A few days later, the palace.
Wang Zhenliang stood outside the study: "Your Majesty, Ziyin Guards has come to report..."
"Yi Xiaodao is back, right?" Zhao Yizhi interrupted Wang Zhenliang's words in the room.
"Yes...yes, Your Majesty is wise." Wang Zhenliang claimed yes.
Zhao Yizhi said in the room: "Okay, I understand. There is no need to report the news that Yi Xiaodao is in the capital."
Wang Zhenliang knew that the little emperor in the room was no longer the kid who was babbling and riding on his shoulders. He didn't know what it was like in his heart. He was filled with joy and sigh, smacked his lips and left, even forgetting to say hello to Zhao Yizhi. .
Zhao Yizhi naturally didn't care about this and slowly opened his eyes in the study. Not to mention that Yi Xiaodao had just arrived in the capital, Zhao Yizhi's consciousness had already detected Yi Xiaodao in Wucheng. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be relieved about He Yue'er's matter.
"I really don't know if it's good or bad..." Zhao Yizhi muttered. If Yi Xiaodao completely let go of He Yue'er, then he would lose the only leverage to check Yi Xiaodao. He had regained two vassal territories in half a year. Yi Xiaodao was not a talent. Now that the imperial court and Chu Xiang are about to fight, at this juncture, if it is Yi Xiaodao... Zhao Yizhi doesn't even dare to think about it...
Zhao Yizhi continued to close his eyes, extended his consciousness and found Yi Xiaodao. Yi Xiaodao entered the city gate and rushed towards the palace without stopping.
Chen Congwei noticed the traces of Yi Xiaodao, and ten people gathered on the palace wall, overlooking Yi Xiaodao, who was riding in the distance.
Yi Xiaodao galloped across the long street without any intention of slowing down, and rushed straight to the palace wall. Two iron guns shot from the air, crossed left and right, and stuck in front of Yi Xiaodao's horse, blocking the way.
Yi Xiaodao tightened his seat on the horse, looked up towards the palace wall, flicked the gun barrel with his finger, looked at the floor tiles on the ground, and said: "Good weapons, good floor tiles, Lord Tianwei, isn't this a bit too wasteful? "
"Master Yi, do you want to break into the palace?" Jia Hai asked.
Yi Xiaodao got off his horse, jumped over the two iron guns, and walked towards the palace: "I want to see you."
Ten people jumped down from the palace wall. Qingtian and Jiahai took their weapons, sandwiched Yi Xiaodao between them, and "escorted" Yi Xiaodao towards the palace.
After entering the palace and arriving at the Imperial Study Room, they saw Zhao Yizhi standing on the steps outside the Imperial Study Room door, as if he had been waiting here for a long time.
Zhao Yizhi waved his hand, and the ten Chen Congwei scattered at the same time and disappeared in place, but Yi Xiaodao knew that the Chen Congwei would not relax their surveillance on him.
"What did Brother Hu say before he died?" Yi Xiaodao asked what he wanted to know most.
Chen Congwei clenched their weapons in secret. Yi Xiaodao asked so straightforwardly that ordinary people would have died several times.
Zhao Yizhi didn't feel dissatisfied, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "It's not about the snow cake..."
Yi Xiaodao's cheeks trembled slightly and the corners of his eyes were moist. After a while, he nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." He did not ask about the cause and effect of Hu Lishan's death.
"He Yue'er..." Yi Xiaodao hesitated, but when he mentioned the name again at this moment, his heart was as sharp as a knife.
Zhao Yizhi took the initiative to answer: "The prince of Chu Xiang, Ge Cifeng, claimed to know the whereabouts of He Yue'er's parents. I also tried to dissuade him, but Miss Yue'er insisted on going, so I sent a hundred female guards to escort her. she."
"Your Majesty is interested." Yi Xiaodao already knew what Zhao Yizhi said and simply thanked him.
The monarch and his ministers were speechless for a moment, and stood like this for a while.
"Come in and have a cup of tea." Zhao Yi accepted the invitation.
The two of them entered the Imperial Study Room, and the door was closed tightly. Chen Congwei and others rushed to the door, keeping an eye on the door one by one. As long as there was a slight change, the ten of them were guaranteed to rush in as soon as possible.
"How is the situation in Donglu?"
"Donglu's rebel general Dongfang Zhong has been executed. Now the person in charge of Donglu, Yang Sixiao, is willing to surrender to the imperial court."
"I know all this, tell me something I don't know." Zhao Yizhi handed over a cup of tea.
The emperor actually served the tea in person, and Yi Xiaodao didn't look too flattered at this time. He calmly accepted the fragrant tea, as if he were two old friends.
"Are you angry with me?" Zhao Yizhi joked.
"Yes, but I can understand Your Majesty. Your Majesty kept Brother Hu in the palace, where he had food and drink. I did not see Brother Hu feeling aggrieved at all. That is Brother Hu's character and his choice. I owe him ." Yi Xiaodao said calmly.
Zhao Yizhi opened his mouth, but finally decided to hide the matter for Zhou Ziru.
Yi Xiaodao said: "Let's talk about Donglu. The Great Qi Dragon Qi that His Majesty once mentioned has been sealed by Wanyan Sect in Richeng of Donglu. Now the only Dragon Qi in the world is the one in your Majesty." Yi Xiaodao said about In the house, the memory of the five-clawed golden dragon behind Zhao Yizhi is still fresh.
"Wanyan Sect? Have you ever met a disciple of the Shenji Sect?" Zhao Yizhi was quite concerned about this matter.
"Yes, Xue Mang. Does your Majesty know this person?" Yi Xiaodao said.
Zhao Yizhi's eyes shrank. After coming to this world, he felt the threat of death for the first time, which was brought by Xue Mang of the Shenji Sect. At that time, when Congwei was restrained and Xue Mang walked slowly over, the sense of oppression and threat of death was so strong that Zhao Yizhi could not forget it.
"Where are they?" Zhao Yizhi tightened his sleeves.
Yi Xiaodao spread his hands and said: "He is dead. He is a talkative guy who likes to tell fortunes. He comes out of nowhere and always stays with me. But I don't know anything about him. I don't even know how he died. It should be. He died in my hands..."
Zhao Yizhi knew in his heart that Yi Xiaodao was a man of evil spirits. He also saw the evil spirit burst out on the day of the wedding.
Yi Xiaodao continued: "By the way, my master asked me to help him deliver a message. He said that he was deeply ashamed of what happened in Wucheng..."
Zhao Yizhi was silent. Ever since he learned the whole story from Jin Mingxuan, the leader of the Shenji Sect, he did not hate the Shenji Sect and even fully agreed with the methods of the Shenji Sect. After learning that the Shenji Sect was fragmented, he even came up with the idea of rebuilding the Shenji Sect by taking ordinary lost disciples of the Shenji Sect. But how can the Shenji Sect be ordinary people? Everyone can count, and finding it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Regarding Xue Mang, Zhao Yizhi felt that he was a talented person who wanted to both accuse and recruit. Now that he suddenly learned that he died in Donglu, Zhao Yizhi still felt a little sad.
"Since you have settled the matter of Donglu, I won't ask any more questions. With only five thousand Yulin Army soldiers and horses, we can recover a vassal territory... Tsk, tsk, I still underestimate you." Zhao Yizhi said with a smile. .
"What are your Majesty's plans for Chu Xiang?"
"Chu Xiang is different from Nanhuai and Donglu. King Chu Xiang now has strong soldiers and horses, and a large number of elite soldiers. He has not respected orders for a long time. Moreover, the best gangs in the world are all in Chu Xiang... he can only fight in one battle." Zhao Yizhi was a little worried. worry.
Yi Xiaodao stood up and bowed his hands in salute: "If the army is traveling to fight, it will be difficult for the humble ministers to serve. If the court needs it, Xiaodao is willing to serve Daqi alone!"
Zhao Yizhi waved his hand and said: "Let you go to charge into the battle? Oh, I can't bear to part with you. You are also exhausted from this trip. After Yang Sixiao pays the household registration tax to the court and recovers Donglu, I will tell the world and treat you You will be rewarded based on your merits. You should go back and have a good rest."
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report."
"Anything else?"
Yi Xiaodao sat back in his seat again: "There are many gangs in Donglu, and many gangs such as Kongmen, Penglai, etc. are so powerful that no one can match them. Your Majesty may take them for your own use..."
"How to recover?" Zhao Yizhi was very concerned about the Jianghu and Wulin affairs and asked a little eagerly.
"This time I go to Donglu, I still rely on His Majesty's grace. If His Majesty hadn't promoted the villain to a rank and a title of Privy Councilor, I'm afraid the gangs in Donglu wouldn't be so easy to talk to. Your Majesty had previously intended to have the imperial court organize a martial arts tournament. At the conference, I think this matter is feasible." Yi Xiaodao replied.
Zhao Yizhi smiled bitterly and said: "It's fine if it's possible, but we still have to slow down for now, and we need to pacify Chu Xiang first. Chu Xiang is uncertain, and Daqi is restless. Don't be afraid of anything else, just worry about the Beggar Gang and Zhenyang Mountain... "
"Then I'll take my leave first." Yi Xiaodao understood Zhao Yizhi's difficulty and didn't say much. He stood up and left.
"I'm afraid the capital won't be able to keep you. Are you going to Nanhuai or back to Wancheng?" Zhao Yizhi asked from behind.
Yi Xiaodao stopped, stunned, and said: "Weichen... go to Nanhuai."
"I heard that you built two more camps in Donglu...Shangwu Camp and Huazheng Camp?" Zhao Yizhi asked quietly.
Yi Xiaodao didn't say anything. He turned around and looked at Zhao Yizhi. The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed out loud at the same time.
"why are you laughing?"
"Whatever your majesty laughs at, the minister will laugh at."
"I laugh at myself, because as a Daqi Emperor, the world is in unrest. Even when my ministers go out to fight, they have to recruit troops by themselves."
"I think thanks to a wise king like your majesty, I can turn the tide and start a great revival." Yi Xiaodao said with a smile.
Zhao Yizhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Stop patting the horses! Go ahead. Nanhuai and Donglu have just been recovered, so we still need to be careful. The court is in a critical moment now, and we must not lose anything in the backyard!"
"Wei Chen accepts the order." Yi Xiaodao exited the imperial study.
Seeing Yi Xiaodao come out, everyone in Chen Congwei on the roof breathed a sigh of relief. If this kid goes crazy, disowns all his relatives, and is extremely powerful, everyone in the palace will be afraid of him. I really don't know what to do with him.
Yi Xiaodao walked out of the palace gate, got on his horse, waved his whip, and rode away towards Su City.
Shortly after Yi Xiaodao left, two people entered the palace from outside and walked side by side. The soldiers guarding the city saw them but did not stop them because they were wearing Taoist robes.
Guan Chenzi and Tongweizi.
"Guan Chenzi, if I had known that I would have been wasting my time here, we might as well have returned to Zhenyang Mountain with the headmaster, don't you think?"
"The Headmaster naturally has his own intentions in letting us be here. You and I are just peeking in, so how can we disobey the Headmaster's order?"
"If we leave secretly..."
Guan Chenzi rolled his eyes at Tong Weizi and said nothing.
Just after the two entered the palace, outside the west gate of Wancheng, Fang Qianlong carried Xian'er to the city. He looked at the capital with the gate wide open, "I didn't expect to come back so soon..."
