0317: Cast into the river
Speaking of which, if you want to talk about the hatred of Zhang Rang and others, these officials in the province are not as hateful as those scholars and doctors outside. On the one hand, it is because they are doing things in the same province, and they don't see each other when they look up, even Zhang Rang and others will not make the relationship too stiff. On the other hand, it is because these people are just some people who do things, and they do not have any conflict of interest with most eunuchs.
It's just that even so, how many people who can serve in the province are not disciples of the family or those great Confucian disciples? This kind of relationship is here, so that even if there is no conflict, most of the time, they will not give the eunuchs any good looks.
It's just that now this official asked Zhang Rang so respectfully, and not long ago, he angrily reprimanded Zhang Rang.
Well, this is naturally not because he suddenly changed his temperament, but because of the fire behind him from the Imperial City of Luoyang, which lit up almost the entire night sky!
Who planted this fire? It's definitely not Zhang who let them, after all, Zhang Rang and the others hijacked them all the way to get here, how can they have the kung fu to set fire? In this way, although these officials could not believe it, the facts seemed to prove that the scholars and doctors who followed He Jin to rebel together, even if they did not set the fire, were the major criminals who caused the fire. Moreover, there is nothing they can do to overturn this fact.
In this way, no matter how dissatisfied they were with Zhang Rang before, they could only hide it in their hearts, because at this moment, Zhang Rang has changed from a deserving person who deserved death for kidnapping the queen mother and the emperor to a great hero of the escort! And the most important thing is that if those scholars and doctors really rebelled, then now only Zhang Rang and others can protect the emperor, the queen mother and others, in this case, how can he be polite?
It's just that Zhang Rang didn't pay any attention to this official's overtures, he just knelt on the ground and looked directly at the imperial city in flames, his expression was full of despair and desolation, as well as a trace of attachment and reluctance.
Seeing this, the official stepped aside with some embarrassment, but he thought that Zhang Rang was still holding a grudge against what happened just now, but at this moment, he saw Zhang Rang suddenly rushing to the carriage that Empress Dowager He was riding, and then he knelt directly on the ground under the frightened gaze of Empress Dowager He, "Your Majesty!" At this point, there is no way out for the ministers, but the ministers still hope that His Majesty can understand, the ministers! It's really wronged!! ”
After speaking, Zhang Rang stood up, rushed straight to the river on the side, jumped suddenly, and jumped into the boiling river, and disappeared in an instant.
This scene immediately stunned everyone, but the thing that surprised them was not over, because just after Zhang Rang committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, Zhao Zhong, who was also a member of the Zhongchang Servant, also rushed to the river, "Zhang Changshi, Ben Hou is here to accompany you!" Zhao Zhong shouted desolately, and then jumped into the river, and in the blink of an eye, he could no longer see a human figure.
And after Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong threw themselves into the river one after another, several eunuchs committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river, all of these people were Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's henchmen, but Song Dian and others, who were also known as the ten permanent servants, although their faces were frightened, they stood in place.
"This ...... What's going on?! The officials watched all this in amazement, and they asked stupidly until no one threw themselves into the river.
It's just that no one answers their questions, maybe no one knows at all, or maybe someone knows, but they don't have the interest to speak at all.
After a long while, Empress Dowager He suddenly said, "The matter has come to this, it's useless to think too much, let's continue on the road." Getting His Majesty to a safe place as soon as possible is the most important thing. He Xianglan's tone was very calm, and she seemed to have completely recovered from her previous panic.
Hearing this, although there are still many people who are still full of doubts and uneasiness, they still continue to escort the carriage of the Empress Dowager He forward. However, compared with before, at this time, the officials who were originally held hostage no longer need those eunuchs or soldiers to be wary.
After walking for a short time, more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared in front of everyone. "Who are you?!" An official asked sharply. After Zhang Rang and others threw themselves into the river, Song Dian and others, who were also the ten permanent servants, seemed to have no interest in talking, and had no choice but to let the rest of the officials come forward. But if you think about it carefully, at such a time, it is easy for eunuchs to come forward.
"The villain is an official under the command of Wushuang Marquis, General Fei, and Li Junhou, the pastor of the state, who was ordered to come to Beijing to do business, and when he was about to leave, he found that the Beijing division was in chao......s," Cao Xing explained in a respectful voice.
"Are you the unequaled people?" The official looked at Cao Xuan and the others suspiciously, but his tone was much softer.
"Exactly!" Cao Xing responded, and then took out a waist card and handed it over. Seeing this, an official immediately walked over quickly, took the waist card and identified it, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It is indeed the person of the Wushuang Hou!" ”
Hearing this, many officials suddenly showed a look of joy, although Cao Xing and the others were only about a dozen people, but the martial arts of Li Yi's troops were famous all over the world. And the most important thing is that with the name Li Yi, it is enough to give everyone a sense of security.
And just as everyone was about to hit the road again, another person appeared in front of everyone. I saw that this person looked very ordinary, his face was flat, so he stood in front of everyone and said respectfully, "Everyone, the villain is under the command of Dong Yuanjun, and Dong Yuanjun is already ......on the way to come at this time."
"Really?!"
"Great!"
Hearing this, everyone immediately responded excitedly, they didn't suspect this person, except that he was only one person, and more importantly, he just told them from beginning to end that Dong Zhuo was already on the way, and didn't say anything else, in this case, no matter how you look at it, it can't be a lie, right?
"Is it Dong Zhuo's person? The other person should have come to repay Dong Zhuo. Cao Xing on the side secretly thought that this person was one of the two people he had met when he stole out of Luoyang before. However, he didn't care about this, because he was just at the right time, because it was obviously closer to go north from Mengjin from Luoyang to Bingzhou.
Although Li Yi had never given a similar order, after confirming the identity of Emperor Liu Wei, Cao Xing really couldn't find a reason not to come forward. After all, no matter how you think about this kind of thing, it doesn't seem to be harmful, right?
Meanwhile.
"What do you say? The little emperor and the queen mother and others have escaped from Beijing and are rushing here? Dong Zhuo looked at the person in front of him and asked in a hurried tone.