On the ninth day of June in the fourteenth year of Jinghan, Bianliang City was an ordinary and busy day.

The weather was sunny.

For many high-ranking officials of the Wu Dynasty, it was only a month since the death of the former right minister Qin Siyuan, which was also an important and special day. After the political strife and rift in the early days, on this day, the basic structure of the political situation in the Wu Dynasty for the next period of time has been determined, and the appointment and transfer of many officials, as well as the clarification of responsibility for the Yellow River defense line and the resistance to the Jurchen issue, will be determined on this day.

In a sense, this is a feast of victory for officials to share the fruits of victory. Although they were defeated in the battle with the Jurchens, at least in another war, many people were victorious.

The beginning of the early dynasty was the fifth watch, and the officials who were preparing to go to the court often went out on the third watch day and went to Miyagi. In the early days of the Wu Dynasty, the frequency was uncertain, generally every five days, but recently there were too many things, in order to better organize the fight against the Jurchens, the frequency became two days or even one day, and some officials complained bitterly, but today, not many people have such emotions.

Ning Yi got up after the hour, and after slowly punching in the courtyard, he took a bath and changed his clothes, ate some porridge and rice, and sat quietly for a while, and someone came over to tell him to go out. The carriage drove past the quiet street market in the early morning, and also drove past the mansion of the former right minister, and only stopped when it was about to approach the road of the palace gate, and Ning Yi got out of the car. It was Zhu Biao who was driving, and he stopped talking, but Ning Yi's expression was calm, he patted him on the shoulder, and turned around and walked towards Miyagi in the distance.

Under the imperial city, many officials, large and small, have gathered. After Ning Yi arrived, he stood far away on the side of the road where no one paid attention, and after a while, Tong Guan also came, and Cai Jing also came. Wang Hao, Li Yan, Zhang Bangchang, Li Gang, Qin Hui, Gao Yu, Tang Ke, Wu Min...... And so on, and so on, also came one after another, gathering in different places outside Miyagi.

People all have circles, but of course, not one party and one faction stand together. First of all, of course, is the status, Cai Jingtong Guan is the two giants in the court, because the fields are different, there is less friction, and they get along quite well, and even if they don't get along well, after meeting, they will get together hahahaha. Flatter each other or respond to each other.

The people in the Yushitai are relatively single, they don't want to form a party, even if they stand together, they are often separated by a distance, and they don't like a large group of people to talk together, at most between two and two, talking to each other, with solemn expressions. The second is the clear stream. They may not be in a high position, but they are determined. Only those who stand firmly in line will be appreciated by the top. Confucianism is often long-sleeved and good at dancing. The literati are bone-like, round on the outside and square on the inside, but they are not afraid of what people say.

There are a few young officials or young generals with lower status, who have been brought in, or children and nephews of large families, or new potential stocks. In the warm yellow light of the lantern, he was led around to recognize people and say hello. Ning Yi stood beside him, alone, and walked past him. The first person to greet him was Tan Zhen.

"Here we are."

He looked ahead and said coldly.

"Yes."

Ning Yi replied.

Then Tan Zhi walked over, and he was also accompanied by a general, with a fierce face, Ning Yi knew that the general's name was Shi Yuanmeng, and he was a high-profile young military general under Tan Zhi.

Today they will all see each other for the last time.

"Here we are."

Another voice rang out, this time much softer, but with a feeling of exhaustion. It was Tang Ke, who had quietly leaned over after greeting several officials. Although as the main peace faction, there have been a lot of conflicts and disagreements with Qin Siyuan, but in private, the two are still friends who cherish each other, even if the paths are different, during the period when Qin Siyuan was deposed and imprisoned, he still did a lot of running for Qin Siyuan's affairs.

After Qin Siyuan was sentenced to exile in Lingnan, he was originally assassinated to be assigned to Salmon Island to fill the army, and Qin Shaoqian, who was on the other side of Qin Siyuantian from then on, was also sentenced to Lingnan because of his activities.

Even though the two are in different places in Lingnan, at least the distance between them is much shorter, and they can't get together if they operate in private.

It's a pity that these efforts are meaningless.

"Yes."

Ning Yi also replied.

"Don't overthink today's events." Tang Ke said, "Lao Qin is gone, you do things well, don't let him down." ”

"Yes."

After Qin Siyuan went, many things, including the black materials that were given to Tong Guan to save his life, were left to Ning Yi. Tang Ke did not complain about him because of this, and probably to some extent, regarded Ning Yi as the person who inherited the mantle for Qin Siyuan.

After a while, Tong Guan also seemed to come here unintentionally in the gap between talking to people, and looked at him a few times: "What I told you two days earlier, have you remembered?" ”

"Remembered."

"Okay." He nodded, "Good job." ”

He didn't wave his hand to call Ning Yi over, and took the initiative to take the time to come over, not to be condescending, but to minimize the impact. But being able to show such a style still attracted a lot of attention for Ning Yi. There were also people in the crowd that Ning Yi was familiar with, such as Li Gang, the white-haired and upright old man who looked at him from a distance and didn't look at him anymore.

First, Li Gang's phase has begun to be hollowed out, and secondly, when Qin Siyuan had an accident, Li Gang may think that the Qin family has fallen, and the remaining forces should be attached to him to help him achieve great things.

Some officials, big and small, noticed Ning Yi, so they also discussed a few words, some said: "That is the ...... left by the Qin family" and then said a few words about Ning Yi's general situation, right or wrong, and then, most of the others knew the situation, a businessman, was called to the Golden Palace, but also to calm down the influence of the right phase, and made a period, which has little to do with his own situation. Some people had dealings with Ning Yi before, and when they saw that he was not surprised at this time, they stopped caring about him.

On the fifth watch, the Xihua Gate opened, and everyone entered the palace. Behind the Xihua Gate is the right Chengtian Gate, after the right Chengtian Gate, it is the long palace wall and the road, and there are Jiying Gate, Huangyi Gate, and Vertical Arch Gate on the side in turn, and then the Zichen Gate that this court will enter. Here are two more doors. Ning Yi and others underwent a total of three body searches. Everyone stood in the square in front of the Zichen Palace, and then. The adults entered in turn.

Ning Yi and the others, a total of seven people, stayed at the corridor at the far corner of the square outside, waiting for the announcement inside.

At this time, half of the fifth watch day has passed, and the discussion inside has begun, and the morning breeze is blowing, slightly cool. The Wu Dynasty's control over officials was not strict. A few of them came out of the big family, and they talked to each other, and the guards and eunuchs nearby didn't take it seriously. Someone looked at Ning Yi, who had been silent standing there, with a look of disgust on his face.

It was an honor for them to be summoned by the emperor at the last moment, either because of relationship or merit, but there was such a person mixed in, and their quality was suddenly lowered.

Ning Yi raised his head. The sky has appeared a slight fish belly white, white clouds like flocculents, and the early morning birds fly across the sky.

As the people who control a country, they get up earlier than the people who are controlled, but at this time, the cities outside should have gradually become lively.

On the ninth day of June in the fourteenth year of Jinghan, Bianliang City. The last day of the Jinghan Dynasty.

The weather was sunny.

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Iron Aquila led his catchers and ran through the early morning field. He used the clues to go to the home of an informant that Zong Feixiao had arranged.

When it had passed, it was already daylight, and the house had been empty for several days, and no one was there. Aquila kicked the door open and looked at the dust. Then he said, "Search." ”

Not long after, one of the catchers who had climbed over the wall and cabinet quickly found something, took it and handed it to Tie Tianying, who looked at it, and his face changed suddenly. Then the Iron Rider followed, galloping out.

Chenshi.

The Wurui camp was exercising in the morning, and Li Bingwen took a few personal soldiers to go over from the front of the school field, and saw the Luliang people who were in contact not far away, but Han Jing, who was familiar with him, put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky. Li Bingwen also smiled and looked at it a few times with his hands behind his back: "Brother Han, what are you looking at?" ”

Han Jing turned his head and smiled at him.

Li Bingwen also laughed.

"Hey, by the way, where is the master of Lu Zhai?"

"There's something wrong with her."

"Oh, haha."

Li Bingwen just didn't have anything to say, so he didn't care.

Bianliang City.

Lu Hongti took two entourages and walked into the palace gate.

The early dynasty was still carried out in the Zichen Palace, and after entering the imperial city, the eunuch in the palace sent the female official to her weapon, searched her body again, and then took her to wait near the imperial study, and several masters were specially arranged around to guard.

The sunlight poured down from outside the room, and the nearby palaces seemed quiet, and the palace maids served refreshments. Hongti sat there quietly, her eyes closed, and the guards outside the door occasionally glanced at her, gauging her color.

Outside Miyagi, a girl named Watermelon stood on the roof of the building, looking up and swallowing the morning air.

This is the capital ......

Daddy...... Anglican Uncle...... Seventh Uncle...... Aunt Baihua...... And all the brothers who died...... Did you see that......

Pedestrians come and go on all sides of the street, lively and peaceful, not far away, is the majestic palace wall.

……

After the death of Qin Siyuan and Qin Shaoqian, the cemetery of the two was placed on the outskirts of Bianliang City.

The sun was already very high, and the cavalry of the Iron Sky Eagle rushed to this side, panting, he looked at Qin Shaoqian's tombstone, stretched out his finger and pointed, and said, "Dig it." ”

The group of catchers were slightly stunned, and then went up to start digging the grave, they did not bring tools, the speed was not fast, one catcher rode to a nearby village, and found two hoes. Soon after, the grave was dug open, and the coffin was lifted, and when it was opened, the stench of corpses filled the sky, and the corpses that had been buried for a month had already rotted and deformed and even maggots.

Tie Tianying's hands trembled, he knew that he had found Ning Yi's weakness, and he could do it. The note in his hand read, "Qin Shaoqian is suspected of not being dead", but the dead body in the coffin has been seriously decomposed, he forcibly went over and looked at it a few times, according to Ning Yi's side, Qin Shaoqian's head was once cut off, and then stitched up, at that time, everyone's examination of the corpse could not be too detailed, at first glance, it was indeed Qin Shaoqian, and it was determined that it was true.

At this time, the clues were already available, but it was difficult to testify with the corpse, so he covered his mouth and nose and looked at it a few times, and said: "I cut my clothes, cut off my whole body clothes." The two catchers came up and did it.

Nothing could be seen from the decomposing corpse, but then, Iron Aquila noticed something, and he grabbed the stick in the hand of a duke, and pushed away the two legs of the corpse's decomposing and deformed......

……

In the Zichen Palace. The promotion and appointment arrangements of an official were being read out aloud by Du Chengxi, and even in the square outside, he could hear about it. A tall eunuch came over this way - the Wu Dynasty had Tong Guan leading the troops, and there were also several chief eunuchs who had done great things, therefore. It is not strange that there are such tall eunuchs in the palace. It's just that when he came over, the nearby forbidden army stopped him slightly.

"Father-in-law, what's the matter?"

"Boss Du is waiting for the emperor inside, and after a while, these people will go in, they are all going to court for the first time, Boss Du is not at ease, he is afraid that there will be a moth, so he took the time to let our family take a look. How well these people practiced their manners. We still have something to do, ask a question, and let's go. ”

The guard nodded, and the father-in-law came over and whispered to the seven people in front of him. His voice was not high, and after asking, he asked people to do the etiquette roughly, and he waved his hand. Just when asked the fourth person. The man did something that was not standard, and the father-in-law was angry: "You come here, you come here!" ”

He pulled the man aside. But it happened to be where the guard could see it with his head turned his head, so he asked the man to do it twice, and then corrected it himself. The man was so anxious that his face was red, and the guards looked at him twice, don't look over, he was on duty in the palace. There's no need to point and look at people to make a fool of themselves.

Waiting for the father-in-law to have something to do, he couldn't see that there was a problem, this person did it a few times and was fine, before he was let go and passed for a while. When he asked the last man, he had made a slight mistake. Father-in-law Hou called the man out and reprimanded him.

Most of the other six people looked at this person with mocking faces, and when Father-in-law Hou saw that he was not standard, he knelt on the ground and demonstrated it himself, and then glared at him, and glanced at everyone, everyone hurriedly turned their heads, and the guard smiled, and didn't look away.

……

Outside Bianliang City, in front of Qin Shaoqian's tombstone, Tie Tianying looked at the rotting corpse in the coffin. He used a wooden root to separate the corpse's legs.

"This ...... Is it a eunuch? ”

He stood there for a while, his body was originally hot, but now it gradually became cold......

What does he want to do......

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth and boiled—

To the west of Bianliang, near Wansheng Gate, Du Kill walked out of the inn with a long knife on his back, and more and more people were walking into the crowd from nearby at this time, heading towards the city gate......

The inner city, not far from the beam gate. Zhu Biao sat in the Zhuji shop, which had been closed for a long time, closed his eyes and recuperated, his spear lying on his lap, Chen Huozi and the others were standing or sitting, mostly quiet. In the courtyard, someone was carrying a few boxes in and placing them in the closed window on the first floor. This quiet and busy atmosphere reflects the prosperity of the city gate outside.

At a certain moment, Zhu Biao carried a spear on his back and pushed the door out.

The tip of the gun is bloodthirsty.

The bluebird has arrived, and the sun is pouring into the city.

……

In the Zichen Hall of the Imperial Palace, the holy decree was announced, and after a speech and thanking the lord Longen, seven people were announced inside. Ning Yi walked on the side, his steps were simple, and his face was calm. After entering the gate, the Zichen Hall was solemn and spacious, and many ministers stood on both sides. Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Li Gang, Qin Hui, who had just been promoted to the right minister, Young Master Wang Hao, Tan Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zheng Sinan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Tang Ke, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Daozhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Bangchang, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Liu Juyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry...... In addition, there are many high-ranking officials such as Gao Yu, Cai You, Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong, etc., each of whom is solemn.

The smoke of sandalwood curls, and above the front, it is now the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, the Son of Heaven Zhou Zhe. These people are the top of the pyramid of the Wu Dynasty.

The seven of them knelt in unison not far from the door.

After the decree was issued, it was already at the end at this time, and except for the upper line of the people who came in, not many people cared about the seven little things that came in at this time. Everyone chewed the joy in their hearts, and they also thought about their own careers to carry on the past and forge ahead, this time, Qin Hui was the happiest, he occasionally glanced at Li Gang not far away, at this time, the position of Zuo Xiang could not be long. Yan Daozhang was promoted to the Ministry of Officials and took a great advantage, also because he was a thug under Cai Jing, so it was his turn this time.

But except for Yan Daozhang, Cai Jing's family suffered a loss in this wrestling, but it doesn't matter, his strength is already too great, the emperor doesn't like it, and to suffer a loss is to take advantage. Tong Guan has obtained the greatest benefit of participating in the Yellow River defense line, and at this time, he is still digesting all the results in his heart, and with these, his next plan can be implemented well.

Zhou Zhe stood up in front of him, his voice slow, steady, and deep.

"I, since the time of my succession. Wanting to seek the revitalization of the Wu Dynasty and the peace of the country, along the way, trembling and walking on thin ice. I understand the difficulties of a country. You may not understand that I can give you honor and power, so that you can do things for this family and country. But along the way, there are always huge pests of cockroaches, damaging my foundation, there is Wang Gaojin in the front, Lu Zhiping in the front, and Qin Siyuan in the back! ”

What he said from his mouth. are the names of several prime ministers who were convicted after ascending the throne. Now it is time to make a conclusion and close the coffin, and since he has begun to speak, it is impossible to stop for a while. Seven people knelt below, and everyone stood, listening quietly.

Zhou Zhe said: "In a battle with the Jurchen, in a hurry, the Jurchen is strong. But my Wu Dynasty also has loyal ministers and righteous people, who succeed each other. This is where I am grateful, and this is where my heart aches! If you and I really do our best, do we really need so much blood shed by loyal ministers and righteous men to defend the city? I am the king, and you are the official. These truths must be pondered! After the Jurchen goes, Qin Siyuan subdues, he deserves it, but you-"

His words were generous and indignant. At this moment, everyone heard a voice sound, which was a hallucination.

That's someone sighing.

"Hey, Zhou Zhe ......"

Among the few people who knelt down, Shi Yuanmeng felt that he had a delusion, because he felt that the businessman next to him actually stood up—how could it be.

Zhou Zhe also saw Ning Yi stand up - he didn't realize the identity of the figure yet, and even felt a little strange about the scene in front of him, on top of this golden palace, someone dared to stand up when he knelt down? Is it wrong...... But that's their first face.

There will be no next time.

In the majestic Zichen Palace, for the first time in hundreds of years, there was a loud bang, which was deafening. The fire flashed, everyone didn't know what was going on, on the golden steps, the emperor's body sat crookedly on the dragon chair in the next moment, the smoke and dust of sandalwood dissipated, he looked ahead in disbelief, looked at his legs, there was something penetrating there, dense, blood seemed to be oozing out, what the hell is going on!

Ning Yi's steps had already passed through the crowd, his eyes were calm as if he was doing a job that had been practiced ten million times, and in front of him, Tong Guan, who had a high status as a martial artist, was the first to react, and he shouted: "Shaft!" The big fist of the vinegar bowl swung up against Ning Yi's face.

He was half a horse in the army, stained with countless blood, although he was old at this time, but Yu Wei was still there, and what came up in front of him was just a businessman who groveled in front of him on weekdays. However, at this moment, in the eyes of the young scholar, there was no fear or evasion, not even contempt and other expressions, the figure seemed to be slow and fast, Tong Guanhao's fist burst out, and the other party took it with one hand and slapped it out.

The slap slammed into Tong Guan's face, and the five commanders smashed it, sinking like a discus, and the king with a different surname who recovered Yanyun and shocked the world was buzzing in his head.

Tong Guan's body flew in the air for a moment, his head slammed on the golden steps, blood splashed, and Ning Yi had already stepped on the golden steps, leaving him behind......

time, pushed to the rear.

A little earlier, the school field of the Wurui camp.

Before the morning exercise stopped, Li Bingwen led his guards back to the front of the army, and soon after, he saw that the Luliang people were pulling the war horses over and distributing them to their people, and some of them had already begun to get on their horses. Li Bingwen wanted to go over and ask something, but more hooves sounded, and there was the sound of iron pieces on the armor colliding.

The heavy cavalry, known as the "Iron Floating Massacre", lined up in two columns and came from different directions, and the most front was Han Jing.

Li Bingwen subconsciously waved his hand, summoned the nearby soldiers, and also put the other soldiers of the Wurui battalion on guard: "Brother Han, what are you going to do!" ”

Han Jing didn't answer, only the heavy cavalry continued to press over. Dozens of soldiers retreated to the vicinity of Li Bingwen, and the rest of the soldiers of the Wurui battalion either looked at all this in confusion or abruptly.

"Push!" Only cold words came out.

The heavy cavalry's push order, that is, the formation of the charge to kill.

People who still had some friendships in the past faced each other.

The sun was rising, and the heavy cavalry pushed back and forth twice in front of tens of thousands of people in front of the school field, and blood was also flowing out in some other places.

Then Han Jing rode his horse and stepped on the high platform in front of the school field, below, Li Bingwen and all his personal soldiers had turned into corpses, and the Luliang cavalry was already lined up nearby, ready to go!

"Wait until you see it! After the battle of Xia Village, everyone in the court and China acted perversely, and the Jurchens came again, and the Wu Dynasty would die! We are no longer with you! But there is no way for the king, and the people will raise the army to fight it-" Han Jing's voice sounded, "Lu Liang is raising troops today, not for the side of the Qing monarch, but for the killing of the faint king, hanging the corpse at the head of the city!" And after today......"

On the school ground, the voice was like thunder: "After today, my generation will rebel!" Wait for the country to perish—"

Murderous aura, rising to the sky - (To be continued......

PS: I won't say anything......