2. Dangers lurk

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Nakatsu Shofu.

In the backyard, the lights are dim.

Bamboo shadow moonlight, fish dive to the bottom of the stream, through the bridge. A few ghost lights in the distance pierced through the dark fog. A few pairs of feet walked gently across the bridge, and the fish were clever and scattered.

An oil lamp, a few volumes of Wei Bian, an old man sat upright with his eyes closed, he opened his eyes, and said, "Come on, add a lamp!" ”

The door was opened, and several people walked in, one of whom said, "You are waiting outside!" The crowd gently withdrew and closed the sliding door.

The room lit up a little, and the footsteps of people leaving.

After a long time, the old man took a long breath and turned around, and there was a person sitting next to several cases, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and he was about the same age. The old man knelt on the side of the desk, poured a jue of wine, and poured half of a jue of wine, the other party raised the jue, the two sides looked at each other, raised their glasses and raised their necks to drink it all. The other party fell down, and the guards outside the door were startled, looking at each other, not knowing what was happening. The old man smiled indifferently, poured himself full of wine, and pushed it in front of the other party. The other party drank it all. Put the lord on the table and said, "If you don't take action, it's too late!" ”

The old man poured his wine again and raised his eyebrows.

The other party's mood was a little stable, and he approached and just wanted to say, but suddenly said to the outside of the house: "Get away!" ”

The guards inside and outside the house were frightened, and hurriedly withdrew from the garden until they waited at the gate of the house.

Seeing that there was no one, the other party whispered: "Holy ...... He's dead! ”

The old man was surprised, and the other party continued: "Yesterday, Liu Hong came back, it was Dou Wu who followed, Liu Hong only knew that there was something far away in the saint, but now who doesn't know that the news of the death of the saint is spread everywhere?" Even the Queen Mother knows that today I listen to the meaning of the Empress Dowager Dou and Dou Wu, which is to make Liu Hong the emperor! ”

The old man said, "I've heard a little bit about it. Who came out of it? Send someone to kill him! ”

The other person said, "I have sent someone to inquire." If Liu Hong is controlled by Dou Wu, we will be in danger! ”

The old man became nervous and said, "No wonder you came late at night. What do you mean? ”

The other party said: "However, Liu Hong brought back a person this time, it is a demon Taoist, called Gong Chong, I heard that he had a conflict with Dou Wu when he arrived yesterday." Seeing that the old man was becoming more and more interested, he continued: "The terrible thing is that Gong Chong has the Tai-Ping-Qing Ling Book in his hand! ”

"What!?" The old man was shocked and knocked over the knight on the case.

He stood up, paced from side to side, affectionately nervous, and then sat down on his knees, his eyes shining, and said, "Brother Fu, we can't let this person and the scriptures fall into Dou Wu's hands!" We're going to win them over! Win Gong Chong over and get the scriptures! When the time comes, won't the emperor obediently listen to us? As for Dou Wu Chen Fan, it would be easy to kill them! ”

The other party said: "It is worthy of being a eunuch who always holds Cao Jie!" The problem was solved in one turn of the brain! ”

Cao Jie calmed down and said: "You go back first, tomorrow in the court, if the emperor is elected, we support Liu Hong, do not clash head-on with Dou Wupifu, first ease his suspicions, we wait for the opportunity to use grace and power, and win Gong Chong over!" ”

The other party smiled and said: "The saint is not a child's body, and the practice of Taiping Gong is already so powerful, if I get the rest of the scriptures, won't I be invincible in the world?" ”

Cao Jie said: "Brother Fu, don't be complacent first, the most important thing for those who have achieved great things is to be patient!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Lord Wang, there is an urgent report!"

Wang Fu was in a good mood and said, "Come in!" ”

The guard entered the room, knelt on one knee, and said, "There is news from Langxie County that Gongsun has rebelled!" Chen Liu, Li Jian, set himself up as emperor! ”

Wang Fu was silent for a while, waved his hand, signaled the guards to withdraw, and said to Cao Jie: "How?" ”

Cao Jie narrowed his eyes and said, "Without further ado, we should be the new king, and we should enter the palace overnight to enlighten the queen mother!" ”

Queen Dou, the eldest daughter of Dou Wu, Yanxi for eight years, was elected to the court, was set up as a noble by Emperor Huan, and became the queen in less than a year.

North Palace Zhangde Hall.

Common bathing pool.

As the heat steames, the twelve maidens stand around the circular bath and hang a curtain from the roof of the hall, slightly transparent. Dou Wu knelt outside, his body was hot and sweaty, but he didn't dare to move, looking at the blurred figure inside the curtain.

A palace maid came in with the curtain and said, "Queen? ”

"Bring some fruit."

The maid withdrew and walked out of the bath.

After a long time, the palace maid brought a plate of new fruits and sent them into the bath. The queen tasted a few bites and said, "Give them a taste too." ”

The palace maid sent the fruit out, and Dou Wu and one of the people around him thanked him, and each took a plum and put it in his mouth.

"Zhongju, what do you think?"

By Dou Wu's side was Chen Fan. He was just chewing plums, but the queen asked, hurriedly swallowed the plums, and said, "The minister thinks that he should immediately establish a new king!" ”

"So do you think those rumors are true?"

"Queen, today's minister has received an urgent paperwork, and Sun Ju, Chen Liu, and Li Jian have all reversed! In the past few decades, Qinghe Liu Wenanti, the former general Liang Ji rebelled, burned the Eight Qiang rebellion, the barbarian thief rebelled, one after another rebellion, the people are not at peace, the country is not at peace, and now the two are opposed, close to the Beijing Division, if the thieves join forces, if they do not take measures, the Han family is in danger! Now the saint is not in the palace, the minister has sent the Hun Zhonglang general Zhang Huan to look for it, the minister thinks, the queen should make a decision immediately, and set up a new monarch, if it is slow, the country will shake! ”

Queen Dou said: "People say that Zhong Ju is upright and speaks mercilessly, but this time I have seen it, hum!" ”

Dou Wu hurriedly played the round and said, "Queen, what the Taiwei said is very true!" If you don't set up a new monarch now, not only will there be no way to clean up the rebellion outside, but it will also cause trouble to the wall. ”

Empress Dou suddenly stopped and poured water on her body, saying, "You guys go out." The Zodiac Lady came out in response.

Dou Wu couldn't see Queen Dou, and he didn't know what her expression was.

Empress Dou continued to splash water and said, "What did Captain Dou say?" What calamity? Where to start? Where is the wall? ”

Seeing that Dou Wu's face was difficult, Chen Fan raised his eyebrows and asked Dou Wu to continue.

Dou Wu didn't expect that in this palace, his daughter would be so embarrassed by himself, swallowed his saliva, and said: "Queen, the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate and Chang Shi manage the miscellaneous affairs in the palace, manage some finances and personnel, and it is understandable, it is the code system left by Gaozu. But now they also hand over political affairs to them, giving them the right to participate in politics, and they are wantonly handing over party henchmen, especially for greed, such as today's Huns and Huns, it is precisely because these eunuchs are in charge of the government, and the ministers are all abolished to the Qing court. ”

The queen was silent, Dou Wu knelt so much that his legs were numb, and he saw that Chen Fan, who was in his seventies, couldn't sit still on his knees, gritted his teeth and insisted.

Empress Dou said: "This is the system of the Han family in the past dynasties, and now there is no evidence of guilt, how can it be abolished?" ”

Dou Wu saw that the queen did not allow it, and then said: "Cao Jie, Wang Fu, sycophant, private party henchmen, the first emperor actually handed over the Taiping Qing collar book to them for safekeeping, they are not in harmony on the surface, but they are embarrassed inside, without the permission of the first emperor, they have learned Taiping Gong, the queen must not be guarded against!" ”

Empress Dou stood up and said a little nervously, "Is that really the case?" …… Come! ”

The palace maids came in, wiped the queen's body, put on clothes, and the queen mother took a bath and said to the two: "Come with me." ”

Everyone followed the queen to the dormitory, and the queen lay down, turned her back to the two, and looked at them in the bronze mirror. The queen in the bronze mirror, although she is already old, still has charm, and a beautiful mole on the right eye is really fascinating.

Empress Dou took a sip of tea and said slowly: "According to what you two mean?" ”

Dou Wudao: "Kill Cao Jie Wang Fu together, raze his henchmen, and abolish the Yellow Gate!" ”

"Bold!" Empress Dou slammed the teacup, sat up, her chest rose and fell, and said, "Cao Jie Wang Fu is an important minister entrusted by the first emperor!" He has always been a diligent deacon and has kept everything in the palace in order, what is wrong with it? Instead of thinking about how to quell the rebellion, you two have used your brains in the palace? The life and death of the first emperor are uncertain, and the two of you take advantage of the turmoil to make trouble, what do you want? If it weren't for the captain, if you have many suggestions for the country, you will be demoted to a concubine immediately! Today's events, Hugh will bring it up again! ”

Dou Wu heard that cold sweat broke out all over his body, and his clothes were wet.

"Queen, Duke Cao has entered the palace!" The palace maid reported.

Queen Dou was still angry, and motioned to invite the two of them in.

As soon as Cao Jie Wang Fu entered, he saw that Dou Wu and Chen Fan were two rivals, and that the atmosphere was not right, Cao Jie hurriedly said: "Queen, General Dou and Chen Taiwei are really thinking about the people of the society everywhere, it is so late at night, and they are still here to disturb the queen." ”

Chen Fan snorted coldly: "Each other! ”

Empress Dou said: "How do you enter the palace late at night? ”

Cao Jie said: "Queen, for the establishment of a new monarch!" ”

Wang Fu continued: "The minister asks the queen to make a decision as soon as possible, set up a new monarch, and suppress the rebellion, so as to protect my Han country!" ”

Dou Wu hurriedly responded: "Exactly, the two of us are here mainly for this big event!" ”

Cao Jie grinned and said, "I didn't expect that the two of us would also have a time when we agreed with the general, what an honor!" ”

As he spoke, Cao Jie had already seen the broken cup on the ground, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Ah, the little maid now really won't take care of the master, and the teacup will not be cleaned up if the teacup is broken!" He asked the palace maid to bring another cup of tea, squatted down himself, picked up the pieces of the teacup one by one, and put them in the tea tray.

Queen Dou took a sip of tea, was in a much better mood, and said to Dou Wu: "Then you two, there should be a suitable candidate?" ”

Dou Wudao: "The first emperor has no children, and the minister thinks that the first emperor's godson Liu Hong, who is upright, smart and wise, is still young, only twelve years old this year, and needs to be taken care of by the queen." ”

Empress Dou was very satisfied that her power would not be lost immediately, and she asked Cao Jie with a smile: "What does the father-in-law think?" ”

Cao Jie smiled: "It's the best, the two of us like the little prince very much, and Gonggong Liu also likes it!" ”

Empress Dou said: "Since this is the case, it is so decided, choose a good day and an auspicious day, and invite the new emperor to ascend the throne!" ”

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