In the last year of Yanhuang, a midnight that was as quiet as any day, the solemn Yanhuang King City, outside the golden and brilliant emperor's bedroom, several eunuchs and palace maids were standing with their heads bowed, and there were a total of three gold-armored guards at the door, two of them had indifferent expressions, and the hand holding the spear did not move, and the other had a saber at his waist, walking around the door, his eyes patrolling the darkness outside the dormitory square.

Xuanyuanming, the last emperor of Yan and Huang, was lying on the dragon bed, closing his eyes tightly, the imperial doctor beside the bed looked nervous and was taking his pulse, the graceful and luxurious queen Zhang sat on the edge of the bed, staring closely at the expression of the imperial doctor, and a little farther away stood at the door of the screen at the door of the inner room was the emperor's favorite concubine, Zhou, the daughter of the new Liang King Zhou Rong, and a little farther away was the grim-faced 10,000 gold-armored guard commander, the queen's brother, Zhang Zhen.

After waiting for a long time, the imperial doctor finally withdrew his hand, bent down and retreated, and stopped talking to Queen Zhang. Seeing this, Zhang stood up and said to Zhou: "Sister has worked hard, go back and rest early, Your Majesty's side of the palace and the imperial doctor will watch." ”

When Zhou heard this, his heart shook violently, and he was about to speak, when the queen continued: "Commander Zhang, send Zhou Guifei back to the palace." The queen's tone was beyond question, "Also, Your Majesty needs to recuperate, and no one is allowed to approach the palace, and those who violate it will be killed." ”

Zhang Zhen bowed his head to receive the order, and faced Zhou: "Zhou Guifei, please" Zhou lowered his head, couldn't see his expression clearly, and thought in his heart, the queen who is usually graceful and generous, and has a gentle temperament, behaved very differently tonight, so that she couldn't afford the slightest idea of resisting for a while, at this moment, she remembered that this queen, who tolerated herself everywhere, was the mother of a country. Even if she has won the emperor's favor, in the eyes of outsiders, her status is still different. At this moment, the situation did not allow her to delay in the slightest, so she could only bow her head and salute, and then leave.

After the queen gave the order, after they left, she turned to the imperial doctor and said, "How is Your Majesty?" ”

The imperial physician hurriedly knelt down, and his tone trembled, "Your Majesty, your breath is weak, your vitality has been broken, humble, lowly estimated, survive tonight... ”

When the queen heard this, she only felt dizzy, and the sky spun in an instant. He shouted softly: "Your Majesty,,," then calmed down, "I know, tonight, I will bother the Imperial Doctor to wait for Your Majesty here with me."

Outside the palace, the two personal palace maids of the noble concubine Zhou saw the master come out, and after saluting with the others, they quickly greeted them, one left and one right followed by Zhou's side, and Zhang Zhen, the commander of the golden armor, and the saber guard at the door gently ordered the order, and then followed the three of Zhou's family. When he was about to finish walking through the square at the entrance of the dormitory, Zhou suddenly turned around and said: "Commander Zhang, Your Majesty and the Empress need someone to guard them more than me, and I will go back alone for the rest of the way,"

Zhang Zhen didn't think twice: "The queen ordered the humble duty to send the concubine back to the palace, and the humble duty did not dare to violate it"

"Commander Zhang, the kindness of the queen's mother, the palace has it, to say a big disrespectful word, the queen mother is a woman no matter what, the more she encounters a big event, the more she needs a caring person to support her waist, can Commander Zhang bear to let his own sister bear the big things alone?"

Zhang Zhen remembered his sister's actions just now, tonight is destined to be very difficult, this woman is right, no matter what, she should stand by her sister's side. "In that case," he said, waving his hand, and two gun-wielding armourers appeared in the darkness. Zhang Zhen instructed the Jiashi: "You two escort Zhou Guifei back to the palace", and then turned to Zhou and said, "Then the humble post will be retired."

Seeing this scene, Zhou was shocked, it was really powerful. Seeing Zhang Zhen leaving, he didn't reply, turned around and left. Then while walking, he chatted with the maids around him about some household matters, and asked one of the maids: "I heard that your mother is seriously ill, why don't you go back to see it?" During this time, he also made two gestures, and the maid replied softly: "My mother is indeed sick, but the rules in the palace are strict, and she can't leave", Zhou said: "Your parents gave birth to you and raised you, you better go back and see." Today, the palace is in charge, and you will be given a few days off, so you can go back and clean up and go out of the palace. The goddess was grateful, bowed her head and retired, and then walked away quickly. The two armor soldiers met, although it was late at night, and this concubine was deeply favored by His Majesty, and she usually acted arrogantly and domineeringly, so she didn't dare to ask more questions at the moment, so she lowered her head and continued to escort.

The departing maid walked quickly to a eunuch's gatehouse, pushed the door in, changed her clothes, and then ran suddenly, extremely fast. At the gate of the palace, he showed a token to the guard, and the soldier immediately let him go. After she left the imperial city, she flew up and swept towards the newly built Liang Palace.

After entering through a secret door in King Liang's mansion, accompanied by an old housekeeper, he walked quickly to King Liang's bedroom, and the old housekeeper motioned for her to wait, then nodded with the guard at the door, pushed open the door and walked into the room.

After a while, the door was opened, and the newly promoted Liang King Zhou Rong appeared.

Zhou's original Yan Huang Wang clan, the ancestor with the founding emperor of Yan and Huang Xuanyuan Taiyi fought meritorious, won the marquis, and the fief was Liangzhou, which was close to the land of Yanhuang and Jinggi. In the last years of Yan and Huang, the river flooded, along both sides of the river, the fertile land houses were destroyed countless times, the victims were displaced, Zhou Rong opened the family granary, set up a porridge shed, gathered the displaced people, built houses, and for a while, the reputation was widespread. In the next three years, there was a drought in many parts of the country, mobs broke out, and the defenders were unable to quell the chaos. The northern barbarians and the southern wilderness were ready to move, so that the border armies in the north and south could not come back to help, so the rebels once entered the capital. Zhou Rong was ordered to open the Zhou treasury, recruit soldiers and horses, charge into battle, the rebels surrendered, and the state capitals that were put down by him sang praises.

The Yanhuang court in order to show its merits, named it the king of Liang, the emperor Xuanyuan Ming accepted his daughter Zhou as a concubine, and built a new Liang palace in the capital, saying "There is something in the world, I have the king of Liang, when sit back and relax, the world has nothing to do, the king of Liang is on the side, and ask for state affairs in the morning and evening." ”。

Five years later, Bashu and Tangzhou Taishou committed rebellion and established themselves as kings. The imperial court ordered the king of Liang to lead the army to the expedition.

But King Liang, who should be on the road to counterinsurgency, actually appeared in the capital?

When the maid saw Zhou Rong, the king of Liang, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and Zhou Rong waved her hand, "Go to the study to discuss matters." ”

When I entered the study, I found that Zhou Xian, the eldest son of King Liang, and Zhou Yun, the second son, were also there. The maid knelt on the ground and told King Liang what she saw today and what Zhou said as it was, and King Liang waved his hand thoughtfully, "Okay, this king knows, you go." The maid bowed her head and retired, and turned away with the old butler, who was always smiling.

King Liang took a sip of tea, "The sister and brother of the Zhang family are really good, Zhang Zhen has a good command of the army, and the Zhang family's Taoguang and obscure kung fu are also unfathomable. Speaking of this, he glanced at the two sons standing beside him, "It's a pity that the Zhang family is no longer the Zhang family of the past, and the generations have only been able to dance and write some ink, and their minds are all on the temple party struggle, hey, it's ridiculous." ”

The eldest prince Zhou Xian smiled knowingly: "Father, big things can be expected, Wang Maochun, the deputy commander of the Golden Armor Guard, is our person, and it is he who is in charge of the periphery of the palace tonight" He said and turned his head to look at his younger brother Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen nodded: "Father, Wang An led the troops to be secretly stationed thirty miles outside the city, a total of 50,000 people, in the city, we still have 3,000 cavalry, a total of 53,000 people, and the capital garrison commander Hong Tao has been controlled, tonight's capital, for our Zhou family, there is no defense." After saying that, he looked at his father with blazing eyes.

Zhou Rong, the king of Liang, after listening to the report of his two sons, pondered for a moment and slowly spoke: "What about Zhang Zhen?" What about Queen Zhang? What about Xuanyuan Ming's two daughters? After speaking, he looked at his two sons with narrow eyes: "What can be expected?" What's the big deal? Well? ”

Zhou Rong was fat and strong, his eyes were narrow, and his tone became cold at the moment: "The two of you, one of you will pass through the capital, and the other will lead the troops to fight with me, and you will work hard for the Zhou family, but you must remember that for the mountain, you will fall short." This kind of matter is related to life and death, related to the thousand-year-old inheritance of the Zhou family, related to the world, and related to the history books. In the end, Zhou Rong's tone was stern, "Let me tell you, my Zhou family has been inherited for more than 1,000 years, the same age as the country, and for 1,500 years, so many clans have been strong, ups and downs, only my Zhou family has endured, do you know why?" ”

The two sons who were stared at by him, the eldest son Zhou Xian, bowed their heads and were silent, thoughtful. The second son, Zhou Wenxing, held his head high, "The Zhou family group training: everything is small, inheritance first!" ”

Zhou Rong was noncommittal and waved his hand: "Let's do it according to the plan." ”

Zhou Xian was puzzled: "What about the Zhang brothers and sisters and the two princesses? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, go ahead"

Seeing his two sons leaving, Zhou Rong exhaled a breath of turbidity and said to the door, "Come in." ”

Zhou Feng, the old housekeeper of the Zhou family, bowed his head and walked in, standing solemnly aside, "Lord Wang." ”

Looking at this old man with an old face and a gray beard, Zhou Rong's face was gentle: "The Zhang sisters and brothers and those two princesses are bothered by Uncle Feng." ”

"Lord Wang, please rest assured" After speaking, he bowed and retired.

"Uncle Feng?"

"What else does the prince command?"

"If there are no outsiders in the future, Uncle Feng doesn't have to be formal." Zhou Rong paused, "The two boys don't know the height of the sky, and they are disrespectful to Uncle Feng on weekdays, so don't take Uncle Feng to heart."

"Yes, the prince" The old housekeeper is still respectful, "The two sons are both dragons and phoenixes, and his days will be unlimited." I'm still young, straighter, and there's no big deal. ”

"Then, thank you, Uncle Feng."

Zhou Feng said goodbye and left.

Zhou Rong sat for a while, got up, and opened the door.

In the capital tonight, many people are destined to stay awake all night? Sleepless nights?

Yanhuang Jingcheng, south of the heart of the world, Liangzhou, Weizhou, north of Xianzhou, and then up is the Northern Han and Wu three continents.

Xuanyuan Ming, the last emperor of Yan and Huang, reigned for the thirteenth year and the winter of the last year, on the eighth day of the lunar month, in the early morning, bad news came from the palace.

"Emperor Xuanyuan Ming died." Before the civil and military officials and the people of the world had time to cry bitterly, there were rumors that "the Empress Zhang and the palace guard commander Zhang Zhen actually kidnapped Zhou Rong, the king of Liang, who had returned to Beijing after hearing the news, intending to tamper with the edict and plot a palace change."

Zhou Xian, the eldest son of the Liang king, did not hesitate to risk his own life, single-handedly persuaded Zhou Maochun, the deputy commander of the golden armor guard, to defect and kill the rebel leader Zhang Zhen in the chaos, while the second son, Zhou Wen, led the Liang army to cut off the rebels who were defending the city arranged by the Zhang family sisters and brothers in the capital. The two brothers worked together to save King Liang from danger.

It is a pity that the ambitious former queen Zhang, who held two young princesses hostage, was rescued by a Zhang family eagle dog who was said to have been lurking in the palace for many years, and her whereabouts are unknown. ”

There are many rumors, I don't know whether it's true or not, but firstly, the court did not explain this, secondly, the Zhang family history is very high, the Zhang family is arrogant and untamed, and there are many enemies in the government and the opposition, and secondly, it is not enough for the Zhang family's concubine to be the queen, even the golden armor guard in charge of the palace guard is also controlled by the Zhang family, people think about it, and feel that it is not surprising that such an ambitious woman has come out.

Correspondingly, King Liang, who has worked hard for the world, worked tirelessly, just prepared to go south to lead the troops to quell the chaos, and hurriedly returned to the palace, not wanting to encounter a palace change. Fortunately, the Zhou family was heroic and did not let the rebellious ministers and thieves succeed.

In the record of this historical change known as Laba Palace. Regarding the whereabouts of the Zhang family and a pair of princesses later, the records of later generations are confusing, and various versions are unknown. Some say that they were in the rivers and lakes and died depressed, some say that they actually died in the palace mutiny, but it was just about the prestige of the royal family, and there was no public announcement, and some said that they were sent by the Han King in the Northeast to find them, and there are even more exaggerated claims that they have seen two princesses in the three states of the Wu clan in the northwest. In short, there are different opinions, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

Before the people of the world woke up from these national events, rebellions occurred one after another.

After Bashu and Tangzhou, the three continents of Wei, Lu, and Qi bordering Liangzhou, Wu, Yue, and the two states of the old southern wilderness were successively called kings, plus the Wu clan in the northwest and the Han king in the northeast, the Yanhuang Dynasty, which was originally complete and peaceful, and had been inherited for 1,500 years, finally came to an end.

Like a page of notes gently turned by the giants of history, and then the heavy wheel of history rolls forward, no one knows where the wheel is going to go, when it will stop, only that it is still slow, ruthless, and indomitable to crush the old mountains and rivers.