Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 63
19. Lei Haiqing's tragic martyrdom festival

The next day, An Lushan drove into the city, and a group of shameless officials came out of the city to greet them, saying long live, and then surrounded Anlushan and entered the palace to sit in the Hall of Longevity.After the civil and military visits were over, An Lushan's sergeants brought the captured palace family members, eunuchs, civil and military officials and music workers who did not want to surrender to the palace one by one.An Lushan went through trial one by one, and those who should be kept are kept, and those who should be killed are killed.After the distribution was over, An Lushan held a banquet in the Hall of Longevity, and gave all civil and military officials a bath in Huaqing Pool.

An Lushan bathed in Longquan by himself, and Sun Xiaozhe's mother bathed in Fengchi. The two laughed while taking a bath. An Lushan suddenly remembered the beautiful Concubine Mei, and hurriedly ordered people to go to Lenggong to summon her. I do not know whereabouts.That night, An Lushan chose ten stunning maids of honor to serve him in Concubine Yang's bedroom.An Lushan looted a lot of gold and silver in the palace, loaded it with [-] carts, and sent it to Luoyang, the capital of his thieves.

The next day, An Lushan sent an order to burn down the mansions of the three wives of South Korea, Guo State and Qin State, and the mansions of Yang Guozhong and other Yang family kings.Sixteen mansions burned for seven days and seven nights.Poor Jiege Chonglou has been reduced to scorched earth, and the blood and sweat of the people has been wiped out.

When An Lushan accompanied Xuanzong in the palace banquet, he saw Li Taibai composing poems and musicians playing music. It was very interesting. Lu Shanling searched for musicians and literati.All the soldiers went to remote mountains and remote places to arrest them. Within ten days, hundreds of former musicians and Liyuan children were arrested.Anlu Mountain is at the head of Ningbi Pool, where a big banquet is held; the gold and silver treasures found in the palace are displayed around the hall.When the wine was half drunk, the musicians were ordered to play music.

The musicians remembered the old master, and were so sad that they couldn't play the tune or dance. An Lushan was furious, and ordered the soldiers to hold a big knife and watch behind the musicians. Scrape a hole and puncture a hole.The musician Lei Haiqing couldn't bear the grief and indignation for a while, and threw the pipa in his hand on the step stone, smashing it to pieces immediately.Then he fell on his knees to the west, called "Long Live Lord", and burst into tears.An Lushan immediately ordered the sergeant to grab Lei Haiqing, tie him to the pillar of the circus horse, cut off his hands and feet, and dig out his heart.

As soon as An Lushan gave an order, a bloody scene immediately took place. The whole process was as he ordered, but Lei Haiqing didn't do what he hoped. The little musician was still cursing until he died.The poet Wang Wei was imprisoned in the Bodhi Temple. When he heard of Lei Haiqing's tragic death, he immediately wrote a poem: "Thousands of households are sad and smoke wild, when will all the officials be up to the sky? In the empty palace with fallen leaves in autumn, Ningbi Pond plays the orchestra! "

20. Huadian entrusts the land

Over there, Xuanzong took all his family members west to Chang'an, eating and sleeping all the way, and trekking through Guanshan.General Chen Yuanli commanded [-] imperial forest troops, and suddenly they were in front of the mountains to open roads and build bridges in the water, and then they went to the rear to escort the troops. The soldiers had to work very hard.At night, they have to stay around the palace as guards, and they can't sleep all night.At this time, food was in short supply, and only one or two loads of white rice was left for the emperor's meal.The civil and military ministers all ate brown rice, and the sergeants ate even more coarse black wheat flour, so everyone still couldn't eat enough; and when they arrived at Yizhou Station, the food distributed to each sergeant was even less. I know that Prime Minister Yang ordered it.A soldier jumped up and shouted: "What is Prime Minister Yang, if there is no such traitor, we don't have to have such a hard trip!" On the contrary, the orders became clamorous, and it was not until Chen Yuanli came to give the order to behead the army man who led the trouble, that the army's morale could not be considered to be overwhelmed.

As the night grew quieter, two horses suddenly came out of the official store side by side.The sergeant guarding the store with a halberd recognized that the one on the horse was Prime Minister Yang, and the other was Mrs. Guo Guo. This woman was wearing a black cloak, making her look even more charming.The two brothers and sisters laughed at each other and walked on the moon all the way; when the breeze blew, the guard faintly heard the two people's love and obscenity from the wind.

This time, Prime Minister Yang and Mrs. Guo Guo had an affair in the wild under the moon without end. Until the end of the third watch, Prime Minister Yang did not come back to the store, and the guards stood upright and waited outside the door.He has been running for a whole day in the daytime, and he is already extremely tired, and now he can't sleep peacefully at night, standing straight outside the door, he can't help but doze off with his body swaying to and fro, his eyes are gradually dim, and he can't support himself. Unable to stop, he hugged the pole of the halberd, leaned against the gate, and fell into a deep sleep.Just as he was falling asleep, Prime Minister Yang suddenly came back from the outside and had a good time. When he saw the guard lying on the threshold, he immediately rushed forward, swished his horse whip a few times, and hit the sergeant on the ground. on the cheek.

With one whip and one blood, the sergeant was lying on the ground, and the emperor's grandfather screamed miserably.But Prime Minister Yang didn't feel pity at all, he was so tired from the beating that he called his own soldiers and ordered the sergeant to be tied up and sent to General You Longwu to behead him.

Chen Yuanli knew clearly that the sergeant was wrong enough to die, but he did not dare to disobey the prime minister's order. When he pushed out the gate and was about to open the knife, he saw the soldiers all entering the tent and begging, begging the general to send the head temporarily and wait in the middle of Shu , It's never too late to kill.Looking at the generals who crowded into the room, Chen Yuanli feared that the army's mind would change, so he ordered that for the sake of all the soldiers, he temporarily sent the sergeant's head and sent him to the military prison.Then the sergeant's brothers and generals took turns to go to the prison to deliver tea and food, comfort and visit.That night, under the pretext of visiting, the military prison was crowded with sergeants, discussing important matters.

The next day, Long live set off, and the Imperial Forest Army also pulled out their teams, from Chenpai hour to noon.It was all mountain roads, rugged and tortuous, and it was very hard to walk.There is a small post in front of Mawei Slope. Xuanzong ordered the soldiers to rest and make food, and then leave after dinner.

Yang Guifei staggered in the car for a long time, her muscles and bones ached, and she followed the emperor into the post gate to rest.After drinking some tea soup, Xuanzong walked out holding Concubine Yang's slender hand, and stopped in the center of the courtyard.Looking at it for a while, I saw the small house and the collapsed walls. Xuanzong sighed unconsciously and said, "Since I came to the throne, I have ruled the world. It can be said that the prosperous age is unprecedented. I regret that I should not do anything in my old age and spoil that thief by mistake." Minister Hu'er An Lushan, so that there is such chaos and chaos! Alas..."

Concubine Yang Gui is always too guilty to conceal her petting An Lushan, although she tries her best to conceal it.Now she is busy choosing words to comfort Xuanzong: "I only hope that the thief will be broken as soon as possible, and everything will be fine." Then, in order to change this embarrassing topic as soon as possible, she looked at the courtyard absently while talking, but saw a The pear tree was scattered all over the ground, and he couldn't help sighing, "Ah, a beautiful pear tree, as white as snow, was forcibly knocked down in the wind and rain, how pitiful!" Opening up the question of pampering An Lushan, I also turned to lamenting the pear blossom tree that was knocked down in the wind and rain. The sky is as white as snow and precious in the world, but it is hard to escape the fate of being knocked down in vain.

After the meal, Emperor Xuanzong ordered the six armies to march together, and they must rush to Chencang Guandian to stay overnight.Unexpectedly, Chen Yuanli, the general of Youlongwu, issued three orders in a row. Instead of refusing to obey the order, the sergeants clamored loudly and said in unison: "The rebellion in Anlu Mountain and the relocation of the holy cavalry are all caused by Yang Guozhong's power, which caused chaos; if you don't Kill this thief, I will not escort you until death!"

The voice became louder and louder, shaking the valley.Chen Yuanli sternly shouted: "Prime Minister Yang is a minister of the country, a member of the Son of Heaven, who dares to insult you?!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuanli hadn't finished speaking yet, when he saw the three thousand long spears being raised together, the tip of the spears reflected the moonlight, shining dazzlingly.Joining the army with the battalion hurried up and pulled Chen Yuanli's sleeve quietly, Chen Yuanli hurriedly changed his tone, and said loudly: "All the troops don't need to make noise, just set up camp for now, after I have played the Holy Majesty, I will make up my own mind."

All the soldiers were about to disperse, but Yang Guozhong came to the post shop from a distance on a tall horse.Three thousand sergeants rushed to Yang Guozhong with their guns in one fell swoop.Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Guozhong turned his horse's head and fled down the slope.Unexpectedly, a group of sergeants had already ambushed under the hillside, and with a cry, they jumped out to block the way. Yang Guozhong's horse was startled, and its heels kicked to the sky, throwing Yang Guozhong off.All the soldiers caught up, raised their swords and guns, and Prime Minister Yang was immediately chopped into pieces.Because of their hatred, all the soldiers rushed to eat Yang Guozhong's meat. The meat was exhausted in an instant, and then they cut off the head of the incomparable Prime Minister Yang. When he came out of the post shop, he yelled at all the soldiers for killing the prime minister.Before finishing a sentence, all the soldiers shouted to kill, and Yang Jue was hacked to death with random knives. Then they found the other two sons of Yang Guozhong from the post shop and executed them. Arrow, after death he is like a hedgehog.

All of a sudden, outside the door of the post shop, there were shouts of killing and wailing.Concubine Yang Guifei was so frightened that her beauty turned pale, and Xuanzong didn't feel panicked. He was asking Gao Lishi why there was so much noise outside. , has been killed by the rebels!"

Xuanzong turned pale with shock, opened his eyes wide, and said after a long time: "Ah, there is such a thing!"

When Concubine Yang heard this, she burst into tears.In addition to grief, most of her cries were protesting to His Majesty the Emperor. She knew that this kind of non-verbal protest would always have better results, because her cries were louder and more frequent than when she was jealous and pissed off. Bright.

This kind of crying aroused the strong resentment of Chen Yuanli, who has always been loyal, so he made a statement to the emperor with plausibility and seriousness: "Yang Xiangguo is an extremely personable minister, and he is associated with the relatives of the country. He is famous in Qu Yu, but he is extravagant. If you don't cultivate morality and righteousness, although you are in the position of assistant, you don't have the merit of assistant; Talented and virtuous men lie in forests and springs, and don’t pay attention to records. Now that the capital has collapsed and the royal family has been relocated, the soldiers really cherish the land of Gaozu and Taizong. They will be overthrown and killed by a single man. Please forgive me. "Xuanzong lowered his head, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "That's all, hurry up and send the decree to drive!"

However, Chen Yuanli passed on the imperial decree of "pardoning you for the crime of killing without authorization", but all the soldiers still refused to set out and shouted in unison: "Although the loyalty of the country is punished, the noble concubine is still alive; if you don't kill the noble concubine, you will not protect her!" Chen Yuanli I was taken aback, and just shouted: "Ruolite!" The group of soldiers pulled out their sabers one by one, and even seven or eight soldiers rushed into the gate of the post, shouting: "If you don't kill the imperial concubine, you can't die!" Escort!" Chen Yuanli hastily drew his sword and chopped down one of the soldiers before the rest of the soldiers retreated.

Concubine Yang Guifei didn't care about crying and protesting at this time, she just yelled: "Long live!" and fainted to the ground.Chen Yuanli hurriedly pleaded guilty and said: "I have no way to govern the army. Please punish your majesty. I just ask your majesty. Although the noble concubine is innocent, Yang Guo is loyal to her brother. Now she is by your majesty's side. The army's heart is not at ease. If the army's heart is at ease, your majesty will be at ease." Yes. May Your Majesty think twice."

Xuanzong didn't care about General Chen's complaints at all, he just put his arms around Concubine Yang, calling out "I love my concubine" one after another.After a long time, Concubine Yang finally woke up with a cry of "wow". She stared at Xuanzong, but her eyes were full of timidity and grievance, and she no longer had the crazy arrogance when she bullied Concubine Mei and the contempt for everything when she was doting on her.

At this time, Gao Lishi came in in a panic and said, "Long live Lord Qi, the outer sergeant has killed the gatekeeper; if there is any further delay, there may be other changes!" He comforted General Chen, and then ordered Chen Yuanli to go quickly to appease the Sixth Army.

There was another cry of killing outside the gate of the post, and Gao Lishi hurried in again and said: "Long live is not good! General Chen went out according to the order, and before he could say a word, the sergeants clamored and said, take it quickly!" No need for Luo Suo, the imperial concubine! A group of sergeants rushed in again. General Chen had no choice but to draw his sword and kill several of them himself. Unexpectedly, instead of being shocked this time, the sergeants were furious. The generals are coming, and General Chen is no longer able to resist. Long live God, quickly send an order to stop it!"

(End of this chapter)