On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the eighth year of Xuanhe, Xuyi City.

This famous crayfish town in later generations is now a very prosperous port city!

Yes, there are no crayfish in Xuyi yet, but it is a port city that leads directly to the sea. Because lobsters are native to the Americas, they have not come to China yet. The silt and sand that silt at the entrance of the Huai River has not flowed with the Yellow River. The Yellow River has not yet diverted its route to the south, so the Huai River channel in Xuyi is wide and deep, and even a 10,000 tons of giant ships can enter and exit freely, let alone sailing ships and vehicles of this era?

In addition, because the Yellow River has not yet taken over the capture of Huaihe River, the Huaihe River is now like the Yangtze River, not only a golden waterway, but also a mother river that nourishes countless fields on both sides of the Huaihe River. The two sides of the Huaihe River are also rich and prosperous places no less than the south of the Yangtze River.

Including Caizhou, Yingzhou, Guangzhou, Shouzhou, Bozhou, Haozhou, Sizhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, Chuzhou, Haizhou, Huaiyang Army and Lianshui Army, it is really a place with good mountains and rivers everywhere!

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the eighth year of Xuanhe, the Taishanghuang Palace entered the Huai River along the Bian River waterway, and moored on the heavily guarded pier outside Xuyi City, Shou County, Sizhou.

Two senior officials from all over Huainan who had already received the news gathered at the dock to pick up the emperor Zhao Ji and the eldest son of the emperor, Zhao Lun, the king of Luoyang (private before Zhao Lun left Kaifeng Prefecture)!

These two are the "big favorites"!

If Zhao Kai died in Kaifeng Prefecture, the King of Luoyang would take over as an official, and the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji would be regent.

So they are now riding a big boat together, like stars surround the moon, surrounded by dozens of medium-sized vehicles and ships, and are mooring next to the largest pier outside Xuyi City. Senior officials from all over the Huai River were waiting respectfully on the pier, waiting for the summons of the Shang Emperor and the King of Luoyang.

The official boat that Zhao Ji's eldest son, Ding King Zhao Huan, was riding on was moored by a dilapidated pier, and no one came to pay homage to him. It was so cool!

However, Zhao Huan was open-minded. He should eat and drink along the way. He did not delay his interest in holding hands with the princess Zhu Lian for fun, and his interest was much better than when he was the prince before.

Moreover, Zhao Huan learned a "hand-holding technique" from somewhere, which made Zhu Lian feel a little embarrassed.

While "holding hands", Zhao Huan also asked Zhu Lian about the relationship between her and Zhao Kai, which made Zhu Lian a little at a loss.

Zhu Lian knew Zhao Kai earlier than Zhao Huan Zhao Huan was a "otaku". Apart from being the eldest son of Zhao Ji, he was not outstanding at all. Moreover, he was arrogant. Before Zhu Lian married him, he did not even have the chance to talk to him.

Zhao Kai was a "Heavenly Dragon" when he was young and "born dragon kid" (Zhao Kai was so awesome that he could no longer use the natural kid to describe it), that was a "little Zhao Ji". He was really proficient in everything! The noble women in Kaifeng Prefecture, from half-old Xu's mother to young girls, who doesn't like Zhao Kai? Zhu Lian is of course no exception.

Moreover, Zhao Kai, a "little talented man", wandered around and had many opportunities to come into contact with a group of noble young masters and ladies in Kaifeng Prefecture City.

So Zhu Lian and him had known each other for a long time and often met at some poetry and tea parties.

But this kind of feeling does not have a chance to develop, because there are too many people who like Zhao Kai, so how can Zhao Kai deal with it one by one? Isn’t this exhausting?

Moreover, Zhao Kai and his father Zhao Ji have the same taste, one is the emperor of the brothel and the other is the prince of Chu, both of whom are good at socializing with the flower courtesan Hong. They will not hold hands with a noble girl like Zhu Lian at all.

It’s not that Zhu Lian is not beautiful, nor that Zhu Lian’s talent is not as good as those who are red, but those who are red, and there is nothing great. But Zhu Lian’s troubles will make him feel that he will be frivolous and lustful. How can he compete for the foundation of the country?

The night before the Taishang Palace fleet approached the Xuyi Wharf, Zhao Huan pestered Zhu Lian and asked about Zhao Kai. Zhu Lian was a little annoyed, and finally ignored him and squinted in the bed.

When she woke up again, it was already dawn and the boat was on the dock, and Zhao Huan disappeared.

Zhu Lian thought that Zhao Huan had gone to pay tribute to the Supreme Emperor, so he got a female historian. After serving the washing, he changed into a green dress and went downstairs. When he got downstairs, he realized that his husband Zhao Huan was meeting the guests. The visitor was not someone else, but one of the palace envoys. Of course, this was the "real Gao Taiwei", not the "virtual Gao Taiwei" in Zhao Kai's hands.

The true Taiwei Gao's face looked very ugly, and he had a laughing and crying expression. When he saw Zhu Lian appear, he quickly stood up and saluted and was about to leave.

Zhao Huan stopped him, "Gao Qiu, you are the confidant of the lonely family, there is no need to avoid the princess." Then he said to Zhu Lian with a smile, "Princess, something strange happened. The Jin thief was defeated by Taiwei Gao on the Sanshan Floating Bridge for a while. He was unable to cross the Yellow River until the 12th day of the first lunar month. In addition, on the 11th day of the first lunar month, Gao Qiu even went to Liangshan!"

It turned out that the news of the Battle of Sanshan Floating Bridge reached Xuyi, but it was not a formal notice from the court, but the Hebei Transportation Envoy Office, Hebei East Road Pacification Envoy Office, Jingdong Road Transport Envoy Office, Jingding West Road Pacification Envoy Office and other yamen reported that this was Zhao Kai's order. Zhao Kai was worried that once Kaifeng Prefecture was surrounded by Jin soldiers, his order could not be out and the news outside could not be in, and the local area would be without a leader, so he regarded the Supreme Palace as a "spare-tied court."

In order to allow this "spare tire court" to take over power when necessary, of course, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and others have channels to obtain information in a timely manner.

"What?" Zhu Lian was surprised, "Isn't Taiwei Gao still another Taiwei Gao?"

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Where is there? Only Taiwei Gao! Gao Qiu, what do you think?"

Gao Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what happened? I don't know why the officials wanted to fight against the enemy under the banner of the minister."

Zhao Huan laughed and asked Zhu Lian again, "Princess, do you know?"

Zhu Lian immediately shook his head, "King, how can I know what the official family thinks?"

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "You don't know, but I know!" He paused, "It must be the official who came to the battle in person! He was afraid that others would know, so he used Gao Qiu's banner."

"King, why are he afraid that people will know?" Gao Qiu was still confused.

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Don't you understand this? The ministers below should know that he always wanders on the front line and will definitely report to dissuade him. The Jin thief should know that he has left Kaifeng Prefecture and is still in person to fight the battle formation. They are afraid that they will divide their troops to attack the Feng Prefecture, and at the same time they will be besieged him with heavy troops. At that time, they will probably be out of control!"

The analysis seems to make some sense!

Zhu Lian and Gao Qiu both sighed in their hearts that Zhao Huan was confused when he was the crown prince. Why did he become more and more wise after being demoted to King Ding?

Zhao Huan thought about it and had already gotten up from the chair. He said to Zhu Lian: "Princess, Gao Qiu and I will not come for lunch if we go to the Emperor."

When Zhao Huan and Gao Qiu boarded the boat that Zhao Ji was riding, the Song Dynasty Supreme Shangguan family was holding a memorial handed by Cai Mao, a Hebei Transportation Envoy and the Daming Mansion. A young man who looked a bit like Zhao Kai stood beside him, Zhao Kai's brother, King Xin, Zhao Zhi.

Seeing Zhao Huan and Gao Qiu and the other two coming, Zhao Ji asked them to sit down while asking Zhao Huan: "Brother, do you know what medicine is sold in the third brother's gourd?"

After sitting on the chair, Zhao Huan replied with a smile: "Father, of course, the third brother's actions now have only one purpose, which is to resist the Jin Dynasty. As long as it is beneficial to fight against the Jin Dynasty, he will definitely do it. And he will definitely not do things that are unfavorable to fight against the Jin Dynasty."

"Is that true?" Zhao Ji looked at his son and said to himself: No, right? Why is my son so wise?

They had a lot of trouble before to compete for the foundation of the country!

Zhao Huan understood his father's thoughts and said to his father with a kind smile: "The Jin thief is the strongest rival that the dynasty has encountered since its founding. As long as he can defeat the Jin thief, there is nothing to be afraid of. If he can't beat the Jin thief, then everything will be nothing. For us, it's the same!"

Same?

Zhao Ji thought to himself: If the third brother fights against the Jin Dynasty and dies, your chance will come!

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Father, now the third brother has issued an edict to support the king, so we should also help!"

Help? When Zhao Ji heard this, his eyebrows were twisted, "How to help?"

Zhao Huan pointed to Gao Qiu beside him, "Of course, he asked Taiwei Gao to take action and lead the anti-Jin rebel army between the two Huaihe Rivers to head north on the sea route!"

"King Ding" Gao Qiu was frightened when he heard this, "I don't understand water war!"

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if I don't understand. As far as I know, you don't understand land battles! Didn't you defeat the Jin thief at the Sanshan Floating Bridge?"

"Then, that's it," Gao Qiu said, "that was beaten by someone else, I was just pretending to be an impersonator."

"Then you go in person this time!" Zhao Huan looked at Gao Qiu with a smile, "Master Gao, don't be afraid, Gu has already found three helpers for you."

"Help? Who?" Gao Qiu asked.

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "One is the fifth brother of the Gu family, King Su, the other is Zhao Mingcheng, the son of Zhao Tingzhi. The other is Zhao Shuxiang, the descendant of the King of Wei."

Gao Qiu opened his mouth wide and turned his head to look at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji said: "Brother, the fifth brother is the prince, how can you lead troops to fight?"

Zhao Huan smiled and said, "It's urgent! How can you care about a lot? If the Zhao family doesn't come out to protect our Zhao family, can you still rely on others? Moreover, the third brother'er has a great talent and is not comparable to the late emperors after Taizu. There is no need to worry that he is suspicious of the sect king and the warriors."
Chapter completed!