Great Han Empire

Chapter 970 Chapter [-]
In the early morning of the sixth day of August, Liyang.

The eldest princess was terrified, walking up and down the corridor, anxiously waiting for news from Chang'an City.

Under normal circumstances, after the emperor drove into Chang'an City, the courier would send the news of the emperor's safe arrival to Liyang as quickly as possible, but today was very abnormal, and no news from Chang'an was received for a long time.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and the eldest princess's heart suddenly tightened, and she turned to look in the direction of the courtyard gate.Liu Fang, Supervisor of Zhongshu, and Huang Yue, Sima of the eldest princess's mansion, walked into the garden one after another.

"Did Chang'an send any news?"

Liu Fang shook his head, "Your Highness, something is wrong. If the emperor's car is delayed on the way, Master Zhang Yan should send the news back in time, but now..."

An ominous thought suddenly flooded into the eldest princess's mind.Could it be that the emperor was held hostage?Reminiscent of the recent louder and louder voices of crusades and appeasement strategies in the court, especially the anger of the generals in the army, this thought immediately pierced through the princess like a sharp arrow, making her shudder, her delicate body trembled involuntarily, and her breathing became faster and faster. It's getting faster and faster.

Huang Yue sensed the eldest princess's fear, and hurriedly comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, Your Majesty will be fine. We just feel uneasy and want to report to Your Highness to take some precautions in case something happens."

The eldest princess forced herself to be calm, and asked tremblingly, "How to prevent it?"

"Urgently summon the right Zhonglang General Tian Yu, and ask him to mobilize all the tiger and feather guards to guard the palace." Liu Fang bowed and said, "call General Lu Bu again, and ask him to mobilize all the southern army departments overnight to strengthen Liyang City. Defense."

The eldest princess's face changed color, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.Obviously Liu Fang and Huang Yue also had the same worries, so they went to the palace overnight to ask for the mobilization of the army to strengthen their guard.

"Immediately deliver the decree." The eldest princess tremblingly said, "Send someone to Chang'an quickly, quickly..."

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On the sixth day of August, at the time of Chou, Chang'an City.

The night was dark.

Da Si Nong Li Wei, Huben Zhonglang General Xie Wu, Attendant Sima Fu, and two hundred Huben guards rushed into the Zhicheng Gate like long arrows from the string with the emperor's decree.

Grand Sima Xu Rong, Taiwei Xun You, Yushi Dafu Liu He, Ting Weiqing Xian Yufu were wandering around in the prime minister's mansion, when they heard the sound of horseshoes coming from outside the mansion, they all changed color in shock and rushed out.

"How is the Son of Heaven? Is it safe?" Xu Rong asked anxiously as he walked up to Li Wei.

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Li Wei wiped the sweat from his head, and said out of breath, "It's a pity that he didn't disgrace his fate... The emperor is safe and has already fallen asleep in the Northern Army camp."

"Has the Northern Army dispatched?" Xian Yufu was so nervous that his voice changed.If the Northern Army is dispatched, the nature of this crisis will be completely changed, and the consequences will be disastrous.

"No." Li Wei patted Xian Yufu's arm vigorously, and said with lingering fear, "It was only a little bit close. If it was one step later, the Northern Army would have walked out of the camp."

Xian Yufu let out a long breath, and his tall body swayed a few times.Standing beside him was Xun You, who had sharp eyes and quick hands, and hugged him, "Yu Xing... are you alright?"

"I'm fine...I'm fine..." Xian Yufu's face was pale, dripping with sweat, his whole body was on the verge of collapse as if he had collapsed, and his whole body was trembling non-stop.

"Get him in quickly." Li Wei was shocked, and hurriedly picked up Xian Yufu on his back and ran away. Xun You and Liu He supported him on the left and right, and followed behind in a panic.

Xu Rong took two steps, then turned around suddenly and said to Jie Wu and Sima Fu, "You two adults will stay outside for the time being. Without my order, you are not allowed to announce the decree."

Xu Rong looked cold and solemn, and his tone was extremely severe.Xie Wu and Sima Fu were secretly horrified, nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly retreated outside the gate of the mansion.

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Xian Yufu leaned on the mat, his chest rose and fell sharply, panting heavily.Xun You sat beside him on his knees, holding a cattail fan in one hand, shaking it up and down desperately.

Li Wei sat on the table crookedly, exhausted, and let the sweat roll down in big ones.Xu Rong walked up to him and asked calmly, "Feiyan agrees?"

Li Wei nodded and looked up at Liu He who was standing opposite.Liu He's face changed slightly, his expression sad and indignant.

Xu Rong snorted coldly, "You should take the initiative to avoid it."

Liu He smiled self-deprecatingly, cupped his hands at Xu Rong, and then quickly disappeared.

"Do you want to invite Master Tai Tu?" Li Wei asked softly.

"He is already seriously ill, what else do you want him to do? Do you want him to ascend to heaven earlier?" Xu Rong sneered a few times dissatisfied, "It will be dawn in another hour, we must hurry up."

Li Wei turned his head to look at Xian Yufu, his face showed embarrassment, "Can Mr. Xianyu hold on?"

"Let him rest. Lord Chen Hao will take charge of Tingwei Mansion for the time being." Xu Rong said decisively without thinking, "Master Xi Xi will be in charge of Yushitai."

"What about the arrest?"

"I called He Feng to keep 1000 people. Now Sima Yi and He Lin are leading them to guard the Da Sima Mansion, and they can be dispatched at any time." Xu Rong said, "The two hundred tiger guards from Jiewu can be called. In addition, Sili Xiaowei The government and the Jingzhaoyin government can also temporarily transfer staff."

"Then let's start." Li Wei said excitedly, "We need to race against time, hurry up, hurry up..."

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On the avenue in the city, teams of iron cavalry galloped wildly, and teams of soldiers walked like flying. The thunderous sound of horseshoes and angry roars instantly awakened the sleeping Chang'an City.

Sima Yi, He Lin, and Chen Wei surrounded the post with a thousand soldiers and arrested all the sleeping Xiangyang special envoys.

Xu Shu, Shi Tao and Meng Jian disappeared.

Chen Wei pressed Cai Mao.Cai Mao was furious and cursed.Chen Wei sneered, yesterday evening, the Son of Heaven was assassinated at Weiqiao, and you Xiangyang people were among the assassins.Now Xu Shu and the others are gone, how do you explain it?Cai Mao was immediately dumbfounded.

Wang Lang and Hua Xin were severely tortured. They refused to admit it, and passed out one after another.Sima Yi took out two confessions from his pocket, and pressed their fingerprints.

Chen Wei rushed back to the prime minister's mansion with his confession.Sima Yi ordered He Lin to lead the army to guard the post, and escorted Cai Mao, Wang Lang and Hua Xin to Tingwei's mansion.

At this moment, Zhishu Yushi Xili, Tingweicheng Chen Hao, Sili Xiaowei Wang Ze, and Jingzhao Yin Yupeng have all gathered in the prime minister's residence.Grand Sima Xu Rong gave a brief account of the emperor's assassination, and ordered them to make a surprise interrogation overnight, and make sure to wipe out the rebels.

Chen Hao's speed was very fast, and before dawn, he had already sent someone to arrest Mi Heng and Chen Deng, and wrote to Xu Rong, suspecting that the eunuch Kong Rong was very involved in the case, whether he should be detained.

Xu Rong ordered Sima Yi to take someone to "invite" Kong Rong to Tingwei Mansion for questioning.Kong Rong is Shangqing, and no one has the right to order him to be arrested except the eldest princess.

After dawn, Chen Hao wrote to Xu Rong again, based on the existing evidence, it can be proved that the former Zong Zhengqing Zang Hong was involved in this case, and suggested that the two cases should be tried together.Xu Rong accepted Chen Hao's suggestion, and asked Chen Hao to immediately write the trial memorial, and Xi Ji to write the impeachment memorial, and immediately sent them to Liyang to report to the eldest princess.

When the morning sun was rising, Li Wei rushed to Liyang with a lot of memorials.Xian Yufu dragged his tired body and rushed to Fenghao Camp on Pegasus.

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Liyang.

On the eve of dawn, the prime ministers Cai Yong and Xiao Lan arrived in Liyang and urgently reported the assassination of the emperor Weiqiao to the eldest princess.

"From the current situation, it is speculated that the little emperor may be held hostage by Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan is using the power of the little emperor to take the opportunity to seize the military power of General Zhao Yun and command the northern army to launch a mutiny." Xiao Lan looked at the terrified eldest princess, and tried her best He analyzed the situation in detail in a relatively peaceful voice, "Master Xu Rong, Master Tingweiqing, and Master Ting Weiqing, Xian Yufu are completely unaware that they are trying their best to save the crisis. With their prestige in the army, they should be able to temporarily stop Zhang Yan, but this The time won't be too long, if His Highness fails to agree to their request, I'm afraid the situation will quickly get out of control."

"I can't agree to their conditions." Cai Yong shouted angrily, "Zhang Yan deliberately planned to launch a mutiny. The purpose was not only to force His Highness to modify the strategy of recruiting, but more importantly, to seize the authority in His Highness's hands. If His Highness loses Authority, not only can't protect oneself, even the little emperor is in danger."

"However, if you don't agree to their conditions, the little emperor will be even more dangerous." Xiao Lan said with a wry smile, "This mutiny has three consequences. One is that His Highness agreed to their conditions, and the crisis of the mutiny was quickly resolved. The second is that His Highness agreed to them. Part of the condition is to minimize the harm caused by the mutiny to the country and wait for the general to come back for help. However, the general is three thousand miles away. Even if he travels day and night, he will not be able to return to Chang'an until the end of this month. Yuanshui cannot save him. What’s even more frightening is that when the mutiny has become a fact, even if the general returns, it will be difficult to save the situation. Third, His Highness rejected all their conditions and confronted them tit for tat, and the disaster of the mutiny immediately turned into Disasters for the country can range from severe damage to the country, and the great cause of ZTE is nowhere in sight, or from the overthrow of the country, and the collapse of the great man."

The eldest princess sighed dejectedly and wept bitterly.

The prime minister, Cai Yong, was enraged, and continued to shoot several cases, "Deploy troops, immediately dispatch troops to Beijing, I don't believe that hundreds of thousands of soldiers of my big man will become rebels."

Xiao Lan was shocked and shook her hands again and again, "It must not be done. Have you forgotten what happened to Dong Zhuo back then? All the troops from all walks of life swarmed into the capital, and the whole country would be reduced to ashes."

"Are we just sitting there waiting to die?" Cai Yong yelled angrily, full of grief and indignation.

"Trust the general. You must trust the general at this time. He must have a way to solve the crisis." Xiao Lan burst into tears, "We must trust him no matter what time it is."

These words pierced the hearts of the eldest princess and Prime Minister Cai Yong like a sharp sword, making them extremely painful and remorseful.After all, this disaster was caused by not trusting the general. If the general had not been forced to leave, if the general had been in the capital, how could the big man have such a disaster?

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In the morning, the mighty general He Feng led his army to the city.

The eldest princess, the prime minister and others turned pale with shock.Could it be that everyone in Chang'an City participated in the mutiny?He Feng led his army to Liyang so quickly?

He Feng went to the city alone to meet the eldest princess, "I am here to protect Your Highness under the order of the General."

The eldest princess immediately wept with joy, and asked excitedly: "The general is back?"

"The general is still three thousand miles away." He Feng looked at the eldest princess strangely, wondering why she had such an incredible idea.Now if the general is in Chang'an, isn't he the commander of the mutiny?
The eldest princess lowered her head in pain, unable to hide the disappointment on her face.

"Why do you have orders from the general? Who told you to come?" Xiao Lan suddenly appeared behind He Feng, her expression extremely shocked, and her voice was full of despair and anger, "Who told you to come? "

Everyone was startled.At this critical moment, is there anything wrong with He Feng coming to escort him?

He Feng suddenly suffocated, murderous look appeared in his eyes.I was fooled, but I am still fooled, Li Zhongyuan, you bastard, if I have the life to return to Chang'an this time, I will take your skin off.

"Tell me? Who told you to come?" Xiao Lan rushed in front of He Feng, grabbed his shoulders, and shook her like crazy.

He Feng smiled wryly, "It is indeed the general's order."

"What about the warrant? Take out the general's warrant, otherwise you will be guilty of treason."

He Feng took out the piece of white silk from his pocket.Xiao Lan snatched it over and glanced at it very quickly, her face suddenly became extremely ugly.Only four people know about this warrant. It is a secret, a secret that can never be revealed.Xiao Lan smashed the white silk onto He Feng's head and cursed angrily, "Crazy He, are you an idiot?"

He Feng smirked awkwardly, and could only hold back his anger.He didn't know what he had been fooled, he could only be an idiot.

Xiao Lan covered her face and wept, turned and left the hall.

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The eldest princess invited Lu Bu, the general of the left guard, and Tian Yu, the general of the right middle man, and asked them to evacuate the tiger ben, the guards of the habayashi, and some soldiers of the southern army guarding the palace gate, and hand over the responsibility of guarding the palace to He Feng.

Lu Bu did not hesitate and firmly opposed it.Holding the hilt of his sword, Tian Yu glared at He Feng, "Crazy He, take your army and get out of here immediately."

The eldest princess was angry, "Don't my words have any effect?"

"Your Highness, this matter is not only related to the lives of the minister and Mr. Tian, ​​but also the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in Huben Yulin and the Southern Army. It is also related to the safety of His Highness and the safety of the country. I will not agree to this until my death." Lu Bu Pulling off the sheath of the saber at his waist, he knelt down and presented, "His Royal Highness, either you kill me, or let Mr. He station troops outside the city. I will never hand over the palace, let alone open the gate of Liyang." .”

The eldest princess turned blue with anger, not knowing what to do.What He Feng said just now is most likely true. It is very likely that Lu Bu and Tian Yu participated in the mutiny, and they wanted to cooperate with the rebels internally and externally, coercing themselves to agree to their conditions.

Tian Yu took off his long sword, held it high above his head, and begged on his knees.

Prime Minister Cai Yongruo realized something.He Feng already understood what was going on, his head was about to be thrown in Liyang City if he was not careful, and that bastard Li Zhongyuan sent him to a dead end.

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(End of this chapter)