Dust and smoke billowed in the distance, and several horses came galloping. The leader shouted: "Hold on, this is a Japanese war horse, how can you take it away without order?"
Zhao Tong immediately squinted his eyes and said, "Who doesn't know how to appreciate someone?"
Several military commanders distinguished carefully and shook their heads one after another: "I don't know, he should be an official in the front department of the palace!"
The man shouted again: "You are so bold and dare to plunder the war horses. Could it be that you want to rebel?"
Zhao Tong stretched out his hand and said, "Bring me the bow and arrows!"
Someone next to him immediately handed over the Baodiao Bow and the Cloud-Piercing Arrow. Zhao Tong set up the bow and guided the arrow. He only heard a "swish" sound. The arrow flew like a shooting star and reached a distance in the blink of an eye. With a "pop" sound, it directly hit the man. Shoot to the ground.
Seeing that Zhen Ge had moved his hand, the horsemen were all dumbfounded. They immediately reined in their horses and looked forward at a loss. The horses' hooves trampled on the spot, hesitating and not daring to move forward.
Zhao Tong stretched out his hand again, but did not nock an arrow. He just pulled the bow string a few times with "bang bang bang". When the horsemen heard the sound, they got into chaos. People shouted and the horses neighed, "Two kings can't do it", "Two kings can't do it". "Your Majesty, please forgive me." In just a few breaths, they all turned their horses and fled in a hurry. As for whether the people who had been shot down on the ground were alive or dead, no one cared about them.
Zhao Tong looked at the horsemen walking away, with a complicated look on his face, and said with a long sigh: "Sure enough, good officers and soldiers!"
He turned around and ordered that all the troops and horses be taken away immediately. From then on, no one stopped him, and he went straight back to the Dragon Guard camp.
It was already late in the afternoon, and the army was preparing a meal. Zhao Tong sat in the big tent and set up a round table. The generals and generals of the army sat in a circle. When the sun went down, they brought out a large basin of cooking cakes. , sugar-meat steamed buns, mutton steamed buns, and a large bowl of vegetable soup with fish in the soup.
Zhao Tong gave the order, and all the generals lowered their heads and ate. Although it was not delicacies from the mountains and seas, and the generals did not eat such rough dishes at home, they were really hungry at the moment, so they gulped down the food and drank the soup. They felt that it was truly a delicacy in the world.
When the meal was about to end, the curtain of the big tent suddenly rose, and it was Tan Zhen who returned.
Zhao Zi stopped his chopsticks and looked at Tan Zhen. He saw that Tan Zhen's helmet was crooked and he was covered in dust. He couldn't help but said with a serious look on his face: "Things went wrong. Didn't Feng Ju get him back?"
Tan Zhen prostrated himself and said: "Go back to the prince, Tan Zhen is incompetent, please punish me!"
Zhao Tong looked at him for a moment and said, "Been beaten?"
Tan Zhen said: "It's just pushing him to the ground, not really doing anything."
Zhao Tong was silent for a few moments and said: "You are the deputy commander of the Guards and Army Division, General Zhuangwu, who dares to take action?"
Tan Zhen was speechless, and Zhao Tao said: "Get up and eat, and then explain the difference in detail!"
Tan Zhen stood up without taking off his armor. He sat down directly, grabbed the meat buns and ate them. After three or five meat buns were eaten, he said: "Your Majesty, I chased that guy to the front of the palace, but I saw him entering the middle hall. We chased him all the way, and Lieutenant Gao came out and said that I had trespassed into the White Tiger Hall without authorization and wanted to arrest me for serious crimes. I and my men fought over me, and then I saw Feng Ju and the dog ran away from the back door."
Zhao Tong said: "Gao Qiu is used to talking about the White Tiger Hall. With this little skill, Feng Ju was originally from the front office of the hall. The two of them were in cahoots with each other. There are not many ugly things going on inside."
Tan Zhen continued: "I chased him out of the back door, only to see the dog kill him running away desperately, and finally ran to the back door of a mansion with ocher tiles and high walls. His subordinates were anxious at the time. Since it was the back door, they didn't see who it was. I rushed in to my family’s mansion..."
Zhao Tong said: "Yes, you were knocked down in this house?"
Tan Zhen pursed his lips, grabbed another meat bun and took a bite, saying, "It's all my fault for being reckless. I rushed in and found out that it was Prince Jia's palace!"
"Zhao Kai?" Zhao Tao raised his eyebrows. At this time, Zhao Kai had not yet changed his title to King Yun, but to King Jia, the envoy of Wuning and Baoping armies, and the title of Taifu.
"It was the three kings. Their subordinates knew that they were reckless and wanted to leave but were stopped. At this time, Feng Ju's dog appeared again, and the three kings also came out."
"What did Zhao Kai say?" Zhao Tao sneered. The third prince Zhilan Yushu was so famous. It's not that they were on bad terms, but they never interacted with each other.
Tan Zhen babbled and said: "The three kings said that I broke into his palace without permission with ulterior motives, so my subordinates hurriedly explained. Only then did they realize that Feng Ju was the brother of one of the three kings' favorite concubines."
Zhao Tong said: "Beloved concubine? What is it?"
Tan Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, Your Majesty, you don't have any women in your house, and you don't even know about your favorite concubines? It's up to the subordinates to do whatever they want, but it's not right. I remember there was a young lady from the Zhang family there, but it didn't seem like anything happened.
"I know!" Zhao Tong said again: "Then what?"
Tan Zhendao: "My subordinate explained the reason for this matter, and also stated the importance of the power of the army and horses. After hearing this, the three kings did not mention anything else, and they wanted to fork the subordinate out. But Feng Ju didn't know what he had gotten into. The three kings threw up their sleeves and walked away. Feng Ju called a group of people to push his subordinates down and kicked them out like a football, but they were not hurt at all."
"No injuries?" Zhao Tong rolled his eyes around the table and sneered: "Listen, he stole our army horses and dared to abscond without permission. He ran away and found a good backer. The general who will pursue him will Humiliation, what a bold move!”
The generals looked at me and I looked at you. Although they were not good at fighting and leading troops, they had some ability to observe words and emotions and figure out what was going on. Knowing that Zhao Tong was angry, he was as silent as a chill for a while, trying his best to hold down his breath.
Zhao Tong said: "Tan Zhen is an official of the fourth rank and a general of the official family. If he really violates the military law, he will kill me with his killing stick without any excuse. How can he serve the imperial court and track down the lost horses in the army, but he is punished?" This humiliation?"
"Come, come, come, all of you, follow me. Let's go to King Jia to find out whether it is my beloved brother who wants this concubine, or the war horse in the army, who wants the court's face!"
When the generals heard the words, they dared not to obey, and they didn't dare to breathe. They all went out of their tents to find their own horses. When they saw Zhao Tong waving his whip, they imitated him and followed him straight towards Tokyo City.
When we arrived in the city, the lanterns were just beginning to light up, Zhouqiao Bridge was bustling, Fanlou was wonderful, Panlou Street Market was filled with the aroma of wine and meat, and the Bianhe River sparkled like a fairyland under the moonlight.
A group of people came directly to the gate of Prince Jia's Mansion. They saw that the gate of the mansion was extravagantly built, several feet wide, with ocher yellow glazed tiles covering the gate tower. The vermilion door hairpin was pierced with copper nails. The two large rings were a foot long and had eight levels. The steps are all made of smooth bluestone, and the two stone lions stare angrily.
There were soldiers guarding the gate, holding long spears with red tassels, and the tip of the spear was radiating cold light. There was an ear room on one side. The gatekeeper in light clothes and a small hat stood in front with his hands on his hips and looked up, which looked very majestic.
When Zhao Tong reached the door, he immediately turned over and dismounted. The soldiers on the steps didn't recognize him and saluted hurriedly. The doorman's eyes were shallow and he wanted to ask questions, but he heard the men in armor shout like thunder: "Don't open the main door yet!"
The disciple was confused, looking at the guarding soldier, trying to remind him which grandpa was coming. The soldier was annoyed that he was usually arrogant, but he just rolled his eyelids, rolled his eyes, and ignored him.
As a doorman, he is naturally smart. Knowing that the soldier wanted to trick him, he immediately rushed to the side room and shouted for someone to open the door. However, it was already too late. He had already been slapped by the general in the helmet, who opened his mouth and said "Pfft". But he spit out two molars.
