A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 189: Calming the chaos, accident

eleventh day

Li Ji, the son of Li Shang, the Marquis of Quzhou, had a very close relationship with Lu Lu. Zhou Bo and Bai Jun planned to send people to kidnap Li Shang and ordered his son Li Ji to go and deceive Lu Lu, saying:

"Emperor Gao and Empress Lu brought peace to the world together, and nine members of the Liu family were named kings.

Later, Emperor Xiaoren and Queen Bai governed the world together. Twelve people from the Lu family were named marquis, one was named Duke, and you were also named Jianwu Marquis by His Majesty. This was all decided by the ministers after discussion. The matter has been The princes were notified, and they all thought it was appropriate.

Now that Empress Bai has passed away, the emperor is young, and as a beneficiary of the Liu family's ennoblement, and appointed as a lieutenant of the Northern Army by His Majesty, you are not committed to repaying the kindness of Emperor Ren and Empress Bai, but instead want to murder them. Heirs, how will future history books record you, white-eyed wolf? Conspirator? Or a careerist? Doesn't this nail you to the pillar of shame in history? Is this the result you want to revitalize the Lu family? "

Lu Lu looked at his friend's accusation and said with some shock: "We have no intention of murdering His Majesty. You also know that His Majesty is not a virtuous man. For the sake of the common people, we have to do this!"

Li Ji smiled and said nothing, and Lu Lu became increasingly uneasy. After sending Li Ji away, Lu Gong's eldest son Lu Tong came over. The first thing he said when he saw Lu Lu was: "Does uncle want to destroy the Lu family?"

Lu Lu was shocked on the spot and said, "Why does my nephew say this?"

Lu Tongtong: "My father already knows what my uncle and uncle Lu Chan want to do, which is to bring the Lu family to a dead end!"

"My nephew doesn't know. We also want to make the name of the Lu family known to the public! How could we allow the Lu family to overthrow?"

"So uncle thinks this will definitely succeed?"

"Of course, now I, the Lu family, have an absolute advantage in Guanzhong. If not, how could I have agreed to Lu Chan's proposal?"

"But is the real situation really like this? Not to mention the Weiyang Palace Guards controlled by Prince Xiuwu, and the Northern Army controlled by my uncle. There are a large number of noble sons of Chehou among them. When the time comes to raise an army, they will be of the same mind as you ? How come you don’t know that they won’t take credit for you?

Besides, the personal guards of the princes and princes in Chang'an City are also a very huge armed force! Outside the pass, there are General Guan Ying's 100,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of princes' coalition forces.

Now rumors that Lu will replace Liu have spread throughout the streets, and the Kwantung army will also get this news soon.

There are Weiyang Palace Guards, Chehou Mansion Guards, and a large number of grassroots generals from the Northern Army and Southern Army inside, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops loyal to the Liu family outside.

Once the troops in the pass are not eliminated within a short period of time, and the palace is not invaded, and the emperor's card is mastered, if things fail, how can there be a place for me, the Lu family, in this world?
Moreover, now that the Lu family has become the Duke of the country, as long as the Han Dynasty is not destroyed, I, the Lu family, will die together with the Han Dynasty. Why should we abandon our existing wealth and pursue unobtainable power? "

After listening to Lu Tong's analysis, Lu Lu slapped his thigh and said, "Thanks to my nephew for reminding me, but now that the arrow is on the string and I have to shoot it, what should I do?"

Lu Tongtong: "Now that my father is not involved in this rebellion, as long as my uncle stops it in time and thanks to my father's relationship with Duke Bai, I have dissuaded my uncle, I, Mrs. Lu, can still keep my position as Duke of the country, but other Chehous It’s hard to say what the position is.”

Lu Lu said with a heart: "As long as the foundation of the Lu family can be preserved, so what if I, Lu Lu, are sacrificed? Didn't the Bai family also rise from the bottom? As long as Lu Tai is still there, I, the Lu family, will rise again sooner or later. Let's talk, What should I do?"

Lu Tong bowed respectfully to this uncle who had devoted everything to the Lu family. Lu Tong was the second son of Jianchou and had no inheritance rights to the position of Chehou. He was just an ordinary clan member in the Lu family, but he could do it for the Lu family. He fully supports Lu Chan's grand conspiracy and is willing to sacrifice himself for Lu's family without hesitation.

"Uncle, as long as you return the general's seal and the army to the Taiwei, after putting down Lu Chan's rebellion, although he will not be as wealthy as he is now, my nephew will try his best to save your life, and the Lu family can rely on this Preserve the foundation.”

"No, you don't need to worry about my life. As long as you can preserve the foundation of the Lu family, you may even risk my life to gain more benefits for the Lu family."

"uncle!"

Lu Lu waved his hand to tell Lu Tong not to say anything more, then took off the seal of Lieutenant General of the Northern Army from his waist and handed it to Lu Tong: "Take it! Whether the Lu family can be preserved depends on you."

Lu Tong wiped his tears, took the general seal, turned and left.

Seeing Lu Tong leaving, Lu Lu ordered the door to be closed. He stopped meeting anyone, including Lu Chan, and quietly waited for his trial in the mansion.

In the north of the city, Taiwei Zhou Bo, who had been waiting for a long time, took the general seal brought by Lu Tong and quickly took Marquis Jitong of Xiangping, who had already been put in charge of the talismans, and escorted Zhou Bo into the northern military base with a fake edict in hand. "Dong dong dong!"

The drums of the Northern Army sounded, and the army gathered together.

He raised the Zhongbao captain's seal and said loudly: "The Lu family, Lu Chan, betrayed the imperial court and committed rebellion. I supported the Lu family and exposed his right arm, and supported the Liu family and exposed his left arm."

Some generals questioned: "Where is General Lu Lu?"

Zhou Brandang said: "General Lu Lu has woken up and is determined to help the imperial court eradicate the rebels. This general's seal is proof." Lu Tong next to him also revealed his identity, bluntly saying that Lu Gongtai opposed Lu Chan's rebellion and decided to support the imperial court.

At this time, all the generals had no objections and exposed their left arms one after another, and the soldiers behind them also exposed their left arms in the same way as their generals.

Zhou Bo was overjoyed when he saw this, and ordered the military gate to be sealed. No one could enter or leave without his own orders. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed without mercy. In this way, Taiwei Zhou Bo finally got the power to lead the Northern Army.

Now only the Southern Army is still in Lu Chan's hands, and the emperor in Weiyang Palace faces Lu Chan's threat.

At this time, the drumbeat of the Northern Army base and other intelligence made Lu Chan get the news that Bai Jun and others wanted to stop him, but he did not know that his most trusted brother Lu Lu had already handed over the power of the Northern Army. go out.

So he took the 500 soldiers of the Lu family who had been prepared, and as a general of the Wei, he fabricated the Weiyang Palace guard Bai Qi to kidnap the emperor. The Bai family wanted to replace the Liu family and asked the guards of the Changle Palace to follow. He went to Weiyang Palace to quell the rebellion.

In the afternoon, Lu Chan led 3,500 troops to the inner gate of Weiyang Palace. As a guard, he promoted Bai Qi's rebellion. After hearing this, Bai Qi, the guard of Weiyang Palace, said it was not good and asked the gatekeeper to try his best to delay it. Go and ask for orders from Emperor Han.

He wanted to get orders from the Han Emperor, regain his power, and shut out Lu Chan. However, he was blocked by Zuo Prime Minister Shen Shiqi, who bluntly said that no matter what happened, the emperor should not be disturbed. Although Bai Qi said that the rebels were outside the palace gate, they were blocked by Shen Shiqi and the eunuchs he bribed.

After not seeing Bai Qi come back for a long time, the gatekeeper finally couldn't bear Lu Chan's questions and threats and ordered the palace door to be opened, so Lu Chan was able to enter the palace smoothly.

At this time, Pingyang Hou Cao Cheng, who was serving as the imperial censor, discovered Shen Shiqi's plan. Knowing that the matter was out of control, and worried that he would not be able to win, he quickly quietly took Tian Guangyong, the doctor's order, and left quietly, leaving Lu Chan and Shen Shiqi. Tian Guangyong immediately agreed, relying on his loyalty to the Han Emperor.

So Tian Guangyong went to summon five hundred people including Zhonglang, Lang, Sanlang, and Ye who were still in the palace, and came to guard the entrance of the palace together with Bai Qi's remaining thousand or so people. Cao Cheng drove from other palace gates to report to Right Prime Minister Bai Jun and Taiwei Zhou Bo.

Bai Jun and Zhou Bo were also worried that they could not defeat the Lu family, so they asked Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang to lead a thousand elite soldiers to the rescue. Zhou Bo and Bai Jun stabilized the remaining strength of the Northern Army Lu family and the current chaotic situation in Chang'an.

In the evening, Lu Chan led his troops to continuously attack the palace gate, but they were repelled by the palace guards and Langzhong guards led by Bai Qi and Tian Guangyong. However, due to the sparse number of troops, they were about to be unable to resist.

The Han Emperor and others who were having fun in the palace also heard the shouts of killing outside the palace, and quickly asked Shen Shiqi what was going on outside. However, seeing Shen Shiqi's cold eyes, they suddenly understood that the palace was no longer safe.

He quickly asked his personal eunuch Liu Neng to lead dozens of eunuchs to resist the other eunuchs and eunuchs bribed by Shen Shi. He rolled and crawled out of the back door with a few eunuchs.

Suddenly there was chaos. The eunuchs who were loyal to the Han Emperor and the eunuchs who had been bribed by Shen Shi started fighting fiercely in this small hall, while the other ministers, the dancing girls, and the Han Emperor's concubines all Huddled in the corner, deeply afraid of implicating himself.

Shen Shiqi and Lu Wan saw the Emperor of Han running away, and Lu Wan shouted loudly: "You must not run away from the Emperor!"

Several powerful eunuchs sent to him by Lu Chan beside Lu Wan immediately bypassed Liu Neng and other eunuchs and chased the Han Emperor. The Han Emperor ran faster after hearing this.

When Bai Qi and others outside heard the shouts of killing in the palace, they were immediately distracted and gradually fell into a disadvantage. Just when they could no longer resist, a thousand elite cavalrymen of the Northern Army led by Liu Zhang arrived and attacked from the rear. Rushing into Lu Chan's army, after a while, Lu's army collapsed immediately.

Seeing that something was wrong, Lu Chan ran away quickly. Tian Guangyong and several Zhonglang and Sanlang saw that Lu Chan was trying to escape and immediately pursued him. In a panic, Lu Chan ran to the Langzhong Mansion, but was blocked by Tian Guangyong and others who were familiar with the terrain and entered the toilet of the Langzhong Mansion, where he died.

After Lu Chan was executed, Bai Qi and others immediately entered the palace, killed the resisting eunuchs, and captured Shen Shiqi, Lu Wan and other rebel officials. However, they found that the Han emperor was not there, so they quickly sent people to search everywhere. In the palace complex, several eunuchs who were chasing the Han Emperor were discovered one after another, and finally the body of the Han Emperor was found in the chamber of an eunuch.

The corpse was so horrific that if it weren't for the unique fabrics of Emperor Han's clothes, no one would have recognized him at all, because Emperor Han was hacked to pieces with swords and was in disgrace. Bai Qi and others had no choice but to collect his body and report the results to Prime Minister Bai Jun and Taiwei Zhou Bo.

(End of this chapter)