120. Deliverance
In the Eastern Zhou military camp, the big eunuch Huai En whispered to the little eunuch, "Nothing, light, the emperor took medicine and fell asleep." ”
The little eunuch was immediately silent, and he beckoned to Wynne, pointing to the general's camp to the west.
The little eunuch was Wynne's new godgrandson, who was clever and understanding, and was good at speculating on the sacred heart, which pleased Wynne.
Because the return journey was too boring, Ling Tao was seriously ill, and the army could only move forward slowly. The little eunuchs often set up some small gambling in the camp to drink small wine to pass the silence of the long way home.
What is the benefit of the little eunuchs, naturally they will not leave Huaien behind, and they will always call Huaien to have fun.
Huai En glanced at the sleeping Ling Tao, knowing if Ling Tao would wake up for a while, so he ordered the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace to visit Ling Tao and tiptoed over by himself.
"You monkey grandson, let our family come here, I can't say a good thing, and our family will not forgive." Wynn said.
"Grandpa, when does the little dragonfly dare to be disrespectful to grandpa?" Little Dragonfly Road.
Wynne glared at him and walked into the camp.
The little dragonfly watched him walk in with a smiling face, until Wynne's back disappeared, and the smile on his face was immediately replaced by a touch of coldness.
The little dragonfly stood outside the door, only to hear a dull exclamation from inside the barracks, followed by the sound of people struggling, then two muffled thuds, and finally the camp was completely silent.
The little dragonfly knew that it had succeeded, and walked to the Qianqing Palace with all his clothes. He walked towards the two little eunuchs who were visiting Ling Tao, and said in a low voice: "Grandpa asked the servants to come and see the emperor, and asked the two of them to go to the camp to drink two cups to ward off the cold." ”
In the Qianqing Palace, the popularity of the little dragonfly is very good. The two naturally trusted him, and when they heard that it was Wynne's orders, they could eat and drink again. The little eunuch naturally responded readily, and immediately got up and walked to the general camp, and no one saw them in the palace again.
The little dragonfly sneered behind them, and then slowly approached Ling Tao's dragon bed.
There was a murky sound of breathing from the dragon bed.
The little dragonfly clenched its dagger and stabbed at Ling Tao on the dragon's bed.
Ling Tao, who was asleep, suddenly felt that danger was approaching, and he woke up at this moment, but it was too late. The dagger stabbed into Ling Tao's shoulder.
"Assassin! Assassin! Escort! Ling Tao shouted in a hoarse voice.
Huai En was afraid that the crowd would affect Ling Tao's rest, and all the eunuchs and palace maids were bombarded far away, leaving only a few personal attendants to wait. and was introduced into the general camp one by one by the little dragonflies. Ling Tao was a seriously ill man with little strength, and his shouting did not even alarm the guards outside the camp.
The little dragonfly saw that the stab was not killed, and stabbed it with a dagger.
Ling Tao's stomach hit again. No longer able to struggle. I could only close my eyes and let the little dragonfly raise the dagger again.
Suddenly, with a "dang" sound, the dagger was hit to the ground by the sword, and the tip of the white-clothed young man's sword was lightly picked, and the little dragonfly's hamstrings were broken.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the little dragonfly immediately opened his mouth and wanted to bite his tongue to kill himself, but the sword flipped lightly and immediately shortened his tongue.
Ling Tao's face turned pale with fright. People were particularly vulnerable in the face of setbacks, and he called out to the young man in white excitedly. "Jin'er!"
This is the first time since Ling Jin was sensible that Ling Tao called him full of father-son affection.
Ling Jin turned around, glanced at Ling Tao with a faint expression, but didn't say anything, just like looking at an ordinary relative, just a glance, and then stepped out to call people.
Waiting for a large number of guards and palace maids and eunuchs to surround Ling Tao, Ling Jin had already left. Ling Tao searched for Ling Jin's shadow in front of a large group of people, and when he found that he was gone, he felt a sullen feeling in his heart.
"Rebel son, I don't know how to greet my father." Ling Tao said sullenly, but this rebel was full of tenderness, and there was a world of difference from the rebel who shouted loudly in the past.
Ling Tao didn't know, in fact, Ling Jin had already received a secret report, and he wanted to stay out of the matter and ignore any court affairs, thinking that it was his biological father after all, and he was afraid that Concubine Jin under the spring would blame him, so he rushed to the rescue, with the mother-son relationship with Concubine Jin, not the father-son relationship with Ling Tao. If Ling Tao knew that Ling Jin had disregarded his life, he might be directly angry.
Although Ling Tao didn't know who sent the assassin, he also guessed that something was wrong in the palace.
"Strict investigation! Give me a strict investigation! Ling Tao shouted.
The little dragonfly couldn't stand the torture, and finally confessed that it was the instigation of Concubine Li, and he had been blessed with the grace of Pingyang to live, so he took the risk to sneak into the palace, and was willing to repay the grace of the day with his life.
"Speed up and return to the palace!" Ling Tao said angrily.
Binh Duong Houfu, inside the secret room.
With a "snap", the extremely angry Pingyang Hou slapped the purple-clothed palace maid who was kneeling in front of him.
The purple-clothed palace maid knelt forward on her knees, crying, "Father, save me!" Save Jiaojiao. "It turned out to be Concubine Li who secretly left the palace.
"Jiaojiaoer, why are you so confused?" Pingyang waits for the old man to cry, the prince does such a depraved thing, we can start in the name of the Qing monarch, it is good to succeed, even if it fails, there is still a life. But you sent someone to assassinate the emperor, who gave you such courage? ”
"Father, the daughter knows that she is wrong, you save the daughter." Concubine Li is now ownerless, and she is sure that Ling Tao's death is foolproof.
"I have been raising my father Taoguang for so many years, just so that when the time is ripe, I can help you and make the Murong clan permanent, but you are eager for quick success and do such a thing against the sky. Jiaojiao, our good days are over. Pingyang Hou sighed.
"Father, Jiaojiao is a person who looks like Nanzhao Chuchu, and the emperor is reluctant to die of Jiaojiao." Concubine Li still has a glimmer of hope in her heart, why is she so diligent in bird watching every day? Isn't it just to make yourself more and more like Nanzhao Chuchu and save a small life in the future?
"Jiaojiao'er, you can see through men, but you can't guess through men who are emperors." Pingyang Hou said, "That's all for my father, you go back to the palace." ”
Concubine Li's purpose was not achieved, where was she willing to go, "Father, if you hand over the sixth sister to the emperor, maybe you can save our lives." ”
Pingyang Hou glanced at this daughter, his eyes were a little cold.
"Yan'er has been expelled from my clan and has nothing to do with Pingyang Houfu." Pingyang said coldly.
"Father, you know she can save us. Why don't you ......," Concubine Li said unhappily.
"Jiaojiao'er, the water is already very muddy this time, don't get involved with anyone anymore." Pingyang Houdao. "If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and what should come will always come." Go back, find a way to leave a way for King Duan, he is still a child. ”
Concubine Li left unwillingly.
Ling Tao never imagined that only two months after he went out, Concubine Li had already vigorously mastered the entire palace and put the queen under house arrest. Dan Guifei was placed under house arrest, and the joint ministers abolished the crown prince's imprisonment, and King Duan has replaced the prince's imprisonment.
He really underestimated this woman and Pingyang Houfu. As an emperor, his eyes have always been on relatives such as the Nangong family and the Qian family, but he rarely focuses on being timid and sleek. But he was so happy with Pingyang Hou. It is precisely because Pingyang Hou has become a fish that has slipped through the net. It almost caused a palace change.
"Father, father, son knows that he is wrong! It's that slut who seduces/seduces the son, the son is young and ignorant, and the blood is strong, where can he withstand the seduction/seduction of such a bewitching slut? The prince knelt in front of Ling Tao and exonerated himself bitterly.
"What do you have to say?" Ling Tao looked at Dan Guifei coldly.
"I have nothing to say, I just ask the emperor to give my ashes to Miss Murong Liu. At her disposal. Don't send me back to Dan, I'd rather be a lonely ghost in a foreign land. I don't want to go back to my hometown. Dan Youruo didn't look at the prince, she had no love for this man, let alone love, only her heart was dead.
"Please ask the emperor to tell Miss Murong Liu, my person is dirty, but my heart is clean." Dan Guifei said.
"Why her?" Ling Tao asked.
"She's the only person I trust in Eastern Zhou." After Dan Guifei finished speaking, she slammed into the white jade pillar.
The people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty will never forget the spring of this year, and it is not an exaggeration to describe Kyoto as a river of blood.
Queen Qian died of illness, Concubine Dan died, and Concubine Li was sent to the cold palace. The crown prince died of illness, and King Duan was demoted to a commoner.
When the Ren family and the Lan family were beheaded by the whole house, the ministers suddenly realized that behind Pingyang Hou were the Ren family and the Lan family. In fact, the Ren family and the Lan family were very wronged, they all died, but they were charged with being chaotic ministers and thieves.
Ren Ming looked at the men, women and children on the execution ground, and regretted it in his heart, he recalled the night when he led the troops to attack Empress Nanzhao fifteen years ago, if he brought back that suffocating woman, would everything not come today?
Before he died, Lan Yi also remembered that shocking glance, this is what he owes to that woman! He committed suicide in the study, and finally committed suicide in fear of sin.
In the past, there was chaos in the Pingyang Houfu, which was solemn and quiet, and a large number of Yulin troops blocked the Houfu, and the subordinates fled for their lives in chaos.
"Mother, Mother, you let us die!" Miss Murong, who was not out of the second room, cried and shouted, instead of being sold into the Qinglou, it was better to die cleanly, at least her body was still clean.
"Wan'er, Wan'er!" Second Mrs. Murong cried to death, she was reluctant to let her daughter die at a young age, but it was a long time coming, what was waiting for her daughter?
"What's the use of killing your father's slut?" Mrs. Feng cried and cried, hating Murong Jiao to death in her heart.
"Where's the makeup? Why don't my makeup guys come to see me? Mrs. Feng cried.
Her only hope now is on Murong Makeup, but Murong Makeup has never shown up, and she has never sent anyone to say a word. It was Murong Shuang, who came back a few times with Pingyin Hou Shizi, and the whole person was full of sorrow.
Not to mention Ling Chen, Murong Yan is fine, and the others are not within the scope of his concern.
"Quiet! Be quiet! Yu Linjun stretched out the knife in his hand in front of Mrs. Feng, and Mrs. Feng was suddenly frightened.
"I don't want to be an official prostitute, I don't want to be an official prostitute." Murong Qian shouted, "I want to go home to the temple and recite Buddhist scriptures." ”
What was waiting in front of Murong Qian was to sell herself into the Qinglou and forever engrave the brand of an official prostitute. Ever since she entered the family temple, she has been clamoring to come out, and she hates reciting Buddhist scriptures! Now, even reciting Buddhist scriptures is a luxury.
"Quiet! Be quiet! Yu Lin Jun shouted.
Murong Qian was sure that she was still noisy. Yu Linjun raised his sharp knife and stabbed Murong Qian's body, and the blood suddenly flowed to the ground.
"Murder! Murder! Madame Feng was stunned.
Looking at all this, Pingyang Hou Lao burst into tears. His death was not a pity, but it killed more than 20,000 people in the whole clan.
Murong Bai was the saddest in recent days, he was obviously reborn, but he couldn't do anything about it as he watched it all happen again.
"You've got gray hair!" Murong Yan walked over, and her cold voice was like the coldness of a summer scorching day, pouring away Murong Bai's irritability.
"Sixth sister, I'm really useless." Murong Bai said in frustration.
"You want to save them?" Murong Yan tilted her head to look at him.
Murong Bai smiled bitterly, "Sixth sister, don't look at me with such a gaze. I hate, but blood is thicker than water, and I can't watch them die one by one. ”
Murong Bai looked at the few lonely white clouds above the courtyard and muttered, "They are my only relatives in this world." ”
Murong Yan also raised her head to look at these floating white clouds, and also muttered to herself, "They are also, my only relatives." ”
Just because Murong Hou picked her out at that moment, she also felt that this father was not too bad. Even if it's a calculation, there's a little sincerity in it. Because it depends on whether she hits the trick or not.
She really had a way to save the Murong clan.
"You really want to save them?" Murong Yan asked again.
"Sixth sister, don't you want to save it?" Murong Bai was so smart that he could see what Murong Yan was thinking at a glance.
"If you say you want to save it, I'll save it." Murong Yan said.
Murong Bai looked at her fixedly, but he didn't say anything.
Murong Yan understood, he wanted to save her, but he was afraid that she would be embarrassed. So he stopped talking.
On the Tianshan Mountain, Gui Qi is taking a seat in front of the thatched hut.
"What? Do you want to make a deal with Ling Tao? Guiqi finally opened his eyes.
"You don't agree?" Murong Yan said.
"These soldiers are all princesses, and the princess has no right to ask what to do with them." After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes again.
"Agreed!" Murong Yan said with a smile, this was the first time she had shown a smile to Gui Qi since they met.
Imperial Palace, inside the Qianqing Palace.
"What if I don't agree?" Ling Tao looked at Murong Yan who was kneeling in front of him.
"One person for one life. The maiden felt that the emperor had no reason to disagree, and the emperor had earned this deal. Murong Yan said, "After this time, the Murong clan has been greatly injured, and it is difficult to become a big weapon, and the emperor can sit back and relax." ”
"King Nanzhao's 20,000 elite soldiers exchanged for the lives of the entire Murong clan. I don't think it's a good deal. Ling Tao said.
Can you add more? This is King Nanzhao's own soldiers! In the past ten years, how much energy he has spent, how many people and horses he has lost, and he has never lost a single grass or tree of King Nanzhao, but this time he took the initiative to send it to the front, how could he let it go?
"Since the emperor doesn't think it's cost-effective, then forget it, when the people's daughter hasn't come." Murong Yan walked away.
"Come back!" Ling Tao said weakly, how can he say that he will go? If he knew that it was one for one, he should have arrested all those three aunts and six women, how could he make up enough for 30,000, right?
Ling Tao decreed that the entire Murong clan would be exempted from capital crimes, and all of them would be reduced to untouchables, and three generations could not be officials. (To be continued......)