After pacifying Nanping and Nanchu, in the second year of Jianlong, because Shu Kingdom had no idea how many times and several times invaded the border of Song Kingdom, Zhao Kuangyin decided to send troops to attack Hou Shu. Xu Xian also led 60,000 troops in Huainan to attack the Southern Han Dynasty, and continuously strengthened his control over the soldiers during the expedition.

Zhao Kuangyin was unwilling to let Xu Xian occupy the Southern Han Dynasty alone, so he sent Pan Mei to lead his army from southern Hunan to attack Xiangzhou. Xu Xian conquered Pan Yu at the same time, each occupying half of the Lingnan area. In Wuzhou, he defeated the Song army led by Pan Mei to capture Pan Mei alive.

Xu Xian returned from a battle and after arriving in Huainan, he would prepare to take the opportunity to occupy Huainan Shi Shouxin and return to Tokyo.

In the third year of Jianlong, the State of Song sent troops from Jiangling to capture Hongdu. Xu Xian ordered Li Yu Xiancheng to surrender and divided the Southern Tang Dynasty with Zhao Kuangyin. In the same year, he led 100,000 troops to force the landing in Tokyo. He claimed that the King of Yan changed his army to the Tianwei Army and opened a government office to issue orders to various departments and vassal states.

Zhao Kuangyin supported Zhao Guangyi to confront Xu Xian. Zhao Guangyi was defeated by Xu Xian and instead joined forces with Xu Xian to erode the imperial power. For a time, the capital ordered three sects to go out. Zhao Kuangyin had to attack the Northern Han several times and take the opportunity to strengthen military power.

Xu Xian took advantage of the situation to provoke war with the Liao Kingdom and regain Youzhou. This stop made Xu Xian’s reputation at the peak, and many officials and generals turned against Xu Xian.

The situation in Tokyo has gradually lost control. After Zhao Kuangyin became emperor eight years later, he changed his lunar name to Kaibao again. He visited Luoyang, Xijing in the spring of that year. Xu Xian and Zhao Guangyi, who were appointed as the chief and deputy of Tokyo, insisted on traveling with him, so he had to change his appointment as Li Jixun as the left-behind Tokyo.

"It's here! Haha..." Zhao Kuangyin ran across the Yanhe Bridge with a smile, pointed to the ruins on the east side of the bridge and said to Xu Xian and Zhao Guangyi behind him: "Zhixian, Tingyi quickly see that this is Jiamaying, which is where I was born. I thought I had been occupied and reclaimed into farmland, but I didn't expect it to be still there!"

Zhao Guangyi stroked his beard, "Although it is a place where the dragon rises. Who dares to occupy the farmland? Which house is our brother's house that we once lived in?"

Zhao Kuangyin frowned and said, "There are all houses built by military soldiers at that time, as messy as a maze. Now they are dilapidated and let me go there to find them!"

Xu Xian said: "When the Empress Dowager was alive, she told Ning Xiu that there was a tall locust tree in front of her home in Luoyang. I wonder if it was true?"

Zhao Kuangyin stomped his feet, "I have forgotten even if I don't know how to talk about it! There is indeed a locust tree in front of my house!" He put on a shed in his hand and looked forward, "Hey, it should be that one, and it still has locust flowers. Come and take you to find your home."

Seeing that all the officials and guards who were accompanying him were coming, Zhao Kuangyin scolded: "The three of us brothers are looking for our own homes, why are you doing it?"

Xu Xian turned around and winked at Xu Lang. Xu Lang took the guard back. Zhang Qiong, who was beside him, stopped seeing this.

Zhao Kuangyin led the two into the messy ruins. At first, he was still dizzy, but soon he seemed to find his childhood memories, and took Xu Xian and Zhao Guangyi to run around in the alley. Soon, he found the tall locust tree.

The branches and leaves of the locust tree are lush like a canopy. When the east wind blows, there is a rustling sound. The mottled sunlight on the ground is constantly changing as the leaves roll. From time to time, snow-white locust flowers fall, and a thin layer has fallen on the ground, like a piece of frost and snow.

Zhao Kuangyin stood under the tree and pointed to a dilapidated yard next to it, "What's the place is my house!"

The gate of the courtyard has disappeared, leaving only an aisle that is more than one person wide, and there are tribute incense and candles in front of the aisle.

Xu Xian joked: "Eighty times some people hope that there will be an emperor at home and make a wish here!"

Zhao Kuangyin sneered: "What's the best thing to be an emperor!"

He raised his foot and kicked the tribute to the ground, stepped into the yard, and glanced around. The roof had collapsed, leaving only bare earthen walls on all sides, and the window lattice and door frames disappeared. Eighty-mostly they were used as firewood, and the room was even more empty, with nothing left.

Seeing that there was a stone pier in the yard, he reached out to brush the dust and leaves on it, and said lostly: "When I was young, whenever I was in such a sunny day, my mother washed my hair and asked me to lie on her legs and catch lice and clean my earwax. Now things have changed."

Zhao Guangyi said: "My mother must be in the immortal class at this time, so brothers don't have to be sad."

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and said, "I am not sad, I just feel that the world has passed too fast. Let's go. Staying there will be no use for a long time will only add to the sadness."

He walked out of the yard with his hands behind his back, looked at the tall locust tree and sniffed, saying, "The locust flowers are quite fragrant. My birthday is March 21, which is a good time for locust flowers to bloom. My mother often says that the room was full of fragrance when I was born, and I think it is mostly the fragrance of locust flowers."

Zhao Guangyi said, "Brother is the true dragon emperor. When he was born, he had a strange phenomenon and the law of nature. How could it be the fragrance of locust flowers?"

Zhao Kuangyin walked under the tree without saying a word, hugged the thick tree body, and then touched his round belly and said, "I'm afraid I can't compare to my childhood. I know that my idle hands and feet are pretty neat, can I go to the tree to break a few locust flowers for me?"

Xu Xian smiled and said, "How dare you not obey if you have a destiny in the official family!" He rolled up his sleeves, stuffed the hem into his belt, hugged the tree and rubbed it on it. He went to the tree to choose fresh locust flowers and broke a few branches and threw them off from the tree.

Zhao Kuangyin under the tree stroked a handful of locust flowers in his hand, then stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them in big mouth, "It's still the smell of my youth. These are enough, Zhixian, write it quickly."

Xu Xian slid down little by little with his head in his arms. When he reached halfway, he suddenly heard the clanging sound of drawing the knife. He was shocked and turned his head to look under the tree. He saw Zhao Kuangyin pulling the sword in his hand and asking coldly: "What are the officials going to do!"

Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi also hid aside, holding the barrier knife on his waist and looked at Zhao Kuangyin nervously. Zhao Kuangyin sneered, "Did we brothers lose trust in this little bit? I just suddenly remembered an important object, just take it with a knife, just Zhixian, please come down first."

Zhao Kuangyin retreated ten steps away and threw the knife in his hand directly. After Xu Xian came down, he took off the jade axe at his waist, circled around the locust tree, and chose a position to dig up the soil with the jade axe.

He dug the soil while muttering, "How come there isn't it? I remember that I buried things here with Sanluzi and a few others. Don't stand and come and help me."

Xu Xian and Zhao Guangyi looked at each other, and went to Zhao Kuangyin to use a hindrance knife to help him dig the soil. They had been digging half a foot deep, and Xu Xian's hindrance knife seemed to have encountered a hard object, "The thing seems to be here!"

Zhao Kuangyin was excited and digging a few times, pulling a one-foot-long stone horse from the soil. "I didn't expect that it will be still there for more than 30 years. I didn't run away in vain this trip!"

Zhao Kuangyin wiped the soil on the stone horse with a dragon robe and said to Zhao Guangyi: "This is our thing. I don't know who heard of someone's coaxing me back then. He said that it was valuable after burying the thing in the soil and dug it out. It's really funny now."

Seeing his brother treating the dirty and worn stone horse as a treasure, Zhao Guangyi was very puzzled and didn't know what to answer for a moment.

Xu Xian joked: "This stone horse was a toy for a naughty boy back then, but now it is an old thing of the emperor. I don't know how many times it is worth, so that person is not a scam of the official."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "That's true!" He put the stone horse in the hem, turned his head to look at the dim sunshine in the west, "It's getting late, go back to the city!"

The three of them came out of the ruins and returned to Luoyang City surrounded by officials. Zhao Kuangyin rode on the horse and looked around, "My Song Dynasty is getting more and more beautiful!"

Xu Xian said: "Your Majesty worked hard for ten years, and now he will be prosperous in the next step of unifying the people's living and working in peace and contentment!"

"Haha..." Zhao Kuangyin laughed, "If you want to say that the unification of the world has not been completed, you are still a little short of it."

As he spoke, he had already arrived in front of the palace gate. Xu Xian bowed and said, "Your Majesty is so peaceful, I'm leaving."

Zhao Kuangyin grabbed Xu Xian and said, "Don't leave when you know you are idle. I have important things to discuss with all my dear friends. If you are not at ease, please ask Alang to bring people in." He turned over and ordered Zhang Qiong, "Remove half of the guards and let King Yan's men in."

The ministers were all used to this and followed Zhao Kuangyin and Xu Xian into the palace. The palace in Luoyang was built during the Tang Dynasty, and there were some expansions when Zhu Wen and Li Cunxu were reignited.

Since Shi Jingtang moved the capital to Kaifeng, no emperor has ever moved in. The gaps between the floor tiles are full of green and tender weeds, and the palace has been disrepaired for a long time. It has been disturbed by the timely stay in Luoyang, but it still smells of musty smell.

However, the dragon chaise in the main hall is still very dazzling. There is a chair next to the dragon chaise, but the position is slightly tilted forward, which is left for Xu Xian to sit on.

Since Xu Xian recovered Youzhou and defeated the 200,000 Liao army on the grassland and forced the Liao to move the capital, the two of them have been sitting like this. To be more precise, Xu Xian forced himself to sit in this position. Although it is not in accordance with the etiquette, no one opposed it. The subjects have already agreed that Xu Xian was Zhao Kuangyin's successor.

The two of them sat down to visit the officials, and Zhao Kuangyin said, "I was born and raised here. I have a deep relationship with Luoyang and want to move the capital here. What do you think!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Wei, who was known as the Prime Minister of Camel, immediately jumped out to object, "The matter of moving the capital is not a trivial matter, please think twice!"

Another prime minister Zhao Pu immediately refuted, "Luoyang is the center of the Central Plains, and it has an even more emperor-like appearance. What's wrong with Your Majesty's relocation!"

"Kaifeng has built two generations of Emperor Shizong and the official family. Now it is prosperous far better than Luoyang, and moving the capital is useless to consume people's efforts!"

...

The two prime ministers were verbal and the ministers also quarreled with each other in two groups as usual. Zhao Kuangyin reached out to suppress them, and then everyone stopped talking. He looked at Xu Xian and said, "Zhi Yi, what do you think?"

Xu Xian turned his head to look at Zhao Kuangyin, "I think the world is in virtue but not in danger, and the matter of moving the capital is very involved. It is necessary to make a long-term plan."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "I am going to move the capital to Luoyang and let Zhixian stay in Tokyo. Isn't it good to govern some of the military and political affairs?"

"Not good, the world will be united for a long time, and it will be united for a long time. Now that the world has finally been unified, there is no reason to divide and govern it. Wouldn't it be a disaster for division? Your Majesty should follow the will of heaven and govern with all the ministers."

Zhao Kuangyin's voice suddenly became cold, "What if I insist on moving the capital to Luoyang?"

"Your Majesty is the emperor. If you insist on moving the capital, no one can stop you. But you will go wherever your Majesty goes!"

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath and said, "Since the King of Yan disagrees, all the beloved ministers have left. Zhang Dejun asked someone to find some houses in the palace for all officials to live in."

As soon as Xu Xian got down the steps, he heard Zhao Kuangyin say, "Zhiyi, Tingyi, you two stay and I have something to say to you!"

Xu Xian and Zhao Guangyi looked at each other and left the main hall with Zhao Kuangyin. Xu Lang and Zhang Qiong looked at each other with hatred and hurriedly followed.

As soon as the three of them entered the bedroom, Zhao Kuangyin turned his head and pointed at Xu Xian and Zhao Guangyi and shouted angrily: "Are you two going to force me to death before you give up?"

Seeing that the two of them looked numb, Zhao Kuangyin's voice became a little higher, and his fingers were pointed at their noses with a carrot and cursed: "I can't afford to offend you and I'm willing to give Tokyo to you, why don't I let me go? Is it a puppet for you? Is it okay to let me be your two puppets?"

In history, Zhao Kuangyin had the idea of ​​moving the capital many times, wanting to move to Luoyang or even Chang'an, in order to get rid of Zhao Guangyi's growing huge power in Tokyo, but Zhao Guangyi led the crowd to oppose it.

As the emperor who spoke of Tianxian, Zhao Kuangyin had the power to make a decision, but unfortunately he could only explain to his younger brother and ministers with great sincerity, but he still did not receive support in the end, which shows how helpless he was at that time.

Now another Xu Xian is added, and he joins Zhao Guangyi to erode his imperial power and military power. Xu Xian is even more arrogant and obeys the government with him. It has never happened in ancient and modern times. One day, if he dies, the throne will fall into Xu Xian's hands.

Seeing that the two of them were still silent, Zhao Kuangyin became angry and picked up a large porcelain bottle and threw it on the ground. The snow-white porcelain was immediately smashed to pieces. "One is my brother and the other is my sister-in-law, but they joined forces to bully me. I thought I could not make it mud, or you two are the wolf!"

"The official only thinks he will throw things? I will do it!" Xu Xian picked up a porcelain bottle and threw it in front of Zhao Kuangyin and immediately turned into pieces on the ground. "Even if Tingyi and I are a wolf, your Majesty is not an innocent lamb. The official is preparing to move the capital to Luoyang. Are you really afraid of us? Or do you free up Tokyo as a leader of the gladiator and let Tingyi fight to the death?"

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Kuangyin's mouth. He looked at Zhao Guangyi and said, "Zhixian is a foreigner after all. You are my brother. Why do you want to help him fight me!"

Zhao Guangyi was frank, but he was just helping me, "Brother, I didn't help Brother Zhixian. In the past few years, he has been helping me, and I am just helping myself!"

"Haha...had he promised that he would abdicate the throne to you when he died? Is he worthy of your trust? You will die so embarrassingly, even your bones are gone!"

Xu Xian smiled and said, "Don't transfer Tingyi and I. It doesn't matter whether I am trustworthy or not. Tingyi has enough strength to take over the position from me."

In the future, Anping will take over from Tingyi. Although it is my seed, his surname is Zhao now. Who said that Xiaocan can’t give birth to a child? Such a good child can only be given to you for the Zhao family. Anping has half of the blood of the Zhao family, and the world will still belong to your Zhao family in the future. You should be content with the official family. Do you have to fight with each other?”

"You two are really good at playing! Yes! I should be content! Hahaha..." Zhao Kuangyin's expression on his face was a little crazy, "Just because the world is still owned by my Zhao family, it should be worth celebrating."

"If the official had figured it out, there would be no such trouble!" Xu Xian shouted outside the door: "Eunuch Zhang, come and serve the food!"

Zhang Dejun, who was outside the door, finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned to several important officials of the court and said, "I'm sorry, please go back to the veranda room in front to rest. Don't sleep too heavily. If there is any conflict, I'll have to trouble you to persuade me to fight."

This happened once, and Zhang Dejun went to the fight overestimated his ability. I don’t know who kicked him up for half a month but didn’t get up from bed.

Zhao Pu said: "The official will most likely not feel bad when drinking, and he should not fight!"

Several important officials shook their heads and sighed to go to the veranda room beside them to rest. Zhang Dejun sent wine and food in. Zhao Kuangyin pointed to the exquisite wine pot and small cup and said, "I can't drink this restaurant well. Go and get a black pottery bowl of wine jars, and then put a few jars of ambergris to aged wine!"

Xu Xian asked with a smile: "The official family has a lot of alcohol. I will get Tingyi and me drunk and you will be able to start."

"Zhiyi is the heart of a villain to judge a gentleman's abdomen!" Zhao Kuangyin shouted outside the hall: "Zhang Qiong takes your people far away and wait outside!" As he said that, he also put the barrier knife on his waist in the tray, "Zhang Dejun, just wait outside the door alone!"

Seeing this, Xu Xian and Zhao Kuangyin handed out the barrier knife on their waists. Xu Xian also ordered Xu Lang to guard the gate outside the bedroom and not disturb him. In the huge bedroom, only Xu Xian, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, Zhang Dejun, who were serving outside the gate, and several important officials resting in the side hall.

The three of them seemed to have not sat together without any warning for a long time. When talking about old things, they were cheerful and drunk. Xu Xian also chanted a song about Grandpa Yue's Jianghong coming to cheer up, and the wine became more and more exciting. Before a few small jars of ambergris were finished, they were already drunk and slept on the ground wrapped in a blanket.

The cup and plate on the table were in a mess, and the tilted wine jar and crystal wine slowly dripped down. The candles on the candlestick were burning vigorously, and a bright light burst out from time to time.

A big hand suddenly landed on the table, groping in a daze between the cups and plates, and when the hand reached a jade handle, he held it tightly...

Zhang Dejun yawned heavily, listened to the noise in the hall with his ears. About three of them were drunk and unconscious. They were about to go to the hall to wait, but suddenly they saw a shadow falling on the window paper in the hall, which was a thick arm holding an axe.

Before Zhang Dejun could react, the arm slashed down fiercely. He was about to exclaim that he was stuffed with a ball of cotton, then he saw two figures fighting, and the sound of the shattering of the table falling to the ground.
To be continued...