Chapter 37: The Eclipse
The back cabinet of Weiyang Palace. "Your Majesty, Hu Hou has ordered the removal of intermarriage envoys." "Well, you go down, follow the order, next time you are not called, you are not allowed to go directly to the palace, you can go directly to the lieutenant's office if you have something." "No!" Exit the main hall with Shanying Road. Waiting for Shan's footsteps to disappear on the porch of the back pavilion, a middle-aged man turned out from behind the screen. Square face, sword eyebrows, small eyes, large mouth. "Thank you, Your Majesty", said a few times before the case. "Calm down, whether this matter is successful or not, it is not in me, it is waiting. There are often reports at the border pass, when the army marches to Zhao, the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang retreats hundreds of miles, I don't know why the Huns are so afraid of this person. After the matter was completed, Hui'er's entry into the clan was done immediately, and the Gongliang clan raised my niece for fifteen years, and after the matter was completed, I rewarded the Gongliang clan again." "Your Majesty is just this King of Liang Huai, except for the childless country, his daughter, according to the law, should be canonized as a princess and Tang Muyi." "After the matter is completed, after the edict is issued, it can be sealed next to the fiefdom of Huhou, and Dehou can arrange it for me." "Decree of the Minister".
When Liu Tong retreated, he ordered the Yellow Gate to drive the Changle Palace.
Seeing Liu Qi hurriedly stepping into the palace gate, the Empress Dowager Du, who was drinking tea, said slowly: "Can things be done?" ”。“ After returning to his mother, Hu Hou had already given the order according to the established plan, but only a little later."
"It doesn't matter, there are Yulin elite soldiers, and the Huns can't help the Han family. That's it for this marriage, it's just that Liu Tong's daughter is cheaper. Reward some money and food to the Gongliang clan, and the sins you did at the beginning should be repaid in the world." "The queen mother, if it wasn't for the strategy, son, how can I have today, and the queen mother can be in this temple."
"Haha, it's all bad fate. It's just that Yi'er is too smart and too favored, and she actually takes Jia Yi as her master. Alas, it is good to treat Hui'er in order to repay the shame of her father. The queen has no queen, and it happens to seal the mouth of the world, but it is a pity that she has no children, and she should not be a queen according to the etiquette system.
"Son, take the command. It's just that this Hui'er Gongliang's surname, should it be changed? ”。“ Let's change it, doesn't the Gongliang clan still have two sons and a daughter, it should be okay to have a few daughters, send someone to ask the Gongliang clan. Since the Momen disciples don't want to be officials, let them go."
Autumn seemed to be very short, and it was spent in a hurry in Ouyang Xuan. Winter is coming soon, and this year's winter is very warm, and it has entered October, which is already as warm as spring. Nie Ping's work efficiency is very high, in just one month, he and Empress Bo performed six ceremonies according to the etiquette system, and set the wedding date and Geng Yin's spring and March. The news came from the north that the Xiongnu and the pro-envoy were killed outside the Yanmen Pass, and the Xiongnu monarchs and ministers were furious, blocked the land west of the river, and forbade merchants to come and go, and nothing else. The merchants of the Western Regions could only go around the Qiang land, and the monarch and the ministers sent the Aries King to send troops to the Qiang land, and returned to the lake defeated, without gain, and sent troops to Wusun Loulan, defeated by the Wusun Nai barbarians, and the right Xian King was seriously injured. Zuo Xian Wang Chen Bing 50,000 and Shanggu standby.
In the afternoon of October Wuxu Day (around the fifth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar), the sun was originally high and the sky was clear, but suddenly it darkened a little, and the sound of gongs and drums was remembered outside. Ouyang Xuan, who was teaching physics to the children, felt something strange, the guards came to report that the sun was eclipsed, and Taishi ordered the generals in Beijing to enter the palace with swords to protect His Majesty. Quickly ask the guards to go to the glass workshop to get a piece of dark purple glass for each child, and observe the eclipse through the glass. I went back to my room to get my sword, put on my back, put on my sunglasses, and put on the lenses with black ink again. Beat the horse and go straight to Weiyang Palace. On the altar outside the Anmen, I saw Tai Shi Ling dancing with a sword and standing on the south side, with a sorcerer beating drums and gongs and dancing square dances in the middle. In front of Weiyang Palace, Lang swore and Zhang Jian stood with swords, and the red-clothed warriors with swords on horseback on the street would shuttle back and forth. As soon as he entered the palace gate, there was a yellow door and hurriedly put on a red open cover outside, and there were many generals standing at the door of the front hall, the first one was the Taiwei Zhou Yafu, and Ouyang Xuan was in the second position, standing with a sword according to the requirements of the ceremonial officer.
Ouyang Xuan took out sunglasses from his pocket and put them on, standing facing the sun, which was already half covered. By observing the changes in the eclipse, Ouyang Xuan judged that it was very likely to be an annular eclipse. As the solar eclipse progressed little by little, the sound of gongs and drums gradually increased, and it was learned through the Yellow Gate that the Yulin soldiers drove and rode horses to surround Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace. When the annular eclipse was just formed, a yellow door hurriedly ran into the hall to spread the word, and through the open door of the hall, he could clearly hear: "Your Majesty's doctor Yuan Gu led the group of Confucians to ask for a meeting." "No, blast out of the palace gate".
The yellow gate hurriedly came out, and after a while, the noise outside the palace gradually started, and some people actually broke through the palace gate guards to block them, and went straight to the front hall. As soon as he arrived at the foot of the steps of the front hall, the leader shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you can't do anything to abolish Confucianism, and if you have an eclipse, you will punish Your Majesty." While shouting, he ran up the steps, the soldiers and generals tried to intercept, but they all failed, although there were weapons available, but this was the Weiyang Palace, and no swords could be used unless there were assassins. It is precisely through this law that these people rush upwards without scruples.
Ouyang Xuan took off his glasses and put them away. The sword pointed at the leader, and shouted: "Those who are not called will be beheaded, this is the law of Han, and they will not retreat." "Woe to the country and demons, Hugh has to be presumptuous here, and the Han is in danger, all because of your sin of seducing Your Majesty." "Hu Hou, this is the palace, and you are not allowed to use swords and soldiers without permission", Zhou Yafu said nonchalantly on the side. "A group of sour Confucians, who don't believe in ghosts and gods, how can they come to heaven? Don't quit yet". These people are willing to listen, relying on the large number of people to continue to shout and rush forward. Ouyang Xuan, who was angry, put his sword into the sheath, put his hands into fists, walked forward more than a dozen steps, and walked in front of the leader, "Give you one last chance, quickly retreat." Otherwise, don't blame yourself for being ruthless." "Your Majesty, a certain person is bewitched by demons, and it is against heaven to abolish Confucianism. There is an ancient saying: There is an eclipse of the sun, and it is also the fault of the top". It's very exciting. "I'll say it again, and quickly retreat. An eclipse of the sun is the norm of the sun, like the moon is full and lacking. Several times a year in the land of China, are all kings at fault? There is food in this place, but there may not be food in other places. Quickly retreat, figure it out, and then go back and forth to Your Majesty."
The leader seemed to be very stubborn, and he was still shouting loudly, wanting to rush past Ouyang Xuan and enter the front hall. Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Ouyang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward, clenched his left hand into a fist, and punched straight to the heart of the leader. The punch was smashed hard, and the people around heard the sound of broken bones very clearly. The leader leaned back, fell to the ground, and died. Ouyang Xuan also ignored the people on the ground and continued to take a few steps. "Did you hear what Ben Hou said clearly? Go back and figure it out, ask if you understand it, and then come back to play Your Majesty, do you still have to disobey the holy order? Don't hurry back yet." Ouyang Xuan stared at everyone who wanted to rush to the hall with murderous eyes. Many of these Confucian scholars were timid, and slowly retreated, and a few people in the prime of life continued to rush forward. Ouyang Xuan was not polite to them, and stepped forward with a punch, all hitting the neck, head, and heart. Looking at these fallen people, Ouyang Xuan felt that the possibility of these people being alive was very small. The rest of the people were also surrounded by soldiers, and they no longer had that kind of exuberant spirit, and they were obediently captured.
Ouyang Xuan returned to the entrance of the hall, drew his sword, stood with his sword in his hand, put on his sunglasses, and continued to watch the eclipse as if nothing had happened just now. There were eight corpses lying on the steps in front of the hall gate, and no one had to clean them up, all of them were looking straight at Ouyang Xuan at the entrance of the hall. This kind of kung fu with a single punch with bare hands, these people think that they can't do it no matter what. The annular solar eclipse is already in the recovery phase, the sky is gradually brightening, and the temperature is rising. Ouyang Xuan didn't think it was interesting, and it wasn't like he hadn't seen the solar eclipse. took off his glasses and put them away, turned his head sideways and asked Zhou Yafu, "Who was the leader just now?" ”。
"Dr. Yuan Gu, a Confucian scholar in Chang'an. Hu Hou's freehand killing technique is very good, and he can kill it with one punch. Only eight punches, eight people killed".
"Is this a violation?"
"Not using weapons, and being a disobedient person, does not violate the preemptive system, but the practice is a little improper."
"That's good".
When the eclipse was fully restored, Liu Qi stepped out of the palace gate, saw eight corpses such as Yuan Gu on the steps, and ordered the lieutenant of the Yellow Gate to investigate the crimes of disobedience and disturbance of the palace, move the three clans, and convene the three princes to discuss the front of the palace.
Liu Qi just asked Ouyang Xuan to go home and wait for the order and prepare to go on the expedition, but Ouyang Xuan had no choice but to take the horse back to the villa. Within three days, news came from Chang'an, because the celestial phenomena showed that Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and Tian Lubo, who were supposed to be disposed of when the kings entered the court next year to worship Gaozu, were cut off in advance and abandoned the city, and Liu Hui, the only descendant of Liu Yi, the righteous daughter of the Empress Bo, was canonized as the princess of Ningling. When Ouyang Xuan heard the news, he was really shocked, this Liu Yi Ouyang Xuan knew, he was Emperor Wen's favorite and favorite son, and the wild history recorded that he wanted to establish a prince, and there was only one daughter, after he fell off a horse and died when he returned to Chang'an, his pregnant concubine mother returned to the Lu mother's house and remarried after giving birth to a daughter, and then went to the people.
With so many coincidences in history, Ouyang Xuan was a little dizzy, and he came to Shantou and ordered him to find out the origin of this Princess Ningling. Five days later, Zhu Shancai came back very tired, "Back to the prince, his subordinates inquired at the Momen Venerable and learned that Princess Ningling was originally the daughter of Juzi's wife, and Juzi's wife was originally the concubine of King Liang Huai. After the death of his wife, Juzi once went to Shujun, and said that Princess Ningling was born in the name of Momen Juzi. He had been coerced by the Shandong rangers to loot Momen for several years, and the king and Momen had been unsuccessful for many years. fled later, and was rescued by the prince". "Oh, I see, this is the end of the matter. Retire and rest."
Just when Ouyang Xuan was still living a busy life, a storm followed. Hundreds of Confucian disciples surrounded the entrance of the medical hall and the villa, asking Ouyang Xuan to give an explanation for the death of Yuan Gu and the other eight Confucian disciples. When Ouyang Xuan, who was attending classes in another courtyard, heard the news, he was still very relieved that Liu Qi did not disclose the content of his conversation, at least he would not cause trouble with saliva. Ouyang Xuan hated Confucianism's hypocritical behavior that was just inconsistent in his heart, put down his teaching aids, and asked the guards to lead the children to play in the yard. He called his own soldiers, surrounded these people, stood on a high platform, and said loudly: "You and the others are all knowledgeable people, and you don't know the law that cannot be violated? What is the sin of disturbing the royal palace? ”。 An older old man stood up and said arrogantly to the stage: "You have been bewitched by you and other demons and abolished Confucianism and Taoism, and you should be ordered by heaven and eclipse the sun." Fortunately, the sky is pitiful, and the sun is restored."
Ouyang Xuan looked at the old man with disgust and said: "If I remember correctly, Confucius once said that he respected ghosts and gods and stayed away, and he also said that he did not speak of strangeness, power, chaos, and gods. That is, if you don't believe in ghosts and gods and avoid them, how can you believe in heaven? Thou knowest that there is a day in the sky, an eclipse of the sun, and a full moon. If you don't know, why don't you avoid it? Ben Hou once said that the eclipse of the sun and the lack of the full moon are the normal state of heaven. There is food here, but not elsewhere. Or go back and figure out why the fog is happening? Why are there clouds in the sky? Why do birds fly? Why do chickens and ducks have to walk on the ground? The reason is that it is natural in heaven. I'll figure it out and come back to defend with Ben." "What nonsense," the old man said, shaking his head indignantly. "Whether you are talking nonsense or not, please wait for you to sort it out. Now it is a great crime for you to disturb the mansion of the princes, and you have always been lenient, so please wait for you to return as soon as possible, and do not come to make trouble again. Otherwise, Ben Hou will be killed according to the Han law." Ouyang Xuan's last half sentence was said viciously. "How dare you? If the heavens are clear, they are not afraid of the curse of heaven? ”。“ Haha, you are not a person who believes in gods and ghosts, how can you believe in heaven? Why do you know what the heavens do? Again, leave quickly, or you're welcome." "Don't be angry, these Confucian students are handed over somewhere." Wei Juan didn't know when to bring the Yulin Army over. "Since the lieutenant is here, I won't bother to ask." With a wave of his hand, his own soldiers withdrew from the encirclement and wanted to return to the barracks. These Confucian scholars were still trembling when they were defending the future. Now seeing Wei Xuan, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, he was excited, and he actually began to obstruct the pro-army from returning to the camp, and surrounded the high platform where Ouyang Xuan was standing, shouting and scolding. Wei Juan's several attempts to persuade him were ineffective, this is a shameless face. Seeing Wei Xuan's helpless appearance, Ouyang Xuan shouted: "Don't deceive people too much." Finally, back down." Wei Xuanhe also didn't know what to do. These people were still unrelenting, Ouyang Xuan took out his pistol and fired at Tianming. "This is the last warning. If you want to debate with Ben Hou, wait until you understand what Ben Hou just said, and Ben Hou will wait for you." These people obviously didn't know the power of the pistol, and they were still there shouting and shouting. Ouyang Xuan waved his hand and made a killing move. The pro-soldier who was about to leave drew his steel knife and reflexively killed back. Ouyang Xuan started slashing from the inside, and his own soldiers began to slash and kill from the outside, and for a while, blood flowed like a river. Seeing this, Wei Juan also shouted: "Wait for your subordinates to be merciful." Be merciful to your subordinates". But it was too late, the short knife in Ouyang Xuan's hand danced quickly, plus thousands of personal soldiers, it was just a matter of effort, and none of these Confucian scholars survived in front of the corpse. Ouyang Xuan wiped the blood on the knife on a Confucian student, kicked away the corpse, and walked to Wei Juan in a daze: "Can this practice violate the law?" Or is it a violation? ”。 Wei Juan shook his head and came to his senses: "Those who gather crowds to invade the fiefdoms of the feudal kings and princes are regarded as rebellions, and they are controlled by Emperor Xiao Xiang." "That's good, the lieutenant can go back and return to Your Majesty truthfully. Ben Hou also made this matter clear, and ordered someone to collect the body, and asked the lieutenant to do the follow-up for these people." As he spoke, he waved his hand and returned to the barracks with his own soldiers.
Hurriedly wrote a letter and asked him to send it to the court. A few days later, he returned from Shanshan and brought back the news that these people were all disciples of Confucianism in Shandong, and the leader was the current Confucian master of Shandong Lu. These people were the first six people, and in the end, they all exterminated the three tribes according to the crime of treason. Liu Qi and the Empress Dowager issued an edict together to eliminate the Confucian scholars in the government, depose Confucianism, vertical and horizontal families, respect Huang Lao Tao, and law. Another piece of news made Ouyang Xuan a little unclear, so he urgently ordered Nie Ping, Master Father Hong, and Zhu Shan to mobilize all the staff to investigate.