The big man is on the run

Chapter 44 The Emperor's Harem

It's late at night, and the lights are like beans.

Although the emperor lived in tents outside the official temple in Zheng County, the residence of officials and their families was in the official temple in Zheng County.

Obviously, Zheng County's thin city walls seemed to have little defensive power, but it still served as a psychological barrier to Guo Bang, who had the initiative to cross the river.

Zhongchang attendant Miao Si still did not sleep.

"Grandpa, is the temperature of the water right?"

Xiao Huangmen slowly took the iron pot and poured boiling water into the wooden basin for soaking his feet, watching Miao Si's face.

Miao Si's old face was full of exhaustion. Even though he was only in his 40s, he was considered an old man for the eunuchs in the palace at this age. After all, the average life expectancy of a big man was here.

He is usually not a person with good physical strength. Even though he was riding in a donkey cart, the road was still bumpy.

Miao Si enjoyed the rare relaxation and did not open his eyes.

He said in a "hiss~" voice that seemed to have sticky phlegm in his throat.

"Son, you are caring. We slaves are rootless people. The greatest blessing in this life is to serve a good master. Do you understand?"

The little Huangmen with a round face and slender eyebrows nodded obediently.

"How did Grandpa become this regular attendant, do you know?"

"Followed the right master. Back then, I begged to go to Dong Hou to serve by the Empress Dowager Dong."

Dong Hou is the name of Liu Yi's body when he was young. Because of the upbringing of the Empress Dowager Dong (Lingdi's biological mother), he naturally possessed certain factional characteristics.

But this factional characteristic came from the cruel court political struggle in the late Han Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Guanghe, shortly after Liu Yi was born to the beauty Wang Rong of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Empress He sent someone to kill Wang Rong with poisoned wine.

Why did Dong Cheng marry his daughter Dong Wan to Liu Yi?
The important reason is that Dong Cheng is the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong, and the political faction of Empress Dowager Dong was the most staunch supporter of Liu Yi when he came to power.

On the contrary, the faction of Empress He (Empress Lingdi) represented by He Jin had an extremely bad relationship with the faction of Empress Dowager Dong. After poisoning Liu Yi's biological mother, she also forced to kill Empress Dowager Dong who raised Liu Yi. It can be regarded as a negative example of the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The Empress He's faction, which was wiped out by Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, personally manipulated the political faction that abolished the young emperor and replaced Dong Hou's Xiliang Army, and became a political force that naturally stood in line for Liu Yi.

On the contrary, the princes in the Kanto begging Dong used the reason of "abolishing the young emperor", and this reason was precisely the key to Liu Yi becoming the emperor.

This is why at this stage Liu Yi wants to do everything possible to overthrow the leaders of the Xiliang Army, but he has no intention of liquidating all the problems since Dong Zhuo.

The foundation of the rule is here, if you have to, you really don't want to.

"Yes, and neither."

Miao Si twitched the corners of his mouth: "The people occupying the positions above are all dead, and those who survive will be able to stand out."

Xiao Huangmen was silent like a cicada, but Miao Si continued talking on his own.

"How do you feel today?"

"Heavenly and powerful, with the posture of a hero." Xiao Huangmen whispered: "Everyone said so, His Majesty did everything very beautifully, not only the people in the palace, but also the people outside the palace were convinced. , I think His Majesty can rejuvenate the big man."

"The emperor is a decisive British lord, but he is also a vigorous man. The Fu family is the representative of the emperor on the gentry side, and the Dong family is the representative of the emperor on the army side. When the two sides fight, a wave can kill you This kind of small fish and shrimp has been eaten and wiped clean."

"Grandfather, please point me to a bright path." Little Huangmen kowtowed like garlic.

"Have you seen the new luthier?"

"seen."

"how?"

There was an imperceptible shyness on Xiao Huangmen's buried face: "It's like a fairy in the sky."

Miao Si was slightly disappointed, he was not smart enough.

"The eldest lady of the Cai family may become a noble person in the future. Think about why the Cai family fell into ruin?"

Miao Si didn't care whether he understood his instructions or not, and just lay down on the cushion.

Cai Yong was imprisoned and died because Dong Zhuo lamented at Wang Yun's banquet after being assassinated by Wang Yun.

Since a large part of Dong Hou (Liu Yi)'s political base is with the Xiliang Army, and the throne is also Dong Zhuoli's, Dong Zhuo's body can be destroyed and cast aside, but his political legacy cannot be completely denied.

What about Wang Yun?
Wang Yun's assassination of Dong was so brutal to the Xiliang army that Jia Xu used tricks to disrupt Chang'an, and Li Guo finally lost control and became a fierce tiger out of the cage.

If we infer from the result theory, the arrogance of Wang Yun's assassinate Dong Empress is the reason why today's embarrassment is so embarrassing!

Does Cai Yong, whose political attitude is opposite to that of Wang Yun, be more favored by the emperor?And Cai Yong is already a dead man who can be dressed up.

From the perspective of Miao Si's bystander, the emperor did not help Sun Rui at the Weiyang Palace banquet that day!
And Shi Sunrui planned to assassinate Dong together with Wang Yun!

Back and forth, it is implied that for this sake, if you still don't understand, then this guy has no understanding, so let him go.

Of course, all of this is Miao Si's personal guess.

Such speculation, based on years of political experience, is of little use today.

Since the twelve powerful "ten permanent servants" (just like the four heavenly kings have five people, the ten permanent servants are actually twelve people) in the Xiping period were taken over by General He Jin, thousands of eunuchs were cruelly murdered by the imperial army. , the eunuchs, as a group with a unique role in the political arena of the Eastern Han Dynasty, have completely disappeared.

The eunuchs who survived now were all either working outside Luoyang at that time, or they were people around the young emperor and King Chenliu.

Miao Si belongs to the latter. He grew up with King Chenliu, um, that is, Liu Yi, so it is possible that Liu Yi will not fall, but he will no longer have the power and position of "Chang Shi" before, and cannot interfere in the government. He can also live a lifetime of prosperity and wealth.

Xiao Huangmen squatted on the somewhat chilly stone brick floor, rubbing the dirt between his toes for the grandfather he recognized, and massaging the acupoints on the soles of his feet with his bent knuckles.

Probably due to kidney deficiency or some other reason, Miao Si started to "hum" after being pressed down, obviously a little stressed.

However, just as Xiao Huangmen wiped the water drops for him with a white towel.

In the pitch-black county town of Zheng County, there was a sudden burst of noise.

"what happened?"

Miao Si opened his eyes and asked suspiciously.

"Go out and have a look."

Xiao Huangmen put the towel on the edge of the wooden basin, wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes, and got up to open the door.

Just as he opened the door, a gust of cold wind swept past, and then, a black object suddenly hit the steps in front of him.

"what!"

Xiao Huangmen didn't see what it was, and was so frightened that he broke his voice.

He turned around and ran back into the house, closing the door tightly with a bang.

"Boom. Boom"

Miao Si was also terrified when he heard the screams and the sound of swordsmen outside.

He didn't care about washing his feet anymore, he got up in a hurry, put on his coat, walked to the window, and pushed the window open.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang"

At this moment, there was a hasty knock on the door in the courtyard outside.

With such a voice, apart from rebellion, who would dare to knock on the door like this?
Could it be that the soldiers mutinied, found themselves here, and wanted to kill someone?
The terrible fate of thousands of eunuchs being slaughtered during the He Jin Rebellion echoed endlessly in Miao Si's mind.

"boom!"

The sound of kicking the door was heard from outside, and Miao Si's heart was in his throat.

At this time, Miao Si was sweating on his forehead, and his heart beat faster.

He was very nervous and didn't know what to do. He wanted to ask for help, but he didn't have the courage to do so.

Miao Si struggled to lean against the window, while Xiao Huangmen was trembling on the ground, leaning on the foot of the bed and couldn't stand up for a long time.

Miao Si didn't know how his head turned, probably because of a twitch, he rushed to the window in one step, grabbed the edge of the window with his hand, and then jumped straight out of the window with a vertical leap.

But just as he landed on the ground, he saw two heavily armed soldiers standing at the door of his room.

They saw me!

They saw me! !
The sergeant turned his face with a ferocious bronze mask, and his black hole-like eyes were fixed on him, as if he was trying to identify something.

A huge sense of fear enveloped him, as if a pair of invisible hands were strangling his throat.

"Don't come here. Don't kill me!"

Just when Miao Si was blown by a gust of cold wind and his hands and feet became cold, the soldier in front of him suddenly said.

"Miao Changshi?"

"what?"

Miao Si looked at the heroic young man who had taken off his mask, and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

In his memory, it seems that Liu Yi is still the Dong Hou when he was a child.

"Hurry up and get dressed, the Chinese army has mutinied."

"Now I'm going to gather the imperial army, you stay here later to appease Empress Fu and Dong Guiren... By the way, Master Cai Qin also pay attention."

From when Wang Yue knocked on the door, to Liu Yi's order to break down the door, to when the explanation was completed, it was actually just a few seconds.

Liu Yi didn't give any more orders, asking Miao Si to appease the palace people to stop causing trouble was already the only thing he could do to take care of the people around him in his busy schedule.

Liu Yi was also short on time, he turned around and crossed the smashed gate, and hurried away with Wang Yue in the cold wind of the early autumn night.

Habayashi Wei and Huben Wei are gathering under Huangfu Li's arrangement, hoping that the Chinese army is just an ordinary accident camp.

Instead of... rebellion.

(End of this chapter)