I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 360: The Han Empire’s Conqueror: The villains actually forced me, Huo Guang, to become a traitor! (Please subscribe)
When the emperor received the military information from Lingwu County, Fan Mingyou's secret letter to Huo Guang was also sent to the general's mansion.

At this time, Huo Guang was having dinner with Huo Xian in the main hall of the back house. Since Huo Chengjun entered the palace, they were the only ones dining together, so it was inevitably deserted.

So everything is simple to eat.

Before Huo Guang could put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, Chen Wannian ran in in a panic.

Because he was running too hastily, Chen Wannian tripped on the high threshold and fell heavily.

The messenger tube in his hand rolled to Huo Guang's case.

Huo Guang was very displeased. Although Chen Wannian was cautious in doing things, he was too impatient.

"Why are you panicking? What kind of appearance does this look like!?" Huo Guang scolded.

"General, this is a secret message sent by General Fan Mingyou!"

Ignoring the pain in his knees, Chen Wannian quickly climbed up, picked up the messenger tube and handed it to Huo Guang's hand.

More than ten days ago, the emperor issued an edict to "seize" Fan Mingyou's military power. From that day on, Huo Guang was eager to receive Fan Mingyou's letter.

He really wanted to know what happened to the army marching north, so they made up their mind to return south to the fortress ahead of schedule.

With the emperor's edict and his letter, Fan Mingyou and others should have explained themselves.

With this thought in his mind, Huo Guang couldn't wait any longer. After asking Huo Xian to take away the leftovers from the case, he opened the messaging tube.

Just by glancing at it, Huo Guang saw the words "Qingjun side, kill Cai Yi".

A chill spread from his eyes to his whole body!

These six words were just the beginning. The further Huo Guang read, the more frightened he felt.

The ink characters were like clusters of arrows, shooting straight into Huo Guang's chest, causing him to bleed.

"The last generals Fan Mingyou, Tian Guangming, and Tian Shunjin reported to the generals. The current county magistrates are ignorant, deceived by Cai thieves, and want to destroy the Great Wall..."

"The officers and soldiers marching to the north were shocked, filled with grief and anger. We followed the morale of the army and carried out the important task of 'clearing the emperor and killing Cai Yi'..."

"Our loyalty is evident to heaven and earth, and can be seen from the sun and moon!"

"I hope that the general will cooperate with us internally and externally, perform righteous deeds together, admonish the emperor with military force, help the Han Dynasty, and gain the reputation of Yi Yin and Zhou Gong!"

Although Fan Mingyou is a military general, he can write well. The few sentences in this secret letter are more eloquent, as if he is really a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

However, how could these extremely hypocritical words deceive Huo Guang?
What Fan Mingyou wants to do is not a "righteous act", it is clearly a "rebellion"!
This guy is so brave! !
He actually did such an outrageous thing! !
Huo Guang suddenly stood up, and immediately wanted to take this letter to Weiyang Palace and hand it over to the emperor, and then ask the emperor to issue an edict to summon the soldiers of King Qin to crush the Fan thief.

However, before he could even lift his feet, a gap suddenly appeared in the sky that had been clear for many days, followed by a huge thunder.

The sudden thunder shook the beams, pillars and tiles of the main hall.

Huo Guang stopped, looking at the secret letter that seemed to be dripping with blood with dull eyes, and gradually woke up.

This rebel is none other than his own son-in-law!

And Huo Yu and the closest nephews and nephews of the Huo family are all among these three armies.

Fan Mingyou rebelled. Can Huo Yu get rid of his involvement?Could it be that dozens or hundreds of Huo family’s nephews and nephews had nothing to do with each other?Could it be that a general like himself could get rid of anything he had to do with it?
He, Huo Guang, was the Minister of Secretariat, Marquis of Bolu, Great General of Sima, Huo Qubing's younger brother, and the auxiliary minister appointed by Emperor Xiaowu——

He was actually forced by his own son-in-law to become a rebellious traitor! ?
A wave of dizziness suddenly hit the back of his head. Huo Guang fell down with a "boom" just like a month ago, and the letter fell to the ground lightly.

"Husband! Husband!" Huo Xian, who was standing by, panicked and rushed over.

"General! General!" Chen Wannian knelt on the spot and shouted at the top of his lungs.

But no matter how they shouted, Huo Guang, who had his eyes closed tightly, had a face as white as gold paper and no response.

"Quick! Go and call Chunyu Yan!" Huo Xian screamed.

"But this is the back house... The official is a foreign minister... I'm afraid some people will criticize..."

"Go quickly! Whoever dares to gossip, I will chop him up immediately!" Huo Xian's slender finger poked directly in front of Chen Wannian's nose, with a ferocious look on his face.

Chen Wannian didn't dare to hesitate any longer and ran out of Zhengzheng, crawling on the ground, to look for Chunyu Yan.

Fortunately, Chun Yuyan came quickly, inserted a few needles quickly, and then started to pinch Renzhong...

Huo Xian gritted his teeth and looked at Huo Guang, holding the latter's sleeves tightly with both hands, fearing that his husband would never wake up again.

Before she had time to read the letter, she knew that something terrible must have happened, and her husband could not die now!

Perhaps it was the blessing of the ancestors of the Huo family, Chunyu Yan struggled for more than half an hour, and Huo Guang finally woke up leisurely.

"Letter... letter..." Huo Guang, lying in Huo Xian's arms, pointed to the letter on the ground tremblingly.

Chen Wannian, who was standing aside, was about to pick it up, but before his hand touched the letter, Huo Guang struggled to touch a teacup on the table and smashed it hard.

Huo Guang's abnormal behavior scared Chen Wannian to the point where he quickly knelt down and did not dare to make any more moves.

"Xin... Xin... no one can touch it!" Huo Guang finally finished speaking intermittently.

If those who fell just now were ordinary people like Meng Ban, Guan Er and Zhang San, then whether it was bad or good, it would probably take a day or two to recover.

But how could Huo Guang be an ordinary person? When this political strongman was at risk of life and death, he only rested for a quarter of an hour before he could sit up straight.

"Madam, you...go and bring the letter to me."

"No!" Huo Xian didn't understand why and quickly went to pick up the letter.

When the letter returned to Huo Guang's hand, he did not read it again, but crumpled it into a ball and held it tightly in his hand.

This letter cannot be seen by anyone!

Let Huo Xian pick up the letter not only because he trusts her, but also because she is illiterate.

"Chunyu Yan retired, and Chen Wannian went to the front office and called all the envoys who were waiting to wait in the hall."

"No!" The two of them quickly went their separate ways.

Without outsiders, Huo Xian finally couldn't care about other things anymore. He quickly sat next to Huo Guang and grabbed his sleeve.

"Husband! What did Mingyou write in the letter!? Why is my husband so panicked!?"

"This bastard is so stupid that he actually led an army of tens of thousands - rebelling against him!" Huo Guang said sadly.

"Ah!?" Huo Xian was also frightened. He quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth, as if he was afraid that he would leak the news about this matter.

Huo Xian suddenly remembered the letter he wrote to Fan Mingyou and the others more than a month ago. Was it because of that letter?

At that time, she just wanted them to find an opportunity to bring troops back to help Huo Guang. How could she have expected that such a disaster would happen?
It must be that Huo Yu was still thinking about the stupid thing about making Huo Guang emperor, so he took the opportunity to do such a lifeless thing.

The [-]-strong army rebelled. Huo Xian couldn't tell whether it brought good or bad things to the Huo family at this moment.

Her innate instinct to camp for survival had no effect at all at this time.

Huo Xian looked at Huo Guang who had just woken up, and did not dare to tell Huo Guang about delivering the letter: if Huo Guang knew about it, he would probably kill him immediately.

If you hide one thing, you can only continue to hide it one by one.

"Husband, husband, what should we do now?" Huo Xian asked eagerly.

Huo Guang closed his eyes tightly and said nothing, quickly calculating the current situation.

In the letter I just received, in addition to Fan Mingyou's "loyalty" and "heartfelt words", it also contains the army's plan: to divide the troops into groups, one for emergency and one for delay.

Huo Guang has never personally commanded an army of tens of thousands, but after all, he has been a general for a long time, so he naturally knows how to fight.

If you don't talk about it being a head-turning treason, this is actually an excellent strategy - and the only strategy.

At this moment, Fan Mingyou's troops are probably close to Sanshui. They can reach Qixian County in less than seven or eight days and Chang'an within ten days.

By then, Tian Guangming's troops who followed closely would be able to control all of Anding County and most of Beidi County, and Tian Shun's troops would also arrive in Chang'an later.

From this point of view, Fan Mingyou and others have a very high chance of succeeding, almost to the point where they are just one step away.

Reminiscent of the strange behavior of the northern army that was reluctant to advance, I am afraid that Fan Mingyou and others had planned this evil thing before the army set out for the expedition.

Before the expedition, Huo Guang had a dispute with Huo Yu because of his involvement with the Huns.

It seems that the conspiracy behind this is far deeper and darker than Huo Guang imagined.

What makes Huo Guang even more angry is that Fan Mingyou, Huo Yu and others are still hiding many things from him.

Fan Mingyou and the others are in the north, with tens of thousands of troops guarding them, so their lives are naturally not in danger.

As for him, Huo Guang and all the Huo family members were in Chang'an City, there was simply no way out.

These two idiots are so cold-blooded and ruthless! ?
He received the secret message, so the emperor must also have received the military information.Although the emperor still respects him, which emperor can tolerate the rebellion of a general?

Maybe at this moment, the emperor is already thinking about what to do with the Huo family.

The more Huo Guang thought about it, the more he felt confused and confused. He couldn't figure out a clue at all. The hateful dizziness hit him again, and he almost fell down again.

"Husband! Husband! You can't fall ill now. The Huo family is in danger. Without my husband, the building may collapse!"

Huo Xian's scream made Huo Guang sober up.

Yes, we can’t fall down now, we must find a way to figure it out as soon as possible.

After all, he is a great general, the father of the queen, the father-in-law and father-in-law of the emperor, and the grandfather of the queen mother. He has a book of elixirs, minions and confidants - and great achievements!
With these, Huo Guang can do a lot.

Right now, we need to come up with an idea first!

Huo Guang flattened the secret letter that he had crumpled into a ball on the case, and read it from beginning to end again.
Two paths gradually emerged in my mind.

Both paths seem to be ways of survival, but they are also full of thorns and may lead to death in the end.

But at this critical juncture, how can there be a bright and open road?

This first road is the road leading to the Greenhouse Palace of Weiyang Palace.

Huo Guang can go to Weiyang Palace immediately and denounce Fan Mingyou and others for their disobedience and disloyalty in front of the emperor.

Then he told the whole story about Fan Mingyou and others' plans to cooperate with each other inside and outside, and then assisted the emperor in reorganizing Chang'an's defense, worked with the emperor to defend against the enemy, and continued to be a loyal minister of this big man.

Taking this path will not only fulfill Huo Guang's name of loyalty, but also temporarily save the lives of everyone in the Huo family.

But what about the future?When the emperor regains his breath in the future, will he let the Huo family go?

If Fan Mingyou's troops are unstoppable and the troops successfully reach Chang'an City, if he wants to be a benevolent emperor that day, he will take the Huo family to the city wall and chop off their heads one by one in front of Fan Mingyou.

But on the other hand, if Fan Mingyou's army is defeated in the end and the emperor secures his throne, will he let the Huo family go?
What's more, Huo Yu is also among Fan Ming's allies at this moment. If Huo Yu dies in the battle, even if the Huo family survives, they will be extinct like Emperor Xiaozhao.

The emperor might choose one of the Huo family's collateral nephews to adopt as a son for Huo Guang, but would that still be the Huo family that Huo Guang wanted?

Continuing to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty wholeheartedly is no longer Huo Guang's best choice now.

And this second road is the road leading to Fan Ming's friendly army.

Huo Guangke and Fan Mingyou cooperated internally and externally, raised the banner of "Qing Jun's Side, Killing Cai Yi" in Chang'an, and controlled the city of Chang'an and the emperor.

In at most ten days, Fan Mingyou will lead his army to capture Chang'an, and all the turmoil will eventually calm down.

Huo Guang can rely on Huo Dang, who has returned to Chang'an, to continue to serve as the auxiliary minister, and his limelight will remain the same as before, and his power may even be greater than before.

This road can benefit Huo Guang the most, but is it really that easy to follow?

Today, the only troops that Huo Guang can control are the 500 troops of Zhongbao Colonel and the more than 2000 patrol soldiers of Jinwu.

The emperor had five or six thousand southern troops in his hands.

Even if Huo Guang really wants to control the situation in Chang'an City, it will not be an easy task.

If you are not careful, Huo may bleed like a river tonight.

On the other hand, even if this road really succeeds, Huo Guang can gain a lot, but he will also lose the thing he values ​​most - reputation.

Once Huo Guang did this, even if the emperor and the queen mother could later issue an edict to rectify the names of Huo Guang and others, the mark he left in the history books would not look good.

Yi Yin released Taijia, Zhou Gong assisted him to become the king, Guan Zhong shot Xiaobai... Huo Guang would never leave such a good reputation.

At most, he will only be called a powerful minister like Cui Zhu in later history books.

What ordinary people pursue is money and food, but Huo Guang, who stands at the top of the Han Empire, is different. What he wants is to leave a name in history, and what he wants is the title of a minister through the ages.

……

From this point of view, neither of these two paths is the best choice.

For a moment, Huo Guang, who gradually regained some of his energy, became entangled and hesitant in his heart again.

This is what happens when people get old. When faced with many things, they worry about gains and losses and hesitate.

Huo Guang has too many things, so he is afraid that if he is not careful, he will lose everything.

If this had happened more than 20 years ago, or even ten years ago, Huo Guang would not be as difficult to make a decision as he is now.

Because he will find that although these two paths are full of risks, they also have the possibility of success.

He only saw one side and ignored the other side - the principle that good fortune and misfortune depend on each other, which was forgotten by the aging Huo Guang.

On the contrary, Huo Xian on the side looked at Huo Guang in a daze, very puzzled and even contemptuous.

"Husband, you must not be so hesitant at this critical moment!" Huo Xian, with disheveled hair, tugged on Huo Guang's sleeves and said anxiously.

"Of course I know, but the matter is so important, how could I not hesitate..."

After Huo Guang finished speaking, he told Huo Xian what he was thinking.

"Madam, which of these two roads do you think is better?" Huo Guang actually asked Huo Xian.

"Husband, you are so confused. Since you believe that the emperor already knows about this, the situation has already reached a critical point. How can you care about your reputation?!"

"First save your life and mine, save the lives of the Huo family, save the life of Yu'er...this is the top priority!"

At this critical moment, Huo Xian, who was in his forties, saw things more clearly than Huo Guang.

"But..." Huo Guang still couldn't let go of his obsession with the loyalty of his ministers.

"Husband! Don't hesitate any longer! Have you forgotten what happened to Zhu Lu during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen?" Huo Xian suddenly raised his voice and screamed.

This was the first time that she showed her ferocity and cruelty in front of Huo Guang. The way she showed her teeth and claws made Huo Guang feel scared.

Huo Xian's crazy and twisted face made Huo Guang come back to his senses.

This is not the time to worry about the minutiae, now we can only follow the second path!

History books are written by the victors, and those who died tragically do not even deserve to have their names left.

Just like the young emperor Liu Hong and his brothers who were ordered to be executed by Emperor Xiaowen in the past, who dares to discuss whether they are the heirs of Emperor Xiaohui?

Only by surviving can you leave your name in the history books.

"Madam reminds me that I have been thinking too much. Without a wife, the Huo family doesn't know what kind of land it will be like." Huo Guang pretended to be relaxed and said.

After saying that, Huo Guang stood up unsteadily, and Huo Xian quickly went to help him.

At this moment, Huo Xian was not in the mood to cater to Huo Guang's compliments to her. She just wanted her husband to show his courage as a general.

"I understand what to do. Madam, don't worry. As long as I'm here, the sky in Chang'an City won't fall!"

Huo Guang composed himself and prepared to go out to the main hall of the front office to give orders.

At this moment, Huo Xian suddenly pulled Huo Guang's sleeve from behind.

"Husband, wait a minute, this concubine has another plan, which can be used as an alternative. If it comes to a last resort, she can still make a change!" Huo Xian's words were full of insidiousness.

"Oh? Madam, what's your clever idea?"

The petite Huo Xian stood up on tiptoes, leaned close to Huo Guang's ear, and spoke out the strategy he had just thought of in an extremely cold tone.

At first, Huo Guang found it a bit unbelievable, and even thought it was nonsense.

But the more he listened, the more it made sense.

Especially after reading the secret letter sent by Fan Mingyou, I felt that the escape route left by Huo Xian was feasible.

With this escape route, at least the Huo family can leave a glimmer of hope when everything else is lost, and prevent it from disappearing overnight.

"Madam, it's a good plan, but it's going to be painful..." Huo Guang sighed.

"No one in the world is suffering now. As long as the big tree of the Huo family doesn't fall, we can just compensate them when the time comes." Huo Xian said nonchalantly, with determination in his eyes.

"Madam is right, but there's no need to worry. I won't let trouble happen in Chang'an City. The little emperor can't defeat me."

Huo Guang calmly shook Huo Xian's hand, and without saying anything else, he strode towards the main hall of the front office.

It seems that everything is under planning.

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