Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 129 Arrogant Jian Shuo

Luoyang Palace, inside the Jiade Hall.

Jian Shuo sat on his knees on the ground, with a dining table in front of him, a few side dishes on it, and a jug of wine.

He took a bite of the food, picked up the wine cup and took a sip, then raised the wine cup to his eyes and looked at it for a while, and then said: "It is said that I have drunk this imperial wine more than once, but I have never felt like this today. Why is it so refreshing? It must have something to do with His Majesty watching from the side, Your Majesty, do you think so or not?"

Emperor Ling was lying on the bed, coughing constantly, his face was ashen, and he felt out of breath.

After a long time, he calmed down. He stretched out his thin fingers and pointed at Jian Shuo tremblingly. He was speechless for a long time.

"What a... thief!" Lingqi gasped, "I treat you like a subordinate in vain. I didn't expect you to tease me like this. You are a complete thief!"

"What's wrong with being a traitor? I think it's very good, General." Jian Shuo put down his wine cup disapprovingly and said, "Everything that your Majesty could enjoy before, can now be enjoyed by your ministers. Isn't this good? You I will take care of your illness while I enjoy mine. If the water from the well does not interfere with the water from the river, why not do it?"

"Traitor! You traitor!" Emperor Ling rolled his eyes in anger and almost lost his breath. "As long as I am still breathing, I will never allow you to rebel and cause rebellion."

"Hey..." Jian Shuo smiled, "To be honest, even if Your Majesty doesn't want this breath, I still don't want to. You see how kind I am to Your Majesty, so you should concentrate on recuperating. Everything is possible, so there is no need to be so anxious. Well."

"When I recover, I will definitely peel off your cramps and peel off your skin." Emperor Ling was so filled with hatred that he never thought that the eunuch he once trusted the most would seize his power and dare to be so arrogant in front of him.

"Recover?" Jian Shuo smiled, "Your Majesty is overthinking. What this general needs is your Majesty's breath. Don't recover, hahahaha..."

As he spoke, he stood up and kicked over the table, causing cups and plates of wine and food to scatter on the floor.

Jian Shuo turned around, pushed the door open, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

He closed the door and walked down the steps, and told the soldiers guarding there: "The doctors and eunuchs inside are going crazy. You must not come close. Just lock the front and rear doors. You don't have to worry about any nonsense inside. But If anyone dares to force his way out, he will be killed without mercy."

"Follow the order!" a captain shouted loudly.

Jian Shuo then left with peace of mind, hands behind his back, feeling extremely comfortable.

He had reprimanded the stand-in before, and it felt very useful at the time, but it was fake after all. Now that he was reprimanding and teasing the real emperor, it was another feeling of pleasure.

It seemed that what he was playing with was not that person, but the whole world, and there was an extremely strong sense of satisfaction in his heart.

It seems that when I have nothing to do in the future, I have to come over and torment the emperor. Is there anything more interesting in the world than this?

In the Jiade Hall, Emperor Ling stared at the closed door, gritting his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Now, he could already imagine that Jian Shuo had already stirred up troubles and troubles inside and outside the court while he was lying in bed.

Before he fell ill, Jian Shuo and the other ten regular attendants were used to causing trouble. Now that Jian Shuo has monopolized power, he is naturally even more lawless. Emperor Ling really can't imagine how much he will ruin the country.

He suddenly thought, don't I have a substitute? What about the stand-in? What is he doing now?

Ever since the last rebellion by He Jin, when Jian Shuo and Emperor Ling had a complete showdown, Emperor Ling had never heard about the substitute, just as he didn't know what happened to his mother, Empress Dowager Dong.

So, when I first discussed with Jian Shuo to find a substitute to act on my behalf, was it right or wrong?

When did Jian Shuo start to change bit by bit?

Emperor Ling lay there idle and idle. After careful consideration, he discovered that Jian Shuo's changes had slowly occurred since the substitute entered the palace.

"I asked the thief to stare at the substitute. Could it be that the substitute changed him?!" Emperor Ling suddenly thought of a possibility, but he immediately rejected it.

Although Jian Shuo didn't have any great abilities, he had a lot of clever ideas. How could he be deceived by a common man?

At this time, an old eunuch who was serving carefully walked in and silently cleaned up the mess on the ground.

I shed tears while cleaning up, feeling uncomfortable in my heart.

The man on the couch was the king of a country, but he was being called around by a eunuch. He was also a rootless person, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Why are you crying?" Emperor Ling noticed something strange about the old eunuch and asked.

"I feel sorry for the suffering your Majesty has suffered." The old eunuch's tears suddenly became uncontrollable and he said in a bitter voice, "Jian Shuo is unfaithful and treasonous. He will be punished by his clan!"

"Alas!" Emperor Ling sighed, looked at the roof, and said nothing.

After a long time, he said: "Go and see how many soldiers and horses are guarding outside?"

The eunuch agreed and left the hall, seeing no one in the courtyard.

Jiade Hall is not just a building, but a building complex and an independent courtyard.

The eunuch walked to the door, opened it gently, and found that the door was locked. From the crack in the door, he saw that there were many soldiers outside, and it was impossible to see how many there were.

"What are you looking at? Don't you want to live?" a sergeant shouted.

The old eunuch quickly looked away, turned around and went to the back door, only to find that it was also locked.

Then he returned to the main hall with a frustrated look on his face and reported back: "Your Majesty, the front and back doors are locked. I can't see how many people are outside, but the front and back doors are guarded."

Emperor Ling sighed, knowing that he had been placed under house arrest by Jian Shuo. He might not be able to escape for a while, and even if he escaped, where could he go?

The top priority is to recover. As long as the body recovers, there is still hope for everything. If you can only be bedridden, then nothing can be reversed.

……

Jian Shuo left Jiade Hall and was feeling satisfied when suddenly Wang Yue walked quickly from the side and whispered: "General, we have found a person who is somewhat similar to your Majesty, and he has been locked up in the abandoned East Palace. , please tell me how to deal with it.”

Jian Shuo looked around and saw no one around, so he said, "General, I'm going to take a look right now."

"General please!"

Jian Shuo and Wang Yue hurried to the East Palace.

After the death of Empress Dowager Dong, this place was abandoned and Jian Shuo used it as a temporary detention place for the new double.

"Do they look alike?" Jian Shuo asked as he walked.

"At first glance, they are quite similar, especially their smiles. But we can't take a closer look." Wang Yue replied, "Especially in terms of temperament, there is no comparison at all."

After entering the East Palace, Wang Yue took Jian Shuo into a wing room.

I saw a man in civilian clothes sitting on the couch in a daze.

When he saw two people coming in after opening the door, both of them were dressed unusually, he was so frightened that the man immediately fell to his knees with a plop, touched his head to the ground, and did not dare to move. He said in a hoarse voice: "I have seen these two adults before."

Jian Shuo looked at the trembling new stand-in at his feet and couldn't help but frown slightly. The impression given by this first meeting alone was much worse than that of Liu Ming.

At that time, Liu Ming entered the palace for the first time. Although he was cautious, he did not feel humble, so he adapted very quickly.

The person in front of him behaved extremely humblely, and he looked like a timid person. Even his voice was so uncomfortable.

"Raise your head." Jian Shuo said coldly.

The man raised his head carefully, glanced at Jian Shuo, whose face was as cold as frost, and then quickly lowered his head again.

At first glance, he looks a bit like the emperor. "I didn't ask you to lower your head! Lift your head up!" Jian Shuo scolded.

The man had no choice but to raise his head again.

Jian Shuo looked at it carefully and shook his head. The more he looked at it, the more he looked different from His Majesty. It was completely incomparable to Liu Ming's extreme similarity.

This is not a suitable stand-in, but can be kept as a spare.

"Give me a smile, general!" Jian Shuo ordered. He wanted to see if his smile was more similar to His Majesty's, as the King of Yue said.

"Hehe..." The man forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.

Jian Shuo looked at Wang Yue and said, "This doesn't look like it either."

Wang Yue stepped forward and kicked the substitute, saying, "I'm making you laugh, not shit. What's your expression? Smile again!"

"hey-hey……"

"No, laugh again!"

"Hey hey hey..."

"No, laugh again!"

……

After several twists and turns, the stand-in finally found the feeling to smile and managed to make a smiling expression.

"General, please take a look, are they similar?" Wang Yue asked.

"Don't tell me, there are some similarities." Jian Shuo smiled, but then he felt something was wrong——

This smile... does not belong to His Majesty the Emperor at all, but to the substitute Liu Ming.

Wang Yue found another substitute according to the appearance of the substitute. Isn't this getting further and further away from the original owner?

Jian Shuo was helpless, one was better than none, "Let's just keep it for now, don't let him run around."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

I'm not very satisfied with this person in my heart. I'm afraid it will take a lot of hard work to train to the point where he can appear in public. Compared with Liu Ming's state at that time, it's not even a bit worse.

"Oh, a substitute, a substitute." Jian Shuo secretly sighed in his heart, "A substitute must have the consciousness of a substitute, insist on challenging this general, and even seize power. I really don't know if you are high-spirited, ambitious, or just pure. madness."

"If I, the general, can put you in the position to replace Your Majesty, then I can also put others in the position to replace you."

Of course, this will only work if a more suitable substitute is found. The one Wang Yuexin is currently looking for is obviously not qualified. Maybe it would be okay to show his face from a distance. If he comes into contact with the courtiers at close range, he will be seen through at a glance.

Therefore, we can't break up with Liu Ming yet. He still needs to support himself, but he needs to know who is the controller. Withholding military rations is one of the knocks.

In fact, he did not expect that this substitute was so good at fighting that he actually defeated the Baibo bandits and the Black Mountain bandits.

It's true that a person cannot be judged by his appearance. A common man who was born in the city can actually lead an army to fight, which is beyond Jian Shuo's expectation.

Jian Shuo thought about it while returning to his office in the palace.

As soon as I sat down and drank a cup of tea, a eunuch came in and said: "General Qi, your letter has been sent to Hangu Pass. Your subordinates have come to deliver the order. There is also a letter written by Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. Tell your subordinates to hand it over to the general."

Then he took out the letter and handed it to Jian Shuo.

Jian Shuo took it and took a look and was surprised.

Dong Zhuo retreated to Hedong, while the main force of the Baibo Army and the Huns cavalry entered Hanoi, preparing to attack His Majesty, and Dong Zhuo's ultimate goal may also be His Majesty.

At this critical moment, Ding Yuan requested to lead his troops back to Hanoi to escort him.

In order to pass Jian Shuo, Ding Yuan also described the situation in Hanoi as very serious, which made Jian Shuo frown.

"No, nothing can happen to that substitute, at least it's not yet time for something to happen!"

Jian Shuo made up his mind and shouted loudly: "Pan Yin!"

Pan Yin quickly walked in and said, "General, what are your orders?"

"You should quickly contact the food dispatch officer sent by His Majesty to allocate the full amount of military rations." Jian Shuo ordered, "This time you will personally escort the food. After seeing His Majesty, you will explain the risks. It is best to allow His Majesty to return to Beijing to avoid accidents. ,do you understand?"

"Understood, I will take care of it now." Pan Yin agreed and hurried to find the grain dispatcher.

In fact, the grain, grass, ordnance and other items had been prepared a long time ago. Jian Shuo just wanted to take a look. Now that the matter was urgent and he was worried that his best substitute would be in danger, he hurriedly contacted the grain dispatching officer.

Jian Shuo was not idle and immediately wrote back to Ding Yuan, agreeing that his soldiers and horses would enter Hanoi to escort him.

Originally, he hated his substitute Liu Ming more and more, but now he had to think about his safety, and even hoped that he could return to the capital directly and stay in the palace.

This contradiction made him feel so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit blood.

Originally, Liu Ming was asked to lead the expedition in person because he wanted him to suffer some hardships and then be obedient and stop acting randomly based on his own temper.

But I didn't expect that this stand-in would actually show off his power in Hanoi, repelling the Black Mountain bandits and Baibo bandits, and punishing the local nobles who attempted to rebel.

While surprised, Jian Shuo also felt that it was more difficult for him to control this substitute.

Therefore, the plan to find a substitute cannot be delayed and must continue to be implemented.

At this moment, Wang Yue walked in and said, "I just saw Pan Yin leaving in a hurry. I heard that he was escorting military rations to Hanoi?"

"That's true." Jian Shuo rubbed his swollen temples and said, "Your Majesty is fighting against the thieves in Hanoi. The main force of the Baibo thieves has entered Hanoi. Your Majesty is fighting on the front line. It is the greatest thing for us ministers to provide protection in the rear. of loyalty."

"General Renyi." Wang Yue flattered him and said, "It's a dangerous journey here. I'm afraid those soldiers guarding the food can't protect Pan Sima's safety. Why don't I send a few capable martial artists to follow? Bar."

Jian Shuo's eyes lit up and he said: "That's very good. Although your friends in the world may not be very successful in leading troops in battles, they are still very capable if they serve as personal protection."

Wang Yue agreed, turned around to make arrangements, and handed a secret letter he had written to one of the people in the world, asking him to hand it over to His Majesty the Emperor.

When Liu Ming left the capital, he told Wang Yue that he should report to him any important matters in the court at any time, especially those about Jian Shuo, and he must keep abreast of them at all times.

Wang Yue is also responsible for his duties, including his apprentice Shi Ajie, who is now Liu Ming's personal bodyguard.

(End of this chapter)