Can Drink A Cup of Nothing

For some reason, Zong Luo always felt that something was wrong, even though he woke up only because the candle was extinguished.

He sat up from the bed, got out of the bed with bare feet, stepped on the cold ground, lit another candle, and brought the candlestick to the window.

"Papa pata..." The sound of rain outside the window continued.

It was foggy outside. Rarely, there is even a moon even when it rains.

Zong Luo glanced at it and found nothing unusual, just as he was about to put down the candlestick, his vision suddenly froze.

A circle of ground near the corner of the house, because of the shelter of the eaves, was not exposed to rain and was dry.

However, now there is an abrupt piece in front of the window sill.

There was a lonely, wet footprint from a man who kept saying he hated him.

......

During the next day's rest, after discussing with Gongsun You, Zong Luo briefly checked Zong Ruichen's homework.

Although Zong Ruichen is the eighth prince, since he has entered the army, he cannot be special and must be treated equally. In the past few days, Zongluo treated Ruichen as an ordinary soldier, and only ordered Mu Yuanlong to pay more attention in private.

Fortunately, Xiao Ba can endure hardship very well. Maybe he was used to suffering in Leng Palace before, so even if it was the first time to travel with such a high intensity, he didn't complain about being tired, but persevered. Zong Luo felt a little distressed.

"Yes, there is no waste of martial arts in the army."

After checking, Zong Luo patted Zong Ruichen on the shoulder.

Zong Ruichen also smiled and got up from the ground: "The third brother is still in the water. Brother Mu said that if the third brother is serious, he can't beat the three."

"Yuanlong actually said that, hahaha, did he tell you that he was willing to follow me when he was beaten by me back then."

Zong Luo walked to the side and washed his hands: "After coming out of the imperial city these few days, I see that you are a little taciturn. The third brother thought you were not very comfortable with marching and wanted to put you in Baicheng to get used to it."

Speaking of this topic, Zong Ruichen's smile suddenly faded.

Zongluo knows his younger brother the most, but a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, he used to quietly find a nanny in the palace to teach him how to read. cognition.

A little bit of kindness from others on weekdays is enough for Zong Ruichen to think about it for a long time; as long as there is a little bit of happiness, it can be seen on his face.

"What's wrong?" Zongluo asked with concern.

It is no exaggeration to say that Xiao Ba is the younger brother he cares about most.

Of course, after making it clear with Zong Yuanwu, the fifth child also became one of Zong Luo's caring objects.

Zong Ruichen lowered his head, hesitated for a long time, and then whispered: "Third brother, actually... I want to ask, what happened to my mother's family back then."

Zong Luo's expression changed, he raised his hand and waved away the mysterious knight soldiers standing around, and then whispered: "Xiao Ba, why are you suddenly asking this question?"

Zong Ruichen's mother is the Rong family.

The Rong family was very prominent in the imperial city during the period of the late emperor, and even the late emperor had to give them a bit of thin noodles. Just because of the strong mother's support, Zong Ruichen's mother was the concubine as soon as she entered the palace, and she was the most likely candidate for the queen's position.

It can be said that if it weren't for the subsequent rebellion, I am afraid that Zong Ruichen was the prince born by the Empress of the Eight Classics.

Of course, Zong Luo was aware of Emperor Yuan's suspicious character. Not to mention that the Rong family has a great career, they are too greedy and write their ambitions on their faces. Even Emperor Yuan himself would never let the lifeblood of the imperial court be controlled by a mere aristocratic family. So this possibility has not been established from the beginning.

"I, I..." Zong Ruichen saw Zong Luo's stern expression and gritted his teeth, "In the past, when I was a child, my mother only told me that it was my mother and they committed a serious crime, so they were punished and told me to not care who You can't even say you know."

He bit his lip and drooped his head: "I'm grown up now and want to know what's going on. After all, that's the mother-in-law I've never met. Even if she's a sinner..."

Hearing what he said, Zong Luo suddenly softened.

Kindness is what he has always longed for. Like Zong Ruichen, he had no father or mother before reading the book, so he naturally understood the feeling of envy when he saw other people's family mothers.

"Ah." Zong Luo sighed.

This matter, Zong Luo can only say that he has heard a little.

When the Rong family rebelled back then, he was already in the Wei Kingdom, and this information was not known until he returned to Dayuan more than ten years later.

In fact, the Rong family can't be considered a heinous crime, but they are not completely innocent.

It may have been a bad debt when it rebelled back then.

At that time, Emperor Yuan came to the throne bloody, and the family in the imperial city was frightened to death, and they all clamped their tails. But when Emperor Yuan later promoted officials at all levels and wanted to make drastic reforms that touched their interests, these people quit.

Before Pei Qianxue, Emperor Yuan also used several prime ministers. One of the prime ministers was a person who came from a family, and the fuse started from him.

It is said that someone reported the secret, saying that the Rong family had secretly rebelled, hoarded private soldiers, and intervened in water transportation. Originally, there was no evidence for this matter, whether it was too big or not. If you intervene in it, there are many variables.

At that time, it happened that Emperor Yuan and several noble families were in the same situation, like a tight line, as long as one side made a move, the other side would be violent at any time.

However, that meeting was not a good time to start. Emperor Yuan wanted to use this as an excuse to bring down the Rong Xiang, but he didn't know what was going on. Suddenly there was a turmoil in the Rong family. moved to the table.

Zongluo didn't know what was going on. He only knew that at the end of the incident, Emperor Yuan was completely angry. He couldn't help but say that he would send troops directly. The tyrant's resume adds another gleam.

Of course, it is said that the process of cleaning up is also relatively difficult, and a lot of alienation techniques are used. Let the aristocratic families turn against each other, and when the most powerful Rong family is cleaned up, the rest will not become a climate.

It was only later that Zong Luo heard that it turned out that the Rong family's rebellion was very involved.

Not only these aristocratic families in Da Yuan, in fact, the Dahuang aristocratic families are very closely connected, and there are often intermarriages of various ethnic groups, so the affinity between the aristocratic family and the aristocratic family also determines their interests.

Among them, Wei State, as the leading country in Dahuang at that time, was able to do so in Dayuan during the period of the first emperor of the Rong family, and of course he also relied on it.

Then, Zongluo heard a great news.

It is said that...the Rong family rebelled back then, and there may be credit to the Yu family. Here comes a foolish trick. Even later, when the Yu family perished, it was said that the imperial city was behind the work of the Rong family arranged in the old department of Wei.

This accusation is very serious, not to mention that Zongluo had a particularly good impression of the Yu family back then. He knew that the protagonist Yu Beizhou was the one who really destroyed the Yu family. Hearing this, he would not believe it at all.

As a result, looking at it now, I am afraid that the Rong family was in chaos at the time, and suddenly decided to rebel, and it may really have something to do with the Yu family. After all, the mistress of the Yu family hated Emperor Yuan deeply, and she could even do such a maddening thing as changing a son.

But these, the same Zong Ruichen, must not be said.

The Yu family has perished, and these are nowhere to be found.

And Emperor Yuan was Zong Ruichen's biological father, and his grace was placed here.

"Anyway, the Rong family did commit a rebellion. As for the others... Your third brother was in Wei at the time, and not much was known about it."

In the end, Zongluo only stammered out this sentence: "It's a foregone conclusion, Xiaoba, treason is impossible for the emperor to tolerate, you don't do stupid things."

Zong Luo knew that this matter might be difficult for Zong Ruichen to accept.

After all, Zong Ruichen's mother and concubine had a big belly back then. When the Rong family ransacked her house, she couldn't stand the blow and gave birth directly. At that time, it was almost just after giving birth. He was holding the blood-stained child in his hand and knelt in front of Emperor Yuan.

Perhaps this scene also reminded Emperor Yuan of his mother and concubine who died young, and he finally agreed to this little request. The nanny who was next to Zong Ruichen's mother concubine in those days, although she was admitted to the palace, was actually a member of the Rong family. She also survived and was able to teach and raise the young Zong Ruichen in the palace.

The matter of Concubine Rong did not involve conspiracy, and Mammy must have told Zong Ruichen about the details. Let this young prince, who could have been prominent all his life, know that his mother-in-law actually loves him very much.

In this case, Zong Luo really didn't know if Zong Ruichen would do something stupid.

Zong Ruichen buried his head, and after a long time, he nodded heavily: "Yes."

"Third brother, don't worry, I won't."

Seeing that his expression was the same as before, Zongluo patted Zong Ruichen on the shoulder again, changed the subject, and asked some more relaxed words.

"Are you tired of sorting documents in the military?"

"It's not tired, it's all simple things."

For the first time on the battlefield, even Zongluo had a martial arts skill, so he had to stare at him from behind, feeling the chilling atmosphere.

Zong Ruichen was naturally the same, all the simple paperwork was assigned to him, he only needed to summarize all kinds of news from the front line and the imperial city, and then submit it to Mu Yuanlong. By the way, learn how to cook on a fire in the military camp, and drive on a horse. As for going to the front line, don't even think about it. You have to practice for at least two years before you can try it in the northern Xinjiang.

Zong Luo asked a few more questions, and after confirming that there was no problem, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After a brief rest in Baicheng for a day and a half, Xuanqi was ready to go on the road again.

At this time, Zong Luo had already put on his helmet, put away his almost trademark white hair, and even changed his horses.

Of course, no one dared to ride the uncle Zhao Yebai, so he could only let him follow him leisurely.

Early in the morning, Lu Anfu came to see them off: "The old minister is already in his old age, and he can no longer play with guns and swords. The battle against Weiguo was the hard work of all the generals in Dayuan for many years and the wish of several generations of emperors. Your Highness This trip will be difficult and dangerous, so please take care of your health.”

Zong Luo nodded.

He grabbed the slightly cold hilt of Zhan Lu around his waist, as if the emperor who was a hundred miles away was also witnessing this scene, and solemnly said: "Victory will definitely belong to Da Yuan."