The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 244 The Change of Chang'an
The spring rainy season is gradually passing, and the breath of early summer spreads along with the sunshine in the bustling city. After a night of rain, the eaves are wet and dripping with water.

For the people of Chang'an, life was the same as usual. During this period of time, the city was eerily quiet, and nothing unusual was reported.On the contrary, two thousand cavalry from Longyou crossed the border and went straight to Hezhong Mansion. On the way, the merchants brought news, which caused slight waves in the city. People in the market speculated that this army, which had just attacked Chang'an and was recruited by the emperor, was trying to attack Wang Chongrong. war?
However, news came back quickly that two thousand Longyou cavalry had traveled hundreds of miles just to attack a group of remnants of yellow bandits. Naturally, many people did not believe it. When they inquired again, there was not much news to come.

"Do you believe this? Anyway, I don't believe it."

"I don't believe it either. There are some experts in the Longyou army to point out, how could they be aimless, and most of them are aimed at Jiedu envoy in Hezhong."

"I didn't hear that there was a war over there, otherwise the villagers of Hezhong Mansion would have crossed the Wei River and ran towards this side."

"That's weird"

Among the teahouses and restaurants, people who are free come in to have a rest, amidst the gossip and anecdotes, the waiter who serves the tea shouts loudly, and counts tables back and forth. At a guest's table, the latter raised his sleeves without a trace to hide, put the ball of paper in his sleeves, put a few pennies of tea money, and got up and left the tea shop.

Arriving at the corner of the alley outside, he quickened his pace and rushed to the front house, knocked rhythmically a few times, put the paper ball in the gap in the threshold, turned and left as if nothing had happened.

The door moved, and the ball of paper placed underneath fell to the ground, and was quickly taken away and looked through.

A voice inside said in a low voice: "The news from Mr. Liu is that Sun Dezhao, the commander of the Zuo Shence Army, has instigated a rebellion, and the soldiers and horses of King Dongping have also quietly passed through Tongguan. It is a good opportunity for Shaoyang Court to bring His Majesty to court, you should join forces with the Zuo Shence Army to put down the rebellion, remember, don’t leak the news, these eunuchs have many eyes and ears.”

The so-called Liu Xiang is Liu Chongwang. When the imperial court attacked Xichuan, this person served as the governor of Jiannan Dongdao. Unfortunately, before he took office, Wang Jian had already conquered Chengdu, so he had to return to the court angrily, and became Minister of the Ministry of War. After entering Chang'an, he went to Huazhou with the emperor, and after returning, he was promoted to the post of Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and also became the prime minister.

A few days after Yang Fugong, Liu Jishu, and Wang Zhongxian's palace changed, he noticed something was wrong. After observing for a long time, he quietly sent someone to contact Zhu Wen, the king of Dongping in Bianzhou. Of course, in order to prevent his family from being dominant, he also wrote to Hezhong Unfortunately, there was no reply, and now he has to consult with Sun Dezhao, who is devoted to the emperor, and Qin Huaimian, the servant of the Ministry of officials.

At first, he pretended to be a snake, clinging to the eunuch to paralyze him and waited for the opportunity. A few days ago, Longyou cavalry passed through the border of Gyeonggi, which attracted a lot of attention. He knew that the opportunity had come, and sent several urging letters to Tongguan. , I figured out the route of today's eunuch escorting the emperor, and in this atmosphere, the news of the agreement has been spread secretly in the city and in the hands of the thief removers.

When the sun sets, the sound of Gengling rings in the city. As time goes by, the night gradually deepens, and groups of figures emerge from various workshops, like streams scattered among the mountains, gathering at Anfumen in the west of the imperial city. To the west is the Baiguan Mansion.

The clear moon hangs in the night sky, and there is a thin mist on the street. A procession spreads from Fushe Long Street. In the carriage in the middle of the procession, Wang Zhongxian is no longer what he used to be. He was not qualified to live here. But with the emperor in his hands, even if he sits in the palace, it is a matter of course.

"Hehe. No wonder Mr. Geng is addicted to trying to control the emperor over and over again."

The candlelight stood on the low table, swaying slightly with the carriage frame, and shone on his thin and beardless face, with a smug smile reflected in the firelight, and he yawned a long time. He opened the curtain and asked the accompanying people outside. The confidant can go to Anfumen.

"Back to Lieutenant, we're almost there."

"Well, to be ahead of Liu Jishu, His Majesty must be allowed to ride in the servant's carriage this time."

Wang Zhongxian smiled, and he put back the curtain. The team was also approaching Anfu Gate. At this time, the city gate over there was rarely opened far away. Someone shouted in the front team: "Quickly open the door!"

Upstairs in the imperial city, it was quiet.

Wang Zhongxian in the car frowned, opened the curtain and went out, looked up at the city tower, the lights were dark, and there was no soldier standing on it, and his heart suddenly felt uneasy, "Turn around, turn around—"

As soon as the words fell, the streets and alleys on both sides suddenly lit up with firelights, illuminating the team in the middle, and no one spoke at all. They drew up their bows and set up arrows, and shot towards this side frantically.

Standing in the middle of the road, one after another silhouettes blocked with knives, or fell to the ground after being hit by arrows. The driver of the carriage turned around at Wang Zhongxian's urging, and the arrows flew towards the driver. He rushed over with a weapon.

"You dare to rebel?! Our family is the Shence Army." Wang Zhong first saw the armor and weapons of the Shence Army. He was a lieutenant, and the soldiers and horses in his hands were all the Shence Army. Believe it or not."

However, before he could finish his words, Sun Dezhao and Qin Huaimian rushed over with their swords in hand. The former led his troops to cut off the palace guards blocking the way, and the burly scholar jumped onto the carriage through the cleared road. Wang Zhongxian drew his sword to resist, but he snatched it back, pulled the man down with his backhand, stepped on the eunuch's back and raised the iron sword in his hand and yelled, "Rebel, cut—"

The sword edge fell, and his head fell under the carriage. Sun Dezhao picked it up, held it in his hand, and shouted: "One of the three thieves is dead. Everyone follow me into the imperial city Qin Wang—"

The Anfu Gate opened slowly, and two to three thousand people poured into the palace road of the imperial city for a while. In the night, the sound of killing and killing was boiling. Sun Dezhao galloped on horseback, and only brought more than a hundred riders straight to the Shaoyang courtyard of the East Palace.

Soon, the emperor with a withered face sat up from the bed in shock, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and Empress He beside him, with a disheveled face, heard something vaguely, and hurriedly took a robe for the emperor to wear.

"Queen. Are those eunuchs here?"

Wearing the dragon robe on his body, Li Ye couldn't stop trembling slightly. At this moment, someone knocked on the gate outside the Shaoyang Courtyard, and a voice roared like thunder: "The king thief has been killed, please come forward, Your Majesty. Preside over the overall situation—"

The sudden sound made Li Ye startled, thinking it was another trick played by Yang Fugong and others, there were two times before, after the trick, he was hungry for a few meals and only fed some soup, and now it was like this again In such a situation, he was naturally too frightened to speak.

"Your Majesty, you are talking." Empress He heard the voice outside was a bit strange, unlike the voices of those before, when she turned her head and saw the emperor standing at the end of the bed hesitantly, she took a few steps back and forth anxiously, gritted her silver teeth, and put on her clothes. He took off his phoenix robe, turned around and ran out, stood in the courtyard and shouted to the door: "Do you have a certificate?"

The next moment, a bloody human head was thrown in from the outside, and it slammed into the courtyard. Empress He turned pale with fright, but when she saw the appearance of the human head, she turned around in surprise and ran back to the house, pulling the emperor out. , pointing to the head on the ground for him to identify.

"It really is the king thief."

Li Ye came to his senses, held Empress He's sallow arms with both hands, and jumped twice excitedly. He heard another voice urging him from outside, so he hurriedly let the Empress go back to the room, and he quickly walked over to open the courtyard door. Torch, Sun Dezhao, who was covered in blood, half knelt with a knife and bowed to him.

"Sun Dezhao, commander of the Zuo Shence Army, pays his respects to His Majesty."

In an instant, Liu Chongwang took many ministers' homes to protect the courtyard, Tu Shifei from the Ministry of Justice, Wang Feiying from the government office, and others also rushed to pay homage to the emperor, and escorted them to the gate tower of Changle. They all arrived with their family members, or fought with Liu Jishu and other soldiers in other places in the palace.

"Take me there, I want to tell those generals who were deceived by eunuchs, how I was bullied by these eunuchs!"

"Kill the eunuch!"

"Follow Your Majesty to kill thieves!!"

Countless shouts resounded under the city tower, and figures followed the emperor who had descended from the tower to the deep palace with weapons. The Shence Army and the Longwu Army saw the leader of the emperor, and put down their weapons one by one. Liu Jishu, who resisted from Zichen Palace, was also captured and killed by Sun Dezhao's general Zhou Chenghui.

"Can you find that villain Yang Fugong?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Bandit Yang found that something was wrong, so he left the imperial city early and ran outside the city."

Li Ye tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword. In the Yushan military camp closest to Chang'an, the military envoy was Yang Fugong's adopted son Yang Shouxin. When he got there, once this thief united with his adopted sons from all over the country to rebel, he would be in big trouble.

"Immediately pass on my will, let the dragon army"

"Your Majesty, the General has been dismissed"

"When you are dismissed, you will be reinstated. Immediately send an order to Li Shunjie to take over the Longxiang Army and destroy the Yushan Army Camp!"

"Yes!"

Ling Qi galloped, and the fireworks of the message rose into the night sky of Chang'an, and the dark city streets and alleys were lit up in the light. His eyes exploded.

"I don't stay here, I have Master Rong. Our family has a lot of adopted children, and it's okay to take refuge in anyone at will."

Just as he was rushing to the Yushan military camp, the confidant who accompanied him suddenly pointed in the direction of the military camp and called out: "General, look over there."

Yang Fugong turned his head, the night sky in the direction of Yushan, the sky half exposed by the mountain was burned red by flames, obviously the military camp had been attacked.

"go!"

He let out a low voice, not daring to hesitate, he reined in the reins, and led a few people to turn around and run towards the field. Soon, a group of cavalry came from the direction of the Yushan military camp, heading for Chang'an.

At this time, Geng Qing, who was passing through Gyeonggi, was woken up by Jiuyu. He got out of the car and looked at the blazing fire in Chang'an from a distance.

".Is this Dong thief entering the capital?"

He was a little lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)