The place where the guards of Hemen, not far from Chuigong Hall, rested, Qiao Datou sat on the chair and grinned and kept calling. The imperial physician who gave him medicine did not know where he touched him, so he was careful.

Xu Ping listened to Qiao Datou screaming and said to him: "I beat you half to death just now without saying a word. Now that I have applied medicine, why is it hurt again?"

Qiao Datou said, "Monkey King doesn't know. At that time, I was full of anger in my heart. When I screamed, my anger would be discharged. I could no longer hold it back, so I couldn't shout it if I was beaten to death. Now, why should I hold my breath in my heart? Of course, I have to shout and cry, and I won't feel any pain."

Xu Ping shook his head. This is really a weird person. He is usually confused and can withstand the critical moment. He is unexpectedly tough. He has never seen it before.

Seeing that Qiao Datou was in a better spirit, Xu Ping asked the imperial physician: "Attack, is the injury on his body hindering?"

The imperial physician said: "It's okay. It looks great. In fact, it's all skin trauma. It's not hurting the internal organs. It's better to take care of it for a few days. But you have to rest these days, and you must not accidentally get hurt and add injury to it."

Qiao Datou said, "How is this good? Wouldn't you have some idle meals at the county marquis' mansion?"

Xu Ping and Li Zhang could no longer help but laugh together.

An eunuch came in from outside with two small yellow gates, saw Xu Ping and Li Zhang, and breathed out: "Xu Wai-chan and Xiao Yanei are indeed here, but we can find it easy!"

Li Zhang recognized it and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "The head of the Pavilion is looking for us, don't you know what's important?"

The eunuch said: "The official and the minister of the Privy Council are discussing military operations in Chongzheng Hall, and they want Xu Wai-chan and Xiao Yanei to go there. There is also the deregistered army who reported military affairs. If they are healthy, they will go to the hall together."

After hearing this, Xu Ping asked Qiao Datou: "Can you walk around? If your health is fine, go to the palace to see you together."

Qiao Datou looked at his body and felt a little embarrassed: "I dress like this a little indecent, how can I go to the palace to meet the emperor? Don't let people say that I am negligent, what is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Xu Ping said: "It's okay, you came to Beijing like this. What's so shameful? After taking the medicine, you got up and walked with us. After entering the palace, remember the rules and must not be in trouble."

Qiao Datou responded, and after the imperial doctor applied the medicine, he stood up, moved his hands and feet, and said happily: "The imperial doctor is indeed the saint of the world. As soon as the medicine is applied, I feel that my body is no longer hurt!"

The imperial doctor was startled and hurriedly said, "Stay calm, rest! Your injury needs to be rested, don't be so reckless!"

Qiao Datou laughed and bowed deeply to the imperial doctor: "Thank you, the waiter, for saving me!"

After saying that, he was about to enter the palace with Xu Ping and Li Zhang, and he did not take the words of the imperial physician seriously.

When he arrived in front of the Chuigong Hall, because Qiao Datou knew the etiquette, Zhao Zhen specially ordered the embarrassing procedure to dance and let him go directly to the palace to see the car.

After entering Chongzheng Hall, Xu Ping and Li Zhang performed rituals. Qiao Datou pounced on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "The little folk Qiao Datou, today I was attracted by the emperor and saints, and I saw the beauty of heaven. I was really convinced by the years of my life!"

When Zhao Zhen saw Qiao Datou was innocent, everything was from the truth and without any falsehood, he couldn't help but feel happy: "I heard that you have injuries on your body, so you don't have to do this great gift! Come on, give me a seat! Give me tea!"

Xiaohuangmen moved the slap, Qiao Datou stood up and rubbed his hands repeatedly and said, "Where is there a place for the common people to sit in front of the emperor? If this is spread, wouldn't it be scolded for being ignorant of the current affairs? It cannot be used! It cannot be used!"

Zhang Shixun quietly looked at Li Zi, shook his head in his heart. What emperors like most is the common people who respect themselves from the bottom of their hearts and have seen many ministers who follow the rules. Occasionally, such one can make the emperor happy for several days. Qiao Datou is a fool, but a fool is lucky.

Xu Ping looked at the nose and the heart while looking at the nose, and remained silent. He had no feelings about the principles of wise rulers and wise men than ordinary scholars of this era, but he would not look down on Qiao Datou. Every era has its own style. Qiao Datou is an ordinary person in this era. When he saw the emperor, he really thought that his ancestral grave was smoking.

Confucius said, "My way is consistent, loyalty and forgiveness are just loyalty and forgiveness." Loyalty and forgiveness are both sides of benevolence, and one side is not enough to be a gentleman's way of treating others. The king treats his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty, which is the common idea of ​​scholars in this era. However, in this era, some scholars have one more and take the great way in their hearts more seriously.

Seeing Qiao Datou's sincerity, Zhao Zhen's unhappiness just now swept away, and ordered Xiaohuangmen to hold Qiao Datou on the stool and sit down, saying, "I have people like you who are dedicated to the country, why are you afraid of foreign enemies? Please sit down! Today, you are the meritorious minister of my Song Dynasty!"

Qiao Datou sat on the stool, twisting left and right, and was uneasy.

Zhao Zhen was in a good mood and asked Qiao Datou: "I heard that your father was an imperial guard who was a military commander in Jiaozhi and was wandering in Yongzhou?"

Qiao Datou stood up and crossed his hands and said, "Report to the Holy Emperor, my father and Mrs. Chen are both imperial guards. When they followed Sun Tuanlian to attack Jiaozhi from Yongzhou, unfortunately they were defeated and stayed in Yongzhou."

"Sit down and talk, sit down and talk! In this Chongzheng Hall, you don't need to be restrained!"

Zhao Zhen waved his hands repeatedly and asked Qiao Datou to sit down on the stool.

After saying that, Zhao Zhen turned to Zhang Shixun and said, "This kind of person is the elite soldier of my Song Dynasty! His father, and that Chen--"

Xu Ping hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it's Chen Laoshi. When Weichen was fighting with Jiaozhi, he and Qiao Datou were the first army guides, and the first group entered Shenglong Mansion. After triumphant success, he unfortunately died. Qiao Datou was raised by Chen Laoshi since childhood. For this reason, he volunteered to abandon his military status and take Chen Laoshi's bones back to his hometown for burial, thus discovering the filth of the envoys of the Dangxiang."

"Chen Hushi, it's Chen Hushi. Zhang Xianggong, the Privy Council records the military achievements of these two people to show praise!"

Zhang Shixun held the scepter and ordered the decree. The military merits of these two people naturally fell on Qiao Datou.

Looking at Qiao Datou, Zhao Zhen said again: "You are not bad, you are devoted to state affairs and loyalty; you are traveling thousands of miles with Chen Hushi's bones, and return to your hometown to be buried for filial piety. Very good! Very good!"

Qiao Datou rubbed his hands, not knowing what he should say for a moment. He was used to it, and others praised him but did not take it to heart. But the emperor was a person like the sky. If he said it from his mouth, it would be different!

After living for decades, he didn't expect that he would still be such a person. Qiao Datou suddenly realized that he didn't know him anymore.

Suddenly, Zhao Zhen found that he was not in the mood to ask Qiao Datou again how he discovered that Dangxiang's envoy had done a detailed work, and whether there was any misjudgment. How could such a sincere people make up lies to deceive him? He said that if he discovered it, it would naturally be discovered. The current problem is that Dangxiang's envoy painted the mountains and rivers of this dynasty, does it mean to rebel?

After asking about Qiao Datou's injuries in detail, Zhao Zhen asked Xiaohuangmen to take him down and go to the side hall to have an imperial doctor take a look. He used the best medicine and gave him some pastries to fill his stomach.

Qiao Datou went out, and Zhao Zhen said to Zhang Shixun: "It seems that such sincere people are absolutely lying! Now it is just to see if the Dangxiang envoy does these things, which means that Yuan Hao has rebelled."

Li Zi held the scepter: "Your Majesty is wise! I have asked Qiao Datou in detail before dawn. He is well organized and can match the joints everywhere, and what he says is indeed well-founded."

"So, the Privy Council thinks, is Dangxiang going to rebel?"

Liu Ping opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, he still closed his mouth. He suddenly promoted and could not act too aggressively, otherwise it would be easy to offend and arouse people.

Zhang Shixun thought about it and said cautiously: "Dangxiang does this kind of thing and does not obey the courtesy, and he should be responsible for it! But if they have a rebellious intention, they cannot be so arbitrary. After all, Daizhou is still just a Khitan. They understand the mountains, rivers and geography, and it may be just for prevention. Could it be that they really want to attack Daizhou and become enemies with our dynasty and Khitan at the same time?"

Zhao Zhen nodded: "It makes sense."

Xu Ping didn't say anything. In his memory, when Zhao Yuanhao rebelled against Song, he seemed to have fought with Song and Khitan at the same time, and he won by chance. However, his past became history, and it was hard to remember it carefully, so it was difficult to make a conclusion.

Seeing that the Privy Council was still stubbornly convinced that Dangxiang would not rebel, Liu Ping could no longer hold it back and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, drawing geographical maps of mountains and rivers is not for the purpose of marching, but for what? Could it be that Dangxiang people are afraid that they will not remember the road when they go to Mount Wutai in the future? If the person just said it was conclusive, Dangxiang would have to have rebelled!"

Zhang Shixun's mouth was a little bitter: "If you rebel, you may not be rebellious."

This is not nice to say, but it is indeed the truth. Zhao Yuanhao, who is originally equivalent to an emperor in Dangxiang, how could he be willing to be inferior to others? But it is one thing to think of the opposite, and another thing to really the opposite.

Seeing Xu Ping standing aside, he looked motionless and said nothing. He felt a move in his heart and remembered that this was the person who really led the army to destroy a country. How could he forget him?

He said to Xu Ping: "Xu Ping, in your opinion, will Dangxiang rebel?"

Xu Ping said respectfully: "I am in the Three Divisions and I don't know the military situation, so I can't talk nonsense."

"Just taking what Qiao Datou said today, aren't you always there? Judging from this matter, will Dangxiang rebel?"

Xu Ping sighed: "Your Majesty, envoy Dangxiang will definitely do this if he draws a map. In fact, what Zhang Xianggong said is right, and if he rebelled, he may not necessarily rebel. The key point is what the Privy Council has done and how to do so that Dangxiang and Zhao Yuanhao will not dare to rebel even if he rebelled. I am bluntly saying that if he indulges Dangxiang and does nothing like now, Zhao Yuanhao will not rebel today and will rebel in a few days!"
Chapter completed!