jiang In Zhou Dynasty, he had a grudge with Zhang Shun outside the city, so this man must die.

Zhao Tong said: "Doctor Song, don't worry about Lin Chong's life or death. When he comes back, you will report to me."

Song Jiang repeatedly said yes. Although he didn't know why the King of Qin cared about such trivial matters, he could always talk more and liven up the relationship, so he could do anything.

Zhao Tong said again: "Doctor Song, please get up and sit down."

Song Jiangliandao didn't dare, so he just said he could kneel down and speak.

Zhao Tong looked at him and shook his head: "Today is different from the past. You are already an official of the imperial court and you have not committed any crime. How can you kneel down?"

Song Jiang then stood up and sat down on the chair next to him. He didn't dare to speak actively. Zhao Tong asked and he answered, but the more he answered, the more frightened he became.

The words he had originally prepared were not used at all. Different from what King Yun asked when he was recruiting people, the things King Qin asked were quite tricky and strange, causing cold sweat to drip from his forehead unconsciously.

If there is a lofty position, he can't help but feel short-sighted and incompetent, looking at the sky from a well.

But some questions made him dumbfounded and speechless. He couldn't believe that this was coming from the mouth of a prince.

He actually asked him what Yan Poxi looked like, and asked him why he didn't marry a wife and have children despite his age. He even asked Hu Sanniang and Yan Poxi, which one had better appearance?

Song Jiang felt confused in his mind. He was good at recognizing people, but at this moment he really couldn't understand. He couldn't understand what kind of person this King of Qin belonged to.

Zhao Tong asked a lot of questions, demonstrating his high vision and satisfying some of his long-standing curiosity. Then he stretched himself and picked up the tea cup.

Song Jiang thought that King Qin was going to see off his guests, so he immediately stood up and planned to say goodbye, but unexpectedly Zhao Tong spoke again: "Doctor Song, what is loyalty?"

Song Jiang's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he thought to himself that he had indeed come, but this was a question he had prepared before. He was originally going to answer the official, but unexpectedly the official was not interested in asking him this, but King Qin asked him here. come out.

But what does King Qin mean by asking this? I heard that some things in the court are quite subtle at the moment. The prince is weak, and King Qin and King Yun are facing each other tit for tat. They probably have the idea of ​​going further, right?

When he thought of this, Song Jiang fell to his knees with a "pop" sound: "The official thinks that loyalty... means that the king allows the minister to die, and the minister has to die!"

Zhao Tong looked at him for a long time before smiling and saying, "Doctor Song, you can go back."

Song Jiang kowtowed and stood up, walking out of the palace gate. Although the sky was still covered with heavy snow and the chill was biting, his clothes were soaked with sweat...

Liangzhe West Road, Muzhou, Qingxi County.

Under the darkness of night, Lin Chong looked at the undulating mountains in the distance that looked like rugged monsters. The Bangyuan Valley was already in sight.

He took a long breath, and then roared: "A man was born between heaven and earth, how can he live in depression for a long time under human beings!"
Chapter completed!