Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Clouds Have Passed and Everyone Looks
Er Zhuzhao saw that Er Zhuyan was stimulated and fainted, so he immediately held her up. Seeing this, Gao Huan went straight to the seat and took a glass of water and handed it to Er Zhuzhao, Er Zhuzhao held Er Zhuyan's forehead with one hand, and dipped a few drops of water in one hand to Er Zhuyan's face, and Er Zhuyan, who was stimulated by the cold water, slowly woke up.
When she slowly opened her eyes, she saw a group of people surrounding her, everyone had a contemplative and cold look on their faces, Er Zhuyan grabbed Er Zhu Zhao in a panic, and Er Zhu Zhao knew what she was going to say. He reached out to catch Er Zhuyan's flustered fingers and grabbed her tightly. "Ah Zhao, what you just said is not true, are you lying to me?"
"Yan'er, it's true, uncle he was killed in Beijing, and Bodhi, he is no longer there. The entourage escorted Uncle Mu all the way to Jizhou in two days, and we will meet Uncle Mu here then" After Er Zhuzhao finished speaking, he helplessly pulled Er Zhuyan to sit up, he put his hands on Er Zhuyan's shoulders, and could see that Er Zhuyan was now full of decadence.
He squeezed Zhu Yan's shoulder, signaling her to be strong no matter what. "Yan'er, I know you can't accept the news of your uncle's death for a while, but you have to cheer up, do you hear it, your aunt is still waiting for you at home"
Hearing the news of Yeyana, Er Zhuyan's face was like ashes, and a little bit of complexion slowly appeared. "A-Niang, by the way, and A-Niang" After speaking, Er Zhuyan got up from the ground with a roll, and seemed to think of something to grab Er Zhuyan and said eagerly, "Taiyuan is too close to Luoyang, after Abba was killed in Luoyang, Taiyuan is in danger, I want to go back to Taiyuan, A-Niang is in danger" said, Er Zhuyan was about to get up.
Seeing this, Erzhu Zhao stopped him, "Yan'er, wake up, now Taiyuan is more dangerous than Luoyang, the emperor can order the killing of my Erzhu clan, how can he open up to the Taiyuan Mansion." I thought about it, you go back now, it won't help, I have already sent someone to Taiyuan to pick up my aunt, don't worry"
"Then I can't watch A-Niang in danger and see death without help, in the whole Taiyuan, in addition to A-Niang, Ajuan is also at home, A-Zhao, I have to go back, I have to go back" said, Er Zhuyan was about to get up. At this time, a small soldier sent an urgent letter thousands of miles away.
"Report~~~~" Before the words fell, the soldiers had already rushed into the camp
"What's the matter?" asked Er Zhuzhao with an anxious face
"General Qiqi, the king of Changle County has moved his wife to a safe place, please send troops to assist the king of Changle County to evacuate immediately" After speaking, the little soldier handed the letter to Er Zhuzhao. Er Zhuzhao took the letter and looked at it unhurriedly, and then handed the letter to Er Zhuyan.
"Yan'er, look, Uncle has already taken the aunt out"
Er Zhuyan took the letter and read it, then quickly wiped away her tears, then analyzed the current form, and then looked at Er Zhuzhao with a serious face, "A-Niang, Ajuan, I will definitely find a way to find you"
"Mu Qing, what are you going to do" Seeing this, Yu Wentai hugged Er Zhuyan, who picked up the long sword, for fear that she would do something stupid. Seeing this, Er Zhuyan patted Yuwentai's shoulder and said, "Atai, you let go of me, I just want to find A-Niang"
Yuwentai looked at Er Zhuyan with a serious face and said, "If you want to go, you can take Kurose with you."
"Okay," Er Zhuyan nodded.
"Emperor Zhuang can poison his uncle in the imperial city like the Ten Standing Servants, I think he must have made all the preparations, so we must be careful on this trip. As we all know, the government and the opposition are afraid of their uncle, but now that my uncle is gone, the emperor has no threat, I believe that the emperor will soon be summoned, and we will all become thieves at that time, and the Erzhu family will naturally unite, and now this contest between us and the emperor has just begun. After saying that, Erzhu Zhao looked at the crowd and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”
Gao Huan, Hou Jing and others all replied: "Don't be afraid"
"Don't be afraid"
"Don't be afraid"
Seeing this, Er Zhu Zhao already had the answer in his heart, that is, to smash Huanglong and take the army under his command to Luoyang, what he had to do was to make Luoyang chaotic, and then follow Dong Zhuo's example and set up a new emperor. However, there are more important things now, what should Er Zhuyan do, although Er Zhuyan is not his own sister of his mother, but he has always treated Er Zhuyan as his own sister, and now, the matter of the uprising has not yet been settled, so it is natural to choose a suitable place for Er Zhuyan.
Since the death of Erzhu Rong, the Erzhu family entrenched in various parts of the Northern Wei Dynasty began to riot one after another, Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Zhongyuan, Erzhu Shilong, and Erzhu Dulu successively thought about how to lead the Erzhu family to restore its former prosperity, but whether there was anyone willing to retreat, they all thought about how to rush forward and maximize the profits they could get.
Emperor Xiaozhuang originally thought that he knew to kill Erzhurong, and then find a way to conquer the rest of the Erzhu generals one by one, so that the Great Wei regime could return to his hands, but he didn't know that all the prosperity of Erzhu was brought about by Erzhurong, the invincible god of war. The Erzhu clan has experienced a hundred battles, and everyone is afraid of death, but they have never been afraid of death. With the soldiers under Emperor Xiaozhuang, they could not compete with the soldiers of the Erzhu clan at all.
After Er Zhurong's death, Er Zhu Shilong quickly fled Luoyang when he heard the news, and he knew that Emperor Xiaozhuang would definitely kill them all. As soon as Er Zhurong died, there was no place for him in Luoyang. He simply fled all the way back to the old mansion in Taiyuan, where Yeyana and other Erzhu families were located.
Thinking of this, Erzhu Shilong protected Erzhurong's wife and escaped, but fortunately, Erzhu Shilong was one step ahead and received Yeena. Unexpectedly, at night, Emperor Xiaozhuang's army burned Taiyuan Mansion to ashes. Er Zhu Shilong took advantage of the moonlight and led a few people to burn down Xiyang Gate at night. When the guards saw that the city gate was on fire, they poured water to extinguish the fire, and Erzhu Shilong took the opportunity to lead the crowd to escape.
"Everyone listened to the order, the king of Taiyuan was attacked, I now ordered the general to wait, withdraw the camp and pull out the village, we will get up and return to Jinyang on the same day" After speaking, Er Zhuzhao put out his general seal, and the generals present responded with a little nod.
After Er Zhuzhao thought of a strategy, he slowly walked to Er Zhuyan's side, and gently put his hands on Er Zhuyan's shoulders, Er Zhuyan had never been so flustered, everyone saw this, and slowly left the camp, only Yuwentai was still by Er Zhuyan's side.
Seeing this, Er Zhuyan slowly grabbed Er Zhuzhao's hand and said: "Ah Zhao, where did you say that the second uncle would take Ah Niang to join us from, did you say that we should hurry up and find them" From her whole tone, Er Zhuzhao obviously felt that she was flustered at the moment, although Er Zhuyan tried her best to restrain her feelings, she still couldn't help but shed tears all the time.
Seeing this, Er Zhuzhao helplessly twisted his head to the side, and his tears couldn't stop flowing, he stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears, and then looked at Er Zhuyan calmly, and told her with a solemn face: "Yan'er, listen to me, my uncle has gone west now, you must cheer up." I will let Kurose accompany you, and someone will send you to join your aunt at that time, along the way, you must take care of your own safety" After speaking, Er Zhuzhao looked at Yuwentai who was standing beside Er Zhuyan, and then took off his sword from his waist and handed it to Yuwentai, and said slowly: "Boy, my sister will be handed over to you, you must take care of her"
After Yuwentai took the saber, he nodded, and then grabbed Er Zhuyan's hand and pulled her to take her away.
Seeing this, Er Zhuyan obviously felt that something was wrong, Er Zhuzhao was definitely not saying goodbye, but the idea of parting with life and death. "Ah Zhao, what are you doing, aren't you with me?" Er Zhuyan grabbed Er Zhu Zhao's shirt tightly, saying that she couldn't understand Er Zhu Zhao's behavior.
"Yan'er, listen to me, now is definitely not the time to mess around, you take your aunt to leave first, uncle can't die like this in vain, it's not that I don't want to go with you, it's that I can't go with you. Uncle is gone, the current Dawei is by no means as peaceful as you seem, the wind is about to rise, you listen to me, go to your aunt, don't go back to Taiyuan, don't go to Luoyang, listen to me, you go to Chang'an, Longxi has He Bayue here, uncle is as kind to Adou Ni, he will treat you well" said, Er Zhu Zhao pushed Er Zhu Yan away. Yuwentai caught Er Zhuyan and dragged her away.
"Ah Zhao, don't leave me behind," Er Zhuyan cried out to him
Er Zhuzhao closed his eyes, turned around slowly, and said to Yuwentai: "Take her away"
With that, Er Zhuzhao put his hand on the longbow in the tent, and then stared at the map in the tent with red eyes, and slashed down with a sword.
"What. Let Er Zhu Shilong escape" above the main hall, Emperor Xiaozhuang's face was resentful, and he angrily pushed all the twists and turns to the ground. Then he waved his sleeves and pointed: "General Wuwei, where is General Wuwei?"
The attendant replied slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, Xi Yi is dead"
Hearing this, the emperor almost rolled off the main hall, his face full of anger. "Waste, waste, all waste, let you ambush a Erzhu Shilong, you can't kill him, and you can let him escape. Now the river bridge cannot be defended, and Xiamen is in danger. If Xiamen is lost, are you all waiting for the Erzhu clan to come over and take the widow's head?" "Well, they are coming, so the widow will send them this head, and wait for them to come and get it."
When the courtiers saw this, they knelt down one after another, but there was really no one who could fight against the Erzhu clan. Since the Heyin Incident, most of the courtiers have silently followed Er Zhurong, especially after the Eastern Expedition to Ge Rong, and there is no one in the court to use soldiers. Now, as soon as Erzhurong dies, the Erzhu family seems to be united, but in fact it is like a plate of scattered sand, the members of the clan are occupying the territory, once someone really approaches Luoyang, the emperor is really dangerous.
"Your Majesty, if the minister has a word, he may be able to stop the army" Seeing this, the ingots torch slowly walked out of the courtiers
"King Nanyang, please speak" Seeing this, the emperor immediately set his eyes on the ingot torch
"Xiamen and Huayang are close, I heard that Huayang Taishou Duan Yu and Er Zhu Shilong have a close relationship, it is better to let Duan Yu try, maybe it will work. If this plan fails, he will let the subordinate Li Miao burn the Yellow River Bridge. The minister didn't believe that the Erzhu family would be so united, as long as Erzhu Zhao didn't support, Erzhu Shilong would definitely be able to withdraw from the army at that time."
As he spoke, Yuan Baoju glanced at Yuan Ziyou, and when Yuan Ziyou saw this, he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor. "Since that's the case, then there will be a trip to King Lao Nanyang"
"Minister, obey the order," said the ingot torch and slowly left.
After Er Zhurong's death, Er Zhu Shilong first took out Er Zhurong's widows, and then turned north to attack the Yellow River Bridge. Xi Yi, the general of the guards of the river bridge, was defeated and killed. After obtaining the bridge over the Yellow River, Erzhu Shilong led his people to a fierce battle with the Wei army near the Great Xia Gate. Don't look at Er Zhu Shilong's usual submissiveness, he has followed Er Zhurong for many years, and in terms of the art of war, it can be regarded as an increase. For a time, it hit the Xiamen guards hard, which instantly caused the Northern Wei Dynasty to be terrified.
Emperor Xiaozhuang was afraid of accidents, so he sent Huayang Taishou Duan Yu to Erzhu Shilong in accordance with the suggestion of Nanyang Wang Yuanbao Torch to announce the edict of condolences to Erzhu Shilong. With Duan Yu's delay, the deputy general Li Miao was given enough time to burn all the ropes of the Yellow River Bridge.
Erzhu Shilong was afraid that the supplies in the rear would not be in place, and he was afraid that the territory he had just grabbed would be robbed by Erzhu Zhao and others, so he fled north. Who knows, as soon as the front foot forced Er Zhu Shilong back, the back foot Er Zhu Zhao led a group of troops to rush into Luoyang, and the city of Luoyang was in chaos in an instant.
Two days later, Er Zhu Zhao joined up with the seriously injured Yuan Tianmu, who was already seriously injured in order to avoid the Wei army.
"Wanren, you are here" Yuan Tianmu grabbed Er Zhu Zhao's hand tightly and said, he knew that time was running out, so he could only tell Er Zhu Zhao everything in Luoyang in a long story short.
"Uncle Tianmu, don't worry, I will definitely cure you" Er Zhu Zhao held Yuan Tianmu's hand tightly, he didn't dare to put it down, this uncle who had accompanied him all the way, seeing that life had reached the fullest, Er Zhu Zhao was very reluctant.
"Silly boy, cry for what. Uncle has lived long enough in this life, if it weren't for the king of Taiyuan, I would have died a long time ago, and now, even if I go to the underworld, I have a companion" said, Yuantian Mutier Zhu Zhao wiped his tears and said: "Why don't you see Yan'er's girl"
Er Zhuzhao replied: "I knew that this trip was dangerous, so I asked her to go to Longxi to find Brother Heba." ”
After Yuan Tianmu heard it, he nodded with a slightly relieved face: "That's fine, from childhood to adulthood, I was most annoyed that Yan'er's girl cried, and when she cried, she could drown the entire roof for me" After speaking, Yuan Tianmu smiled.
Indeed, from childhood to adulthood, Er Zhuyan really likes to cry nose. However, her crying nose was not because she was really wronged, but because she attracted attention with her voice. As soon as Er Zhuzhao thought of this, he asked Yuan Tianmu: "Uncle Tianmu, you are going to Luoyang, what happened, why was my uncle killed, and you, how did you get to the way you are now?"
"Actually, I felt strange that day, blame me, why didn't I insist on stopping the King of Taiyuan in the first place" Speaking of this, Yuan Tianmu couldn't help beating his chest.
Half a month ago...
"King Taiyuan, this time into the palace, the minister always feels inappropriate, these days the minister's eyelids are always jumping, I'm afraid something bad will happen, the king of Taiyuan must not be careless" Yuan Tianmu heard that Er Zhurong was going to enter the palace alone to face the saint, and always felt that there was something wrong with this, recently the emperor always tried his best to please Er Zhurong, and he could always give people the feeling that he was enduring something, but he couldn't say it, he could always have a feeling of panic.
"Tianmu is worried, this king entered the palace this time, first, it is nothing more than the emperor wants to talk to the king about the love of Weng and son-in-law, and second, the eldest daughter of the lonely Zhu Ying'e is already pregnant, listening to her letter, eighty percent is a big fat boy. This is still the first grandson of this king, enter the palace to see what big things can happen to his grandson" Er Zhurong said lightly, he did not forget to ridicule Yuan Tianmu for being suspicious and a little extreme, but at that time, Er Zhurong, who was rigid and self-serving, did not smell the danger at all.
"King Taiyuan, Er Zhu Zhaozhi is in Jinyang, Tianguang is based on Longyou, Zhongyuan Town defends the southeast, Shilong is dedicated to the government, as long as there is no innovation, the Great Wei regime is always in the hands of the king, and it is a natural danger for the emperor. But once the queen gives birth to the crown prince, these will become the emperor's talismans. The Erzhu family is powerful, so powerful that it makes foreign enemies fear and threaten the Quartet. But Erzhu's family is not aligned, once the king you encounter an accident, who will inherit your will in the future, the eldest son is young, both military and political are not as smart as the eldest lady, and Yan'er is a woman. If something happens to the king of Taiyuan, the Erzhu family will be chaotic in the future, and the Great Wei will eventually be divided because of the internal seizure of power by the Erzhu family" Yuan Tianmu still wanted to persuade Erzhurong a little, but Erzhurong couldn't listen to it at all.
Er Zhurong waved his hand, saying that there was no need to discuss this matter, "If there is danger, the city defense will be aggravated, this king will not believe it, I will go to see my daughter and bring heavy troops into the palace" Seeing that Yuan Tianmu insisted on this, Er Zhurong said helplessly: "Tianmu, you can do it yourself" After speaking, Er Zhurong walked back to his bedroom.
Recently, the guards in the palace have become more and more strict, and the emperor also ordered all men over fourteen around Luoyang to join the army. Since the last Yuanhao army came to attack, Emperor Xiaozhuang realized a truth, how unfortunate it is for an army that does not have its own independent jurisdiction. The military and political power of the Northern Wei Dynasty was in the hands of Er Zhurong alone, and even if he wanted an army to protect himself, he could not be selected as he wanted. The emperor's own safety cannot be guaranteed, so how can we talk about the country. Once something like the last Yuan Hao was repeated, wouldn't he have to run away again?
Although Er Zhurong didn't care what Emperor Zhuang's intention was in calling him this time, when he thought of his grandson who was about to come into the world, Er Zhurong blossomed happily. "You, come here," Yuan Tianmu nodded as he pointed to the attendants guarding the gate in the mansion.
"What does General Tianmu command," the attendant bowed to Yuan Tianmu.
Yuan Tianmu glanced at the patrolling soldiers, and asked the attendant with some puzzlement: "Why are you visiting so frequently recently, it seems that these are all recruits."
"Returning to the general, a few days ago, His Majesty issued a notice saying that there are more robbers in the mountains, so strengthen the city defense" After the little soldier finished speaking, Yuan Tianmu felt that his premonition was even stronger.
At this time, hearing the news that Er Zhurong had come to Luoyang, Er Zhu Shilong immediately rushed from the mansion to Er Zhurong's mansion in the capital to congratulate Er Zhurong. Subsequently, Er Zhurong and Er Zhu Shilong entered the palace together, and Yuan Tianmu followed from afar. Because the annihilation of the Liang army Yuan Tianmu also made great contributions, Emperor Zhuang Yuanzi will also invite him to reward him for his merits and deeds in a while.
Before leaving, Yuan Tianmu arranged for a group of people to wait outside the court, his premonition was very accurate, otherwise he would not have been suddenly flustered, thinking about it, something big must happen, but he couldn't say what it was.
"King of Taiyuan"
"It is precisely because of this that the king of Taiyuan cannot enter the palace alone, and if the queen mother is a princess, the king of Taiyuan is fine. If it is a prince, the king of Taiyuan is in danger! After Yuan Tianmu finished speaking, he felt more and more that Yuan Ziyu asked Er Zhurong to enter the palace on this trip, which was definitely not like what he said. In the court today, it is obvious that he can feel that the court is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and even Er Zhu Shilong, who has been in the court, did not notice this, thinking that the emperor must have done a secret ambush.
Yuan Tianmu couldn't make Er Zhurong change his mind, early in the morning, Er Zhurong received a letter from Er Zhu Ying'e and carried Er Zhu Bo into the palace happily.
"Alas, I hope the King of Taiyuan can go smoothly on this trip" After speaking, Yuan Tianmu shook his head and was about to go back to the Taiyuan Palace, when a small servant came quickly and shouted at Yuan Tianmu: "The King of Taiyuan has entered the palace."
"Yes! What's wrong," Yuan Tianmu asked
"My lord has a letter to the king of Taiyuan, asking him not to enter the palace, there is an ambush in the palace" After speaking, Yuan Tianmu was suddenly shocked, pointed to the direction where Er Zhurong left and said: "Chase the king of Taiyuan, don't let him enter the palace"
After Yuan Tianmu finished speaking, he was in a hurry to let the horse lead the horse to catch up, but he didn't expect to be half a step slower. After Er Zhurong entered the palace, due to his carelessness, he only brought Er Zhu Bodhi and a few attendants, but he did not expect that as soon as he entered the palace gate, he was surrounded by people after only one defense.
Seeing this, Er Zhurong quickly took out the saber at his waist, protected Er Zhu Bodhi behind him, and then shouted at the wall, "Emperor Xiao'er, what are you going to do?"
"My father-in-law has been tired all the way, it is really not suitable to bring accessories into the palace, come and help the king of Taiyuan unload the saber" After Yuan Ziyou finished speaking, the young general guarding the city was about to go over, but he didn't expect Er Zhurong to see this and already expected the accident, so he went down with a knife and cut the small soldier.
Thinking of such a field now, Er Zhurong regretted that he did not listen to Yuan Tianmu's advice, he stroked Er Zhu Bodhi's face with great regret and said: "Child, it was Daddy who hurt you, have you ever been afraid?"
Erzhu Bodhi shook his body, not to mention being afraid, Erzhu Bodhi, who has always been pampered, has never seen such a scene, almost scared to pee, "Abba, I'm afraid" Saying, Erzhu Bodhi hugged Erzhu Rong tightly. Seeing this, Er Zhurong knew that this trip was inseparable, so he said to Er Zhu Bodhi: "Good child, even if it is on Huangquan Road, Daddy will protect you."
"King Taiyuan, don't bother, this neighborhood is full of royal forest troops, today you are wings and can't escape" Saying, Yuan Ziyou stood on the city wall and glanced at Er Zhurong, and then said: "King Taiyuan has any last wish to say, maybe I can complete it for you"
Er Zhu Rong looked at Yuan Ziyou on the city wall, and the last thing he could think of before he died was Er Zhu Ying'e, he felt indebted to Xu Yuan'er all his life, and he couldn't grow old with her from beginning to end, and he couldn't watch Er Zhu Ying'e be born, what he could do now was to hope that Emperor Xiaozhuang could treat Er Zhu Ying'e well, the only daughter he felt indebted to "The matter has come to this, I have nothing to say, only one point, Ying'e is your wife after all, and she is still pregnant with your child, no matter what the future holds, please treat her well"
After that, Yuan Ziyou waved it with one hand, and the archers fired thousands of arrows in unison, instantly shooting Er Zhurong and his party into a sieve. At the last moment of Er Zhurong's death, he felt a light in front of him, he saw Er Zhu Ying'e holding the child and waving to him, seeing Er Zhuyan playfully calling his father, seeing Xu Yuan'er, seeing Ye Yena, and even seeing Ge Rong who was defeated by him, but there was no Xu Rong in his memory.
Speaking of this, Yuan Tianmu slowly closed his eyes, and after a burst of bitter tears, Er Zhu Zhao buried Yuan Tianmu thickly, and then marched into Luoyang.
Half a month later, Erzhu Ying'e was finally lifted from her grounding. Unexpectedly, the first one to rush in to inform her was actually the guard's little soldier: "Niangniang, run!" Erzhu Zhao came into the palace. ”
"What the hell is going on outside, why is this so" Erzhu Ying'e pushed open the door, only to see a group of attendants in a panic packing up their bags and running away outside the palace gates. Only then did Er Zhu Ying'e realize that all the guards who had been guarding outside her room were suddenly gone, and she was the only one who was still kept in the dark.
"Niangniang, you better run away, Your Majesty killed your father, this time Er Zhu Zhao They have already rushed into the palace gate with people, Your Majesty They have already run away, and now you are the only one in the palace who does not know the news of Er Zhu Zhuguo's killing" After the little waiter finished speaking, he wanted to run, but he was caught by Er Zhu Ying'e to death. Hearing the news of Er Zhurong's death was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Er Zhu Ying'e.
Just a few days ago, Yuan Ziyou was still here with her, but I didn't expect that in the past few days, my favorite husband would kill his father. Erzhu Ying'e refuses to believe this point. She shook the little chamberlain frantically and said:
"Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty. It's not true, you lied to me, I'm going to ask him why he did this to me. ”
Later, Er Zhuzhao led his troops to break into the palace and kill him, and before he died, he told me that he had planned all this a long time ago, and that he was good to me, but he wanted his father to relax his vigilance against him, so that he could plan for today. He asked me to write a letter to my family, but he just wanted to use me to trick my father into acting as his executioner. It turned out that in his eyes, I was a joke.