He accepted the order and touched the door of Zhao Dun's house in the early morning of one day. At that time, the street was empty, and as the door of Zhao's house opened, several servants went out to sweep the street with water basins and brooms. Two thirteen- and fourteen-year-old teenagers jumped out of the door, Zhao Dun's son Zhao Shuo and adopted son Han Ju, who came out for a morning jog.

Zhao Shuo said: "It's too boring to run by yourself, let's go and block Luanshu." Don't look at his age and tallness, but he doesn't run fast, and he is always unconvinced. ”

Han Ju said: "It's interesting to be unconvinced, let's bet with him on today's wins and losses, and the loser will have a big black face." ”

After the two teenagers finished speaking, they went straight to Luan Dun's house with a grin.

He slipped through the door and walked through the atrium to the outside of Zhao Dun's room, hiding behind an ancient tree. At that time, Zhao Dun had just finished breakfast, and the servant was picking up the tableware. He saw only one bowl and two plates on the tray, one with two fish bones on top and the other with only a few leaves left.

In those days, fish was the food of the lower people, and it could not be on the table of the powerful at all, and the high-ranking nobles had to eat meat every meal.

His heart sank. The door of the dormitory was always open, and he continued to look inside, and saw Zhao Dun wearing a solemn tiara, sitting upright on the seat with a wat board in his hand. Because it was still early in the sky and there was still a period of time before the last dynasty, Zhao Dun closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, his face was calm but awe-inspiring.

He was so shocked that he couldn't afford to take another half step forward. He retreated to the courtyard, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Master does not forget to be respectful, and he is the true leader of the people. assassination of good ministers, disloyalty; Turning his back on the king's command, and not believing. Whatever you abandon, you should die. But it is better to be dishonest to one than to be disloyal to one. ”

After saying that, he bent down and rushed at full speed towards a large locust tree, and died by hitting his head against the tree.

Early in the morning, an enemy committed suicide in the courtyard, which scared the Zhao family a lot. Zhao Dun hurried over to check the situation, then gathered the retainers together, ordered people not to leak a trace of news, and went to court as usual after speaking.

When Jin Linggong saw Zhao Dun, it was like seeing a ghost. Zhao Dun's demeanor was calm, and his expression was as usual; But he was sweating profusely, fidgeting, and hastily announced his retreat from the dynasty. Jin Linggong couldn't get the news of the defilement, and he didn't dare to send someone to find out his whereabouts, so he could only think that he had betrayed him. "Return the warriors! Also a master! Don't talk about integrity at all, take the bounty and run away! ”

Zhao Dun returned home, but he didn't see Zhao Shuo and Han Ju come out to salute, so he panicked. A retainer told him that after the two of them came back from running, they hid in the room and refused to come out, and they didn't even participate in the daily martial arts training.

Zhao Dun was furious and rushed straight into Zhao Shuo's room, only to see the two children with dark faces and staring at him with frightened eyes.

It turned out that the two were waiting for Luan Shu in front of Luan Mansion in the early morning to run together. Luan Shu soon came out, he was Luan Dun's eldest son, two years older than Zhao Shuo, with a shy personality and a thin and tall figure.

Zhao Shuo said: "We are going to run half of the place today, do you want to participate?" ”

Luan Shu said: "Half a house is too little, how about a house?" ”

Zhao Shuo and Han Ju glanced at each other and said "yo" in unison. Zhao Shuo continued: "Then give it up, if you lose, you will have a big black face, when will your father find out, when will you wipe it." ”

The three of them high-fived each other and swore an oath, and then ran out of the city gate along the avenue.

Zhao Shuo and Han Ju ran very fast, and the two of them were already much ahead by the time they finished the halfway; But they never tried longer distances, and the stamina gradually ran out of them.

The two struggled to breathe, their chests exploded, and they tried their best to drag their heavy steps to continue the race, but they still watched as the exhausted Luan Shu slowly overtook them and reached the finish gate first.

When the two arrived at the city gate, they saw that Luan Shu had collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and unconscious, so they had to carry him back to the Luan family's door.

After listening to his son's statement, Zhao Dun said with a solemn face: "The Luan clan has been dormant in the Jin Kingdom for a long time, and it will definitely rise; Luan's hope lies in Luan's book. Luan Shu is arrogant, stoic, and scheming, and it is very dangerous to be an enemy or a friend with him. You will surely be in the same court as him in the future, remember! To be kind to the Luan family, but don't have too deep a relationship, just keep a public heart; In this way, the family will not be in trouble. ”

Jin Linggong is a thief with a weak heart, and whenever he notices that Zhao Dun looks at him or not, is silent or speaks, smiles or is serious, he feels that Zhao Dun has solved the case.

Jin Linggong was in a trance, fidgeting, and always felt that blood would be splashed five steps in the next moment; Under tremendous mental pressure, he finally decided to take the plunge and "kill him openly if the assassination could not succeed." ”

One day in September, Jin Linggong ordered more than a dozen armor soldiers to ambush a side room with one of the most ferocious mastiffs, and then summoned Zhao Dun to the palace for a banquet. Jin Linggong is a very good actor, he kept complimenting Zhao Dun at the banquet, and expressed remorse for his actions. He even patted his chest and said that if he continued to make mistakes, he would take the initiative to abdicate and go to a small country to farm.

Zhao Dun feels that everyone has a day when they grow up and mature and distinguish between right and wrong; If the good ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can't make Jin Linggong reform himself, it is an unreasonable thing. Zhao Dun was satisfied with Jin Linggong's statement, and the two of them drank a lot of wine.

Jin Linggong's abnormal behavior aroused the vigilance of Zhao Dun's guard Ti Miming. When the third lord finished drinking, Zhao Dun was already slightly drunk. Jin Linggong ordered the servant to continue pouring wine, and Zhao Dun was bewildered by Jin Ligong and seemed a little carried away. He was about to raise his wine glass again, and Ti Mi Ming immediately stepped forward and pressed Zhao Dun's hand and said, "The minister goes to the king's banquet, and the third lord will violate the Zhou etiquette!" ”

Zhao Dun was awakened by his words, put down the wine glass and said, "The minister can't violate the etiquette, and he can't be strong enough to drink, so he quit and went back." After speaking, he stood up, saluted Jin Linggong, and walked out of the dormitory door with the help of Timiming.

Jin Linggong suddenly shouted: "Zhao Dun is rude! Dare to despise the widow, take him down quickly, and kill him if he dares to resist! ”

The hidden armor immediately rushed out, and the mastiff took the brunt of it, pounced with its fangs. Zhao Dun drew his sword and roared: "Abandon people and use dogs, although what is fierce!" ”

Timime killed the vicious dog in an instant. The armor soldiers swarmed up, and Timime frantically brandished his halberd and shouted, "Master, go away!" Zhao Dun killed one person and fled. But Timime was outnumbered, and a moment later he was stabbed to death by the enemy's blades; The armorers immediately screamed and pursued Zhao Dun.

Zhao Dun ran a few steps, feeling that he couldn't escape death, and he didn't want to die too embarrassed. Thinking of this, he simply stopped and turned around, his sword glaring, ready for the final battle.

But the situation changed in an instant: one of the attackers suddenly fell into battle and attacked his companions like crazy, and the armorers were caught off guard and lay down in an instant. The palace armor pulled the stunned Zhao Dun out of the palace gate and jumped into the carriage.

The carriage galloped out of the city gates. Gong Jia motioned to stop, then jumped down. Zhao Dun asked, "Who are you?" Why save me? ”

Gong Jia said: "I was a hungry man in Xia, and thanks to your kindness back then, I didn't starve to death in Xia." ”

Zhao Dun looked at his face and said suddenly, "Oh, it's really you!" What's your name? ”

Gong Jia didn't answer, saluted and turned around and fled.