Ximenqing was stunned, looking up at An Lushan blankly, and a tragic picture of his future had already surfaced in his mind. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He thought that An Lushan raised troops to rebel, and the angry Liu Bei led the army to kill back, easily recaptured Jijing, and quelled the rebellion.

At that time, it is certain that An Lushan, the first evil, will be cut by a thousand knives, and he, an accomplice, will probably die without a place to be buried.

"As far as An Lushan's ability is concerned, I want to rebel against Liu Bei, it's strange if I can succeed, how can I, Ximenqing, take my life for this fat pig, no, I won't do it......"

Ximenqing's face was gloomy, and his thoughts flew between his eyebrows, wondering how he could keep himself out of the matter.

At this time, An Lushan pulled him up and asked excitedly: "Blowing snow, if I take over the world, you will be the founder of the country in the future, how about it, dare to do something earth-shattering with me!" ”

"Eldest prince, I ......" Ximen Qing is heart Of course he didn't want to, so he begged An Lushan to let him go, don't let him get involved in this matter.

The words reached his throat, but Ximenqing swallowed hard.

He knew very well that An Lushan had entrusted his rebellion thoughts and plates to him, and even let him know the plan of rebellion, which made it clear that he had to be dragged on the thief ship.

If he dares to disobey, it would be strange if An Lushan didn't kill him on the spot.

Ximen Qing's eyes rolled, and he suddenly fell down in front of An Lushan, arched his hand, and said in a righteous manner: "Gongzi is as heavy as a mountain to Qing'en, since Gongzi wants to start an incident and achieve great success, Qingyan will not swear to die and follow suit." ”

Ximenqing finally expressed his attitude, that resolute and generous attitude, even he himself believed it, and An Lushan certainly had no reason not to believe it.

At that moment, An Lushan helped Ximenqing up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a pleased smile: "Okay, great, blowing snow, this son really didn't misunderstand you, you are indeed a good man who values love and righteousness, and knows how to repay kindness, you can rest assured, follow this son, after the matter is completed, this son will definitely not treat you badly." ”

"Thank you Gongzi, but Qing sacrificed his life and died for Gongzi, in order to repay Gongzi's kindness, not to seek any benefits." Ximen Qing is positive again.

An Lushan was naturally even happier, laughing, and praising Ximenqing again.

Then An Lushan discussed with the two of them again, and asked Shi Siming to go back to Youbeiping first, contact Yan Aguta, and prepare for the incident.

An Lushan also asked Ximen Qing to go back and keep an eye on the Imperial Forest Army, and once the time is ripe, immediately get rid of the non-descendant generals among them, and ensure that the entire Royal Forest Army is under control.

"Childe rest assured, his subordinates guarantee that all the people and horses will be loyal to Childe." Ximenqing patted his chest and promised for a long time, and An Lushan let him go with confidence

When he left Anfu, it was already late at night, although it was the height of summer, and the night was hot, but the wind was blowing behind him, and Ximenqing shivered deeply.

Only then did he realize that when he was plotting a rebellion in the mansion, he was unconsciously frightened into a layer of cold sweat.

Ximenqing didn't dare to stay longer, turned over on his horse, and whipped away.

When he returned to his house, closed the door, and stayed in the house for about half an hour, he changed his way of walking at night and slipped out of the back door again.

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A few days later, North Pi City.

In the lobby of the palace, Liu Bei sat on it, holding the silk book in his hand, and his face was so gloomy that he almost turned green.

"Your Majesty, when the minister heard that His Majesty was not in the capital, the traitor frequently entered and exited the Holy Phoenix Palace under the banner of asking for peace, and the minister was already suspicious at that time, but he suffered from no evidence, so he never dared to mention it to His Majesty.

Guan Yu at the bottom of the stairs reprimanded indignantly, staring at the text in Liu Bei's hand.

What is written on the text is inside and outside the capital, about the scandal of the affair between Queen Ma Rong and An Lushan, in detail, and even the nursery rhyme of "green on the head", Guan Yu wrote it in it.

Of course, these things are all the information collected by Guan Yu's third son Guan Suo who stayed in the capital overnight, and he was sent to the front line with a fast horse that traveled thousands of miles.

Guan Yu plans to use these rumors to bring down An Lushan, a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.

Liu Bei read and looked at the content of the silk book, his face was full of green muscles, uncertain, and weighed it for a long time before he exhaled lightly and said in a deep voice: "After all, these things are just rumors, not any evidence, I can't easily believe it because of a few children's nursery rhymes." ”

"Your Majesty, although there is no conclusive evidence, since the rumors can be spread to everyone, it means that they are not groundless." Guan Yu saw that Liu Bei didn't believe him, so he was a little anxious.

Liu Bei was silent, just frowning deeply, still not persuaded by him.

Guan Yu was even more urgent, his brain was impulsive, and he blurted out: "It's all here, Your Majesty still has to protect An Lushan's traitor, does Your Majesty have to catch the traitor in bed before he can believe it!" ”

The sentence "catch the rape in bed", like a knife, stabbed Liu Bei in the heart and stabbed him in the face and dignity.

Liu Bei's face sank, and he glared at Guan Yu urgently, and his eyes were gloomy.

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, only then did he realize that he had lost his words, and hurriedly said with his hands ashamed: "Your Majesty is angry, and the minister is also anxious for Your Majesty's Jiangshan Sheji, and he lost his words for a while, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." In fact, what the minister means is that this matter is related to the country, and it is better to believe it than to believe it, after all, An Lushan is from the Wuhuan Hu tribe, and the so-called non-mine race, its heart will be different. ”

The eight words "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different" did not move Liu Bei, because in his Han state, there were originally many Hu tribes such as Goguryeo, Jurchen, and Wuhuan, and even many people were big officials under him.

Liu Bei is convinced that these Hu people are the culture of the Han Dynasty, and they will be loyal to him under his benevolence and righteousness, and the combination of grace and power.

What really moved Liu Bei was Guan Yu's sentence "I'd rather believe what I have, not what I don't have".

What if it's true?

Thinking that he was fighting the front line, his trusted righteous son, but his wife was sleeping in the rear, how could he swallow this evil breath.

But what if it's not true?

An Lushan is not only his righteous son, but also represents his wooing of Wuhuan, if he kills An Lushan because of these nursery rhymes, wouldn't it be a great chill?

What's more, since An Lushan was rumored to have an affair with the queen, it was impossible for the queen not to deal with it after killing An Lushan.

You must know that he is the emperor of a country, the biological mother of the crown prince, whether it is killed or degraded, it will cause turmoil and instability in the hearts of the people.

Moreover, if the queen and An Lushan are disposed of, it will be tantamount to acquiescing to the people of the world that the rumors are true, and at that time, whether it is the enemy country or the ministers and people of his Han country, everyone will know that his queen Liu Bei has an affair with his righteous son, and this makes his imperial majesty put aside, isn't it a loss of face!

No matter how you do it, it's a dilemma.

Liu Bei's brows twisted into a rope, and he fell into a hesitant situation.

Guan Yu saw that he couldn't persuade Liu Bei, he was anxious and annoyed, but he couldn't say anything more, so he could only stare dryly from the side.

In the lobby, there was a deathly silence.

Just when he was entangled, one of Guan Yu's personal soldiers outside the hall entered and whispered to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes suddenly burst out with a fine light.

At that moment, Guan Yudan arched his hand and said excitedly: "Your Majesty doesn't believe this rumor, the minister already has conclusive evidence." ”

Liu Bei's figure was shocked, nodded at Guan Yu, and motioned for him to hurry up and bring the evidence.

Guan Yu turned around and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, quickly pass Guan Suo and Ximen Qing in." ”

Liu Bei's eyes suddenly showed a strange color, and he thought about Guan Suo, who was obviously in Beijing, how could he suddenly come all the way to the front line of Beipi.

There is also that Ximenqing, he vaguely remembers how many times he has seen it, he should be a general in the Imperial Forest Army, a confidant of An Lushan, how could he come to Beipi City.

And, still with Guan Suo?

The cloudy suspicion in Liu Bei's eyes became thicker and thicker, and the sense of foreboding became deeper and deeper.

After a while, Guan Suo and Ximen Qing hurriedly entered the hall one after the other and bowed down in front of Liu Bei's steps.

"You're not in Beijing, what are you doing here?" Liu Bei stared at Guan Suo and asked.

Guan Suo glanced at Guan Yu, Guan Yu nodded, and motioned for him to say that it was okay.

Guan Suo arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister was originally serving in Beijing, but in the evening a few days ago, Ximen Qing suddenly visited secretly and revealed a shocking news to the minister, this news is related to the safety of the society and the survival of the country. ”

Shocking news!

Is it still a matter of social safety and the survival of the country?

Liu Bei's face changed when he heard this, his heart was shocked, and he said hurriedly: "What is the news, tell me quickly!" ”

Guan Suo glanced back at Ximen Qing and beckoned: "Commander Ximen, you should explain it to Your Majesty yourself." ”

Liu Bei's gaze shot at Ximenqing.

As soon as Ximen Qing raised his head, he happened to meet Liu Bei's gaze, and suddenly the picture of Queen Ma Rong and himself living happily again and again flashed in his mind, and he didn't feel a little weak.

He took a secret breath, forcibly suppressed his weak heart, pretended to be calm, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Ximen Qing is the captain of the Imperial Forest Military Academy under the seat of An Lushan, a few days ago, An Lushan summoned the minister and Shi Siming to his mansion for a secret meeting, claiming to plot rebellion, the minister was very frightened, I don't know what to do, so I asked General Guan San for help, fortunately, General Guan San made a quick decision and brought the minister to the front line in the starry night, and the minister had the opportunity to personally present to His Majesty. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei changed color in shock, and his face was incredulous.

Liu Bei obviously didn't expect that An Lushan would do it so ruthlessly, and he was still hesitating here, when he wanted to believe him or not, that kid would rebel so simply!

Moreover, he rebelled at the critical moment when he was in a stalemate against Wei.

This is good, there are hundreds of thousands of Wei troops in front, and Yizi in the backyard is going to rebel again, and the situation has taken a turn for the worse, isn't this asking for his old life.

"You said An Lushan was going to rebel?" Liu Bei roared, subconsciously unwilling to accept this fact.

Ximenqing didn't dare to have the slightest concealment, and immediately An Lushan colluded with Shi Siming, planning how to lie about Liu Bei's death, lying that Guan Yu was going to rebel and seize the throne, how to hold the queen Ma Rong hostage, how to preemptively establish the crown prince as the emperor, how to coerce the new emperor as an auxiliary king to lead the princes, and how to connect with the Jurchen tribe in Manchuria, and so on All the details of the rebellion were all revealed in 1510.

The more Liu Bei listened, the more frightened he became, and the more he listened, the more annoyed he became, his fists clenched, his teeth gritted, and his eyes almost burst out.

Ximen Qing said, Guan Yu followed and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Ximen Qing is An Lushan's henchman, he has stood up to testify against the thief, what else is there to suspect, this is clearly the adultery between the thief and Ma Rong's slut, An Lushan was afraid, and he was determined to make a desperate attempt to support the army and rebel!" ”

Syllable!

Liu Bei's fist slammed the case, jumped up, roared and scolded: "The dog thief surnamed An, I trust him so much and regard him as my own, he dares to be so disloyal and unfilial, and do such a rebellious beast thing!" The order goes down, the army immediately pulls out the camp and returns to the north, and kills back to Jijing, I want to kill him, I want to break him into ten thousand pieces with my own hands-"

Guan Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, a relieved sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, and when he went out to convey Liu Bei's will.

After roaring, Liu Bei sat back on the dragon throne with a butt, glanced at Ximen Qing, and asked, "I know that you are An Lushan's henchman, but why did you betray him?" ”

Ximenqing's heart was shocked, and he was busy with a face of loyalty, and said generously: "The minister is indeed An Lushan's hand, but the minister always remembers that the minister is first His Majesty's courtier, and then An Lushan's subordinates. ”

"Well, you are indeed a loyal minister, the Han Dynasty has a loyal minister like you, it is a blessing for the country, it is a blessing for me, this time you have made a great contribution, after the minister has destroyed the thief, he will definitely reward you." Liu Bei nodded in approval with satisfaction.

Ximen Qing hurriedly said: "This is a matter within the minister's duty, and the minister will never dare to expect a reward." ”

Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly changed his words, and asked in a deep voice: "Since you used to be a close confidant of An Lushan, you must always follow him around, and know some of his shady deeds, I will ask you, is it true that the rumors outside about An Lushan having an affair with the queen are true?" ”

Ximenqing's expression moved, his thoughts flew around, he weighed it slightly, and nodded silently.

Liu Bei's face was as white as paper in an instant, and his chest rose and fell violently, as if he had been hit hard by a heavy hammer, and his heart was heartbroken.

Under the anger in his heart, Liu Bei opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood.