I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 393: Following the emperor’s order to capture Huo Xian, General Huo Guang gave way, otherwise he would be killed without mercy! (Please subscribe)
For many years, the area around the General's Mansion has been the busiest place in Chang'an City. Zhang Anshi is still handling political affairs here, but both the front office and the back house are much quieter than before.

Once upon a time, Huo Guang, a great general, had control over the military, political and political affairs, and shouldered the heavy responsibility of governing the world.

Sometimes the courtiers couldn't find Huo Guang in the Shangshu Office, so they had to come to the General's Mansion to look for him.

Therefore, there are many more courtiers who come in and out of the general's office than in other government offices.

Nowadays, although Zhang Anshi is the Great Sima General, with the expansion of the Shangshu Office, many military affairs are handled directly in the Shangshu Office and are handled by Chinese and Korean officials led by the emperor. The general's palace is naturally deserted.

As long as there is no more tyrannical General Sima and Chief Minister like Huo Guang in the Han Empire, then the General's Palace will probably become deserted like the Prime Minister's Palace.

The deserted front office of the general was caused by the expansion of the Shangshu office, and the deserted back house was naturally caused by the complete collapse of the Huo family.

In the past, countless officials and courtiers wanted to use the general's back door but could not, so they had to come to the back door and use Huo Xian's back door.

Every day from morning to night, people with ulterior motives come and go, making it very lively.

Now, the courtiers who had come to give gifts before were either arrested one after another, or were trembling in their own houses, waiting to be punished.

The front door of Huo's house naturally became a deserted scene.

When Huang Ba led people to the gate of Huo's house, he felt even more relieved when he saw that the ground in front of the gate was full of filth that no one had cleaned.

At this time, the snow is getting heavier and heavier. I am afraid that Huo Guang and Huo Dang will have a result before the snow stops completely.

Huang Ba patted the snow on his shoulders, walked to the door with his chest raised, and handed the emperor's order to the guard of the swordsmen and halberds guarding the door.

After the latter saw it, he immediately ordered the two men and horses guarding the gate to be withdrawn.

Huang Ba turned around and shouted to the people he brought with him in the swirling snow.

"Zhang Yi, lead thirty swordsmen and halberds to control the gates and corridors."

"Zhao Bing, take thirty swordsmen and halberds to search for various types of slaves."

"Liu Jia, bring a group of swordsmen and halberds to capture the criminal Chunyu Yan."

"Sun Ding, lead a group of swordsmen and halberd warriors to seal off all the warehouses and bedrooms."

"Qian Wu, take twenty accountants and clerks to check all the property."

"Zhou Ji, take ten clerks to search all correspondence."

……

Tingwei Huang Ba's two thick lips kept opening and closing, arranging the things to be done in an orderly manner.

All of a sudden, there were endless voices in the crowd saying yes.

After arranging everyone's affairs, Huang Ba then said murderously: "Everyone, please don't use your mind, let alone fish in troubled waters. If you are discovered by this officer, you will be punished as a collaborator!"

Huang Ba turned around with his hands behind his back, first looked at the increasingly gloomy sky above his head, and then turned to look at the plaque with the words "Huo Zhai" written on it above the door, with a cruel smile on his lips.

In the eyes of others, Huang Ba was just wrongly accused by Huo Xian and sent to prison for a few days. He was released not long after, and was not in danger of his life. By the way, he was able to lose some weight.

However, only Huang Ba himself knew the bitterness and danger involved.

If it weren't for the imperial prison order that Chen Xiu had the same temper as him, if the emperor hadn't suddenly appeared in the imperial prison, if the emperor hadn't fished him out of the imperial prison, if the emperor hadn't recruited him as the director of the Menxia Temple...

So today, not only did Huang Ba come to Huo Zhai to avenge his hatred, but he might have died inexplicably in the imperial prison and turned into a pile of loess.

Moreover, it was only when Huang Ba was released from prison that he learned that his father was too frightened and drove away to the west.

Huang Ba was once the Tingweicheng, a capable official with a filial and honest background, but he was tortured by Huo Xian to the point of ruining his family, not to mention the many ordinary people with no name?

It is unknown how many people were wrongly accused and killed by him.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Huo Party has a large number of people, and those who act arbitrarily under the protection of Huo Guang are very serious. I don’t know how many ordinary people and officials have suffered.

Once a party forms a party, it will naturally lead to selfish interests and grievances.

In addition, Huang Ba recently heard something that he had never known before.

On that day, in order to rescue Huang Ba from prison, the emperor even condescended to come to the back house of the general's mansion and bowed his head to Huo Xian to plead for mercy.

Bullying superiors and concealing inferiors, covering the sky with one hand, being disrespectful and lawless...

These words combined are not enough to describe Huo Xian and Huo Guang's sins.

Although Huo Guang did meritorious service to the Han Dynasty, his merits and demerits cannot be offset and he must be punished.

Today, Huang Ba will replace the emperor, replace the officials and people of the world, and replace Emperor Xiaozhao... First, I want to ask Huo Xian and Huo Guang for an explanation.

"I will go in first, and the two sword and halberd warriors will follow me to knock down the door first. The rest will follow the instructions just now and set off!"

"only!"

Huang Ba took the lead, followed by two teams of swordsmen and halberd warriors, walking quickly towards the gate of Huo Zhai.

The two tall swordsmen took the lead and rushed to the heavy door. They grabbed the huge door knocker and slapped it hard on the black door panel.

After a moment, the door creaked and opened a crack from the inside.

Before the big slave could open the door and see clearly what was happening outside, the two swordsmen and halberd warriors immediately pushed the door open, scaring the several big slaves behind the door to back away.

The leader of the big slave is probably used to doing evil, and with the power of the big slave of Huo Zhai, he actually walked up to block Huang Ba's way, and shouted in a desperate manner: "I dare to ask the master what I have..."

Before he finished speaking, Huang Ba slapped the emperor's edict on the opponent's face with one hand and shouted loudly into the courtyard.

"The Emperor has an order, and the Tingwei is handling the case. They will search the residence of General Sima, Ling Shangshu, and Huo Guang, the Marquis of Bolu. Anyone who stands in the way will be killed without mercy!"

After Huang Ba yelled these words, he grabbed the big slave who opened the door and asked indifferently: "Where is Huo Xian? Please call him quickly."

"The General's wife, I'm resting with the General in the middle residence at the moment!" the evil slave said with chattering teeth.

"Hmph, I'm sorry you don't dare to lie. Let's go to the middle residence!" After Huang Ba finished speaking, he led the people and continued to rush to the front yard.

The two swordsmen and halberd warriors behind him followed closely, and more dense footsteps sounded outside the door.

The Huo family was completely ruined in this snowy day.

……

Although most of Huo Guang's private soldiers have been dispersed or imprisoned, there are a large number of slaves in the entire back house, totaling at least 200 people.

Among these 200 people, there are naturally many evil slaves who are used to being arrogant.

These evil slaves are short-sighted and extremely vicious. They just feel that they have no way to vent their pent-up anger.

In their narrow vision, Huo Guang can still make a comeback, and Huo Xian can still show off his power.

In this case, it is natural to show your loyalty and contribute to your family head.

There was no chance before, but now the opportunity is right in front of us.When Huang Ba rushed into the front yard with swordsmen and halberds from the door, there were twenty or thirty evil slaves blocking the front yard, with all kinds of "weapons" in their hands.

They screamed and cursed a lot, and then rushed over, ready to kill Huang Ba in the courtyard.

Huang Ba smiled contemptuously and waved his hand gently, and the swordsman behind him drew his sword and faced him.

Sword and halberd warriors are usually equipped with two weapons, a sword and a halberd, one long and one short. The longer one is used on horseback, and the shorter one is used in foot combat.

There was no need to ride a horse today, so the swordsman only brought his eight-sided sword.

The Eight-sided Sword is a thicker and sharper sword than the Four-sided Sword, and its steel mouth is also better.

In front of the eight-sided sword of the swordsman, the improvised weapons in the hands of the evil slaves of the Huo family were not much different from the fire sticks.

In addition, the duty of the swordsmen is to picket and arrest unjust officials. They are not as good as Habayashi Lang in direct combat, but they have participated in many house raids and are very good at dealing with these rampaging evil slaves.

Huang Ba had already given the order "Kill without mercy" before he entered the house, so they would not show any mercy, and they would kill him in the process of fighting.

The two sides fought for only a moment, and the dozens of evil slaves were already lying in a pool of blood - none of them could move.

On the other hand, the swordsmen and halberd warriors all had indifferent expressions and were not even breathing heavily.

"Whoever dares to resist again, this is what will happen!"

Huang Ba dropped these words viciously and continued to lead the people towards the middle courtyard.

At this moment, more swordsmen and halberd warriors and officials from Tingwei Temple poured in outside the gate, rushing towards every corner of Huo's house in an aggressive and orderly manner.

Huang Ba no longer needed to be distracted. After walking along the corridors of the house for half a quarter of an hour, he finally arrived outside the central residence located at the core of the central courtyard.

Just when Huang Ba was about to break in, he stopped abruptly at the entrance of the courtyard because there was a person standing with his back to them.
This person is none other than Huo Guang.

Huo Guang's back stopped Huang Ba and even the swordsman behind him.

Huo Guang probably heard the movement in the front yard and came to the yard to "wait for work", so the black cloak on his body was still very clean, with only a few snowflakes falling on it.

He was already physically strong, but during the half month he was imprisoned, he never lacked food and clothing. In addition, he had fewer opportunities to move around, so he became stronger than before.

At this moment, Huo Guang stood in the courtyard, like a big mountain.

Before Huang Ba was recruited by the emperor as the director of the Menxia Temple, he was just a Tingweicheng with a rank of thousands of stones. Although he was considered a high position, he was insignificant in front of Huo Guang.

The gap between the two is probably wider than the entire Weiyang Palace, otherwise Huang Ba would not have been inexplicably dismissed from his post and sent to prison just because of Huo Xian's few words.

Therefore, under the shadow of Huo Guang's mountain, Huang Ba, who was also pot-bellied, could not help but bow his head and bend down, losing several points in terms of momentum.

Before Huang Ba entered the hospital, he had planned how to read out the emperor's edict righteously and righteously in front of Huo Guang, so that Huo Guang would give way and hand over the suspect Huo Xian.

But now that I suddenly saw Huo Guang's back, I didn't know what to do.

"Who is here?" Unexpectedly, it was Huo Guang who spoke first.

"Your Majesty, Huang Ba, greets the General." Huang Ba saluted as he had no choice but to say.

"Has the dog Huo Yu returned to Chang'an?" Huo Guang asked, still facing Huang Ba.

"General Yu was escorted back to Chang'an yesterday." Huang Ba answered truthfully.

"Has Tingwei Temple convicted him of treason?" Huo Guang asked with some displeasure.

"This... has not yet been concluded. The county magistrate has issued an order, and Bingji will investigate the case of Thief Fan's rebellion."

"It's not Zhang Anshi?"

"Mr. Zhang needs to take control from the center."

"Zhang Anshi, he should be the Grand General and Grand Sima now, and the general in charge of the Secretariat. I really saw the right person." There was both mockery and appreciation in Huo Guang's words.

"Mr. Zhang is now the General and Sima, but he is not the General-in-Chief, but Bingji..." Huang Ba said carefully, thinking about how to get to the point.

"The general secretary turned out to be Bing Ji?" Huo Guang asked doubtfully, but he nodded in a flash and said, "This arrangement is very good, so as not to harm Zhang Anshi."

Huang Ba didn't dare to answer the call and could only continue to wait, feeling very anxious.

"Since Huo Yu has not been convicted yet, why did Huang Gong mobilize his troops to break into my back house?" Huo Guang suddenly asked, changing the subject.

"I'm not here today because of General Zhonglang's affairs." Huang Ba raised his eyes and stared at Huo Guang's back, and asked carefully.

"What's that for?" Huo Guang asked even more unhappily.

"For the general's wife, Huo Xian!" Huang Ba felt relieved and finally got to the point.

Huo Guang's body trembled, and he was finally touched. He slowly turned around and stared at Huang Ba with sharp eyes like a falcon.

"What crime did you commit?" Huo Guang asked sharply, as if he wanted to eat Huang Ba alive.

"The official is here today to inspect Huo's house under the emperor's order. The order also asked the official to arrest Huo Xian and imprison him in a violent prison. I hope the general will not stop him!"

Huo Guang took half a step forward and asked again in a colder tone: "What crime did you commit?"

"General, it's best not to ask..."

"Huang Gong wants to simply take the bitch away without giving an explanation. Is this possible?" The murderous intention emanating from Huo Guang's eyebrows actually made Huang Ba think about retreating.

Fortunately, the emperor had arranged the matter when he came.

"General, the county magistrate has something to show the general. The general will understand after reading it."

After Huang Ba finished speaking, he immediately took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and respectfully handed them to Huo Guang's hands.

After Huo Guang took it, he started reading.

These are three medical records, one belongs to Zhang Anjun, one belongs to Cai Wenyan, and one belongs to Emperor Xiaozhao.

The scolding, smashing and crying sounds outside came closer and closer to Huo Guang's ears, but he didn't care at all.

Looking at these medical records, he couldn't help but think of Emperor Xiaozhao.

Emperor Xiaozhao had only been in power for a few months when the General's Mansion was raided by Tingwei.

A few months ago, Huo Guang would never have imagined this scene today.

Although Huo Guang remained calm and composed on the surface, in reality he was filled with grief and anger.

There was a mouthful of blood in my heart, and I wanted to vomit but couldn't.

　There is another chapter later today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)