Chapter 111: The Assassin in the Palace (Part II)
Concubine Song's face was so faceless that she couldn't speak. It turned out that Concubine Song was gentle and frugal, and she was favored by the Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager Ma gave it to Emperor Zhang, fearing that others would be selfish, so she gave Concubine Liang as a "head" and sent it together. Everyone in the palace knew about this matter, and Concubine Liang also felt that her face was gloomy, so she had a grudge against Concubine Song. This time, he heard that Emperor Zhang wanted to establish Qing as the crown prince, and he was even more indignant, and threatened: "The emperor's eldest son Qing is not a son-in-law, and he is not as smart as my son, why can he be established as the prince, but my son can't?" When these words reached Concubine Song's ears, she didn't care about it, but laughed it off.
Geng Gong saw that Concubine Song was silent, pointed to the white gas outside the hall, and said: "Niangniang, the ancient saying 'white rainbow' is born, and the assassin is up, this word has been tried and tested repeatedly, in the past, Jing Ke assassinated Qin, and above the Qin Palace, there was this rainbow." Qing will be established as the prince, and he will be the son of heaven in the future, and the son of heaven is the co-lord of the world. ”
When Concubine Song heard this, she stood up and said softly: "Sister, we don't avoid it, even if we are assassinated, it is not a pity to die, do we want to let the prince Qing and Zhao also take this risk?" Concubine Liang was silent, got up and followed Concubine Song, took Qing and Zhao, and walked out of Shuhua Palace, and glared at Geng Gong fiercely when she left.
As soon as Concubine Song and Concubine Liang left, Shuhua Palace was empty, and Geng Gong secretly thought: "If there are assassins, there must not be many, I will lie in the palace alone, just wait for the assassins, if you notify the Tiger Camp, you will not be startled!" Then he hid in the palace and did not move. At this time, the sky is getting dark, the lights in the palace are on, the lights are extinguished, the shadows are sufficient, and the scenery is beautiful. Suddenly, for some reason, a north wind rolled up, whirring, the curtain flew, and on a midsummer night, a chill suddenly appeared.
Geng Gong crouched in the dark, holding his breath. At this time, hearing a slight sound of footsteps, Geng Gong's heart jumped suddenly, the blood in his whole body boiled, and when he raised his eyes, a black shadow, like a ghost, rushed in. Geng Gong was shocked: "This person is extraordinary!" It seems that the matter of 'White Rainbow' is indeed a thing! Geng Gong flashed out, and then chased after him! The black shadow was familiar with the road, straight into the dormitory, who expected the praying mantis to catch cicadas, the yellow finch was behind, Geng Gong stepped a little, rushed over, a knife obliquely split, the black shadow was startled, hurriedly dodged, fortunately he reacted quickly, light and extraordinary, sticking to the blade, Rao is so, and his clothes were also cut.
Geng Gong said coldly: "What a bold man, he dares to assassinate Shuhua Palace, he is simply impatient!" ”
The black shadow was stunned for a moment, knowing that the assassination plan had been discovered, and he didn't answer, with a wave of his sword, his body shook, and he fled after taking the road. His steps were fast, but he didn't expect Geng Gong to be faster, and he instantly blocked in front of him, and the black shadow was shocked: "This person is so good, it doesn't seem to be under me." "I was not convinced, and I changed directions, as fast as lightning. However, no matter how fast it is, Geng Gong is like a wall, blocked in front of him! He couldn't help but be horrified, his hands trembled, and he couldn't hold the sword anymore.
Geng Gong sighed and said, "Your Excellency has all the skills, you don't need to be on the right path, so why should you be an assassin?" The black shadow didn't say a word, he almost despaired! Geng Gong said again: "Put down the sword and tell me, who sent you to assassinate Concubine Song and Concubine Liang?" I'll keep you from dying! ”
The shadow's chest heaved violently, and his breathing became heavy. The night was permeated, the leaves fell silently, Geng Gong watched quietly, and did not attack. Suddenly, there was a "bang", and the black shadow fell headlong. Geng Gong was startled, afraid of falling for the trick of the black shadow, so he hurriedly took a step back, his eyes widened, and he stared at it. The black shadow remained motionless, and blood seemed to be flowing from beneath him. Geng Gong hurriedly lit the candle, and when he got closer, the black shadow was dead!
Geng Gong's heart moved, and he tore off the black shadow and masked, but he was a rather handsome young man. Geng Gong sighed, opened his mouth and looked, the inside of his mouth was black, smelly, and he couldn't help but suddenly realize that the black shadow's mouth had always contained poison, and he couldn't escape, and he refused to reveal the secret, so he had to bite open the poison and commit suicide.
The next day, the imperial physician of the Shaofu Imperial Medical Bureau ordered Zhang Hangju to be blocked by a sword and died tragically at home. It turned out that when the Queen Mother was seriously ill, the imperial doctor Zhang Hangju was on duty and served all morning, but the maid was present and had no idea what to do. In the afternoon, the maid changed shifts, and there was a vacancy, and the eunuch came over with medicine, and Zhang Hangju was overjoyed, and took the opportunity to add a blind Chinese medicine to it. This flavor of traditional Chinese medicine itself is non-toxic, after adding, it causes the queen mother to accumulate thick phlegm, cough aggravates, and is naturally critically ill. Zhang Hangju got what he wanted and moved to the Imperial Medical Bureau. Empress Dou wanted to kill people and kill her mouth, so she sent assassins, first killing Zhang Hangju, and then killing Song, Liang's second concubine and the prince. Later, Empress Dou learned from Emperor Zhang that Geng Gong knew 'Bai Hong' and detected the killing machine, and single-handedly killed the assassin, she couldn't help but be shocked, and thought: "At the beginning, Dou Xian said that Geng Gong was both wise and brave, and should not be underestimated, but I didn't listen to it, and took it lightly, it seems that if you want to kill Song and Liang, you must get rid of Geng Gong together!" ”
The night is as deep as the sea, and the sky is endless. The General's Palace, standing majestically, is far away from the Imperial Palace. In the study, Dou Gu brushed his beard in one hand and held a book in the other, reading with relish. Suddenly, a person broke in, Dou Gu was angry, when he was reading, he didn't like to be disturbed, so he glared, the person under the lamp was Ma Fang, Dou Gu put down his displeasure, and said: "General Ma, it's not worth staying in the army in the middle of the night, if you lose something, what can you do?" Ma Fang was appointed as the deputy general of the Northern Army, and Dou Gu has always been obsessed.
Ma Fang lowered his head and said: "The two armies of the south and the north are the old departments of the general, and in the early years, they followed the general to the east and west, with strict discipline, brave in battle, loyal to the general, and will not lose." The lowly position is the deputy general, the person is lowly and the position is light, everything is only the head of the general! ”
Hearing this, Dou Gu laughed slightly, "snorted", and said, "You came here, what's the matter?" ”
"General, the emperor will make the emperor's eldest son Qing the crown prince!"
"Ben Jiang knew that Qing Nian was only a few years old, and he was not a son-in-law, why could he establish a prince? If the queen gives birth to a child, how can she distinguish it? A hundred years after the emperor, the two sons are fighting, won't it endanger the Han family? ”
Ma Fang smiled: "The general is reasonable, and I am also worried." But when the queen mother collapsed, she made a will, and the emperor has always been filial piety, and it may be difficult to change it. For the sake of the general, wouldn't it be better to follow the emperor's wishes and take the opportunity to seek his own life? ”
Dou Gu snorted and said, "I will be powerful in the world, what else do I want to do?" Ma Fang was not in a hurry, and said: "When the autumn shooting, the general's fame has fallen into the universe, and everyone knows about it!" It's just ......," he deliberately kept silent.
Dou Gu's pupils contracted, he wanted to use the autumn shot to show his might, but it backfired, he was disgraced, when he beat the drum, he also suffered a back injury, and lay in the house for a few days, only to see that he got better, but Emperor Zhang's prestige was greatly enhanced, and Dou Gu hated it. He said, "Just what? ”
"I heard that when Emperor Wu, Wei Qing was the great Sima, the general, and the minister, he broke the Huns, and he should be rewarded, but the Han family has no bigger officials to reward him, so he had to add the "Jiuxi"! ”