Chapter 17 How to enter the palace
General's Palace.
"Originally, there had been no news from the East Palace for several days, what should I do now?"
He Jin sat at the top, the atmosphere in the shogunate was very depressing, the captains were always worried since Changshui Yan Xing raised troops into the palace, and the strong crossbow on the palace wall showed that things were not as easy as they began to reverie.
Yuan Shao sat in the second seat, his face was light, and he lightly brushed aside the orange handed by the maid, picked out a petal and put it in his mouth and said: "There may be no news for the time being, maybe it's a good phenomenon, even if Ma Yue receives Guangluxun, it's nothing more than controlling the palace gate, the general is a little restless, I think there will be news coming out soon, calculate the time, Your Majesty should be soon." ”
It's almost there, everyone knows that Liu Hong is about to return to heaven, but no one in the shogunate can calculate that Liu Hong has been in the Jiade Hall for more than ten days.
Cao Cao's heart was also a little uneasy, with his understanding of Ma Yue, Ma Sanlang was not a person who sat still. Cao Cao said suspiciously: "Originally, was there something wrong in the palace, and no one from us came out of the palace for ten days in a row, neither the Xun family nor my cousin came out, which is too abnormal." ”
The Xun family refers to Xun Yu, the palace guard, and his nephew, Xun You, the Huangmen squire, and Cao Cao's cousin is Cao Chun, who is the Huangmen squire. The old lady of the Cao family has been doing things in the palace for decades, and the three princes and nine kings sit in turns, although they have resigned now and are at home, they have also arranged enough help for their eldest son Cao Mengde in the palace when they are leaving. How could a shrewd person like the old lady of the Cao family not see that this was an opportunity to flatter, if the Cao family took the right step, it would not be able to run away from the prosperity of the next fifty years.
At this time, whether it is those old and refined figures, or young leaders like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, no one can predict what the situation will be like for the Han Dynasty thirty years later.
Yuan Shao waved his hand indifferently and said with a smile: "Meng De is too worried, what can happen in the palace, now that His Majesty is seriously ill, Ma Yue just wants to do something, doesn't he have to listen to the queen?" Don't think too much about Meng De, the fire of Meng Jindu has been seen by the people of the whole city, and a message will come out of the palace at most tomorrow night, don't worry. ”
Cao Cao frowned and didn't say anything, there were fewer and fewer people in the shogunate, and many of the famous people who came here at the beginning turned their backs on their hometowns because the shogunate forcibly recruited border troops into Beijing, looking around inside and outside the shogunate, Cao Cao sighed silently.
There is a huge shogunate, and now only a few of them are left in charge of the captains.
Cao Cao had a bad premonition in his heart, some time ago the rumors from the Luoyang Fangshi that this year will be a disaster year for the bloodshed of the two palaces...... are all generals who are veterans with fiery tempers, and it's hard to say, maybe they really killed people with knives. Cao Cao couldn't help but feel worried about Ma Yue who locked the palace door in his heart, he saw it thoroughly, and now although there was a tense posture inside and outside the palace, no one would make the first move.
Everyone understands that this is the imperial capital of Luoyang, and now everything is still in the hands of the shogunate, but once the head of the knife is opened, even if only one person is killed, it is impossible to say how many people will die later. Not to mention...... Cao Cao felt that his old friends were not the same as before, Yuan Shao always said it through He Jin's mouth after he made his own idea, everyone listened to He Jin's orders on the surface, but in fact, it was Yuan Benchu's words.
It's a bit ...... It's too dangerous.
Time passed in minutes, and suddenly the servant at the door reported that there was a little eunuch from outside the door who had been ordered by the Empress of the East Palace, and all of a sudden everyone's spirits were raised.
"Quick, please come in!" He Jin patted the couch and smiled at Yuan Shao with a little compliment: "Sure enough, as expected, the East Palace sent someone here!" ”
Yuan Shao still had a light smile on his face, and threw the half-peeled orange into Yuan Shu's hand, and Yuan Shu caught it steadily, with a smile on his face. Although the general's mansion has been robbed of the limelight by this brother these days, Yuan Shu is still happy in his heart. After all, they are brothers, and the eldest brother's appearance of winning is also pleasing to him, and the entire shogunate, except for the two of them, is all kept in the dark!
It's not just eunuchs that they want to get rid of!
The moment the brothers exchanged glances with a smile that only they could understand, no one noticed that a suspicious look flashed in the eyes of Cao Mengde, who was standing behind.
Cao Cao didn't like the feeling these days, on the surface, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were like brothers to himself and others, but in fact, whenever he mentioned the conscription of foreign troops, the brothers were flickering, with Cao Cao's intelligence, it was only now that they finally saw that the brothers had ghosts in their hearts, and they must have ulterior secrets.
It was only today that I found out that it was not because Cao Cao couldn't see it, but because he was confused by the Yuan brothers' affection for him...... Just today, when the business of several months was about to bear fruit, Cao Cao suddenly became vigilant about the Yuan family in his heart, and he didn't know what they wanted to do.
Cao Cao made up his mind, and when today's business was over, he would go home and consult Cao Song...... It's not going to be as simple as it seems. Yuan Shu is obedient and irritable, and now he has such respect for his brother who has always looked down on him, Cao Cao is not afraid to be killed.
Just as Cao Cao was thinking about it, the queen's attendant eunuch had already walked into the shogunate with a yellow satin oracle, and when he saw the edict, all the captains and warriors in the shogunate bowed down one after another.
"According to the queen's instructions, I immediately summoned the general He to enter the East Palace, and I have important matters to inquire."
Li Jian solemnly read the edict and rolled it up, smiled and flattered: "General, generals, get up quickly, the queen has summoned you." ”
In the past, the messengers were all old eunuchs, but now with a new face, Yuan Shaohu glanced at He Jin suspiciously, but saw that He Jin also had a reassuring look and smiled at Li Jian: "Li Huangmen, why are you today, aren't all the people who came out of the former East Palace to send the edict Chen Lao Huangmen?" ”
"Ouch, don't say it, Old Huangmen Chen is not here!" Li Jian showed a fuss look and said, "Don't you know? The thief and the horse escaped from the Huangmen Temple, but His Majesty gave him the power to take charge of the forbidden palace. Chen Lao broke into the palace gate some time ago and was sent to the Yellow Gate Prison. ”
He Jin smiled when he heard it, but did not speak. Yuan Shao asked: "Since Ma Yue locked the palace gate, then Li Huangmen came out now?" ”
"Hmph, in the end, the palace is still the saint, then Ma Yue will dare to lock the palace door, the slave has the queen's hand, who dares to stop the slave with those big-headed soldiers." Saying that, Li Jian was afraid of being suspected, so he pursed his lips and took two steps towards He Jin, and only whispered when he got closer: "General, Your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse, the queen said, when Your Majesty is gone, the horse will look better!" ”
He Jin narrowed his eyes, nodded heavily, raised his hand and said, "Without further ado, since my sister summoned me, then Li Huangmen will lead the way." ”
He was full of joy, summoned in the palace at this time, it was not anything else, it must have made Ben Chu right, Ding Yuan's burning little sister couldn't sit still, and she couldn't protect the eunuch! Looking at Li Jian, who was leading the way in front of him, He Jin thought leisurely, this little eunuch is not bad, and when the eunuch is killed, he should watch a little and save his life! My sister has to have someone around her.
He Jin left with his front foot, and Yuan Shao frowned and said to himself: "How do I think something is wrong with this matter." ”
As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, Wu Kuang had already put on his armor and hugged his helmet and said: "At the beginning, I didn't feel at ease when the general entered the palace by himself, so I brought a few guards to follow. ”
Yuan Shao nodded, Wu Kuang led the people to follow He Yi in stride, Yuan Shu also jumped and said: "What's the matter, right, I'll go home first to gather people, there are a lot of tiger Benlang living in the streets and alleys in the east of the city, and there are hundreds of family soldiers at home, wait for the general to come out and directly attack the palace to kill the eunuchs, fuck, I don't believe that Ma Yue's Changshui camp can stop me!" ”
"The highway is slow!"
Yuan Shaocai shouted, Yuan Shu had already run out of the shogunate with his helmet, leaving everyone with a back of chickens flying and dogs jumping, Yuan Shao knocked on his forehead in distress, looked at the remaining Cao Cao, Feng Fang, Zhao Rong and others and said: "I originally wanted to wait a few days, but it is not the right time for Ma Yue to come out, Captain Feng, Captain Zhao, please go out of the city to gather your soldiers and horses to prepare to enter the city, Meng De, there is no one in the shogunate now, and my brother has to bother you to send someone to run again, let Wang Kuang Baoxin and those people and horses come to Luoyang, it's time." ”
"Originally, at this time, you were going to send a large army into Beijing?" Cao Cao was shocked, "It's just to kill the eunuchs, even if Ma Yue is not happy, he will not be an enemy of us, so why bother recruiting foreign troops?" ”
"Mengde, you don't understand." Yuan Shao shook his head, his face was not as light as He Jin and the others were present, but full of exhaustion, raised his hand and glanced at Feng Fang and the others, everyone was so interested that they left the shogunate and whispered: "I believe you can also see it, these days for my brother to hide from everyone, no one knows about this, for a while and a half for my brother can not explain it to you clearly, for my brother to assure you that this planning is beneficial to the Han Dynasty, and you are even more beneficial and harmless." ”
"These days are the most dangerous times for us, as long as you believe me, after this difficult period, you will be a complete scholar, and whoever sees you will give up!"
"Meng De, do you remember when we were children and robbed other people's daughters-in-law together?" Yuan Shao's handsome face was full of memories, and he said with a smile: "Once I broke my foot and fell in the field, you saw that I didn't go and shouted to the pursuers behind me that the thief was here, so scared that I jumped up and ran." ”
"Haha." Although he didn't know what Yuan Shao was talking about, Cao Cao still pretended to smile and asked, "That was more than ten years ago, what did you say about this?" ”
"Nothing." Yuan Shao shook his head, looked at the suspicious eyes of his short-looking and dark-skinned friend in front of him and said, "Since you were a child, you have been more sensible than us, you know when to say something, and you always think more than it seems. Only this time, you don't have to provoke me, don't hurt me, if I break my foot this time, I won't be able to stand up again. Meng De, after more than ten years of friendship, you know me better than anyone else, I will not harm the world in the hands of vain, let alone you! You have to trust me! ”