Chapter 1058: Temptation
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Not long after Sun Jia, the Marquis of Humu, and Liu Yi, the sister-in-law of the Zhongyang Liu family, had entered Fenyin City with the team, Zhao Hongrun learned about it.
Including the Yan Ling army confiscated the blades of this team, and thousands of people beat Gongying to a certain guard who was disrespectful, and so on.
As for the details of this team, through the general investigation of Gongying and others, Zhao Hongrun can be regarded as having figured it out, for example, in a carriage of Sun Jia's team of the Marquis of Humu, there are three women, who should be Sun Jia's favorite concubines or something - Zhao Hongxuan does not believe that Liu Aiji, a sick man, will carry a woman with him.
"Gentleman's son, gentleman's child......"
Zhao Hongrun muttered with a strange expression.
On the side, the sect guard Changwei glanced at the expression of his highness, and there was already some pity for the prince of the family in his heart.
None of the guards know that their Royal Highness has a long-cherished wish in his life, that is, to be a gentleman, or to take a favorite concubine to travel in the mountains and rivers, or to lead the evil servants to swagger through the market.
But it's a pity that this highness has not had the opportunity to enjoy a round of treatment, these five years ago he was busy with the east and west, the south and the north war, not to mention the lack of reunion with the female relatives of the family, even if it is His Royal Highness's favorite hunting, he can't take any chance on weekdays.
For example, in the winter of last year, a certain Royal Highness King Su had the time to go out hunting with his younger brother.
But the problem is, go hunting in the middle of winter, and shoot a fart prey!
That's not called hunting, that's called wolf plague!
And now, that Marquis of Humu Sun Jia actually dared to appear in front of His Royal Highness King Su in a gentlemanly manner, and Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao had already made a judgment on this person in his heart: capital crime!!
About half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun met with Sun Jia and Liu Ai, who came to visit him, at the county office.
The moment he saw Sun Jia, Zhao Hongrun was extremely unhappy in his heart.
Because Sun Jia's dress is too much in line with Zhao Hongrun's description of the gentlemen's children, robes and big clothes, this is not yet the moon, as for it?
What made Zhao Hongrun even more unhappy was that this guy was still stepping on a pair of non-slip hunting boots under his feet, coupled with the pet concubine in his carriage, this guy made it clear that he had traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers.
Compared with Sun Jia, Liu Aiji's attire is much more standardized, with a regular brocade robe, but it may be that his health is not very good, and he is still wearing a cotton robe outside the brocade robe.
"Sun Jia, the eldest son of the Marquis of Humu, meet His Royal Highness King Su."
"Zhongyang Liu is sick, cough cough, see you...... Ahem, meet His Royal Highness King Su. β
Zhao Hongrun nodded when he heard this, pointed to the seats in the hall, and said, "Please sit down." β
There is no politeness of "I don't know if the two of them will come to welcome you from afar", because Sun Jia and Liu are no longer qualified.
Ordering Zong Wei to serve tea, Zhao Hongrun looked at Sun Jia and Liu Aiji, and asked in a deep voice: "The two of you came to Fenyin to ask to see this king, I don't know what is important?" β
Hearing this, Sun Jia said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Su, I came down today to ask His Royal Highness King Qing for the position of a county order, Beiqu, Fenyin, Pishi, Puban, no matter which city, you can." β
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Even if it was Zhao Hongrun and the guards on the side, they didn't expect Sun Jia to say this matter so bluntly, and it was as light as buying radishes in the market.
"Zhao Hongxin...... And he sent such a man?'
Zhao Hongrun was really a little confused.
He glanced at Liu Aiji, but found that this person's face did not change, as if he had not heard Sun Jia's exaggerated words - this person, Zhao Hongrun currently feels that he can't see through.
At this time, seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't speak, Sun Jia said to himself: "His Royal Highness King Su, I think so, in the four cities of Hedong, each of the three highnesses will choose one, and the remaining one will be attributed to the nobles in the country, isn't it harmonious?" β
The three highnesses in his mouth refer to King Xiang Hongjing, King Qing Hongxin, and the Su King Hongrun in front of him.
Looking at Sun Jia's self-righteous appearance, Zhao Hongrun laughed out loud - what kind of ignorant and dim-witted guy would say such a thing?
"His Royal Highness King Su has agreed?" Sun Jia asked with a happy face.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Sun Jia lightly and said, "Shizi, you go back to Daliang, this king still has important matters, so I won't accompany you." β
Seeing this, Sun Jia came to his senses and said in shock: "Why does His Royal Highness King Su disregard the love of brothers? β¦β¦ Are you going to refuse the kindness of His Royal Highness King Qing? β
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun, who was about to get up and leave, frowned, and then asked Sun Jiadao expressionlessly, "Are you threatening this king?" β
"Don't dare." Sun Jia hurriedly denied it and explained: "I just want to say that if His Royal Highness King Su can identify the true sage and support His Royal Highness King Qing, His Royal Highness King Qing will be rewarded well." β
A hint of amusement flashed in Zhao Hongrun's eyes when he heard this, and the rest of the sect guards on the side also showed contempt.
Generous retribution?
Zhao Hongrun didn't even want to be the emperor, how could he covet what so-called good reward?
Sure enough, Zhao Hongrun refused without thinking about it: "The good intentions of the five royal brothers, this king understands it, but how can it be mixed with personal interests in national affairs?" β
Hearing this, Sun Jia exclaimed with wide eyes: "King Su wants to kiss King Yong, and make enemies of His Royal Highness King Qing?!" β
As soon as the words fell, I heard the head of the sect guard shouting: "Presumptuous! β
There was a loud shout, like thunder, and Sun Jia was shocked.
He had the heart to glare back at Wei Jiao, but if he thought about it carefully, his identity as the prince of the Hou Dynasty really couldn't bluff the other party - that was Zong Wei!
At this time, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand, signaling that Wei Jiao didn't have to care too much.
For this Sun Jia, Zhao Hongrun can see it to some extent, the other party is clearly a second ancestor of the countryside who only understands pleasure and doesn't understand anything else, just think back to what this person just said - the three highnesses each have a share, and then a share of the domestic nobles.
This person just doesn't understand at all, and he purely treats this matter as a soup, and it is really unnecessary to be angry with this kind of person.
But then again, thinking about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun felt that this Sun Jia should not be so ignorant.
"Wait...... According to the report of the black crows, Fang was just outside the East City Gate, and this Sun Jia listened to Liu Aiji's advice, so he gave up continuing to care about my Yanling army punching his guards...... If this Sun Jia is really a second ancestor who doesn't understand anything, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be able to hold back this breath, in other words, he is pretending?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Sun Jia with interest.
It is undeniable that this suggestion made by Sun Jia at the beginning is really ridiculous, but if this person said this on purpose and wanted to test his reaction to Zhao Hongrun, it would be a bit interesting.
After all, according to what Sun Jia showed, Zhao Hongrun wouldn't do anything to him - what's the point of teaching a brain-dead? That would only lower your status.
"No, this guy is deliberately pretending to be stupid, so that I don't ask someone to teach him a lesson......
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun felt that this explanation was more reasonable.
After all, how can this Sun Jia say that he is also the son of the Marquis of Humu, he should not be so stupid as this, otherwise, how can he keep his position as the prince?
And when Zhao Hongrun stared at Sun Jia intently, Sun Jia only felt seven up and eight down, as if there was an inexplicable uneasiness enveloping his heart.
I have to say that Zhao Hongrun's guess is really right, this family of Hou Sun Jia is not only not stupid, but also a little cunning.
In fact, when he came this time, Sun Jia had already expected that this trip would not be so easy.
After all, he also knew something about His Royal Highness King Su in front of him.
First of all, His Royal Highness King Su has a stubborn personality, and once he decides something, it will be done no matter whatβthe copper yuan of the Sichuan Alliance's circulating currency is the best example.
Secondly, His Royal Highness the King of Su hated that when he was doing something, someone else intervened - such as the Bolangsha River Port.
As for the third point, and the most crucial point: His Royal Highness King Su is extremely disgusted with people who stand up afterwards and try to pick peaches.
For example, when the Sanchuan trade was first opened, even though the nobles of the whole country put pressure on the Zongfu, His Royal Highness King Su still insisted on it for more than half a year, and overthrew the Zongfu at that time as a retaliation, so that Zhao Tairu, Zhao Laiyu and other sect elders of the Ji Zhao clan would get out of the house directly.
And now, His Royal Highness King Su has promoted the matter of Hexi, which has made the status of the four orders of Hedong rise, and in this case, Sun Jia was entrusted by King Hongxin of Qing to negotiate this matter, and he will naturally be uneasy in his heart.
Because this is precisely the act of picking peaches, and it also happens to offend the scales of His Royal Highness King Su.
Especially this His Royal Highness King Su is still the commander who has defeated Chu, Qin, and Han before and after, if because of a disagreement, His Royal Highness King Su kills him Sun Jia in anger, then he will die in vain - after all, no matter how much the imperial court does not execute a descendant of the Ji Zhao clan, and it is still a descendant of great merit.
Therefore, Sun Jia deliberately pretended to be ignorant in order to test His Royal Highness King Su's opinion on this matter. Because only in this way, even if he said the wrong thing and annoyed His Royal Highness King Su, the other party would not really care about him.
I have to say that Sun Jia's strategy is quite good, but what makes him uneasy at the moment is that His Royal Highness King Su in front of him seems to have sensed something, and is staring at him intently.
"It is worthy of Zhao Run, who defeated a total of one million troops......
Sun Jia lowered his head and swallowed his saliva secretly.
He felt that when His Royal Highness King Su was staring at him in front of him, there seemed to be a strong pressure enveloping him, making him unable to breathe.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have taken this matter......
Sun Jia secretly complained about himself.
But complaining is complaining, even if Sun Jia is given another chance, he will still accept King Qing's instructions and come to discuss this matter with His Royal Highness King Su in front of him.
The reason is very simple, because as the strength of King Qing Zhao Hongxin becomes more and more huge, more and more people defect to him, so that although Sun Jia is the cousin of King Qing Hongxin, his position next to the latter is already in jeopardy, if he can't make any achievements, I believe that those guys who claim to be "King Qing's humeral henchmen" will try their best to take his place.
This is something that Sun Jia can't tolerate, and he is still counting on relying on King Qing's cousin Hongxin to soar to the glory of the Marquis of Humu Sun.
But in the end, Sun Jia was still defeated under Zhao Hongrun's silent gaze, and took out a letter from his arms in fear, pretending to have just remembered, and handed it to Zhao Hongrun, in this way to relieve himself.
Zhao Hongrun took King Qing's letter from the hand of Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao, opened it and glanced at it.
I have to say that Zhao Hongxin's letter is still relatively polite and intimate, but between the lines, there is a sense of superiority that seems to be in hand, which makes Zhao Hongrun very unhappy.
A large article is basked, and it can be summed up in one sentence: Old eight, I don't know how many people in China are staring at Hedong Siling, do you think you can withstand it? Why make it as stiff as the last time Mikawa happened. It's better to take refuge in me as a brother, I won't treat you badly as a brother.
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Zhao Hongrun looked at the letter expressionlessly, his eyelids closed slightly, revealing a little remembrance.
Zhao Hongxin, the king of Qingqing, mentioned in the letter, Zhao Hongrun recalled the Sanchuan trade in those years, when the nobles of the whole country united to put pressure on the Zongfu, and the Zongfu put pressure on the imperial court, which finally made him have to compromise.
Zhao Hongrun has never forgotten this incident.
γβ¦β¦ It's time to "repay" the guys for their "kindness" back then."
Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed a few hints of coldness.
Back then, what he suffered the most was that the Zongfu did not face him, and no one among the domestic nobles helped him speak, but now, behind him there are many noble princes of the Ji Zhao clan such as the Anling Zhao clan standing on his feet to cheer, and the one who holds the authority of the Zongfu is also his closest uncle Liuwang.
It's time to settle accounts after the fall!
"As for this ever-expanding Zhao Wu......
Glancing at the letter in his hand, Zhao Hongrun lit the candle with an expressionless face in front of Sun Jia and Liu Aiji.
"If you want to be a bird, don't blame me for beating you down!"