About an hour or so, Zhao Hongrun took only two Zongwei, Shen Yu and Lu Mu, to the Zongfu by his cousin Zhao Hongmin's carriage.

The Zongfu in front of me is still the Zongfu in my memory, and it seems that there has been no change at all compared to two years ago.

What has changed is Zhao Hongrun's mentality.

"Cousin Hongrun."

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun was actually standing in front of the Zongfu Mansion with his hands behind his back and looking around, Zhao Hongmin couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Because in his impression, all the children of the royal family who were invited to the palace by the Zongfu because of their crimes were all trembling and well-behaved when they arrived here, even if it was Hongli, who was the prince of the East Palace, when he was punished by Wei Tianzi to the Zongfu for committing a crime a few years ago, he also went in and out with his head down.

Including Zhao Hongrun two years ago.

Zhao Hongmin still remembers that when he was ordered to go to the fireworks land in the water pavilion in the city two years ago to arrest the cousin in front of him, although the cousin's face was calm at the time, with his eyesight, he could still see that the cousin was at a loss, and he was just pretending to be calm.

And wait for last year, when Zhao Hongrun had a conflict with Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the former Yang Wang, because of a water pavilion, it was he Zhao Hongmin who took the Zongfu Zong Wei Yu Lin Lang to arrest him.

At that time, Zhao Hongmin vaguely felt that Zhao Hongrun was not as afraid of the sect as before.

And now, this cousin was summoned by the Zongfu for the third time, but he seemed to have no fear of the Zongfu, and he didn't enter the mansion immediately, but stood outside the Zongfu Mansion and looked at the decoration of the mansion door gracefully.

But admiration is admiration, Zhao Hongmin still has to step forward to urge the cousin in front of him, because he knows very well who the person who summoned Zhao Hongrun this time is, it is even his father, Zhao Yuanyan, the Zongzheng of the Zongfu, and the prince of the clan have to obediently stand aside.

"Cousin Hongrun, let's hurry into the house...... If anyone sees that you are deliberately delaying here, it may not be good for you to report to the house. ”

Zhao Hongmin reminded in a low voice.

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at his cousin when he heard this, and asked with a light smile: "This time, it wasn't the second uncle who called me here, right?" ”

The "second uncle" in his mouth refers to Zhao Hongmin's father, Zhao Yuanyan, the Zongfu Zongzheng.

Zhao Hongmin glanced at the accompanying team of Zongwei Yu Lin Lang, and said vaguely: "Cousin, you will know about this matter after you enter the mansion." ”

After that, he turned around and nodded quietly towards Zhao Hongrun as a hint.

Zhao Hongrun understood at a glance, after all, in the Zongfu, there are few people who can summon Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan's father and son.

"Looks like it's going to be very dangerous today......

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hongrun, under the urging of his cousin Zhao Hongmin, finally stepped towards the mansion.

Zongfu, as the name suggests, is the home of any member of the royal family and the public family surnamed Ji, but in fact, there will not be many children surnamed Ji who are willing to come here, unless there is something else, after all, the position of the Zongfu is like the criminal department of the imperial court, but it punishes the children surnamed Ji who are not authorized to be interrogated by the criminal department.

The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people? The real cruel reality is that all members of the royal family have immunity from the death penalty, simply put, if a child surnamed Ji commits a crime, as long as he is not rebelling, seeking the country, or bullying the king, he will not be sentenced to death, even if the people's grievances are monstrous, at most, they are only banned for life, and at the same time they push out a person around them as a scapegoat to calm the people's grievances.

And the person responsible for entrapping this child surnamed Ji will only be the Zongfu, and in addition, no force or imperial government has the right to imprison the child surnamed Ji.

It is precisely because of this that those children of the royal family surnamed Ji in Wei are still quite afraid of the Zongfu, after all, although there is no danger of death, but they are banned for life, which is definitely no less painful than death for a child of the royal family who can enjoy all the glory and wealth.

Therefore, none of the children surnamed Ji who committed crimes and were caught in the Zongfu were not well-behaved and honest, and were full of words of "I will reform my ways", like Zhao Hongrun, who walked into the Zongfu with his hands on his back and his head held high, I am afraid that he is really the first one.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongmin couldn't help but whisper to persuade Zhao Hongrun to put away this pride, after all, this is in the sect's mansion.

It's a pity that Zhao Hongrun politely refused his cousin Zhao Hongmin's reminder, and said resolutely: "I don't think, I was arrested in the Zongfu because of a crime, why can't I hold my head high?" …… I have a clear conscience! ”

Zhao Hongmin still wanted to persuade again, but seeing Zhao Hongrun's resolute attitude, he had no choice but to give up, so he could only whisper to Zhao Hongrun, try to be as tactful as possible when he could speak, and don't bump into those people.

Zhao Hongrun sneered, noncommittal or not.

Turning along the corridor through the front hall, passing through the practice ground of Zong Wei Yu Lin Lang, and passing through several gardens, Zhao Hongrun was taken by Zhao Hongmin to a big house in the depths of the mansion.

At this time, Zhao Hongmin stopped, raised his hand to the house, and said, "Cousin, I can only bring it here, cousin Hongrun, let's go inside." …… Remember, don't be reckless. After that, he also said a few words to Shen Yu and Lu Mu, to the effect that they should stop there.

Shen Yu and Lu Mu were a little reluctant, after all, in the past, Zhao Hongrun was bound to have at least one Zongwei to guard him at any time, even if Zhao Hongrun had sex with Miss Su or Miss Su, they would leave one person to guard outside the house, after all, it was the duty of Zongwei to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness.

But this is the clan that raised them since childhood, and the rules are very big, although they are reluctant, they can only obediently obey orders.

"Your Highness, the two lowly officials are waiting here, if Your Highness has any ...... Well, yes, just call us. ”

Shen Yu hinted to Zhao Hongrun.

Obviously, between the clan that raised them and the object of their current allegiance, Shen Yu and Lu Mu still chose the latter.

Of course, this will not be criticized, after all, if you don't even have this awareness, you are not worthy of being a sect guard next to the prince.

It's just that his suggestive words made Zhao Hongmin smile bitterly.

"It's okay, I can handle it."

Seeing Shen Yu and Lu Mu's "I'm out of the way" looks, Zhao Hongrun was a little amused, and after reassuring them for a few words, he stepped into the big house.

At this time, the house had already learned of Zhao Hongrun's arrival, and a Zongwei Yu Lin Lang came out of the inner hall, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness King Su, please come with the humble post." ”

Zhao Hongrun nodded, and followed this Zong Wei Yu Lin Lang to the inner hall.

As soon as he walked into the inner hall, his eyes subconsciously shrank, because he saw that there were several people sitting in the seats on both sides of the inner hall.

There are four people on the east side and four people on the west side, a total of eight people, and judging from their appearance, they are all two rounds older than Zhao Hongrun. "Note: Wheel, generally refers to the zodiac, a round of 12 years."

This means that nine times out of ten, these people are Zhao Hongrun's elders.

However, to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, his chief in the east seat saw his second uncle, Zhao Yuanyan.

This was the only one he was familiar with among the eight elders.

What made Zhao Hongrun even more surprised was that his second uncle, Zhao Yuanyan, always maintained a posture of closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, except for a glance when he opened his eyes when he entered the inner hall, as if he was an outsider.

"Sit down."

On the east side, under Zhao Yuanyan, an old man who was probably more than two rounds older than Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and said lightly.

As soon as the words fell, a Zong Wei Yu Lin Lang took a mattress and placed it in the center of the inner hall by the door.

"What is this? Do you want to interrogate?'

Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, looked at the old man deeply, and saw that the other party's hair was obviously gray, according to Zhao Hongrun's preliminary judgment, he was probably older than his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan, but the momentum of this old man when he spoke was very strong.

It is a kind of momentum that can only be cultivated by staying in a high position for a long time.

"Sit!" The old man, seeing Zhao Hongrun standing still, frowned, and said again.

tone, almost commanding.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's heart became more and more unhappy, and at this moment, Zhao Yuanyan opened his eyes and glanced at Zhao Hongrun, his eyelids drooped, as if to suggest that the latter sit down.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun sat down, and the sitting posture was the same as that of the eight people in the hall, all kneeling.

Although he hated it when others spoke to him in such a commanding tone, Zhao Hongrun still had to give the face of the second uncle Zhao Yuanyan, after all, his second uncle was quite protective of him in the first two times.

Of course, after kneeling and sitting down, Zhao Hongrun still looked at the old man over there and scolded the old thing in his heart.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the old man spoke: "What about the gift of thanks?" ”

"What?" Zhao Hongrun didn't seem to hear clearly.

Seeing this, the old man's old-fashioned old face became more and more displeased, and he said coldly: "Thank you for the gift!" …… Didn't the ceremonial officer teach you?! ”

『……』

Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes, but after all, he endured it, and bowed his hand and said, "Junior Hongrun, thank you for sitting down." ”

"Hmm." The old man nodded with a little satisfaction, and casually said to the two old men of the same age who were under him, "Yuan Xi is negligent in disciplining this son......"

The two old men, hearing this, looked at Zhao Hongrun with different expressions, one of them nodded in agreement, while the other smiled and praised: "However, this son's talent and virtue ...... No one is better than the juniors. ”

"So what?" The old man snorted coldly.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun's heart became more and more unhappy.

And at this moment, Zhao Yuanyan opened his eyes and interjected very abruptly: "Hongrun, these three are your third uncle, cousin uncle, and junior uncle. ”

"I...... it!'

Zhao Hongrun was slightly shocked in his heart, although he had a premonition, Zhao Yuanyan's introduction still shocked him.

Uncle...... Two generations older than him!

And there are three at the same time.

According to the custom of the Wei people in the sixty years of Jiazi, these three are probably the only three old people left in the Zongfu, right?

"It seems that the matter of Sanchuan really has a lot of impact...... I actually blew up these old antiques who don't usually go out of the door."

Even Zhao Hongrun was a little apprehensive at the moment, and bowed his hand respectfully: "Hongrun, I've seen the third uncle, the cousin uncle, and the little uncle. ”

"Hmph, I can remember some etiquette." The third uncle, the old man who had just asked Zhao Hongrun to perform the 'Thanksgiving Ceremony', said lightly when he saw this.

And at the bottom of it, the cousin looked at Zhao Hongrun indifferently, just nodded, and did not praise or disappoint.

Only the little uncle who had just praised Zhao Hongrun nodded with a smile at the moment, beckoned and said, "Hongrun, don't be restrained, this time the three of us old guys invited you to come, I hope you can talk frankly between the two of you......"

"Both sides?"

Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and then subconsciously looked at the four people in the seats on the west side.

"I see...... (To be continued.) )