At the door of the imperial study room in Chengguang Hall, Emperor Wu of Zhou crouched on the stone steps like an old man with his hands in his sleeves.
The emperor was squatting, so naturally Sun Kui and the others couldn't stand. They knelt on the ground.
Emperor Wu of Zhou had a piece of grass he got from nowhere in his mouth. He was squatting on the stone steps and shaking his legs. He looked like a streetwalker and had no image of an emperor at all.
Sun Doudou glanced at Sun Kui, as if asking his master, "What's going on, Your Majesty?"
Sun Kui gave his apprentice an indifferent look, as if to say "Don't ask any more questions."
Emperor Wu of Zhou chewed the grass for a while, then spat it out in disgust, and then sighed softly: "Alas..."
Sun Kui, who was kneeling behind Emperor Wu of Zhou, heard his sigh and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Is there anything bothering you?"
"I have a lot of things to worry about." Emperor Wu of Zhou sighed again, "Alas..."
While he was talking, an ordinary man wearing a guard uniform came over. He first saluted Emperor Zhou Wu, and then reported respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Tenth Highness has gone to that house. Do you want His Highness to go out?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou was not surprised that Zhao Yao went to that house to see that person again, "Did he drive away Xiao Shi?"
"No, he is teaching His Highness the Tenth Prince to read "Spring and Autumn"."
When Emperor Zhou Wu heard this, his originally impatient face showed a look of interest.
"Oh, teach Xiao Shi to read "Spring and Autumn"?"
"Yes."
"Xiao Shi passed his assessment?" That person doesn't teach others casually. Even if Xiao Shi looks like his elder brother, that person will not teach Xiao Shi easily.
"Passed."
Emperor Wu of Zhou took out his right hand from his sleeve, then patted his knee with the ground, and laughed and said: "As expected of my son."
Sun Doudou was confused and had no idea what Emperor Zhou Wu and the others were talking about. His master Sun Kui, on the other hand, looked shocked.
His Royal Highness actually passed that test? !
"Your Majesty, those ten highnesses..."
"Since that boy passed his assessment, let him learn from him." Emperor Wu of Zhou originally wanted that person to teach Zhao Yao. "No need to stop."
"Yes, Your Majesty." After the ordinary man in guard uniform said this, he respectfully stepped back.
"The brat is pretty good, he didn't embarrass me." Emperor Zhou Wu said with joy on his face.
"Your Majesty, is that person really not going to be harmful to His Highness the Tenth Highness?" Sun Kui knew how powerful that person was and what his methods were, so he was very afraid of that person. He was really worried that that person would hurt Zhao Yao.
"No, if Xiao Shi passes his assessment, he will accept Xiao Shi as his student." Emperor Zhou Wu said proudly, "He will teach Xiao Shi carefully and protect Xiao Shi."
"Although the Tenth Highness looks like a righteous prince, that one hates you to the core. The Tenth Highness is your son. Are you really not worried at all about that person who deliberately taught the Tenth Highness a bad lesson?" Sun Kui felt that he was as dangerous as that person. , His Highness the Tenth Prince should not be allowed to approach.
"Didn't I say it before? I hope he can teach Xiao Shi bad, but it's a pity..." Emperor Wu of Zhou shook his head and said, "It's a pity he can't teach Xiao Shi bad." After saying that, he wanted to stand up, but he just stood up. When he got up, he felt a strong numbness and pain coming from his legs, which made him gasp in pain.
Sun Kui heard Emperor Zhou Wu gasping for breath and saw him squatting back. He quickly stood up and helped Emperor Zhou Wu.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou frowned and said, "My legs are numb from squatting." After saying that, he sat down on the ground.
Sun Kui was busy rubbing Emperor Zhou Wu's legs. Seeing this, Sun Doudou hurried over and massaged Emperor Zhou Wu's other leg.
Emperor Wu of Zhou bared his teeth and said, "I'm really old. My legs will go numb after squatting for a while."
"Your Majesty, this is not a question of age, but that you have been squatting for too long just now." Sun Kui's massage movements were very skillful, which shows that he often massaged Emperor Zhou Wu. "No matter who you are, your legs will become numb if you squat for a long time."
"You can talk." Emperor Wu of Zhou waved his hands to Sun Kui and the others, "Okay, my legs are not numb anymore."
Sun Kui and Sun Doudou stepped aside.
Emperor Wu of Zhou sat on the stone steps, bending his right leg and placing his right hand casually on his right leg. Looking at the sky in the distance, he whispered: "I just dreamed of my eldest brother." A few moments ago, Emperor Wu of Zhou was too tired from reviewing memorials, so he sat on a chair and took a nap, and then he dreamed of his eldest brother. I dreamed about my elder brother when he was young and him when he was young.
"What did you dream about Prince Yiyong?"
Emperor Wu of Zhou chuckled and said, "I dreamed that my eldest brother took me to steal chickens. When I was a child, there was a landlord in my village. His chickens and ducks were very fat. At that time, we didn't eat meat for a long time."
Sun Kui asked: "Did you steal it?"
"No, my eldest brother and I were caught and beaten severely by the landlord's servants. My eldest brother and I were almost beaten to death." Emperor Zhou Wu felt pain in his body when he recalled what happened. That was the first time he had been beaten so hard, and it was also the first time he had experienced the feeling of almost being beaten to death.
"You and Prince Yiyong didn't steal the chicken, but this landlord beat you to death. This is so cruel."
"At that time, the poor lived worse than dogs." Emperor Wu of Zhou said with a heavy face, "I said I wanted to eat chickens, so my eldest brother took me to steal chickens. Unexpectedly, I was almost beaten to death. My eldest brother and I raised them It took more than half a month to recover, and then my eldest brother and I took a group of brothers to take revenge and beat the landowner's precious son severely."
Thinking of this incident that year, Emperor Zhou Wu unconsciously smiled, "Of course, we also stole a lot of chickens. Maybe it was because we hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and we had diarrhea for two days after eating chicken. "
"Your Majesty, have you let that landlord go?"
"We beat the landlord's son and took away a lot of his chickens. We got our revenge. We won't have any trouble with the landlord anymore." Emperor Wu of Zhou said with a smile, "We originally planned to rob the rich and give to the poor, but we I was too young at that time and was no match for the landlords’ boys, so I had no choice but to give up on this great plan.”
"It's the emperor who is kind to you."
"Later, a group of bandits came to the village. The landlord's house was robbed by the bandits, and all the people in the house were killed by the bandits."
"Your Majesty, did you encounter those bandits?"
"We were lucky. Before the bandits came to the village, our family went to other places to make a living because we couldn't survive, so we escaped." Recalling the days when he was a child and had no food to eat, Emperor Wu of Zhou's face felt cold. He stopped and said, "But then we met that group of bandits."
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"It's okay. My eldest brother and I took people away from the bandits. No one was left alive." At that time, the bandits not only burned and looted, but also treated human life as a child's play. "That group of bandits killed a lot of people."
"Your Majesty, you are doing justice for heaven, and you are right to kill." Although Emperor Wu of Zhou did not elaborate, Sun Kui could imagine what those bandits did.
"At that time, there were many bandits like this who killed without blinking an eye." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, sighing, "At that time, the most worthless thing was human life. In fact, whether it was dad, eldest brother, or me, I never thought of establishing the Zhou Dynasty as emperor."
"We just wanted to survive at that time, with food to eat, meat to eat, and wine to drink." Emperor Wu of Zhou put his hands behind his back and half-reclined and said, "My eldest brother and I didn't like fighting, but at that time we had to fight every day. An endless battle. My eldest brother always told me that when the world becomes peaceful, we will buy a piece of land, build a big house, and then raise some chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs. Unfortunately, this wish did not come true."
"Your Majesty, you should have realized this wish." Sun Kui said, "You live in a big house now, and there is the whole world. There are also many chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs in the palace."
"It's different. I'm trapped in this palace." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, and couldn't help complaining, "At first, I said I would go, but my eldest brother insisted on telling him to go, but in the end he never came back. . If I had gone there, nothing would have happened to my brother."
"Your Majesty, it's been so long since this happened, so please stop blaming yourself."
"If I had gone there at that time, I wouldn't have been trapped in this hellish place in front of Emperor Lao Shizi."
The corner of Sun Kui's mouth twitched slightly. He thought the emperor was blaming himself for what happened back then, but he didn't expect that the emperor was complaining about the hardship of being an emperor again.
"If my eldest brother lives and becomes emperor, I can travel around and live a carefree life."
"Your Majesty, God has appointed you to be the Emperor." Sun Kui thought of that person and couldn't help but asked curiously, "Your Majesty, didn't that person save the Yiyong Prince back then?"
"He was sent by his elder brother to deal with Zhu Que, and his legs were also destroyed in this battle."
"Zhu Que?" Zhu Que was a famous general and the god of war in the previous dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as invincible.
"Yes, he was the only one who could deal with Zhu Que at that time." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "In that battle, he destroyed Zhu Que's 400,000 troops and forced Zhu Que to commit suicide."
Sun Kui exclaimed: "That man is really powerful." That man's battle with General Zhu Que is still praised by people to this day. It was also because of this battle that the man who replaced General Zhu Que became the feared God of War.
As long as this battle is mentioned, everyone will be in awe of that person.
"He is a true genius. Neither eldest brother nor I are as good as him." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, stood up, raised his hands and stretched out in an inelegant way, "With him here, the Great Zhou Dynasty will be like a genius." If you use the Dinghai Shenzhen, the Great Zhou Dynasty will not be invaded by foreign tribes."
"Your Majesty, do you mean that if the Huns invade, who will go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"
"He will. Although he hates me, he knows in his heart that Dazhou is what the eldest brother wants to protect, so he will not let Dazhou be bullied by foreigners." Emperor Wu of Zhou twisted his body, "The name of Dazhou was the name of the eldest brother. Take it.”
"Didn't the late emperor take it?"
"It was taken by the eldest brother. The eldest brother said that [Zhou] means Zhou Zhou. The purpose of establishing the Great Zhou Dynasty is to protect the people Zhou Zhou, so that the people will no longer suffer the suffering of war and let them live a stable and stable life." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "The old man thinks what the eldest brother said makes sense, so he chose [Zhou] when the country was founded."
"So that's how it is." It was the first time Sun Kui heard about the origin of [Zhou] in Dazhou.
"[Zhou] also has another meaning. The flow of the Zhou Dynasty is endless." Emperor Wu of Zhou said with emotion, "Brother, I hope that the Zhou Dynasty will always be prosperous."
"The righteous and brave prince is very talented in literature."
"The eldest brother looks tall and thick, but he likes reading very much. Xiao Shi is not like him in this way."
"Your Majesty, didn't you like reading when you were a child?" I think His Highness the Tenth Prince looks like you.
Emperor Wu of Zhou glared at Sun Kui and said, "How could a talented person like me not like studying when I was a child?"
If Prince Yiyong heard Emperor Zhou Wu say this, he would definitely laugh at him for being shameless.
Zhao Yao: Father, you obviously didn’t like reading when you were a child, why did you force me to study?
Emperor Wu of Zhou: Of course I want you to experience the pain I suffered when I was a child.
Zhao Yao: I can’t have this father anymore.
(End of chapter)
