Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 12 The beauty is troubled by Zhang Yin and the second concubine (1) ([-])
10. Kill Palace

Emperor Yangdi had a feeling of his impending doom for a long time, so he often got up at night to watch the astrology. The more he watched, the more ominous he felt. During the day, I just urge the palace people to pack their luggage, prepare to move to Danyang Palace, and visit Yongjia by the way.

In the middle of the night, Emperor Yang, who was watching the sky, suddenly discovered that the thief star was invading the emperor's seat, and it was getting closer and closer.Empress Xiao forced herself to think of some comforting words to comfort Emperor Yang, but Emperor Yang suddenly said: "I know, the future is in danger!" When Empress Xiao heard this, she couldn't help worrying anymore, and suddenly she felt sad, and she burst into tears in panic out.However, Emperor Yang laughed wildly again, the laughter was full of bitterness and reluctance: "Life and death have their own fate, what's the use of being sad? We're passing by now, why bother to worry!" The obedient Empress Xiao could only laugh through her tears, and Emperor Yang laughed again Said, "Du Kang is the only one who relieves worries! This is right and well said..." Empress Xiao immediately ordered a feast, and summoned all the concubines and concubines to drink with her.

Just after drinking for a while, I suddenly heard shouts outside the palace gate, as if there were soldiers and horses fighting, and I saw the flames burning in the southeast corner.Emperor Yangdi was shocked and hurriedly summoned the general on duty to ask the reason.The general in charge of the cabinet was Pei Qiantong who conspired to cause rebellion. Of course he would say to Emperor Yang like this: "It's just that there was a fire in the thatched huts of the nearby people, and the soldiers and people outside fought together to save them. Worried." Emperor Yang heard this, and naturally he didn't take it to heart, he just ordered Pei Qiantong to go out and guard carefully, seeing that Pei Qiantong retreated, he still went back to the banquet with Empress Xiao and all the beauties to drink.

Emperor Yangdi drank until he was drunk, and the others were also drowsy. Empress Xiao helped Yangdi back to the main palace to rest, and fell asleep peacefully.Unexpectedly, when the golden rooster announces the dawn and the first dawn dawns, catastrophe will be imminent.

Sima Dekan, Yuan Shu, and Pei Qiantong agreed on a date, and held fire inside and outside, each leading the imperial guards, surrounded the imperial city, and guarded every vital point.When the sky was getting dark, Sima Dekan led hundreds of horsemen and rushed into the Xuanwu Gate, and rushed into the palace aggressively and aggressively.Xuanwu Gate originally had 500 powerful guards, who were selected by Emperor Yang himself, paid heavily, and ordered them to stay guarding Xuanwu Gate.However, the Wei family of Sigong got bribes from Sima Dekan's party, and the day before the incident, they were all expelled from the palace, saying that they were going home to rest.So at this time, there is no strong and brave guard guarding the palace.Sima Dekan entered the palace first, as if entering the land of no one.What's more, Pei Qiantong is in the palace as an internal response, so it's easy for rebels to enter the inner palace.

At this time, only Dugu Sheng, General Tunwei, and Dugu Kaiyuan, Qian Niu Beishen, did not collude with the rebels, and they were guarding the inner hall that night.Hearing the clamor of soldiers and horses outside, Dugu Sheng knew there was a change in his feelings, so Dugu Sheng hurriedly led dozens of soldiers guarding the camp to meet the enemy.Dugusheng questioned Pei Qiantong: "What is the general's reason?" Pei Qian said: "The matter has come to this point, it has nothing to do with the general. The general does not need to do anything. If you have to get rid of injustice, you can also protect your wealth."

Dugu Sheng immediately yelled angrily: "Being a traitor to the king, don't be rude! With me here, you will never be allowed to kill the king!" Pei Qian said: "Those who know the current affairs are called heroes; , wandering and oppressing the people, we advocate justice to kill the innocent, why don't you turn against each other and help each other, and seek wealth and honor together in the future?" Dugu roared angrily: "Stop talking nonsense for the rebels, don't leave, eat me! " As he said, he raised his saber and slashed at Pei Qiantong. Pei Qiantong hurriedly drew his saber to meet the enemy, and the two of them fought together.At this time, Sima Dekan led the rebels shouting, rushed in from the left gate, and they besieged Dugusheng together.

Dugu Sheng had only dozens of people under his command, no matter how brave he was, he was eventually outnumbered, caught off guard, Dugu Sheng was stabbed obliquely by Pei Qiantong, and his head was severed from the neck bone, while the skin and flesh were still connected. Blood poured out.When the soldiers under him saw this, they fled left and right in fright.Sima Dekan and Pei Qiantong took advantage of the situation to kill indiscriminately, and the palace was suddenly full of excitement.

When Dugu Kaiyuan heard that Dugu Sheng was killed, he wanted to lead troops to fight again, but he was worried that he would be outnumbered, so he had to go to the palace and ask Emperor Yang to supervise the battle in person, so as to suppress the morale of the army.

At this time, Emperor Yang knew that the mutiny had taken place, and was so shocked that he was at a loss, and hurriedly issued an order to close the door of the pavilion tightly.Dugu Kaiyuan rushed to the door of the pavilion, only to see that the doors were closed tightly.Things started in a hurry, and he didn't care about the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers. He ordered all the soldiers to shout in unison through the door: "The bandits entered the palace in disorder, and the soldiers were frightened. Please long live to supervise the battle in person. If the power of the sky is extraordinary, the bandits will be shocked; ministers and others With a fight to the death, disasters and chaos can be quelled in an instant."

I didn't want to, but I heard an edict from the servant on the door of the pavilion: "Long live the dragon is frightened and can't go to battle. Let the general wait to try his best to destroy the thieves. There should be a heavy reward." If you are widowed, it is useless for the ministers and others to be utterly exhausted. Please come out quickly, and you can still resist changes; if you delay any longer, I am afraid that you will be destroyed, and you will regret it!" Another decree was passed on the door: "The holy car will come in person , and temporarily avoid the inner palace, the general will try his best to defend it."

Dugu Kaiyuan shouted in grief and indignation: "At this time, Yeting is already a battlefield. Once the bandits arrive, how can they be divided into inside and outside? Where can we escape long live? If you don't come out, the lives of the monarch and ministers and the country will not be guaranteed!" After finishing speaking, he slammed his head on the door of the pavilion and wailed bitterly.The servants rushed to report to Emperor Yangdi, but Emperor Yangdi would only be stunned and panicked.Hearing Dugu Kaiyuan pleading hard, he got up involuntarily, and was about to go out to supervise the battle in person.Empress Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to stop her and said: "Since the soldiers are in chaos, why should they be divided into monarchs and ministers? If Your Majesty goes out, if the battle fails and the Holy Majesty is injured, what can be done! It's better to stay in the palace temporarily until all the officials know about it. There must be soldiers of the king of Qin, and it will not be too late to deal with it at that time." This remark hit Emperor Yang's heart again, he nodded repeatedly and said it was reasonable, and then hurriedly dragged Empress Xiao to avoid it.At this time, it was time to wash up in the morning, but no one could take care of it, even the emperor and empress, everyone was disheveled and hid together in the west pavilion of the palace.

Dugu Kaiyuan cried in vain outside the pavilion gate, knowing that the emperor is incompetent and the situation is over, he gritted his teeth and decided to fight the rebels.He looked back to the left and right and said loudly: "Soldiers, if there is anyone who is loyal and capable of killing thieves, please come with me!" I don't want all the soldiers to see that Emperor Yang refused to come out to supervise the battle. No one responded to Duguyuan's words, on the contrary, they tried their best to think of ways to escape.

Dugu Kaiyuan was helpless, when suddenly he heard a shout that moved the ground, Pei Qiantong and his party rushed towards the gate of the pavilion like a tidal wave.Dugu opened his gun and cursed loudly: "The traitor eats the rich salary of the imperial court all year round, how dare he turn against the top and make trouble today?" Pei Qiantong also scolded: "I will kill the innocent to gain the righteousness, this is a righteous act; You don't know the destiny, you just take your own death." Saying that, he raised his knife and chopped off, at the same time other generals also came to besiege, Dugu Kaiyuan was brave, but he was outnumbered, and was stabbed in the head of the horse under his crotch by a spear.The horse couldn't stand the severe pain, it jumped wildly, threw Dugu Kaiyuan to the ground, and immediately rushed forward with its blades. It's a pity that a brave general turned into a bloody mess in the blink of an eye.And the soldiers under him had fled so long ago that they had disappeared without a trace.

The door of the cabinet was unguarded, Sima Dekan led all the soldiers to rush into the cabinet, smashed the cabinet doors one after another, and killed them in the inner palace.The maids and eunuchs were frightened out of their wits, the maids on one side hid to death, and the servants on the other side escaped, turning into a messy hornet's nest.

Sima Dekan rushed into the bedroom to look for Emperor Yang, but the brocade was messed up, the curtain was empty, and there was no one in sight.Sima Dekan had no choice but to lead his troops to search everywhere, but the palace was far away, with a courtyard on the left and a pavilion on the right, how could he find it.Unexpectedly, Pei Qiantong's team was walking near the long alley, and bumped into a palace maid. She was carrying a lot of treasures, and she seemed to be planning to escape to another place. She bumped into a traitor, and she was about to turn around and escape. , was grabbed by Pei Qiantong, and asked: "Where is the Lord now?!"

The palace man squeaked: "I don't know, I really don't know, the general let me escape!" Seeing that she refused to tell the truth, Pei Qiantong immediately raised the sharp knife that was stained with blood and glaring under the sun to her. On the top of his head, he yelled fiercely: "Quickly tell me where the Lord is now? If not, I will cut you in two with one knife!" The palace man almost fainted from fright, trembling his body Er begged: "General, spare your life! Long live and hid in the West Pavilion." Pei Qiantong guessed that she would not dare to tell lies, so he let go of her hand and let her run for her life; he led all the rebels to the West Pavilion.

At this moment, Emperor Yang who had fled to the West Pavilion to hide suddenly heard the noise of His Excellency's voice, and he was frightened immediately, while Empress Xiao was so frightened that her face turned pale.Emperor Yangdi's hands were trembling, and with great difficulty, he opened the pavilion window a little. Then he looked down from the slit, and saw a large group of soldiers in full armor, holding shining guns. The steel knife came straight towards it menacingly.It's over!The end is coming, the general trend is gone!Even the small pavilion window was unable to support it, Yangdi's arm became soft into dough, and he almost fainted.After Pei Qiantong entered the West Pavilion, he saw Emperor Yang crying with Empress Xiao.

When he saw the former subjects, Emperor Yangdi became more courageous, and said sadly to them: "You are all my subjects, and I have been supporting you all year round. What's the disadvantage? You have to do this." The act of usurping and forcing each other hard?" Sure enough, many soldiers did not feel their fighting spirit was low after hearing this, and they looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless.Only Pei Qiantong was still upright and strong, and said loudly: "Your Majesty only wants to be happy alone, and never cares about his subjects, so there is today's change!"

Emperor Yangdi avoided the truth, and turned to Pei Qiantong with tears in his eyes: "Aren't you still my old friend? Why did you betray me with them! I don't owe you, why should you owe me?" It worked, and Pei Qiantong didn't feel his anger weakened, and he shirked and said: "The original intention of the ministers is to return to the capital, because the soldiers are eager to return." Then he hurriedly withdrew, which was seriously Guard the door of the pavilion, and no outsiders are allowed to enter or leave.Then he sent his party to welcome Yu Wenhuaji.

As soon as Yu Wenhuaji entered the court hall, Sima Dekan and others rushed forward to meet him.Yu Wenhuaji was still extremely panicked at this moment, bowed his head on the saddle, repeatedly pleading guilty.Sima Dekan walked up to the horse and said softly to Yu Wenhuaji: "The matter is settled, Mr. Xu, please rest assured." After saying that, he helped him off the horse and rushed into the hall. All the officials in the rebel party rushed to see him.

Yu Wenhuaji did indeed have some talent, he stabilized his mind at this moment, and said: "For today's matter, we must gather all the civil and military officials first, and let them know the righteousness of reform, so as to calm people's hearts." Sima Dekan nodded hurriedly: " The general’s proposal is justified, so you can issue an order quickly and inform all officials.” Then according to Yu Wenhuaji’s intention, he ordered the soldiers to pass down the order: “Officials, both civil and military, must go to the court to discuss matters immediately. Beheaded according to military law."

When the civil and military officials received this order, their souls flew together with fright; if they wanted to ask the congregation to seek thieves, they suffered from having no soldiers and generals for a while, and seeing that the forbidden army surrounded the palace heavily, it was useless to resist; Also, there are guards at every gate of the city; Yusi hides at home and is afraid of violating Yu Wenhuaji's military order. If he really sends someone to arrest him, his life will be lost; , but he didn't know the result of Emperor Yangdi. If the matter failed, he would be accused of rebellion.So everyone became embarrassed, I pushed you, you pushed me, you inquired about my behavior, I inquired about your actions; after waiting for a long time, there were already a few officials who only cared about the front and ignored the back to steer the rudder. After entering the court in auspicious clothes, he came to congratulate him.If one moves, two will follow suit.Two came, and then three or four arrived, so after a while, there was an endless stream of officials from the upper court. After half an hour, nine out of ten civil and military officials of Emperor Yangdi came to congratulate and pay homage to the new master. .

(End of this chapter)