The Yanming of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 53
In the execution ground, Shi Xuan's clansmen stood kneeling in rows, with "Mingshackles" behind them.The executioner held the knife with one hand, threw away the wooden plank of the bright shackles with the other, raised the machete with both hands, and dropped the knife with a "click".

The surrounding crowd sighed, and everyone closed their eyes.

The little boy was covered by his mother, and he said immaturely: "Mother, what did they do to be beheaded?"

The woman lowered her head and said cautiously: "It's because they belong to the Shi family."

The child said puzzledly: "Everyone says the emperor is good, but I don't think he is as good as us ordinary people."

The child's words made the woman shudder, and she quickly covered his mouth.

While speaking, I heard the sergeant in the execution ground yelling, "Take the last team."

For a while, the people escorted to the execution ground were tied into several strings, connected with ropes from front to back, and pushed to the execution ground by people.

"Ah, mother, look quickly, that person is so small." The child in the crowd exclaimed.

"Quick, close your eyes." The woman covered the child's eyes.

"Sister, where are you going, sister? You all got mixed up like this." The young child who was escorted was just puzzled.

The elder sister comforted: "Shi Bao, let's go inside and play a game later, it will be over as soon as we close our eyes."

Shi Baopu blinked his eyes and said, "It's not fun, I want my father, Grandpa Huang."

"Hurry up, don't hurry up." A sergeant at the back pushed the group of people, only to see the woman with a delicate figure and a clear face suddenly fell down.Seeing this, the sergeant next to her pulled up her sleeve and pulled her forward.

The maid next to her broke through the crowd to protect the man and said, "How dare you people be so rude to Princess Shi Yun."

Shi Yun pushed Xiao Qiu away and said, "Don't talk about Xiao Qiu, but he was born in the emperor's house. They also obeyed orders. Now you are lucky to get rid of it, so go."

On the beheading stage, Shi Hu originally wanted not to go to the scene, but Liu Hou and Zhang Ji were worried that someone would interfere, so they repeatedly invited Shi Hu to watch the beheading.Shi Hu considered the safety of Shi Shi's throne.At this time, he was sitting beside him silently.It's just that when it's time to execute, he closes his eyes and can't bear to watch.

Under the stage, Ran Min was watching the people on the execution ground.

"Brother, it's difficult." Wang Tai whispered to Ran Min from the side.

Ran Min glanced at Shi Hu on the monitoring platform, then turned to Wang Tai and said, "The knife-axe fighters and guards are all our own, as long as we can lure the emperor away."

Wang Tai said worriedly, "It's all Zhang Jackal's fault. I'm worried about us doing something wrong."

The leaky engraving on the side of "Didi" drips water, and the engraved watch keeps sinking.

At this time Wang Tai reported to Ran Min: "Brother, Zhang Jackal has already sent someone to urge him, why is he still not executed?"

Ran Min pulled Wang Tai aside, lightly lighted the back of his waist, turned to the side of the surveillance stage, and said, "Wang Tai, look at Shi Hu always staring at that child."

Wang Tai looked at Shi Hu along the way, and then at the child on the execution ground, frowning, "Indeed, I have heard that Shi Hu loves Shi Xuan's young son Shi Bao the most, and he always holds him in his arms. .”

Ran Min exhorted: "Wang Tai, if you want to save Shi Yun now, it seems that you can only use this child."

Wang Tai only thought for a moment, and instantly understood.He cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate will do it now."

The sergeant guarding the leaked tick kept a close eye on the clock, and the "drop" of the water fell down one notch, exactly to the three tick mark, and shouted: "The time has come, the execution will be executed."

"Grandpa, grandpa, I want to see grandpa." At this moment, a childish voice came over clearly.

Under the prison stage, at some point, the child rushed directly to the stage. Outside the execution ground, people around heard the sound and whispered to each other. When they saw that it was a child, their voices burst into an uproar.

Zhang Jack was furious, pulled out a saber of the sergeant next to him, pointed at the people on the execution ground and scolded: "What are you people doing, you can't even look after a child."

Infantry captain Zhang Ai stepped forward and kowtowed to apologize, "The general is negligent, this child is like a loach, who can catch him." But he blocked the direction Zhang Jack wanted to intercept Shi Bao.

I saw the young boy rushing up to the supervisory stage, and threw himself into Shi Hu's arms. "Grandpa, why don't you want your grandson?" Shi Bao cried heartbreakingly.Even if Shi Hu has a heart of stone at this time, he can't bear it, and just wants to hug him forward.

At this moment, Liu Zhaoyi was beside him, and when he saw this, he hurriedly grabbed Shi Hu, "Your Majesty, this is the queen of a rebellious son, and I cannot hug her."

Unexpectedly, Shi Hu was very displeased when he heard it, "I just hugged my grandson, so what does it have to do with you?"

"Bao'er is here, Grandpa Huang will hug you." As he spoke, he only picked up the young child.

Just at this moment, a shout came from the crowd nearby, "What is wrong with the child." Seeing this, Zhang Jack hurriedly ordered his subordinates to maintain order. At this moment, he saw Shi Hu hugging his grandson, and he knew that if he didn't stop him, Shi Hu would be afraid. The love of the tiger licking the calf is about to arise, and Shi Xuan's youngest son must not be left in the world, so he went straight forward.

In the execution ground, Ran Min gave a signal with his eyes, and the sergeant at the side immediately understood.

"Look," the surrounding crowd exclaimed.I saw a big banner standing in front of the door fell down and was about to smash into the crowd.

"Mom, Mom, I'm afraid." A child happened to be standing under the flagpole, crying. Seeing that the flagpole was about to fall, people in the crowd screamed.At this moment, a figure flashed by, only pushed the child outside, and the child was saved!Only that person was covered by a huge flag, and he was still alive and dead.

The sergeant in front of the door was also in confusion, and tore the flag away, but the flag was quite large, and the sergeant took a lot of effort to put it back together, only to see the woman under the flag, her face was covered with blood, as if she had been hit.

The flag was quite big, covering Shi Yun and the woman next to him.

It happened so suddenly that the surrounding sergeants had no time to react.

At this time, Wang Tai rushed over and told the surrounding soldiers: "Wait and take care of the good criminals, don't let any one escape."

Immediately, he ordered the following sergeants to take the wounded woman away and treat her quickly.

At this moment, Ran Min also came, seeing that the wooden fence gate was pushed down by the big flag, it was difficult to fix it for a while, so he ordered the surrounding soldiers to guard the place and not let anyone in or out.

At this time on the stage of supervision, Zhang Jack only took a vicious look at Ran Min, knowing that Shi Bao's move, if not for Ran Min's obstruction, would not have escaped. .At this time, Zhang Xiong, Zhang Xiong's younger brother, suddenly shouted: "By the order of my emperor, all criminals will be punished and will not be forgiven."

When Shi Bao heard Zhang Xiong's words in Shi Hu's arms, he was immediately furious, crying, "Grandpa is bad, grandpa is bad." He struggled to leave.

Shi Hu just wanted to hug again, and said in his mouth: "Grandpa has no other choice, grandson is innocent, so grandpa will let you go."

At this time, Liu Zhaoyi quickly gave Zhang Jack a wink, and Zhang Jack understood, the moment Shi Bao left Shi Hu's embrace, he immediately grabbed Shi Bao.Shi Bao turned pale with fright, knowing that if he fell into this person's hands, his life would be lost.He suddenly cried, "Grandpa, save me." He only held on to Shi Hu's belt, but at this moment Zhang Jack had already made up his mind.Pulling Shi Bao with all his strength, Shi Bao almost broke Shi Hu's belt.

At this time, Shi Hu said angrily: "General Zhang, what do you want to do? I have forgiven Bao'er, how dare you disobey orders." Zhang Jack only took Shi Bao down and stuffed it into the hands of the soldiers on the execution ground.

Zhang Jack turned around and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, don't be merciful for a single thought. If Bao'er is here, the stone world established by your majesty will be another stone Hong."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiong, Zhang Jack's brother, knelt down first, and the sergeants beside him also knelt down in unison, saying in unison: "Your Majesty, don't make the same mistakes again."

Shi Hong is the crown prince established by the Taizu Shi Le. The right servant of the Shangshu, Jian Chengya, has repeatedly advised Shi Le, saying that Shi Le "specializes in conquest for a long time, powerful inside and outside, but unbearable, cruel and easy to kill... Please take care of your majesty, and get rid of this trouble as soon as possible." ” But Shi Le loved Shi Hu’s handsome talent, and did not get rid of Shi Hu on the grounds that “the world is not in peace, and the war is not over.”Unexpectedly, Cheng Xia's words became a proverb. Shi Hong reigned for two years, was held hostage by Shi Hu, and was forced to Zen. He was only 22 years old when he died.

"Grandpa, grandpa save me." Shi Bao's cry brought Shi Hu's thoughts back to the execution ground.

Shi Hu looked at Shi Bao who was being pulled down on the chopping platform, but remained silent and closed his eyes lightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Jackal ordered on behalf of Ran Min: "Execute the sentence."

Ran Min was on the execution ground at this moment, and immediately shouted: "The last 12 members of Shi Xuan's disciples are all here, and execute the sentence."

The executioner raises the knife and falls, the heads are rolling, and Shi Xuan's sons will end up "absolutely."

"Pfft..." Shi Hu heard the sound of the head rolling down, and the blood surged up in his chest, and he couldn't stop it anymore.A mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Everyone panicked.

"Hurry up, go back to the palace and pass it on to the medical officer." Liu Zhaoyi hurriedly ordered someone to lift up the stone tiger, and only headed towards Ye Palace.

Inside the Jinhua Hall of Ye Palace, outside the dormitory, Liu Zhaoyi was serving decoctions outside, and Shi Shi was serving inside.

Zhang Jack came quietly at this time, and when he saw Liu Zhaoyi, he bowed slightly and said, "Liu Zhaoyi, is the king safe?"

"It turned out to be Master Zhang." Liu Zhaoyi hurriedly stood up and whispered to Zhang Jackal, "Now that His Majesty is by your side, I'm sorry that I can't use my full strength."

Zhang Jack was overwhelmed by the flattery, he only piled up his ravine face, his slender eyes almost disappeared, and said with a smile, "Oh, why did Zhaoyi say that."

Liu Zhaoyi took a step closer and said, "I've seen it all. Fortunately, the execution ground made a decisive decision so that Shi Bao and that kid escaped by chance. I am grateful for this kindness."

However, Zhang Jack also had a lot of rhetoric, "Where is Liu Zhaoyi talking, the old minister has known Liu Zhaoyi for many years, and now His Majesty is immortal, and the artifact should be moved. Shi Shi also has a heart of benevolence and filial piety, and the old minister thinks that it should be established."

"Ho, ho!" Liu Zhaoyi covered her face and smiled, "General Zhang really has a heart, thank you, my concubine."

"Ahem" There was a coughing sound from inside, and then Shi Shi ran out in a hurry, but he saw Zhang Jack and hurriedly saluted.Turning around, he said to Liu Zhaoyi, "Mother, His Majesty wants you in."

Liu Zhaoyi then entered the inner room with the maid.Shi Shi and Zhang Jack were waiting outside.

Not long after, there was a voice of reprimand from inside, and it was vaguely heard, "You must not interfere in politics".I saw Liu Zhaoyi came out in a hurry, with an unhappy face, and said to the female officer: "Your Majesty has passed the decree, please Li Nong, Zhang Ju, and Zhang Jacko kneel before the bed together to welcome the decree."

"Yes." The female officer turned around and walked out of the hall.

Seeing the displeasure on Liu Zhaoyi's face, Zhang Jack hurried forward and asked in a low voice, "It's common sense for His Majesty to deliver the decree. Why is Liu Zhaoyi displeased?"

Liu Zhaoyi only glanced at Shi Shi, but the child was respectful, thinking about his father's illness, sighed and said: "I'm afraid that the night will have long dreams, so I said a few more words, Zhang Jie has always been loyal, Your Majesty can entrust him .”

"It's a woman's opinion." Zhang Jack was in a hurry, and he grabbed Liu Zhaoyi's skirt in a hurry, "If you don't bear it, you will make big plans, and you should not act too hastily."

"General Zhang?"

Suddenly there was a voice from the side, and Shi Shi next to him was staring at them.Although Shi Shi is only ten years old, everything is complicated this year, and this ten-year-old child is already different from the past.

Zhang Jack let go hastily, knelt in panic and said, "I lost my composure for a while, I apologize."

Liu Zhaoyi also hurriedly said: "Shi'er, General Zhang also made an unintentional mistake."

"Mother, without Zhang Jack, would I really not be able to be crowned prince?" Shi Shi asked while staring at his mother.

"Oh, you child, what are you talking about," Liu Zhaoyi said to Shi Shi, "Mother doesn't like you talking like this, His Majesty likes you very much, General Zhang is just giving advice."

Shi Shi only looked at Zhang Jack for a long time, and suddenly saluted slowly: "Although my mother said so, my son has asked General Zhang."

At this time, in the southeast corner outside the city, at Dongming Temple, Li Nong was entrusted by Ran Min to visit Shi Yun, but he was fine.

At this time, the eldest son came in a hurry, seeing his father dismounted from the horse, he hurried forward and said: "Someone from the palace has delivered an order, ordering my father to enter the palace to face the saint."

Li Nong only tightened his thin forehead, his eyes became deeper, and asked, "Who else?"

"Taiwei Zhang Ju also entered the palace together."

"Son, this matter is of great importance. The honor and disgrace of my Li family are tied to this. From today onwards, you must act carefully." Li Nong supported the eldest son on the shoulder.

The eldest son approached and said: "My son heard that Shi Huguan suffered a serious illness the day before yesterday, and he was called urgently today for fear of a major incident. Could it be..." and only wrote on his father's palm " establish a prince".Both father and son nodded in unison.

Li Nong said with a smile: "My younger brother is the eldest son, much better than your third younger brother. My Li family and my family will leave it to you as a no-brainer. That's right, as a father, I also think it's due to this matter."

The eldest son said in a low voice: "Father, the person who should be established is King Shi Bin of Yan. He is old and has been familiar with government affairs for a long time. He should be the best candidate for the crown prince."

"For the sake of Zhao's country, I should give my advice." After finishing speaking, he said to the groom next to him, "Prepare the horse." Li Nong only took one lunge and flew onto the horse, only to see that it was about to raise the whip.

"Wait a minute!" The eldest son blocked Li Nong's way.

"Father, the heir of the country is something that my foreign ministers can say. As long as the father can follow his wishes, how can he have his own opinions?"

Li Nong only led the horses to pace and didn't intend to come down. He said: "If I want to form a party for personal gain, I, Shi Jian and Ran Min led the army when I was the fifth king of Zhao. Fortunately, Ran Min assisted me. To win the victory in Miannan. I should advise Li Shijian and Ran Min, but Yan Wang Shibin is the eldest son, since ancient times, the elders and younger ones have been orderly, and there are differences between the descendants and concubines, how can they be established indiscriminately because of love."

The Eldest Young Master hurriedly grabbed the collar of his father's horse, and said: "Now that Your Majesty is in a daze and has been deceived by Zhang Jackal, it is better for Father not to speak out."

"Go, get out of the way." Li Nong just raised his whip, "Drive..." and went straight to Yecheng.

Immediately, Li Nong, Zhang Ju, and Zhang Jack were all waiting to be called outside the Jinhua Hall.

Liu Zhaoyi came out from the inner room and said to everyone: "Your Majesty, please."

The three of them went into Emperor Zhao's bedroom, only to see Yang Huan supporting Shi Hu, leaning on the couch with his upper body, his feet hanging on the ground, he almost wanted to get up but couldn't help it.

Seeing this, Li Nong said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please take care of your daughter's body. We can kneel down to hear the order."

Shi Hu raised his hand laboriously, signaling to the servant next to him, "You are important ministers of the country, how can you be disrespectful, come here, give three people each a bed, and the four of us sit and talk."

Everyone sat down beside Shi Hu, Shi Hu supported his upper body at this time, and said: "The Hualin Garden of the Ye Palace has been completed today, and the Taiwu Hall was also completed the year before. My city of Ye has regained the glory of Wei Wu in the past. .I intend to succeed the emperor in the first month of next year."

Zhang Julue thought for a while and sang: "'Flying your majesty's square chariot to the west, the three towers stand tall and towering....Zhou Xuan Zhongtian, Dan Chi Lin Hou, adding E'e, clearing the dust.... Baji can be surrounded In the eyes of an inch, everything can be unified in one dynasty." Zuo Si, a native of the Jin Dynasty, praised the grand scenery of the Ye Palace in "Wei Du Fu". However, the political affairs of the Jin Dynasty were not repaired, and the city of Ye was destroyed by wars. Fortunately, His Majesty spread all over the world. Unexpectedly, I was able to see you again. Now that the Central Plains are flat, only one corner of the south of the Yangtze River is still undecided. In terms of achievements, your majesty only pursues Wei Wu. However, your majesty was born in a humble birth compared to Cao Cao, who was eunuch and ugly, and the king of heaven is even more outstanding."

"What Zhang Taiwei said is very true. Wei Wu only called Wei King throughout his life, why? However, he was trapped in the status of the ministers of the Han Dynasty in the early years. Now the Jin Dynasty is declining, and the destiny has shifted." Shi Hu only looked at him. Everyone, but saw that the three of them were listening carefully.Shi Hu cleared his throat and said, "I've been thinking about this for a long time. If I don't add the title of emperor at this time, I might be ridiculed by the people of the world. 'However, the Jin Dynasty is weak now, and I intend to succeed the emperor in the first month of next year."

Zhang Jack immediately got up with a smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty should have done this a long time ago. The Lord of my Great Zhao is the Emperor. The first emperor created the title of Heavenly King because of the unrest in the world. It has never happened in ancient times, and it is quite twisted. The lord of my country of Zhao is the majestic emperor."

When Zhang Ju saw Zhang Jackal acting like this, he understood that His Majesty had intended it a long time ago, but it was inconvenient to say it clearly earlier, but now that the Eucharist is not hesitating, he no longer hesitated, and when he wanted to fulfill his wish, he also got up and congratulated: The achievements are worthy of the emperor's title, and the ministers agree."

"Li Sikong?" Shi Hu looked at Li Nong who was silent beside him.

"Your Majesty." Hearing Shi Hu's call, Li Nong got up hurriedly.

"What do you think?" Shi Hu asked.

Li Nong carefully expressed his worries, "The minister is thinking, the Zhang family in Hexi, and Murong in Liaodong are both enshrined in Jinshi Zhengshuo. If I take the lead in proclaiming emperor today, whether..."

Zhang Jack squinted at him again, and said sarcastically: "Li Sikong's alarmist words are overheard. The Jin Dynasty is now in power with orphans and widowed mothers. Outside, there is Huan Wen, the powerful minister, and there is Kuaiji King Sima Yu inside. The decline of political affairs is like this. This is a good opportunity for our Zhao Kingdom to become emperor. At that time, the Zhang family in Hexi and Murong in Liaodong will change their families and honor our Zhao Kingdom."

Zhang Jackal was quite conceited about his remarks, thinking that Zhao Guo is strong and should be the best among all the countries, Shi Hu had the intention of proclaiming himself emperor.In this way, Zhang Jackal has the merit of persuading and admonishing him, and his status among the assistant ministers should be further improved.

Just as Zhang Jack was talking, Li Nong got up and knelt down in front of the stone tiger. The beryl jade at his waist hit the clean floor tiles, making a crisp sound.

"Your Majesty, don't take a false name to get real disasters. Don't you hear the story of King Qi Min and the Eastern Emperor."

Zhang Jack only got up, and angrily reprimanded in front of Li Nong: "Li Sikong, Your Majesty is so wise and powerful, how can it be compared to the young master of the Jin family. My Great Zhao army is going south, and it will be as easy as a straw to clean up the Jin family."

Shi Hu only waved his hands and said: "General Zhang, please be safe and don't be impatient. Li Sikong has been fighting with me for many years and is indeed loyal. You step down."

Zhang Jack was annoyed, so he returned to his seat and sat down.

Shi Hu waved his hand, beckoning Li Nong to sit down, and asked: "Li Sikong, please press the button for now. I have another question, the prosperity and decline of the country depends on the crown prince. Who should be the crown prince?"

Li Nong just sat down, stood up again and said: "Yangong Shibin has martial arts strategy, Pengcheng Gongshi Zun has Wende, but your Majesty's choice, I should follow it."

Shi Hu was not in a hurry when he heard it, and replied: "Qing's words are quite to the point."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie said anxiously: "Duke Yan's mother is cheap, and she made mistakes once. Pengcheng Gong Shi Zun's mother is also the mother of the former deposed prince. If she is established now, I may still have resentment towards Your Majesty. Your Majesty should think about it."

Li Nong scolded angrily: "Since your Majesty ascended the throne, Shi Bin has quelled the chaos in Guanzhong and made great contributions to the country. Shi Zun's Wenzhi is brilliant, and all officials are convinced. If your Majesty chooses one of these two sons, it will be in line with the destiny and people's hearts. I hope your majesty will accept it." Of."

Zhang Jack did not show weakness, and only advised His Majesty: "Your Majesty, the crown prince was established before because of his mother's advocacy of lowliness, so there were endless disasters. If you want to establish him now, you should choose a filial mother with a noble mother and a filial son."

Zhang Jack looked back at Zhang Ju and Li Nong, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Shishi should be established."

Li Nong said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Shi Shi is young, and his mother is weak and his son is strong. It is impossible."

At this time, Zhang Ju, who was silent next to him, said in the foreword: "Shi Shi is a virtuous and obedient relative, quite like a virtuous lord, and the minister seconded it."

"Zhang Taiwei, you?" Li Nong was shocked.

But I saw Zhang Taiwei, staring at Li Nong, and glanced to the side under the curtain, but there was a skirt exposed, so I don't want to think about it, it should be Empress Liu who is also eavesdropping.Li Nong looked at the screen behind Shihu, but there seemed to be a shadowy figure, lying in ambush.He already understood in his heart that Shi Hu had made up his mind, and calling his ministers to come was just a test of his mind.If he had two hearts towards Shi Shi today, his life would be in danger the moment he stepped out of the palace gate.

"My lord, I don't understand the holy will, I atone for my sin." Li Nong bowed down and apologized.

Shi Hu showed an imperceptible smile.

Shi Hu tried his best to squeeze out a smile, "You and the three of you all have the same heart, I am so happy, come..."

(End of this chapter)