72. The first snow in the imperial capital (2)
"Huh? What is Mengde? ”
Jian Shuo frowned and preemptively responded, he bent down and straightened up without a trace when facing Zhang Rang, obviously not wanting to be a grovel impression in front of his subordinates.
But before Cao Cao could answer, Zhao Zhong, one of the eunuchs on the side, smiled and said:
"Your father is the adopted son of the eldest servant Qiu Cao Teng...... In this way, you seem close to us, not an outsider......"
As soon as these words fell, the faces of several people present were very strange, Zhao Zhong's enthusiastic words were really ugly, which was equivalent to ironizing Cao Cao Nai after the pickled eunuch, his father recognized a eunuch as his father-in-law.
After all, this is not a good thing, people who interact with Cao Cao on weekdays are secretive, where are they willing to mention half a word, let alone say it with a smile as a glorious thing like Zhao Zhong, Zhao Zhong himself is a pickled person, otherwise it is very possible to make a feud because of this.
Zhang Rang looked Cao Cao up and down quietly, but found that this person was smiling brighter and warmer than Zhao Zhong.
"What Zhao Changshou said is that it is the nephews and nephews who talk about it like this, and they are very close to ......."
bent down when he spoke, so as not to look down at Zhao Zhong because of his height, he wrapped Zhao Zhong's cold hand into his sleeve to warm it, and held Zhao Zhong's hand like a junior taking care of his own old man, his eyes were warm and his smile was genuine.
Starting from Yuan Shao's respectful flattery to He Jin, Cao Cao's speech was like brushing away his messy hair, which was extremely natural.
A few small details not only made Zhao Zhong, the number two person in the eunuch party, feel good, but the ten great eunuchs, including Zhang Rang, looked at Cao Cao's unpretentious smiling face, and their expressions were somewhat soft.
The atmosphere was silently harmonious, and after a while, Cao Cao said loudly:
"The princes have served the Son of Heaven for many years, which is equivalent to the duty of our courtiers who cannot serve the king at all times...... Ah Pu thinks that all the ministers in the world should thank you...... Even if there is a little criticism, it is also flawed, and it will not damage everyone's heart for my Han Dynasty! ”
These words are upright, as if Zhang Rang and others are really loyal to the Han Dynasty and the people, and they are loyal ministers who do not care for themselves for the sake of the world.
"Huh...... Meng De......"
The ten couldn't help but glance at this junior, in recent years, they have been so powerful that they have heard a lot of words, even the big people in the position of Jiuqing have more or less to look at their faces.
But at this moment, when the fate of the Son of Heaven is on the verge of death, for the eunuchs who are dependent on the imperial power for all power, it is the time when the sun is waning and the future is unpredictable.
And under the majestic imperial gate, hearing the words of a little lieutenant outside this Weiyang Palace, only he knows the taste.
Zhang Rang glanced at him deeply, stretched out his hand for Cao Cao for the first time, and encouraged: "Meng De...... Very good......"
Cao Cao lowered his head: "I still hope that Zhang Gong will teach ......"
Large expanses of heavy silver-lead-colored clouds obscured the sky of the imperial capital.
Inside the gloomy palace gate, everything needs not be said.
Under the dark sky, in the shadows caused by the tall buildings.
Everyone waited quietly for the summons of the Son of Heaven, and everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor, who had exhausted the last vitality of the Great Han, had really seen him once less.
Even if he named his newly renovated small dormitory Weiyang Palace, he would not be able to complete the great achievements of the ancestral emperor back then.
And His Majesty, who was already bedridden, did not let these people wait for a long time, and after a while, the order to summon them came.
More than a dozen mermaids rushed in, and Cao Cao deliberately walked at the end, putting his hand on his eyebrows and looking at the eaves of a high-angle tower exposed between the leans of the palace platform.
Thinking of a guy who is now far away in Liangzhou, he grinned very unsolemnly, and then shook his head with a wry smile to follow.
Everyone stood with bated breath, lowered their eyebrows and stopped, looking at the silhouette of the Spirit Emperor from a distance, secretly guessing his physical condition.
Await...... Quiet and long wait.
Brass mirrors and gold tables reflect candles in the splendid dormitory
The furnishings are elegant and exquisite.
The calming white smoke from the incense burner blurred the eunuch's face
The maid's blue-black sideburns and skirt exuded a faint fragrance.
Only when it made people drowsy, the weak voice of the Spirit Emperor with a dead breath came from behind the scenes, but it was like a thunderbolt.
"You...... You guys...... According to my will, kill He Jin and assist the prince Liu Xie...... Tomorrow I will announce how to enter the palace, you should prepare early......"
None of the people dared to respond, only Zhang Rang, who had served the Spirit Emperor for many years, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, is this too urgent......
"I ...... I... I'm afraid I don't have time to wait......... The relatives are powerful, if it is really succeeded by Liu Wei, it must be He Jin who covers the sky with one hand, isn't it really in response to the market nursery rhyme "Where does the world belong to ......him" that I would rather throw the world to an eight-year-old child, let him toss with the ministers, and the ministers of the DPRK and China contain each other, it is better than one person to control the dynasty, and everyone in the world is bullied and faint, but I would rather die than allow the slave to bully the master! Ahem! Ahem, ahem! ”
"Your Majesty is angry, and the minister is guilty......"
Everyone knelt on the ground, but only they knew what they were thinking, but they finally understood why Yuan Shao, including several captains who had close contacts with He Jin, could not be summoned.
A dying man's intermittent words will have great power to turn the world upside down just because he is the lord of the world.
The twelve people who were forcibly divided into one camp because of this Son of Heaven decree walked out of the palace gate in silence until they were separated from each other, and none of them said a word.
That night, Bao Hong, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, disguised himself as a porter, evaded the secret spies in the palace, and went straight to Yuan Shao's mansion in the starry night.
An hour later, it was discovered, and the entire family of 44 people was wiped out, and none of the old, weak, women and children were spared.
On this night, there were guards everywhere, the Tiger Ben Army, the Yulin Army, the Royal Forest Army, the Western Army, and the Southern Han Army...... A total of 30 military orders were received overnight, and there were not a few people who contradicted each other.
However, these military forces rarely stood still, but according to their positions and interests, they began to hunt and walk or lurk and wait in the dark night.
All forces are ready to move, mobilizing their hole cards and strength, this night there are high-ranking officials who died at the hands of their favorite concubines, there are secret informants who were poisoned, there are secret groups that were slaughtered overnight, and there are hidden piles that were transferred overnight.
There are murderous civil officials, there are dead generals, there are inexplicable Qinglou women who died inexplicably, there are ordinary old people who disappeared for no reason, there are big people, and there are small people, they have superficial identities, and they also have backgrounds and tasks that they have hidden for many years and are almost forgotten.
On this night, hundreds of officials occupied the throne in the court, regardless of various positions, everyone killed people, and there was blood in the house.
There are letters sent out of the capital by fast horses overnight, and there are also messengers who are intercepted and divided.
The great purge in the entire imperial capital is underway, the literati, the warriors, the eunuchs, and the barbarians, and the negotiations, exchanges and temptations of all parties are also being completed little by little under the exchange of human lives. All traces are also cleaned.
As dawn approached, the cloud of lead, which had been piled up for too long, finally rained snow on the ancient capital.
Fluttering like catkins, like goose feathers, like the white hair of an old woman.
The snow was like a crash, and soon it was covered with a layer of pure white. And the clouds are heavier, and the snow is thicker, adding white to the imperial capital little by little.
In the first snow of the year in the imperial capital, the Son of Heaven sent an edict that He Jin entered the palace in armor, and after four hours, he did not leave the palace and was killed and died.
When the eunuchs won a great victory, there was a strange army led by Yuan Shao suddenly, and suddenly it was like falling from the sky, including Zhang Rang, and all ten of them were killed.
The emperor compromised and issued an edict, passed on the throne to the prince Liu Wei, and then died
Peeled off into the palm of the inhuman-shaped, he still firmly held the jade seal that was filled with gold.
In the first snow of the year in the imperial capital, Cao Cao led people to guard the palace gate,
He Jin's reinforcements couldn't enter, so He Jin died.
Because Yuan Shao could enter with the army, the eunuch died.
It's simple, it's clean.
The heavy snow fluttered, dyeing Cao Cao's eyebrows and hair white.
He remembered that he held Zhao Zhongliangliang's hand and Zhang Rang picked up the placket for him......
It's really a sad pickle, such a little drama, they actually believe it. If you are not a man in the end, you can't make a big deal.
Then I thought of a guy named Guo Jia, thinking about how much he was involved behind the scenes in this situation, and then he had no clue, but he smiled innocently and happily, admiring his friend's kind.
The snow stopped at the head of the imperial capital, the new emperor ascended the throne, and more than 100 ministers in brocade clothes bowed to the new monarch in the snow of a city.
And the edict that had already been written and sent for the new emperor was about to arrive in Liangzhou. "The new monarch was first established, the country Zuo Xuchang, the Xiliang Dong Zhuo, and the troops were introduced to Luoyang"
The snow in the first field of the imperial capital stopped, and the fortune of the world churned and changed.
A little girl in Youzhou looked sad with a handful of white snow, and said to the young man who rolled out a big snowball on the side
"Pig, I'm leaving tonight......"
The young man with handsome eyebrows like a person in a painting, a little red sand between his eyebrows was shocking, and he smiled gently: "That's okay, it's enough for me to accompany you all day." ”
After that, it was the first year of Guangxi.