"Zhuo'er, you are accompanying His Majesty on his southern tour this time. If His Majesty does something that goes against the people's livelihood, you must try to persuade him. My father knows that you are a man of small words, but if you always don't talk about the pros and cons of small things, how can you see the pros and cons of big things!

People's livelihood is closely related, and any small thing can affect people's lives, so you must remember it!" Xiao Zhuo persuaded him sincerely before Xiao Zhuo left. Now that three days have passed, those who went to the south for the tour

The personnel have also been selected, but he is still a little worried about Xiao Zhuo who is about to board the ship. This is because he doesn't know if Xiao Zhuo is still his former son. After all, six years have passed and Xiao Zhuo has learned Taoism.

"The Taoist does nothing." He was really afraid that Xiao Zhuo would turn a blind eye to everything if he accompanied him on his southern tour.

Faced with Xiao Yu's instructions of loyalty to his family, country and the world, Xiao Zhuo also understood that his father could not let go of his close friends and the people's livelihood in the Sui Dynasty, but so what, successive years of corvee labor had made people everywhere

There was widespread resentment among the people, and banditry was rampant in various counties. However, after all, the Sui Dynasty's national power was still there, and the various forces were not yet established, so there was no big movement. If the Sui Dynasty were to weaken, I am afraid these forces would be destroyed.

Skin scabies is common, enough to rot the imperial court's rule over the local area! And his father must be very clear about this, so these days, Xiao Rui and Xiao Kai will be called to the study to ask questions one by one every time Xiao Rui and Xiao Kai return home.

He asked about the situation in various places. Even when he returned home, he was asked where he had been. He was told to visit a certain courtier's house more often.

"Father, in your opinion, is the current saint a Taoist king or a Taoist king?" Xiao Zhuo asked back. Although he felt that his father was deeply concerned about the court, he wanted to know more about his father's views on the court.

After all, what he did was related to the reputation of the Xiao family. If Xiao Yu was not stubbornly loyal to the Sui Dynasty, then he would have a lot less worries. As for this question, he originally thought that Xiao Yu would think carefully before answering, but he

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu was only slightly surprised and replied: "What is the right way? What is the lack of way? Qin Shihuang controlled the six kingdoms and established the imperial way for thousands of years. His talents, strategies, and achievements can be said to be right? But his

Burning foreign books and killing people, this act of consolidating the unity of the country earned him the name of a tyrant! Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had great talents and great strategies, and appointed good generals to drive the Huns thousands of miles away. Later generations all praised their merits, but what about the relatives of the heroic martyrs?

Isn't it immoral? The common view of the world is that an emperor who is eager to kill is regarded as immoral, and an emperor who is diligent and caring for the people and considers the people is a wise king. However, none of the founders of the dynasty in the past dynasties did not have their hands stained with blood and conquered people from all over the world. Even if they have kindness

How much achievements can a kind-hearted person achieve? How can the emperor's comments be judged by the opinions of the world?" Xiao Yu said it word by word. It seemed that he had thought about this problem a long time ago.

Xiao Zhuo did not expect that his father would have such an opinion, so he asked again: "So father still thinks that your majesty is a wise king?"

"I don't know whether your Majesty is a wise king, but he is definitely not a mediocre king! When I first arrived in Chang'an in the past, His Majesty was just an ordinary prince. All he wanted in his heart was to fulfill his filial piety in front of the court. He had never thought about what the emperor meant to him.

. But things went against expectations. Later, Princess An Yi and the Turks married. His Majesty was filled with anger but could not do anything. He vowed in his heart that he would never separate his relatives. However, just three years later, An Yi died, and the late emperor ordered Princess An Yi to marry in the north.

, His Majesty hated that he was not an emperor, so he determined to seize the throne. After he ascended the throne, there were several years of pacification, turmoil, and barbarians. Did the Sui Dynasty ever marry a princess again? Lose a point of land? If this is the case,

Can Your Majesty be regarded as a wise king?"

Xiao Zhuo couldn't answer. He had been to Panlong Mountain since His Majesty ascended the throne. He had been there for six years. There were so many things that he could not figure out during that time. But one thing was indeed true, that is, His Majesty did not make peace with foreign countries after he ascended the throne.

However, the Sui Dynasty did not lose an inch of its territory. Even the year before last, the threat of Tuyuhun in the northwest was completely eliminated.

But when Xiao Zhuo heard his father mention Princess Yi Cheng, he remembered the two wedding dresses and what Xiao Jing said when he was in Lanling, and then he had some doubts about the behavior of the current emperor. First, Princess An Yi married north to Yi.

It had only been three years since Princess Changchun married to the north. Why did His Majesty, who was the King of Jin at that time, not determined to seize the legitimate son when the former married to the north? Instead, he decided to seize the legitimate son when the former married to the north. Instead, he decided to seize the legitimate son when Princess Yichen married to the north. And he married the former in just one year.

Prince Yang Yong dethroned the crown prince, not to mention the means, but the speed alone is not unpleasant!

"Father, how is your relationship with Princess Yi Cheng?" Xiao Yu didn't understand why Xiao Zhuo suddenly asked this question, and Xiao Zhuo also noticed this, so he had to take Xiao Yu to his room to take out the two wedding dresses.

, and took out the poem "Shangxie" written on silk. Xiao Yu only glanced at it, his eyes suddenly became moist, and his hands tremblingly stretched out.

"Where did you get these two wedding clothes?" Seeing that his father's voice was choked up, Xiao Zhuo did not hide anything and told Lang Mengzhen and what happened in Lanling one by one. For a long time, he only heard

Xiao Yu sighed for a long time: "Brother Zhang! Why can't you wait any longer!"

"Father, does he know who this wedding dress belongs to?" Xiao Zhuo asked anxiously, but Xiao Yu's answer made him even more surprised, "This wedding dress was made by your mother personally for the sake of justice for the princess. How could I not?"

Got it!"

"Mother...why did Princess Nayi grow up to make this wedding dress?" Xiao Zhuo originally wanted to ask why his mother made it? But he thought that these two wedding dresses were made by another person, plus the materials of the wedding dress.

Although it is of high quality, the workmanship is quite simple. It only shows the word "hi" on the chest of the wedding dress. It can be seen that this wedding dress was probably made in private, and it was made for the princess. Naturally, it cannot be exposed to outsiders.

Know.

"His name is Zhang Heng, he is the former Yushi doctor. When His Majesty was the King of Jin, he was just a retainer of the Jin Palace. He was very talented. When His Majesty wanted to seize the throne, he asked Yu Wenshu to find Yang Yue and then win over Sikong Yang Su.

That was his suggestion." Xiao Yu recalled the past and found a chair to sit down. Seeing this, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly went over to pour tea, and then a slightly aged voice spoke again, finally speaking for Xiao Zhuo.

The mystery in her heart was solved. "At that time, Princess Yi Chengcheng often came to the Jin Palace because she had been close to His Majesty since she was a child. However, due to Princess An Yi's incident, Your Majesty was busy with official duties and was often away from the palace, so Zhang Heng came out to receive her.

After going back and forth like this, the two of them secretly fell in love. However, due to their status, Zhang Heng never expressed his feelings to the princess, because he felt that he could only be worthy of the princess when he became successful and famous. Later, when his majesty learned about this, he planned to expose it.

However, Zhang Heng insisted on marrying the princess only after he had achieved success and fame. The princess expressed her sincere feelings and left the song. His Majesty had no choice but to let them go. But no one expected that only three years later, Bei married.

Princess Anyi of the Turks died. There were no other princesses in the royal family at that time. In order to appease Qimin Khan, the late emperor had no choice but to order Princess Anyi to marry north. At that time, Zhang Heng knelt in the Jin Palace for three days and his head was broken.

However, at that time, Goguryeo was also secretly contacting the Turks with the intention of creating chaos in the north. For the sake of national interests, the late emperor still did not take back the order. The princess was ordered to marry in the north, but she married in the north.

The day before, she suddenly came to the Jin Palace and asked His Majesty to make two wedding dresses for her. She wanted to wear a wedding dress for Zhang Heng, but the matter could not be known to outsiders, so I asked your mother to do it. "

"Mom also knows about this matter?" Xiao Zhuo also didn't expect that his mother was also involved in this matter, but considering the seriousness of this matter, he felt that given his mother's status as a concubine at the time, she probably didn't know about it.

Beginning and end.

"Your mother doesn't know. When I told her the size of my wedding dress, she thought I was going to take a concubine again! Later she saw that the size of the groom's dress was different from mine, so she didn't go to your aunt to seek justice!" Listen!

Xiao Yu deviated from the topic, and Xiao Zhuo quickly asked, "Father, how is Mr. Zhang doing?"

"The princess and he paid homage to each other in the Jin Palace, drank a glass of wine, and after they were named husband and wife, they returned to the palace to get married. Later, his majesty ascended the throne, and Zhang Heng was promoted to the imperial censor. He repeatedly invited your majesty to visit the princess as an envoy.

, but were all rejected by His Majesty. Zhang Heng knew that there was no hope of seeing him again, so he resigned and returned to his hometown in despair. It was not until Qimin Khan passed away two years ago that Zhang Heng came to Beijing again to ask for orders to take the princess back, but at that time His Majesty

I was in the process of conquering Tuyuhun in person and was not in the capital at all. When His Majesty came back, the princess had already married Shibi Khan, and Zhang Heng became ill because of this. Unexpectedly, he left before the princess now! Alas! What a trick of God!"

"Sad for Father's Day!" Xiao Zhuo comforted him. When Xiao Yu's mood improved little, he said again: "Father, I was originally worried that these two wedding clothes would not be taken care of after I left. Now it seems that they will be left to my father."

It couldn't be more appropriate. Father! I'll leave first! I will definitely fulfill Mr. Zhang's remaining wishes!" After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, he knelt down to say goodbye to Xiao Yu, and then walked out of the Xiao Mansion.

After leaving home, Xiao Zhuo walked towards the gathering place for this southern tour. Just walking on Luoyang Street, Xiao Zhuo felt the enormity of this southward trip. The streets of Luoyang were already crowded with people, coming to watch the excitement.

Some of them came to see off and transport goods, but more of them were guarding sergeants. From the dock where the ship was parked to the street where Xiao Zhuo was, it extended to the entrance of the palace. It seemed that the holy driver was coming soon. Wait for Xiao Zhuo to come.

When we arrived at the place where the dragon boats docked, we saw nine large boats docked in the canal waterway in sequence. The four in front and the four in the back were slightly smaller. They were divided into two teams and lined up in the river. The middle one had a golden dragon head held high at the bow.

A five-clawed golden dragon's claws cling to the side of the ship. The dragon's tail at the end of the ship is full and curled up. The fine mahogany on the large hull has also been painted golden, and the scales along the water are carved out. It is actually a dragon ship, and the hull is

Its vastness and gorgeous workmanship and decoration can be described as extremely ingenious.

"Xiao Zhuo!" A familiar voice sounded from behind. Xiao Zhuo turned around and saw that it was Yuwen Chengdu who was leading the Emperor Luan Jia over. Behind Yuwen Chengdu, Emperor Yang Guang, Xiao Meiniang and Zhu Guier were sitting on the Luan Jia, accompanying him.

The imperial concubines of the imperial family followed them one after another. They all had vermilion faces, the posture of hibiscus and jade willows, plump and thin, and there were many of them. I am afraid there are dozens of them. Who are these people, Xiao Zhuo?

I couldn't recognize them, but judging from their clothes and their positions, I could tell that they were all concubines in the harem, but it was because of these concubines that Xiao Zhuo felt an unprecedented level of fear in his heart!

Is it true that the harem is full of monsters?

Xiao Zhuo looked at the concubines, all of them were wearing heavy makeup and green clothes, and their manners were even more elegant and graceful. They showed infinite charm in their movements, but no matter how they concealed it, they could not change the demonic power emanating from their bodies, especially

As they got closer and closer, the noise in the ground behind Xiao Zhuo was even louder than when he was carrying Tian Lan!

"Xiao Zhuo, Your Majesty has authorized you to take the dragon boat with the royal family. After boarding the ship later, I will take you to find your cabin." After Yu Wen Chengdu conveyed the Holy Sage's oral instructions, he immediately stood aside with Xiao Zhuo. His mission was to protect the Holy Sage.

Board the boat. Now the royal family has arrived at the river bank. No one can get on the boat until His Majesty has boarded the boat!

"Well! Chengdu, what are the other ships used for?" Xiao Zhuo asked. Yuwen CD also knew what he meant by the other ships, so he replied: "The ones at the front and the back are in full bloom.

The supplies needed for the southern tour include palace concubines' costumes, orchestral silks and bamboos, etc. The two dragon boats in front carry court officials and their families, and the two boats in the back carry palace maids and singers brought out from the palace.

and servants of officials.”

"What about His Majesty's safety?"

"Don't worry about this. There are three hundred Xiaoguo guards stationed on the dragon boat, and there will be fifty Xiaoguo guards on the other ships. After setting off, there will be 20,000 troops on the river bank following behind. It's absolutely foolproof!" Speaking of myself!

The Xiaoguo Guard, Yuwen Chengdu also seemed to have a plan in mind.

"It's so meticulous!" Xiao Zhuo sighed with emotion. During this southern tour, there were hundreds of civil and military officials and concubines in the harem alone, and the servants and maids who served these people in their daily lives were at least

Thousands of people. Not counting the geishas and escorting soldiers. If these people are included, the entire fleet may be no less than three thousand. It is okay for these three thousand people to live on the ship, but what about food? No matter before

Whether it was Yu Wen Chengdu or his own eyes, it seemed that no one was seen transporting the ingredients!

"Long live my emperor!" Emperor Yang Guang had just boarded the dragon boat. All the officials, soldiers and concubines around him bowed their heads in obeisance.

"Hehehehe! Sister! That was your nephew just now? Isn't he quite handsome?" At this moment, the concubines were gathered together, and a palace concubine teased Xiao Zhuo at Xiao Meiniang.

"Please calm down! You don't want to live too long, don't you!" Xiao Meiniang scolded sternly: "Although you can go south with me this time, it's best not to leave the dragon boat. That kid is Yuan Tiangang's junior brother, and he is in full view of everyone.

It is not convenient for him to take action, but if you leave the ship, I may not be able to protect you!"

"Pingsheng!"

Yang Guang looked around and saw that everyone was bowing down in obeisance, then he raised his hand to signal everyone to get up and board the boat. When everyone was on the boat, he nodded again, but when the eunuch who passed the order said "Sail the boat!"

The bugles sounded in unison, and the sound of drums shocked thousands of miles. The eight boats in front and behind the dragon boat immediately raised their canvases. On each canvas, there was a golden dragon imprinted on it. However, the dragon sails were seen blowing in the wind, and the nine large boats

Finally slowly left Luoyang.
Chapter completed!