Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 446 Pig Dragon
In the evening, An Shouzhong no longer had to show off his majestic figure to the Tang army outside the city. He finally took off his heavy and cold armor and put on warm fur.

Before leaving, he had another small conflict with Tian Qianzhen. The reason was that Tian Qianzhen asked him for the general's seal of General Yu Lin who stayed in Luoyang of the Yan Kingdom, and he had already handed over the military talisman of Luoyang's outer city garrison. How can I hand over my private seal when I come out? He then angrily scolded Tian Ganzhen and walked off the city.

Soon, a personal entourage came over with a tall horse and said: "General, I invite you to play dominoes. They have gathered three people."

"Walk."

An Shouzhong spat out the bad luck he had encountered recently. He was too lazy to pay attention to the many troubles in city defense and was about to go back to relax. After a second thought, he said: "I only need to go to the palace once."

Since the rebels entered the city, there has been no curfew in Luoyang, and the rebel generals can enter Ziwei Palace at will. When An Shouzhong arrived in front of Yisui Palace, he put on a wronged expression. Although he did not want to take on the heavy responsibility of defending the city, he did not want to lose his inherent power.

Although the palace is large, it is filled with the smell of medicine and blood. There is a corpse of a palace man lying on the ground, and several chamberlains are cleaning it up. An Lushan's illness became more and more serious, and there was no part of his body that was not in pain. He lay on the bed moaning and groaning all day long, making people feel like he was going to the underworld to meet the King of Hell every time he came in.

"Brother, how can you not believe me? Leave military affairs to that boy Ah Hao..."

Before he finished speaking, An Lushan became furious and cursed: "I can hear the shit sloshing around in your head!"

An Shouzhong originally came to complain, but what he faced was a heavy scolding.

"I'm about to leave the palace. Let's go with the general. The general doesn't have to mind the replacement. Ahao is a little anxious to avenge Gao Shang."

"That's specifically for servants to move around so as not to disturb the master's reception."

"If General loses, how about lending me the seal for one night?"

The cold wind blew out several lanterns hanging on the pillars at the top of the city, and the guards did not relight them for a long time. It seemed that because the snowy night was too cold, they hid somewhere to drink and keep warm.

After the rebels entered the city, they each occupied large mansions in the city. An Shouzhong now lives in Daodefang on the south bank of Luoshui River, which is close to the palace and Nanshi.

Yan Zhuang picked up the dominoes on the table, rubbed them, and said slowly: "The saint asked me to come, why not play a game and decide the winner or lose. You and I can both explain to the saint, how about it?"

~~
Late at night, in the north of the city, on top of the Hui'an Gate.

Leading Yan Zhuang inside, An Shouzhong introduced it loudly. He was really dissatisfied and pointed out many shortcomings casually.

When it comes to the power of the Yan Kingdom, An Shouzhong's thoughts on fighting for power have become less intense and he no longer wants to argue. After all, An Lushan had only been scolding him for being stupid. He did not doubt his loyalty, nor did he say that he would reduce his official position. Seeing that it was almost time to go back to playing dominoes, he pleaded guilty and withdrew.

Yan Zhuang took the place of a poker friend and was about to play dominoes with An Shouzhong. However, just before he came to the table, he suddenly said: "Betting is boring, why not change the bet?"

Yan Zhuang thought to himself: "There is a cook in the family who is good at cooking, but he can still eat it without even knowing the details."

Of course, this kind of poor treatment is relative to the wealthy families in Guanzhong, not ordinary people.

The dinner was very exquisite. After eating it, Yan Zhuang got up and went to the cubicle to wash up. He yawned quietly, dipped a handkerchief in hot water and applied it to his eyes to eliminate the bloodshot eyes. He came out pretending to be in high spirits and said with a smile: " After eating and drinking, I want to play dominoes.”

"You Yanzhuang!" An Shouzhong became furious and cursed, "You turn out to be Tian Qianzhen's lobbyist!"

"This is for bathing and changing clothes, and so is that. There is so much dirt to wash, this is the front yard."

"That was Ahao who framed me." An Shouzhong said: "Brother, how can you trust outsiders and not me? In the early years when I followed brother and lived under Zhang Shougui, Ahao's hair was not even long. "

But in fact, Tian Qianzhen lay in the darkness all night, staring closely outside the city. Snowflakes piled on his armor, blending him with the walls. The Lord is like this, and the soldiers dare not make any changes, and everyone follows suit.

"Come on, the cook in my house is good. He used to be a chef in some kind of Duke's house. He is very good at cooking!"

With these thoughts in mind, An Shouzhong walked around the Mingtang, when someone suddenly chased him from behind and called him. When he turned around, he saw it was Yan Zhuang.

Now that Yan Zhuang mentioned it again, An Shouzhong started to criticize Tian Qianzhen until he heard Yan Zhuang's stomach growling and the two of them burst into laughter. He then invited Yan Zhuang to have a meal in his house. .

"Do you think I'm stupid just because I'm fat? Without outsiders, can I have the power of the Yan Kingdom?"

Although An Shouzhong didn't know who Xie An was, he was now very good at mastering the key points of arty style. He put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, when the good news arrives, maybe Prime Minister Yan has not played the dominoes well, and there will be another good story. ”

"That is, after the host meets a guest, he must change into suitable clothes to meet the next guest."

"Hmph, all the betrayers are playing dominoes with me? That's because the situation is unfavorable for you. Everyone has betrayed and separated. How can you blame me?"

"Everyone who betrayed me only hangs out with you, eats, drinks, whores, gambles, and plays dominoes. Do I get rid of your injustice? Ever since we invaded Luoyang City, Tongguan has not been captured. You only care about being the emperor and your relatives. You are so angry." Me!"

"I'm here for the general." Yan Zhuang said: "Ahao wants to be sealed, not to seize the general's position, but to defeat Xue Bai. I'm afraid that you will suddenly mobilize your troops privately. If you win then That’s it, but if we fail, no one can tell..."

An Lushan knew very well that he did not have many talents and strategies. It was the Youzhou generals who were not angry with the imperial court who pushed him to the position of emperor. People like Tian Qianzhen, who has a low background and is unable to get ahead, and therefore has strong dissatisfaction, are his die-hard supporters and the people least likely to betray him. These people would rather endure his beatings than endure being treated badly.

"Prime Minister Yan is busy with official duties, but he still has time?"

"Why?"

"A famous family values ​​etiquette and pays attention to the word 'match' in everything."

"Prime Minister Yan, are you still in the palace?"

"Why not? When the news of the battle of Feishui arrived, Xie An was playing chess."

In short, the rebels hated these nobles the most, so An Shouzhong killed all the Gao family members who had no time to escape, and occupied the magpie's nest.

"What to change?"

The people who originally lived here were the descendants of Gao Shilian, the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Shilian was the uncle of Changsun Wuji. He participated in the Xuanwu Gate Revolution and was one of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.

Although the Bohai Gao family does not belong to the fifth surname, it is still a very prominent family in the Northern Qi and Sui Dynasties. In addition, those who can live in the ancestral home in Luoyang are all direct descendants of the orthodox family. They are far beyond the reach of the poor family members of the side branches and common people like Gao Shi. They are no longer in the same class and have no contact with each other at all.

"Actually, the houses of these aristocratic families are not easy to live in!"

"Hmph, Prime Minister Yan, look at that again. The corridor is hidden behind the wall. It's roundabout and in the way. I want to smash it."

"No need to say it, even if you say something outrageous, I won't hand over my private seal!"

"It's not easy to live in, it's not easy to live in!" An Shouzhong shouted, already sitting on the soft couch in front of the corridor. Two maids changed his shoes before continuing to walk forward. If He may not be used to it if he returns to Fan Yang.

After he praised it, An Shouzhong emphasized his tone and swallowed his saliva. In fact, he was also hungry.

"coming."

In the distance, a fire flickered twice, apparently Tang Jun was signaling to An Shouzhong.

Tian Qianzhen immediately ordered the Hui'an Gate to be opened and the Tang army allowed in.

At the same time, he once again confirmed whether Hanjiacang City had been completely sealed and locked.

"General, don't worry. The entire city cave is blocked with huge rocks. Even if the officers and soldiers use explosives, they can't blow it open."

"Very good." Tian Qianzhen said: "Tell An Qinghe not to worry about my life and death, just stick to Luoyang."

"Here."

In this way, Hanjiacang City became a separate urn city and did not lead to Luoyang. Once Xue Bai comes in, he will be locked up in this urn city and fight to the death with Tian Qianzhen.

Tian Qian was really determined to win this battle, but if he didn't win, he would have nowhere to retreat and no reinforcements. It doesn't matter, the elite soldiers from Shaanxi County will arrive soon. Xue Bai will definitely lose. For him, this is mainly an opportunity to avenge Gao Shang with his own hands.

Time passed very slowly, and finally, Tang Jun arrived.

"Go to someone, make sure Xue Bai is there, and let them into the city in the name of An Shouzhong."

Sufficient preparations had been made in advance. After the sentinel came out of the city, Xue Bai had no doubts and quickly raised the flag and entered the city gate.

Inside the gate is a huge city, about two hundred feet long and wide, covering an area of ​​630 acres. The round roofs are covered with snow and arranged neatly like tents, like a military camp.

This is Hanjiacang, where the world's grain is stored. If the Tang army captured it, it would be equivalent to seizing the rebels' grain and grass.

Unfortunately, the Tang army didn't seem to know that Hanjiacang was empty. There was no food and grass, only traps...

~~
In the darkness of the night, the sound of killing suddenly reached Ziwei Palace far away.

In the hall, An Lushan's snoring was as loud as thunder, but because of his illness, he did not sleep deeply and woke up immediately.

"Xue Bai is coming?!"

"Don't worry, saint, that is General Tian's plan." Li Zhu'er said, "We are encircling and killing him in Hanjiacang City."

"come here."

Li Zhuer then leaned forward and came closer. Unexpectedly, he received a severe slap. An Lushan slapped him on the neck, almost breaking his neck bones.

"I know I'm guilty, please forgive me, saint!" Li Zhu'er ignored the pain and quickly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and begged.

However, An Lushan did not continue to punish him this time, but sat there and muttered.

"I can still see it."

This was the literal meaning. In order to make sure that he saw it correctly, he waved his hand and slapped the figure in the dark. Sure enough, he hit Li Zhuer. The irritability caused by the pain also dissipated a lot.

Li Zhuer knelt there, his legs trembling for a while, and then he stood up, waiting for An Lushan's next order.

"Light up all the lights, light up everything!"

"Here."

Only then did candles light up in the hall, and soon a chamberlain arrived and reported, "Sage, Ashina Chengqing's military information has been delivered. It was sent from Xin'an at noon."

An Lushan couldn't see it and asked Li Zhuer to pick it up.

After opening the seal, he took out the letter paper from the mailbox and unfolded it. Li Zhuer looked at it in the light as bright as day and was stunned for a moment.

"Read it!" An Lushan was very anxious and waved his arms, showing signs of getting angry again.

"Ashna Chengqing said he will march overnight and rush back to Luoyang before tomorrow morning."

"Yeah." An Lushan responded dullly at first, then he giggled twice and said, "No matter what, I'm going to get my uncle's head tonight."

"Yes." Li Zhuer nodded in agreement.

"No, it's best to capture him alive. I want to cut him into pieces with my own hands. Which piece of meat should I cut first? It can't be his tongue. I have to hear his screams."

Muttering to himself, An Lushan became excited and suddenly turned to Li Zhuer and said, "Tell me! Where should I cut Xue Bai first?"

Hearing this sentence and feeling the cruel meaning of torturing people in it, Li Zhuer tightened his shoulder blades and retracted his neck for a moment, feeling unconsciously nervous and alert.

His fingers trembled slightly, his eyes were full of fear and resentment, but the words in his mouth seemed very well-behaved, saying: "I think that Xue Bai should be cut off first like I am..."

"Boom!"

There was an explosion in Hanjiacang City.

An Lushan immediately pricked up his ears to listen, the expression on his face became uncertain again, and shouted: "What's going on? I want to know what happened right away!"

When he made a fuss, the already busy chamberlains became even more panicked and ran to invite An Qinghe, who was in charge of Luoyang's defense.

Dayan was preparing to establish a country and had already made plans to confer An Qinghe as King Zheng. An Qinghe was impatient for this, fearing that something might happen, so he especially supported Tian Qianzhen to annihilate Xue Bai as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, Grandpa, Hanjiacang City is impregnable and the Tang army did not bomb in."

An Qinghe was watching the battle in the corner of the city just now and was very confident about it. As for the gates in the outer city of Luoyang, he also inspected all the gates, and there was nothing unusual. After giving a detailed report, he said: "Although Li Xiazhou is an internal correspondent, there is one thing he said exactly. My father will soon be over." "Danger, become the True Dragon Emperor..." "Listen," An Lushan said, "What's the sound?"

An Qinghe listened attentively and said, "That was the sound of A Hao killing the enemy in Hanjiacang City."

"No, that's not right. Help me to the Mingtang. I want to go over and take a look."

Because of the taboo against Li Yazhou's manipulation, An Lushan originally did not dare to go to Mingtang, but tonight, he wanted to see how Xue Bai was defeated, and his eyes were getting blurry, so he wanted to see more.

An Qinghe then arranged for several palace warriors to carry An Lushan to Mingtang.

They passed through the Zhulong Gate from the back sleeping area to the front area, and climbed to the third floor of the Mingtang. Looking out the window, they could see the firelight of Hanjiacang City.

"Master, look, Tang Jun is still trapped inside."

An Lushan could no longer hear the nearby screams just now. He could vaguely see the light of the fire and murmured: "It's so beautiful, like the lanterns on Yuan Ye in Chang'an. I miss Chang'an so much. But my feet are already gone." Even though I am dead, I can’t dance the Hu Xuan dance, but the saint is still playing the drum.”

"Grandpa, don't worry. Brother's letter said that Tongguan is about to be conquered."

"I haven't seen the imperial concubine for a long time. She is so beautiful. My eyes are almost broken. I wanted her before."

An Lushan took a deep breath, as if he was smelling the fragrance of Concubine Yang from hundreds of miles away, and was intoxicated by it.

"Who?!" shouted a question from below the hall.

"I solemnly seek to see the saint!"

"..."

An Lushan pointed to the golden dragon chair in the middle of the hall and said, "I saw it there. I want to sit on it to see Yan Zhuang."

After a while, Yan Zhuang stepped onto the Mingtang slowly.

An Qinghe looked around and saw many people following him. He frowned, stepped forward and stopped Yan Zhuang with his hand, and said, "Did Prime Minister Yan just come from Zhulongmen?"

"Yes, I wanted to see the saint in Yisui Palace."

"In that case, why was there no communication?" An Qinghe said: "I took my grandpa to Mingtang. How did you break into the palace without permission?"

Yan Zhuang did not answer, but asked instead: "Why did Silang bring the saint to the bright hall in order to kidnap the saint?"

"What did you say?"

An Qinghe was stunned for a moment, and suddenly noticed blood stains on Yan Zhuang's robe, and he reacted suddenly. He jumped back and shouted, "Here comes someone! Yan Zhuang has rebelled!"

Then there was the sound of breaking wind, and the soldier behind Yan Zhuang slashed down with his sword. If An Qinghe hadn't reacted by chance, he would have been killed by the sword. He blew the whistle hard, and drums sounded in response from each city head, and a team The captain of the team, Yan Imperial Guard, rushed to Mingtang.

"kill!"

Yan Zhuang took a step back, and the soldiers he brought attacked him. The guards in the palace immediately came forward to block them.

"Protect Grandpa!"

An Qinghe took many steps back, retreated in front of An Lushan, pushed the servants forward to block the sword, and planned to lead An Lushan to a safe place.

However, when he pushed hard, the body weighing more than 300 kilograms did not move at all.

"Help me!"

"Grandma, please try your best! Why don't you come and help me?!"

"puff."

An Qinghe was still working hard when he suddenly felt a chill on his neck. He turned around and saw that Li Zhuer, who had been pushed aside by him just now, put something on his neck and still stretched out his hand.

"Eunuch, not yet..."

Li Zhuer raised his hand, and it turned out that he was holding a small dagger with blood dripping on it.

Only then did An Qinghe realize that he had been stabbed, and blood spurted out from the wound.

Before he could move, Li Zhuer was stunned and stabbed his dagger again, piercing his collarbone and being caught by his shoulder blade. He wanted to kill the traitor Li Zhuer in front of him, but he felt his strength draining away rapidly.

"It's a eunuch!" An Qinghe shouted hard, reminding An Lushan.

After that, he rushed forward with all his strength, threw Li Zhuer to the ground, and tried to fight back.

"what!"

Li Zhuer vented his fear by screaming. He was suppressed by An Qinghe's heavy body covered in armor. He thought he was going to be killed by An Qinghe, but after a while, he discovered that An Qinghe was dead.

He finally pulled out the dagger, and then tried to crawl out from under the corpse to kill An Lushan.

"call--"

A knife came towards him and although it didn't hit him, it was just a hair's breadth away and the blade left a bloody mark on his face.

Li Zhuer fell down again in shock. He looked up and saw An Lushan sitting on the dragon chair, holding a knife and looking at him with his cloudy eyes.

"Eunuch! Do you dare to harm me?!"

In his rage, An Lushan looked extremely terrifying, with the flesh on his face wrinkled like towering branches, revealing his murderous intent.

Li Zhuer couldn't control his fear of An Lushan. His fingers seemed to have lost their control. No matter how much he tried to exert force, he still couldn't hold the dagger.

"I spared your life, gave you a name, and castrated you with my own hands so that you could stay with me. How dare you harm me?!"

If his feet weren't rotten, An Lushan would have rushed forward to kill him, but at this moment he could only sit there, leaning forward, waving the knife in his hand crazily. But his belly was too big, and when he leaned forward, it pressed against his belly. He couldn't lean too deep, and his belly would bounce up a little every time.

Then the knife struck down, hitting Li Zhuer's crotch.

"Ah! Ah!"

Li Zhuer screamed in fear, and what made him even more frightened was that An Lushan actually thought that what he did was good for him. Why not? Pig is the war god of Zoroastrianism, and An Lushan named him as his adopted son.

But he only felt hatred.

He drank very little water every day, but he still had to urinate several times. Squatting there, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't control the warmth flowing down his thighs, soaking his clothes, and soaking into the wounds he had suffered from the whipping, causing humiliation and severe pain.

The whiplash often turned sour, and he sometimes had to scrape the sores off himself.

A few months ago, Li Xiazhou gave him some medicine and gave him a funnel.

"Pindao is very good at curing crotch problems."

Once, Li Xiazhou said this half-jokingly. Li Zhuer responded: "But Silang hung up the Xingyang Centipede bag, but it didn't work, and the skin was still rotten."

"Really? He didn't tell Pindao."

"Silang was afraid of losing face and didn't want to say anything." Li Zhuer said, "I saw him having an affair with a palace official."

"You take a closer look." Li Xiazhou asked, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"The Taoist Master has been kind to me."

After that time, another half month passed, and they happened to talk about one thing.

"Are you literate?"

"Taoist priest, don't look at me like this. I also study. I have read some very in-depth books recently, but there are many things I don't understand and I don't know who to ask for help."

"what book?"

"It's about tax law."

The two of them had more contacts in secret, until one time when Li Yazhou was treating Li Zhuer's new whip wounds, he sighed unintentionally: "If this continues, if An Lushan doesn't die, you will die."

……

"Die! Die!"

The bright hall was full of blood, and An Lushan's eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes because of his anger. As if he didn't see Li Zhu'er, he just kept slashing randomly, and the knife struck him in the crotch again and again.

In the chaos, someone grabbed Li Zhuer's collar and dragged him out of this dangerous situation.

Immediately, the sound of increasingly dense footsteps came from all directions. There were rebels shouting "Protect the Saint", but the more orderly and powerful voice was another voice.

"Master Wang has entered the city, and the leader of the thieves has been captured. Anyone who dares to act rashly will be killed without mercy!"

There was a moment of silence outside the hall.

At the same time, a person slowly entered the Mingtang, and the hall became slightly quiet.

An Lushan felt the change in the atmosphere, raised his head, and looked in the direction of the visitor.

His blood surged with anger, his small eyes were bloodshot, and pus flowed down like tears.

Vaguely, he could still see that the person coming had an extremely superior profile, and it made him feel a very familiar feeling of jealousy. He tried hard to see the other person clearly, squinted his eyes, and suddenly felt a sting.

"No!"

An Lushan felt that his eyes were going to be blinded by the other person's appearance. He didn't want to look anymore and shouted in a hissing voice: "It can't be you, you can't come here."

"Why not?" the other party asked calmly.

"Xue Bai?!"

An Lushan was startled when he heard the voice.

At the same time, the shouts in the distant city of Hanjiacang suddenly rose in pitch, and a fire raging in Hanjiacang. An Lushan turned his head subconsciously and saw that half of the sky was like daylight, which made his eyes hurt.

When he turned around again, the candles in the bright hall were extinguished in an instant, leaving only darkness.

"Who put out the lights?!" An Lushan was furious.

No one answered.

"Xue Bai! Do you want to sneak attack me?!"

"Is that what you think?" The calm voice came closer.

"No, you are not Xue Bai. Xue Bai has been burned to death in Hanjiacang City. I saw it. I saw it with my own eyes."

An Lushan suddenly burst into laughter, waving the knife in his hand wildly to prevent others from getting close, and yelling wildly.

"I'm blind. I know I'm blind, but I saw Xue Bai burnt to death before I went blind. Everything else is fake! I can't see it, I can't see it!"

(End of this chapter)