Volume 1 The Beginning of the Late Han Dynasty Chapter 71 The Little People of Liangshan
"Your Majesty, there are assassins entering the palace tonight......" The old eunuch who had led the first year bowed down and explained respectfully to Emperor Liu Xie. Just as he was explaining, he saw the open golden silk nanmu cabinet inside, and the old waiter's face changed greatly, his face was bloodless for a moment, and he was in a cold sweat, screaming, "Quick, quick, see if there is anything missing." ”
The old chamberlain staggered to the wooden cabinet. The rest of the crowd also immediately made a mess and threw themselves on the cabinet.
The little emperor also realized the seriousness of the problem, his face was pale, and he sat on the couch, stunned.
A guard at the door shouted: "The assassin has a package on his back, and there is a wooden box in the package. ”
The old chamberlain hurriedly pounced, took the wooden box, wept bitterly, and screamed: "This is the emperor's seal." He trembled and opened the wooden box, and a white jade seal was firmly embedded in the wooden box. He breathed a sigh of relief, and trembled as he placed the wooden box back into the wooden cabinet.
While counting the wooden boxes, he muttered to himself: "'Emperor's Seal', 'Emperor's Seal', 'Emperor's Letter', 'Son of Heaven', 'Son of Heaven', 'Son of Heaven's Seal'. The six seals are all in ......"
Suddenly.
The old chamberlain screamed loudly, leaned back and collapsed to the ground, he fell to the ground, and shouted tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, pass on the country...... The jade seal of the country is gone......"
"Your Majesty! ......" All the eunuchs and palace ladies wept together and fell to their knees.
The little emperor Liu Xie's face turned even paler, and when he saw everyone crying, he also cried loudly, crying hoarsely, crying louder than in the first half of the night.
Outside the dormitory, the general of the Praetorian Guard who killed Bai Sheng was arranging for his guards to complete the inspection of the entire Ganquan Palace. Seeing this, he clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Yulin Jun Zuolang will protect Dong You with Your Majesty, please rest assured, Ganquan Palace has been searched and there are no outsiders." ”
Then, he turned around and shouted, "Quick, expand the search area, and the assassins, steal the national treasure." …… Hurry up and report to Lord Xiangguo! "It seems that this Dong You should be Dong Zhuo's person.
Before long, the entire Luoyang Palace was in chaos, all the eunuchs and palace maids got up, all the lights were lit, and countless palace guards launched a carpet search, not letting go of a palace or a hall, not missing a single grass or tree.
The noise and cries were worse than in the middle of the night.
"There's someone here!" The guards who searched for the imperial study of Ganlu Palace saw the shadow of the imperial study shaking, and immediately shouted.
"There are assassins!" The Praetorian Guards raised their voices in unison.
Suddenly, more and more guards, that is, the Yulin Army, rushed over, bent their bows and arrows, raised their knives and guns, and surrounded the imperial study.
"Come out and surrender quickly!" The guards shouted, they didn't know how many people were inside, and they didn't storm it.
"Wang ...... Brother Wang ......, we were discovered. In the corner of the imperial study, a black-clothed masked man trembled and said to another tall black-clothed masked man next to him.
"Don't be a nest, Brother Duan, it's a big deal to die, don't fall into the prestige of Liangshan and wait for me." The tall man clearly felt the horror of the brother next to him.
Needless to say, these two people are Wang Dingliu, the deputy general of the Liangshan Expedition Camp, and Duan Jingzhu, the golden retriever. It took them most of the time in the huge palace to find the imperial study of Ganlu Palace. There was no one in the study, and it was pitch black. The two rummaged through the cabinets in the imperial study, looking for a long time, but they didn't find the jade seal of the country, but their eyes were opened, and they found many strange things that they had never seen in their lives before. The two of them had a full bag in their arms, and they also had a big package on their backs, and they were about to go out to find Bai Sheng when they were satisfied, but they were discovered by the guards and blocked in the imperial study.
"Come out and surrender quickly!" The guards shouted in unison, murderous. Countless torches were lit outside the Imperial Study, illuminating the entire pre-dawn night.
"What should I do?" Duan Jingzhu was still trembling.
"What about the guts you used to steal from the royal horse?" Wang Dingliu leaned his back against the wall and looked at Duan Jingzhu with mocking eyes.
"Then don't I want to join us Liangshan? I want to be a good man! Gotta find a courtesy! The little person is always very sensitive, and he keenly noticed the mockery in Wang Dingliu's eyes, and Duan Jingzhu's pale face turned red.
"You are now a good man in Liangshan, I will do a bigger job now, don't fall into fame, ah, Brother Duan." Wang Dingliu said.
"Yes, I know." Duan Jingzhu desperately suppressed his trembling.
After a few breaths, he still couldn't help but speak: "Brother Wang, do you think we will die here?" ”
"I don't know...... It seems that there is no escape. Wang Dingliu secretly aimed at the countless torches, countless swords, guns, bows and crossbows outside.
"You say, Brother Song Jiang will remember us, we came here and died like this, and we haven't enjoyed the blessings yet...... Didn't we all say that we were all stars in the sky? Duan Jingzhu knew that he was going to die, but he was not so nervous, but he talked more and more.
"Hehe......" Wang Dingliu also laughed in a low voice, "I don't know either...... I only know that it's right to follow Brother Song Jiang. He...... He will not forget our brothers. ”
"We're all brothers...... We are all Liangshan brothers. Duan Jingzhu leaned his back against the wall and muttered.
Outside, Dong You, the general of the Yulin Army, had also arrived outside the imperial study, and he shouted loudly: "Listen to the people inside, your accomplices have been killed, come out and surrender!" Spare you from dying! ”
"Brother Shiqian, Brother Bai Sheng...... Brother Yan Qing ......" The two people in the room suddenly closed their eyes in pain, was it Shi Qian Bai Sheng who exposed them and was punished, or Yan Qing and their failures, or did they both ...... The two didn't dare to imagine it.
"Come out quickly, after three breaths, I will wait for the Praetorian Guards to rush in, and kill them." Dong You shouted loudly.
Duan Jingzhu leaned his back against Wang Dingliu tightly, not daring to speak again.
"Brother Duan, you stay inside, I'll go out. They don't know how many of us there are, I might go out and take their attention, you have a chance to run......" Wang Dingliu thought for a while, and said in a low voice to Duan Jingzhu.
"Get out...... To go out is to die! Duan Jingzhu suppressed a slight tremor and said.
"It's better than both of them dying." Wang Dingliu took out all kinds of bits and pieces in his arms, grabbed the short blade in his hand tightly, and said, "After a while, I will run out from here, and you will find an opportunity to run from behind." ”
He pointed to the back of the study.
"No, Brother Wang, I'll go out." Duan Jingzhu's shoulders trembled, but he said unusually firmly.
"I'll go!" Wang Dingliu said.
"Listen to me." Duan Jingzhu put his hands on Wang Dingliu's shoulders, trembling slightly, extremely cold, and said: "Brother Wang, you heard me, I'm afraid that my feet won't be able to run, you are fast on your feet, and you have martial arts, you have a better chance to run out." ”
Duan Jingzhu swallowed his breath and said, "We, we always have to run out......
Wang Dingliu's eyes were red, and he also grabbed Duan Jingzhu's shoulders with both hands, and shouted, "No, I can't ......"
"That's it, it's too late, go over there......"
"No ......"
"Get out of here, straight lady thief ......" Duan Jingzhu always felt inferior from Shangliangshan, and never dared to speak loudly to the brothers, all of them greeted him with a smile. A sentence finally broke out today, and his mother was still rude, and a happy smile appeared on his face.
Wang Dingliu saw Duan Jingzhu like this, and knew that he had made a decision, so he no longer struggled, and shouted softly: "Brother!" Be a brother in the next life. After saying that, he made a strong move and rushed to the opposite side.
"The left guard of the Yulin Army! Give me ......" Dong You outside waited impatiently and shouted loudly.
"Whoa!" Some of the Praetorian Guards responded loudly, holding their regimental cards and blades and about to rush in.
"Don't kill me...... Don't kill me......" Duan Jingzhu walked out of the shadows with a trembling cry, his voice trembling, and his figure was obscene.
The Praetorian Guard couldn't help but feel contempt, and after being on guard for so long, such a thief came out.
"Is there anyone else in there?" Dong You shouted loudly.
"I didn't ...... There is no ......" Duan Jingzhu trembled.
"Someone came, and he was arrested. The left guard of the Yulin Army, enter the imperial study! ”
"No, don't catch me...... Don't catch me......" Looking at the Praetorian Guards approaching him, Duan Jingzhu shouted loudly in panic, and his whole person shrank into a ball.
The guards despised him even more, and the two guards walked straight up and stretched out their hands to grab Duan Jingzhu.
Suddenly.
The trembling figure leaped to its feet, a short blade in each of its left and right hands plunged deep into the necks of the two guards.
"Ah", accompanied by the screams of the guards, two streams of blood gushed out, and the rest of the guards couldn't help but be stunned.
Duan Jingzhu took advantage of this stunned and pulled the spear of one of the two guards, and one rolled forward, already in front of Dong You, the left general of the Yulin Army. The spear stabbed fiercely, and he wanted to kill Dong You's life.
With a "bang", the iron spear in Dong You's hand shook violently, and the spear was swept aside.
Duan Jingzhu was unyielding, the spear was withdrawn, and he stabbed forward fiercely.
"Puff puff", between this stab, there were already countless spears that had pierced Duan Jingzhu's body, running out of his body, and blood splattered everywhere.
"Drink...... Drink ......" Duan Jingzhu under the mask wanted to say something, but finally didn't say anything, and closed his eyes vaguely.
"Zuo Wei, enter the imperial study......" Dong You kicked Duan Jingzhu away and shouted at everyone.
The huge imperial study room is as bright as day under the light of countless torches. Rows of pear blossom wood bookshelves, rolls of bamboo silk silks exuding ink, wide and heavy golden silk nanmu books, palace pillars, barriers, curtains...... The Praetorian Guards scrutinized every nook and cranny, every shadow.
"No, no."
"No, no."
"General, there should be no other comrades. You see, everything in the study is here, a lot of things. The guards reported.
Dong You looked at the objects arranged on the ground, and then at the black-clothed masked man who had been killed outside the door, thought for a while, and said, "Everyone, okay, expand the search and see if there is anything abnormal...... I'm going to report to Sangkoku-sama. ”
"Whoa!"