On April 11 of the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty collapsed, the whole country was happy, the whole country was sad, before the collapse of Emperor Ling, he entrusted Zhang to let Zhao Zhong Jian Shuo, and ordered his assistant to the emperor's second son Liu Xie to ascend the throne.

However, Liu Xie's mother clan has long been strangled by the He family, He Jin and He Miao brothers control the military power in Luoyang, Jian Shuo secretly summoned his subordinates, and wanted to kill He Jin first, but because Jian Shuo's Sima Pan Yin and He Jin had an old relationship and leaked secrets, He Jin did not ambush and escaped, and the contradictions between the two sides intensified and began to fight-for-tat.

Because of the death of Emperor Ling, the standing attendants were also a little confused, and He Jin took the opportunity to support the emperor's eldest son Liu Wei to ascend the throne.

He Jin had long known that the eunuchs were hated by the people of the world, and he hated Jian Shuo for plotting to harm him, and after he grasped the power of the court, he secretly arranged and prepared to kill the eunuchs.

This kind of famous thing, Yuan Shao liked it the most, the two hit it off, got together, and planned together, He Jin listened to Yuan Shao's suggestion and recruited resourceful people He Yan, Feng Ji, Xun You and others.

Jian Shuo was deeply disturbed and called a meeting of the middle attendants. Although Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong was also a regular attendant, they were too favored and had a status above several others, so they did not attend.

Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Qi, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, Song Dian and Jian Shuo ten eunuchs who attended the meeting, all served as the middle attendants, and were also known as the ten permanent attendants, and usually only listened to Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong and Emperor Ling, although their hearts were not aligned, they generally did not betray each other, and Jian Shuo did not guard against them.

Jian Shuo proposed, "Now the general He Jin brother is in control of the government, and he is close to the party members who are plotting to kill the first emperor, and they want to destroy us, but because I lead the forbidden army, I hesitate for the time being." Now it is time to take advantage of him to accompany the funeral of the first emperor and kill him together. ”

Although the eunuchs were worried, they couldn't make up their minds, and Guo Sheng said: "For such a major matter, you should write a letter to let Zhang Changshou and Zhao Changshi know and listen to their suggestions." ”

Everyone nodded, Jian Shuo heard the same reason, since everyone agreed to listen to Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong, then write to them, because Zhang Rang went out of Luoyang because of a major event, so he could only write a letter to Zhao Zhong, and after writing Guo Sheng volunteered to send the letter.

Why is Guo Sheng so concerned about this matter? Because He Jin and He were able to take the position, he still got Guo Sheng's help, in Guo Sheng's eyes, one glory and one loss, not himself and other permanent servants, but himself and the He family.

So he secretly told He Jin about the content of the letter, and He Jin was furious and asked Huangmen to arrest and kill Jian Shuo.

Yuan Shao persuaded him, "Now that we have the general momentum, strong soldiers and horses, and many talents, how can we destroy the plan because of a big man, and finding an opportunity to catch them all is the right way." Since they wanted to take advantage of the general's entry into the palace, the general said that he couldn't get sick. ”

He Jin nodded, thanked Guo Sheng one after another, Guo Sheng was satisfied, and went to Zhao Zhong to deliver the letter, and also plucked Zhao Zhong, Zhao Zhong was really moved by Guo Sheng's words, and did not agree with Jian Shuo's plan.

He Jin was not idle, and after formulating a plan with Yuan Shao to punish the party, he told He Hou the plan.

He Hou disagreed with He Jin's approach, "The eunuch ruling the forbidden province is an old rule of the Han family from ancient times to the present, and it cannot be abandoned at will." What's more, the new widow in this palace, how can he work with this group of scholars and doctors in a grand manner. ”

He Jin repeatedly admonished, He Hou just didn't listen, and told her that he only punished the evil remnants, and He Hou didn't agree, He Jin couldn't go against He Houyi's will, and the matter was put aside for the time being, Yuan Shao sighed, "If you can't eliminate them by taking this opportunity, then they will definitely make trouble in the future!" ”

He Jin's mother Wu Yangjun and He Jin's younger brother He Miao, the general of the Che Cavalry, often accepted bribes from the eunuchs, helped them say good things in front of He Hou, and asked He Hou to protect them, and said that He Jin killed the emperor's cronies in order to make no one available around the emperor.

He Jin was deeply annoyed by the eunuchs, but he was deflated here and in a bad mood, which happened to happen when the Empress Dowager Dong announced in public that Emperor Ling wanted to set up his second son Liu Xie as the emperor, and was very angry, and united the three dukes to ask the Empress Dowager Dong to move back to Hejian Kingdom.

According to the Han law, it should indeed be like this, He Hou approved this recital, and then He Jin sent troops to surround the mansion of Dong Chong, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Dong, the hussar general Dong Chong, arrested Dong Chong, and relieved him of his position.

The news reached the Empress Dowager Dong, who was afraid, worried into fear, and actually fell ill and died.

Although Bi Lan did not have a keen sense of politics, he often communicated with Cheng Yun and learned about some of Cheng Yun's plans, so he felt that this time was strange, so he consulted with Cheng Yun and told Cheng Yun all the news of Jian Shuo's plans including Zhao Zhong and others, and asked him to give his opinions.

Cheng Yun is also paying attention to these things, and with Bi Lan providing specific information and time, he can also synthesize what happened during this time and get the information he wants to know.

Looking at Bi Lan's aging face, Cheng Yun sighed secretly, Jian Shuo and him are just using each other, but Bi Lan is his friend, in addition to greedy for money, Bi Lan is actually more like Zhang Heng, more like a craftsman and inventor.

"If Duke Bi believes me, he will pack up his belongings, dismiss his servants, and move out of the palace and Bi Mansion first, if he is still worried about his safety, it is better to temporarily live in my mansion in the name of maintaining the ice cellar."

Cheng Yun had a straight face, "Now the situation is treacherous, and I can't know when their next move will be, just be prepared and don't have trouble, just hide until the wind is calm." ”

Cheng Yun frowned, "But don't leak the news, you know me, even if it's my family, you say it's good to maintain the ice cellar." ”

Bi Lan exhaled, "Yes, the person I trust the most is you, since you say so, I'll go and clean up now." ”

Cheng Yun gritted his teeth, "Wait a minute, if Bi Gong is willing, in order to prevent the news from leaking, the people in the house... Don't notify me first, everything is simple, and the family wealth will be put first, and we can get the money back if we lose it. ”

Bi Lan looked at Cheng Yun and nodded ruthlessly, "When we see the opportunity, Wen Ying can inform the people in the house again, as for the family wealth, can I still be missing with Cheng Wenying?" ”

Cheng Yun nodded, looked up at the sky, and said, "I didn't expect that I had disregarded human life to such an extent, would I become a character like Jia Xu one day?" ”

But said that He Jin here, he deeply felt that the eunuchs had been carefully operating in Luoyang for decades, making the marquis and noble, and the internal and external collusion was extremely consolidated, He Jin had always been afraid of them, and he was newly appointed with great power, and he couldn't find a suitable way to solve them for a long time.

Yuan Shao came up with another idea at this time, asking He Jin to summon the heroes of the Quartet in the name of the general, enter the king of Jingqin, and threaten He Hou to make a decision quickly.

At this time, Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper, hurriedly advised, "Now that you are a general and leading the army for state affairs, why do you still have to gather the soldiers?" The soldiers gather, and the strong are the heroes, which is the so-called fighting and holding the power to others. Not only is it difficult to succeed, but it will also become a stage of chaos. ”

Yuan Shao didn't say anything to argue, but glanced at Chen Lin more, but He Jin didn't listen to the dissuasion, thinking that what Yuan Shao said was quite reasonable, how could He Jin, who only had eunuchs in his eyes, have the energy to care about whether other people would cause trouble?

So the former general Dong Zhuo was summoned to the west to settle in Shanglin Yuan, Guanzhong, and Wang Kuang of the palace Peng Taishan summoned the crossbowmen in the county, and summoned the Taishou Qiao Mao of the East County to help Cheng Gao, so that Ding Yuan, the commander of Wumeng, burned Mengjin, and the flames soared to the sky, and they all said that they would kill the eunuchs, but He Hou still disagreed.

He Miao said to He Jin: "At the beginning, we came all the way from Nanyang, and we all relied on the palace to get rich because of poverty. The affairs of the country are not easy! If the poured water cannot be recovered, it should be carefully considered and friendly with the palace. ”

He Jin was also very confused, he wanted to kill the eunuch because the eunuch wanted to kill him first, but now, among the relatives, whether it is his sister He Hou, or his mother and younger brother, they all dissuade themselves, saying that they want to live in peace with the eunuchs, should this really be the case?

Yuan Shao was worried that He Jin would change his mind, so he threatened him: "The situation of combining with each other has been revealed, if things are not done, something will happen, what is the general waiting for, why not decide early?" ”

He Jin then still let people kill Jian Shuo, gathered Jian Shuo's army, and used Yuan Shao as the lieutenant of the division, holding the talisman and breaking it; Engaged in Zhonglang Wang Yun for Henan Yin. Yuan Shao sent Luoyang Fangluo military officials to monitor the eunuchs, so that Dong Zhuo and others galloped up, preparing to march into the army and be optimistic.

Empress Dowager He was frightened, dismissed all the small yellow gates, and returned to the house, leaving only the people He Jin had always been close to guard the province.

When Cheng Yun heard the news and knew that the storm was approaching, he hurriedly gathered his own people who could be fully trusted to discuss the matter together.