Volume 2 The Death of the Yellow Turban Chapter 3 Undercurrents
The North Palace of the Imperial City, in front of the Suzaku Gate.
A Beigong guard on duty ordered his subordinate Lang Zhong to "choke" and draw his long sword, staring coldly at the figure walking closely, and the guards behind him also clenched their weapons vigilantly. Although the person who came came from the direction of Nangong, it was already the middle of the night, and this situation was still extremely abnormal.
Na Langzhong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he also put his sword in the sheath, put on a smile, stepped forward and saluted: "It turned out to be Lord Zhongchang and General Cui!" ”
General Cui, who was dressed in armor, nodded slightly, but it was the middle attendant who said with a pleasant face: "The general doesn't have to be polite!" Feng Yu has something important to start the Son of Heaven, please pass through! ”
Na Langzhong was taken aback and said, "What? Do you want to meet you overnight? ”
He rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said: "My lord, if it is not the young general's rude offense, you are a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and you know the rules best!" How did the young man become the master? ”
Feng Yu nodded and said, "How can this official not know the rules of the Hajj?" The first is that those who do not have major military affairs are not allowed to meet at the same time, and the second is that those who are not in the palace and have one internal security general are not allowed to meet at the same time! ”
In fact, these two rules are completely a precaution against possible night stabbing operations. The palace in the palace represents the Chinese dynasty and the foreign dynasty, which have been fighting for power and profit for more than 100 years, which can be said to be the tip of the needle against the wheat mang, and it is naturally unlikely to join hands to enter the palace to assassinate. Moreover, the requirement to have an internal security general accompany him is another kind of surveillance, in case there is a situation in which China and the DPRK collude with the foreign DPRK to plot rebellion.
Na Langzhong cautiously glanced at Feng Zhen's face, and said with a smile: "My lord, you and General Cui are only two people, and there is still one less foreign court official, and the last general really doesn't dare to disturb the holy car casually!" ”
Feng Yu smiled slightly and said: "The general is too worried, the old minister has been Mu Sheng'en for a long time, how dare he violate the rules of the palace, please rest assured!" Let the two of us stand for a moment, and soon another adult will arrive! ”
Although the center of Nalang is wide, it is even more surprised, it seems that there is indeed a big event, the three of the three at the same time at the night of the matter, has not been for many years, I heard that the last time, is the Liangzhou Assassin Shi Mengtuo expedition to Liule, 30,000 troops but almost the entire army of the defeat report. Could it be that something earth-shattering has happened?
He resisted the curiosity and uneasiness in his heart, bowed again, and then returned to his post, not daring to say anything more.
At this time, in the dim light and shadow in the distance, there was a faint sound of chaotic footsteps.
The sound of heavy steps came from far and near, and a big man with a tiger's back rushed into Danchenzi's courtyard, bowed to the brightly lit main hall, and said in a low but clear voice for the people in the room to hear: "Weichen He Jin, I respectfully invite the Son of Heaven to be safe!" ”
The door of the main hall opened lightly, and the Spirit Emperor slowly stepped out, his face sinking like water: "He Qing, you are so bold!" ”
He Jin shook his whole body, buried his head lower, and said: "Weichen sent troops privately without listening to the holy edict, it is indeed impossible to redeem death, please ask the Son of Heaven to surrender!" ”
Emperor Ling said coldly: "That's it, I think you are loyal, and you know how to break off at the moment, get up and speak!" ”
He used to speak softly to Nanying and a few people, teaching people like a spring breeze, but now in the face of a foreign relative and important minister, he exudes a high mountain and the majesty of the emperor, which makes people feel awe-inspired.
Then He Jin wiped a cold sweat and slowly stood up.
Nan Ying put on a veil and stood behind Emperor Ling, and at this time he finally saw this famous butcher in history, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Although this He Jin was born strong, his limbs were well-proportioned, his face was handsome, his expression was calm and calm, and he was not shocked. And from the sharp eyes that flashed in his eyes from time to time, it is not difficult to guess that he must also be a master.
Emperor Ling said lightly: "Say it!" Is it true that Tang Zhou's whistleblower is Taipingdao? What's going on right now? ”
He Jin was about to answer, when he suddenly saw several people behind the Spirit Emperor, all of whom were covered with black scarves, and it was difficult to recognize the truth of Lushan, so he blurted out in surprise: "Who is behind Your Majesty?" ”
A fine light flashed in the Spirit Emperor's eyes, and Sen Ran said, "Are you asking me what I said?" ”
As soon as He Jin spoke, he knew that something was wrong, and then knelt down and said: "It's the minister's mouth, the minister is dizzy, Your Majesty is angry!" ”
The Spirit Emperor nodded, and said in a slow tone: "These people are my henchmen, you can say anything directly, don't worry!" ”
He Jin's heart trembled, he can now be regarded as a powerful and oppositional ruler, how come he has never heard of the existence of such a henchman by the side of the Son of Heaven? Could it be that the Son of Heaven has power in his hands that he does not know?
He shuddered, trying to make his voice not appear in the slightest: "Your Majesty, then Tang Zhou took the initiative to come to the eastern Luoyang Governor's Office two hours ago to surrender, and said that the three important ministers of the court and the central government were suspected of being bandits, but he also had no real evidence. However, he also revealed that Ma Yuanyi, the marshal of the Taiping Dao Daqu, was in the city, secretly planning a big conspiracy, and only this person knew the true identity of the traitor. ”
He Jin said this in one breath, and finally couldn't help but take a light breath before saying: "The minister has secretly ordered three thousand armor soldiers to surround the mansions of the three important ministers, and at the same time send elites to arrest Ma Yuanyi. As long as the stolen goods are obtained, they can be tortured to extract confessions! ”
The corners of his mouth showed a hint of hideousness, and he sneered: "At that time, you can follow the vine and find the real spy of the DPRK and China!" ”
Nanying's heart is beating violently, history! History is repeating itself before our eyes! It's hard to express! There is an illusion that it is both true and false, as if the history that is happening at this moment is waiting for itself to be re-enacted.
When he heard He Jin's words, he felt his killing intent, and couldn't help but move in his heart, remembering that Jia Xu had said that there was an open and secret battle between his relatives and eunuchs, no wonder He Jin would die at the hands of Zhang Rang and others later. At the same time, he was glad in his heart, fortunately he left Ma Jun outside the city, otherwise once he heard that Ma Yuanyi's life was on the verge of death, he would have a gaffe.
Emperor Ling said noncommittally "En", and muttered: "Don't say it too early, everything has to wait until you take down that Ma Yuanyi!" Also, what happened to the three of them? ”
He Jin looked embarrassed and said: "Zhang Rang and Xu Feng are both at home, only Na Feng is not at home, according to the family, they went out before the curfew!" ”
He saw a hint of strange color flashing on Emperor Ling's face, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the ministers have checked the twelve gates of the imperial capital, and there is no record of leaving the city, so I want to go to the house of a minister in the city for a banquet, right?" ”
Emperor Ling smiled and said, "Maybe I'm plotting somewhere, and I want to take my head, right?" ”
He glanced at He Jin and said coldly: "You know these people best!" Tell me, who will be the real traitor? ”
He Jin trembled for a while, and immediately fell silent, and he didn't dare to say half a sentence again, just because Emperor Ling's words just hit his heart disease. ]
He has always had a secret relationship with Zhang Rang, and two years ago he married himself and Empress He's sister to Zhang Rang's son Zhang Feng, and the two families are really allies, and Feng Yu also has a lot of friends with him.
The ideal result is Xu Feng! This person is arrogant and arrogant, and has never bought much of himself, but this is a good opportunity for him to fall into the well and eradicate dissent.
The reason why he said so decisively just now was actually to express his loyalty to Emperor Ling to the country, and to destroy his relatives in righteousness. However, Emperor Ling was so little, he was really a little panicked, he didn't think that Zhang Rang really dared to collude and rebel. He really knew Emperor Ling's trust in Zhang Rang too well. But what about the seal? If he really has any problems, I'm afraid that he will also suffer a little bit of pond fish!
As he thought, cold sweat seeped out from his back.
Who will it be? The answer to everything is on Ma Yuanyi.
He Jin suddenly had an idea that even he thought was funny: Ma Yuanyi, Ma Yuanyi! You'd better slip away!
On a mountain peak not far outside Luoyang City.
Ma Yuanyi looked down at the city, although it was miles away, and it was in the dark night, he could still clearly see that countless torches were faintly connected into a long dragon, heading straight for the direction of the small courtyard in the east of the city where he had been hidden.
He let out a long breath, tonight is indeed hanging by a thread, only more than an hour late, it will be difficult for him to get out easily. If it weren't for the sudden warning in his heart, or the fact that the Upper East Gate, which happened to be located in the east of the city, was guarded by his own people.......... he didn't dare to imagine it anymore, he only felt that there seemed to be cold sweat oozing from his forehead, and then he felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar after being immersed in the cold air of the mountains to the bone.
What the hell is going on? It has only been a few days since he arrived in Luoyang, and he has never left the house, and it is impossible to show any horses. Then the only possibility is that he has been betrayed.
His whole body began to tremble with anger, and his hands were "rattling", who had betrayed him? The only people who knew their whereabouts were Feng Yu, Xu Feng and a few people at the level of Taiping Dao Qu Shuai, and even Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao didn't know anything about it.
Ma Yuanyi took a deep breath and barely suppressed his manic emotions. It is useless to think about it now, and the most important thing is to continue to carry out your plan. Fortunately, all the people involved are only responsible for one part of the plan, and no one knows the whole layout except themselves.
Even if Feng Zhen, Xu Feng, or his own subordinates betrayed themselves, they would never be able to defend this seamless death.
A black shadow came out from behind him like a ghost, and said in surprise: "Da Qu Shuai, why did you leave the city overnight?" The time we agreed on is obviously tomorrow, huh? ”
Ma Yuanyi turned around and said, "You came just in time!" Where are the other brothers now? ”
The man said: "The subordinates came to the agreed place in advance because of the closest distance and the things went smoothly!" The other brothers should still be on the way, right? ”
He hesitated for a moment before he said, "Daqu Shuai, is there something going on in the city?" How did you come out of town to meet us in person? Originally, we just sent a brother dressed as a woodcutter to ask us how we went! ”
Ma Yuanyi smiled bitterly: "The situation in the city is indeed beyond our expectations, if I hadn't sneaked out of the city overnight, I would have almost lost my life!" ”
The man exclaimed, "How so? Ma Yuanyi said dejectedly: "The matter is still unclear, but it should be someone from the city."
Traitor! ”
Seeing that the subordinate was at a loss, he chuckled and said, "Don't worry! Since the defenders in the city have taken me in a big way, this just shows that there is no problem with the brothers outside the city! Otherwise, this place would have been ambushed on all sides! ”
I couldn't help but laugh out loud as I spoke.
Only then did the subordinate regain his composure, and said in distress, "So what should we do now?" ”
Ma Yuanyi stared at the chaotic fire in the city, thought for a while, and then said, "It seems that it must be launched in advance!" ”
The man was stunned and said, "But we are not fully .........."
Ma Yuanyi waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "How are you doing?" I want to know the details! ”
The subordinate thought for a moment and said, "My subordinates are heading north from Wancheng on this road, and they have secretly gathered four thousand sect members along the way, and now all of them are lurking in the Yanshi who is less than two days away from here. In addition, I also received news that two other groups of people and horses had arrived at Yique Pass in the south of Luoyang and Pingxian in the north respectively, and the road was also very close. ”
Ma Yuanyi was slightly disappointed and said: "It seems that less than half of the people have arrived, and it will be much more difficult to carry out the plan!" ”
The subordinate pondered for a while before saying, "If Daqu Shuai feels that there are not enough people, why not start with the nearby counties?" You must know that this radius of hundreds of miles is the place where we have been indoctrinated for many years in the Taiping Dao, and there are hundreds of thousands of sect members, not to mention hundreds of thousands! ”
Ma Yuanyi's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "This is true!" Why should I care now if I'm a member of the Jing Yang family? As long as there are people, no one refuses! ”
He suddenly sighed again: "But it's not easy to mobilize them, unless it's a teacher, or two uncles are there!" I am a Jingyang Daqu handsome, they may not be willing to listen! ”
The subordinate smiled and said: "Daqu Shuai can rest assured, his subordinates have lived in Henan for a long time, and many of the sect members here are still subordinate developments, I heard that the current Henan Qu Shuai died in Yiyang not long ago, and at this moment they are the dragons without a leader." I believe that with the prestige of Daqu Shuai and the popularity of his subordinates, as long as he ascends to the heights, there will be a response! ”
Ma Yuanyi said happily: "Okay! So do it! ”
He thought for a moment and said, "You work hard! Immediately go back and mobilize the people of the headquarters and the Henan sect. Five days later, all the existing cultists gathered and marched to Luoyang! And then, you guys ...... along the way."
He suddenly lowered his voice and whispered something into the man's ear.
The man trembled and said in shock: "It turns out that Da Qu Shuai's plan is actually ......"
Ma Yuanyi sealed his lips with his fingers and "shhhh
The man stood for a long time before he said sincerely, "Who else today but you can come up with such a brilliant plan!" ”
Ma Yuanyi said in a deep voice: "You still have something to do!" It was to immediately send an urgent letter to Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, the two uncles, only eight words! ”
The man hurriedly listened attentively, not daring to miss a word.
Ma Yuanyi said word by word: "On the first day of the fifth month, yellow scarves are everywhere!" ”
The man lost his voice and said, "What? The first day of May? Only a month away? How can it be in time? ”
Ma Yuanyi shook his head and said: "It can only be like this!" We are now launching this plan now, and it will still be a few days! If it succeeds, the world will immediately fall into chaos, and colleagues from all over the world can take the opportunity to start an incident, which is a spark of fire! ”
The man said with difficulty: "But in this way, we will become the target of the public!" Without any timely assistance, we .........."
Ma Yuanyi sighed: "We are like a lonely boat on the cusp of the waves, and we may be crushed at any time, right?" ”
He said abruptly, "So what? The court has openly arrested me, which means that they have already started to do it! We can only fight to the death! ”
He turned around again, looked at Luoyang at night, and sighed faintly: "Now we can only hope for five days, if the plan fails, don't say that we have no place to die, and even the foundation of our Taiping Dao for decades will be gone!" ”
PS: Thank you for the reward of Coco not eating rice and snow goblins, you guys are so wasteful! Thank you for your support! At the same time, please also increase the collection of brothers and sisters! Although Bai Xue once said that this book would rather be an Ultraman than a eunuch! But...... This kind of achievement is too shocking, although I am calm, I still have great doubts about my level. It seems that you want to reopen a new book and prove yourself with a completely different style?