Chapter 463: Prepare to Cheat Your Father

"Father, I toast you a glass!"

Zhang's Mansion. Read

Zhao Xu sat on the right hand of Zhao Heng, the second prince Zhao Qu sat on the left hand of Zhao Heng, and other officials and generals sat on both sides.

Before Zhao Heng came, Zhao Xu had people clean up the Zhang's Mansion as Zhao Heng's temporary residence.

After settling in, he arranged a banquet to welcome Zhao Heng.

"Good, good, good." Zhao Heng smiled and drank the wine in one gulp.

Tasting the wine in his mouth, he was completely relaxed.

Since being trapped in Xiancheng, he lived in fear all day long.

Now, he finally didn't have to worry about enemies coming at any time.

After all, this is the territory of the King of Yan, and now it is the safest place in the north.

"Father, I toast you too." The second prince was unwilling to fall behind Zhao Xu and picked up the wine glass.

Glancing at Zhao Qu, Zhao Heng snorted softly, but still drank the wine.

In fact, he also knew that it was not entirely the fault of the second prince to advance alone this time.

Without his tacit consent, the Northern Expedition Army could not move a single soldier.

Then Zhao Qu poured another glass of wine, raised the glass to Zhao Xu, and said with a smile: "Ninth brother, this time thanks to you, otherwise my father and I would be in danger, but ninth brother is really hidden, and he actually has such a thing as a hot air balloon."

"Second brother is wrong, I can only say that my father and second brother are blessed. This thing called a hot air balloon was just made by the son of an official under my command. Nine times it flew into the sky, and five times it fell from the sky. I used it in a hurry this time." Zhao Xu said, looking at Zhao Qu lightly.

In his heart, he thought that Zhao Qu was worthy of growing up in the political arena of the capital.

There was a needle hidden in any random sentence.

The meaning of his words seemed to be really flattering him, but in fact he was telling Zhao Heng implicitly.

If he, the King of Yan, had not hidden the hot air balloon, they might not have been trapped in Xiancheng for so long.

Beidi besieged the city, they could escape.

"Besides, the hot air balloon can only fly back and forth for more than 20 miles. When the fuel is burned out, it will also fall from the sky." Zhao Xu added.

Zhao Heng and Zhao Qu's faces changed at the same time when they heard this.

It turned out that this thing is so dangerous.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Ninth brother is really generous." Zhao Qu glanced at Zhao Heng.

Meaning that the King of Yan actually used such a dangerous thing to save them, and his heart is worthy of death.

Zhao Xu was still very calm, he said: "Save, ten out of ten die and five survive, don't save, ten out of ten die and no survive, and the emperor is the true dragon emperor, I believe that God will bless the emperor, this time, the emperor successfully escaped from Qinzhou, which shows that the emperor is blessed."

"Hahaha..."

Zhao Heng laughed out loud, he was originally a little unhappy, but when Zhao Xu said this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Zhao Xu attributed his escape from Qinzhou to his status as the true dragon emperor, and deliberately did not mention his own merits, which naturally gave him full face.

"Ninth brother has recovered from his illness, but he is more eloquent than before." Zhao Qu said sourly in his heart.

His two tricks were easily resolved by the King of Yan.

"Thank you for the compliment, second brother, but it is true that you are eloquent, but the root of the disease has not been completely eradicated. Sometimes when you are angry, you will do extraordinary things..." When speaking, Zhao Xu stared at the second prince.

His meaning was clear enough. In contemporary terms, he was telling the second prince that he was intermittently mentally ill.

Don't provoke him again.

Sure enough, the second prince's face seemed to be coated with a layer of wax when he heard this.

If it is true, will the King of Yan have a seizure and let his generals cut him with a knife?

Thinking of this, he immediately shut up, lowered his head to eat, and didn't dare to look at Zhao Xu.

Zhao Heng, who was sitting, also smiled awkwardly.

Now he could understand all the unreasonable behaviors of the King of Yan.

His ninth son was really different from ordinary people.

He was a little afraid.

But he remained calm, with a concerned look, "When I return to Jinling, I will definitely send you the best imperial physician in the palace to treat you."

"Thank you, father." Zhao Xu lowered his head with a cunning smile on his lips.

After drinking for a while, Zhao Heng was a little drunk.

Thinking of his own personal expedition, he was depressed and sighed, "Xu'er, although father escaped, General Yang and the soldiers are still trapped in Xiancheng. I wonder how they are now?"

Zhao Xu heard this and no longer hid it from Zhao Heng, saying, "Father, don't worry. Ulanba, the land of the Northern Di Khan, is now imprisoned in Yancheng. If Mulehong really wants his son to go back, he will never move Xiancheng again."

"Well, you're right." Zhao Heng was refreshed and sobered up.

He almost forgot about it.

Thinking of the 100,000 troops of Ulanba hiding at sea, he said: "Who is the pirate that attacked the Beidi army? If we can recruit them to Dasong, we will benefit a lot in the future."

"My father, this pirate is called Black Shark. I have thought so too, but he declined." Zhao Xu said.

He knew very well that after this naval battle, the name of Black Shark would be known to everyone inside and outside.

So, he had prepared a set of excuses.

"What a pity." Zhao Heng sighed.

Then he asked about the current war in Yanzhou.

Zhao Xu told him about his order to send troops to Ningjindusi.

"Nonsense, how can a mere 100,000 soldiers be the opponent of the two Northern Di kings? The Ningjin Dusi is stationed in the Tongniu and Scimitar kings. These two kings are very fierce, otherwise Mule Hongzhen would not have rewarded Ning County and Jin County to them as their pastures." Zhao Heng frowned.

At the moment, he really didn't want the Yan Wang's troops to suffer heavy losses.

Otherwise, Dasong would really be in trouble both internally and externally.

After all, the imperial army suffered heavy losses, and the Yan Wang declined again, and the royal family and the powerful families would be further unbalanced.

The horn of the Northern Di war has not stopped, who can contain the Northern Di?

Zhao Xu smiled lightly and whispered his true purpose to Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng nodded slowly, "I see, if so, I will wait for some time in Yancheng to see what Mule Hongzhen decides?"

At the same time, he looked at his ninth son with new eyes again.

This east-west linkage not only broke the east-west linkage of the Northern Di, but also put the Northern Di into a passive position completely.

The most important thing is that the Prince of Yan didn't lose much at all.

In his joy, he drank a few more cups and was almost drunk at this time.

Zhao Xu instructed the officials and generals to persuade the second prince to drink and get him drunk.

At this moment, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Holding the wine glass, Zhao Xu was extremely sober.

For a long time, both the court officials and Zhao Heng treated him as a pawn.

This will not change in the future.

In the past, he was weak and could only endure it temporarily.

But now, he will no longer be manipulated by the powerful families and Zhao Heng.

They set a trap for him, and he will also set a trap for them.

Therefore, based on the precedent of the last rebellion of the Yuan family, the court let the Yuan family go lightly and only allocated two counties to him.

He did not have any hope for the so-called "heavy reward" for him after Zhao Heng returned to the capital.

It is better to set the "heavy reward" in Yancheng, his territory.

And this is also the most important purpose of letting Zhao Heng come to Yancheng.

Merchants who do business still understand equal exchange.

This time he saved Zhao Heng's life and also saved the northern border from danger. He, Zhao Heng, must not leave without spitting out something.