Li Liangzuo's death did not have much impact, after the Empress Dowager Gao got the following report, she didn't even discuss with several ministers, and directly assigned the officials of the Ministry of Rites to Li Liangzuo to hold a hasty funeral, as for the place where Li Liangzuo was buried, it was very interesting, and the place designated by the Empress Dowager Gao herself was in Zhao Shu's Yonghou Mausoleum.

For the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, it is a supreme honor to be buried with the emperor, and there are large burial areas in the hills of each emperor, but for Li Liangzuo, the original emperor of Western Xia, it is an incomparable humiliation to be buried next to Zhao Shu's mausoleum, because he is just like Zhao Shu's funeral goods, and when future generations see his mausoleum, the first thing they will think of Zhao Shu's achievements in destroying Western Xia.

It's also a coincidence, just when Li Liangzuo had just been buried, Huang Wude, who had been living with Zhao Yan, finally died, after all, he was not young, and the eunuchs did not have a long life expectancy because of their physical defects, so Huang Wude was able to survive until this winter, and he was very peaceful when he left, and he had people prepare hot water for him the night before, and he washed it cleanly, and when the person who took care of him the next day called him to get up, he found that Huang Wude had passed away quietly.

When the people came to Zhao Yan to report the news of Huang Wude, he locked himself in the study after hearing it, and when he came out again, his eyes had become red and swollen, maybe in the eyes of others, Huang Wude's identity was not very glorious, but in Zhao Yan's opinion, Huang Wude was a rare old friend, and now even he is gone, and there is one less old friend around him.

For Huang Wude's funeral, Zhao Yan personally came forward to handle it, and most of the people who came to attend the funeral were some old people from the Imperial City Division, and Zhao Yan also personally entered the palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager Gao, with her consent. Finally fought for Huang Wude for a place to be buried in Zhao Shu's Yonghou Mausoleum, speaking of which, Huang Wude's credit is not less than that of any minister, but he is a eunuch and was not qualified to enter the burial area, but Zhao Yan's face is big, and even the Empress Dowager Gao has to give him some face.

The day Huang Wude was buried. Zhao Yan took his family to go, although his wife and children were all around, but when he saw Huang Wude's coffin being carried into the tomb, he couldn't help but burst into tears again, Zhao Yan and Xue Ning'er's son Zhao Xin had the best relationship with Huang Wude, and he often went to Huang Wude to listen to his stories, and now when he saw Huang Wude die, he was also crying breathlessly, and it was useless to persuade anyone. And he refused to leave after the funeral, and in the end, Zhao Yan persuaded him a few words, so he persuaded Zhao Xin to go back.

On the second day after Huang Wude's funeral, Zhao Yan met a person from the Imperial City Division in the study, only to see that this person was thin and thin, and his appearance was very ordinary, and he couldn't find it at all when he threw it into the pile, but the only difference between him and ordinary people was that this person was missing an arm. In fact, this person is also an old acquaintance of Zhao Yan, that is, Xu Shan, who was exiled to the Jurchens with him back then. His arm was also lost by the Jurchens.

Originally, Xu Shan was a member of the Imperial City Division, and later after returning from the Jurchens with Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan was worried that he would be inconvenient to stay in the Imperial City Division if he was missing an arm, so he arranged a position as an instructor in the military academy to teach the cadets some intelligence-related courses, but later Xu Shan felt that he was still more suitable for the Imperial City Division. So he returned to the Imperial City Division again, after all these years of hard work, and Zhao Yan's support, Xu Shan is now also one of the big leaders of the Imperial City Division, and he is different from Xue Wolf. He has been staying in the capital all these years and is most familiar with the affairs of the capital.

"Your Highness, we have found out who is behind the ghost!" I saw Xu Shan bow to Zhao Yan and salute, and his lean face was also full of seriousness, some time ago Zhao Yan found that someone was stirring up the relationship between himself and Zhao Xu behind his back, so he let Xu Shan know about it and let him investigate secretly, and now there is finally a result.

"Who is it?" Zhao Yan also said in a deep voice at this time, I won't offend people if they don't offend me, but if someone dares to take the initiative to provoke him, then don't blame him for being polite.

"Yes......" Xu Shan hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's King Wei!" Since the death of the first emperor, the king of Wei has often found reasons to enter the palace, and he used to just go to the queen mother to ask for peace, but some time ago he suddenly began to approach His Majesty, according to the people around His Majesty, the King of Wei once discussed His Royal Highness in front of His Majesty! ”

"Second brother? It turned out to be him! Zhao Yan was also a little surprised when he heard Xu Shan's words, King Wei was the title of his second brother Zhao Hao, speaking of Zhao Hao when he was alive before, Zhao Hao was very honest, he locked himself at home every day to read and write, and seemed to be not concerned about the outside world at all, but after Zhao Yan died, Zhao Hao behaved a little abnormally, not only frequently entering and leaving the palace, but also took the initiative to make friends with some ministers, but Zhao Yan never expected that he would dare to provoke the relationship between himself and Zhao Xu.

"Your Royal Highness, King Wei has been very active during this time, not only often going in and out of the palace, but also befriending ministers to cultivate power, I'm afraid what do you think!" At this time, Xu Shan spoke again, he and Zhao Yan were born and died, and he has been highly valued by Zhao Yan in the past few years, so he has no scruples when he says something.

Zhao Yan also showed a contemplative expression when he heard this, and only after a moment did he speak: "Xu Shan, can you monitor my second brother's usual movements?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's question, Xu Shan showed a look of embarrassment, and only after a while did he speak: "Your Highness, you also know that the Imperial City Division is completely under the orders of the royal family, and there is generally no special order, and the Imperial City Division must not monitor the people in the imperial family. ”

Xu Shan didn't mean to shirk, but the fact is that the current big boss of the Imperial City Division is the Empress Dowager Gao's people, and the Empress Dowager Gao has also placed a lot of people inside, although Xu Shan is one of several big bosses, but they are also fighting openly and secretly between these big bosses, and if they are not careful, they will be dealt with.

Zhao Yan also knew Xu Shan's difficulties, after all, this time was different from the past, and at the same time, it also made him think of Huang Wude, when Huang Wude was in charge of the Imperial City Division, as long as he opened his mouth, he could get any kind of information, and the things to be done only needed to be done properly with one command, where would he be so constrained like now.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh, and of course asked Xu Shan something about Zhao Hao's movements these days, and then let him go back, as for Zhao Yan himself, he sat alone in the study for a long time, thinking about Zhao Hao's purpose for doing this.

For Zhao Hao, the second brother, although Zhao Yan usually doesn't have much contact with him, he also knows that he is not as simple as he seems, and Zhao Yan also knows that when Zhao Hao was still alive, he also didn't like Zhao Hao very much, don't look at both of them are the sons of the Empress Dowager Gao, but Zhao Yan has the best relationship with Zhao Yan.

The reason why Zhao Hao doesn't like Zhao Hao is mainly because Zhao Hao's personality is a little gloomy, on the surface, Zhao Hao only likes to read, and stays at home every day and doesn't go out, but in fact, among Zhao Yan's four brothers, he is the most concerned about the throne, when Zhao Hao was still the prince, Zhao Hao was very active in front of Zhao Shu, but Zhao Shu was dedicated to cultivating Zhao Hao as a successor, which made Zhao Hao slowly die.

Of course, if it is only because Zhao Hao is interested in the throne, Zhao Hao's temper will not dislike his younger brother so much, mainly because Zhao Hao is a person who is in front of him and behind his back, on the surface, he seems to be detached, but in fact, he often makes some small actions secretly, which makes Zhao Hao very disliked.

In addition, Zhao Yan also knew one thing, that is, when Zhao Hao was seriously ill at the end, one day he suddenly asked someone to send Zhao Hao a lot of books, and told him to study at home. On the surface, this matter seems to be Zhao Hao's concern for Zhao Hao's younger brother, but in fact, behind the scenes, it means to warn him to stay at home and not to make trouble secretly, and later Zhao Yan Zhao Yan was edicted back, and specially told him to be careful of Zhao Hao, and never let the throne fall into the hands of Zhao Hao, because Zhao Ji knew that his second brother was not the emperor's material at all, first, he did not have the temperament of an emperor, and secondly, he did not have the talent of an emperor.

"It seems that the second brother is still not giving up!" Zhao Yan said to himself at this time, Zhao Hao is so active now, it is nothing more than seeing his own mother, Empress Dowager Gao, in power, and Zhao Xu's young age, the most important thing is that Zhao Yan retreats and does not care about things, which is naturally an excellent opportunity for him.

However, from the matter of Zhao Hao provoking the relationship between Zhao Xu and himself, Zhao Hao may not be coming for the throne, after all, Zhao Xu has been the emperor for three years, and he inevitably has the courage to dare to do anything to Zhao Xu, so for him, it is likely that he wants to have a good relationship with Zhao Xu in advance, so as to prepare for the future, but he saw that the relationship between Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu was so close, so he secretly provoked it, so that he had a better chance to get close to Zhao Xu, and even replace the relationship between Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu.

Thinking about Zhao Hao's plan, Zhao Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, but this also made him despise Zhao Hao even more, and it is estimated that he only knows how to use this kind of little trick behind his back. However, Zhao Yan thought about it again at this time, although Zhao Hao's little tricks couldn't become a big climate, if he was allowed to do this, it would be enough to make people feel disgusting, and it seemed that he had to find a way to give Zhao Hao a little warning, lest he add some disgusting things to himself. (To be continued......)