Chapter 318: The Righteous Throne
Liu Zhu narrowed his eyes and looked at the "Last Emperor's Crown Prince", and even vaguely identified the appearance of the Latter Emperor on his face.
Is it true that the Meng family father and son lie dormant in Junbei for many years to find the late emperor and the prince?
Meng Chaomu is as he said himself, he has no intention of the throne and just wants to make things right?
If the person in front of him is really the prince of the late emperor, wouldn’t this give them a chance to remedy and save them?
He stood here with a mess in his mind, and the others were not much better than him. He first questioned each other and then questioned himself, buzzing, noisy, and in an uproar.
Meng Jun stood there and looked at them with his hips on his hips, and he didn't interrupt when he heard them clamor.
I don’t know who asked loudly: “Let us support the late emperor’s prince! But how do you prove that he is the son of the late emperor!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the noise subsided, and dozens of eyes were staring at Meng Jun and the young man.
The young man shook his head and said, "I have been trying my best to prove that I am not the son of my father for more than 20 years. Who would have thought that today, I would prove that I am the son of my father, hahaha! General Meng, I should be
What should I do?"
Meng Jun also smiled and said, "Isn't this simple yet?"
As he said, he pulled out the sword from his waist. The civil officials had never seen this before and avoided it.
He threw the sword to the ground with a clang, which scared everyone again.
"Since you said he is not the crown prince of the late emperor, then kill him! It is not an exaggeration to kill the nine clans!"
Everyone was shocked, looked at him and the sword.
"Kill!" Meng Jun suddenly raised his voice and shouted angrily: "You should pick up the knife! Kill him! Since you said he is not the crown prince, then you shouldn't kill him!"
Liu Zhu was also a little nervous. Even though he had not touched the knife, it was not difficult to guess how sharp the knife was, and how many dead souls were entangled on it...
"Since no one dares to do it, it's just admitting that he is the crown prince of the late emperor!" Meng Jun swept over everyone proudly and then turned his eyes to Liu Zhu.
"Teacher Liu, you will be a witness today. If anyone dares to test the prince's identity again in the future, do you know what to say, right?"
"I dare not, don't dare!" Liu Zhu waved his hand quickly: "Even if you don't go to Beijing, I'm just about to resign and dismissal. I can't deserve the title of Grand Tutor, don't dare!"
"You old man are scared now? You will still use you after the new emperor ascended the throne!"
"I am old and my eyes are dizzy and I can't even see the words clearly. How can I reuse them? Goodbye! Goodbye!"
After saying that, before Meng Jun could speak again, he hurriedly left the hall.
"Mr. Liu!" The other officials were also stunned, and they were even more puzzled by the situation in front of them.
"Didn't you agree to it when you came? Why did you leave?"
"Mr. Liu, what do you mean?"
"It's dangerous! It's dangerous! When the family and country are in danger, how can you ignore your personal interests, Lord Liu?"
But no matter how they called, Liu Zhu never looked back even if he left.
He was ashamed as he left quickly. Although he was born in a great gentry, he was also well-read about the poetry and books of sages. How could he not know the truth here?
However, as my father said, his name alone is nothing, and the life of the entire Liu family is the most important.
No wonder Chang'er was unwilling to come with him when he was about to come to the palace to fight. No wonder he even said that this move was stupid, no wonder...
"master!"
Liu Zhu was so excited that he saw his own groom standing outside the palace gate, but he was obviously walking...
"Master," said the groom, "The eldest son is here to pick you up."
Liu Zhu was thrilled by the wind in Yongxiang, and then he realized that it was cold weather, so he was sweating rashly.
"Chang, is Chang'er coming?"
"yes."
Liu Zhu looked at the Liu family carriage parked beside him. Liu Chang looked at him from the window in the car. His clear eyes were cold and without any emotion.
"Get on the bus."
Liu Zhu sighed again, gritted his teeth, climbed onto the carriage with his son's bad gaze, and as soon as he entered, he wanted to explain: "It's them..."
"No need to say, my father did something stupid on the first day."
"…"
Liu Zhu didn't say anything anymore. Sometimes he thought how great it would be if he hadn't been born in the Liu family. He would be alone and serve the court and be independent of life and death.
I couldn't help but think of the sister who broke free from the Liu family's cage. Although she had passed away for many years, I think that her days in the world were free and happy...
Liu Zhu's departure completely turned the siege alliance, which was not very strong, into a mess. Without the wind, it would scatter just by standing there.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.
On the contrary, the late emperor and prince sighed heavily: "I know, you all have your own necessities. Back then, my father was forced to death by Zhao Ying. Don't say that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, even I am afraid of death.
That, otherwise I wouldn't have survived to this day."
"Yes, yes!" Someone in the crowd agreed: "Besides, when the late emperor left the capital, we old ministers were not willing to follow us, but were still thinking about guarding the capital for the late emperor. When the late emperor came back, who would have thought...
"
"I don't know what's going on here. I was still studying in the Imperial Academy and had not yet been released from office."
"Oh, I learned the bad news and originally wanted to follow the late emperor, but the girl in my family was really ignorant, she cried, made a fuss and hanged her! They were all women who ruined my reputation!"
Meng Jun sneered: "Since the lord is so loyal, your sword is here, and your wife is not here, so you will regain your reputation in front of the prince!"
The speaker glanced at the knife on the ground and immediately shrank behind the crowd.
"The late emperor's crown prince" said, "I don't want you to prove anything. Back then, Zhao Ying seized the throne from my father in a bad manner. Today, I, Zhao Cheng, want him to return the throne with justification. I
Is there anything wrong? If I am a traitor, then what is Zhao Ying?"
Everyone dared not speak, and the enthusiasm that had just been so intense that it has now become a slump.
"By the way, I forgot one," the young man asked with a smile, "Sir, do you know where my cousin Zhao Feng is now? I heard a lot about him when I was outside Beijing.
Good news."
"this……"
The officials looked at each other, and one of them couldn't wait to choose a position: "Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know anything. Before you return to the capital, Zhao Feng had already shown his wolf ambitions. He secretly won over many civil officials and generals, hoping to seize the throne!
"
"But fortunately, General Meng's troops arrived outside the capital, and Zhao Feng's soldiers were exhausted from dealing with General Meng and could not compete with the palace. This was why he delayed it until now, otherwise the throne..."
"Fortunately General Meng and the Prince's Palace have come down!"
Meng Jun shook his head and said, "This Zhao Feng is not simple, but I hope he can enter the palace before me. By then, I will face him face to face, better than he is now hiding like a mouse!"
"General, don't be anxious. If he has the intention to rebel, you will meet sooner or later, but if he still regards me as a brother, I don't mind learning from Zhao Ying to treat him like that and let him be a free and leisure prince."
"Ah Yeh! Ah Yeh!"
In the dim and broken house, Zhao Feng sneezed twice in a row, his nose was red and tears came out.
"Your Majesty, you're catching a cold." The servant who was serving the side put the charcoal fire again, looked at the dustpan that was loading charcoal on the side and was in a dilemma again. Should I burn the hot spots for the prince or save some use?
?
The prince has caught a cold, and it will be bad if he doesn't feel warmer or worsens.
But if I don’t care, who would know if it would snow at night? By then, the air leakage on all sides would not be there...
"Stop burning, you will get it down in a while."
When the servant heard Zhao Feng say this, he was shocked: "Your Majesty, you are just a cold wind, no, you won't go underground..."
Zhao Feng laughed and stood up, and patted him: "What I said is the cellar underground! In the vegetable cellar! Are you cursing me!"
"No, no, the villain was wrong!"
Zhao Feng walked to the window of the broken house with his shabby cloak. The wooden house was originally a meat butcher in the city. Because the capital was surrounded and war was about to be fought, the stalls and vendors were all removed.
The windows were not covered with window paper. I don’t know how many years ago the broken wooden strips were covered with a layer of putty, which was everywhere, but they could look at the entire East City Street outside through the gaps.
There is no one on the street, and no one cleanses the falling snow. During the day, the snow turns into water and at night, the water freezes into ice, so this street looks like an ice street.
The ice chisels hanging under the eaves of each house are bright and dazzling in the sunlight. If someone is unlucky and is hit by the chisel, he can poke it in the opposite direction!
"I don't know if the emperor is dead or alive now." Zhao Feng sneezed again, worried.
The servant said, "You still care about whether the emperor is dead or alive. You should take care of yourself first. Such a cold day, how can you bear this daughter-in-law!"
"Who said I can't stand it?" Zhao Feng was happy: "You don't know. I have been walking in the world for many years, eating grass roots, drinking soup rice, and wearing clothes in the cold winter. I was uncovered and my body was sucking and my toes exposed.
Isn't I going to get through the boots too!"
The servant didn't believe it and shook his head and said, "Don't tease the villain anymore. Even villains can't live like this, how can you continue?"
"I originally thought I couldn't live on, but strangely, I just went through it, survived, and lived!"
He tilted his head and recalled the days when he had avoided Zhao Ying's pursuit while trying to fill his stomach. He was so thrilling that he was ready to die at any time. He even wanted to put himself in a mess and let him die at will.
Anything works.
But he was not dead! Zhao Feng bit his teeth and tongue and lived to this day.
The servant saw that he didn't know what he thought of and laughed foolishly, and he also laughed: "Does the prince think that the villain has no knowledge? He then made up stories to make up the villain to play with it?"
"You, if you don't believe it, I don't have a witness to prove it. No matter how much you tell you, it will be useless."
After saying that, he lay down by the window and looked out, humming a small song in the countryside, narrowing his eyes slightly, not knowing whether he was basking in the sun or watching something.
Chapter completed!