Chapter 5: The Dawn of Winter (Part I)

Why didn't you receive the message?

You don't have to think about it.

Han Gang's current identity is a heavy one.

After withdrawing from the DPRK, Han Gang was left with only the ridiculous dispatch of a librarian. It is impossible to be able to get news inside and outside the court in a timely manner as before. And in the court, many times, the difference of half an hour is the difference between life and death.

And Song Yongchen and Shi Deyi, these two people are also the key.

If someone persuades the Queen Mother to abolish the Son of Heaven, then it is impossible for the Queen Mother not to inform herself afterwards. In the middle of the court, only Wang Anshi and Han Gang can be sure to support Zhao Xu.

But if someone in the middle sets up obstacles so that the news can't reach their own hands, Shi Deyi and Song Yongchen will definitely be able to do it together.

It is more likely that they will directly persuade the Queen Mother to find a reason to delay it for a day - the Daxiang Festival is the best reason.

But no matter what the reason is, the consequence is that Han Gang was ignorant of this matter until Zhang Dian said it.

This time, if you can...... Han Gang shook his head secretly, in fact, it was the same, even if he heard the news in advance, it was impossible for him to think that Cai would indeed dare to choose to rebel directly.

Just like Zhang Dun, before he entered the palace, he knew that Cai Qu and Zeng Bu had failed to persuade the Queen Mother, but he didn't expect that Cai Qu and Zeng Bu would directly unite with the Queen Mother in the palace and directly oust the Queen Mother.

However, the whole thing is still full of doubts and is not so simple.

It's the attitude of the chapter that is the point.

"Brother Zihou, when did you hear about this?"

Han Gang asked in a casual voice, his eyes looking at the square in front of the Daqing Palace.

Guo Kui was restraining the Banzhi guards over there and ordered them to go back to protect the Daqing Palace. In order to prevent them from chasing and killing, it will make the remnants of the Imperial City Division rebel jump over the wall in a hurry. The second king was escorted back to the palace, and Wang Hou went back with him, but one of the generals was summoned by Guo Kui, probably to tell him what to do. Basically, it was to clean up and wrap up, and when someone was sent to edict the remaining rebels of the Imperial City Division, this chaos would be regarded as no recurrence.

But Han Gang's attention was still focused on Zhang Dian, waiting for his answer.

"Yesterday night." Zhang's voice was slightly deep, and he waved his hand to make the janissaries who were already standing far away hide even further, "If it weren't for the Great Harmony and Curfew, it should have been able to be earlier." ”

The news of the previous night should be known the next day. But the funeral of the Son of Heaven made the palace strictly forbidden, and it was not easy for the news to come out. The auspicious festival lasted all day, which delayed the time, and the curfew also hindered the spread of news.

There is really nothing wrong with what Zhang Dian said.

But Zhang Dian received the news at night, and it was better to say that he didn't notify himself directly, and it was too late to come, but he didn't mention it before entering the palace today, so it was a problem.

Say it now, because you understand that you can't hide it, so you said it earlier?

"Yukun." Zhang Dian looked straight ahead, "Cai is indeed a person, you must also know, why do you think Cai will do such a rebellious thing?" ”

Han Gang was silent.

After more than ten years of dealings, Han Gang certainly knows Cai Qu as a person.

Cai Qu's gambling is indeed very heavy, which is well known to the world, but he has always gambled very well, and he has never seen him lose.

In the past ten years, from a sesame official who gave Han Jiang a flattering poem, he has changed to a position equal to Han Jiang. In terms of merit, which of the two houses is slightly worse than him? But he has a prosperous official fortune, so that no one can compare. Compared with Cai Qu, Han Gang, who is thirty public assistants, only hits the wall.

With Cai Qu's character, if there is no unavoidable reason and a high enough winning rate, Cai Qu will not choose to embark on the road of rebellion.

When it comes to win rates, there's nothing to say. Maybe Cai was already preparing before persuading the Queen Mother to abolish the Son of Heaven, but the time would not exceed twenty-four days, not even more than half a month, or even ten days.

In such a short period of time, the number of people and identities involved in the rebellion were already terrifying, if it weren't for Han Gang's surprise killing of Cai Qu, Cai Qu would have won. At least more than ninety percent of the win rate, normal gamblers will bet.

But with only the chance of winning and no imminent crisis, Cai will definitely not do such a head-killing deal.

Even if he had failed to persuade the Empress Dowager to abolish the young lord and establish a new monarch, he still had time to contact the other Zaifu to increase his momentum and force the Empress Dowager to agree to abolish Zhao Xu.

Unless the Queen Mother's attitude is really different, so that he smells danger, or something makes him lose the confidence to protect himself.

"Yukun, what did you say when you went to Cai Qu's mansion that day?" Zhang Dian asked further.

Han Gang's face became even more serious. Zhang Dian was asking him about the conversation with Cai Qu, and he was even more questioning himself, if he still remembered what he said to him at the beginning.

He turned his head to look directly at Zhang.

Brother Zihou! Are you saying it's all because of Han Gang?

Zhang Dun looked at each other unwaveringly.

Could there be another reason?

"Ahh Captain! ”

A scream shattered the almost frozen atmosphere between Zhang Dian and Han Gang.

Han Gang immediately followed the prestige, only to see Zhang Shouyue, who was still standing upright, suddenly collapsed, and the squad who was guarding him next to him hugged him and shouted.

Han Gang hurriedly dropped Zhang Dian and took a few steps down the steps, but he was relieved that he didn't have to confront Zhang Dian in his heart.

Zhang Dian only said that it was Han Gang who caused today's result, and Han Gang couldn't find the words to defend himself. It may be too much to say that this time the coup d'Γ©tat in Gongyu was all Han Gang's fault, but if Han Gang's attitude towards the abolition of the establishment was the main factor, then it would be true.

Seeing Han Gang coming, the squad shouted even louder, "Xuanhui!" Xuanhui! Captain he ......"

"Don't panic!" Han Gang let out a soft snort, making him stop.

Approaching, Han Gang squatted down directly in front of Zhang Shouyue. I measured my breathing and heartbeat, and fortunately I could feel it, but I fainted.

Han Gang lowered his head to carefully examine Zhang Shouyue's wound, and only a short feather tail could be seen from the front.

The long arrow was shot at the position of Zhang Shouyue's chest, and the shaft of the arrow was connected to his clothes, and Han Gang didn't dare to tear it open and look at the wound directly. With such an injury, the wound was sandwiched with clothing, and the clothes had to be cut with scissors.

Han Gang carefully groped for the corresponding position behind his back again, and could feel a sharp bulge in his clothes, which was a penetrating injury.

At a close distance of ten or so steps, even if the force is not too great, a two-foot arrow shaft is enough for a person to shoot through, which is not unimaginable.

"Turn the old lady sideways." Han Gang commanded, "Be careful. Slow down. Slow. Slow it down. Good...... Hold it up, don't move. ”

Ban Zhi listened to Han Gang's instructions, and when he turned Zhang Shouyue's body sideways, he was already sweating profusely.

Han Gang carefully observed Zhang Shouyue's back again. The long arrow that hit him did not penetrate the clothes behind him. But Han Gang is an old soldier leader, and he has been in charge of the weapons superintendent, and he can feel the type of arrow just by touching.

From the feel, this is a common cluster of armor-piercing arrows, in the form of a slightly sharp triangular pyramid. It has good lethality for ordinary plate armor, but the whole body armor of the Banzhi Praetorian Guard is an outer layer of iron plate and an inner lining of cowhide, which is equivalent to the double armor of iron armor and leather armor. Ordinary armor-piercing arrows are also useless, and can only be shot through with armor-piercing crossbows and more specialized arrows.

Han Gang didn't know where Shi Deyi got such an arrow from Lu Dao, but he had to be glad that such an arrow hit Zhang Shouyue.

Fortunately, it is this kind of piercing armor-piercing arrow cluster, which causes a small wound, and if it is an ordinary flat arrow, the wound that pierces the body is not so simple, and when it passes through the body, I don't know how many internal organs have to be injured.

"Yukun. How is Captain Zhang? Zhang Dian came over early and saw that Han Gang had almost checked it, so he asked softly.

"There was no blood in the mouth, no lungs. The pulse is also good. It probably didn't hurt the organs. Han Gang looked up and down again, nodded, and said to Zhang Dian a little loudly.

It's just that after he stood up, the voice in Zhang's ear was a little lower, "But it may also be that the internal wound blocked the arrow shaft, and the wounded soldier who immediately bleed profusely when the arrow shaft was pulled out has never been less." And even if it is not so heavy, with the age of Mrs. Zhang, it is really impossible to say whether it can be auspicious. ”

"What should I do?" Zhang Dun's brows suddenly furrowed.

Zhang Shouyue had great prestige in the palace, and if he was well, he would announce the decisions of the Zaifu on those who participated in the rebellion, and the chaos in the palace would be determined in a blink of an eye. But now that he is seriously injured, relying on Zai Fu alone, even if Guo Kui goes, it will not go so smoothly.

Han Gang's mood was actually worse.

The relationship between him and Zhang Shouyue is closer than that between Zhang Dun. It's just that because of the relationship between the civil and military circles, it can't be too close.

Back then, it was Zhang Shouyue and Wang Shao who recommended Han Gang as an official. And Li Xin was under Zhang Shouyue for a long time, and he also won the official position smoothly after the last time. If it weren't for the fact that the status of both sides was already too high, according to the top of the civil and military classes, Han Gang would have directly agreed with Zhang Shouyue to marry each other. And even with this factor, Li Xin's son is already discussing marriage with Zhang Shouyue's granddaughter, and he is just waiting to write a marriage letter.

"You'll have to find a surgeon from Hanlin, and it's even more impossible to operate here."

"Who in the palace can be used now?" Zhang Dian asked again.

"Most of the doctors who are skilled in surgery are in the border army. Now in the Taiyi Bureau, there is only one Cao Jingsheng who can be regarded as outstanding. ”

There is a group of military doctors in Hedong whose surgical level is more than a hundred years beyond this era, but they are still dissecting corpses, and they have not yet been transferred.

"Gotta hurry up and clean up this place. So is Cao Jingsheng on duty in the palace today, or is it an out-of-palace hospital? ”

"It would be nice to know the way." Han Gang sighed.

According to the rules set by Han Gang, the medical officers, medical workers and doctors of the Taiyi Bureau would go to the hospitals in the city in shifts to see the people, on the one hand, to practice their hands so as not to degrade their medical skills, and on the other hand, they could also earn a little money by monopolizing the sale of finished medicines and being subordinate to the Taiyi Bureau. If Cao Jingsheng is on duty in the palace today, then the probability that Zhang Shouyue can save his life is one percent higher.

At this time, the noise was loud.

A group of people came from the direction of the Wende Hall in the west, but Zhang Dian and Han Gang let go of their nervousness after taking a few looks.

"The soldiers of the broad-clothed Tianwu have arrived."

The squads and the men and horses of the broad-clothed Tianwu are enough to suppress the remnants of the Imperial City Division.