"What? Empress Dowager Bao died? When Hua Mulan heard the report of the military Sima Hu Ying, the whole person was stunned, a little incredulous, "The Empress Dowager Bao is less than fifty, how did she die?" ”

Hu Ying looked left and right, looking worried about who would hear him, and said in a low voice: "It is rumored in the palace that he was poisoned, of course, this is just a rumor, according to the imperial doctor, he became ill from overwork and died violently!" ”

As soon as Hua Mulan heard it, she knew that there was a conspiracy that she was afraid of not being known to the outside world, and Zong Ai's sinister and cunning face suddenly flashed in her mind.

"It can't be this dead eunuch who did it, right?" Mulan suddenly felt a chill.

After a long time, Mulan came back to her senses, and she asked, "What else have you heard?" ”

Hu Ying said: "It is reported that soon after the death of the Empress Dowager Bao, Zong Ai appeared in the palace of the Empress Dowager Bao and let the emperor take away, Zong Zheng Eqing rushed over shortly afterwards, he was suspicious of the death of the Empress Dowager Bao, and asked the imperial doctor to check the cause of death, and the imperial doctor thought that it was a violent death due to overwork after examination, but Eqing did not believe it, and asked the imperial doctor if he was threatened by some people, Zong Ai thought that Eqing was deliberately targeting him, and immediately dismissed Eqing in the name of the emperor and sent him to prison for questioning! ”

Mulan took a deep breath, "When did this happen?" ”

"This morning! Just after many ministers of the clan and the old ministers of the court got the news, they all wrote to intercede for Eqing, and it is said that Zong Ai ignored all the letters of those ministers, and left all the letters of those ministers in the middle and burned them on fire! ”

Hua Mulan felt that the world was only afraid of chaos, and several emperors had died in a row in just a few years, and now even the Empress Dowager Bao of the Linzhao Dynasty was dead, the emperor was too young, and a eunuch was used as a guardian, and he also put on a loyal minister to coax the world.

"What the hell is going on? Why is this change in the court so weird? Mulan was a little dazed, and the world had become extremely strange to her.

As soon as the news of the death of the Empress Dowager Bao came out, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the Southern Dynasties, Northern Liang, Northern Yan and Rouran were all ready to move, and rebellions broke out in various parts of the Northern Wei Dynasty, especially the Shanhu people in Lushuihu and Bingzhou and Guanzhong in Beidi County.

Although the Northern Wei Dynasty successively killed the emperor and the Empress Dowager, and the troops also suffered serious losses in the war to the east, the foundation was still there, and the defensive strength of the defenders at the border pass was still very strong.

In the next two months, Zong Ai did not make much action against the court, and focused on dealing with the surrounding enemy countries, waiting for the surrounding enemy countries to die down, and then he freed up his hands to rectify the court.

On the fifth day of the ninth month of 433 AD, news came out that Zong Zheng Eqing could not endure torture in prison and died in prison.

As soon as the news came out, the tension in the court, which had been eased, immediately became rumored again.

This is not the end, in the past, in front of the Empress Dowager Bao, the left servant of Shangshu said bad things about Zong Ai, the left servant of Shangshu Shooting Lan Yan, the servant and the servant, Xue Ti, the servant, the Qiu Ni Daosheng and the servant Ren Pingcheng were all poisoned by Zong Ai.

It is said that Zong Ai received a report that Shangshu's left servant shot Lan Yan on suspicion of rebellion, and he immediately sent troops to search Lan Yan's mansion, and the soldiers and generals found a letter written to him by Qiu Ni Daosheng in Lan Yan's home, which involved the secret of plotting to depose the emperor and supporting the emperor's younger brother Ren Cheng Wang Tuoba to become the emperor.

As the first task of this conspiracy is to kill Zong Ai, a dead eunuch, Zong Ai was of course furious after reading the letter, and immediately ordered Lan Yan, Ren Pingcheng, He Kai, Xue Ti and Qiu Ni Daosheng and other cadres to be taken down and put in prison for trial.

As soon as the news came, there was an uproar in the government and the opposition, and many people angrily scolded Lan Yan, Ren Pingcheng, He Kai, Xue Ti, Qiu Ni Daosheng and others, and reprimanded them for not wanting to serve the country loyally at this time of national crisis, but plotting to rebel, which was really a great crime.

However, many people suspect that all this is a trick directed and acted by Zong Ai, the purpose of which is to eradicate dissidents, so as to deter other ministers in the court who are disrespectful to him.

Among them, especially General Anton and Yicheng Gong Xi Jin are representatives, he expressed great indignation at Zong Ai's control of the government, nepotism, exclusion of dissidents, and framing loyal ministers on trumped-up charges.

At the court meeting on the first day of October, Xi Jin stated a series of charges against Zong Ai in front of the Manchu civil and military officials, and after Zong Ai executed Lan Yan, Ren Pingcheng, He Kai, Xue Ti, and Qiu Ni Daosheng, and other court ministers, he was supposed to stop for a period of time to ease the tense situation in the court.

He didn't expect that Xi Jin, an old thing, would rely on his old qualifications to state his crimes in front of the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, he went crazy on the spot, immediately refuted that Xi Jin was framed, and ordered the warriors outside the palace to drag Xi Jin down and put him in prison.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zong Ai did not stop doing anything, and in the name of the emperor, he ordered Xi Jin to be executed and killed on the grounds that he had betrayed the military secrets of the Great Wei during his capture by Helianding of Hu Xia.

For a while, the government and the opposition were so frightened that no one dared to blow up the thorns again.

The garrison of the Right Wing Army.

Hua Mulan was draped all over her body, holding a sword and a sword in one hand, and waving a flag in the other, with every wave she made, rows and rows of neat cavalrymen on the school field rode on horseback and kept stabbing the spears in their hands, stabbing once and roaring loudly once, and the momentum in the entire military camp was like a rainbow.

Soon, the waving of the command flag in Mulan's hand stopped one by one, and all the cavalry on the school field stopped assassinating, and as she waved the order flag again, a long square cavalry on the far right rode out and began to trot along the school field, followed by a second square cavalry to follow, and one by one the square teams began to ride horses and run circles on the school field.

This not only allows the generals to practice riding, but also allows the horses to train endurance, walking, and trotting, and trains the generals' ability to coordinate and maintain formation.

Mulan put down the order flag, turned to the Oiran who was already waiting on the side, and asked, "You've been here for so long, what's the matter?" ”

Oiran took out a letter and handed it over with both hands: "General, this is a letter sent by my uncle from Youzhou!" ”

Hua Mulan took the letter, beckoned to the military Sima Hu Ying, and ordered: "Hu Ying, you come to watch the soldiers practice!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Hua Mulan walked to the side of the desk and sat down, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, put down the teacup and opened the letter to read it.

Zhao Junsheng mentioned in the letter that Wan Yutong and his party arranged after arriving in Youzhou, Wan Yutong opened a tailor shop in Jixian County, after a few months of reputation accumulation, it is said that the business is not bad, there are two maids to help take care of the shop, and Wan Quan and two personal soldiers to take care of, and no one to find trouble.

Zhao Junsheng has heard a series of things that happened in the imperial court in Youzhou, he thinks that the court situation is too weird, unpredictable, unpredictable, and unpredictable, and now Mulan's filial piety period has passed, he persuaded Mulan to take this opportunity to write a letter to resign, take his mother-in-law and brother-in-law to live in Youzhou, and then marry him.

October 15, the Great Asahi.

Zong Ai presided over the court meeting under the throne where the emperor was sitting, and finally asked: "The ministers still have something to play, if there is nothing to do, please retreat from the court!" ”

Hua Mulan stood up and clasped her fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, Minister Hua Mulan has something to play!" ”

The emperor's immature and childish voice came: "Quasi-play! ”

Hua Mulan said: "Your Majesty, the minister and Fan Yang Gong Zhao Junsheng have a marriage contract since childhood, the father was ready to complete the marriage when he was alive, but the father died suddenly when he was ready to get married, the minister wanted to keep filial piety for three years, so the marriage period was delayed, now the filial piety period has passed, the minister and Zhao Junsheng have discussed, ready to complete the marriage at the end of this year, today I specially asked His Majesty to resign from the post of general of the right wing army, the minister intends to marry and teach his children at home after the marriage, no longer out of office, and please ask Your Majesty for permission!" ”

The young emperor didn't know what to do, and couldn't help but look at Zong Ai.

Zong Ai's mind is turning very fast, he is very well-informed, and he also has some understanding of Zhao Junsheng's actions in Youzhou, now Zhao Junsheng's strength is getting stronger and stronger, he is worried that one day Zhao Junsheng will be difficult to control, leaving Mulan in the capital is a trick to control Zhao Junsheng, if Hua Mulan is allowed to run, in case Zhao Junsheng turns his face with him, how will he deal with Zhao Junsheng?

But it is not okay not to let Hua Mulan marry Zhao Junsheng, if he does not agree, will outsiders not think that his love and the emperor are too mean and unkind? Your subordinates are not allowed to get married if they want to, how can there be such a reason in this world? Even the most brutal king wouldn't do that, would he?

The clan thought for a while, and said to Mulan: "Your Majesty understands General Hua's thoughts very well, as the so-called men should marry women when they marry, this is human nature, of course Your Majesty will not be unreasonable, but the imperial court is at the time of employing people, General Hua is strong in martial arts, proficient in military strategy, is a rare talent, if General Hua is now at home husband and children and waste a lot of ability, Your Majesty's idea is to let General Hua go to General Zhao to marry first, give you three months of marriage leave, and then you will return to Pingcheng after three months to sell the leave, At that time, the imperial court will entrust General Hua with another important task! ”

Zong Ai didn't give Mulan a chance to speak anymore when he said this, and immediately announced: "Okay, retreat from the dynasty!" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty······" Hua Mulan screamed a few times in a row, and Zong Ai had already taken the emperor's hand and left.

Hua Mulan had no choice but to leave the hall behind the ministers.

"General Hua, this is going to Youzhou to marry General Zhao, congratulations!" Genga slowed down and waited for Mulan to come over, clasping his fists and saying with a smile.

Hua Mulan came back to her senses and hugged her fists in return: "General Yuan is polite!" ”

"I wonder when General Hua will leave for Youzhou?"

"I still have to go to Wuchuan to pick up my mother and little brother, maybe within these two days!"

Yuan He hurriedly said: "In that case, today I will be the east, and ask some colleagues in the army to see General Hua off!" ”