The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 258
In the dim prison, a beam of slanting sunlight falls through the small window above the wall, and the light and dust float in the light.

Qin Huaimian, who just came in, has not been convicted yet, nor has he suffered malicious forced confessions. The environment is much better than other prisons in Dali Temple, and there is no sound of whipping or wailing.

"Brother Tu has a clear heart."

Qin Huaimian raised his face, his eyes were dark and disappointed, he just moved around the corner, reached out and took the wine pot on the ground, put the spout into his mouth and poured it out.

"Where is there any clarity? Don't forget, Tu was born as a chief arrester." Tu Shifei sat down, took the jug from his hand and drank it, looking at the light spot on the ground from the window, "the corpse of the commander , I have seen it, died of falling from a horse, hit the bottom of the head, and broke the neck bone."

Qin Huaimian who was sitting over there looked over and frowned.

"I knew that Inhuman's assassination of Ji Chang was taking advantage of the situation to attack His Majesty"

"Do not."

Before he could finish speaking, Tu Shifei interrupted and took a breath, "But the horse that the commander rode was riding had blunt wounds above the horse's hooves, the bones were injured, and there were some stone chips on it. According to the present The soldiers of the old guard said that the horse fell while galloping, and the commander also fell from above. It's brilliant."

"Why?"

"It's hard for a knight on horseback to pounce forward if you don't hit the front hooves while galloping, and the person who makes the shot must be good at concealed weapons. Among the people Tu Mou knows, there is only one, and it's in the city. .”

When Tu Shifei looked at the scholar, Qin Huaimian turned his eyes away. He already knew who the person the other party was talking about was an old friend.

However, only Geng Qing can drive such a person.

It is not difficult to speculate that the scene in the palace was all plotted by Geng Qing. The only thing Qin Huaimian didn't understand was why Geng Qing killed Zhu Youlun?
Over there, Tu Shifei seemed to see the doubts in the scholar's heart, and laughed: "Shang Shuling's planning has always killed two birds with one stone, or even more. If there is no clear purpose, it is not him. Zhu Youlun died in the palace."

Qin Huaimian was touched by this joint, and his eyes widened.

"Give the blame to the emperor?"

"I'm afraid I said less. Most of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty will also suffer."

After Tu Shifei finished speaking, the two of them fell silent, and the cell was suddenly quiet. They both knew that Geng Qing and Tang Ting had complicated grievances, and it was reasonable to blame Li Ye.

"King Liang won't kill His Majesty, Ji Chang's plan may only expose himself."

It took a long time for Qin Huaimian to say this, but his tone was slightly lacking.Tu Shifei next to him didn't think so, he said: "I can't tell, Shang Shuling is showing favor to the King of Liang? Besides, he has already held the Longxiang Army in his hands, Brother Huaimian, don't forget, Shang Shuling also has Longyou , Li Jiji, Zhao Zhouyi and his like respect him very much. If you calculate carefully, the Longzhou, Fengxiang, and Chang'an Longxiang Army may number [-] to [-]. His strength, King Liang will only value him more."

"Ji Chang's plan is very big"

Qin Huaimian sighed, looking at the sunlight pouring in from the small window, thinking about the plight of the emperor, court, civil and military in the future, he couldn't help but close his eyes.

Soon, the cell door was gently closed, and the sunlight passing through the window made the outside gradually reddened. This morning, Zhu Youlun fell to his death from a horse, Long Xiang's army entered the city King Qin, and Qin Huaimian was sent to prison. Spread the word, tell each other and run around, trying to sort out the matter and restore it, to see if the person can be rescued, or the relationship can be separated.

The privy envoy, who was able to speak, chose to thank the guests behind closed doors at this time. After receiving the letter from Geng Qing, he hurriedly handed over the letter he wrote together with a few fast horses. Flying to the east with the setting sun.

The news ran across the Baqiao, followed the Yellow River through Tongguan, steep mountains, forests, and then to the eastern capital Luoyang to Bianzhou. It is already summer in April. Huazhou Xietong attacked Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin's Taiping and Taining armies. The progress is in full swing, pushing the front line to the generation of Pu and Yun.

On the other hand, not long after Liang Wang Zhu Wen was in Bianzhou, the general power was delegated to Ge Congzhou, and he brought Li Si'an, Yang Shihou and Wei Bojun to pretend to attack Cangzhou together. Weizhou.

In mid-April, Luo Shaowei, with hundreds of domestic slaves, and a thousand long straight troops quietly launched a sneak attack on Li Gongquan's Ya army stationed in Weizhou, and the First World War settled the situation in Weizhou.

On the [-]th, the [-] Wei Bo army reacted, Zhu Wen and Ge Congzhou entered Weizhou, and Xie Tong, who was far away in Yunzhou, also sent [-] troops to make a feint gesture.

All of a sudden, the entire six prefectures of Wei Bowei, Xiang, Wei, Bo, Bei, and Chan had to surrender in this encirclement situation. However, at this time, Luo Shaowei discovered that he had been excluded. The anger of the family was also vented at this moment, and he and his family were directly relocated to Bianzhou with more than 30 people.

At the same time, since Chen Bing and Wei Bo have joined forces with Wei Bo to attack Cangzhou with [-] soldiers, they simply clean up together. Once they are captured, they can also threaten Youzhou and put a nail on Li Keyong's back, making him feel threaten.

After the conscription, Liang Bing went northward. Counting the 10 soldiers and horses brought by Wei Bojun and Xie Tong in the Yunzhou area, it was almost [-] people, and almost emptied the grain depots of Wei Bo's six states.

Three days later, that is, on April 25th, Zhu Wenzheng, Ge Congzhou, Yang Shihou and others were discussing the use of troops in Cangzhou, where the Yichang Jiedushi was located. , presented to him.

After reading the letters written by different people, Zhu Wen murmured a few words, a little unbelievable, read it several times, and the whole person fell into silence. Just shut your mouth and wait quietly.

The next moment, Zhu Wen: "Ah—" roared, overturned the table in front of him, and the objects placed on the table fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

"Youlun."

Zhu Wen's eyes were red, his body was shaking a little, he was about to be unable to stand upright, he was supported by Niu Cunjie and he didn't fall down, he was helped to a chair and sat down, and he read the letter back and forth again After confirming the news of Zhu Youlun's death, he threw the letter on the ground, and Wang Yanzhang picked it up and looked at it, with the same expression of grief and indignation on his face.

"How dare the emperor do this—" he growled.

He was one of the earliest old people who followed Zhu Wen to start a family. Naturally, he was acquainted with Zhu Youlun who also joined the grass army with Zhu Wen.

After a while, Zhu Youwen, Zhu Yougui and others also rushed over, hugging their father and crying loudly, clamoring that they must avenge their cousin.

"You don't need to clamor, I will take revenge."

Zhu Wen kicked away Zhu Yougui who was holding his leg, and he recovered a little. With red eyes, he got up and walked back and forth in the tent, pulled out the saber at his waist, and gritted his teeth.

"I watched You Lun grow up. He was a robber with me, and he followed Mr. Huang to revolt. I treated him like a son. Now that he is dead, how can I explain to my brother!!"

With a buzzing sound, the blade of the sword cut off the table leg, and he turned around to issue orders to the generals in the tent.

"The strategy for attacking Cangzhou remains the same, but it will be postponed for a while. Ge Congzhou and Li Si'an will stay to lead Wei Bo, and the rest of the soldiers will follow me back to Bianzhou, Wang Yanzhang!"

"The end is here!" Wang Yanzhang, who was not far away, came to the middle and clasped his fists heavily.

"You and Zhu Youliang send a troop to Chang'an in advance, and ask Jiang Xuanhui to move the emperor and Chao Wenwu to Luoyang for me some day."

After a pause, Zhu Wen handed him the saber in his hand, walked beside him, and said in a low voice, "Give this sword to Secret Envoy Jiang as well."

After finishing speaking, he patted Wang Yanzhang's shoulder armor, and the latter nodded in understanding, took the sword in his hand, turned around with his cloak and strode out of the handsome tent.

"Go back to Bianzhou."

Zhu Wen looked at the stroking curtains, the sunlight dazzled him a bit, after giving the order, he waved his hand weakly, sent everyone out, sat back on the chair alone, his lips moved slightly, and read again The name of the person who died.

"Youlun, my Youlun."

The whole person seems to have aged a few years.

"what?"

In the south of Yunzhou, not far from Weibo, Xie Tong also received the news that Zhu Youlun fell off his horse and died two days later. Zhu Wen withdrew to Bianzhou and was about to station [-] troops in the river to force the emperor to move the capital. He sent the transcript to I have read the letter comparison several times.

The whole person was a little shaking standing in place.

"Military division. What's wrong with you?"

In the tent, there are two other generals, namely Pang Shigu and Wang Jingren, who quickly went up to support him, Xie Tong stabilized his body, held his forehead and waved his hands.

"It's nothing, it's just that Zhu Youlun fell off his horse and died. This is a letter. The two generals should take it and read it."

After the two of them took the letter and went to the side, Xie Tong sat back in the chair, his vision was a little dark, and he couldn't help coughing. ,
"King Liang, you have fallen for Ji Chang's plan. He wants to borrow your sword to kill the emperor—"

But he didn't dare to really say these words, if he did, it would kill Geng Qing again, just like the other party's preservation of Qin Huaimian, he was sure he would see through the trick and would not reveal it to Zhu Wen.

"Human Desire. Ji Chang, you are so accurate"

'This is to let Datang die in your hands. How cruel. '

The scholar stood up slowly while holding the armrest. He was the king of Liang, and he couldn't kill his old friend. But if this friend pointed the finger at the king of Liang in the future
'At that time, what should Hitomi do? '

'Only if you really trust me.'

Cough Ke Xie Tong coughed violently, quickly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and he quickly covered up some bright red in the handkerchief, took a deep breath, and his expression gradually became serious.

'I'm sorry, Ji Chang. '

When he walked to the tent, the warm sun shone on his face, making him pale and colorless, and the cicadas climbing up the branches in the distance let out the annoying summer neighing.

The scholar knew that if he wanted Geng Qing to join him, there was a way to do it, but it was a bit sinister.

(End of this chapter)