Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 59
When the ministers received the edict requesting them to enter the palace immediately for the court meeting, they rushed outside the palace almost non-stop. However, the guards of the palace were still so strict that Zhang Huan sent two battalions to garrison the Weiyang Palace. , the remaining two battalions were stationed outside several city gates of Luoyang, and Zhang Huan directly deprived him of the power of the city gate captain, but Dou Yi, the city gate captain, had been executed, and there was no objection.

The officers and soldiers of the Northern Army stationed here strictly inspected the courtiers' jade plaques to confirm their identities. Normally, these party members would not endure such insults. However, at this moment, they can't get any news from Weiyang Palace, so they can only endure it. When they arrived at the main hall, there were dozens of guards guarding the surroundings, and the Empress Dowager Dou Miao was sitting on the high platform in the middle.

All the ministers said hello for the time being, and then paid their respects before sitting down.

They had just sat down when the Empress Dowager spoke:

"On the eve of last night, the traitor Dou Wu led the northern army to attack Weiyang, and was executed by the soldiers for his intention to do something wrong."

This sentence was like a thunderbolt, and it rang in the ears of the officials. Immediately, the officials became silent, their eyes widened, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely cold. After a while, everyone was relieved, and some party members immediately got up , shouted: "General Dou is a model in the world, a man of morality, how dare you slander Zhongliang and speak falsely about your father!!"

"Exactly!" The rest of the people also agreed with this person's opinion, and shouted again: "This must be framed and slandered again, General Dou is an honest man, he can suffer violent death, we will never believe it!!"

"Haven't everyone seen it? This is the method of those eunuchs, and the eunuchs have harmed me again!" Some people beat their chests and cried loudly, but more people couldn't accept this, and they were dumbfounded. Sitting, unable to speak, those veteran party members also frowned, lowered their heads, and said nothing, while those young party members were still shouting to hand over the culprit and reverse the case for Dou Wu!
"stop fighting!"

The weak Empress Dowager Dou yelled with all her strength, her father died unexpectedly, why didn't she feel uncomfortable?Her father led troops into the Weiyang Palace, and she felt so disappointed and resentful. Such complex and intertwined emotions tormented Queen Dowager Dou for several days and nights, almost breaking her down. Her voice was a little hoarse. He stood up and said, "The ten permanent servants are all dead!"

"Du Wu attacked the palace, and the ten permanent attendants came to look for me, and they were right by my side. I watched Dou Wu slaughter in the palace. Not only the ten permanent attendants, but all the yellow gates in the palace were killed. Most of them were killed by him!"

Everyone fell silent immediately, and the Empress Dowager's eyes were red, and she continued: "He not only wanted to kill the eunuch, but also the emperor. Chen Taiwei and others disagreed, so they were also killed by him!"

This remark once again caused an uproar among the party members. Several people stood up, directly bit their fingers, wiped them on their foreheads, and swore: "General Dou and the Taiwei have been friends for many years. We will never believe it, General Dou." It is this kind of people who swear by our lives, I hope the Queen Mother will investigate carefully, there must be grievances!" These are young scholars who have just come out of the Taiyuan Academy who worship Dou Wu very much.

Hearing what they said, several people stood up and swore one after another that they all hoped that Queen Mother Dou could re-investigate.

Empress Dowager Dou was also speechless, looking at the ministers below.

"You are so bold, how dare you force the Queen Mother?" Suddenly someone shouted, and everyone turned their heads to look, but there was only one person standing at the entrance of the hall, staring at him. That person was Zhang Huan. Zhang Huan looked at these people. Huan's prestige and achievements are far higher than those of the party members present. When everyone saw him, they were not afraid, but excitedly asked: "Mr. Zhang, please be the master of the general!"

Zhang Huan took a few steps forward, prostrated himself in front of the queen mother, and said, "I come to confess my crime!"

The queen mother widened her eyes, and before asking, Zhang Huan continued, "Three days ago, Dou Wu sent someone to summon my minister, and ordered him to go to the Surabaya Pavilion to meet Duan Zhonglang. Returning to Luoyang, only to learn that the infantry battalion of the Northern Army was secretly transferred by Dou Wu to attack Weiyang!"

"The minister neglected his duty, I hope the Queen Mother will punish him!"

After Zhang Huan finished speaking, those party members who had sworn to swear shouted loudly: "This statement is not true!"

"We never believe that the great general conspired against him. He invaded Weiyang for the purpose of killing Xiongshu!"

"Of course, the general wants to kill the eunuch!"

Zhang Huan stood up suddenly, looked at them, and said in a gloomy tone: "Thousands of Northern Army soldiers testify, do you still want to favor the rebels, don't you know Wang Mang Liangji the day before yesterday?" Unable to speak, his eyes were full of tears, and he gritted his teeth. Naturally, Wang Mang and the others knew that before he usurped the Han, his reputation among scholars was several heads higher than that of Dou Wu!

"I swear to death!!" The scholar who had just made the oath suddenly stood up, and slammed into the wooden pillar behind him fiercely. He came to call for help, and ordered the imperial physician to come. In the midst of the chaos, the court meeting ended, and the queen mother was also helped into the palace.

The officials returned to their respective residences, and the affairs of the court quickly spread. People who heard this for the first time did not believe it, but after hearing the testimony of the Queen Mother, and even General Zhang Huan, the Northern Army Thousands of soldiers testified, and everyone fell silent.

The entire Tai Academy was full of wailing, and the Tai students were not willing to accept this fact at all, so they walked around Luoyang City in groups, holding filial piety flags in one hand and wine in the other, drinking and crying as they walked Well, maybe the little fat man didn't expect that one of his actions would cause Wei Jin Fengliu to come out in advance a hundred years later, not only in Luoyang, but the whole emperor was crying.

Even if there is iron evidence, they will not believe that Dou Wu, whom they have always admired, is a traitor.

They prefer to believe that Dou Wu was killed by mistake just to get rid of the eunuch.

Within a few days, the corpse of Shi Changshi was dug up by the angry partisans, who flogged and mutilated the corpse, doing everything, and finally scattered the corpse in the field outside the city and fed it to wild dogs. Zhang Huan also caught many of them. The party members who participated in the excavation, but Zhang Huan arrested these people in Ting Wei's prison, and in a blink of an eye, Ting Wei released these people. After all, Ting Wei is also a member of the party.

At the request of many scholars and even rangers in Luoyang, the Empress Dowager Dou and two days later sent Dou Wu's body out, but they did not expect that not only Luoyang, but also the rangers, scholars, officials, villagers around Luoyang, Even various high-ranking officials from the surrounding states, counties, and counties came one after another. They lifted Dou Wu's body, carried it all the way to the willow forest ten miles outside the Zhonghu Pavilion, and buried him.

The little fat man stood on the gate of Weiyang Palace, surrounded by Han An and Song Dian as personal guards. He looked at the crowds of people in the distance, crying like waves, but he was more and more afraid of these partisans. They manipulated public opinion, even if he had With evidence to prove Dou Wu's rebellion, there are still so many people who trust him, and are even willing to die with him. How can he not be afraid of such appeal?

"Song Dian!"

"The servant is here."

"Record all the scholars, knight-errants, and officials from all walks of life who came to pay their respects."

Song Dian was stunned for a moment, and then he took the order to leave. The little fat man squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, but he sneered in his heart. It was autumn, and these officials who were supposed to be busy with autumn harvest came to see off the traitor and mourn , Very good, it seems that the parents and governors of all parties should also change their blood.

(End of this chapter)