As he walked into the high palace wall, Li Su couldn't help but take a peek at the surrounding situation and defense.

Of course, his movements were very small, trying not to let the Jinwuwei soldiers at the gate of the palace or the eunuchs who would pass by at any time notice his strangeness.

The heavy palace gate behind it didn't close with a roar immediately after Li Su passed—maybe it was because the sky wasn't completely dark.

This more or less gave Li Su a little extra confidence: if He Jin entered the palace at this moment, the ten permanent attendants would definitely close the door immediately, and they would definitely not let you go to the next door and the next hall.

That being the case, it means that this time it is not necessarily aimed at him, and it may just be cheated.

"Well, the palace wall is three zhang high, but it is much thinner than the city wall, after all, it is just a 'wall', and no one can stand on it, only there are archers on the sentry tower and Wei Que. However, the palace gate is very strong, not inferior to the city gate at all. It was more luxurious than the city gate with so many copper nails and copper frames, and so many horizontal iron plates reinforced on the back.

If the palace gate is blocked for a while and you want to escape, it is better to let Zilong find a spear shaft and a simple ladder to throw me over the wall. If you are lucky enough to fall into the river outside, it will be easier to escape, but you have to take off the iron armor in advance, and if you don't fall to death in the iron armor, you have to drown. ”

Li Su had already thought of two escape routes in his heart.

Well, by the way, as an aside, the so-called "Wei Que" is the two arrow tower-like lookout buildings at the entrance of the palace in the costume drama. Later, when Cao Pi also wanted to be far-fetched to the proverb "those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao", he asked Hua Xin to forcibly explain, saying that "when Tu Gao" is "Wei".

After about ten minutes, Li Su finally arrived at the harem, and the eunuch who led the way politely led him to a dormitory with a curtain hanging at the door, and Zhao Yun was blocked out of the curtain, but he could see Li Su's back from a distance, so he was not afraid.

The dormitory is five rooms deep, about twenty meters deep, and Zhao Yun at the very door can't hear the people inside talking—unless he shouts loudly.

"Make Zhonglang General Su, see the Queen Mother." Li Su was cautious, and when he was still twenty steps away, he fell to the ground and saluted, not daring to raise his head.

"Come close! Do you want to mourn and tell you that you can't do it? Empress Dowager He lazily reprimanded in a low voice, Li Su had to take ten more steps forward, but the Empress Dowager was still not satisfied, and took five steps forward until she was five steps apart.

Only then did Empress Dowager He smile with satisfaction: "There are so many people left and right, what are you afraid of, raise your head." I have long heard that you are the youngest Zhonglang general in this dynasty, how old are you? When the court read the reward, I saw it from afar, so let the mourners see what you look like. ”

"I don't dare to be the queen mother, the minister is twenty-one years old, and the sages of this dynasty are earlier than the ministers, not to mention a few people. Dong Xian was the eldest Sima at the age of 21, Huo Qubing was the Zhonglang general at the age of 19, and the hussar general was the 22nd. The achievements of the ministers are not worth mentioning, thanks to the grace of the imperial court. Li Su was modest, but he had no choice but to raise his head with a solemn face, but let his eyes still look at the floor.

"Yes, no wonder it can represent the dignity of the imperial court and convince the distant people - in the future, when you send envoys to appease the barbarians, you should choose Li Zhonglang and others."

Zhao Zhong echoed beside him, and reminded in a low voice: "The slave has written it down, Queen Mother, don't forget to get down to business......

Empress Dowager He was originally soft-eared, and she was summoned to Li Su for questioning by the Ten Standing Attendants, and she didn't care who led the troops in the capital. So a woman's gossip nature attacked, and being persuaded to ask the right thing first, immediately made her slightly unhappy, but seeing the ten permanent servants begging her so much, she was also reluctant:

"Li Su, I heard that you brought thousands of cavalry from General Zhengxi into Beijing? Did my brother ask you to bring it? The law of the ancestors, the defense generals of the Beijing division are still less mixed, you are willing to enrich these soldiers and horses with the palace guards, I will choose someone else to lead on your behalf, you can also avoid suspicion, and if you have merit in the future, you will naturally be indispensable. ”

Li Su's heart shook violently:? Who thought of this trick? It's poisonous!

There are still people who take advantage of the reputation that "Li Su and Liu Bei are absolutely the most loyal to the imperial court, directly loyal to the supreme ruler, and will not form gangs", and put them in a situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger and cannot get off the stage!

After all, if any other general is replaced, facing such a scene, it must mean that "the general will not be subject to the orders of the king outside", and that "the layman cannot be allowed to command the insider, and the military only listens to the general".

Li Su even had some secret hatred, He Jin summoned him to Beijing What a bad move! We are not your confidants, you recruited me to Beijing to help! (Although Dong Zhuo is more disloyal)

There is no way, this thing must be refused, otherwise the historical trend will collapse out of control and cannot be used.

Li Su's options were limited, and after a little weighing, he said: "The minister's original intention is naturally willing to obey the edict. It's just that...... The soldiers and horses brought into Beijing by the minister have been handed over to Lu Shangshu, if the minister is asked to convey it to Lu Shangshu again, it will inevitably have more complications, and I am afraid that the deadline of the Queen Mother will be missed, so it is better for the Queen Mother to directly announce that Lu Shangshu will be ......banned from the palace."

"You...... You've already handed over the military power to Lu Zhi? Zhao Zhong was so shocked that he couldn't help but speak out over the Queen Mother. After all, he has watched it for so many years, and he has never seen a general who has taken the initiative to hand over the temporary command of his private army.

What general in the world doesn't want to support his own army? No matter how loyal the emperor is, he hopes for it!

Empress Dowager He couldn't help but be slightly moved when she heard this, and praised a few words.

But Li Su was very dissatisfied with his answer, he saw that the Empress Dowager He was still talking to him after the rejection of the soldiers, and he couldn't help but wonder if he was making up his mind and whether he was ambushing the sword and axe hands composed of eunuchs on both sides......

How did he know that Empress Dowager He had just been a widow for half a year and wanted to talk to someone about gossip.

"Li Su, what are you shaking? Come on, Xiaoxiu, give him a sweat towel! Empress Dowager He asked the palace maid next to her to wipe Li Su's sweat.

Li Su tried his best to stabilize his voice: "Queen Mother...... It's getting late, and it's not suitable for the minister to be in the inner palace for a long time, so I'm afraid, please forgive the queen mother for the crime of losing her honor, if it's okay, I won't disturb the queen mother's rest. ”

Empress Dowager He couldn't help but wonder: "Are you still afraid of women?" Twenty-one years old, have you taken a wife? You're not a little older than my niece. ”

Li Su "chuckled" in his heart, secretly wondering if he said that he had never married a wife at this time, what if the Empress Dowager He had a whim and another branch to protect the media?

The relationship with Cai Yan could not be revealed, so he gritted his teeth and falsely said: "The minister has made a marriage contract with the Zhen family of the Zhongshan Wang clan, but the military affairs have not been married." ”

The last excuse finally saved Li Su's life, and Empress Dowager He's interest in finding someone to gossip and gossip about the media was interrupted, and she let him go.

Li Su felt that the inside of his iron armor was already soaked with sweat.

Looking at Li Suyuan, Zhang Rang turned around from a side hall next to him and met with Zhao Zhongyi, who had just sent off the guest: "I didn't expect him to give the command to Lu Zhi without reservation, I'm afraid this person can't count on it."

When the Queen Mother was chatting with him just now, I had already taken the opportunity to summon the general into the palace, and immediately ambushed all the sword and axe men to the Jiade Palace. ”

Zhao Zhong nodded, and added worriedly: "I see that Li Su trembled at the end of his question, he couldn't have seen through our ambush of the sword and axeman, right?" The matter has come to this point, he can't take risks, if He Jin comes in again after he goes out, he is bumped into and tortured by He Jin halfway, revealing clues is not beautiful. Do you want...... Well? ”

Zhao Zhong gestured with a knife in his hand and showed his mouth.

Zhang Rang nodded indifferently: "It's better to get down to business first, if the palace first shows signs of fighting, it may also startle the snake." It doesn't matter whether Li Su kills or not, the key is not to give He Jin any information.

I see that He Jin is almost there, Li Su can't enter the Jiade Palace, the north gate of the Jiade Hall has been sealed, he can only take a detour, don't bump into He Jin - anyway, before He enters the palace, the palace gate is not allowed to open, no one is allowed to go out, and no one is allowed to stay outside the palace gate! ”

It's not that Zhang Rang can't kill Li Su, he is afraid that if killing Li Su will cause He Jin to be alert, wouldn't he pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon.

……

When Li Su took Zhao Yun and walked back to the north gate of the Jiade Hall quickly, he found that there were warriors guarding there and told him to detour from the corridor of the side hall.

Li Su's heart became more and more tight, but he didn't say anything, and took Zhao Yun to detour quickly, and waited until he turned the corner on the east side before continuing to accelerate.

However, before he finished walking through the corridor of the East Side Palace, Zhao Yun suddenly grabbed him and whispered: "In front of the south gate of the Jiade Palace, it seems that someone has entered the palace, isn't it a general?" ”

Li Su was taken aback: "You have such good eyes?" It's not you and me, pretend not to see it, let's go our own. ”

is worthy of being a famous cavalry and archery general who wears Yang in 100 steps, and his eyesight is against the sky. And He Jin's god-fast attack speed obviously means that Zhang Rang has already immediately announced that He will enter the palace after knowing that Li Su will not be able to hand over the military power-he has not waited for one to go out and recruit another one in!

What a calculation! It is to prevent those who go out first from colluding with those who come in later! Now like this, Li Su can't remind He Jin at all, "Don't enter the palace, it's dangerous here" (Li Su certainly didn't want to remind He Jin, but Zhang Rang thought he would, so he had to guard against it)

Li Su controlled the rhythm just right, and after confirming that he would not bump into He Jin, he quickly ran to the south gate of the palace.

When Li Su rushed to the first door, he took out the edict summoned by the Empress Dowager He, saying that he had been summoned, and the Empress Dowager ordered him to leave the palace as soon as possible, so as not to damage the reputation of the palace.

The guards of the first inner gate did not have ten permanent high-level officials, and they didn't know about the conspiracy tonight, so they let them go after seeing the summoning of Yi's order.

Li Su relied on such boldness to open the two inner doors until he reached the inside of the south gate.

There seemed to be a noisy crowd outside the door, and Li Su became more and more hopeful, he knew that those were the personal soldiers brought by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to protect He Jin, but they were stopped at the palace gate.

But it is precisely because Yuan Shao is leading the troops outside, and the guards of this gate are much stricter than the inner door inside, Li Su once again took out the token of the summoning of Yizhi and the completion of the summoning to the other party, wanting to deceive the opening of the city gate, but the other party always shirked:

"Zhonglang, please atone for your sins! I have to be ordered by Zhang Chang to not open this door again until the special envoy comes tonight to announce that the door can be opened! Please also ask Zhonglang to rest and wait! Maybe Zhang Changshou's envoy will come soon to lift the curfew. ”

Li Su was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he didn't dare to use force directly for a while, and he didn't know if Yuan Shaojun at the door was impatient now, and whether he was ready to rush in to save He Jin. If they started early, and Yuan Shao opened the city gate, and they didn't attack, wouldn't they become Li Su's people who killed the palace guards in vain and became the first bird?

There are some things that you have to wait for everyone to shout to kill the eunuchs and attack the palace before you can follow them. Otherwise, everyone might be happy to see the over-rhythmic forerunner being branded as a thief - the court struggle is so cruel.

On the other hand, Li Su didn't know if Zhang Rang had finished his work in the Jiade Palace, if he hadn't finished it, he had opened the city gate too much in advance and saved He Jin, then the follow-up development would have completely collapsed and could not be predicted.

"Okay, I'll wait." Li Su forcibly calmed down his expression and tone, without revealing any flaws, and asked the gatekeeper to relax his vigilance against him, and waited for more than ten minutes.

Then, when he took advantage of the fact that the gatekeeper walked to the crack of the door and focused his attention on observing the movements of Yuan Shao and the others, Li Sucai lowered his voice and ordered Zhao Yun: "Zilong, your ear is better than mine, listen a little, if there is a large group of people in the inner palace to kill, or if the soldiers outside the door shout 'Please general get on the bus/go home' or something like that, you can see the opportunity to kill the goalkeeper."

As for the excuse, you can drink while killing: I am on the orders of the Great Changqiu Zhao Changshi, and the reputation of the palace is important. This person colluded and rebelled, trying to lock the young handsome man in the palace wall late at night and ruin the reputation of the queen mother. We are for the reputation of the Queen Mother and the first emperor. ”

This excuse actually doesn't make much sense, but it's okay to prevaricate for a day and a half. As long as everyone else followed to attack the eunuchs, no one cared about Li Su's slight lead by half a move.

Zhao Yun nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

The two sat for another ten minutes, and the goalkeeper saw that they closed their eyes and recuperated calmly, and paid less attention to them. And Yuan Shao's soldiers outside the palace gate finally began to shout: "Please return to the house!" ”

The sound was higher and higher, and the gatekeeper focused all his attention on the outside, without the slightest defense, and the goalkeeper also divided a few people to report and urge: "You quickly report the situation here to Zhang Changshi, and ask him how to deal with it!" ”

"Whoa!" A few guards at the gate took the order, and there were a few fewer people at the door.

Zhao Yun, who had been preparing for twenty minutes, finally seized an opportunity, shouted directly, and slashed with his sword while counting the crimes, directly cutting off the head of the goalkeeper.

Then he snatched the lance in the hand of the unfallen corpse in one go, picked up the two goalkeepers, and took advantage of the fact that the goalkeeper's head had not yet landed, so he caught it with a lance branch volley and threw it at Li Su.

Li Su subconsciously blocked it with his hand, and found that he had caught a person's head with both hands, and he was so frightened that he almost threw it away.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun's loud shout woke him up: "Don't put on his helmet yet!" ”

It turned out that Li Su and Zhao Yun entered the palace, and the armor was worn inside, so naturally they couldn't wear helmets. Zhao Yun had already calculated that he would behead Li Su as soon as he made a move, and let him pick up the dead man's helmet and put it on to avoid the stray arrows in case of occurrence.

Li Su couldn't care about the blood and disgusting now, and the power of cowardice made him burst out with a burst of strength, and directly ripped off the dead man's helmet and put it on his head, and the neck blood spewed out by the deceased was already sprayed with a helmet, and after wearing it, it looked like Li Su's head was full of blood.

He put on a helmet, Zhao Yun had already picked up several eunuchs who came to stop the door opening, and seeing that the reinforcements who came over with He Jin's head were already in sight, Zhao Yun opened the huge palace gate with both hands and let Li Su be the first to get out.

Zhao Yun also shouted for him: "Don't let the arrows outside!" We were also murdered by the Ten Permanent Servants! ”

Outside, he didn't plan to use force immediately, Zhao Yun's voice was too cautious, but Li Su felt that it was quite useful, and he finally hid in the group of generals brought by Yuan Shao.

Zhang Rang's people rushed here and found that the palace gate had been opened, and they were instantly dumbfounded.

"Big ...... The general's rebellion has been ...... has been ambushed, and the rest do not ask. Hey, how can you just release the arrow if you don't ask? ”

The eunuch team who gave the order was immediately shot by the random arrows and ran back, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already come to their senses and led their troops to rush in to kill.

Originally, Wu Kuang and Yuan Shu were required to set fire to the south gate of the palace, which had been attacked for a whole day, but because of a coincidence, Zhao Yun opened it from the inside, and it was breached in one minute.

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Four more!

Note: Just looking at the romance, it is easy to have the impression that "after Yuan Shu and Wu Kuang raised troops to attack the eunuchs, the eunuchs immediately collapsed".

However, according to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, after He Jin was killed, his generals counterattacked the palace for three days, and Zhang Rangcai fled without support.

So the process is quite tortuous, and there are several difficulties that require ingenuity and bravery.