The clan guard system of the Wei royal family is a very special ancestral system, and sometimes it even seems very inconsistent, because the clan guards are only loyal to the object of their initial loyalty. Otherwise, even the king of Wei They may not listen to the oracle.
Just like when Zhao Hongrun's original guard chief Shen Yu blocked the Emperor of Wei from Wenzhao Pavilion, and like how Meng Lu just bluntly accused the latter's younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan in front of Su Wang Zhao Hongrun.
Even Meng Luo, who was only a deputy general in terms of military rank, could actually say "How qualified are you to compare with me" to Wu Ji, who was a general. This sounds quite inconsistent, but in fact, these words Actually there is nothing wrong with that.
Because in the Wei State, Zongwei's status is quite transcendent. Whether it is Zongwei beside the princes of the past dynasties, or Zongwei Yulin Lang, after all, in a sense, Zongwei is equivalent to the royal bodyguard of the Ji Zhao royal family.
Therefore, even though Zhao Hongrun was unhappy at the time, there was nothing he could do about Meng Luo - he could ignore Meng Luo, he could deliberately not provide seats for Meng Luo and the others, he could ridicule Meng Luo and humiliate Meng Luo, but he had no right to use anything Formally punishes Mengluo.
The only one who can punish Mengluo is the Zongfu.
After about a cup of tea, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, led several guards and two Shangshui soldiers to Guanlou.
Among the others present except for the three clan guards of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Hongrun was the first person to see the third uncle after the former was exiled for seventeen years.
At that time, he followed the Sixth Uncle Zhao Yuanli to pick up Feng. Zhao Hongrun originally thought he was a relative or friend of the Sixth Uncle, but he did not expect that the Sixth Uncle went to pick up someone who had been exiled in the desolate land of Nanliang for seventeen years. The third son of the previous emperor, Zhao Yuanzuo, the former Prince Jing.
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang at that time, once gave Zhao Hongrun a very inconsistent feeling. He felt that this third uncle was filled with an indescribable sense of disobedience from head to toe, which could not be explained or explained.
The most direct manifestation should be the way Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was dressed at that time. He was obviously dressed like a farmer who had just returned from working in the fields, and his exposed skin had traces of farming. But for some reason, Zhao Hongrun never stopped. There is an air of elegance in people.
With the same elegance, Zhao Hongzhao, the former Sixth Prince of Wei, who is now the Left Chancellor of Qi State, behaves very grandly and magnanimously, making people unconsciously like him. However, Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Southern Liang, makes people feel... It felt like he was in a fog, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
However, today's Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo is no longer dressed as he was back then. At this moment, he is wearing armor with four-clawed python patterns, combat boots, a brocade belt around his waist, and a military crown on his head. He looks heroic and like a Confucian general. .
Zhao Hongrun didn't know how to describe it, as if there was a voice in his heart commenting like this: This is the temperament that a great noble should have.
For some reason, Zhao Hongrun suddenly thought of Shouling Jun Jingshe, the only great nobleman of Chu who had not defeated him so far. However, he instinctively guessed that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, and Shouling Jun Jingshe should be at the same height. of.
Including Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo's admired uncle, Mi Jiang, and Mi Rui's biological father Runan Jun Xiong Hao - although Zhao Hongrun had never seen Jing She and Xiong Hao, two famous officials of Chu State, with his own eyes.
"Your Majesty."
When Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Southern Liang, stepped into the Guan Pavilion, Yang Yu, Meng Luo, and Pang Huan immediately faced the former and clasped their hands. Meng Luo's attitude at this time was completely different from when he treated Zhao Hongxuan, the King of Huan.
"Hmm." Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo nodded, glanced at everyone in the room, and smiled lightly.
Zhao Hongrun hesitated for a moment, but finally stood up, cupped his hands and said hello: "Uncle, you are welcome."
As Zhao Hongrun stood up to greet him in person, all the generals in the room, including Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan's brothers' clan guards, all clasped their fists and said in unison: "I have met the King of Nanliang."
Among the people, only King Huan Zhao Hongxuan turned his head away with a cold expression, pretending that he had not seen Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang at all.
Zhao Yuanzuo glanced around the room, nodded one by one, his eyes paused on Zhao Hongxuan for a moment, then turned to Zhao Hongrun, and said with a smile: "Compared to the first time we met four years ago, Hongrun is so imposing now, which makes me think
Got a person."
Hearing Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, say these words with a slightly melancholy and regretful tone, Zhao Hongrun thought about it and guessed the person mentioned by the former, the fifth uncle, King Yu Zhao Yuandai.
After all, the Five Kings, Uncle Yu and King Zhao Yuanke, led the Yu Shui Army to defeat the Shun Shui Army led by Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, during the civil strife in Daliang that year. He greatly assisted Zhao Hongrun's father, Emperor Wei, in ascending the throne, resulting in the defeat of Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang.
was exiled.
Therefore, in various senses, King Yu Zhao Yuanji is unforgettable to Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang.
"Is it Uncle Wu?" Zhao Hongrun asked tentatively.
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, I saw Shaohu in Daliang last year. I thought Yuanji had also returned to Daliang, but I didn't expect... It was just Shaohu who returned to Daliang alone."
Zhao Hongrun carefully considered his choice of words and answered: "As far as I know, my father was originally inclined to let the fifth uncle command the Wei Wu army. However, I heard that the fifth uncle was ill and recommended General Shaohu."
Hearing what Zhao Hongrun said, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, looked slightly dazed. After all, among everyone present, no one knew the situation of King Yu Zhao Yuanqi better than him - it was not that he was ill at all, as Zhao Hongrun said, but that Yu had been sick back then.
Wang Zhaoyuan'ai was seriously injured in that civil war. Although he was lucky enough to survive, he also injured his valve. From then on, he coughed up blood at every turn. How could he still command the troops?
It is precisely because Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, cannot bear hatred for his brother Zhao Yuanke, the king of Yu. Although he was punished and exiled for seventeen years, the king of Yu, Zhao Yuanzuo, was ruined for his whole life because of this.
Zhao Yuande, the fifth son of the Wei Kingdom and King of Yu, could no longer carry his shoulders or lift his arms, and was frail and sick.
It can be said that there is no winner between the two of them, they are both losers.
In fact, the experience of King Yu Zhao Yuanji was relatively worse - Zhao Yuanzuo was exiled for seventeen years at most, and now he has returned to Daliang, but what about Zhao Yuanji? He lost his life.
"Yuan Ke... Let's not talk about him first." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, who looked a little dazed, shook his head, then looked at Zhao Hongrun and said: "Let's talk about the current problem first... When I entered the customs just now,
I heard from the soldiers of the Second Northern Army that the First Northern Army refused to allow our soldiers to enter the pass. I don’t know why?”
"Sure enough, it's not my imagination. King Nanliang's attitude towards Uncle Wu is a bit...weird."
Zhao Hongrun thought calmly.
Through observation, he found that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, behaved very strangely when he mentioned his brother Zhao Yuanke, king of Yu, with both fear and regret.
But now is not the time to think about this matter, so Zhao Hongrun suppressed it in his heart and said with a smile: "It is indeed true. As for the reason... Well, Third Uncle, you might as well take a seat first, and you and I will discuss it in detail."
"Okay!" Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo nodded and took a few steps forward, but suddenly stopped.
Because at this time in the Guanlou House, apart from Zhao Hongrun standing in front of the chief seat, the most distinguished seat was the chief on the east side where King Huan Zhao Hongxuan sat.
Logically speaking, as the elder of Nanliang King's uncle, Zhao Hongxuan should give up his seat to the former. However, it was obvious that Zhao Hongxuan crossed his arms with a cold expression and had no intention of giving up his seat at all.
Seeing Zhao Hongxuan's attitude, Zhao Hongrun naturally didn't want to let his younger brother give up his seat and ruin his younger brother's face. Therefore, he glanced at Wu Ji, the Shang Shui Army general who was sitting in the chief seat on the right.
Of course, asking Wu Ji to give up his seat directly. Although Wu Ji wouldn't mind, it was still not good after all. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun thought about it and said: "Wu Ji, please step down and have a rest first."
After hearing this, Wu Ji, Zhai Huang, Nanmen Chi and other generals understood the idea, stood up one after another, bowed with clasped fists, and retreated from the house.
At this time, the only people still in the house were Zongwei Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Yuanzuo, as well as General Zhou Min.
After glancing at the seat on the right, and then at Zhao Hongxuan, who had no intention of giving up his seat, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo chuckled, walked straight to the seat where Wu Ji was originally, and sat down.
Seeing this, Yang Yu, Meng Lu, and Pang Huan were about to take their seats with their princes, but Wei Jiao, the Zong Wei who didn't want Zhao Hongrun, said coldly: "You three, wait!... As Zong Wei, you should abide by your duties. You can't."
He went beyond the rules and ruined the reputation of my Zongwei."
The implication was that he was preventing Yang Yu, Meng Luo and Pang Huan from taking their seats.
Seeing this, Yang Yu, Meng Luo, and Pang Huan looked angry when they heard this, and even Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, frowned slightly and glanced at Wei Jiao.
But he didn't say anything, because just like Zhao Hongrun had nothing to do against Meng Luo, Zhao Yuanzuo also had nothing to do against Wei Jiao.
However, through this incident, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, also vaguely saw something. He smiled and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Hongrun, could it be that Yang Yu, Meng Luo, and Pang Huan have offended you in any way?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Meng Luo after hearing this. In fact, due to the identity of the other party as a Zongwei, if Meng Luo had just collided with him, he would probably choose to ignore it. After all, reporting to the Zongfu and mobilizing troops for such a trivial matter would seem petty.
.
But Meng Luo had just accused his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan in front of his elder brother, and Zhao Hongrun couldn't bear it anymore - even if Zhao Hongxuan had a thousand things he shouldn't do, he still had this brother to lecture him, and it wasn't anyone else's turn to point fingers.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun ignored the steps given by Zhao Yuanzuo and said calmly: "It's not about offending or offending, I just want these three people to stand quietly for a while... We are all Zongwei, Wei Jiao, Zhang Ao, they can stand
,Why can’t these three people stand?”
Seeing how disrespectful Zhao Hongrun was, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was slightly startled. He turned his head and glanced at Yang Yu, Meng Luo and Pang Huan. He had already guessed in his heart that these three people must have offended Zhao Hongrun before he arrived.
The two brothers Zhao Hongxuan.
However, the reasons given by Zhao Hongrun really made it impossible for Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, to refute.
Therefore, he did not stick to this matter and then changed the topic to the issue of stationing at Tianmen Pass.
"Hongrun, I heard that your army and the First Army of the North refused to allow our soldiers to enter Tianmen Pass. I wonder what the reason is?"
Zhao Hongrun smiled lightly when he heard this and asked: "Before I answer, I hope that Third Uncle can clarify my doubts first... When our army was trapped in Shangdang a while ago, did Third Uncle ever think of assisting our army?"
"..."
Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, raised his head and looked at Zhao Hongrun.