Chapter 55 Advance arrangement, Guo Rong's death
(The first time I wrote a book, please correct any mistakes.) )
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On 30 April, Guo Rong gathered all the soldiers early in the morning.
When Guo Rong saw the soldiers arrive at the playground, he said loudly: "Thanks to all the soldiers, now that the army has returned to the court, I will definitely reward you well!" Then he examined each of the soldiers, but did not see any strange expressions on their faces, and he had always been on guard against the soldiers in the army, and if something happened, he could prevent it in advance.
He did this to stabilize the morale of the army, and he didn't see anything unusual from here, so he asked the soldiers to do their jobs and go back to their posts.
And now he is the only trusted person in the army who is Zhao Kuangyin, so he called Zhao Kuangyin to the military tent last night, just to say that recently there are people in the army who are afraid that someone in the army will take advantage of the emperor's illness and want to do bad things, so let Zhao Kuangyin accompany him outside his tent all night and inspect the camp, just in case.
And Zhao Kuangyin inspected the military camp after receiving the emperor's appointment, for fear that someone would plot against him, Zhao Kuangyin still remembered Guo Rong's words yesterday, "Help me beware of Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin!" You just have to do these things, and don't make a big deal about them! ”
He felt that Guo Rong, the Son of Heaven, was deliberately guarding against these two generals, and Zhao Kuangyin was Zhang Yongde's subordinate, so he felt a little embarrassed to face Zhang Yongde in this way.
The next day, May 1, at midnight, outside Guo Rong's tent, a man in black took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, knocked out the chamberlain Zhang Dejun, and then entered the military tent.
"Blackie, is that you?" Guo Rong heard familiar footsteps, then turned over from the inside of the bed and woke up.
He had been thinking about this a few nights ago, but luckily he still had a secret eyeliner. For Guo Rong, Wu Desi is his secret agent on the surface, and of course, he has also cultivated a group of dead soldiers secretly, which has to start from when he took over this power from the hands of the emperor.
This is a killer organization hidden behind them, and they obey the orders of the supreme commander, the Emperor of Zhou Guo. In the Later Han Dynasty, he held an ordinary official position in the imperial court, and he resigned after March, firstly, because the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty was mediocre and incompetent, and he was afraid that the courtiers would "have high power and shock the lord", and wanted to kill Guo Wei, who was still staying in Yedu at that time, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, and the privy envoy, and Guo Wei had saved the lives of his parents.
In return, from that moment on, he swore allegiance to the emperor; Second, because he was sent by Guo Rong, both sides naturally wanted to serve the Guo family.
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Of course, he also has a well-known name, and this name does make the people on the rivers and lakes frightened, the child cries at night, the people in the rivers and lakes call him "pretty Rakshasa black-clothed Tanhua", his subordinates call him "black-clothed Tanhua", this organization is called "Flying Sparrow", and the origin of this name is because Guo Wei was called "Guo Queer", because he got a flying finch tattooed on his neck.
When the man in black saw Guo Rong, his right hand clenched into a fist, wrapped it around his chest, half-bowed, and said, "My subordinates have seen Your Majesty!" ”
"Xiao Hei, I didn't tell you, just call me big brother." Guo Rong was very happy to see the black clothes, and coughed violently after speaking, the man in black was seven years younger than Guo Rong, and the two had known each other since childhood.
"Big—big brother. How are you now? Xiao Hei received the information from his eldest brother and rushed immediately. ”
"Xiao Hei, did I invite you here to ask for something?"
"Big brother, but it's okay to say."
Then Guo Rong told everything to the black-clothed Tanhua, who nodded frequently after listening, and then swore an oath: "Xiao Hei obeys the orders of the eldest brother and will definitely protect the safety of the eldest brother's family." ”
"Xiao Hei, you must remember what I said just now, now you will return to Beijing overnight!"
"Yes, big brother! Little Black retires! After saying that, the black-clothed Tanhua withdrew from the military tent, and then disappeared into the night like a ghost.
After the black-clothed Tanhua disappeared, Guo Rong's expression relaxed, Xiao Hei was his most trusted friend, and the two had known each other for more than 20 years. Guo Rong turned over after thinking about it, and continued to fall asleep groggyly, and he was a little more stable in his dream tonight.
The next day, Guo Rong's army set off again. Now it's May, the weather is starting to be hot, the rain is continuous, the road is muddy, and the road to the south is not easy to walk. In addition, Guo Rong's main army changed to a boat and went south along the river.
Guo Rong's condition has improved in recent days, and Liu Han feels that the emperor's illness is very strange, either a terminal illness or it seems that someone has secretly poisoned him, but who it is, Liu Han doesn't care, what he cares about is how to treat the emperor.
However, he couldn't explain this matter clearly, and at this time he thought of Zhao Dezhao, who was far away in Kaifeng City. Zhao Dezhao knows some medical theories, and he can always surprise him, so Liu Han immediately thought of Zhao Dezhao, maybe it would be a good way to ask Zhao Dezhao for help.
And he happened to have a pigeon given to him by Zhao Dezhao at the beginning, which happened to be able to snatch the news, and he stayed by his side when he came, but fortunately no one found out, so he sent the news back to Zhao Mansion in Tokyo without thinking.
A day and a half later, the pigeon appeared on the Zhao Mansion, and Zhao Dezhao learned the news of Guo Rong's illness from Liu Han's letter, but he didn't think it was strange at all, because Guo Rong also died of illness in history, and Guo Rong's army was about to return to Beijing soon after. It's just that when he saw Liu Han's letter today, he was taken aback.
What? The emperor was poisoned, how is this possible, doesn't history say that he died of illness, or history has been covered up a lot. When he read the letter again, he still felt incredible.
I only have a general understanding of some poisons, if you are proficient in this thing, there happens to be a person under my father-in-law who studies a hundred poisons, so Zhao Dezhao stopped thinking about it at the moment, and went directly to the Liangcheng Inn in the north of the city.
Soon it finally arrived, and then asked Yang Meng about the method of detoxification, Yang Meng thought of Zhao Dezhao asking like this, he wondered: "Who was poisoned?" ”
Zhao Dezhao took a sip, and then whispered: "Father-in-law, it's today, and this matter came from Brother Liu." ”
"Are you talking about Brother Liu the Imperial Physician Liu?"
"Well, yes! Brother Liu pointed out the emperor's poisoning in the letter, and then asked me to help find out what kind of poison can slowly erode a person's body without others noticing, so that the person's body will collapse in a few years. ”
"There is no way to be a father now, the ghost doctor Liu Hegui is proficient in the art of Qihuang, and his medical skills are quite skillful, but he is now on the border of the Western Regions, and he will not be able to come back for a while, and his father does only know that others are in the Western Regions, and his whereabouts are erratic, and it is quite difficult to find this person. But for my father, there is an elixir that can temporarily suppress poison, which was given to my father by the ghost doctor back then, so you can use it first. ”
Yang Meng immediately took out a pill from his cuff, and then said, "This pill can only relieve the condition, but it is impossible to completely heal." ”
Zhao Dezhao excused himself and said: "Father-in-law, this elixir is so precious, I took it, and my father-in-law will be gone." ”
"It's okay, as long as it's Zhao'er's business, it's my father's business, and when today's son goes south to attack Tang, he also avenges his father, although Xu Cheng still holds Jiangdong, but his father knows that this revenge has been almost avenged, and his descendants of the Xu family will definitely not be able to keep this Jiangdong, so this is owed to him. Zhao'er, don't worry, there is still one on my father's side. ”
After hearing this, Zhao Dezhao reluctantly accepted the pill in Yang Meng's hand, then he said goodbye, hurriedly went to the house, tied the pill to the pigeon's leg, told some things, and then released the pigeon.
After that, Liu Han received the pill from Zhao Dezhao, and then he quietly fed it to Guo Rong when he saw a doctor, and after Guo Rong took it, his condition was slightly relieved for a while.
After a few hours, Guo Rong felt strong, he woke up from the bed, and then put on a piece of clothing and walked out of the cabin. At the moment they were on their way back to Tokyo, and the boat had reached the eastern section of the Yellow River, and it was believed that it would soon reach the south bank of the Yellow River.
Ten days later, Guo Rong's big ship had docked on the south bank of the Yellow River, Guo Rong got off the boat and stepped on this land, his heart was full of emotion.
This land is still in the Great Zhou, but now with a body like this, I don't know when there will be a good one, there is only one seven-year-old eldest son behind him, but can he protect this country, when it is still in division, and the festival envoys in various parts of the Zhou State have heavy troops, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not stage a drama like the emperor.
Time, if you give yourself a few more years, the world will be unified, during this time he has been thinking in his heart, in the past he once said to Wang Pu such a sentence: "I should open up the world in ten years, raise the people in ten years, and bring peace to peace in ten years!" "But now......
So he immediately thought of Wang Pu, he summoned the people of Wu Desi next to him to hurry, and took the news to the privy envoy Wang Pu and other important ministers, for Wang Pu, Guo Rong is very trusting, he believes in Wang Pu's personality, and then let Wang Pu secretly monitor every move in Tokyo City, if anyone is found to be wrong, immediately mobilize the forbidden army, and imprison the wrongdoers in prison.
As a result, some of the ruffians, foreign tourists, and other suspicious people in Tokyo were imprisoned during this time.
After that, Guo Rong's army continued to move south, passing through Chenqiaoyi, and in Chenqiaoyi, Guo Rong's condition suddenly deteriorated, and the pill could protect him for a while, but it couldn't protect him for a long time. The imperial physician Liu Han treated Guo Rong and temporarily stabilized Guo Rong's condition.
At the end of May, Guo Rong returned to Daliang. At that time, the wind in Kaifeng was blowing very strongly, at midnight, the moon shadow was hazy, and the strange thing was that the moon flowers in Zhao Mansion bloomed in advance.
There was an undercurrent in the city of Tokyo, and at night, there were forbidden troops patrolling the city all the time to patrol the streets to prevent anyone from doing anything wrong during the emperor's illness. During this time, Zhao Dezhao also stayed in the mansion temporarily, waiting for the opportunity.
In June, Zhou State Zhaoyi Jiedu made Li Yun pull out Han Liaozhou (Shanxi Zuoquan), Guo Rong heard the news, just smiled indifferently, and issued an edict to seal Li Yun as the assassin of Liaozhou.
During Guo Rong's return to Beijing, the Qing Yuan Jiedu envoy of the Tang State sent envoys to the court to pay tribute, requesting the establishment of a concert in the capital, which was directly subordinate to the central court.
In the palace of Zide, Guo Rong did not obey, and the edict said: Qingyuan cultivates his profession and pays tribute, shows loyalty and diligence, and strives to serve the old king, and it is appropriate to be the same. In this way, it is always the righteousness of Yu Qingdu, and it is appropriate for me to be soft and far-reaching, but it is a common way to understand and understand.
A few days later, Tang lord Li Jing sent his son Ji Gong Li Congshan and Zhong Mo to pay tribute. Guo Rong received the envoy of the Tang State in the main hall, and he heard that Jiangnan was training the army recently, and he also felt that if he died, the Han State and the Liao State would go south, and the land south of the Jiangnan would probably also suffer.
When Zhong Mo heard this, the two trembled, and said: "Since the Tang State has been a minister of the Great Zhou, I will not dare to do this again in the future, and after I go back, my ministers will talk to my lord." ”
Guo Rong said: "The two countries of Zhou and Tang were enemies in the past, but now they have become a family, since the Tang State has surrendered to our Central Plains Kingdom, the name of the country has been decided." It's a pity that the world is unpredictable, as for the future generations, unpredictable, go back and tell your family Tang Lord, although to build the city, raise the city wall, repair weapons, and guard the Jinling fortress, so that all future generations will descend. ”
Guo Rong also considered it from the perspective of the country's righteousness, after all, the Zhou and Tang dynasties were all Han Chinese, and now the north is dominated by the Liao State, and at any time, he can take advantage of his death and send troops to the south, and the Central Plains may be war-torn again.
After that, Zhong Mo returned to Jiangnan and told the Tang lord Guo Rong's words as they were. Li Jing then built the city of Jiangning Mansion to increase the number of recruits.
After that, Guo Rong issued an edict to establish Fu as the queen.
Appointed the privy envoy Wang Pu as the prime minister
Wang Pujia was an official servant, and Fan Zhen both participated in presiding over the affairs of the Privy Council
Wei Renpu was appointed as the Zhongshu Shilang and Tongping Zhangshi, and the privy envoy remained the same
Wu Yanzuo, the envoy of the Xuanhui Southern Yuan, was appointed as the general of Zuo Xiaowei and served as the privy envoy
The envoy of the Guide Festival, the guards and the pro-army are all waiting for Han Tong and the Zhenning Festival envoy and the front of the palace are all inspecting Zhang Yongde and the official Tongping Zhangshi
Han Tong was appointed as the deputy commander of the guards
Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the palace capital inspection, the school master of the inspection, and the envoy of the loyal army.
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The continuous thunderstorms in Kaifeng in June extinguished the fire in people's hearts and burned out Guo Rong's last life.
On June 19, in the Zide Palace, Guo Rong's condition deteriorated, and Wang Pu, Fan Zhen and others were summoned to the palace to accept the will.
After a thunderstorm that night, the chamberlain Zhang Dejun saw Guo Rong slowly close his eyes. Guo Rong died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. After that, he said that Emperor Ruiwu Xiaowen, the temple name was Sejong.
His son Chai Zongxun ascended the throne at the age of seven at the time. Wang Pu, Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu were in charge of the government.