The Yanming of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 100 Song Gai Was Slaughtered To Death Without Contradictory Evidence

After the war, the camp was devastated, and the fire outside the camp was gradually extinguished.All the school captains in the battalion checked the troops in the headquarters and recruited soldiers, all of whom were killed or injured.Fortunately, the king of Yan was safe and the army of Yan was not in chaos.

At this time, Li Hong, the internal historian, was at the forefront of the team, leading a Yan army's iron cavalry to gallop into the camp.Seeing King Yan, he dismounted from his horse and worshiped: "The last general is too late to save you. I hope my king will make amends."

The king of Yan was shocked, and when he saw Li Hong coming here, he was overjoyed, his eyes were full of smiles, and he said: "What is your crime, please hurry up, if there is no history of Li, I would fall into the enemy's hands alone." Go straight forward and help Li Hong stand up.

"This is the duty of being a courtier. Don't dare to be greedy for the merits of heaven." After speaking, Li Hong got up quickly.

King Yan led Li Hong back to the ranks of the generals, stood still, and only said angrily: "Call Murong Ping who is on guard tonight to come and see Gu."

At this time Murong Ping had heard that the sound of fighting had subsided, so he quietly came out of his camp, behind a group of people waiting, hoping that King Yan would not pursue the case, and the limelight would pass away.Hearing King Yan's words, Qing knew that he had made a big mistake, so she hurriedly knelt down in front of King Yan, "My lord, uncle, no, the guilty minister is here, waiting to be punished."

King Murong Jun of Yan had murderous intent in his eyes, "Murong Ping, your defense is negligent, and the military order is not good. Our Yan army has never suffered such a defeat since it went south. Tonight, you command the army to defend, and you are in danger of causing a big mistake. What do you have to say? ?”

Murong Ping knew that if it wasn't for the momentary greed in his heart, there would be no disaster tonight, but in front of everyone, he couldn't say it out loud.I can only protect myself wisely, pour dirty water on others, and say lightly: "My minister, I deserve death for my crimes. I am not strict in governing the army, so that traitors can take advantage of the gap. I ask the king to punish my crimes."

The King of Yan only said angrily: "Uncle Ping, when things come to an end, you dare to quibble, and I have heard rumors: If you hadn't colluded with the Lukou enemy army tonight, and you have greed in your heart, you would have ruined our army."

How can we catch the big cap of collaborating with the enemy here?Murong Ping kept kowtowing, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, I am not convinced, I am loyal to protect the lord, so don't pour dirty water on me."

King Yan's lingering anger still persisted, "However, this king already knows that Shi Songgai, the commander of your battalion, has an old relationship with the enemy, and has always been secretive, right?!"

Murong Ping argued: "All of this is due to Song Gai's deception. I don't know, I really don't know."

King Yan turned his head and said to the left and right: "Oh, if so, bring Song Gai up."

At this time, a sergeant came leading a cart, and it was Song Gai lying on it.

"Your Majesty, this is Song Gai's corpse at the Yuanmen Gate. Please take a look at it."

When the generals heard that Song Gai was dead, they were suspicious and flocked to watch.

The sergeant turned Song Gai over, and only a bystander said: "This short knife is not the standard of our Yan army."

"Everyone looked at the saber of the attacker, it was the same."

When Murong Ping heard that Song Gai was dead, he heaved a sigh of relief and squeezed in carefully, but saw Song Gai with a knife stuck in his back.The corpse was stiff and seemed to have been dead for a while, and Murong Ping daringly stretched out his hand to poke it.

At this time, Song Bin remonstrated from the side: "Search him for abnormalities. If he communicates with the enemy, he must have letters with him."

Murong Ping said anxiously: "The death of this lowly slave is not a pity, please search inside the big tent, don't pollute Wang Shangsheng."

During the dispute, Murong Ba also said: "Uncle Wang, just let them search and solve everyone's confusion."

King Yan didn't say anything, and the sergeants at the side saw that everyone had this intention, so they began to search the corpses.Murong Ping's expression was tense at this moment, for fear of finding evidence against him that would be unfavorable to him.The sergeant searched for a while, but found nothing unusual.Murong Ping let out a long breath.

King Yan only looked up at Murong Ping, Murong Ping quickly lowered his head, King Yan turned his face and said: "Fortunately, our Yan army officers and soldiers fought bravely tonight, so as not to let the enemy take advantage of it, and leave a small number of soldiers on guard. Back to camp to rest."

All the generals bowed and said, "I would like to obey the king's order."

It was almost dawn, and after a busy night, the soldiers were all exhausted, so they rushed back to the camp to rest for a while.Everyone dispersed, Murong Ba also went to his own camp, only turned his head for a moment, but saw Murong Ping also looking at him for a long time, his eyes met, and they looked at each other deeply.

Back in the big tent, King Yan stayed awake for a long time, he didn't know if he was disturbed by the enemy's sneak attack, or because he felt the pain of Uncle Wang's inability to use him.I was only upset, so I got up to review the official documents and military newspapers on the case table.However, a wooden box caught King Yan's attention, he glanced at it hastily, and hurriedly called Nie Hao, "When will it be delivered?"

Nie Hao hurried forward and said: "Just now when the scouts came to report, the slaves saw that my king was sleeping and did not dare to disturb me, so they put it on the case for tomorrow."

"Haha, Nie Hao, Gu is tossing and turning tonight, this is almost like a panacea, you don't have to bring it earlier, so that the widow can sleep." After finishing speaking, watching the morning glow in the sky seem to be blooming, and the sky is getting brighter, said excitedly: " Tomorrow morning, no, in one or two hours, when the drums are beating and the tent raised, our Yan army should seize the opportunity and head south quickly."

"As ordered."

In the Central Plains, the power of Wei and Zhao is like water and fire, and the battle between Xiangguo and Yecheng is imminent. Therefore, the four territories of Shi and Zhao are almost empty.

Just a few nights ago, in a dark room in Ye City, a person was executing his execution without permission.

"Young master, tell me quickly, so as not to suffer flesh and blood, I won't be able to explain it to you." The jailer in the prison held a whip, dipped it in salt water, and was about to whip Li Nong's third son.

"My friend hasn't arrived, I don't know."

A jailer shouted: "Fengyangmen is an important place in the city, why go here late at night?"

"When things go wrong, there must be demons. You have evil intentions, and you intend to rebel!"

"Crack", "crack", the whip whipped a few times, and the third young master passed out

A jailer broke his mouth and said: "You dude, it's so indiscriminate."

A cell steward next to him shouted, "Pour him water, wake him up, and continue the interrogation."

At this time, a person from outside the prison door came over with a gloomy face, and others reported to him: "The third son of Li Nong's family is weak, and he knew how to get through with a little whipping. Up to now, there is still no news about it. If he was bitten to death, it means Go to meet friends. I'm afraid, I'm afraid that someone will die."

A person next to him also said: "Young Master, it's getting late. Now, after a little testing, I know that the third son of Li Nong's family intends to do something wrong, but he is the son of King Qi after all, so it is not easy to punish him indiscriminately. If the superior blames him... ..."

"Friend?" There was a scornful voice from the corner of the man's mouth, "Oh, meeting friends when traveling late at night? Do you believe it? I don't believe it, it must be something wrong."

The jailer said: "This is the torture, if you beat him again, you may die."

"Forget it, now that I have the handle, it doesn't matter if I say it or not." After speaking, Li Tekang left straight away.

In front of Li Nong's mansion, on the street, a caravan passed by, and only threw a black sack in front of the door.

"Bang, bang, bang" knocked on the door three times, and the coachman disappeared into the night of Yecheng with the car and the people.

A member of the family went out to look around with sleepy eyes open, accidentally bumped into a sack, and fell down. Just as he was about to put it in his mind, he saw a movement in the sack, which only shocked him.

I went over boldly, untied the sack, and saw a person covered in blood, and boldly reached over to touch his nose, but fortunately there was still a breath.He brushed his hair but was quite frightened, sat down on the ground and shouted towards the door: "Third Young Master, Third Young Master, come here."

Li Nong in the middle hall also stayed up all night, pacing in the hall.

At this time, the eldest son passed the hall, Li Nong hurriedly called out, "how is your third brother?"

"Father, it's a good thing that he only suffered some skin trauma, not the internal organs. But it can be seen that he was quite frightened and fell asleep."

Li Nong let out a long breath, and suddenly changed his expression: "In Yecheng, who has the courage to dare to do such a cruel thing to my son. Who is it..."

Li Nong's eldest son hesitated to speak, and summoned up his courage to say, "Father, don't you understand?"

Li Nong was full of hatred, and said: "Now that he is on the throne and rich in the world, why, why is he still unwilling to let our family go."

"Father, everyone is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying jade. Emperor Wei was afraid of his father's popularity in the begging army. Now looking at Wei, only his father can match him. Since ancient times, we have shared adversity and wealth. Father was in the former dynasty Above the court is the high position of Sikong, and Ran Min lives under his father, but now one is a ruler and the other is a minister, isn't there no suspicion?"

"Suspicion?" Ruo Li Nong said angrily, "If it is a suspicion, when His Majesty went out to meet Shi Kun and Zhang Ju, I was sitting in Yecheng, and when Shi Jian wanted to order people to take advantage of the chaos, I could take advantage of it and take advantage of it. Occupying the city of Ye, recruiting troops, and seizing his position, is there any misfortune like this? Now that you believe in it, you see doubts, you are loyal but you are slandered, isn't it strange?"

"Father, times have changed, and now he is the king, and we are ministers. We will not be allowed to measure his heirs."

Li Nong sat down and pondered for a long time.

"Shen Zhongsu complained about his father's high position and power. It was rumored in the city that he repeatedly spoke to the Wei emperor, intending to get rid of his father and then quickly."

"Your Excellency, Young Master." During the conversation, the old slave in the mansion came, "Third Young Master has woken up."

At this time, in the depths of Ye Palace, Li Tekang trotted all the way, only hastily entered Ran Min's bedroom, seeing that the candles in Ran Min's bedroom had not been extinguished, he went straight to meet him at the side of the imperial couch, "Your Majesty, you have a clue."

Only at this time a woman was on the side, and Li Tekang was embarrassed and was busy withdrawing. Ran Min only said: "This is my first wife, Mrs. Dong, not someone else, no wonder."

Li Tekang didn't evade, but raised his head and stared at him closely, but his eyes were filled with hatred. Mrs. Dong felt uncomfortable because of his stare, and said to Ran Min: "Military and state affairs, the harem is not allowed to participate in politics, and the concubine resigns. "

Ran Min just let her go, and then saw that Li Tekang was still looking directly at her back, seeming to hate her, and said with a smile: "Everyone in the world says that it is good to be an emperor, the power of life and death is in your hands, and the beauty of the world is full. You can have sex every night, but you don't know that when you reach the peak, you will also become a lonely family."

After listening to Ran Min's words, Li Tekang only said quietly: "Your Majesty, if you can have a white prime minister as a supporter and have a heart-to-heart bond, but you have to give up the country, is your majesty willing?"

Ran Min was taken aback for a moment, then he calmed down and said: "Time is destiny, if it gets to this point, it will no longer be under human control. Shi Yun, it's not..."

"Your Majesty, is there a problem with Li Nongguo?" Li Tekang only changed the topic and said, "Do you still remember the person who was Wang Zhuo back then?"

Ran Min recalled what happened back then, "I used to use Shi Chong and felt guilty about Shi Chong, so since I ascended the throne, Wang Zhuo has come and gone as he pleases, what's going on now?"

Li Tekang only stared into Ran Min's eyes and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang just returned from Xiangguo."

"Xiangguo?" Ran Min's eyes couldn't help being alert, "What does that have to do with Li Nong?" He suddenly asked, "What evidence is there?"

Li Tekang only said: "The evidence is Li Nong's son and the enemy soldiers of Xiangguo."

"First: In order to protect himself, Wang Tong wrote a handwritten letter to Li Nong's third son according to my wishes, and the third son really went to the appointment. Second..."

While talking, the servant entered the hall and said, "Your Majesty, the border scouts have an urgent military report."

"Please."

I saw the scouts, who didn't take off their armor, hurriedly reported to Ran Min, and then withdrew.

Ran Min hurriedly browsed through the military newspaper, closed it, handed the military newspaper to Li Tekang, and said, "Li Tekang, according to your words, Xiangguo Yuhu, lead the army to attack."

"Your Majesty, isn't this enough to prove Li Nong's rebellious heart?"

"You step back first." Ran Min asked him to go back to rest for a moment before he could clear his mind.

After Li Tekang left, Mrs. Dong only came out from the back of the hall, and said to Ran Min, "Husband, I always feel that Li Tekang has something on his mind?"

"After this son is general, I am going to recruit Huren athletes to enrich our army. I think he is really loyal and brave, and he is worthy of great responsibility. I want to set up this example."

Dong still stretched out her hand to hold Ran Min's chest carefully, put her face on it, and said, "After all, he is a barbarian, and my concubine is still a little worried."

Ran Min caressed Mrs. Dong, "I have released all the Hu people's prisoners and recruited Hu people from all over the world. Now our Wei country has a shortage of soldiers, and most Han people have fled to the south. If we continue to stick to the Hu-Han distinction, I'm afraid it will be difficult for our Wei country to gain a foothold in the Central Plains." .”

Dong lifted her from his chest, looked at Ran Min and said, "The hatred between Hu and Han cannot be resolved overnight, killing Hu Ling that day...Your Majesty must be more prepared."

On the second day, Ran Min of the Grand Dynasty of the Taiwu Palace changed the legal attire of the previous court, and wore the uniform with twelve chapters of Fufu and twelve chapters of Pingmian, reverting to the style of the Han people.The courtiers also ordered the corresponding five-color court clothes according to the season.

Ran Min took the lead in saying: "My dear friends, the Shi family's remnants of Xiangguo still exist today. They don't subdue our great Wei Tianwei, go against the sky, steal the emperor's throne, and send their prime minister, Shi Kun, to bring hundreds of thousands of people to attack. According to Handan. Therefore, Liu Guo, the general of Zhennan, also raised troops from Fanyang in Hebing to conspire to attack Wei. If I want to lead a large army to attack Wei, you may have objections."

Hu Mu came out, held a wat board and said: "Your Majesty is the body of ten thousand chariots, so don't go into danger lightly."

All the ministers said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

But Ran Min waved his hands, and said calmly: "It's not that I want to go to the danger myself, but the intruder is not someone who is waiting for you."

Speaking of this, Ran Min's voice trembled a little, "Back then, I, together with Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, Liu Ning, Zhang Hedu, etc., fought against Liang Du's rebellion, together with the soldiers, we wiped out the rebellion. , We and the former governor of Luozhou, Liu Guoju, gathered in Licheng and conspired to cut him down. To help the country, the world is turned upside down, and it will only take a year to come. Now everyone is their master, things are different, and when we meet again But it's already swords and soldiers facing each other."

Wang Tai stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty inherits the fate of heaven and earth, and relieves the people from hanging upside down. There is no one better than His Majesty. Your Majesty must not abolish the public for personal reasons because of the kindness of the past."

Ran Min only recovered his senses and smiled, "General Wei is really bluntly admonishing, I only thought of fighting side by side for a moment, and almost cared about my personal relationship."

Ran Min got up and declared: "The enemy came from several roads and I went all the way. I led the fine cavalry and went straight to Handan to meet Shi Kun. The rest of the people will prepare their troops and horses to defend the city of Ye."

After finishing speaking, Ran Min looked at Li Nong and said, "King Qi, now I am leading an army outside, and I will pay all the affairs of Yecheng to Qing, is it okay?"

Hearing this, Wang Tai was in a hurry and said without hesitation: "Your Majesty committed the danger alone and handed over the capital to a foreigner, and he will feel uneasy."

"Oh?" Ran Min smiled, "We started from the very beginning, and the times dictated it. If there was no Li Nong back then, and Li Sikong first rose to power in the capital, how could I sit facing the south and say I am a widow? You can't trust Li Nong. Can I still not trust Li Nong?"

Speaking of which, Ran Min looked at Li Nong, met his four eyes, and said, "King Qi, we can entrust you with the matter of Yecheng, can you?"

Li Nong only went out and kowtowed: "I will not accept your majesty's trust, and guard the capital of our Wei State."

Ran Min nodded, facing the officials and said in a serious voice: "Since that's the case, all the lovers will return to their positions and perform their duties. I will lead the army and set off soon."

(End of this chapter)