King Heqing and Yuwendi took a large group of men and horses to drive for a day and a night, came to Luoyang City, and surrounded the whole city in two ways, and the generals who defended the city saw that the big thing was not good and went to inform Zhu Rong, and Zhu Rong meant to refuse to open the city gate, because the structure of Luoyang City was solid, and if it was hard to break through, it would definitely not take advantage.

King Heqing's men and horses couldn't find a breakthrough after several attempts to attack, so Yuwendi proposed: "Why don't we stay here, this Luoyang City will definitely be self-defeating." ”

Tuoba Hong, the king of Heqing, asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Yu Wendi said with a smile: "Most of the people in Luoyang City are merchants, and the people have a large population, they need a lot of food every day, and they need to supply goods from outside every day, and now we are surrounded here, their reserve food is not enough, within seven days, there will be a famine in the city, even if the officers and soldiers defending the city can stand it, the people in the city will definitely riot in order to compete for food, and someone will naturally open the city gate for us." ”

Tuoba Hong heard the applause, and even said a clever plan, so he ordered his subordinates to camp and rest on the spot, and after seven days, he was not afraid that Zhu Rong would not surrender.

So, the soldiers immediately camped and rested, not attacking, the general who defended the city saw it, and reported to Zhu Rong, Zhu Rong listened to it and said: "They are ruthless enough, this is to wait for the food in our city is not enough, the people can't hold on, they will not be able to help but rush out, and when they want to enter the city, they can do it without much effort." ”

The general said, "Then what shall we do?" ”

Zhu Rong said: "Go and count the population and food in the city, according to the distribution of heads, as long as the food per person per day is not starved to death, no one will eat much, and all those who do not obey can be killed." ”

When the general heard this, he immediately led people to collect all the grain from house to house, and then distributed each meal according to the head, one person only had one bowl of gruel and one steamed bun a day, and the people were hungry because they were hungry, and the people were full of voices and complaints. Three days later, there were already many people dissatisfied and quarreled with the officers and soldiers, and the sergeant in charge in order to maintain order, had already used his knife to kill more than a dozen people who took the lead in stirring up trouble, at first it was a bit of a deterrent effect, but on the fifth day, more people rose up, relying on the power of the officers and soldiers alone can no longer be suppressed, a sergeant said to the general defending the city: "Do you want to continue to kill?" ”

The general defending the city said: "No, if we go on like this, even if we kill everyone, it is not a way, now we have lost the hearts of the people, we are officers and soldiers, not bandits." ”

The common people in the city were so hungry that they dug up the flowers in the pots and ate them, the fish in the pond were almost fished out and eaten, the cats and dogs raised by the people in the city were also eaten alive, some families had many people, so they could only hold each other in pain, the newborn little dolls were so hungry that they had no milk to eat, and some sick old people had starved to death because they had no medicine and no food.

And the palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not much better, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were so hungry that their chests were close to their backs, and they walked swayingly and dizzy.

Zhu Rong sent people to the army under the city and said: "The city is full of innocent people, because there is no food, many have been starved to death, if you don't want to hurt the innocent, be accused of rebellion, please withdraw the troops quickly, what can you say well, if the prince dislikes the fief is not big enough, Your Majesty can give more land to the prince." ”

Tuoba Hong laughed when he heard this: "Are you a fool of this king? The murderer is Zhu Rong, this king is to avenge the first emperor and the queen mother, come to arrest Zhu Rong's dog thief, go back and tell Zhu Rong dog thief, at this time, unless you open the city gate, this king is willing to leave him a whole corpse, otherwise this king will not withdraw his troops, and will dismantle him in eight pieces!"

After that, he said to the soldiers under the city: "The soldiers have been working hard here for several days, tonight the king will reward the three armies, we will eat roast whole sheep, the mutton tube is enough, everyone can open their bellies and make it!"

After speaking, all the soldiers shouted in unison: "Eat mutton!"

Seeing that this plan failed, Zhu Rong became angry and took out his saber and killed a few palace people to relieve his anger.

In the evening, Tuoba Hong's army, eat roasted whole sheep under the city, the fragrance is fragrant, and soon spread to the city, the people in the city are already dying of hunger, many smell the smell, and they rush out desperately, the sergeants defending the city are almost unable to hold on, and they have no food in their stomachs, and they have to prevent the people from leaving the city, and many officers and soldiers have defected.

Seeing that the time had come, Yu Wendi asked the sergeant to shout to the city: "Listen to the people in the city, we are the army of the king of Heqing, we will not harm you, we are here to rescue you, we are here to bring you food, but now we can't go in, as long as you open the city gate, our food is full, we have roast mutton, as well as chicken, duck and fish, to ensure that you will not go hungry again." ”

When the people in the city heard this, they rushed out of the city desperately, and the officers and soldiers defending the city were also disheartened and had no intention of defending the city, so the city gate was breached with just a stick of incense.

Yu Wendi said to the army: "Soldiers, now that you are full of wine and food, let us enter the palace and capture Zhu Rong alive!"

All the soldiers were full of fighting spirit and spirit, and rushed to the palace one after another.

And the guards of the palace were also discouraged, and they were easily broken by the army, and Yuwendi and Tuoba Hong led people straight to Zhu Rong's dormitory.

In the dormitory, Zhu Rong already knew that the general trend had gone, and laughed at himself for only being a great minister for a few days, so he ended up so quickly, thinking that his retribution was coming too quickly, although he was unwilling, he couldn't change the situation, so he ended himself with a close-fitting saber.

When Yuwendi and the others arrived, Zhu Rong had already choked his breath, Yuwendi looked at his father-killing enemy, hated that he didn't kill him with his own hands, so he personally cut off Zhu Rong's head, took it home, and went to pay tribute to his father and brother.

Tuoba Hongliang killed all Zhu Rong and his party, restored the law and order in Luoyang City, and treated the people in the city well.

The ministers deliberately elected Tuoba Hong as the new emperor on the grounds that the little emperor was too young, but Tuoba Hong knew that most of the self-proclaimed kings would not end well, and there was a precedent of Zhu Rong, so he refused on the grounds that he was a reckless man, and sincerely continued to assist the little emperor.

Yu Wendi returned home, and saw that the courtyard of the family was defeated, empty, and very sad, so he went straight to the ancestral hall, looked at his father's ranking, and couldn't help crying: "Father, Di'er is not filial, and I have not come to see you until now." ”

After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed three times, got up again and said: "Now the head of the Zhu Rong dog thief is here, the ancestors bless, I finally avenged my father, and I hope that my father will know under the spring." ”

As he was talking, a figure came in and said, "Young Master!?" ”

Yu Wendi looked back defensively and said in surprise: "Thursday? ”

It turned out that Yuwen Mansion had fallen since Yuwen Xin's death, and the family servants were all gone, only Thursday stayed to take care of the family and nursing home for Yuwen Mansion, doing some chores during the day, and preventing thieves from stealing at night.

Yuwendi was very moved and said: "I see that this ancestral hall is spotless, I think you often come to clean it, it's hard for you, you are the benefactor of our Yuwen family." ”

Thursday said embarrassedly: "The young master can see the outside, I grew up with the master since I was a child, it was the master who gave me food and allowed me to study and practice martial arts, and the master is my great benefactor." Since the master left, I believe that the young master will definitely avenge the master, and he waited at home for the young master to come back. ”

Yu Wendi patted Thursday's shoulder and said, "Good brother, follow me to live a good life in the future." ”

Thursday smiled: "As long as you can follow the young master, the villain is willing to do anything." ”

Yu Wendi asked again, "Where is my father's body buried?" Take me tomorrow. ”

Thursday hurriedly said: "The old man's body is buried near the Hanshan Temple not far from the city, and the villain will take the young master tomorrow." ”

After that, Yu Wendi went back to his room to rest, saw that everything was intact, and it was even more uncomfortable to see, and he couldn't sleep all night, closed his eyes until dawn, and prepared a large cart of tribute with Thursday to go to Hanshan Temple to sweep his father's grave.

When I arrived at Hanshan Temple, I went straight to Yu Wenxin's cemetery.

Passing through a wooded field, we came to a clearing, and in front of a mound stood a monument that read: The Tomb of the Loyal Minister Yu Wenxin.

Yu Wendi looked forward and bowed, and set up a tribute for his father with his own hands.

And Thursday said: "My father's grave is so remote, but there are no overgrown weeds, you often come to clean it, right?" ”

Thursday said: "The villain comes back and forth every once in a while, and it is usually the master of the empty bamboo who is cleaning!"

Yu Wendi asked, "Master Kongzhu?" ”

Thursday explained: "That's right, it's the empty bamboo master who lives in this Hanshan Temple, the master is usually kind and charitable, and knows divination, and has a high prestige. ”

Yuwendi listened and said, "Since you are kind to my Yuwen family, then I want to pay a good visit." ”

So, after sacrificing to his father, he came to Hanshan Temple on Thursday, asked the little monk who was guarding the door, and took them to the meditation room, at this time Master Kongzhu was sitting in the meditation room and meditating, as if he knew that someone was coming, and the door was open.

The little monk and the empty bamboo master told Yu Wendi's intention, and then retreated.

Yu Wendi stepped forward and said: "Thank you to the master for cleaning the tomb of my father Yu Wenxin, and thank the master in Xia Yuwen Di." ”

Master Kongzhu had also finished meditating at this time, opened his eyes and said: "Ling Zun is a generation of good ministers, brave and loyal to the country, heaven and earth are admired, the poor monk is just doing some modest efforts, and the son does not have to be polite." ”

Yu Wendi said: "Master Suwen Bodhisattva is willing to fund the renovation of the temple to increase the incense of the temple. ”

Kongzhu said: "If the son does good, he will be rewarded." ”

After speaking, he asked Yu Wendi what he wanted.

Yu Wendi said again: "Now that my father's revenge has been avenged, there is only one person in my heart. ”

Master Kongzhu said: "Childe wants to count marriage? ”

"Exactly." Yu Wendi said frankly.

And he said, "I wonder if she and I can stay together for a long time." ”

Kongzhu said: "Childe might as well write the words in his heart, and wait for the poor monk to solve the mystery for Childe." ”

So, Yu Wendi wrote the word "bright moon" on the paper.

Kongzhu looked at it and said: "The sun and the moon are bright, which shows that this woman and the son have a good fate, but the sun and the moon run sometimes, day and night perform their duties, which means that the son should not grasp this relationship too firmly, otherwise it will backfire, from the name alone, this is a different girl, just like the bright moon in the world, it will attract many stars to move closer to her." ”

Yuwendi said: "As the master said, she is indeed a girl who can shine, different, and I think there will hardly be anyone who does not like her." ”

Thursday said on the side: "Young Master, it is better to combine the birthdays of you and Miss Xiao and let the master divinate it." ”

Yu Wendi said: "I only know that she is the year of Bingchen, the month of Gengyin, and the day of Renchen, but I don't know her time." ”

Kong Zhu listened and asked, "The girl's surname is Xiao?" Listening to the birthday of the son, it looks like a young lady the old man knows. ”

Yu Wendi asked, "Where is the girl that the master knows from?" ”

Kongzhu said: "This woman is Xiao Mingyue, the daughter of General Xiao of Nanliang, and her birth date is consistent with what Gongzi said. ”

Yu Wendi smiled: "I am the same person as the master, but I don't know how the master knows Mingyue?" ”

Master Kongzhu said: "I am an old friend of General Xiao's father, General Xiao was also my student, and his youngest daughter's name was given by the poor monk. ”

Yu Wendi said: "It turns out that it is so fateful. ”

Kongzhu told Yuwendi again: "Gongzi is also a dragon and phoenix among people, and he has a deep fate with Miss Xiao, but the future relationship must go with the flow, and it must not be forced, otherwise fate will come and go, and the bamboo basket will draw water." ”

Yu Wendi said: "Follow the master's teachings. ”

So Yuwendi funded the renovation and expansion of Hanshan Temple, and rebuilt his father's mausoleum.