The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 176 Returning to the North
The candlelight was faintly shining on the corridor from the half-open door, Tian Lingzi's trembling side face, and the trembling curtain had two figures pulling the red silk, and the delicate body in the middle kicked his white feet, stepped outside the bed, and I can't move.

He had never felt so close to death before. He turned his face, hugged him again, slammed his head, and almost shouted the word "Your Majesty".

"How could I kill you? Don't think too much about it, Privy Councilor Tian." Geng Qing Yiru was smiling just now, leaning over and patting the kowtow eunuch on the back of the head. Out of the corner of his eye, Jiuyu came out from the door.

"Ji Chang, it's not like you. I think it's a good way to control Li Xuan like Huang Chao before. Once the Jiedu envoys outside leave, Chang'an will be ours."

Geng Qing pressed the prostrate eunuch's head, straightened up and turned his head to look outside at the peach forest. Occasionally, a lantern passed by from a distance, whether it was an attic or a water pavilion corridor. He was silent for a moment, shook his head and smiled:
"What's the use of guarding an isolated city? The emperor's prestige is getting lower and lower as time goes on. Those Jiedu envoys are becoming disobedient one by one. The old ministers in the city will not help us like Huang Chao was. After all, we were at that time. If those on the same boat put Li Xuan under house arrest, they won't turn a blind eye."

Jiuyu looked down at Tian Lingzi whose forehead was on the ground, snorted coldly, stepped forward and stood next to Geng Qing, and looked out into the night together.

"If you can't see us, then kill us."

Geng Qing just shook his head and didn't explain too much. After there was not much movement in the room, he said, "Killing Li Xuan is because I have a bad breath in my heart. If I can't get out of this breath, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well for the rest of my life. Wouldn’t it be better for you to establish another new emperor? Pick a younger one and cultivate it slowly.”

"You?" Jiuyu didn't realize it at first, but when he heard these two words, he frowned slightly, "Aren't you going to stay?"

Geng Qing nodded.

"I'm leaving, but I didn't have time to tell you. My father was sick from an old injury and fell ill. I don't think there is much time left. As a son, he must bring the old man back to his roots. If he dies, he must spend a few years of filial piety in a hurry. In the past, the sophistication of people in Chang'an was alienated, so it's better to be happy."

He patted Jiuyu on the shoulder, "But our love will not be diminished!"

The two have known each other for many years, conspired together and experienced life and death. They can be called brothers in need. Jiuyu pursed his lips for a long time before nodding. The two stood silently behind the fence. When a few eunuchs came out, they turned around and walked away. Downstairs, in front of the carriage hidden in the peach grove, Jiuyu sent Geng Qing into the carriage.

He didn't have anything else to say about the depression along the way, and said in a cold voice: "Brother Geng, take care on the way!"

Geng Qing stood in the chariot and bowed to the young eunuch, got into the carriage and hurried away under the guidance of an eunuch.

Lights from the attic shone.

Jiuyu watched the carriage drive away, looked away, turned around slowly with his hands behind his back, and looked sideways at the other three eunuchs behind him, "Fu Gong, Ji Shu, Wu Kefan, the rest of the matter should be finished cleanly, And then mourned all night."

Three eunuchs of different ages arched their hands heavily.

At the same time, the four eunuchs who had passed out in Fuluan Tower woke up and realized that something was wrong, so they hurried upstairs to check. The inner minister Tian Lingzi sat on the ground with wet crotch and moaned. He was so frightened that he hurriedly withdrew, only to hear Tian Lingzi standing up while holding the fence.

"Come and help our family, you bastards, if you hadn't been lazy and let people break into the building, what would have happened to your Majesty, tomorrow, our family will punish you for your crimes."

Over there, the four eunuchs looked pale and were about to kneel down, one of them suddenly pulled them back, his eyes became sharp, and he gestured to Tian Lingzi, the other three looked at each other and immediately understood.

"Neglect of duty. That's decapitation."

"Hurry up and help our family!"

"What are you guys doing?!"

Tian Lingzi's high-pitched cursing voice suddenly changed, and a terrified look appeared on his face, "Wang Zhongxian, Wang Yanfan, what are you going to do, you can have today because of our family."

Before he could finish speaking, he was thrown to the ground by the four eunuchs, who pressed up frantically with his four hands, covered his mouth, pinched his neck, and pinched Tian Lingzi's mouth and nose tightly, making his eyes widen and his limbs waving non-stop. , looking in horror at the eunuch who was brought up with one hand, never thought that the servant who was always submissive to him and obeyed his words would dare to kill him.

"Anyway, His Majesty is dead and all of us are going to die."

"But we want to live. We can live only if you shut up."

"Internal Prime Minister, I'm sorry."

With red eyes, the four of them gritted their teeth and squeezed out these few words. The eunuch, whose mouth and nose were covered, struggled with his last strength for a moment, his limbs hung in mid-air and stagnated for a moment, and then fell heavily on the ground and his shoulders.

Huhu
Seeing that they were no longer struggling, the four eunuchs let go of their hands, and one of them stretched out his hand to test his nose and pulse, and then he gasped heavily. After a while, they heard footsteps coming from behind them. The eunuch immediately got up and hurried forward and knelt down.

"I wish to respect the young prisoner."

In the middle of the night, news of Emperor Bintian suddenly broke out in the palace, along with Chen Zhaoyuan and Tian Lingzi who died together.

The whole Chang'an was in chaos. The ministers in the city who heard the news put on their official robes and hurried out to the imperial city. However, the emperor died at this time, and the three gates were under martial law.

By the time of the fourth watch, the Mingde, Chunming, and Jinguang gates had been controlled by the soldiers and horses in the hands of Li Keyong, Zhu Wen, and Zheng Tian. The first two seemed to have been prepared for a long time. I don't want to look, but I have some calculations in my heart, knowing that this is a rare opportunity.

One step ahead of Wang Chongrong, Li Sigong and others, they held the city gate in their hands first, so that it was difficult for the Jiedu envoys behind to enter the city, and even a small-scale fire broke out. Fortunately, Wang Chongrong and Zhu Wen had In the old days, he did not send troops directly, but made peace between Li Sigong and him, and made plans after definite news came.

Before the fifth watch, in Yong'an Square in the city, a carriage slowly drove across the street and went straight to Chunming Gate. Amidst the creaking and rolling of the shaft, the driver lowered his bamboo hat and glanced around from time to time. , listening to the vague violent shouting, as well as the sound of horseshoes and footsteps, he turned his face to the car curtain and lowered his voice.

"Dazhu. Can we leave the city?"

"Yes, there is a filial piety over there, so it's easy to go out. Besides, those two have received such a heavy gift from me, how can they not show a thing or two?"

Dachun was still worried: "Will they cross the river and demolish the bridge? What if they turn their backs?"

"As long as people are still alive and have the value of being used, they will not do that. If a person is incompetent and has no value of being used, he will be abandoned."

Geng Qing comforted him a few words, but in fact he was still somewhat uneasy. The planning and deduction were perfect, but it was inevitable that there would be no variables.

Step on.
Sure enough, when it comes to variables, it is here. Dachun heard the sound of approaching, and said quickly: "There are soldiers and horses coming."

next moment.

A series of horseshoes sounded from the side of the street where the carriage was driving. In the light of the torch held up, someone had sharp eyes and saw the carriage driving in the darkness. "There are carriages passing by over there, let them stop!"

The voice was majestic, and he was about to lead the cavalry over, when the curtain of the carriage on the other side of the line of sight was lifted to reveal a face, which made the cavalry suddenly rein in his horse and let out a "wow".

"Brother Ji Chang?!"

The general on the horse stroked his iron helmet and blurted out the name of the figure in the carriage. The general was none other than Zhang Huaiyi. The moment he received the news, his father Zhang Zhi asked him to go to the imperial city immediately and leave him behind. In the hands of the group of shenanigans, the advance can stabilize the imperial city, and the retreat can also be used as a 'chip' to save their lives.

Seeing the familiar figure in the carriage right now, thinking of something, he reined in the reins and turned around, waving to the subordinates behind him.

"There is no suspicious person over there, follow me to the next street, to prevent thieves from taking the opportunity to rob, go!"

He yelled 'go' very loudly, and Geng Qing in the carriage over there smiled. This guy seemed to be nostalgic, then he cupped his hands in the direction of the horse team going away, and lowered the curtain to urge Dachun to leave.

When they arrived at Chunming Gate, Li Cunxiao had already been waiting there. When he saw the carriage approaching, he hurried forward and walked side by side.

"Brother, why did the emperor die?"

"I killed it!"

"so smart?"

"Next time I have another chance, I'll give it to you."

"Haha. Brother is interesting." Li Cunxiao's military camp has cultivated an unruly temperament for several years, especially after several battles, he has no generals under his command. When he heard that Geng Qing had killed the emperor, his whole body trembled with excitement. But the most powerful person in the world suddenly felt that killing a few enemy generals would be boring in an instant.

After leaving the city gate, Geng Qing opened a corner of the curtain and asked him, "Where are my parents?"

"Twenty miles ahead, I've been waiting for a long time, brother, don't worry, how could Cunxiao wrong his parents, there are delicious food and drinks, and there are soldiers guarding him." As he said, Li Cunxiao moved closer and lowered his voice: "My adoptive father Said, if brother is willing, he can serve in his army!"

"Let's not talk about it for now, we will talk about it later, and send parents back to Feihu County first."

"Okay, let's talk about it later!" Li Cunxiao nodded. Anyway, he also missed Feihu County. After being out for many years, he wanted to go back and have a look. Run ahead.

The sky gradually brightened, and the city was still in constant chaos. Geng Qing joined the two waiting carriages, Wang Jinqiu sat in the carriage, let her husband rest on her legs, and drove towards Weishui in bumps.

In the misty sky, Geng Qing looked at the river from a distance, and there was a figure in a navy blue robe standing there. Perhaps he could sense the sight, the man turned his head, and a smile appeared on his soft and cold face.

That is the eunuch Jiuyu.

"Brother Ji Chang travels far away. It's boring for Jiuyu to stay in the palace alone. How about traveling thousands of miles together?"

Geng Qing got off the carriage, arched his hands towards him, and then embraced Jiuyu, the two hugged each other, put down the wealth in the palace and followed, this friendship made it difficult for him to express.

"Go, come home with me!"

Geng Qing invited him to get into the carriage, followed the planned route together, and waited for Tu Shifei and the others by the Weishui River. The three of them handed over the four carriages, clasped their fists at Geng Qing silently, turned and left.

Chang'an, and their wealth.

Not long after, Li Cunxiao, who was patrolling the distance, found the convoy. Knowing that the Jiuyu in the car was very good at martial arts, he noisily asked him to fight with him. Outside, one rode a horse and the other walked. The four horse-drawn carriages, the beautiful faces, and the curious look at the rolling hills outside, the blue sky, and the birds flying across the forest are all unprecedented novelties. More than 20 women are chirping and shouting excitedly. Sang a nice tune.

Qiao Niang leaned on the curtain of the car with her chin in her hands, staggered inside, listening to the chirping words along the way, and busily crossed the river to the north.

(End of this chapter)