The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 109 Scarlet Chang'an
The night is not over yet.

Clouds painted leaden by the moonlight swam across the quiet city. In the darkness, the imperial city was brightly lit. The night wind ran over the corridor eaves and squeezed into the Tai Chi Hall. Loud laughter shook the doors and windows.

Cranes and tiger lampposts swayed, between the pillars of the golden dragon on the red background, the yellow nesting dragon walked across the clean stone bricks in tiger steps, looked at the dragon chair on the imperial steps, took off his cloak and threw it to Shang Rang who was standing aside .

"Decades ago, I was just a scholar who came to Chang'an, and I could only look at the imperial city in the distance. Decades later... Hehe, standing in front of this Dragon Court really seems like a dream."

There are two factions behind him, the generals of the Rebel Army are on the right, and the surrenders headed by Zhang Zhifang are on the left.Hearing these words, a group of surrendered ministers looked at the back of the burly old man in front of them, their eyes were complicated, and they all lowered their eyes.

And all the generals of the rebel army were brothers who followed Huang Wang through life and death, and traveled to the northern and southern states. The boss stood here, how could they be worse in the future?Then he laughed loudly and spoke one after another.

"Huang Wang, we brothers have fought here, are we not leaving?"

"Yeah, Chang'an is prosperous and the capital of a country, so why don't you leave! King Huang might as well be our emperor."

"Then we are all considered dragons."

Most of these generals were thieves from all walks of life gathered together to respond to the rebel army. They were vulgar and arrogant, and they didn't pay much attention to their words. Among the crowd, Zhuang Renli was also in it. After the army entered the city, he came out to return his orders. It is a kind of recognition for the king to enter the palace.

Hearing the word 'Conglong', his eyes lit up, he turned and walked out, bowing his hands to the figure who stepped on the imperial steps.

"The king of Huang looked at all directions from north to south, and the emperors of the Tang Kingdom fled to Shu to avoid the sharp edge of the rebel army. Now the morale of the rebel army is high. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the king of Huang ascended the great treasure, so that the hearts of the soldiers will return. Wouldn't it be beautiful? !"

Between the dragon pillars, the dragon court stretching upwards, the double cranes raised their heads to the lamppost, the flickering flames illuminated the gray-bearded old man walking slowly, stroking the chair with the dragon head carved with his fingertips, pursing his lips, and sighed Voice: "OK."

With a smile on his face, he turned his face to the side, looked at the crowd, raised his hand and waved back, "Your surrendered ministers will return to their respective mansions for the time being, and they will not leave the mansion unless they are summoned."

"Here."

Zhang Zhifang and others didn't dare to say more, they all bowed their hands in salute, bowed their heads and exited the hall, and then they were escorted out of the imperial city by the soldiers of the rebels.

Here, waiting for people to leave, Huang Chao stroked the dragon's head and sat on the dragon chair, leaned back, closed his eyes, and heard the words of congratulations and political search from countless courtiers below as if hallucinating.

The corners of his mouth turned up, and then he slowly opened his eyes, looking down at Zhu Wen, Ge Congzhou, Zheng Tianwang, Meng Juehai, Meng Kai, Gai Hong and other generals, as well as his nephew Lin Yan and nephew Huang Hao. , Huang Cun, Huang Kui, and Huang Ye.

The old man smiled and waved his hand.

"Who doesn't want to come and sit in this tempting place? Do you want to too?"

The faces of the people below changed slightly, and they hurriedly cupped their hands and bowed their heads and said they didn't dare. The old man laughed and stood up and waved his hands, "I just said it casually, don't take it seriously, I just entered Chang'an now, how can I be dazzled by the bustling place, those descendants Lord, I don't trust any of them."

On the dragon chair, Huang Chao got up and walked down the imperial steps slowly with his hands behind his back, his voice resonant and powerful.

"Tomorrow, as usual, we will search for the powerful families in the city and steal their property! Also, let's see which officials in the capital have not surrendered. Let that Zhang Zhifang lead you there, knock on the door of the house, kill them all, and free up some official positions."

The figure walked to the side of the crowd, looked at the dark night outside the hall, squinted his eyes, and spoke in a low voice.

"Kill the Li family clan as well!"

All the generals clasped their hands together and said, and soon they left together, excitedly talking about what happened after tonight.In the main hall, Zhuang Renli was left behind, and the old man praised him a few words, talking about the surrender of the civil and military forces of the Tang court in the city.

"You have done a good job. Among the green forests and rivers and lakes, there are very few people who can use tactics. What happened to the Zhaoyi Army before, this time there is a reward for the head of Zhuang!"

Before, when the old man learned about Chang'an's civil and military surrender, he also received a letter from Zhuang Renli, and he knew the whole story, but Geng Qing, who was busy persuading him, became a small character running errands for him in the letter, and mentioned it slightly.

All the credit is his.

"Thank you, King Huang, for your gift!" Even though Zhuang Renli had great martial arts skills, when facing Huang Wang, who was slightly older than him, he restrained his domineering demeanor in the past, and bowed his hands with joy.

"Huang Wang's night is late, he has worked hard all day, it's time to rest."

Seeing his expression, the old man immediately understood what it meant, laughed and nodded, and let someone lead the way to the harem. He was in charge of all the soldiers and horses along the way, so he didn't worry about safety, so he entered the harem.

Soon, Huang Chao's voice resounded angrily.

"What about the little concubine? Why is there no one, and the maids are gone?!"

In the huge harem, the soldiers searched around, only to find an old woman from the laundry department, with her hands resting on her flat chest, she watched in fear what the furious Huang Wang would do to her.

"Huang Wang. Tonight, why don't you make do with it?"

The pawn who spoke was chopped off by the old man the next moment, and his head was kicked into the pool as the ripples opened up.

As the night darkened, the clouds in the east of the city turned white, the four gates of the imperial city were wide open, and war horses rushed out into the long green street. , Hide to the side of the street and watch these figures running wildly on the long street.

"This is not like the Shence Army." "How can the Shence Army have such horse skills."

"I'm afraid something big will happen this early in the morning."

"It's none of our business, maybe there's nothing else in the house that the rebels can look up to?"

The knights with swords and horses searched for the rich and powerful according to the address, and before the insiders could open the door, they smashed open the courtyard door with all their strength, and rushed in.

The concierge came to inquire and was stabbed to death with a knife. The passing maid was so frightened that she knocked over the things in her hands and screamed. Then, she was picked up by the rushing soldiers and rushed to the nearby corner to tear off her dress to reveal a piece of whiteness. Talk about animals.

The shrill screams attracted the nursing home. They saw a group of soldiers with red silk and disheveled hair at a loss. Stop gushing blood.

"kill!"

The knight who had wiped the blood from the blade said in a low voice. Behind him, a group of rebel cavalrymen pulled out their weapons and rushed out. The guards in the courtyard were the opponents of these soldiers. For a while, the entire courtyard screamed endlessly. There were chaotic running figures everywhere, and then they were overtaken and stabbed to death. The corpses fell down and slumped on the wooden railings of the verandah.

Soon, the movement of the fighting gradually subsided, and a group of bloody cavalry touched the blood on their faces, talking and laughing, and got on their horses. One of them looked at the address and pointed to the direction, and they rushed to the next house.

Such a scene is happening in the whole city of Chang'an. It is a group of vicious people who followed the rebel army and killed a lot of people. They have not done less to slaughter families and exterminate clans. They have long been murderous.

　I'm coming

　　
　
(End of this chapter)