Chapter 153: The General's Mansion
Although Zhao Yun didn't say much in the court, he was still loyal to the court, and when he learned that someone wanted to kill the emperor and usurp the throne, Zhao Yun naturally wanted to tell the emperor about it as soon as possible, so that he could beware of the pillow people.
However, Zhao Yun only took one step and was stopped by Zhao Yi. Zhao Yi naturally understood his father's thoughts, but he couldn't let Zhao Yun go: "Father, we have no evidence in our hands, if you rush into the palace and be bitten by Queen He, then our whole family will probably die without a place to be buried." "But if it really comes to that time, Zhao Yi will not be arrested. He will lead his elite troops to attack Luoyang, and it is a big deal to let the troubled times appear in advance.
Zhao Yun's eyes flashed when he heard this, Zhao Yi was right, they did not have evidence that the queen wanted to murder the emperor in their hands at this time, and if they talked about this matter, they would definitely be bitten by the queen, and then He Jin and the queen would embarrass the Zhao family at the same time, and the nine clans of the Zhao family are estimated to suffer. Although Zhao Yun was loyal to the imperial court, he was not a foolish and loyal person, and he did not dare to gamble with his entire family's life. Thinking of Zhang Jun, who was imprisoned in the prison by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty for impeaching the Ten Standing Servants, Zhao Yun's fiery heart became cold in an instant, gave up the idea of entering the palace, slowly knelt on the brocade couch, and asked Zhao Yi: "Do you have a countermeasure?" ”
Zhao Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, he really had no choice, on the premise of no evidence, all this was just Zhao Yi's conjecture. And if Empress He wants to attack the emperor, she will definitely plan carefully, and if she wants to be unaware, she will give the emperor a chronic poison to make the emperor's health change from good to bad. If the emperor dies suddenly, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the imperial court. So it's going to be an extremely slow process, maybe a year, maybe two years. However, during this period, the two brothers and sisters of Queen He will definitely vigorously win over hundreds of officials to prepare for Liu Wei's accession to the throne.
Zhao Yun's face became very ugly, if he didn't know, it would be difficult for Zhao Yun to see the emperor slowly dying like this. There was silence for a while.
After that, the situation in Luoyang is only afraid that it will be more dangerous, and the battle between friends and parties is more terrible than the battlefield rush. Zhao Yi wants Zhao Yun to resign and go to Youzhou with him, Youzhou is short of manpower, and it will be easier to have Zhao Yun to help clean up the hearts of the people in Youzhou.
Zhao Yi said his thoughts, Zhao Yun's eyebrows stirred and he smiled bitterly: "It's easy to resign for your father, but it's extremely difficult to leave Beijing." "Zhao Yi is already a feudal official at this time, if he brings all his family members to Youzhou, if Zhao Yi has a heart of disobedience, what will the court use to restrain Zhao Yi? To put it mildly, even if Zhao Yun resigns, the imperial court will keep Zhao Yun in Luoyang as a hostage, although this move is not fair, but there is no way. For the sake of this crown, brothers can turn against each other, let alone these outsiders.
Zhao Yun secretly hated in his heart, hated Empress He's cruelty, and hated the mediocrity of Emperor Han Ling. Waving his hand to let Zhao Yi leave, Zhao Yun said that he wanted to be quiet.
Zhao Yi didn't bother Zhao Yun, closed the door and walked out of the study, he knew that Zhao Yun's concept couldn't change for a while, it would take time. There were bursts of crisp laughter in the backyard, which swept away a lot of Zhao Yi's thoughts, and looked inside, it was Chen who was talking to Wen Qin, Chen married Zhao Yun at the age of fourteen, and he has been teaching his husband and children for nearly twenty years, and he has never stepped out of Luoyang City, and he is very interested in the scenery outside the city described by Wen Qin, and the two have been talking from early morning to now, and they are afraid that they will not be bored if they talk about it for three days and three nights.
Zhao Yi did not disturb the two of them talking, but came to the front yard. Bursts of fighting and shouting came, Zhao Yi squeezed away the onlookers and watched the fight between Dian Wei and Guan Yu in the field.
The cold saw in Guan Yu's hand slashed through the cold light of the Dao Dao and slashed towards Dian Wei. The twin iron halberds wielded in Dian Wei's hands were impenetrable, and Guan Yu's attacks were all taken.
Liu Bei looked at Dian Wei wielding a double iron halberd in the field, his eyes flashed, Liu Bei had already heard Zhang Fei say that Zhao Yi's subordinate general Dian Wei was a strong opponent, and when he saw it today, it really deserved his reputation, and the double iron halberd in his hand, Guan Yu was a little unable to parry. Although Tai Shi Ci's martial arts are slightly lower than Guan Yu, Tai Shi Ci has the stunt of piercing Yang in 100 steps, if you talk about comprehensive strength, Tai Shi Ci is higher than Guan Yu, after all, open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent.
Liu Bei glanced at Zhao Yi coming and nodded to Zhao Yi. As the pastor of Youzhou, Zhao Yi has fierce generals such as Dian Wei, Tai Shici, and Murong Fu, as well as 50,000 officers and soldiers, which can be described as strong soldiers. Although Liu Bei is also diligent and conscientious, he is only a county order until now, and Zhao Yi is already a feudal official such as Youzhou Mu, and it is false to say that Liu Bei is not jealous and hateful in his heart.
Zhao Yi is very sympathetic to Liu Bei, who is a late bloomer, he is already a pastor in Youzhou at this time, and he can help Liu Bei find an errand in Youzhou, even if he can't become a county guard, with Liu Bei's martial arts and strategy, it is not a problem to be a captain. But Zhao Yi didn't want to arrange Liu Bei in Youzhou, Liu Bei was an ambitious and capable person. He has a deep ambition to hide the great bird, if he stays in Youzhou, sooner or later he will become a disaster for Zhao Yi.
Coming to Liu Bei's side, Zhao Yi explained the situation in the court. Liu Bei expressed his relief: "Now that the court is a traitor, although Bolai is a state pastor, he must also act carefully, and if he is not careful, he may be destroyed." ”
Zhao Yi nodded, he knew that his official position was recommended by the Ten Standing Servants and He Jin, although he also had his credit, but this position was still not very stable. Governing Youzhou, when Zhao Yi was still the county guard of Zhuo County, he had already thought of the governance method, and Zhao Yi was confident that if he was given two years, he would be able to govern Youzhou with complex public conditions in an orderly manner.
Dian Wei shook Guan Yu back two steps, and laughed heartily, not happy because he defeated Guan Yu, but praised Guan Yu very much: "Yun Chang's fierce knife technique is exquisite, Dian Wei admires it." ”
Guan Yu stroked his long hair, he admired Dian Wei's character and martial arts very much, although his big knife was heavy, it could never break through the defense of Dian Wei's double iron halberd, and Dian Wei's double iron halberd was not just a slash, it was also mixed with some spearmanship, and the tricky angle made Guan Yu almost suffer a dark loss.
Although this battle was not a battle of life and death, it impressed Guan Yu and Dian Wei deeply and benefited them a lot.
Seeing Guan Yu's defeat, Liu Bei was slightly surprised, and asked Guan Yu in a low voice: "Second brother, if it is a battle of life and death, what are your chances of winning?" “
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment and thought for a long time, comparing himself and Dian Wei in all aspects, and finally smiled bitterly: "If it is a battle of life and death, the result is very likely to be that I will kill him and seriously injure him." ”
Liu Bei nodded and looked at Dian Wei's gaze even hotter, if he could get such a fierce general, great things could be done.
Zhao Yigang wanted to call Murong Fu and others to discuss the defense of the Zhao Mansion, and at this time, the soldiers outside the door came to report: "General, General He Jin, please come over to the mansion." ”
Zhao Yi said it so quickly, he wanted to excuse himself, his mouth opened and swallowed the words of resignation, but he decided to go over and take a look, and beckoned Dian Wei and the ten guards to walk out of the general's mansion.
Zhang Fei saw that Zhao Yi was invited by the eunuchs in the palace before, and he was invited by the general again after less than three hours, so he was so valued, no wonder people were able to rise to prominence. On the other hand, his eldest brother is like a foil by Zhao Yi's side.
Liu Bei did not envy Zhao Yi, although Zhao Yi was in a high position, he was unstable. The state pastoral officials are like the emperor of the soil in their respective state pastors, but they still have to be people with their tails between their legs in Luoyang City, and powerful ministers like He Jin and Shi Chang Shi must not be offended.
Unlike the last banquet, there were no large number of officials in the hall at this time, only He Jin and the general in silver and white armor in his thirties were He Jin's younger brother He Miao.
Seeing Zhao Yi walking into the hall, He Jin immediately showed a smile on his face, warmly beckoned Zhao Yi to sit down, ordered the maid to bring wine and food, and raised the bronze knight: "Congratulations to General Zhao for exterminating the Black Mountain Army and making immortal contributions to the imperial court." ”
Zhao Yi didn't know if He Jin already knew what he said to the queen in the palace today, his eyes turned and he already had a plan in his heart. did not say anything about today's palace, and raised the bronze knight: "The general has won the award, all of this is the emperor's prestige, and the last general is naturally invincible with the official army." "Drink all the wine in the bronze jue.
He Jin and He Miao toasted Zhao Yi enthusiastically and asked Zhao Yi about the specific situation of the battle, but they did not say the fierce words of that day, which made Zhao Yi quite strange, and the two brothers said this without a word.
The banquet lasted for half an hour, and Zhao Yi was already a little drunk, but he was still quite conscious, and the words in his mouth increased, from the battle in the past to the situation in the court today.
"At this time, the court officials**, if these black sheep are not punished with capital punishment, the Han Dynasty will definitely collapse." He Jin said worriedly about the country and the people, but his eyes were looking at Zhao Yi when he spoke.
Hearing this, Zhao Yi didn't open his mouth again, took a sip of wine, and looked at the double reed played by the two He Jin brothers in front of him.
Sure enough, after He Jin said this, He Miao echoed with a long sigh: "Although Bolai is in Youzhou, he must feel the same way." Yang Xiu, the governor of Zhuo County, if it weren't for Zhao Zhong's brother-in-law, An Neng would be the county guard on behalf of the county, and it would be a disaster for the imperial court to hand over this important border town to Yang Xiu. ”
Zhao Yi is now the pastor of Youzhou, and Yang Xiu is the county guard, he naturally understands the stakes, and originally thought that Zhao Yi would shoot the case when he heard this, but He Jin and He Miao, the two brothers, saw Zhao Yi smiling at the corner of his mouth, and there was no sign of anger, and he was secretly strange in his heart.
In fact, Yang Xiu's appointment as the county guard is not without benefits to Zhao Yi, Yang Xiu does not know how to march and fight, and cannot confront the Xianbei clan, so let Tai Shici enter the county as a captain, and this matter will be solved, so Yang Xiu is at ease, Zhao Yi integrated the soldiers and horses of the Daijun again, and Tai Shici got an official position again, so why not kill three birds with one stone.
Seeing that Zhao Yi didn't react, He Jin rolled his eyes and smiled twice: "Today is just for a banquet, why is it about state affairs again." Saying that, He Jin beckoned the maidservant to pour wine.
It was a beautiful maid who poured wine for Zhao Yi, raised her head slightly during the pouring, Xiumu and He Jin glanced at each other, and saw He Jin wink at her. The maidservant shook her hand, and the wine in the jug spilled Zhao Yi's body.
The maidservant screamed and fell to her knees, trembling for fear. Zhao Yi shook the wine on his body and before he could speak, He Jin, who was in the right position, said, "Where is the housekeeper?" Drag this hairy handmaid down for me, and I will tell you how good it is. ”
Looking at the trembling maid on the ground, Zhao Yi waved his hand slightly: "It's just a wet shirt, why should the general be angry about this matter." ”
"If it weren't for General Zhao's intercession, I wouldn't have spared you today. Why don't you help General Zhao go to the next room to change his clothes! He Jin scolded.
Zhao Yi waved his hand and said no, but the little maid looked at Zhao Yi with red eyes, and her expression seemed to beg Zhao Yi to go. If he didn't estimate that He Jin would punish this servant, Zhao Yi sighed and followed the servant girl to the next room, but he didn't notice the unfathomable and profound smile on the corner of He Jin's mouth behind him. 166 Reading Network