The next day, when Zhao Hongrun woke up, he still felt a little groggy. This was the most direct manifestation that his brain was still running at a high speed last night and had not received sufficient rest.
"Your Highness is awake?" Zong Wei who was guarding the dormitory was indeed Gao Kuo. He glanced at Zhao Hongrun doubtfully and said, "Your Highness doesn't look very good today. Did he not sleep well yesterday?"
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun responded vaguely.
At this moment, because his brain is fully active, Zhao Hongrun, relying on his super memory, can clearly recall the dream he had last night, just like a movie playback, which is very magical.
But actually, that's not fun.
At least in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, that's not interesting.
Because the situations in dreams are almost all reflections of reality. They are not under Zhao Hongrun's control, but they instinctively reflect some of the things he usually keeps buried in his heart.
To put it bluntly, the more you care about it in daily life, the more likely it is that similar scenes will appear in your dreams. This is the so-called thinking about things every day and dreaming about things at night. This does not only refer to Zhao Hongrun, but to everyone.
Precisely because the things that appear in dreams are borrowed from reality, Zhao Hongrun, who has a super memory, is more likely to be "deceived" by his subconscious mind.
No, it wasn't until now that he realized that the "Mi Jiang" in the dream had always been wearing the clothes of Princess Yulong, and she also rarely wore jewelry on her body, hands, and head. But you know, Mi Jiang is
She never wears these things that she calls cumbersome.
Obviously, the reason why "Mi Jiang" in the dream came to see Zhao Hongrun last night was based on Princess Yulong. In the dream, the conversation between Zhao Hongrun and Princess Yulong was just grafted onto Mi Jiang.
That's all.
It's really full of loopholes...
Zhao Hongrun secretly shook his head. Only now did he "recall" how ridiculous and boring the dream that "Mi Jiang" would come to visit him last night was. After all, it was just a combination of yesterday's conversation with Princess Yulong.
It was just Mi Jiang's cynicism towards him in the past.
If "it" is boring, that's because it's all happened before, and there's nothing new about it.
If there's anything that's not boring, I'm afraid it's just that kiss.
That real touch. The memory that Zhao Hongrun had forced to forget out of embarrassment was fresh in his memory again, as if he had really kissed Mi Jiang again.
"call."
Zhao Hongrun patted his face, stood up, and said to Gao Kuo at the same time: "Gao Kuo, go prepare the carriage. Today we will go to Yuanyang."
"Don't you have dinner in the palace?" Gao Kuo asked.
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's just buy some wine and meat on the streets in the city to eat on the road... By the way, ask Lu Mu to come in when you go out. I have something to tell him."
"Yes." Gao Kuo clasped his fists, turned and left.
After a long time, Zongwei Lu Mu walked in.
It can be seen that Lu Mu's expression was a little sarcastic when he came in because he ran into the good things between His Highness and Mi Jiang a few days ago. Maybe he couldn't help but guess in his heart: Hey, His Highness is finally going to punish me for that matter...
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His guess was clearly written on his face. Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Do you think I called you here specifically because of what happened that day?"
Lu Mu was surprised when he heard this, and immediately asked to please him: "I wonder what your Highness's orders are?"
I have to say that he is also a smart man. Even if Zhao Hongrun reminds him of what happened that day, he will never take the initiative to mention it. He will change the subject if he can.
No wonder, it is quite taboo to see His Highness having sex with a woman who may become a princess in the future.
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes again. He was too lazy to expose Lu Mu's little trick and said in a deep voice: "Lu Mu, you can call four brothers later to protect Princess Yulong and the others."
"Ah?" A trace of confusion flashed across Lu Mu's face.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun added and explained: "It's like this. Princess Yulong has been bored in the palace for a while. She came to see me yesterday..." After that, he told the conversation that happened with Princess Yulong yesterday.
To Lu Mu.
Lu Mu suddenly understood, nodded and said: "I understand, I will call Zhu Gui, He Miao, Zhou Pu and Chu Heng later... Does your Highness have any other instructions?"
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and told Lu Mu: "Bring enough money."
Lu Mu understood the words and nodded with a smile. Immediately, he glanced at Zhao Hongrun and said cautiously: "If your highness has nothing else to do, then...then you have to resign from your humble position?"
How could Zhao Hongrun not see through his thoughts? Hearing this, he laughed and cursed angrily: "Get out!"
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun really didn't mean to reprimand him, Lu Mu left with a smile.
After that, Zhao Hongrun sat in the room for a while, then left the bedroom and walked to the front hall.
As he expected, Mi Jiang still did not appear in the front hall today. She was sitting in her "exclusive seat" in the front hall drinking tea as usual.
According to Xiao Rui, Mi Jiang has been alone in her room for the past few days, always seeming a little distracted...
In his mind, the news about Mijiang that he got while talking to Princess Yulong yesterday could not help but appear.
But after changing his mind, Zhao Hongrun immediately shook his head and forgot about anything about Mi Jiang.
It doesn't matter whether he likes or dislikes Mi Jiang, but Zhao Hongrun doesn't want this woman, who really doesn't matter much, to always appear in his dreams.
But it has to be said that human thinking is a very complicated thing. It does not mean that Zhao Hongrun does not want to delve into certain aspects of things. His thoughts can change with his subjective consciousness. In fact, the less Zhao Hongrun wants to think about Mi Jiang, the more he wants to think about it.
However, those things seemed to be filling his head and he couldn't get rid of them.
About half an hour later, Gao Kuo returned to Wenzhao Pavilion and saw at a glance that His Highness was sitting in the third seat on the east side of the front hall, deep in thought about something.
Seeing this, Gao Kuo stepped forward and called in a low voice: "Your Highness, Your Highness?"
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun, who was just waking up from a dream, raised his head.
"The carriage has been prepared and is stationed outside the palace... Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and stood up. Only then did he realize that he was sitting in Mi Jiang's exclusive seat.
This discovery made him look a little worried.
About a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Hongrun led five clan guards, Shen Yu, Wei Jiao, Gao Kuo, Zhong Zhao, and Mu Qing, to leave the palace directly, rode a carriage through the streets of the city, bought some wine and food, and left.
Daliang. Go to Yuanyang.
Yuanyang does not refer to Yuanyang County, but to Yuanyang Country.
A county like this is larger than an ordinary county, such as Yuanyang. In addition to Yuanyang County, it actually contains two other small-scale counties.
In addition, there is also a special capital city in Yuanyang Kingdom, which is located about five or six miles northwest of Yuanyang County. It is dedicated to the residence of the descendants of the Ji family of King Yuanyang. There are about three hundred people. There are about 500 Kingdom Guards guarding the place, making it impossible for ordinary people to get close.
To be precise, only the main city of Yuanyang Kingdom can be regarded as a place that Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai can truly control. The rest, such as Yuanyang County and the other two counties, although they are also within the territory of Yuanyang Kingdom, except for the local people Except that the taxes paid were provided to the descendants of the Yuanyang king's line with the surname Ji, in fact the rights of the Yuanyang king's line were not great, and could not be compared with those of the kings of the state of Chu, such as Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, who enjoyed fiefdoms.
To use the most direct analogy, the kings of Chu such as Xiong Tuo, Xiong Wu, Xiong Hu, and Xiong Qina can be said to have the power of any non-aristocratic commoner in their respective fiefs. The right to execute. To put it bluntly, these Xiong nobles have the right to kill any non-noble civilian in their fiefdom. The laws of Chu State will not blame them for this.
But this is not the case in the Wei Dynasty. If the descendants of the Ji family of King Yuanyang cause a life-threatening lawsuit in Yuanyang, unless they cover it up well, the six departments of the imperial court will still ask the clan to intervene after learning about the matter. Please ask the Zongfu to send the Zongwei Yulin Army to arrest the criminal.
Of course, it is impossible to pay for a life with a life, but punishment is still inevitable, which is probably compensation of the corresponding amount of money. At the same time, he was locked up in the meditation room in the sect's mansion and faced the wall to think for a while. He waited until he realized his fault. , and then release it.
I have to say that the Wei Dynasty is doing this, rather than following the example of the Chu State. This is already quite a remarkable thing. At least, the laws of the Wei Dynasty can restrain the descendants of the Ji family to prevent them from doing random things.
But having said that, it is actually very rare for a prince or his son to be involved in a lawsuit. After all, these princes also want to save face. If something really goes wrong, they will usually find someone under them to blame them. They themselves are very Eight or nine times, they won’t show up.
For example, a certain prince named Ji in Zheng State once hunted in the snow with his subordinates in winter. As a result, the arrow he shot not only missed the prey, but actually shot a Wei man to death by the wrong hand. .
No, the crown prince paid a large amount of money in compensation afterwards, and a guard under him who took the blame for His Highness was also sentenced to several years of hard labor by the Ministry of Punishment for this matter. As for whether the guard in the end was really It is unknown if he went to serve in the army. In all likelihood, the prince fished him out with money.
It can be seen that the criminal laws of the Wei Dynasty still have a certain degree of binding force on these Ji surnamed people, so that the Ji surnamed people will not be as lawless as the Xiong clan people were in Chu.
In fact, the vast majority of the people with the Ji surname in the Wei State did not have many rights in the Wei State. At most, the support from the clan allowed them to live a life of rich people: their rights had long been banned.
But the problem is that, like those people with the Ji surname, after they surrendered the rights they originally enjoyed, they are also protected by the clan and the Ministry of Punishment. This is why Zhao Hongrun cannot invade the feudal land of King Yuanyang for no reason. reason.
Outside the gate of the main city of Pingyang, Zongwei Shen Yu handed Zhao Hongrun's greeting card to the guard.
"My Royal Highness, King Su, has something important to ask to see King Yuanyang!"
When the guards guarding the city heard this, they did not dare to be embarrassed and quickly reported the matter to the city.
Perhaps Zhao Hongrun was so unlucky today that when the guards reported the matter to the city, Yuanyang King Zhao Wenkai was taking a nap, but his eldest son Zhao Chengxiu saw these guards.
"What's the matter? Are you so flustered?"
"Reporting to His Royal Highness, Prince Su, please see the prince!"
"King Su?"
Zhao Chengxiu, the eldest son of Prince Yuanyang, who was in the palace thinking about where to go today, heard this, and an unknown fire seemed to burst out of his eyes. (To be continued.)