The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 265
The sun shines brightly in the eastern sky, shining a round of gold through the gaps in the clouds.

In the mansion of King Liang in Bianzhou, the door of the backyard was gently opened, and a slim woman came out with a jade hairpin in her hair, her face swaying with a red face, and the silk kerchief in her hand was raised, waiting under the eaves The beautiful maid walked into the room carrying warm water.

Zhu Wen sat on the edge of the bed, yawned, stretched comfortably, and the servant girl washed, dressed, and put on his feet. After serving him, he tied a jade pendant and came out with his belly behind his back.

Since the old wife is gone, I feel that this is the life he wants to live. Considering that the few sons are not in the city recently, they call their daughter-in-law to accompany them day and night. A fairy life lived comfortably.

"Where is the news from Chang'an?"

Sitting down in the front yard and having breakfast, Zhu Wen called Niu Cunjie to ask if there was any news early in the morning, and the answer he got was naturally no, but Wang Chongrong from Hezhong Mansion led troops to test several times, but Zhu Youliang and Wang Yanzhang repelled them all. , while Li Keyong of Jinyang in the north was eager to go south.

"I thought that if I took Youzhou, I would be afraid of him, but I have an affair with Khitan Yelu Abaoji, so I don't have any worries. After I take Cangzhou, I will stab him in the back, so that this Shatuo barbarian will know what pain is!"

Thinking about it, after breakfast, Zhu Wen went to the study to deal with official business, and occasionally called the officials under King Liang to come over to discuss matters. Most of the topics were about people's livelihood in the Central Plains, Jingxiang, and Xuzhou. Immortal, but he is never sloppy in state affairs. He was born as a thief and fought with Huang Chao for five years. Apart from knowing characters, his knowledge is too poor. Most of the literati around him treat each other with courtesy.

After working in the morning, I ordered some political affairs. After sending away a group of officials, I took a nap in the study in the afternoon. I was served by a few maids and fell asleep on the wooden couch. Before I fell asleep, there were anxious footsteps outside the door, and then There was a knock on the door.

The voices outside belonged to those in charge of the house.

"Report to King Liang, there is news from Chang'an."

Zhu Wen slightly shook his eyelids, turned over in the wind blowing from his fan, and asked in a low voice towards the door: "What's the news?"

"Bad news, Your Majesty. He was assassinated and died."

In an instant, Zhu Wen opened his eyes suddenly, sat up from the couch, asked the maid beside him to quickly put on his shoes, ran to open the door, and looked at the old steward bowing at the door with a surprised expression.

"When?"

"Sixteen days ago. It was reported that His Majesty's body was frozen, sealed in a coffin, and was being transported to Luoyang. It must be here soon."

Zhu Wen pursed his lips, turned his body slightly, and lowered his voice.

"What about the assassin?"

He didn't ask who the assassin was, he should have known it already.After a while, the steward over there hurriedly replied: "Assassin, he has been captured and killed by Shang Shuling in public, and his body was left outside Huazhou City."

"Go down and tell the officials in the city to tell them about the funeral of Your Majesty Yulong in my name."

The steward bowed and left, Zhu Wen closed the door, and the moment the sun broke through the door, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, he hummed and chuckled a few times, and when he poured a glass of wine, the laughter turned into a resounding roar. haha' lol.

Hehehehehahaha——

"Those who know me, Ji Changya!!!"

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and suddenly raised his fist to hit his nose, with just the right amount of force, but it turned red, and the pain immediately pulled his nerves, his eyes suddenly became wet and red, his nose was sore, and tears fell down.

Zhu Wen slammed his fists on the round table and wailed loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why did you go like this, this damned assassin, why didn't you come and kill me?"

The sudden movement alarmed the guards outside the door, and before the door was opened, Zhu Wen raised his sleeves and wiped his tears, and walked out crying, with a sad and moving voice.

Not long after, all the officials in Bianzhou heard the bad news, and some officials loyal to the court came to Liang Wangfu angrily, but seeing Zhu Wen's sad and tearful scene, the words that were about to rush to their lips were held back. Here, more and more officials came, and when the words reached the emotional point, they began to sob softly.

In the afternoon, the wind blew across Bianzhou, and a huge convoy hung white flags and swayed paper money. Officials followed King Liang to Luoyang to greet him, either by car or on foot, weeping.

The wind blows for hundreds of miles, and the heat blows on people's faces.

On the official road two hundred miles west of Luoyang, Geng Qing sneezed while sitting in the motorcade that was twenty miles away from Tongguan.

"Someone must be praising me behind my back."

Jiuyu embroidered a piece of silk and satin with her needle and thread, and tilted the young man with a short beard on Mosuo's chin, "I didn't scold you? I don't think about what I did."

Geng Qing leaned his elbows on the carriage, propped his head to look at the scenery along the way outside, and smiled when he heard the eunuch's words.

"Do you dare to bet, I don't know how many people thank me for this matter, such as Zhu Quanzhong who is far away in Bianzhou, or Empress He in the imperial chariot in front of me."

As soon as he finished speaking, an official outside came quickly from the front and bowed his hands outside the car window.

"Zhao Yue, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, thanked Shang Shuling for avenging His Majesty. The queen sent ministers, and thanked Shang Shuling."

"Zhao Shaoqing doesn't have to be like this, Geng is just doing his duty as a minister."

Geng Qing said some polite words, sent the person away, looked back at Jiuyu, and spread his hands: "Look, isn't it?"

Jiuyu was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes and threw it at him, hummed and turned his face away to concentrate on his embroidery. Just as he passed through a stitch, Geng Qing who was beside him suddenly called out to the driver outside. Chun stopped the carriage, ordered the eunuch to stop sewing and looked up.

"What are you going to do again?"

"Of course it's a matter of business. Since I've already said words of gratitude, how can I be ignorant? I have to comfort the woman."

Of course Geng Qing was joking, Empress He led someone to talk, and obviously wanted to see him, so she got up and opened the curtain and got out of the carriage.

Walking to the imperial chariot in front of him, many officials walking along the way greeted him, Geng Qing also cupped his hands one by one, came outside the imperial chariot, and announced his name inside, a maid came out of the curtain with wet red eyes: " Shang Shuling, please come up, and the queen invites you in."

The car is spacious enough to accommodate a coffin. When Geng Qing entered, he wrinkled his nose slightly, and there was a stench coming out of the coffin. In the hot season, even if there were ice cubes from various states and counties on the way from time to time, it was difficult to To cover up the stench of dead bodies.

In the car, Empress He was dressed in plain onyx, with hemp wrapped around her waist, and she knelt beside the car window, spilling Tongbao paper money out of the car window.

"The queen sprinkles money like this, but the incense and candle shop is full."

Geng Qing came in with a bow, bowed his hands to the coffin, and then sat down at the corner of the end of the coffin. Empress He over there did not speak, her eyes and nose were red, she thought she had just cried not long ago.

The car curtain fluttered gently in the wind. The woman ignored the young man and continued to sprinkle paper money out. After a while, she sighed slightly, and then propped up her knees and slowly got up.

"Shang Shu Ling"

Empress He suddenly knelt down, bowed her body, and bowed to Geng Qing, "Please accept He Xin's bow."

"Queen, what are you doing?"

The car was bumping, Geng Qing just stretched out his hand, didn't get up and really wanted to help. A woman whose husband just died is actually very scary, especially when she doesn't know the other party's intentions. of.

Over there, Empress He didn't think so much, her eyes drooped slightly, and her voice was choked up.

"Don't think too much about Shang Shuling. I just want to thank Shang Shuling for avenging His Majesty and leaving an incense for His Majesty. There are only a few of His Majesty's seventeen sons left now. When they arrive in Luoyang, there are still a few who will survive. It is not yet possible. I know, but Chang'er is still here, and my lonely heart has been comforted."

Geng Qing nodded.

"In the early days, the minister also got a daughter. At this time, I was in Chang'an. When I saw the baby in Dr. Guanglu's hands that day, I was in love with the scene, so I let it go."

"Xie Shang Shuling told you the truth."

Empress He said very little, she gave another salute generously, and then stopped talking, and it was not good for Geng Qing to stay too much in the car, after all, he actually had a part in the emperor's business.

Back in the car that belonged to him, he told Jiuyu the conversation with Empress He. The latter remained silent for a while before speaking: "Actually, if you don't kill that child that day, you also hope that in the future, there will be a Someday someone will spare your family."

"Is there? No, don't think about it."

"Who dares to touch my Geng Wolong family? I don't want to live anymore." Geng Qing laughed, and he looked out of the car. There will never be that day, no matter who has such thoughts, I will kill them first.

Thinking about it, the night has shrouded the sky and the earth, and the torches are lit on the official road and spread.

The team marched slowly, and arrived at dawn the next day, only ten miles away from Luoyang. Soldiers and horses came and went along the way. Weeping while walking towards the slowly approaching imperial chariot.

"Your Majesty, Chen Quanzhong is guilty, he shouldn't have lured wolves into the house."

"Your Majesty is so young, and the Empress is so wonderful! Bah, how can you take a step ahead of my minister? The sky is not fair, and the sky has no eyes."

The crying moved Chao Wenwu, who moved from Chang'an, to some extent. Although he didn't like the Liang King, but in such an atmosphere, the sad crying made them cry secretly, and Geng who came from behind Qing followed Wenwu and Empress He to greet him. When it was his turn, Zhu Wen lowered his hands and raised his face. He blinked one eyelid quietly, raised the corner of his eyebrows in a signal, turned around and continued to cry, and went to help him lift him from the car. The lower coffin.

Geng Qing followed behind speechlessly. In terms of acting, Zhu Wen, who went from being a gangster to the king of Liang, was indeed better.

Of course, this is his humble thought.

After all, he is acting. He has ruined 26 big companies. Now he has played the role of three emperors and several prime ministers. Who will be next?
"Liang Wang, you have to hold on, now you are my boss"

Geng Qing followed the team and escorted the coffin into Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)