Chapter 457

Gu Zheng, with a sympathetic sadness on his face, repeated the tragedy his mother had told him: "who would have thought that the elder brother met bandits on the road and lost his life inexplicably."

"After hearing the news, the younger brother's family gathered the family's property into their hands on the second day before his brother's bones were cold."

"The elder brother's remaining orphans and widows were rushed out of the ancestral house as soon as the funeral was over."

"But in a few years, the brother's children were inexplicably ill or accidental one by one... All died prematurely."

"The widow's sister-in-law can only remarry. What a tragedy in the world."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin's instruments in his hands were unconsciously wrinkled by his own pinch. In particular, some of him were unwilling to ask, "how about that little brother's family?"

Gu Zheng followed the question with a sigh and returned: "this is the worst. Because he doesn't have the ability of big brother, he received so much property. However, after three or five years of hard work, he was ruined. He was even inferior to ordinary people like us."

"It's not the boy who said that when I first entered the palace, the poverty of the family was just like the brother of Er baozi's family in that mother's mouth."

Seeing Gu Zheng's heartache no longer speak, Zhao Kuangyin was a little stunned. He murmured a few words to himself, but he said as if he had figured out something: "yes, the worst thing is, even if the person who overestimates his strength takes over his family business, in the end, it's not as good as his previous life."

Speaking of Zhao Kuangyin here, as if he had made up his mind, he threw the unshaped documents in his hands on the table, turned his head to Gu Zheng and said with a relaxed smile: "boy, I didn't expect you to be like a muggy gourd at ordinary times. It's fun to speak."

"I just don't know if the things you write and draw on weekdays are as interesting as your story?"

Seeing that the old emperor had been holding for so many days, he remembered to ask what he was doing. Gu Zheng was really helpless because his sense of existence was so weak.

Today, his early work has come to an end. Gu Zheng, who is no longer covered up, tiled a paper with a size of two, adhered to the corner of one side with one hand, bent down and handed it to the short table in front of Zhao Kuangyin.

"Your Majesty, this is the strategic terrain map of Jinghu area that I have supplemented according to the information for many days."

"It is specially presented to the sage to show his Majesty's gratitude for promoting me as a first-class yellow gate."

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin carelessly opened the map that had not been pasted and mounted, the expression on his face changed from a little funny and slight at the beginning to a real dignified shock.

At first glance, Gu Zheng's ink is still wet, and his multi-layer paintings are even more detailed than the map of Jinghu Lake in Zhao Kuangyin's hands.

Some unknown or unmarked paths are also reflected in the map.

Judging from its content, this is an enlarged drawing independent of Jinghu area.

Its structure is rigorous and well-organized. Why don't people like Zhao Kuangyin be surprised.

He took the picture and looked at it carefully several times. Without concealing the exaggerated expression on his face, he raised his head and asked Gu Zheng, "how did you know that this was done by yourself? How did you know that there was no route on the military map I hung?"

Can Gu Zheng say what future generations will add?

It must not!

His radar system did it?

Who believes it.

At this time, Gu Zheng can only give the most reasonable answer. He pointed to the more and more bookcases behind him and said, "it's mostly the credit of the above to check the doubts and fill the gaps."

"Your Majesty, I'm in Nancheng. It's a gathering place for craftsmen and poor people. My painting skills must be first-class and superb."

"If you talk about drawing, making palaces is better than this topographic map, the boy is even better than a third."

Looking at Gu Zheng's pride, Zhao Kuangyin was stunned. OK, I dare to recruit a small yellow gate. It's still a talent.

Take care of Zheng. So his entry into the palace is a big loss for the engineering department?

Zhao Kuangyin thought of his idea of renovating the palace. After glancing at Gu Zheng with deep meaning, he was once again attracted by the map in his hand, waved to Gu Zheng, no longer cared about him, and began to study the subtlety of it.

This immersion was so that after two moments, Gu Zheng was confident.

According to his analysis of the situation in the New Song Dynasty, we must take Jinghu Lake first in the next war.

Only in this way can we quickly cut off the connection between the later Tang Dynasty and the later Shu, disconnect the border between the two countries, and divide their union into two.

In the following days, we can break one by one and finally win the victory of the great unification of the south.

As long as Zhao Kuangyin is a soldier, he will naturally know the importance of this map.

With this skill, Gu Zheng's position in the palace is even more guaranteed.

He is a person who can leave a name in the heart of the emperor. When others want to move him, they should also weigh the consequences.

Gu Zheng, who has pulled out the books related to the second map in his heart from the shelf in turn, is busy with his head down.

Zhang Dekai, who never bothered Zhao Kuangyin when he entered the nave to read documents, knocked on the door for the first time.

Zhao Kuangyin, who was interrupted by the sudden knock on the door, was not in a good mood. He directly asked, "what's the matter?"

And Zhang Dekai's answer outside was also simple: "the Empress Dowager of Yanshou palace sent someone to invite his majesty to go there and said there was something important to discuss."

Hearing this reply, Zhao Kuangyin frowned. Even Gu Zheng, who was far away, saw the impatience on the emperor's face at this time.

However, he still held back his anger, carefully folded the drawing in his hand, and ordered Gu Zheng next to the bookshelf: "boy, carefully put the map away and put it on the cabinet in front of my bed."

"No one is allowed to move except me."

"Here!"

Seeing Gu Zheng's life, Zhao Kuangyin reluctantly got off the table, turned and left the military study, took Zhang Dekai who explained the situation to him, and went straight to the Longevity Palace not far away.

Gu Zheng, who wanted to see more, saw Wang Jien among them when the group left.

Although at the end of the line, it also shows that the boy can finally climb to the point.

Another key step was taken in the direction of the internal attendant that the emperor could not leave. That was to carry around, anytime and anywhere. Now Wang Jien has touched the edge.

It seemed that he felt Gu Zheng's eyes. Wang Jien, who was at the end of the line, turned his head subconsciously when the team was about to leave the courtyard.

But he saw Gu Zheng holding the door behind his back and gesturing to him with a thumb in the light of the candle in the door.

Cow!

This is the most praise the little brother has made to him since he entered the palace.

Wang Jien, who received this praise, turned his head again, but his heart was full.

A spirit almost smoothed by intrigues and intrigues emerged in Wang ji'en's heart again.

He said to be Gu Zheng's patron in this palace, but now it is far from enough.

They are like a little stronger ants, but ants are still ants. If you want to get into people's eyes, your body... At least become the size of a dog.

At least, when you kick the dog, it won't be ignored as an ant.

At this moment, everyone's mind is full of thoughts.

The emperor who entered the Longevity Palace lit a lamp in the Empress Dowager's palace and stayed awake all night.

In the Imperial Academy, Gu Zheng, who was on duty with the lights out, was not well informed without the information from Wang Jien.

But when he returned to the dormitory, he got the answer he wanted.

"Gu Zheng, don't you know?"

"What?"

"It's not good for the Empress Dowager to come!"

"You mean?"

Seeing Gu Zheng's inquiry, the three roommates opposite nodded together. They closed the windows and doors in their house and began to share the news that had just been gossip.

"Xiaoyizi just cleaned up the flowers outside Funing palace. He just saw the figure of the waiter and lieutenant general of Yanshou palace talking with senior official Zhang."

"It is said that the Empress Dowager's problem has suddenly become serious. Even the people in the hospital are not optimistic about it. According to the Empress Dowager's wish, he informed several children at home to meet in the palace. Later, he asked his majesty to go there and said that he had something to ask."

"You said the old lady, why can't she be more careful? She called people in the middle of the night in the palace without notifying her Majesty in advance. It's all over."

The rest is hard to say because the friendship between several people has not yet arrived.

Lying in bed, Gu Zheng knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, but he slept soundly.

But if he knew what had happened in the inner hall of the Longevity Palace at this time, he would give him ten courage, and he would think more.

Now the sage Zhao Kuangyin, under the guidance of Zhang Dekai, has passed through the crowd besieged by Yingzhao in the Longevity Palace and walked into the bedroom of his mother, Empress Dowager Du.

The people outside the door are supposed to be all kinds of relatives in the family. The old lady sent someone to solicit them after she felt that she was not well.

The mother didn't inform her son in advance. Now even when she was smoking in the hall, she was reluctant to give up holding the hands of her other two little sons.