Chapter 102: Bright Flowers
This sudden heartache made me feel a little in a trance, and I couldn't tell whether this sudden uneasiness and panic was because of the bloody head in front of me, or because of something else, I only knew that the moment that would decide the fate of the Gao family and me had finally come......
In the panic of the Manchu Dynasty, a down-and-out soulless general stumbled into the main hall, only to enter the hall, his eyes were more obvious after catching a glimpse of a human head in the hall, and the original vain footsteps failed to stabilize the figure and immediately fell to the ground, and the whole person fell to the ground, making a dull sound.
I could only hear this man crying and crying out hoarsely:
"Your Majesty...... Majesty, some people want to rebel, some people ...... I'm going to rebel!"
Someone soon recognized that the person who was so disrespectful in front of the palace was not Hai Mao, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army?!
This Qiu Zan didn't know who had his head cut off, and only a moment later, this Hai Mao broke into the Qinzheng Hall in such a dejected way, could it be that those rebels had broken through the defenses of the Imperial Forest Army and were about to attack the main hall?
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were suddenly in chaos, and some of them knelt on the spot weakly, as if they didn't even have the strength to escape.
Seeing the blood splashing in the hall, the chamberlain hurriedly blocked the little emperor without thinking about it, wanting to cover his vision and prevent him from seeing such a bloody tragedy, but the little emperor still saw this scene from the gap, and sat on the throne with the whole person......
"Who is it, dare to ...... Dare to kill in front of the emperor!"
Zuo Prime Minister Gao Qin was furious, and there was already some breathlessness between his words, but when he roared, he also shocked the audience, and no one dared to speak out again.
In just a moment, the sound of iron-armored steps from outside the hall gradually came in, neat and calm, not at all deterred by Prime Minister Zuo's words, and stepped into the hall step by step......
The chamberlain in charge saw that a military general in black armor and holding a bloody sword stepped into the hall like this, and was about to send this person out on the grounds that "no one is allowed to trespass without the imperial edict", and was shocked by this person's rugged figure and cold eyes.
I only heard the man's voice like a bell, and responded:
"The last general and the state Taibao Sima Jiong, the escort is late, please atone for your sins!"
This person kept pleading guilty, but he looked proud of the ministers, as if he had forgotten the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and he actually held his head high like this, and wanted to step into the palace step by step.
The blood of the sword in Sima Jiong's hand fell straight down, and the dazzling blood flowers bloomed on the ground, coupled with his tall and mighty image of a military general, which suddenly made the ministers who wanted to reprimand him for being rude chose to be silent in horror.
In front of the hall, the corners of the mouths of Xiao Yan and Dugu Xu, the right Xiangxian kings, couldn't help but show a cold smile......
Gao Qin, the prime minister of Zuo, knew very well that this person must be coming for him, seeing that this Sima Jiong was about to approach his nephew Gao Chen's side, he was flustered, and he only thought that he wanted to save the child's life no matter what, and he wanted to run over to block behind Gao Chen, but he was suddenly shocked by a reprimand......
"Who allowed you not to be summoned to the temple?"
This roar floated back and forth in this hall, and it shook people's hearts and souls.
I got up upright, straightened my shirt slightly, and then respectfully took three steps back and turned around, blocking Sima Jiong, and asked sharply:
"Who allowed you to enter the temple without disarming your armor and disarming your troops?"
......
"Who is it that gives you such a bold son, who dares to kill people in front of your majesty in this palace of diligence?!"
This question, one after another, roared to the end, I put it as if I had exhausted all the strength of my body, and my voice was a little hoarse.
Isn't he more imposing? Am I already very imposing?
Compared with Sima Jiong's tall and mighty, I who stood in front of him seemed so small and weak that I didn't need him to draw his sword at all, as long as he flicked his palm slightly, he could easily take my life.
Sima Jiong is a military general who has killed people on the battlefield, coupled with his ability to resist Ding, and his foreign kung fu has already been practiced to a certain level, so he is strong and strong, and wearing this black lacquer armor, it is even more powerful and terrifying, which makes people shudder.
Sima Jiong looked down at the thin Wenchen in front of him who dared to stand in front of him, and looked at him a little differently because he had the courage to question himself in front of the palace, but when he saw this person's face, Sima Jiong couldn't help but be a little stunned, he always felt that this person seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it......
Dugu Xu, who was sitting upright, coughed, as if it was some kind of urgent urging, which made Sima Jiong immediately remember that he still had an unfinished mission, that is, to take advantage of this panic and uneasiness to behead the left prime minister Gao Qin under the sword!
Sima Jiong glanced at Gao Qin with cold eyes, and he already recognized the target, and he didn't put the Wenchen who was blocking him in his eyes, and still strode forward, he didn't believe that with this weak scholar, he should also block his way.
I have already seen the contempt in Sima Jiong's eyes, he bet that I don't dare to block his way without his life, how does he know, I have no way out, his purpose is clear to me, if he lets him take another step forward and hurt his uncle Gao Qin, then the Gao family is really at the end of the road!
Without hesitation, I stretched out my hand to resist the armor between Sima Jiong's abdomen, just because of my height, it was really out of reach to reach out to his chest, and it could only reach his abdomen......
Sima Jiong's eyes suddenly became cold and violent, he had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he had never let his opponent come close, let alone let people resist the armor on his body, and when he moved with the sword in his hand, he almost wanted to cut this bold scholar under the sword, but he saw that although this scholar was pale, his eyes were sharp, and he had no intention of retreating timidly, and he couldn't help but be a little secretly surprised in his heart.
Immediately, he pressed the sword in his hand and did not fire. In a deep voice:
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
When I heard this, I couldn't help but sneer, but asked loudly:
"Sima Jiong, do you want to rebel?"
Hearing the word "rebellion", Sima Jiong's eyes showed a fierce light, but he still tried his best to keep it contained, and said coldly:
"My lord's words are exaggerated, Sima Jiong is here to escort ......"
"Then please ask the marquis outside the palace to dismiss the army and unload the armor, tend to enter the hall, praise and salute, with the courtesy of all the monarchs and ministers, and read the righteousness of the courtiers;!"
I said it righteously, and immediately made Sima Jiongli, who was not good at words, succumb to words.
Sima Jiong couldn't help but be furious, Fang Cai just used an excuse as a prevarication, but he didn't expect the other party to slap his nose and face, and he actually wanted to use those so-called big truths to force himself to withdraw from the palace!
This scholar shouldn't have heard of a sentence, what is it called Xiucai meets a soldier - it is unreasonable.
Sima Jiong took a step forward, forced me to take a step back, and the hand holding the sword moved, then sneered and whispered:
"Even you, do you want to stop me?
I couldn't help but turn pale, in terms of martial arts and strength, I am by no means this Sima Jiong's opponent, how can I stop him? If he is allowed to get close to his uncle, I am afraid that his uncle will be more and less auspicious at that time!
Decisively let go of Sima Jiong's hand, and then laughed, everyone was baffled by my sudden move, panicked, Sima Jiong was also stunned, looking at me a little crazy, thinking that this scholar can't resist the pressure, crazy can he not be?
After laughing wildly, I shook my head and waved my hand, and said:
"The wrath of the Son of Heaven ambushes millions of corpses and bleeds for thousands of miles; the anger of cloth clothes has the specialization of assassinating the king's bureaucrats, and the comet hits the moon; Nie Zheng stabs Han puppet, and the white rainbow runs through the sun; he wants to leave the assassination Qingji, and the eagle strikes on the palace; this is the true righteousness, and we scholars and doctors can be left behind! If General Sima wants to enter the palace today, he will first step on Gao Chen's corpse, even if Gao Chen is splashed with blood, he will never dare to let people insult the majesty of the monarch at will!"
took a step back, bowed to Sima Jiong in a dashing manner, and said:
"Please wait for the order outside General Sima's Palace, disarm your troops, and wait for the call of the Son of Heaven!"
After the ceremony was raised, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of ridicule, how could Sima Jiong withstand my such provocation, how could I hear that I am Gao Chen, the son of the Gao family, I have already been angry, this hatred of hurting the eyes, the hatred of humiliation, only by killing all the people of the Gao family, can we relieve the hatred a little!
Sima Jiong hated, why didn't he recognize it in time?
Why didn't he recognize this person as the scheming scholar back then, the eldest son and grandson of the Gao family - Gao Chen!
"Gao Chen, Gao Chen......"
Sima Jiong shouted, his eyes were full of hatred, he had already lost his mind, he lifted the sword in his hand, and slashed at the head of Wenchen who laughed at him!
"Stop!"
The little emperor suddenly stood up and shouted loudly, even his voice was full of crying, and there was a slight majesty of the Son of Heaven in his tone, only to hear him shout loudly:
"Don't hurt Taifu, otherwise I will punish your nine clans!"
The little emperor's roar has long been unable to enter Sima Jiong's ears, and now he has long been paralyzed by hatred, and all he thinks about is to cut the person in front of him with a thousand knives to vent the hatred in his heart!
Seeing that the sword was about to fall on my shoulder, for a moment, I really thought that I was going to die, and closed my eyes in resignation, and the image of a princess was in my mind.
I thought I would be able to die without fear, but now that I know, I am scared to death, and I am afraid that I will never see her again......
Princess, Princess, I'm sorry, the promise I promised to guard you by your side maybe, I can't keep it......
I'm sorry, I'm sorry......
Just as the little emperor roared, several sounds in the air passed by his ears, and in just a moment, several silver needles penetrated Sima Jiong's thick armor, piercing the texture, and a silver needle pierced deeply into the acupoint in front of Sima Jiong's chest.
The Jizhong acupoint is one of the dead points of the human body, and if it is hit and not treated in time, it will be life-threatening.
Sima Jiong was caught off guard for a while, he never thought that there were still masters in the palace in ambush, and when he was stabbed in the middle of the temple, he woke up from his hatred, and when he reached the sword on Gao Chen's neck, it came to an abrupt end.
Because Sima Jiong knew that as long as he exerted a little more strength, he would definitely affect the middle of the body, and he would be killed immediately, and the gods would be difficult to save, even if he wanted to kill Gao Chen, he could exchange his life for it, which would be too much to gain and lose.
And he also has someone who will be killed with his own hands no matter what-Gao Wei, he Sima Jiong must not die here like this!
Although the cold blade did not cut off my head, it also left a thin mark of blood on my neck, but in a moment, the blood continued to spill out, staining the white inside of the official uniform.
The slightest pain forced me to open my eyes, and when I saw the scene in front of me again, I felt like I had come back from the dead, and I felt like I was in a different world.
I'm alive, I'm alive......
I gasped for breath with excitement, I only felt that my whole body was weak, and the next moment I was going to collapse to the ground, but it was not over yet, I must not fall down like this, I had to hold on, I had to hold on!
The audience was silent for a moment, and under the eager gaze of the little emperor and the frightened look of the hundred officials, I slowly took a step and gradually withdrew myself from the sword.
Sima Jiong held the sword like this, and he didn't move, but I could see the unwillingness and resentment in his eyes, and I also saw that he was only temporarily controlled by others, and what stopped him from taking the next move was the silver needle on his chest that had sunk into the armor......
Did someone save me?!
Sima Jiong failed to kill me, and he lost the best opportunity to kill his uncle Gao Qin, I was in danger of recruiting troops, and I had already prepared for the worst, that is, when I had to, I would die in place of my uncle, and the Gao family would not be overturned as long as my uncle was safe and sound.
When I managed to get out of danger, the tension in the temple eased a little.
The little emperor sat back on the throne a little dejectedly, a little angry, picked up the teacup at hand and threw it down, and it happened to be smashed at Duguxi's feet!
Pointing at Sima Jiong, the little emperor said angrily:
"Get out, get out of here!"
This Sima Jiong is really bold and reckless, he dares to kill the minister at will on top of the Golden Palace, it is really his heart can be punished, and he is heinous!
Seeing that this Sima Jiong was motionless, still holding the sword in his hand, and seemed to be unmoved by the emperor's words, the little emperor was angry and said coldly:
"General Sima is really so majestic, dare to kill the minister of the dynasty on this golden palace, will he dare to put his sword on my neck in the next moment?"
Sima Jiong had no choice but to put down the sword in his hand, wait until his breath was slightly stable, and hurriedly bowed his head and hugged his fists and saluted, saying:
"Sinners don't dare to read;!"
The little emperor snorted coldly, but he was helpless to stay where he was and not leave.
But in a moment, a minister outside the palace walked into the hall, and it was Xiao Zhao, the king of Jingzhao Yinwei, who saw him, the uncle of the virtuous king, and couldn't help but show joy on his face.
Xiao Zhao respectfully bowed to the little emperor, and after the salute, he said:
"Jingzhao Yin Xiaozhao, please see His Majesty, Weichen is late to save the car, so that the thieves and bandits will disturb the holy car, and please give His Majesty Xià!"
When the little emperor saw Xiao Zhao's calm face, he knew that the situation had improved, and his complexion eased slightly, and he hurriedly said:
"King Wei, please hurry up, how is the appearance of the palace now?"
Xiao Zhao stood up and said:
"Please be relieved, since Weichen can enter, the situation outside the hall is already under control. ”
Xiao Zhao's words calmed people's hearts, but it made it difficult for Xiao Yan and Dugu Xu, the right ministers, to sit still.
Xiao Yan hurriedly walked out and said:
"God bless the Northern Wei Dynasty, Your Majesty is blessed!"
Xiao Yan said this, and the other civil and military officials also hurriedly echoed it, and after a while, the hall was full of singing praises, where is there still a sense of crisis and fear under the city? !
Liu Yu, the waiter of the criminal department who had been kneeling in the ranks, scanned the audience with his eyes, and his many years of experience in officialdom told him that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if this game is pressed in the right place, it can be said that fame and fortune have been gained;
As the so-called wealth and danger are sought, the key is to see if you have the vision to discern people......
"Your Majesty, Liu Yu, the waiter of the Weichen Criminal Department, has something to play. ”
After speaking, Liu Yu walked out of the ranks of the hundred officials and knelt in the main hall.
"Liu Aiqing, what are you doing?"
"Wei Chen wanted to ask General Sima a few questions about the killing of Qiu Zhan, the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army. ”
When the little emperor heard this, he was in the middle of it, and he said:
"Quasi-play!"
Liu Yu returned the salute, then turned to look at Sima Jiong, and asked:
"General Sima, dare to ask, Qiu Zan was killed by the general?"
"Indeed!" Sima Jiong made no secret of it.
"Why did you kill Qiu Zhan?"
"Just because Hai Maoyan and Qiu Chan rebelled, and Qiu Chan chased and killed Hai Mao outside the palace, he will kill the thief for the country, so Qiu Chan will be beheaded under the sword!"
Sima Jiong mentioned Hai Mao, which drew everyone's attention back to Hai Mao, and since this Hai Mao entered the hall, except for the unbearable shape of the wolf, he just knelt quietly in a corner and never said anything.
Liu Yu stared at Hai Mao again, and continued to ask:
"Lord Hai, I don't know if what General Sima said is true?"
Hai Mao knelt with his head down, and could not see his expression at this moment, but he could hear his panicked voice, as if he had not yet recovered from the shadows of the chase outside the temple.
Hearing Liu Yu's inquiry, and seeing that Jingzhao Yin Xiao Zhao actually broke through the Imperial Forest Army that he had fortified outside the palace and entered the main hall, Hai Mao couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, obviously everything was already under control, why did there be such an abrupt situation, what happened outside the hall?
Hai Mao didn't know how to answer, so he could only choose to remain silent......
How could Liu Yu let him go, and then asked:
"If Weichen is not mistaken, when Lord Hai hurriedly entered the hall, what kept shouting in his mouth was 'Someone has rebelled', that's what Lord Hai said at the time, right?"
Hai Mao suddenly rode the tiger hard, everyone heard it at that time, how can he talk back now?
"Yes, yes......"
Hearing Hai Mao's affirmative answer, the corners of Liu Yu's mouth rose slightly, and then he said:
"The Criminal Department is in charge of justice and prisons, and if someone rebels, it also needs to be handed over to the Criminal Department for disposal. I wonder who you mean by 'someone has rebelled'?"
......
Hai Mao hurriedly thought about it in his heart, and now Wei Chi Xing and Qiu Zan were dead without proof, and Gao Wei was leading the troops outside.
According to the plan, as long as it was Gao Wei who instructed Yu Chi Xing and Qiu Zan to rebel, several people conspired with those rebels, and deliberately took away 300 imperial guards in the palace in the name of saving the driver to weaken the palace guards, and then instructed Yu Chi Xing to secretly open the gate of the imperial city and put the group of rebels into the palace, intending to assassinate the emperor and plot to subvert the imperial court!
And he Hai Mao inadvertently saw through their tricks, designed to get rid of Wei Chi Xing, missed when he killed Qiu Zhan, and when he fled into the Qinzheng Palace, he happened to be rescued by General Sima.
Now it seems that there is still room for the implementation of this plan.
Hai Mao pretended to be flustered, and then said:
"Then, the rebel...... He was in cahoots with the deputy commanders of the Imperial Forest Army, Chi Xing and Qiu Zhan, first weakening the guards in the palace, and then putting that group of traitors into the imperial city, intending to assassinate His Majesty and subvert the imperial court.
As soon as Hai Mao's words came out, it immediately caused a lot of civil and military discussions in the Manchu Dynasty.
Liu Yu made a statement and asked:
"In other words, Lord Hai accused Gao Wei, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, of conspiring against Chi Xing and Qiu Zhan, the deputy commanders of the Imperial Forest Army, with the intention of assassinating His Majesty and subverting the imperial court, right?"
"Yes!"
Hai Mao answered categorically.
"It's just nonsense!"
The person who said this sentence was really surprising, because this person was actually the unruly and unruly merry boy who never asked about the government - the third horse Ji Sui!
"Your Majesty, General Weichen Zuowei, Captain Ji Kang, has this play. Weichen wants to impeach Hai Mao, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, this person is humane and sanctimonious, but he is actually a spy of the enemy country, harboring evil intentions, trying to deceive the audition, and disrupt our country's politics, his crime should be punished, please be aware of it!"
Hai Mao's eyes were red, and he scolded Ji Sui, and said:
"Ji Sui, you are spewing blood, what kind of grudge do I have against you, you want to frame me like this?
Xiao Yan, the right minister, saw that the development of things was no longer what he had originally expected, and secretly screamed in his heart, glancing at that Gao Chen, but seeing that the person was also looking at him with a sneer, Xiao Yan couldn't help but show a hatred on his face.
What a Gao Chen, this is not more than a moment of effort, Liu Yu, the servant of the Criminal Department (the father of Liu Ji, the fourth horse), and Ji Sui, the second son and third horse of the Ministry of Shangshu, have already stood up to speak for the Gao family, does this mean that the family forces represented by several horses have leaned towards the Gao family?
"Hehe, the three horses said so conclusively, there must be definite evidence, otherwise this crime of framing the court officials is not trivial!"
Xiao Yan knocked on the side in his usual tone, just to see if this Ji Sui was playing tricks.
"What the right minister said is very true, after all, framing the court officials, the crime is indeed not trivial!"
Ji Sui looked at Hai Mao mockingly, then sneered and said:
"Ji Kang has both evidence and physical evidence, which can prove that Hai Mao is indeed a spy of the enemy country lurking in my Northern Wei Dynasty!"
"You are talking nonsense, it is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Hai Mao shouted like crazy, he was about to stand up and rush towards Ji Sui, but he was pressed to the ground by the guards of the Royal Forest Army who rushed in from outside the palace, and what made Hai Mao even more frightened was that the majestic military general who appeared behind him next, this person was actually - Gao Wei!
"The last general Gao Wei is late, please surrender your majesty!"
Gao Wei knelt on one knee, his body was straight and mighty.
When the little emperor saw Gao Wei, he was also overjoyed, thinking that the emperor's grandmother should be safe and sound, and hurriedly said:
"The high commander is flat, and the imperial grandmother Feng Jia can still be safe?"
"Qi Yu Majesty, the Empress Dowager Feng drove Antai, and the second horse Mu Yan was welcoming the phoenix back to Luan, and His Majesty was relieved. Report again, Weichen has taken down all the traitors and traitors outside the palace, and is waiting for His Majesty to deal with them!"
"Okay, great!"
The little emperor had never been so ecstatic as he was now, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Your Majesty, Weichen still wants to start a performance, rebel against Hai Mao, collude with the party, brutalize Zhongliang, frame Weichen and Wei Chi Xing, Qiu Zhan two generals for rebellion, and also design to kill the two generals, Wechen implore His Majesty Xià to severely punish such traitors, to correct the law and discipline, to comfort the heroic soul!"
Gao Wei knelt down and bowed again and again, hoping that His Majesty could uphold justice.
"Hai Mao, what else do you have to say?"
"I was wronged, I was wronged, Your Majesty xià ......"
Hai Mao was still struggling with death in the end, and when people saw it, they couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.
"Put Hai Mao in the prison of the Criminal Department, hand it over to the Criminal Department for review, and once the people involved in the case are investigated and punished, they will not be tolerated!"
The little emperor's holy decree was given, and suddenly Baiguan Mountain shouted long live, Your Majesty xià Shengming!