Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 227 Be Compassionate
"What are you doing!"

I saw dozens of palace maids robbing and pulling around a court official, in several circles inside and outside.

Yan Zhenqing roared, and Zhang Guangsheng behind him immediately blew the whistle, and his wolf-like Jinwu guards immediately rushed forward and dispersed the crazy group of palace maids.

"Stop grabbing it! It's gone! It's really gone!"

Zheng Shuqing hid behind the donkey, kneeling on the ground with his head in his hands, trembling with fear, and yelling at the top of his lungs.

His buttocks were raised and his head was on the ground, like an ostrich, wanting to bury his head in the snow.The official hat on Zheng Shuqing's head was gone, his hair was disheveled and he was disheveled, as if he had been robbed and humiliated.

There was not even an arrow left in the quiver that was torn off and thrown to the ground.

"Zheng Yushi, everything is fine."

Yan Zhenqing sighed, got off his horse, and quickly helped Zheng Shuqing up.

"No, are you okay?"

Zheng Shuqing opened his eyes and looked around, and saw a group of Jinwu guards, looking away without squinting at him.

Zheng Shuqing quickly straightened his clothes and said to Yan Zhenqing with lingering fear: "It's so scary. As soon as someone passed by on a donkey, a palace maid rushed out from the dark and chased after someone. These women all went crazy when they saw us. These people with romantic arrows came over to grab it with all their might, not caring about life or death."

On weekdays, Zheng Shuqing would touch his beautiful concubine as much as he wanted in his arms. She would not resist at all, and she would be extremely cooperative, doing her best to be coquettish and flattering. At that time, it could be said that women were made of water.

It's not false at all.

However, today, he realized from a different perspective what "water can carry a boat but also capsize it."

"Zheng Yushi, please go to the camp to rest, and I will go on patrol elsewhere. You have no arrows in your hand, and I think no one will make things difficult for you."

Yan Zhenqing said helplessly and pointed in the direction behind him.He still has a lot of things to be busy with. Zheng Shuqing won't be the only unlucky guy, he won't even be the unluckiest!
"Okay, okay, go right now, go right now."

Zheng Shuqing quickly mounted his donkey and ran towards the direction pointed by Yan Zhenqing like flying.These central officials who planned to "shoot beautiful women" in the opera garden with romantic arrows seemed to have inadvertently overlooked an important thing.

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were open, and women were high-spirited and not weak sheep.If pressed hard, they will fight back.

Official history records many cases of fierce women who tortured and killed their concubines, then killed their husbands to vent their anger, and finally committed suicide.

As for maintaining good looks and having affairs, they openly do not shy away from worldly views.

After these five thousand palace ladies arrived at the Liyuan, they only had half the chance at most to escape and leave the dark palace!In order to fight for a chance of survival, these palace ladies will not care about face.

When these palace maids saw the officials with romantic arrows, they rushed over like hungry wolves seeing sheep, running faster than donkeys!They threw the officials to the ground, snatched the romantic arrows from the quiver and ran away.

Anyway, the rules said that you should recognize the arrow but not the person. When the time comes, the palace maid who gets the romantic arrow can go directly to the camp and wait for "distribution". She does not need to follow the official who "shot her".

As for the palace maids who grabbed the romantic arrows, they not only had to run away, but they also had to hide them carefully to prevent them from being snatched away by other strong palace maids.You must know that the origins of palace maids are also quite mixed. It does not rule out that some of them are the daughters of generals and have practiced some boxing and kicking skills when they were young.

If these officials with romantic arrows pulled a palace maid into their arms at a banquet and hugged and kissed them, of course they would be delicate women at that time, and they would be weak women who couldn't even hold chopsticks.

But once they have to survive in the opera garden and change their destiny, the bloody nature in these women is aroused!Not to mention officials, they would dare to fight even if there was a tiger.

If you miss this opportunity, the next time a saint shows mercy, you won’t know that you will have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.How many years of youth can a young woman squander?

After Zheng Shuqing left, Yan Zhenqing said to Zhang Guangsheng:
"General Zhang, we split the team into two and take separate actions. The current situation may lead to loss of life. When encountering central officials who are besieged, we must rescue them.

The frozen decanted water in the west may not necessarily prevent the maids from escaping, so I wanted to take someone to inspect it there. "

The purpose of these palace ladies is to steal arrows, so once there are no arrows in an official's quiver, they will not even bother to look at those people, and then go to find the next "valuable" target.

Yan Zhenqing's request to divide the troops was indeed a superior move.The unarmed palace maids, whose wish was to get the romantic arrows, had absolutely no reason to conflict with the Jinwu Guards, so having fewer soldiers around them was not a big problem, but the search efficiency was doubled.

"Understood, Na will take half of the people to the east, Yan Yushi will take half of the people to the west, and we will meet at the camp before dark."

Zhang Guangsheng crossed his hands and saluted Yan Zhenqing.

"Well, I'm sorry to bother you, General Zhang."

Yan Zhenqing nodded slightly and crossed his hands in return, leading half of the Jinwu guards, that is, ten men and ten horses, towards the west.There is a small river in the west that separates Liyuan Forbidden Garden from the outskirts of Chang'an from north to south. This river is called Chan (Tong Xu Zao) Shui, which is a tributary of the Wei River.

He only needs to lead people along the decanting water to search for traces of the palace ladies.

The northern suburb of Chang'an is Liyuan Forbidden Garden, surrounded by water on three sides, with the Churui River to the west, the Weishui River to the north, and the Ba River to the east.To the north of the Wei River are the ruins of Xianyang City in the Qin Dynasty, where the tombs of emperors since the Qin and Han Dynasties are located.

According to common sense, one only needs to send people to guard the bridge on the Wei River in the north.But it is winter now, and the very narrow river Decanter River has frozen, so it cannot be ruled out that the palace ladies crossed the river from Decanter River to escape further west.

Of course, judging from their physical condition and the items they can carry, escaping in the cold winter is simply courting death.

Yan Zhenqing's heart sank to the bottom. The activities in the opera garden this time were completely different from what he imagined. However, they were even worse. People might die, or even many people!

……

"Father, something big is going to happen this time."

At the entrance of Liyuan Forbidden Garden, Fang Chongyong said to Fang Youde with a straight face.

"Five thousand palace maids are competing for the central officials and the imperial army generals who have less than 300 people. There are too many monks and too few people. Something will happen. But don't worry, it is good to make some people suffer. It will definitely not cause any loss of life."

Fang Youde waved his hand disapprovingly and said.

As the general of the Forbidden Army in charge of security, Fang Youde certainly knew how "Shooting the Concubine in the Liyuan" was played. Because of this, he was particularly angry.

Li Longji, the emperor, no longer regarded the ministers as human beings. He just wanted to see these courtiers, who were usually sanctimonious and looked like five people and six people, being chased by a large number of crazy palace maids.

This is what makes Fang Youde angry.

If the king regards his ministers as nothing more than a fool, then the ministers will regard him as an enemy. This is an easy to understand truth.

As for the fate of the palace ladies, Fang Youde has not considered it, and he is not a pity person.

"Father, haven't you ever thought about it, these palace maids are not ordinary women without knowledge. They are not puppets at the mercy of others. They will bite people when they are anxious." Fang Chongyong said solemnly.

In his opinion, how terrible are the palace ladies?

In the front, there is Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who talked too much after drinking and was strangled to death by his concubines; in the back, there is Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty who was almost strangled to death by his maids.These emperors all believed that the maids and concubines were weak chickens who could not be restrained and could be abused at will.

In fact, Fang Youde also had this idea and did not take those palace ladies seriously. It can be said that it was due to the inertia of history and times.

"Then how do they bite?"

Fang Youde asked doubtfully.

"Father, do you think they will kill each other in order to compete for those romantic arrows? There may be some such people, but do you think those losers will not unite?"

Fang Chongyong yelled at Fang Youde, even this one looked down on those palace maids, no wonder everyone was playing it as a game this time and didn't take it seriously at all!
In Fang Chongyong's view, Ji Ge's idea for this chicken-eating contest was that the palace maidens would act ugly in order to compete for the romantic arrows, while the ministers' original idea was to capture beauties as prey.None of them thought about what those palace ladies who couldn't get the romantic arrows would do?
Brother Ji feels that the most these women can do is beat you to death, so just let them be.But Fang Chongyong believes that this may not really be the case.

He picked up a branch from the ground and drew a simple diagram on the ground.

"Father, Liyuan Forbidden Garden is surrounded by water on three sides. The focus of defense lies in the decanted water in the west. But in fact, this road is a dead end. Even if you cross the frozen decanted water, there is nowhere to go to the west.

The Weishui River is different.Now the Wei River is not frozen, and where the Wei River and the Jing River meet, there is not only a bridge to go to Xianyang in the north, but also a ferry.

If anyone from Jinwu Guard is bribed, let them go.Or someone could help and let these people leave.What will happen? "

Fang Chongyong took a deep breath and asked.

Fang Youde was speechless.

There are three bridges on the Weihe River, namely the West Weihe River Bridge, the Middle Weihe River Bridge and the East Weihe River Bridge.

The East Weihe River Bridge is where the Wei River and the Ba River meet, the West Weihe River Bridge is where the Wei River and the Jing River meet, and the Middle Weihe River Bridge is directly north of the Liyuan Forbidden Garden!
Is it possible for the palace ladies to pass these three bridges?
The answer is not only yes, but there is great hope!

It was enough for them to agree to be concubines in the homes of those Jinwu guards.There are free beauties to take home. Which one of these Qiuba would refuse?

Even if the risk is high, you can still sell it when you get tired of it!
The human trade in Chang'an has always been prosperous, and palace maids are the most popular items in the human trade!
The status and background of many palace ladies are not simple, and their families also have many resources.It's very simple to bribe a few human traffickers to serve as black gloves and take advantage of the rare opportunity to shoot the concubine in the opera garden to get the people back from the opera garden, right?
After listening to Fang Chongyong's explanation, Fang Youde suddenly understood.Fang Chongyong had been in Shazhou for four years and had gone deep into the people. He was very familiar with both black and white affairs, while Fang Youde focused mainly on military affairs and paid little attention to civilian and grassroots affairs.

In Brother Ji's eyes, a palace maid is just a grain of sand and not worthy of attention at all.

But in the eyes of a low-level Qiu Ba, a palace maid is a windfall, enough for them to take risks!

No matter which way they play, these Qiu Ba can't withstand the temptation of sex or the bribery of money. It is inevitable that they will "show their noble hands".

"Now we need to fully take over the three bridges above the Wei River. Over there is the defense area of ​​Youjin Wu Guard, and it's Pei Min's people.

Judging from Pei's connections, Pei Min must have been drunk alone and deliberately ignored things. "

Fang Chongyong continued to add another blow.

Fang Youde did not move. In his opinion, those palace ladies just ran away and had nothing to do with him.He wants to deploy his troops around Brother Ji. This is his obligation.

"The palace ladies fled in large numbers. On the surface, they were escaping, but in fact it was a big mistake. This incident would only anger the saint and make him think that he had been fooled.

After today, the other maids, those who have not yet had their turn this time, will never have the chance to leave the palace.

There is even a great possibility that the saint, in a rage, would issue a wanted order with a reward, conduct a large-scale search throughout Chang'an, catch the fleeing palace maids, and kill them to vent his anger.

God has the virtue of good life, please father must help them.Although you will die as long as you are human, you should not die in such a humble and boring way. "

Fang Chongyong bowed deeply to Fang Youde and said.

What can be expected is that this time the central officials were chased by the palace ladies and were in a panic. Ji Ge felt that the palace ladies were "shameless" because they escaped.In this way, it is already obvious how these people will be dealt with afterwards.

Unless they die, Brother Ji will not be able to regain his face, nor will the courtiers' face.

Even those palace maids who got romantic arrows would be tortured to vent their anger when they came to the homes of these bureaucrats.

"What if they force their way through?"

Fang Youde asked with a straight face.

"Persuade them to go back, fight them back, no matter what, as long as they are not allowed to leave the Liyuan Forbidden Garden, I will naturally find a way to get them out of the sea of ​​misery."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted Fang Youde.Zhang Guangsheng can't handle this matter. He doesn't have such a big position, and he can't suppress the people behind these palace ladies.

Only Fang Youde can withstand the pressure by stepping forward.

Of course, all this is just Fang Chongyong's own conjecture. He just thinks what will happen, and there is no evidence.

Maybe nothing bad happened in the end. Those palace maids fought you to death for the chance to win, and in the end more than 2000 people were killed and injured.Although Fang Chongyong thinks this situation is ridiculous, it cannot be ruled out.

Just like although the probability is low, there are times when a rat bites a poisonous snake to death.Until things are settled, who knows what the outcome will be.

"Understood, then go and deploy."

Fang Youde looked at Fang Chongyong from top to bottom as if he had just met him, nodded slightly and said nothing more.

After taking a few steps, Fang Youde suddenly turned his head and asked, "What good does this do to you?"

"Actually, it doesn't do any good. Maybe it's because I have a good heart and don't want to see anyone shed blood."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Ha ha."

Fang Youde sneered, turned around and left without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)