The Yanming of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 61
In Ye Palace, it has been a long time since there was a "live" Shihu.All the female officials and servants are now used to Shihu being a display.Shi Hu, who had been ill in bed for many days, unexpectedly came back to life and wanted to get out of bed and walk around.Opening his eyes, he shouted, "Aifei, where is Aifei?"

The maids and attendants on the left and right were startled, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed their heads in silence.

Shi Hu slowly sat on the side of the bed, supporting his body weakly. Seeing this, a maid hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

Shi Hu grabbed the maidservant's hand and asked, "Where is Empress Liu? Where has she gone?" The maidservant was sweating profusely, everyone in the inner palace knew that His Majesty was seriously ill, and no one in the inner palace could control it.Now Empress Liu is afraid that she is hanging out with Zhang Jackal, how can this be said.

The old woman who was old was well-versed in human feelings, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the state affairs are busy now, and the crown prince is still young. Empress Liu is now taking care of the crown prince and has the responsibility of teaching. She must be living in the East Palace to persuade His Highness the crown prince to study." Said Completely winking at others.

Others quickly echoed in their hearts: "Yes, yes, Empress Liu guards His Majesty day and night on weekdays. If it weren't for the Crown Prince, His Majesty will be able to meet at this time."

"That's it, it's hard work for her, but being a mother is tough." Shi Hu stretched out his hands to the left and right.Suddenly he asked coldly, "Has Shi Zun returned yet?"

A maidservant said casually, "I just came the day before yesterday, and it was..."

The old woman hurriedly interrupted her words and said: "Shi Zunyuan wanted to enter the palace to visit His Majesty's bed, but who would have thought that there would be a warning in Jicheng, and His Majesty would not be able to take matters into consideration, so he could only go ahead Retire."

"Is there such a thing?" Shi Hu was hesitant, but seeing that the old woman's mind was active at that time, she hurriedly touched Yang Huan, the head of the housekeeper, with her arm, and Yang Huan quickly reacted and said: "Yes, yes, The State of Yan has always been spying on the State of Zhao, but now that Shi Zun has left, he has the intention of going south, and the King of Pengcheng is also worried about state affairs, and he will return to the capital again in the near future."

Shihu woke up after lying down for a long time, his mind was a little muddy, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he said: "Come, help me up. If I remember correctly, the Liangdu Rebellion has been put down for more than a month, and the Yan Kingdom will have peace." This is a change. Last year its lord Murong Hao just died, and his son Murong Jun succeeded to the throne. Since ancient times, the throne has been changed, which is very dangerous, but the stability of the country is as usual, and it is truly awesome." With a long sigh, "Yi Sun Shimin advises Said: "His son Murong Ke is very courageous, and I am afraid that among the generals of Zhao State, there is no opponent, and Yan Guocheng will be troubled."

Hearing this, the servant Yang Huan stepped forward to remonstrate: "My state of Zhao is rich in the world, and no one in the Kyushu can match it. The king is wise and powerful, and the state of Yan can't be compared. If time is given, the state of Yan will be destroyed in one fell swoop. "

Shihu lamented: "How long?" Shihu sighed, "I'm afraid the end is coming. Fotucheng has entered the pass in the west, and there is only one stone buried in the tomb. The stone, I also, bury me and go, I He's about to die." Shi Huqiang lifted his spirits, "Ping Liangdu's hero has not yet been rewarded, and I want to welcome the triumphant army. I want to lay the foundation for the world."

All the maids knelt down and persuaded: "Your Majesty should take good care of the dragon's body, and hope to remember Zhao Guo."

"It's okay, it's okay, come and order someone to change my clothes. I've been lying down for a long time, and my hands and feet are heavy. I want to walk around in the palace."

Shi Hu's body was getting heavier and heavier, and his body was weak and heavy, so it took a lot of effort to change into the normal clothes.

Shihu had been ill for a long time, and everything in the palace was slack. He walked all the way from the inner court to Xihe, but saw that the surrounding weeds were overgrown, and the flowers and trees were withered.Although it is late spring, there is a sense of sadness in autumn.Shi Hu asked as he walked: "Before I got sick, I called King Yan back to the capital, where is Bin'er now?"

The attendant dared not answer, he only promised, said yes, and kowtowed.

Shi Hu has been ill for a long time now, and he no longer has the tyrannical feelings of the past. Perhaps he would mourn when he is about to die, and sighed: "It's normal for you not to know. You must know how many secrets are hidden in this huge Ye Palace. live a long time."

Shi Hu called her to get up, and muttered to himself: "Bin'er and Zun'er are not around, who can trust us with big things?"

While talking, I only heard the voices of people in Xihe, and the noise continued, and Shi Hu wanted to go.A servant suddenly broke in and advised Shi Hu: "There is something strange in front, please move your Majesty to Kunhua Hall."

But Shi Hu's blood surged immediately, and he said angrily: "Xiao Shu, this Ye Palace is my heart, is it dangerous, get out of the way."

Shi Hu climbed to the bridge, but he saw General Longteng Zhonglang under him, leading more than two hundred palace guards, all bowed down on the ground.

Seeing Shi Hu coming in person, all the officers and men were furious and cheered endlessly.

But Shi Hu saw that General Longteng Zhonglang was very familiar in front of him, and asked quickly: "Who are you? I am very familiar."

The man bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty has a good memory. In the fourth year of King Zhao (the fourth year of Jianwu), there were locusts in the eight counties of Jizhou, and Si Li wanted to frame my father. It happened that His Majesty was visiting Zhongshan County, and my ministers avenged my father's grievances. Your Majesty did not treat me as a minister." Vulgar, carefully checked the people's sentiments, there was no partiality, and ordered: "This government is out of harmony, I am not virtuous, but if you want to blame and guard the governor, how can Yu and Tang sin against themselves! I blamed the innocent for not arresting me, so my responsibility is heavy, but the white-collared Sili.' I admire your majesty's generosity, so I joined the army and defended our country of Zhao, and was promoted to Longteng Zhonglang because of my meritorious service."

Shi Hu rejoiced and said: "It was Hao Erlang, the governor of Zhongshan County. I haven't seen him for a long time, and he has grown a lot. You brought everyone here, why?"

General Long Teng Zhonglang said: "Your Majesty, now that the holy bow is in violation of the peace, everything is quite useless, and the officials are terrified. It is advisable to let King Yan enter the guard and guard the army."

Shi Hu was suspicious and asked, "Do you all have this thought?"

Guards, you look at me, I look at you, the Lord asked a question, but did not dare to answer for a while.Suddenly a person said, "That's exactly what I mean."

Hearing the words, Shi Hu didn't say anything. Gradually, the guards rose up and shouted: "King Yan, King Yan."

Under the turmoil of the crowd, a general suddenly cupped his hands and said: "I beg Shi Bin to be the crown prince."

The noise stopped for a while, Shi Hu walked down the steps slowly, and came to the guard.Yang Huan next to him was also very nervous when he heard Shi Bin's name. Before following Shi Hu down the steps, he quickly signaled to the little servant next to him to run out of the palace and report to Zhang Jack.

Shi Hu came up to the man, held his arm and said, "Do you all have this wish?"

I saw the deputy general said: "Your Majesty, I see that the prince is lonely and young. He can't restrain the strong generals from the outside, and he can't caress the bureaucrats from the inside. Once the mountains collapse, the country will be in danger. Please make King Yan the prince."

Since ancient times, the king's heart has been like a sea. When Shi Hu heard this, he was displeased and turned angry. He said: "Now that the crown prince has been established, you are arbitrarily arguing about the establishment of the heir. It is a great crime. If it weren't for the fact that you have fought for Zhao for many years, you would almost want to take it." Next, what is your intention in peace?"

I saw that Longteng Zhonglang suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Your Majesty, I wait for the country, not for personal reasons. However, I have seen that my third son has passed away from the Zhao Guo Li Chu, and I am afraid that disaster will come. The previous dynasty is not far away. , I am afraid that there will be disasters for Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty."

After speaking, he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself in front of the palace. All the guards rushed forward when they saw this, and hurriedly tried to stop him, only to hear him shouting, "Zhao Huang, I don't want to see the brothers of the Zhao Kingdom in chaos. Blood bless my great Zhao." After finishing speaking, he slayed himself and died.

Shi Hu was greatly stimulated, dizzy and about to fall.Yang Huan stepped forward to support Shi Hu, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you have been out for a long time, why don't you go to the palace to rest?"

Shi Hu waved his hands, pulled himself together, leaned down, tightly grasped Long Teng Zhonglang's already cold hand and said, "Why are you so decisive? If you want to protect our Zhao country, you must rely on the king. Come here, and bury this king honorably." .”

The left and right attendants all said yes.

Shi Hu got up slowly, supported Yang Huandao's shoulders, and asked the attendant: "I announced Shi Bin to enter the capital a few days ago, why has it been so long?"

The servants and maidservants on the left and right were silent. Yang Huan's eyes sparkled, and he hurriedly said: "Due to the conquest of Liangdu, Shi Bin, the king of Yan, was infected with wind and cold on the way back to his teacher due to the storm, and could not enter the capital. Diagnosis and treatment by the Imperial Physician in the palace."

"Is that so?" Shi Hu only looked at Yang Huan suspiciously, already noncommittal.

At this time, I saw a member of the army lying down crying and admonishing: "Your Majesty's affairs are critical. If a major event breaks down, it will be difficult to deal with it. I ask King Yan to enter the capital as soon as possible without any hesitation."

As soon as the words fell, there were chaotic footsteps in the distance, and a group of guards was already on the road.It turned out that Zhang Jie had rushed to Xihe after hearing the news. Yang Huan glanced at him from a distance, and slowly backed out while Shi Hu was speaking.At this time, Shi Hu was accompanied by only a few maids and attendants.

When Shi Hu heard the words of joining the army, he also felt that it was very reasonable, and called out: "Send someone to use my imperial chariot to welcome King Yan, and I will hand it over to the seal in person."

Shi Hu called out, but none of the attendants on the left and right responded.

Shi Hu said displeased: "You eunuchs, did you hear that, come here." Shi Hu turned his head to look at the servants and maidservants on the left and right, only to see that those people just knelt down, neither answering nor accepting orders.

Shi Hu kicked those people violently, but there was no response.Suddenly the footsteps of "da da" gradually started outside Xihe, and I saw that their armor was completely different from the guards, they were the guards of Yecheng City, and the captain of Yecheng was originally commanded by Zhang Xiong, the younger brother of Zhang Jackal, and Zhang Xiong was the leader at this time. Jackal.

At this time, Empress Liu also went to the overpass, looked at her husband Shihu below, and said with emotion: "The Holy Majesty has been ill for a long time, and I welcome His Majesty to return to the palace to rest."

The sergeant led by Zhang Jack also said: "I will escort Your Majesty back to the palace to rest."

Shi Hu looked at the formation, and then looked at the attendants beside him, but he was unwilling to look directly at Zhang Jack. The palace was already controlled by Zhang Jack, and Shi Hu was probably cut off from internal and external communication, and he was really lonely.I only heard Shi Hu laughing, "Haha, Shi Hu, so you have today." There was only a burst of dizziness, the sky spun, and he fell down.

The Longteng guard said in shock: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

I saw Zhang Jack waving his hand to signal the sergeant he was leading, intending to lift up His Majesty and go to the inner court of the palace.

Seeing this, the guards of the Dragon Teng came forward to stop him, Zhang Jackal said sharply: "You have plotted against the law and caused the dragon's body to be injured. The crime is unforgivable. If you continue to block it, you will be afraid of the crime and your family, and you will not give up your weapons."

When the guards heard that they were going to kill their family members, they were terrified and threw away their swords one after another. Zhang Jack had two followers, rushed over to set up the stone tiger and headed towards the inner court.

Seeing that the stone tiger had snatched it back, Zhang Jack turned around and with a wave of his arm, all the soldiers raised their spears and swords and slashed at Long Teng's guards.For a while, the screams of knives and axes were endless.

Empress Liu on the high platform had never seen such a bloody scene before, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and the maidservants on the left and right knelt down to ask Empress Liu to go back to the inner palace to rest temporarily.

The member of Longteng's guards joined the army, even though he was wounded several times, he still supported his spear with half of his body and did not fall for a long time.He shouted in his mouth: "My country of Zhao was destroyed by your hands. Your Majesty, your country will no longer be guaranteed."

After speaking, a soldier accompanied by Zhang Jack went up and pierced his heart with a knife, and the man fell straight down.

The sound gradually stopped, corpses littered the courtyard, blood flowed everywhere, flowers, plants, and guardrails were all splattered with blood, and the sun was bloody.

Zhang Jack turned around and ordered his subordinates to remove the corpses of the guards and clean up the ground, so that the foreign ministers must not see them.

At this time, Empress Liu ignored the obstruction of the maidservants, and went straight to Zhang Jack, and said, "Master Zhang, this, this, these are the guards who have followed His Majesty for many years, how can you..."

"Empress Liu, this is the end of the matter. I'm here for Empress Liu. Haha, it's coming soon. I have to come here because of the Empress Dowager and the future Majesty." Zhang Jack is trembling slightly now, and his voice is also trembling.

"Such a trivial life, after a hundred years, how will the concubine face it, and face His Majesty." After Liu Hou finished speaking, he almost fainted, but fortunately the surrounding maids helped him.

"Your Majesty welcomes Empress Liu back to the palace." Zhang Jackal motioned for the servant girl and all the soldiers to escort Empress Liu back to the palace.Empress Liu supported the maid helplessly.

Empress Liu was about to leave, Zhang Jie shouted: "Empress Liu, the maidservants and servants in your palace should also be changed." Empress Liu looked at him suspiciously, before she had time to ask, Zhang Jie called Yang Huan over and said , "Director Yang, since you have been promoted to a high official, all matters inside and outside the palace will be entrusted to you."

"The old slave complies."

Zhang Jackal pretended to be reserved and asked: "Boss Yang, who told His Majesty that Shi Zun has not arrived? You have to investigate those people who are bewitching people with lies."

As he spoke, he saw that a little maidservant behind Empress Liu had already collapsed on the ground, Yang Huan frowned, and the old woman beside her also nodded. Throwing it down the mouth of the well, there was only a "plop", and there was no more sound.

After this bloodbath, the servants and servants of the palace were trembling, everyone was in danger, and some trembling in their legs, they collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Jack looked around, very proud of his power.

"Director Yang, is Shi Bin safe in Xiangguo? This matter may be involved."

"The minister will investigate in detail," Zhang Jack frowned, and Yang Huan immediately understood: "No, the minister has already investigated the crime and executed it overnight."

"Since that's the case, I entrust it to you."

After this bloody change in the court of Zhao State, all the servants and maidservants beside Shihu have been replaced. Shihu lying on his back on the couch has become a dead bone in the tomb, and the oil is exhausted and the lamp is not far away.

In the early morning of the second day, all the ministers went to court and saw that all the guards inside and outside the palace had been replaced, and the guards stood with spears in their hands.In the main hall, Prince Shi Shi sat on the throne, behind the curtain sat Liu Hou, expressionless, and Zhang Jack sat sideways.

The ministers stood on both sides of the hall and stood still.

I saw Yang Huan, the general manager, came forward and preached: "Zhang Jackal is loyal to the country, and he has a long-distance plan. Although he has made great achievements in Zhou Zhao, there is no way to praise him... So Zhang Jack was named the Taibao, and he supervised all Chinese and foreign armies. Go to the palace, play things unknown, enter the court without going, fake Huangyue, and use the three counties of Weijun as fiefs."

His Highness and ministers were all shocked, and everyone whispered to each other for a long time.

After all, Sikong Li Nong was an important official of the three dynasties who led the letter to support the establishment of Shishi, and he did not avoid deterrence.At this time, he was full of resentment, and went straight to the center of the court hall to stand still, and said: "Since ancient times, treacherous officials usurped the country, and they still know the ritual of three words and three acceptances. Today, General Zhang has no merit, but he has such a high position. How can you feel at ease?"

On the stage, Zhang Jack was about to have a fit, when the little prince Shi Shi got up in a panic and said, "Don't talk about it, Sikong, it's the prince who wants to add the title of General Zhang, and it has nothing to do with General Zhang."

Li Nong was furious, "Since the crown prince said this, the minister has nothing to say, and the minister wants to meet His Majesty. Your Majesty, Zhao Guochao has such a minister, the country will not be the country, Your Majesty."

Zhang Jie said angrily: "Come here, take this person down quickly, and order him to interrogate him strictly."

Suddenly, all the ministers pleaded for mercy, and one of them said: "Li Nong is an old minister of the former king. He has repeatedly made military exploits in opening up territories and territories. I look forward to General Zhang Haihan."

One person said again: "His Royal Highness, that day Li Nong led hundreds of officials to submit a petition to make His Highness the crown prince. This is the merit of supporting him. I hope His Majesty will forgive Li Nong for his crime of rebellion."

The prince was restless at this moment, moved to Zhang Jack, lowered his head cautiously and said: "General Zhang, the court wants ministers to help me govern the world, can you leave some ministers for me?"

Zhang Jack remained silent, and Prince Shi Shi stepped forward again and said, "Taibao, I will give you this dragon chair. The queen mother and I just need to find a secluded place like Duke Shanyang of Liu Xie in Cao Wei Dynasty. Just be Cao Cao, Sima Yi, I will give you the world."

Zhang Jacka was a little shocked when he heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "This is to show your majesty, if your majesty refuses, I will take it back and let him not be punished."

While speaking, a guard entered the hall and reported, "Zhang Xiong asks to see you."

Zhang Jack motioned for him to come in quickly.I saw Zhang Xiong, holding a big wooden box tightly in front of his chest, knelt down and said: "Yan Wang Shibin, who conspired against him, I have killed him, and I dedicate this thief head to Your Majesty and Queen Mother."

Shi Bin is dead?King Yan is really dead.

An old minister in the hall exclaimed, "The state of Zhao is coming to an end."

When everyone looked back, the man was Xu Tong, the attendant.

(End of this chapter)