Chapter 13: The Intruder
"Brother Jian, don't mourn yet, Your Majesty is in the spirit of heaven...... I will forgive you and me, when the dust settles. I'll go out of the palace to do something, and you should first prepare for Your Majesty's dragon return ceremony. ”
Early in the morning, Ma Yue, who had not slept all night, changed into new clothes at the head of the city, put on a new iron armor, and took Guan Yu Yang Feng to escort him left and right, and left and right, out of the forbidden palace...... He wants a united front!
Hussar General's Palace.
"Master, there's a group of people outside, this is a thorn."
Dong Chong, who had been sitting all night, was happy when he saw the famous thorn, walked out of the middle hall quickly with big dark circles under his eyes, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, Ma Junhao, I was thinking about whether to enter the forbidden palace to find you, and you came!" ”
Ma Yue looked at the enthusiastic Dong Chong a little confused, returned the salute, followed Dong Chong into the mansion, looked at the four newly erected arrow towers in the mansion, and the arrow stacks on the courtyard wall, and was secretly frightened. When they are seated, the maid serves melons and fruits.
"Last night, the Changshui camp horse stepped on the long street, I don't know how many people in Luoyang will be tossed by you and can't sleep." In the past few years, Dong Chong's body has been a little fat, and he looks older than he actually is. Especially after a sleepless night, his face is not very good-looking, "These days, it's not good." ”
"Tiaohou, San Lang is your old subordinate." Ma Yue arched his hand and said: "When I first entered Luoyang, I was under your command, since I was released from prison, then you don't have to worry anymore." ”
The weather was cold, and it would snow in a few days, so the house slave put a charcoal stove in front of them to keep warm, and the house was warm.
Dong Chong shook his head a little tiredly, and said: "Jun Hao, even if you come out, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything, persuade Jian Shuo and the Queen Mother, we can't fight the He family." ”
"I know what you're doing when you come to me." Dong Zhong shrugged his shoulders, looked around and said, "You haven't been to the General's Mansion, it's the same as the Kaifu, you see me here, it's empty." The power behind the General's Mansion is too great, Sili, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, too many scholars are standing behind He Jiazi, what should we do to rob them? ”
"You know that the sound of horses' hooves in the Changshui camp exploded in front of my house last night, and the first reaction after waking up was that the captain of the West Park was coming to kill me with his troops into the city!" Dong Chong's face still has palpitations on his face, "Since Your Majesty gave me the hussar general, the old man didn't dare to leave the house at any time, and he didn't know how many people outside wanted to kill me...... Let's stop fighting with the general, admit it. Even if my nephew doesn't have this blessing. ”
Ma Yue frowned, what made Tiao Hou Dong Chong be scared like this?
"Tiaohou, you are, you are in charge of the Southern Army, the Northern Army is only three thousand without Changshui, and the Forbidden Palace is under control, and there is no strength to fight." Ma Yue asked, "How are you?" ”
Dong Zhong waved his hand, "What the people want, there are a few officials in the court who don't want to be the general, and they can't wait to get rid of the eunuchs!" Zhang Rang has been in the palace for decades, and in the end, not even the mansion in the east of the city has been sold, and the gold and silver treasures have been sent to the Cheqi Mansion in a car, and he has been following the queen all day long begging to say a good word to them and let them live. ”
"You shouldn't come out, in this situation, Huangmen Prison is much happier than Luoyang City!"
The expression on Dong Chong's face was not like a hussar general, but like an old peasant worried about his livelihood, full of bitterness and hatred.
"Dong Hussar has the ambition of others, he has a great general and a chariot to ride, we also have a military captain and Dong Hussar, plus this Guangluxun, this is a fight, not to mention that the reason is on our side."
"Jun Hao has won a Guanglu Xun, yes, he is on the ninth throne." Dong nodded his head, but there was not the slightest approval on his face, looking at Ma Yue's eyes like looking at a beast carried away by the desire for power, "So what, does Jun Hao really think that the truth is on our side?" The truth, the scholars are the truth, the scholars are now in the general's mansion, the truth is on their side, one day we die, it is their turn to repair history, we are all heinous traitors. It's better not to keep your voice down, keep your head down, and keep your wealth alive. ”
"Hehe, Dong Huqi is right, if we die, we will become traitors." Ma Yue's smile flashed on his face, and he asked a little fiercely, "But can you live with your head down?" If you don't fight now, when the He family really gets the general trend, can you live? Dong Huqi don't deceive himself, He Jin recruited border generals into Beijing, what do you think is it for? ”
"Recruiting foreign generals? Jun Hao, you can't talk nonsense, where did you hear that? ”
Dong Zhong panicked, there was only one reason why He Jin recruited the border generals at this time.
"Qingjun side! The general wants to clear the monarch's side, you have to think about it, this monarch's side is a eunuch, and he is below, but is there no Dong Hussar? ”
Ma Yue pretended to be indignant, he wanted to give Dong Zhong a dose of fierce medicine, don't care about anything else, pull him over first, a guard lieutenant is holding the southern army under his hands, even if he releases the military power, he will eventually return to the righteous one. "Rather than waiting for them to put the knife on our necks, we should ...... Strike first. ”
Fear is fear, Dong Chong's mind is still very clear, and he hurriedly pulled Ma Yue and asked in a low voice: "Jun Hao plans to mutiny?" ”
"It's hard to say." Ma Yue shook his head and said, "If it really comes to that point, the mutiny will not hesitate." ”
For Ma Yue, now is not the best time to issue a testament, he has to wait, wait for a good opportunity.
"Absolutely not, Jun Hao, you listen to my brother's words, Luoyang City can't mutiny, otherwise why didn't the General's Mansion storm the palace, do you think they don't want to?" Dong Zhong glanced to the west and said: "Even if he He Jin recruited the border army into Beijing, at most less than 10,000 people, Zhang Wen's rebellion was brought back to the capital after Huangfu Song took over his appointment, and supervised the army of 40,000 Yu Fufeng." The reason why the palace and the palace didn't completely tear their faces was because Huangfu Song stared at him, that old man was loyal to the big man, who would dare to mutiny in Luoyang City...... Hehe, the 40,000 counterinsurgents who have seen blood have cleared the king's side, but they are much stronger than them! ”
"General Huangfu will have 40,000 troops to help the wind?" Ma Yue was stunned for a moment, but he was not afraid in his heart, but he was thinking, if he could bring Huangfu Song here, what else would he be afraid of? The army was stationed in Duting, and the army of the captain of the West Garden was forced to go to Shanglinyuan, and the emperor was far away, and the dust had settled when they came!
But Huangfu Song is not so easy to woo, and he won't do things that are inconsistent with etiquette and law. The general who came out of Liangzhou has suffered too much dumb loss from the inner palace, and he must be guarding against the palace.
"So, Jun Hao, let go of this heart, don't mutiny, what do you do to fight the general?" Dong Chong felt like Ma Yue was dead, "Jun Hao, I can't help you with this." Have you had an early meal? Stay for a bite to eat? ”
Ma Yue didn't speak, waved his hand, and said goodbye.
Dong Chong is determined not to follow him all the way, and it is not a way to force it now, and when the border general enters Beijing, he will try his luck when the time comes.
It was not good to get up early in the morning, Ma Yue touched his nose, except for the general's mansion, he walked to Kaiyang Gate in a blink of an eye, and he wanted to come to Zhao Yan.
"Jun Hao, Zhao Yan's brother is a eunuch, Dong Zhong said that they are all holding He Miao's thighs, let's persuade him like this, is it useful?"
On the long street in Luoyang City in the early morning, only the servants and miscellaneous servants got up early in the morning and rushed to the market to buy some vegetables for the winter.
"It doesn't matter if Zhao Yan is useful or not, as long as the General's Mansion knows that I came to him."
After seeing Dong Chong, Ma Yue understood that these people are all rumors now, and it doesn't work just to play lip service, so they have to let them really know that they are in danger, and they will come to find themselves without talking when the time comes.
Opening the Yang Gate, Zhao Yanduan sat on the city tower and looked at the three Ma Yue who were slowly coming from the city, his face was calm, and his heart was drumming.
Ma Yue stood under the city, beckoned, and motioned for Zhao Yan to come down.
In his heart, Zhao Yan is a very good person. Although he was timid and afraid, he helped Liang Hu and others many times, and I heard that Liang Hu went to Liangzhou before, and it was this Kaiyangmen that came out, after all, there are so many feelings. But guarding the city gate, this matter is not Ma Yue's final say,
Zhao Yan smiled at Ma Yue at the head of the city and said, "Jun Hao, I am on duty for my brother today, but I can't go down!" ”
Ma Yue responded with a smile, did not talk, turned his back to the city gate, and whispered to Yang Feng: "Ah Ruo, go to Cao Poshi's mansion and ask him if he is willing to take over the defense of the city gate for me, and then take Sun Yi to Gucheng to go to Luoyang with Gongming, live in the city, always keep an eye on the defense of the city gate, and need to have his own people." ”
"No."
He has too much confidence in others, except for him and Jian Shuo, at this time, the dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang are probably thinking about how to drill the camp to the General's Mansion, I am afraid that no one will help him, simply, Cao Poshi will not go there in person, he has to go back to rectify the soldiers, not only the north and south palaces, but the most important thing is that the east palace also has to be stopped.
Lock the ten permanent servants and the empress and the prince in the forbidden palace.
"Yun Chang, what do you think of the situation now?"
Guan Yu followed Ma Yue without saying a word, and then whispered: "San Lang, I still want to ask you, is it right to do this?" ”
Ma Yue's footsteps stopped, looked back at Guan Yu and said, "Yun Chang thinks it's right?" ”
"San Lang, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that ......" Guan Yu rarely looked a little embarrassed, "So many scholars in the public mansion don't speak, they belong to the Great General's Mansion, they want to kill the ten permanent servants is very right, why should San Lang block them?" ”
"I don't stop them from killing the Ten Standing Attendants, even if I block the ......" Ma Yue cautiously glanced left and right, near the Forbidden Palace, there was no one on the road, so he suppressed his voice and said: "In the end, I will also kill the Ten Standing Attendants, but the general has to die before them." ”
Guan Yu frowned, "I know you have a holiday with the General's Mansion, but ......"
Before Guan Yu finished speaking, Ma Yue turned his head and glared at Guan Yu with frowning eyebrows, "It's not because of the festival!" If it was a holiday, I would have taken you into the General's Mansion long ago. ”
"That's because...... Do you think they will really disrespect the edict to welcome the great prince to the throne? ”
Walking to the palace gate, neither of them spoke, Ma Yue nodded without a trace, and Guan Yu was silent.
Entering the palace and going straight to the open yang gate, Ma Yue said to Yan Xing, who was walking towards him: "Siqu blocks the forbidden palace, no one is allowed to enter or exit, and those who break into it will be killed!" ”