"Bai Shan, Bohu, you came early." Zhao replied with a smile.
Entering the door, there were two people sitting inside.
There was a man in his twenties who was tall and long-armed. He wore a soft-footed headdress and had handsome eyebrows, but he did not look like a scholar because his face was red and round, like a palace lantern swinging around.
The other man was burly, also in his twenties, wearing a big hat that covered his thick eyebrows and big eyes, but it could not hide his dark face.
That face looked like it had just been dug out of a pile of coal and the dust had been blown away in one breath.
The black porcelain is so shiny.
Seeing these two people, their resumes came to Zhao Si's mind.
One is named Wei Baoqing, also named Bai Shan, who was born in Jingzhao Prefecture for ten thousand years, and is the descendant of the famous Northern Zhou general Wei Xiaokuan. The other is named Bai Chonghu, also given the courtesy name Bohu, who was born in Huazhou, Shaanxi Province, and claims to be the descendant of Situ Yonghui Gong, a famous prime minister of the former Tang Dynasty.
Wei Baoqing serves as the commander of the Tianwu Army in front of the palace, and Bai Chonghu serves as the commander of the Yunqiu Army of the guards.
After Zhao Si left the cabinet and opened a government, he hung out more with the generals and officers of the Forbidden Army. These two were like-minded and had the deepest friendship.
Last winter, Zhao Si and a group of people went hunting for foxes and rabbits outside Kaifeng City. They were suddenly caught in a blizzard, got separated and lost, and the temperature was so low that they almost died in the wilderness. The three of them worked together and broke out together.
It's a life-and-death relationship.
After Zhao Si fell into the water, these two were among the few friends who came to post messages and leave messages of comfort.
Zhao Si, who dug out the treasure from the depths of his memory, had several in-depth talks with them in the past few days. The more they talked, the more he felt that it could be of great use.
These two people are the kind of people who have strong business abilities, personal charm and leadership talents, and have high prestige among their colleagues in the Forbidden Army.
Zhao Si, a fool, is not without merit. He has a chivalrous and open-minded nature, and he has actually made friends with some talented people.
"Thirteenth Master, the clams here are very delicious. I have ordered three plates and we will eat them together while they are hot." Wei Baoqing said with a smile, "Why are you here with us today? Why are you so mysterious?"
Bai Chonghu lowered his head to eat clams and said in a low voice, "There must be nothing good going on. You can't tell us to deal with some unsighted guy."
After he finished speaking, he raised his head, and his mouth was slick with clam soup oil, like a bloody mouth, but he was still grinning, which made him look even more terrifying.
He is a descendant of the younger brother of Xiangshan layman Bai Juyi. Does Bai Juyi look like this?
Zhao Si looked at Bai Chonghu's face and was in a daze for a moment.
"Thirteenth Master, you have taken care of Han Xueru. It's really satisfying!" Bai Chonghu said happily, "This old thief with a bird's eye is as good as a fly when he sees money. In the past two years, how many men have done this?"
It was unspeakably painful to be exploited by him by knocking my bones and sucking my marrow. Today I was finally brought down by Thirteenth Lang, which is really satisfying."
"That's right! Among the men in the army in front of the palace, when mentioning the Thirteenth Prince, who wouldn't raise his thumbs up and say hello!" Wei Baoqing agreed.
"Brothers, do you know why I wanted to kill Han Xueru?" Zhao Si suddenly asked.
Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu looked at each other.
The two of them were indeed a little curious.
In the past, Han Pingxian teased Zhao Si around and treated him like a brother. Unexpectedly, he suddenly turned against him and went straight to death. There must be a mystery in it.
It's just that it's hard for the two of them to ask.
"Han Pingxian and my eleventh brother cooperated internally and externally, and encouraged me to build the Longjie Army and eventually become the captain of the ship's flag."
Hearing Zhao Si say this, Wei Baoqing's face changed slightly, "On March 18, several dragon boats in Jinmingchi suddenly collided with each other. Was it someone who deliberately caused trouble?"
"The dragon boat that first caused chaos and then knocked me into the water, the flag bearer of the Long Wu, is named Zhang Shun. Now the whole family is alive and dead but not dead."
Zhao Si's words made Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu extremely angry.
"Kill people and silence them, these straight bitches!"
"It's not enough to deal with Han Xueru. I need to protect myself." Zhao Si said every word, as if he was hitting a nail with a hammer, "Two brothers, please tell me why my eleventh brother wanted to murder me.
What about me?"
There was silence in the room. After a while, Wei Baoqing sighed, "What else can I do for, but for the position of crown prince!"
Bai Chonghu slapped his chopsticks on the table, "It is rumored that after the two husbands mentioned the matter of establishing a heir to the empress, several kings jumped up and down, but Prince Duan and Thirteenth Lang were unmoved. But Thirteenth Lang was real.
Unmoved. King Duan, however, was moved and took action secretly. Even more despicable!"
Zhao Si sighed in his heart, these two people finally got it together. Don't they have such a strong relationship that they can say such taboo words to him?
"I have news for you. My sixth brother, the virtuous concubine of the official family, Mrs. Liu, is pregnant again. She is expected to give birth in September."
Zhao Shi's sudden news plunged Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu into silence again.
The two of them looked at each other and couldn't help but look at Zhao Si, trying to find out the true meaning of this sentence from his face.
"Sixth brother asked the national master and the eminent monks of Xiangguo Temple to do calculations. This time Mrs. Liu should give birth to a prince. If this news gets out, some people will give up temporarily."
Zhao Si picked up a clam, put it in his mouth and sucked it hard, then chewed it in his mouth and savored it.
"There were fourteen of our brothers in the Imperial Examination, and now there are only five left. 'Life and death are determined by destiny, wealth is in heaven.' I, the thirteenth son, have managed to live to this day, and have reached the age of seventeen. I don't want to be fooled by someone.
He was assassinated. Therefore, I want to save my life."
Having said this, Zhao Si pursed his lips and glared at Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu. The expression on his face seemed relaxed and a little solemn, as if his family was repairing a house and invited relatives and friends to help.
"Brothers, are you willing to help me?"
"Thirteenth Master, how can I help? Let me tell you the rules!" Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu looked at each other and answered word by word.
Zhao Si took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu.
The two of them looked at it hastily, with expressions of surprise and joy on their faces.
"Iron Blood Group..."
"That's right, it's just like those literati poetry clubs. A group of like-minded people get together. They are good at reciting poems and writing lyrics, and we only know iron and blood. They are romantic and happy. But we are here for the common cause.
Fight with faith, throw your head and shed your blood."
The last six words of Zhao Si seemed to be taken out of a raging fire with iron tongs, placed on an anvil, and then beaten out with a sledgehammer.
Wei Baoqing raised his head from the scroll and asked word by word, "Thirteenth Master, is it true that you promised to 'reduce the gift of the Confucian crown in order to reward the soldiers for their merits!'"
"It's absolutely true. If it's false, the sky will strike with five thunders, and you will be reincarnated in the animal realm for generations to come!"
Zhao Si replied without hesitation.
Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu were his life-and-death friends. Asking them to come forward to select like-minded key officers from the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and infiltrate the various armies of the Forbidden Army in the form of secret blood alliances, was an important step for him to secretly gain military power.
And "Reduce the gift of Confucianism and reward the merits of warriors!" is the belief that unites people's hearts.
Emperor Taizu was able to run a charity society, so it’s not too much for me to learn from it. Moreover, my method was learned from modern times, and it must be much more advanced and effective.
"Wei Baoqing/Bai Chonghu are willing to serve Thirteenth Prince!" The two stood up, gave a long salute, and said loudly.
Zhao Si stood up and saluted Shi with a solemn expression.
A quarter of an hour after Wei Baoqing and Bai Chonghu left, Yu Huatian was led into this room.
"Your Highness, I have made an agreement with Li Dan. He will reply in two days." Yu Huatian said respectfully.
"Well, you keep an eye on this matter for now, and then hand it over to Mr. Li after Fengheng Yuxing is set up. You continue to take care of the affairs of the East School Office."
"As commanded."
"By the way, how are Zhang Shun's family doing?"
Seeing that Yu Huatian was slightly stunned, maybe he hadn't selected this person from the massive amount of information, Zhao Si clicked again.
"It was Zhang Shun, the flag-bearer of the Longwu dragon boat that knocked me into the water in Jinming Pond on March 18th."
1. That is Bai Minzhong, the prime minister during the Xuanzong and Yizong periods of the Tang Dynasty, and the cousin of Bai Juyi. This chapter has been completed!