Chapter 113: The Edict and the Tiger Seek Skin
The emperor rode the horse for a long time, and the evil fire in his heart finally subsided somewhat, Fang Jue had no one else around, and he was always surrounded by attendants and soldiers from childhood to adulthood, and he was alone at the moment, and he couldn't help but be a little afraid. It's just that Fang Cai only cared about galloping his horse, and he didn't pay attention to the path at all, and he didn't know where he went in a panic.
Just wandering, suddenly saw a team of men and horses galloping to arrive, but it was the captain of the cavalry who arrived after the completion of the army, and the post of the emperor's guard commander was naturally always concerned about the emperor's movements, and it was the first to see the opportunity, the emperor had a strange move, and then followed, but the emperor's mount Shenjun failed to catch up for a while, and then finally found the emperor's figure, and his heart was also light. He escorted the emperor back to the palace and informed the prime minister and his ministers.
The emperor returned to the palace, went to the temple, saw the emperors of the past dynasties, in front of the statue of Gaozu, leaned to the ground, wept bitterly, and cried bitterly: "The children and grandchildren are incompetent, so that the foundation of Gaozu for a hundred years has been abandoned so far, and now Lu Bu is in power, regardless of the royal face, and sooner or later he will replace him, what should I do?" ”
The temple is important, and the attendants and guards are not allowed to enter, so they can only stay outside the door and do things in a hurry. When the queen heard the news, she rushed to see the emperor crying bitterly, and she couldn't help but break her liver and intestines.
The empress was a year older than the emperor, and the women matured earlier than the men, and for a time the motherhood was overflowing, and the emperor was embraced in her arms and comforted softly. The emperor was surrounded by a warm and delicate body, and finally felt a little comfort in his heart, stopped crying, and said quietly: "Although I enjoy a great position, I have no real name, and now I am surrounded by jackals, and sooner or later I will worry about my life, and the queen will suffer with me." ”
The queen relieved him and said: "Your Majesty must not be presumptuous, the concubines can be with Your Majesty for life, it is the three lives that are lucky, Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five Supreme, although he was restrained by the ministers for a while, but there are countless loyal courtiers in the court, if Your Majesty can secretly connect, it may not be impossible to change the world." ”
The emperor shook his head and said: "The palace is full of Lu Bu eagle dogs, and my every move is under his watch, can An not be discovered?" It is only in this temple that I dare to speak out. ”
The queen said: "Why don't you summon your father to the temple and discuss the plan with Your Majesty?" ”
According to the words of the empress, the emperor canonized the concubine as a servant, and ordered him to enter the temple and preside over the sacrificial ceremony.
After the ambush met the emperor, listened to his heart, had the heart to share his worries, and admonished: "Now Lu Bu is in charge of the government, Anyi is where his lair is, the generals are all his cronies, although there are countless pro-Han courtiers in the court, but they are all false positions, if Your Majesty wants to achieve great things, you also need to ask famous ministers to help, with its network resources, or can be successful." ”
The emperor asked anxiously, "Is there a competent candidate?" ”
Fu Wan said: "Uncle Dong Cheng has a wide network and can be a good helper. ”
The emperor shook his head and said: "Dong Chengxian is guilty of fornicating with Wang Yun, and then there is a suspicion of secretly helping Ma Chao, I think of his daughter Dong Guiren is docile and considerate and does not care about him, but this kind of major event must not be allowed to involve him, otherwise it is a plot with the tiger, even if it can be successful, I will still be subject to him, and it will not help." ”
Fu Wan persuaded: "In this extraordinary period, Your Majesty can only succeed if you gather all the people who can use it, although Dong Cheng is cunning, but compared to Lu Bu, he is strong and domineering. ”
After a little contemplation, the emperor immediately made a plan and immediately summoned Dong Cheng to the palace.
Dong Cheng learned of the emperor's plan, and said with an indignant expression: "What Lu Bu did before the battle shows that he has a heart of disobedience, and all the ministers in the court are worried. ”
The emperor was greatly relieved, so he wanted to write an edict, so that he could secretly connect with the loyal and brave heroes from all walks of life.
Dong Chengjin said: "If Your Majesty issues an ordinary edict, it may not be able to drive the ministers, Your Majesty should write the edict by hand with his own blood, so as to show the desolate encounter and difficult situation, in order to win the sympathy of everyone." ”
When the emperor heard this, he bit his finger and wrote an edict on the brocade silk, only half of which was written on the five fingers of his right hand were already scarred, and the blood could not be sustained. At this time, the queen flashed out from behind the screen, pierced her arms and wrists with a hairpin, and the blood flowed into the wine cup, and said: "Your Majesty's golden body, how can it be too hurt, so use the blood of the concubine instead." ”
The emperor burst into tears and lamented: "Why are you doing this, what if you hurt your body? ”
The queen said: "The concubine and His Majesty husband and wife are one, since they should go to the difficulties together, Your Majesty's major affairs and concubines have nothing to help, they can only do their best, if they can be useful, what a pity for the concubine!" ”
The emperor wrote the edict with tears in his eyes, handed the edict to Dong Cheng, and then asked the imperial doctor to bandage and treat the queen.
Dong Cheng got the edict, and he was afraid that it would be found by the palace guards on duty, so he asked Gong E to sew the edict into the clothes belt, and finally took the edict out of the palace.
When he returned to the mansion, he secretly summoned his henchmen Changshui Lieutenant Chongji, Wu Shuo and others to conspire, saying that Liu Bei, the general of the left, was a nobleman of the Han family, and he had a loyal heart to the king, but he could secretly plot with him, and the former general Zhang Liao had contributed to the emperor, and his heart was to the court or could be wooed. There are other loyal generals who can be contacted in secret. The soldiers were divided into several routes, secretly planning major events without mentioning them.
Let's say that Lu Bu inadvertently pricked the emperor's nerves, and he was also remorseful, and later learned that the emperor returned to the palace safe and sound, so he was relieved. After finishing the military affairs in hand, he did not undress and went to the palace to meet the emperor to appease him.
Lu Bu was in a high position and was given the right to walk freely in the palace, and after the news was reported outside the palace, he entered the palace to meet him under the guidance of two tiger ben. According to the old rules, foreign ministers with weapons must accompany them.
The emperor's face was extremely gloomy, and without waiting for Lu Bu to salute, he hissed and shouted: "If the prime minister sincerely assists me, please have more respect, don't lose the face of the court, if not, please draw the sword at your waist and stab me to death." ”
Lu Bu Dan felt that the murderous aura of the tiger ben behind him was surging, and the murderous aura around the hall was pervasive, and he didn't know how many tiger ben were still hiding in it. Although he is proud of his strong martial arts and does not take these tiger guards in his eyes, he is in the palace at this time, in front of the emperor, and it is by no means the time to kill, after all, it has not yet reached the point of tearing his face and meeting each other. Moreover, Lu Bu assisted the emperor since he was a child, and he was also close to each other during this period, and he had his own feelings, if it was not a last resort, he really did not want to add it to the sword soldiers.
sighed secretly, kowtowed and apologized: "The minister is dedicated to assisting His Majesty Kuangfu Sheji, and he has no intention of being a minister, and he also asks His Majesty to learn clearly." As for the slogan of the soldiers, it has been rehearsed a long time ago, but at the right time, Your Majesty must not misunderstand, the minister has already ordered rectification, and such a situation will not occur again. ”
The emperor's anger is hard to dissipate, but he also knows that Lu Bu is in the army of thousands of horses, and he is by no means able to resist the dozens of tigers around him, and he is just a chick spreading his wings and bluffing. I had to say coldly: "I'm tired, the prime minister should step down." ”
Lu Bu said goodbye to the emperor and walked out of the hall, only to feel cold sweat on the back of his clothes, he was afraid that the emperor would take risks and force himself to protect himself, and it would be an uncontrollable situation at that time.
When I returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was late at night, but Yang Xiu reported to him, saying: "At the order of the prince and the marquis, the minister monitored Dong Cheng day and night, and saw that he was in and out of the palace today, and secretly contacted many generals, private and unscrupulous schemes, how to act, but please give instructions." ”
Although he can't remember the detailed plot and don't know the people involved, the masterminds Dong Cheng and Liu Bei are famous, and it's hard to remember whether they remember or not, so he secretly ordered Yang Xiu to secretly pay attention to the movements of Dong Cheng and Liu Bei, and report to him at all times.
Looking at the list of generals who conspired with Dong Cheng, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, many of them were elite generals in their own army, just like Wang Zifu and Liu Zilan mentioned in the letter, they were all veterans in the army, and they followed Lu Bu to fight in Luoyang, and they were all the commanders of a battalion and a regular general. There is even a name that he expected, but he didn't want to believe, Zhang Liao!
Zhang Liao is upright and loyal, and often regards himself as a good minister of the Han Dynasty, Lu Bu knows that once the emperor really wants to be his enemy, then Zhang Liao will not hesitate to stand on the emperor's side. It's a pity that he has been friends with his colleagues for many years, and then think back to the feat of Zhang Liao in later generations who broke Sun Quan's tens of thousands of troops with hundreds of soldiers, such a good general, if he can't use it for himself, it's a pity.
Lu Budao: "You still closely monitor Dong Cheng's every move, and always pay attention to the movements of the people on the list, so as not to let them escape from sight." ”
Yang Xiu received the order and was about to leave, but he asked hesitantly: "Does General Zhang Liao also want to monitor?" ”
Lu Bu nodded, the so-called eating a trench and growing wisdom, he would never let the Luoyang Rebellion happen again.
After Yang Xiu left, Lu Bu still felt uneasy, and felt that in the current situation, it was necessary to summon Zhang Liao to have a long talk, even if he couldn't make Zhang Liao change his banner and change his ambition, but at least he should understand that he had no intention of plotting chaos, and it was his life's ambition to sweep away the princes and unify the world!
It didn't take long for Zhang Liao to come in a hurry, it was late at night, but he didn't delay, it seemed that he had something in his heart, and it was difficult to sleep.
Lu Bu and Zhang Liao sat opposite each other, if they were in normal times, it would be impossible. Wei Xu added a glass of warm wine to each of them, and the two of them each wished each other and drank it all.
Lu Bu's face was a little red in the candle flame, and he sighed leisurely: "Wen Yuan, do you remember how long we have known each other?" ”
Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Exactly thirteen years. ”
Lu Bu didn't count the time, and this time he looked back and realized that it had been so long since he came to this era, and it had been nearly fifteen years since he was in the wolf pack.
At that time, I first met Zhang Liao, but in a senseless battle, Zhang Liao was a few years older than Lu Bu, and he was even more old-fashioned, and his feelings back then were like brothers. The vicissitudes of the world have blocked how many people's warmth and coldness.
Lu Bu smiled leisurely: "It's been so long, Lu Bu didn't do anything more back then, thanks to Brother Wenyuan's support." ”
Since the Luoyang Change, Zhang Liao returned to Lu Bu's side, and there was no longer the former openness between the two, and there were always some things apart, as if the gap between the heavens and the earth was difficult to cross.
At this time, hearing Lu Bu's words, the past scene came to mind, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "I can't do what I can, I'm just doing my best as a colleague, it's nothing." ”
At this time, he saw Lu Bu's expression turn cold, and asked plainly: "If one day the emperor wants you to kill me, will you do it?" ”
Zhang Liao was shocked, could it be that the matter of the emperor's blood book secret order had been discovered by him? This person has eyes and hands to the sky, and he will be able to find out who is involved, isn't the emperor and a group of loyal people in danger?
said tentatively: "If the prime minister is dedicated to assisting, how can Your Majesty have such an order?" The prime minister was too worried. ”
Seeing that he avoided answering, Lu Bu shook his head and asked, "I just want to know the answer, please Wenyuan must tell me." ”
Zhang Liao usually never lied, but at this moment he also made up his mind, and said decisively: "I am Hanchen, Your Majesty has an order, I will serve the death and repay it, and I will never look back." ”
Lu Bu smiled bitterly, the result was expected, knowing the result, but still humiliating himself, it was really Lu Bu who was unwilling to break with Zhang Liao, a group of colleagues who came out of Bingzhou, died, scattered, how many heroes and heroes, there were only a few people left, not to be miserable, if you want to kill each other, it is really unbearable.
was about to ask him why he was so stubborn, but he heard Zhang Liao continue: "Feng has been friends with me for more than ten years, and I can't say that I have a good heart, but I also have a gentleman's friendship, as long as the prime minister does not harm His Majesty's life, Zhang Liao will not be an enemy of the prime minister." ”
After that, there was a bit of expectation in his eyes, or more like a begging look.
Lu Bu's heart throbbed, he didn't expect Zhang Liao to make such a deal with him, which showed that his friendship with him for many years was not in vain, and he didn't want to harm the emperor's life, so he said: "I, Lu Bu, swear to the sky that I will never harm the emperor in my lifetime, and if I violate it, I will not die well!" ”
Zhang Liao was ecstatic and said: "Is what the prime minister said true? ”
In his opinion, the emperor's various plans were in vain, and the soldiers and horses that Dong Cheng, Liu Bei and others could mobilize were very limited, even if they added up, there were only more than a thousand people, not to mention killing Lu Bu, and even the defense of the Prime Minister's Mansion could not be broken, so he had no hope for Dong Cheng.
Judging from all kinds of signs, Lu Bu seems to have known about the edict, and he chose to hide it and meet him, which shows that Fang Cai's oath is by no means temporary, and must have been planned for a long time.
Obviously, maintaining the current status quo is the best choice for both the emperor and Lu Bu, but the emperor is young after all, he doesn't understand the difficulties of the world, and after some setbacks, he wants to take risks, but he doesn't think about what the consequences will be.
Lu Bu stretched out his right hand, and the two high-fived each other.
However, he said that since Liu Bei had a conversation with Lu Bu at a banquet, he often had nightmares, and often remembered what Lu Bu said that day: "The heroes of the world, only Bu and Jun'er!" ”
This kind of praise can only make him feel like a spring breeze to others, but it seems so ironic from Lu Bu's mouth.
Later, Dong Cheng and others came to plot with him to deal with Lu Bu, and they immediately agreed, but they were afraid of Lu Bu's strength, so they couldn't help but be worried, and even used less tea and rice.
Zhang Fei didn't care so much, he only cared about eating and drinking every day, according to what he said: "I haven't eaten enough, how can I beat Lu Bu when I'm hungry?" ”
Liu Bei waited for Dong Cheng's news and waited for the news to be pierced, who knew that not only did he not wait for the news of Dong Cheng's army, but he waited for a bad news, which was shocking!
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