"Kou Aiqing, it's dawn..."
Zhao Heng lay on the couch, staring at the east in a daze.
Kou Zhun stared at the east, the east was dark.
He frowned and asked the eunuch beside him, "What time is it?"
The eunuch hurriedly bowed his waist and said in a low voice: "Three watch days..."
Kou Zhun immediately looked at Zhao Heng, and Zhao Heng stunned and said: "The third watch? Then why did I see the dawn... I also saw the father, he was waving to me... I also saw the second emperor brother... …"
Zhao Heng stared at the dark sky in the east and muttered to himself.
Liu E covered his face, crying in silence.
The eunuch and Gong E beside her had already knelt down, and each of them covered their faces and cried quietly.
Kou Zhun grabbed Zhao Heng's hand and reminded in a mournful voice, "Officials, hold on again, hold on again... Your Royal Highness will be here soon."
Although Kou Zhun had been disheartened with Zhao Heng for a long time, now that Zhao Heng was about to die, his heart was full of sorrow.
Even though Zhao Heng was faint, he was really good to him.
The two of them have been together for decades, and they are somewhat emotional.
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.
Even if it is an enemy, if you fight for a long time, you will feel a little bit of sympathy.
What's more, their monarchs and ministers have been together for decades.
Kou Zhun was frustrated with Zhao Heng, it was only the political aspect, and it did not affect the personal affairs of their monarchs and ministers.
Zhao Heng didn't know if it was a return to the light, or what happened. He actually had a bit of strength in his hand, and he grabbed Kou Zhun's hand and suddenly tightened.
"Kou Zhun... I... I don't want to die..."
Zhao Heng's face was full of horror.
He thought he was ready to face death, but when he finished explaining all the things and waiting for death quietly, fear began to surface in his heart.
Kou Zhun didn't know how to comfort the current Zhao Heng, he just took Zhao Heng's hand and kept sighing.
It's okay if he doesn't sigh. When he sighed, Zhao Heng felt even more panicked, "I... I really don't want to die... Try to save me..."
"Help me! I want to live!"
Zhao Heng shouted in horror.
Liu E glanced at Kou Zhun, choked up and said, "Let the doctor show it to the official again."
Kou Zhun was taken aback, and instantly understood what Liu E meant.
Liu E wanted the imperial doctor to come over and say some reassuring words to Zhao Heng, so that Zhao Heng could die peacefully.
Otherwise, let Zhao Heng continue the arguing, who knows if he will shout anything that is impertinent.
Kou Zhun beckoned to the imperial doctor who was kneeling beside him, and the imperial doctor gritted his teeth and moved forward.
"Quickly, show the officials..."
The doctor opened his mouth to speak, but Kou Zhun glared at him.
The imperial doctor understood him, and hurriedly closed his mouth to help Zhao Heng diagnose his pulse.
Zhao Heng stared at the imperial doctor in a daze, asking three or four breaths.
"Can I still save it?"
"Can I still save it?"
"..."
The imperial doctor just felt Zhao Heng's pulse, but didn't say a word.
It's not that he doesn't speak comforting words, but that he doesn't dare to speak.
In the face of Zhao Heng, he dare not say a lie.
As long as you tell a lie, you are likely to be deceived.
Even if forced by the current situation, he can't.
"I still have..."
Zhao Heng yelled halfway, and was suddenly stunned.
He stared at the front blankly, and said in a low voice: "Queen Zhang Huai... Queen Zhang Mu... Aren't you all dead? Why do you still appear in front of me?"
Kou Zhun, Liu E and others followed Zhao Heng's gaze and saw nothing.
Kou Zhun gritted his teeth and whispered to Liu E: "Illusion..."
Liu E wiped her tears and nodded heavily.
"Can't hold it for too long..."
"Send two more people... let them quickly bring the prince to the imperial city."
"It should be so..."
"..."
Kou Zhun and Liu E whispered small things.
Although they are political enemies, they are not fighting with each other in this scene.
It wasn't that Zhao Heng's advice was effective, but in this scene, they didn't have time to fight, and they didn't want to fight.
Whether it is Liu E or Kou Zhun, the purpose of the struggle is to gain power and to stabilize the court.
The life and death of Zhao Heng, as well as the smooth transfer of the throne, are absolutely decisive for whether the court can be stabilized.
The more this time, the less there can be any mistakes.
Liu E immediately sent two eunuchs away from the imperial city in a low voice.
Zhao Heng seemed to be crazy, shouting and grabbing into the air.
He called the late two queens for a while, and then called the late Emperor Taizong and the late Second Prince.
He seemed to feel that these people appeared in front of him and came to bless him.
With their blessings, he seems to be able to continue to live.
"Father, don't leave... Don't leave... Brother Erhuang, why did you leave..."
Zhao Heng frantically scratched at the air.
Kou Zhun saw this, knowing that Zhao Heng's order was soon, and he no longer urged in a low voice. He straightened his back and shouted: "Where is the prince? Why hasn't the prince arrived yet? Let you pick up the people until now. Didn't take it? Do you want to die one by one?"
There is a sense of anger in his words.
But in this situation, no one dared to question what he said.
Even the most upright and upright supervisors who were not afraid of power on weekdays closed their mouths obediently.
"The prince is here!"
"The prince is here!"
"..."
Under the imperial city, Guo Huai screamed loudly while running up the imperial city carrying Zhao Zhen on his back.
Hearing this, Kou Zhun grabbed Zhao Heng who was yelling and shouted: "Official! Official! Your Royal Highness is here!"
Zhao Heng ignored him, still shouting at the void, "Father! Father! Father, don’t leave..."
"Father!"
"Father!"
The previous call was made by Zhao Heng.
The last call was made by Zhao Zhen, who had just stepped onto the top of the city.
however.
After all, their father and son could not say a word.
After Zhao Heng finished shouting the words'Father Emperor', he was stunned on the dragon couch and did not move.
The imperial doctor withdrew from the edge of Zhao Henglong's couch and knelt down slowly.
Kou Zhun, Liu E, and even the hundreds of civil and military officials on the city's head trembled.
Zhao Zhen jumped off Guo Huai’s back, stumbled to Zhao Heng’s dragon bed, grabbed Zhao Heng’s hand, and cried out in horror, "Father? Father? What's wrong with you? Father, Are you talking to the child?"
Liu E covered his face with his hands, crying silently.
The eunuchs and Gong E who knelt on the edge of Zhao Henglong's couch cried.
Kou Zhun did not comfort Zhao Zhen, but closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. He raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eye, and told Kou Ji: "Push the old man to the edge of the city wall."
Kou Ji pushed Kou Zhun to the edge of the city wall.
Kou Zhun looked at the hundreds of thousands of forbidden soldiers and soldiers under the city. He sighed and said mournfully: "The official... died..."
"Huh..."
"Huh..."
"..."
Tens of thousands of soldiers of the imperial army knelt to the ground one by one.
The civil and military officials on the head of the city also knelt to the ground.
After Kou Zhun waited for everyone to kneel down, he unfolded the edict placed in Kou's bus and read out: "The edict said..."
After reciting a large number of magnificent poems, Kou Zhun paused, and continued to read in a heavy voice: "The biography is located in the crown prince Zhao Zhen... Qin here."
Hundreds of civil and military officials, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Forbidden Army, bowed their heads together.
Kou Zhun read the edict and confirmed the legitimacy of Zhao Zhen's succession.
Hundreds of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Forbidden Army bowed their heads, expressing their surrender.
Kou Zhun put away the edict and shouted to hundreds of civil and military officials and tens of thousands of forbidden army soldiers: "When officials are in danger, Xu Laofu has the right to reign. Guard the two sides of soldiers and horses, sweep the battlefield, cooperate with the inspection department, the Kaifeng government office, and Zhang Bang Anmin."
"Hey~"
"Ling, the two sides of the Tianxiong Army, escorted the rebels out of Beijing, and temporarily detained them in a military camp outside the city."
"Hey~"
"Ling, the Ministry of Rites, and the Third Division. Preparations for the official funeral."
"Hey~"
"..."
Kou Zhun issued one order after another.
Whoever clicks on will speak out consciously and reply.
He explained all the reasons for cleaning up the aftermath of Zhou Huaizheng's rebellion, Zhao Heng's great funeral, and Zhao Zhen's ascension to the throne.
After he had finished explaining, Kou Zhun said again: "All ministries should perform their duties. If anyone takes the opportunity to cause chaos, there will be no mercy."
"Hey~"
All civil and military officials agreed in unison.
Kou Zhun continued: "All ministries and yamen will issue official newspapers to the world to announce the news of the death of the official family."
The hundred officials responded in unison.
Kou Zhun waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Let's do something..."
Immediately, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under the city began to stand up and move.
The civil and military officials also moved.
Kou Zhun stopped paying attention to them, but returned to Zhao Heng's dragon bed.
Zhao Zhen had already cried and turned into a tearful person. Holding Zhao Heng's body, how could he not let go, it would be useless for anyone to persuade him.
Liu E pulled him twice before being thrown away by Zhao Zhen vigorously.
Kou Zhun wanted to go up to persuade him, but was stopped by Kou Ji.
Kou Ji sighed and said to Kou Zhun: "Grandfather, it's better for me to come."
Kou Zhun hesitated, but finally nodded.
Kou Ji stepped forward and put his hand on Zhao Zhen's shoulder.
Zhao Zhen wanted to get rid of it, but he heard Kou Ji say: "The officials don't like you to cry..."
Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's voice, gave up the idea of throwing away the hand on his shoulder, turned around, and said with tears: "Kou Ji! My father is gone..."
Kou Ji patted him on the shoulder and said: "A person is inherently dead and no one can escape. If the official is alive, he must not like to see you cry."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, looked at Kou Ji with tears, and asked, "Why?"
Kou Ji sighed: "Because I don't have a father, I like to watch my son cry."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he cried more fiercely.
Kou Ji took the opportunity to take off Zhao Zhen's hand holding Zhao Heng, pulled Zhao Zhen aside, and waved his hand to Kou Zhun secretly.
Kou Zhun knew, and quickly ordered the eunuchs to carry Zhao Heng away.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen wanted to catch up, but was held back by Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took Zhao Zhen and walked to the edge of the imperial city. He pointed to the bloody sea of corpses that was being cleaned below, and said: "Don't cry first, and don't rush to grieve. First, take a look at what's down there?"
Zhao Zhen wiped his tears, poked his head out curiously, and glanced down.
Seeing the corpses under the city, he was shocked and backed away.
Kou Ji stubbornly dragged him, let him get close to the edge of the city, and said to him: "You just have no father, but these people in the city? Their children also have no fathers, and their wives have no husbands. , The parents lost their son.
If your father is gone, you can still have a beautiful funeral; but when they are gone, you can't even dare to have a beautiful funeral.
Do you know how they died? "
Zhao Zhen shed tears and stared at Kou Ji in a daze.
Kou Ji sighed and said: "They all died to save you and your father's throne. They obviously have a common purpose, but they killed each other, which eventually led to the death of thousands of people."
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "You will be in that position soon..."
Kou Ji pointed to the body under the city, and said in a deep voice, "They stepped on the lives of tens of thousands of people. So..."
Kou Ji asked: "What qualifications do you have to cry? Why are you crying? Their wives and children are not crying, why are you crying?"
Zhao Zhen's tears didn't shed anymore, and he looked at Kou Ji in a daze.
Kou Ji's words, accompanied by the corpse under the city, caused a lot of shock to him.
Kou Ji continued: "You have taken the lives of tens of thousands of people to sit in that position. The last thing you should do is cry. You should find ways to sit firmly in that position. You must not only sit firmly in that position, but also do the best. it is good.
Only in this way can it be worthy of the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under the city.
When you want to cry, think about these soldiers, and then think about their wives and children's family.
They didn't cry, what qualifications do you have to cry? "
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji with red eyes and asked, "Then what should I do to be worthy of them?"
Kou Ji was taken aback, feeling that he was a little too foolish.
So he pretended to be deep and said: "At the very least, I must do it like Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang..."
Kou Ji said so only to coax him.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen nodded seriously, gritted his teeth and said: "I will..."
Kou Ji was taken aback, looking at Zhao Zhen's small face full of seriousness, he hesitated and said: "It will be difficult..."
Zhao Zhen raised his head, looked at Kou Ji seriously, and said, "You will help me, won't you?"
Kou Ji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Zhao Zhen staring at him seriously, he nodded bluntly and said dryly: "I will help you naturally."
When Zhao Zhen saw Kou Ji's agreement, a bright smile appeared on his face.
However, before the smile appeared on his face for long, he collapsed immediately.
"Father?!"
"Father!"
Zhao Zhen's tears flowed down again, chasing Zhao Heng's dragon couch, and ran away.
Kou Ji opened his mouth and wanted to stop him.
But he has run away.
Kou Ji stood on the head of the city and sighed, "Bai persuaded..."
"There is no white persuasion, our family heard it clearly and remembered it in my heart."
Chen Lin didn't know when she appeared behind Kou Ji, and said quietly.
Kou Ji turned around and looked at Chen Lin, "Are you not going to the official house and crying?"
Chen Lin said calmly: "Don't worry..."
Kou Ji glanced up and down at Chen Lin, and saw that Chen Lin was not sad at all, and he was slightly surprised: "The official family has died, you don't seem to be very sad?"
Chen Lin was stunned, and sighed: "Before the official family died, our family thought our family would be very sad. But after the official family really died, our family did not feel sad at all, and even felt sorry for it. The officials are fortunate."