In the middle of the night in the seventh month of Mengqiu, the summer heat was still hot, and the straight avenue in Chang'an City suddenly sounded the hustle and bustle of a large group of people and horses. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time as the hustle and bustle suddenly rose, on the corner tower of Weiyang Palace, Liu Xun, the son of the Han Dynasty, silently watched the open flame of the cane that was fading away outside the palace wall.

Although his expression was calm and calm, Shi Gao, who was standing behind him, could clearly see that the hands of the Son of Heaven holding the edge of the window were covered with green muscles, and he was secretly shocked but did not know how to comfort the young Son of Heaven.

Just as he was hesitating, a slight sound of footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, Shi Gao turned around vigilantly, pressed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and only relieved his mind a little when he saw that the person who came was Jin Anshang, who had gone to the palace gate to preach the edict before.

"Lord, all the doors of the palace are closed by edict." Jin Anshang did not enter, but bowed down in front of the door to pray.

Shi Gao turned his head to see the Son of Heaven, but saw Liu Xun slowly let go of his hand and nodded silently, but there was no other command.

After a long time, he didn't hear the Son of Heaven speak, Jin Anshang glanced up at the Son of Heaven, but only an oil lamp was lit in the corner of the corner tower, the light was dim, and Liu Xun happened to be standing in the shadows, he really couldn't see the look of the Son of Heaven clearly, and he couldn't help but feel a little up and down in his heart, however, the situation was so critical, he really didn't dare to take risks, hesitated for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Lord, the power of Changxin Palace ......"

"I have my own decision!" Liu Xun cut off his words very simply.

Jin Anshang was helpless, so he had to keep his mouth shut, but Shi Gao frowned and knelt down: "Lord, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from its chaos......"

"Enough!" Liu Xun's tone was still calm, but the undoubted coldness in it was even more obvious, so that Shi Gao and Jin Anshang didn't dare to speak anymore, so they could only bow their heads silently.

In the dark, through the narrow window of the corner tower, Liu Xun could vaguely see a little light flickering in the Changle Palace in the west, and he couldn't help but be in a trance, but he only had a moment's work.

"Edict: The captain of Changle is conscientious, and he should wait for people, and there is no edict to do it, and he will not be in Changle Palace."

The calm voice of the Son of Heaven made Jin Anshang and Shi Gao look up in surprise, then glanced at each other, and then leaned over to salute: "Respectfully." ”

After a night of noise in Chang'an City, the Son of Heaven listened to the high palace wall all night, until the East wanted to know, and then returned to the dormitory under the persuasion of Jin Anshang.

For the residents of Chang'an City, even after a sleepless night, their hearts are still uneasy, but those who have jobs still have to go out. When today's son has been in power, he has worked hard to govern the country, and he has been bowing down to listen to things for five days, and the prime minister has not dared to slack off, and how dare the ministers and officials not perform their duties?

The high doors opened one after another, and almost everyone subconsciously stopped a step in front of their own door, and then slowly walked out of the house, boarded the car, and went to the north of Weiyang Palace along the avenue that went directly to the palace gate.

I haven't seen the high gate of the palace gate, and the sudden increase of guards on both sides of the avenue has made many officials feel cold when they landed, and when they saw the high gate in front of the palace gate, many officials were shocked - Weiyang Weiwei personally stood in front of Sima Gate, supervising Sima and other subordinate officials to check the name of each official who entered the palace.

This was a routine procedure, but it was rare for Wei Wei to be personally responsible, and it was common to see only the bus Sima or Wei Hou checking the name here to prevent officials from entering.

- This is extraordinary!

Since the death of the general Huo Guang in the second year of the festival, the situation in the court has become more and more obscure, and the closer the officials are to the center, the more they feel that when today's son is unfathomable, the heart is naturally panicked and frightened.

I can't tell the reason, in short, the first reaction of many officials is surprisingly unanimous - to rebel!

- I'm afraid that Chang'an City will have another bloody catastrophe!

Du Yannian, the Marquis of Jianping, who served as a servant, was no exception.

Listening to the whispering sound coming from the carriage on the side road, he couldn't help but be upset in his heart, and suddenly figured out the front and back joints, and couldn't help but tremble again, but he also immediately made a decision, and whispered to the emperor who drove in front of him: "Go to Changle Palace!" ”

The emperor is his cronies and personal subordinates, although he was stunned when he heard the words, he did not slow down for half a minute, immediately pulled the bridle, drove the two horses in front of the car to turn around and go east, from the alley between the first to the Xiyin Street, and then along the street to the north to the Taichang Street between the North Palace and the arsenal, at this time, you can see the palace wall of Changle Palace and the towering West Gate. (Note 1)

Since Gaozu moved the entire palace into Weiyang Palace, although Changle Palace is still the imperial palace, its status is obviously inferior to Weiyang Palace. Since filial piety, Changle Palace has been used as the Queen Mother's Palace, the honor is incomparable, although there is a precedent of the high queen Lu and Xiaowen Hou Dou's power to tilt towards the government and the opposition, but it is still a harem, not the right dynasty, until now to the side branch into the succession of the unification, only to initially place Changle Tunwei, and imitate the system of Weiyang Palace, set up the post of Changle Guard.

When Huo Guang was alive, Changle Weiwei was his son-in-law Deng Guanghan. In the second year of the festival, after Huo Guang passed away, it was rumored that the queen was poisoned by the Huo family and died, although the emperor did not investigate, but took all the military power of the Huo family's subordinates and handed them over to his cronies' relatives, and Changle Weiwei was also replaced by Xu Shun, the uncle of the queen of Gongai.

Du Yannian is Huo Guang's cronies, and he naturally didn't want to see Xu Shun when he came to Changle Palace, what he wanted to see was the current owner of Changle Palace, the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

In terms of the Han system, the empress dowager has the right to abolish the Son of Heaven, and it can be said that the lord of Changle Palace is the most honorable person today. Of course, Huo Guang has been in charge of the government for two years now, and Du Yannian will not have the luxury of expecting that the queen mother can abolish the establishment with an edict, and all he wants when he comes here is to protect himself.

Although he did not pass through the Xuanlu Houdi who was close to the North Que, Du Yannian could see clearly that it was time to enter the court, the door of Xuanlu Houdi was still closed, and there were soldiers stationed in Jinwu in the fourth week of the house, and then thinking of last night's movements, Du Yannian speculated that nine times out of ten it was the Huo family that had an accident!

Against all odds? Not at all!

On the way to Changle Palace, Du Yannian had already thought about the front and back clearly, and he didn't feel the slightest surprise at the fate of the Huo family.

- After Huo Guangxue, the Huo family did not want to be restrained, and their arrogance was more prosperous in the past, and they were persuaded and persuaded by the old people of the Huo family, and they were also admonished, but it had no effect, and they could only slowly alienate the Huo family. It's just that, no matter what, they are all marked with the name of the Huo family, how can they be forgotten within three or five years?

Thinking of this, Du Yannian couldn't help but sigh again, before he could get rid of his helpless emotions, the carriage stopped suddenly, although he had been holding on to the copper car, he still rushed forward involuntarily, his chest was hitting the Yuan Mu in front of him, and he almost exhaled in pain.

"What's going on?" Although annoyed, Du Yannian knew very well that it was impossible for his emperor to act like this for no reason.

"Jianping Hou is polite. At this time, Jun should go to the Taifu Temple, but I don't know why he came to Changle Palace? A laughing voice sounded in front of the car, it was none other than Xu Shun, the captain of Changle. Hearing Du Yannian's voice, he didn't wait for the emperor to open his mouth and greeted Du Yannian directly.

Du Yannian's heart froze, and then he stood with a smile, turning a blind eye to Xu Shun's behavior of blocking the car, and explained in a gentle tone: "The day before yesterday, the imperial servant reported that the new horses in Changle Palace were uneven, although the stable order was immediately disposed of, Yannian still felt uneasy, so he came to inspect it. ”

Du Yannian thought that this reason should not be flawed, but although Xu Shun had no way to refute it, he still stood motionless in front of the car, refusing to take half a step back.

"Captain Changle!" Du Yannian's face sank, and he was a little moved, really angry.

He is one of the Nine Qings, although the Changle Weiwei has the name of the Weiwei in the Jiuqing, but after all, he is not as good as the Weiyang Weiwei guarding the Weiwei Temple, and he is a serious 2,000 stone high-ranking official. His kind face is just because of the surname Xu.

"Don't be annoyed, Shun is also a last resort. Yesterday, His Majesty issued an edict: No one is allowed to enter Changle Palace without the emperor's edict. Xu Shun also smiled and explained very solemnly.

Du Yannian's heart tightened, but his face did not show half a point, and he asked lightly: "I don't know if the Majesty that Changle Weiwei said is the East Palace or the West Palace?" ”

Xu Shun couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, and saluted with his sword: "The imperial servant is a close confidant of the Marquis of Xuancheng, how can the empress dowager turn away the imperial servant?" ”

Although Du Yannian has won Huo Guang's trust and dependence, he has always been low-key, and he has never had a bad relationship with the nouveau riche of the Shi and Xu families.

Xu Shun didn't know, when he said this, Du Yannian was determined to see the queen mother - the fall of the Huo family was imminent, and he didn't want to sink with the boat, so he needed new reliance and protection. The Shi and Xu families are already kind-hearted if they don't fall into the ground, and the only one who can ensure that he is not implicated is the queen mother.

"Captain Guard!" Du Yannian said to each other, "I am always filial piety, and Wei Wei's words are not to trap the county officials (Note 2) in unfilial piety? ”

Xu Shun immediately knew that he was speechless, and his face immediately turned pale, and then he heard Du Yannian scold: "Don't you get out of the way?" ”

Xu Shun was shocked, and was just about to step back and get out of the way, but another agitated spirit came back to his senses, and smiled bitterly again and again: "Shun's position is located, and he doesn't dare to follow the words of the servant." As soon as he raised his hand, the palace gate guards immediately surrounded him, and the halberd was wielding, and the momentum was awe-inspiring.

Seeing this, Du Yannian could not breathe in his chest, and he couldn't spit out no matter what, and his face turned red.

"Ding! Bite! Bite! ……”

The crisp sound of the Luan bell broke the tense atmosphere of confrontation, making Xu Shun's face change suddenly, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves becoming clearer and clearer from far and near, he couldn't help but show a frightened look, turned around and galloped towards the west of Changle Palace. Du Yannian's expression also changed suddenly, but there was a hint of relief in his eyes.

The guards who stopped on the avenue looked at each other, not knowing whether to continue to stop here, or follow the chief officer back to Xique. Du Yannian took a long breath, patted the emperor in front of him and said, "It's the queen mother, and she avoids the roadside." ”

He is a servant, and he is very familiar with the travel of the two officials, and he knows that although he is not the queen mother's legal driver, he is also a very formal travel carriage and horse.

The destination is self-evident.

Note 1: Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty is famous for "Eight Streets and Nine Mo" ("Sanfu Huangtu"), that is, there are eight streets and nine avenues. The names of the "Eighth Street" include "Xiangmur Street", "Xiyin Street", "Shangguanqian Street", "Huayang Street", "Zhangtai Street", "Gao Street", "Taichang Street" and "Chengmen Street". If the name of the ancient street is used to "sit in the right seat", scholars still have different opinions. "Xiangmuro Street" is the inner street of Qingming Gate, and there doesn't seem to be much controversy. As for Anmen Street, Mr. Shi Nianhai said it was "Zhangtai Street", and Mr. He Qing said it was "Chengmen Street"; For the inner street of Zhichengmen, Mr. Shi thinks it is "Gao Street", and Mr. He thinks it belongs to "Taichang Street"; Mr. Shi also believes that Huayang Street is Hengmennei Street. Because there is no conclusive conclusion, I will play on my own, and call the inner street of Chuchengmen between Beique Jiadi and Beigong Xiyin Street, south of Beigong, and north of Weiyang Palace, Arsenal and Changle Palace, Zhichengmen-Bachengmen Street as Taichang Street.

Note 2: County official is the name of the Son of Heaven in the Han Dynasty, similar to the Song Dynasty called the Son of Heaven an official. "Historical Records: The Family of the Marquis of Zhou Bo": "Yong knew that he stole and bought county official weapons, and he was angry and changed his accusation, and the matter was dirty. Sima Zhen Suoyin: "The county official is also the Son of Heaven." Therefore, it is said that the country is a county official, and the county of Wangjinei in "Xia Guan" is also the national capital. The king is the official of the world, so it is said that the county official is also. "Hanshu Huo Guang Biography": "If the county official is not my general, he must not be." The note is quoted as Chun: "The county official is called the Son of Heaven." Song Sun Yi's "Miscellaneous Notes, Character Names": "The Son of Heaven can be called a prince and a county official. Zhang Binglin's "Official System Suoyin": "There are people who call their monarchs by their territories, such as the Han Dynasty, who called the Son of Heaven a county official. ”