Considering that Sima Guang's life was not long enough, and Zhao Yan was too lazy to explain that he was not interested in the throne, he simply told the other party that Zhao Guang was going to pass on his position, but Sima Guang was shocked for a long time, and finally said with a wry smile: "I see, it's ridiculous that the old man is still guarding against His Highness everywhere, but I didn't expect that I would be a villain in vain!" ”

"Sima Xiang's public statement is serious, I originally planned to rot this matter to the stomach, but I didn't expect you to still worry about this king, so I decided to tell you in desperation, I just hope that you will not keep it a secret!" Zhao Yan also smiled bitterly at this time, if this matter spread, it might be unfavorable to him, but he believed that Sima Guang was a gentleman, and there was not much time left, so he told the other party.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the old man understands! cough cough ......" Sima Guang also forced himself to sit up straight at this time, but as soon as his words fell, there was a violent cough, and the more he coughed, the more severe it became, and finally he couldn't even breathe, which made Zhao Yan also startled, and hurriedly called Sima Kang outside in, and at the same time he also stepped forward to help Sima Guang pat his back.

"Wow~" coughed to the end, only to see Sima Guang suddenly open his mouth, a mouthful of blood spurted out, Zhao Yan just stood in front of him diagonally, but he couldn't dodge, and a few drops of blood were splashed on his clothes, but he didn't care about these subsections, but kept observing Sima Guang's situation, but only to see that after the other party vomited blood, his face suddenly turned pale, and he lay on the bed with his head tilted and his eyes half-open, and he seemed to have lost consciousness.

"Hurry up~ call your husband!" Zhao Yan also knew that this situation was not good, and hurriedly commanded Sima Kang loudly, Sima Kang was at a loss at this time, and immediately turned around and ran out when he heard Zhao Yan's words, because Sima Guang was seriously ill, Empress Dowager Gao had already sent several imperial doctors to live in Sima Mansion. So after a while, I saw several imperial doctors rushing over, hurriedly treating Sima Guang, acupuncture and massage, and finally pouring a large bowl of black and slimy Chinese medicine, which made Sima Guang turn the corner. However, the person had already passed out again, and according to the imperial doctor's estimate, Sima Guang's condition had deteriorated even more.

Seeing that Sima Guang was okay for the time being, Zhao Yan got up to say goodbye, Sima Kang originally wanted to send him out in person, but Zhao Yan saw that he was exhausted, so he asked him to stay here with his father, and then left by himself.

When Zhao Yan came to the front hall, he found that Su Song and Su Shi hadn't left yet. When he saw him, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, there was a mess in Sima's mansion just now, and I heard that even the imperial doctor rushed to the inner house, what is going on?" ”

Zhao Yan also sighed when he heard this, and then he spoke: "Sima Xianggong woke up just now, and before he could say a few words to me, he suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma, and he was finally rescued. ”

"Your Highness, there is ...... on your clothes" At this time, Su Shi also found the blood stains on Zhao Yan's clothes, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise at the moment. But the rest of the words can't be said in any way.

"Yes, these bloodstains are Sima Xianggong's. Fear...... Alas~" Zhao Yan couldn't finish his words in the end, but judging from what he saw just now, it is estimated that Sima Guang will not survive for a few days.

In fact, Zhao Yan was still a little optimistic about Sima Guang's condition, and on the night they visited Sima Guang, Sima Guang fell ill again because of the daytime. Cao Tong and Zhilugu also rushed to Sima Mansion, but unfortunately even the two of them failed to rescue Sima Guang again, after all, medicine doctors do not die of disease, and a mortal disease like Sima Guang is dead. They are also helpless.

Sima Guang's death, once again caused a great shock in the court, the Empress Dowager Gao for three days to show mourning, in addition to Zhao Xu's name, posthumously presented Sima Guang as the Taishi, Wen Guogong, Wen Wenzheng, and personally gave a stone tablet, on the book "Zhongqing Cuide" four big characters, the inscription is still written by Su Shi himself. In addition, according to Sima Guang's last words, he hoped not to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but to be transported to the ancestral mausoleum of the Sima family in his hometown Xia County for burial, to which the Empress Dowager Gao also agreed.

When Sima Guang's coffin left the capital, hundreds of people went to see each other, Zhao Yan also went to see each other off with Cao Song and others, and when the coffin passed through the streets of the capital, many people on both sides of the people cried bitterly, and then caused more people to cry, and the crying shook the sky for a while, which made Zhao Yan outside the city sigh secretly, although Sima Guang's literary name was outstanding, but his prestige among the people was not too high, but because of the change of the law that year, hundreds of people were deeply affected. Later, after Sima Guang came to power, he abolished the new law with great fanfare, which also made his prestige increase rapidly, which led to the current scene of the people crying bitterly.

"Being an official to the point of Sima Xianggong is the only way to be in vain!" Cao Song, who was standing next to Zhao Yan, couldn't help but sigh when he saw this situation, and now he has taken over the Great Song Bank again, and the Great Song Bank has officially become an administrative agency of the Great Song Dynasty, but it does not belong to the three divisions, and with the development of the bank, the various businesses of the bank are slowly devouring the functions of the three divisions, so many people think that the bank will replace the three divisions one day sooner or later, which also makes Cao Song rise and become a hot upstart in the court.

Hearing Cao Song's words, Zhao Yan also nodded in agreement, at this time Sima Kang finally escorted his father's coffin out of the city gate, Zhao Yan and they also stepped forward together to send Sima Guang this last leg of the trip, and they went out of the city for nearly ten miles, Sima Kang thanked everyone who saw them off on behalf of his father, and then Zhao Yan and they returned to the capital.

"Third brother, Sima Xianggong and Lu Xianggong died almost at the same time, who do you think is most likely to make up for their lack in the court?" On the way back, Cao Song suddenly asked Zhao Yan, since he married Zhao Yan's third sister, Princess Wei, the title of Zhao Yan naturally became the third brother, Zhao Yan always felt that Cao Song had taken advantage of him, but he had no way to object.

"How do I know this, everything depends on how the Queen Mother arranges it, but you must be hopeless." Zhao Yan had just sent Sima Guang away, and he felt that the atmosphere was a little dull, so he deliberately joked in the end, but he was also telling the truth, although the status of the bank continued to rise, and Cao Song also became an upstart in the court, but firstly, the bank was a new thing after all, and it was not completely accepted, and secondly, Cao Song was too young, so it was impossible for him to worship the prime minister.

"Nonsense, I also know that I have no hope, but I see that among the current ministers, only one Su Song is your person, isn't it a little too thin, so I think it's better to take this opportunity to arrange more people to enter the phase, so that there is a good response." I saw Cao Song speak again, he and Zhao Yan are grasshoppers on a rope, so naturally for Zhao Yan's sake, even when Zhao Yan handed over the power to the Empress Dowager Gao, he expressed his opposition, but unfortunately Zhao Yan didn't listen.

"Hehe, do you really don't understand or fake don't understand, if I arrange another person to enter the political hall, I'm afraid that my queen mother will be restless, anyway, I don't have any intention of fighting for power, and arranging Su Song to enter the political hall is just to get the news more conveniently, so it is a waste to arrange more people to enter the political hall." Zhao Yan glanced at Cao Song at this time and said, he also knew what Cao Song was worried about, but Zhao Yan was very confident in his arrangement.

"Forget it, it's up to you to arrange it!" Seeing that Zhao Yan couldn't be persuaded to do so, Cao Song said helplessly at the moment, but then he suddenly thought of something, and said in a sly manner, "Third brother, I don't know how Zhao Hao is now, when he was in the capital, he was still ready to win me over, I really don't know where he got his confidence?" ”

Hearing Cao Song mention Zhao Hao's wooing of him, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile, he had known about this for a long time, but just like Cao Song said, I really don't know where he got his confidence? Whether it is a personal relationship or a binding of interests, Cao Song is the most unlikely person to betray him, and it is estimated that Zhao Hao also saw this later, so after a few temptations, he quickly gave up.

"Speaking of my second brother, we'll have a good show to watch soon." Zhao Yan smiled again at this time, he had just received the news yesterday and knew some of Zhao Hao's movements, but in his opinion, Zhao Hao was asking for his own hardships.

"Oh? What's going on, what's wrong with Zhao Hao? Cao Song was also very interested when he heard Zhao Yan's words, when he was mixed with Zhao Yan, he often saw Zhao Hao with his eyes above the top, as if he didn't care about them at all, and now if he can see Zhao Hao make a fool of himself, it will be a great joy in life.

"Hehe, I don't know if the second brother came up with it himself, or someone else gave him a stupid idea, he just arrived in Yuezhou, and gathered more than 10,000 troops to go to Shenglong Mansion, although Shenglong Mansion has been destroyed, but there is an important significance for the remnants of Jiaozhi, now the second brother is leading the army to arrive, it will definitely greatly stimulate those Jiaozhi remnants, it is estimated that it will not be long before the remnants of Jiaozhi led by Li Gande will rebel, and with the strength in the hands of the second brother, I am afraid it will be difficult to quell this rebellion!" Zhao Yan said with a smile.

As soon as he heard that there was going to be a rebellion, Cao Song was also startled, and then said with some worry: "Third brother, then Zhao Hao won't be in any danger, in case he dies in Yuezhou, I'm afraid it won't be a trivial matter, and it may even implicate you!" ”

"Don't worry, no matter how you say that he is also my second brother, how can I watch him die there?" Zhao Yan glanced at Cao Song again at this time and said, "And the more than 10,000 people in his hands are not vegetarians, even if they can't destroy the rebels, there is still no problem with self-preservation, plus there are Huyan brothers guarding Qiongzhou, as long as there is danger, their army will be killed immediately, so the rebellion in Yuezhou will not become a climate at all." ”

"That's good!" Cao Song finally relieved himself when he heard this, but then he suddenly frowned again and said, "Third brother, Jia'er also went to the south, do you think he will meet his second uncle?" (To be continued......)