From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 406

Late at night, the Dali Temple's Tianlao was heavily guarded.

Wanyan Daichan brought a pot of good wine and several dishes to the deepest prison.

She met Zhou Yuan, sat down, and said lightly: "Let's talk while eating."

Zhou Yuan saw these things and couldn't help laughing at himself: "So this is my last meal."

Wanyan Daichan said: "But at least before you die, you can hear a good news, that is, Jianjia and the others have successfully escaped, and the five hundred Jinyiwei led by Xiao Que failed to catch up with them."

Zhou Yuan said: "They couldn't catch up at all. The Beicheng Bingmasi are all my good brothers. They destroyed the pipelines along the way, and the horses of the Tiqi couldn't get through."

Wanyan Daichan narrowed her eyes and said: "King Fu asked me to take action and hunt them down, but I refused."

Zhou Yuan said: "It doesn't matter if you agree. My master Su Youzi is secretly Protect them. If you go, you will be the one who dies. ”

Wanyan Daichan looked up and couldn’t help being a little surprised: “You have calculated everything, but you didn’t leave yourself a way out?”

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: “I have no way out. I am destined to die.”

“If I don’t die, those who should leave can’t leave.”

Wanyan Daichan sighed faintly and said: “I said I won’t let you be tortured. After this meal, I will send you off with my own hands.”

“Every Qingming Festival in the future, I will offer sacrifices for you.”

“I also promise you that if my Great Jin conquers the world, I will protect Jianjia and the others.”

Zhou Yuan was silent and just ate silently.

Wanyan Daichan whispered: "Zhou Yuan, do you remember the first time we met? At that time, you were just a small centurion in Lin'an Prefecture, but you were able to play with many big figures. Ha, even the Holy Mother was convinced by you."

"From then on, I wanted to capture you and take you to Dajin."

"But in the later interactions, I found that you were too principled. You could only work for Dajin, not for my Dajin, so I didn't mention this matter in the end."

Zhou Yuan was silent, didn't say a word, just kept eating.

Wanyan Daichan said, "Have you given up? If you beg me, if you are willing to go back to the Jin Dynasty with me and be my consort, I am willing to rescue you."

Zhou Yuan raised his head and said, "Are you even willing to let me be your consort?"

Wanyan Daichan said, "Of course, my father admires you very much. He thinks you are the first warrior of the Jin Dynasty. He will agree to our marriage."

"If you make merit in the future, I will fight with my father to let you take Jianjia and the others over, and we will be reunited as a family."

"At that time, you will have the same power as before, but you will have a different master."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said softly, "I don't have that blessing. I am a man who is destined to die."

He ate voraciously, and wrinkles began to appear at the corners of his mouth.

Wanyan Daichan's eyes condensed, and she stretched out her hand to press the corner of his mouth, grabbed the wrinkles and pulled them hard, and a pig skin mask was pulled down.

Another unfamiliar face came into view.

Wanyan Daichan's figure was shaken, and she couldn't help but shouted: "Who are you! Where is Zhou Yuan!"

"Zhou Yuan" narrowed his eyes and smiled, and whispered: "You haven't seen me, but you know my name. My name is Zhang Bailong, the founding emperor of the Central Plains."

"As for Zhou Yuan, he may have been out of the city for a long time."

Wanyan Daichan stamped her feet suddenly, shaking with anger, and gritted her teeth and said: "You! When did you become his!"

Zhang Bailong said lightly: "After the explosion, he rushed into the Hongluo Temple and exchanged identities with me."

"When you came in at that time, you actually found me, and he was standing behind the Buddha statue. He might have left after you left."

Wanyan Daichan was so angry that she kicked him away, and suddenly rushed out of the Dali Temple Tianlao, and went directly to the Fuwang Mansion.

...

Time went back to two months ago, it was June 20th, the day when Zhou Yuan recovered Luoyang.

In the Luoyang Palace, Zhou Yuan met Zhang Bailong.

He looked at the decadent middle-aged man in front of him and took out two things.

"A cup of poisoned wine and a mask."

"The former can free you, and the latter can let you live in disgrace. What do you choose?"

Zhang Bailong laughed bitterly: "Mask? Live in disgrace?"

Zhou Yuan said lightly: "The road ahead is too difficult. I can't guarantee that I will not make any mistakes. If I make a mistake, you will die for me."

Zhang Bailong couldn't help laughing and said: "Recovering the Central Plains is a great achievement. You Zhou Yuan will at least be a marquis."

"You are a marquis at a young age, you are in the emperor's heart, and you have five military camps. What are you afraid of?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "For those who want the good of Dajin, recovering the Central Plains is a great achievement, and I Zhou Yuan is a meritorious official."

"But for those who wantFor those who want the Jin Dynasty to be worse off, my Zhou Yuan's recovery of the Central Plains is a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. "

"There should be many people who want me dead, such as the Eastern Tartars and the Northern Mongols. They can't be willing to see a famous general rise in the Jin Dynasty and constantly eliminate the old diseases of the Jin Dynasty."

"For the Chen clan, my rise has further consolidated the imperial power of Empress Zhaojing. They wish I would die so that they can have a chance to take the throne."

"It is said that a wise man will make mistakes even if he makes a thousand plans. I am not a proud and complacent person. I will always leave myself a way out."

He looked at Zhang Bailong and smiled slowly: "If something happens that I can't control at that time, I want you to die for me."

"If you die and I survive, I am willing to promise to revive this world."

"If you live, I am willing to promise to let you return to the original place and let you teach and educate people."

Zhang Bailong took a deep breath and murmured: "I don't seem to have a choice. I can only promise you. "

So, on the night before Zhou Yuan's wedding, Zhang Bailong transformed into a royal guard, entered Hongluo Temple, and hid in the depths of Hongluo Temple, as Zhou Yuan's cat.

As for how to transform into a royal guard, it was very simple. Zhou Yuan and the commander of the royal guards had a friendship. From the Mingxuanfang fire to the thousand-mile journey to the king, the two had been comrades-in-arms for life and death.

A person, a person who was obviously powerless, the commander of the royal guards must give him this face.

So, the cat-for-prince substitution was successful.

Zhou Yuan stayed in Hongluo Temple until nightfall, He climbed over the wall quietly until all the Jinyiwei and Tiqi had evacuated.

All the streets were under martial law, and all the four city gates were closed.

He had nowhere to go, so he could only go to a place he thought was safe.

The Zhenguogong Mansion.

It was not that Zhou Yuan trusted Song Shanao, but that he trusted the facts. What were the facts? The fact was that Song Shanao had made great achievements, but he had always been safe and sound, which showed that his loyalty had been thoroughly investigated and tested countless times by several generations of emperors.

He must be loyal.

"I can still survive, why can't Your Majesty? Could she be stupider than me, Zhou Yuan?"

"Lord Song, I believe Your Majesty is alive, do you believe it?"

Song Shanao tapped the table lightly, and did not answer the question, but said softly: "Tomorrow the Fifth Army Camp will mutini, and Prince Fu will be desperate and can only ask me for help again."

"I will help him reluctantly and take the guards to the Fifth Army Camp. You can naturally escape by mixing in my guards. "

Zhou Yuan asked: "Is it safe?"

Song Shan'ao smiled faintly and said: "Except for His Majesty, no one dares to check my guards. Even if Chen Shou has ten times the courage, he dare not fart."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Then thank you, old Duke."

Song Shan'ao shook his head and said: "Thanking me is useless. The Jinyiwei forces are all over the world. Outside of Shenjing, they are even more fearless. You'd better survive first."

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.