Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 82
Because Zhu Xi was eager to become emperor, he summoned Yuanxiu, Li Zhongchen, and Yao Lingyan to the palace every day to discuss with his party, but Duan Xiushi refused to go because of excuses.Zhu Xi repeatedly sent people to press him, but Duan Xiushi had no choice but to follow the envoys into the palace. As soon as he entered the palace gate, he saw Yuanxiu with a sharp chin holding a wat in his hand, respectfully worshiping Zhu Xi , performing the ceremony of the emperor and his ministers there, unconsciously aroused his loyalty and anger, hurried to Zhu Xi's eyes, and before Zhu Xi could speak, he suddenly jumped up and grabbed the Yahu from Yuanxiu's hand, Straight to beat Zhu Xi's face, and shouted sharply: "Mad thief! If you dare to do such a rebellious thing, you will be shredded into pieces. I am a loyal man, how can I go against you!?"

Zhu Si hastily stepped back and stretched out his arms to avoid it, but the wat's head had already hit Zhu Si's forehead, and because of the heavy force, Zhu Si's face was covered with blood in a blink of an eye.When Duan Xiushi was about to rush up to fight again, he was stopped by Li Zhongchen and Yao Lingyan. Immediately, three or five warriors came to capture Duan Xiushi. If you fail to kill a thief, you should be killed by a thief."

The warriors did not wait for Duan Xiushi to finish speaking, and they came down with their knives, but Zhu Shi suddenly realized his conscience, and hurriedly waved his hands to the crowd and said: "Duan Xiushi is a righteous man, don't kill him!" But it was too late, Duan Xiushi had already been chopped into pieces mud.Next, a group of loyal ministers who conspired with Duan Xiushi were all arrested by Zhu Xi and beheaded.

Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Zhang Shi's battalion general Li Chulin, killed Zhang Yi, and led all the soldiers and horses to surrender Zhu Xi.Zhu Xi saw that his wings had been completed, and his crimes became more serious, so he simply moved to the Xuanzheng Palace, proclaimed himself the Emperor of Qin, changed Yuan Yingtian, made Yu Guifei the queen, and made his brother's son Zhu Sui the prince.Because of Yao Lingyan and Li Zhongchen's support, Zhu Xi worshiped Yao Lingyan as his servant, Li Zhongchen as Sikong, Yuan Xiu as Zhongshu's servant, Jiang Zhen as his servant and Tongping Zhangshi, and Jiang Lian as Yushi Zhongcheng. Jing Yan is the doctor of imperial history, and Peng Yan is a member of Zhongshushe.All of a sudden, everyone who contributed to Zhu Xi's plan this time was greatly rewarded.

Taichangqing Fan Xi, who was quite talented and respected, refused to go up to Zhu Xi to become a minister, so Zhu Xi ordered a group of warriors to rush to Fan Xi's house and forced him into the palace. Then there were eunuchs standing around with swords, forcing him Fan Department wrote a pamphlet for Zhu Xi's ascension to the throne.Fan Xi suddenly knelt down to the west, crying loudly.Zhu Xi was furious, and ordered the warriors to push out the gate and behead him.

What a fan, he didn't wait for Wutu to get close, he bent his neck and raised his head towards the stone pillar, he slammed it hard, his brain burst and blood flowed horizontally, so around his body, snow-white was like flowers, and bright red was like flowers.

4. Prince dies in love

Among the more than 2000 court ladies in Tang Dezong's court, Zhu Xi selected [-] young and beautiful ones, and they had sex day and night.That day when Zhu Xi came to the harem, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful woman, and without asking why, he dragged her into the palace and raped her.I don't think this woman is a maid or concubine in the palace. She is actually a princess. Her husband, King Anle, is the nephew of Emperor Dezong, and Princess Anle is the niece of the royal concubine, so she often stays in the palace. Accompanied by Wang Guifei and a group of imperial concubines to play.With the mutiny this time, Princess Anle had no time to escape from the palace, so she had to hide in the harem.Generally, women who were humiliated by Zhu Xi endured the humiliation and continued to live secretly in the world, so what was even more unexpected was that the next night, Princess Anle took advantage of others' surprise and hanged herself.

And King Anle, who was deeply in love with her, was always unwilling to escape from the capital because the princess was trapped in the palace. Now when he heard that his favorite princess was raped to death by Zhu Xi, King Anle cried so much at home. The last time I passed away.Then he took all the gold and silver treasures in the family and bribed a guard in the palace.The guard lent his coat and hat to King Anle.

King Anle, dressed as a guard, sneaked into the palace with a sharp knife in his arms, and at midnight, he went to stand under the east corridor of Concubine Yu's Chunhua Palace.At this time, Zhu Xi's licentiousness was unrestrained, and every night after visiting the concubine Yu, he took turns to go to the rooms of his beloved concubines to have fun, and he had to visit at least five or six places every night.It was not until dawn that he went back to Chunhua Palace to sleep, and the east corridor of Chunhua Palace was the only way for him to come and go.

King Anle heard that the Jingyang bell had announced the third watch, and sure enough, he saw a pair of red gauze lanterns moving in the distance, led by two eunuchs, and Zhu Xi followed closely by two guards.At this time, there was a cold moon, the sound of insects on the ground, and a group of people came from the empty corridor, only the sound of boots was heard.Seeing that when he came to the front, King An Le suddenly pulled out a short knife from his arms, the light of the knife reflected the moonlight, and it happened to hit Zhu Xi's eyes.Zhu Xi, who has experienced countless battles on the battlefield, deliberately pretended not to feel it. When he slowly approached him, Zhu Xi raised his right foot and kicked it hard. , and was kicked to the ground by Zhu Xi.

When Zhu Xi saw that the assassin had no bayonet, he became emboldened. He jumped up and the two of them twisted into a pile, and fell to the ground and rolled around.Although Zhu Xi said that his body was emptied by lust, he was born as a general after all, and he has some strength. King Anle is a pampered prince, how could he be able to defeat him? He took a red light to look at the clothes and hats, and it turned out to be King An Le.

Zhu Xi sent an order to be handed over to the officials of the Ministry of punishment for torture and interrogation overnight.Poor King Anle lost his beloved wife and was tortured until he was beaten to death.But he didn't regret it, he used this method to connect himself and his beloved wife tightly, and soon the two of them would cross the barrier of darkness, and there was no power in heaven and earth to separate them.Before the young and passionate prince was executed, he still felt comforted by the best way he had chosen to die for love.

5. Demonstrate loyalty and righteousness in times of crisis

The next day, all civil and military officials heard that Emperor Daqin had been frightened in the palace, and they all came to the palace to pay their respects.Yuan Xiu hated the emperor of the Tang Dynasty for cutting his bones, and took the opportunity to persuade Zhu Jianjian to abolish the Tang Dynasty's imperial family so as to avoid future troubles.Zhu Xi had long obeyed the advice of this old, treacherous, cunning, and scheming guy, so he immediately issued an order to lock the gates of the six cities, and arrest all the royal family members in the capital, regardless of age and gender, a total of 77 people, and they were arrested and hid at home, refusing to come to pay respects to him. More than [-] officials, as well as family members of various civil and military families who had fled abroad, were escorted to the western suburbs to beheaded.

From then on, the entire capital was Zhu Xi's accomplices.Zhu Xi was actually dressed in imperial robes, receiving congratulations from all the officials every day, saying that he was lonely and widowed.Not long after, someone came to report that Tang Dezong was trapped in Fengtian, with no food and no aid, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit.Zhu Xi decided to take this opportunity to attack.He immediately gathered a hundred thousand soldiers. He called himself the Grand Marshal of Zhengxi, and Yao Lingyan was the Deputy Marshal.

Emperor Dezong of Fengtian City had only [-] soldiers under his command. Immediately, he set up a recruiting flag in Fengtian City and recruited [-] new soldiers in three days.However, the shortage of armaments has become a very prominent problem.

At this time, the right servant who refused to be a vassal of Zhu Xi shot Cui Ning from the capital to risk his life from the capital to Fengtian. Dezong was overjoyed because Cui Ning was always resourceful, but Dezong killed him soon.It turned out that Cui Ning said to other ministers: "The lord was originally very heroic, but he was misunderstood by Lu Qi's traitors, so that he is today." He didn't know that most of the ministers at that time were Lu Qi's party. Someone imitated Cui Ning's handwriting and wrote a letter to Zhu Xi. Then Lu Qi presented the fake letter to Dezong for reading, and said that Cui Ning had just come from Zhu thief, so you must believe it.Dezong immediately called Cui Ning into the account.After Cui Ning was ordered to enter the tent, he saw that there was no one in the tent quietly, and when he was wondering whether to advance or retreat, he suddenly saw two or three warriors jumping out from the left and right. They rushed forward and grabbed Cui Ning's neck together. He strangled this resourceful man to death.

At this time, Zhu Xi's soldiers were approaching the city, he wished he could destroy Fengtian city immediately, Hunyu and Han Youhuan fought bloody day and night in the city, barely defending the city.

Days of fighting made Dezong's soldiers fewer, and the food was gradually unable to be provided.But the grain road had already been cut off by Zhu Xi, and only two dendrobiums of white rice were obtained from the search of warehouses and granaries in the city, which were reserved for imperial food.All the civil and military officials and soldiers, big and small, were hungry.

The group of concubines and princesses hid in the house. During the day, they could hear the screams and killings, and at night, the flames lit up the sky. All of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their souls were about to break.Dezong was not much better than them, he just sighed all day long, unable to do anything.

The servant Chang De has been serving Dezong for six years, and he is very loyal. Now seeing that the Lord is worried and restless, he knelt down and said: "Long live Lord, there is an urgent secret order. The servants are willing to risk their lives and rush out of the city to ask for help." .”

Dezong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "My confidant minister, only Shuofang Jiedu envoy Li Huaiguang, who still has tens of thousands of soldiers, can save me. You can go to the emergency at the risk of death. If Huaiguang sends troops to come, save this Fengtian For the city, I will remember you as the first meritorious service."

Wang Guifei personally sewed the secret decree with the emperor's seal on Changde's collar with needles and threads. After sewing, she also deeply wrapped herself in Changde and said, "If there is any mistake on the way, my father-in-law, I In the palace, I will always enshrine your god, offering sacrifices at four seasons, and will never let your loyal soul lose its support." Changde panicked and lay down on the ground, bowing his head and returning the salute.

After the three monarchs and ministers bid farewell with tears, Changde pretended to be a woodcutter and stood guard until the third watch. Hunyu sent a team of soldiers to send him out of the city, protecting him from a distance and sneaking past Zhu's camp.Just as he was walking, he heard the sound of a clapper, and there had long been night watchmen from Zhu's camp, ambush in the remote mountain road.Seeing a woodcutter approaching, dozens of arrows flew out from the dark, and one arrow hit Changde's leg and wrist, causing him to fall to the ground, and then he was hit four times in a row on his shoulder and back.

Changde was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up for a while.As soon as the enemy soldiers swarmed up, they were about to catch him, when suddenly Chang De yelled fiercely, jumped up from the ground, and scrambled to hide deep in the vegetation.The enemy soldiers in the back are not willing to give up their hands. They rush forward, poke the grass roots with the tip of their guns, and look around.In order to cover Changde, the soldiers in the city yelled and killed desperately from behind, and rushed forward to challenge.When the enemy soldiers were in the dark field, they suddenly saw soldiers coming to challenge them. They thought they had been ambushed, so they left Changde, fought and retreated, and went back to the camp.

Look, I have been hungry for three days. When Emperor Dezong was in the early court, he saw the left and right ministers, all of them were yellow and thin, with hoarse voices and dull eyes.Dezong shed tears unconsciously, and said: "I am not virtuous, and I will perish myself! What crime are you waiting for, but you are in such a difficult situation? For the present plan, you should protect yourself and send me to the enemy as soon as possible. Come out of Kaesong; it will not only prevent hunger, but also preserve wealth." Dezong sobbed unconsciously when he said this.The civil and military officials all bowed to the ground and said in tears: "The ministers are willing to do their best to serve His Majesty."

Hun Yan ordered the soldiers to lower the thick ropes from the top of the city every night, and then the soldiers climbed out of the city, peeking at the enemy while they were sleeping quietly, dig some grass roots under the city, peel some bark, and transport them into the city. Come, how much can help to satisfy some hunger.Hun Yu also wept every day to persuade the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely to protect the emperor, and his Xiao Yi Da Yi really worked.Therefore, although the soldiers were suffering from hunger and cold, they did not change their will.But the soldiers can only survive on a daily meal of bark and grass roots, but how can they resist the enemy bandits?The hungry soldiers lay on the city wall every day to defend the city, seeing that some fell to the ground every day.

At a critical moment, suddenly four ladders were pushed from outside the city, several feet high and wide, with huge wheels underneath. Each ladder could hold 500 soldiers. Arrows like locusts attacked the city from all sides.The enemy is condescending, and the soldiers in the city are unobstructed. I have seen rows and rows of soldiers who fell to the ground and died after being shot by arrows.

Hun Yan was supervising the battle on the city, and was wounded several times, so he had to retreat to Dezong.Dezong heard that the city was dying, and there was nothing he could do. He just sobbed and shed tears.The servants looked at each other, helpless.

Suddenly there was a loud noise outside, like a city wall collapsing, Dezong and Hun Yan suddenly changed their expressions.Hun Yu hurriedly bid farewell to leave the palace, Pegasus rushed to the bottom of the city, and saw that the city wall was still intact; outside the city, there was smoke and smoke, and there was a foul smell, which was unpleasant.Hun Yan was very surprised, and hurried to the city to have a look, only to see the enemy soldiers fleeing outside the city one after another, and the enemy camp behind them was full of flames and candles, and the sound of crying shook the ground.

It turned out that Chang De, the servant with several arrows, passed out in the depths of the grass for a long time, and then gradually regained consciousness.After waking up, Chang De gritted his teeth and pulled out a few arrows. When he pulled out, he tore off the bloody flesh, which made him pass out several times due to the pain.Changde crawled and walked to the destination.

Li Huaiguang, Shuofang Jiedu envoy, received Dezong's secret decree, and led his soldiers to come in the starry night.Near Fengtian, Li Huaiguang climbed the mountain and looked around. He saw that the enemy soldiers were very powerful and camped all over the mountains and plains.Knowing that it can only be outsmarted, but not invincible, so he quietly stationed his troops in the deep mountains and dense forests, and stopped the flags and drums.

Zhu Shi blindly attacked Fengtian City, but Li Huaiguang ordered tens of thousands of soldiers to work day and night for half a month, digging a very long tunnel from the ground, leading directly to Zhu Shi's camp.Then the tunnel is filled with sulfur gunpowder.On this day, Zhu Xi personally supervised the formation, and when he was struggling to attack the city, he suddenly heard a loud bang in his camp, all the gunpowder in the tunnel exploded, and immediately the corpses of thousands of soldiers blasted into the sky.Zhu Xi was extremely flustered, and hurriedly retreated with his troops. When he was looking for a way to escape, Li Huaiguang led his soldiers to cover up and kill him.How did Zhu Xi survive against the enemy? In the end, he took only a few hundred remnants and fled in despair.

6. Traitors mislead the country and force against the general

Li Huaiguang broke the siege of Fengtian City, and was in a hurry to enter the city to face the saint. Unexpectedly, when he reached the gate of the city, an envoy stopped Li Huaiguang's horse's head with an imperial decree. go.Li Huaiguang immediately realized that it must be the treacherous minister Lu Qi who was soliciting truth from it.Sure enough, Lu Qi, Bai Zhizhen, Zhao Zan and other treacherous officials saw that the siege of the city had been lifted, and they were pretending to be escorts. Suddenly, they heard that Li Huaiguang had the intention of the Qing emperor's side, so Lu Qi hurried into the palace to play Emperor Dezong: "Now the Zhu thief has escaped. If he lost his life and fled back to Chang'an City, he would have no fighting spirit to retreat; Li Huaiguang came to help him from thousands of miles away, and his vigor was in full swing, why not let him attack Chang'an urgently and take advantage of the victory to defeat the bandits?" Dezong actually obeyed this harm to the country and the people again and forced him to flee Chang'an is so miserable and embarrassingly treacherous officials suggest.

Unless it was about to rebel, who would dare to disobey the emperor's imperial edict, so Li Huaiguang had no choice but to lead his troops and march westward to Chang'an.As soon as the army moved to Xianyang, Li Sheng brought his soldiers and horses to the Dongwei Bridge, but was stopped by Lu Qijin's greedy words and ordered him to attack Chang'an together with Li Huaiguang.The two met in Xianyang, and they were very angry when they talked about Lu Qi's dictatorship and blocking the virtuous way, so they signed a petition together to denounce Lu Qi, Bai Zhizhen, and Zhao Zan.Seeing that Dezong refused to sanction these three people, Li Huaiguang and Li Sheng wrote ten memorials one after another, please reprimand Lu Qi and others.At the same time, the supporters did not advance, claiming that if the emperor refused to play, they would return to the division and attack Fengtian directly. The so-called clearing the emperor's side first, and then eliminating the rebels.

(End of this chapter)