Chapter 268: The Death of the Son of Heaven Four
Luoyang City, the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty in the past, is now only a vast ruin.
The raging fire of the Xiliang Army not only burned the backbone of the Han Dynasty, but also destroyed this magnificent ancient city. And in the city, there are broken tiles everywhere, and it is difficult to have a complete place, and the loneliness is a little sighing.
Some things are easy to destroy, but they are just a fire, but if you want to restore them, it is something that cannot be done in ten or eight years, and it has been several years since the fire in Luoyang.
In recent years, although Luoyang has recovered a little, and many people have moved in one after another, the population size is not as good as that of an ordinary small city, and all the populations in the city add up to less than tens of thousands.
The former imperial capital had a population of more than one million, and the current ruined city, compared with it, is undoubtedly the difference between fireflies and Haoyue.
However, this dilapidated, silent, and deserted Luoyang City, with the return of the Son of Heaven Liu Xie with hundreds of officials, began to gather in popularity and became a little lively.
The Son of Heaven, no matter when, is a banner that everyone in the world can compete for, and the Son of Heaven is here, and countless people can gather here.
On this day, in the east city, in the suburbs, the flag covers the sky, a big flag with the word Cao flutters in the wind, under the battle flag, the fierce horses gallop, and the Cao soldiers with their heads held high are neatly arranged, looking up at this ancient city.
"All obey the orders and camp on the spot!"
When he was less than three miles away from Luoyang City, a super general, with a long roar, the vast sound wave shook the nine heavens, shocking the heavens and the earth, and at the same time letting everyone in the entire Luoyang City know something.
Cao Jun is here!
Cao Cao camped outside the eastern suburbs and had no intention of entering the city, which made Yang Feng and Dong Cheng in the city breathe a sigh of relief, at least showing one thing, Cao Cao still has some respect for the Son of Heaven.
Otherwise, the Cao army will drive straight into the city and go directly into the city, there is no need to do more, if they face the powerful Cao army, the soldiers and horses under their command, plus the dilapidated city gate now, even if it is not enough.
The next day, Cao Cao began to send envoys to meet the Son of Heaven and make his request. In fact, for Cao Cao, if he could peacefully welcome the Son of Heaven back to Xudu, he did not want to conflict with Yang Feng and Dong Chengqi.
He is not Li Dao, not to mention that he still has a loyalty to the Han family and the Son of Heaven in his heart, just to say that his political wisdom will not be as stupid as Li Dao, even if he has different intentions, he will still be courteous to the Son of Heaven in the open.
But what he wanted to make a peaceful transition was that some conflicts were unavoidable.
The left wing of Cao's camp, a battalion of foot soldiers, there are about 2,000 Cao soldiers in the whole army, and the leading captain is a young man, and the young man is named Xu Lei.
On this day, after Xu Lei finished the meeting from the commander's military tent, he walked out and immediately entered his own camp.
"Captain, when are we going to enter the city?" When a henchman saw him return, he immediately stepped forward and asked.
"Pass the order, three days later, prepare to enter the city, we are the soldiers and horses of the most advanced city, when we meet the Son of Heaven, don't let you lose the face of the lord in front of the Son of Heaven!"
The military under the command of Xu Lei announced loudly.
"No!"
All the soldiers immediately sharpened their fists and checked, and their fighting spirit was high, and they wanted to reveal their best spirit in front of the Son of Heaven.
The dragon swims in shallow water, it is still a dragon, the Son of Heaven, for these little soldiers, it is always an unattainable sacred, and when they meet the Son of Heaven, there is a feeling of pilgrimage.
After the military marquis retreated, in the quiet tent, Xu Lei knelt in the middle, his expression was calm, his eyes were crossed with a different color, and he stroked a boxy iron card in his hand, the iron card was black and heavy, and it was cold in his hand.
"It's been five years!"
He said lightly to himself, in the past five years, he has experienced countless times, has new comrades-in-arms, and has new brothers, but this iron plate will remind him from time to time that he is from Jiangdong.
"Come out, all of you!" After half a sound, Xu Lei's eyes moved slightly, and he shouted in a low voice at the big tent.
"Captain Xu, how are things being prepared?" In the silence, three men wearing Cao Bing's uniforms walked out of the corner silently, led by a young man with a thin face, his eyes looked at Xu Lei, and asked very calmly.
"Cao Cao has negotiated with Yang Dong and the others, accept the meeting of the Son of Heaven, within ten days, the Son of Heaven will cooperate with the hundred officials to go south to Xudu, the position of the vanguard, I have taken it, three days later, my department will enter the city half a day in advance with Zhang Feng's department, accept Yang Feng's and Dong Cheng's soldiers and horses, and then I will find a way to provoke a conflict with Yang Feng and Dong Cheng's soldiers and horses, and your drivers will act!"
Xu Lei hid the iron plate close to his body, raised his head, his face became resolute, looked at the three people, and said in a deep voice.
"Do you need to do anything for you before that?"
Under Gao Wang's calm expression, there is a restless heart, as an assassin, he is also ambitious, in the past, he specialized in killing the king's bureaucrats, Jing Ke assassinated the king of Qin, all of which made them wait for the history to be famous.
The assassin kills the king, it is a very high realm, and the assassination of the Son of Heaven is also an assassination that allows the assassin to put life and death out of the way, if the son can die under his sword today, he will not be in vain in his life.
"There is indeed one thing I want you to help with, when you enter the city, you kill one person first, Zhang Feng!"
Xu Lei's eyes were awe-inspiring with murderous intent, and he said coldly: "This matter needs someone to carry the black pot for me, Zhang Feng has an unknown identity, he is Zhang Miao's clan, Zhang Miao is now being razed by Cao Cao to level the three clans, saying that he has different intentions and framed Cao Cao, no one will doubt that he is the best person to have a conflict with Yang Dong and the two soldiers and horses this time." ”
"No problem!"
Gao Forget nodded, looking at this young man, he was a little unimaginable, the kind of days when he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Jiangdong, this young man, he should respect: "The Governor of Dadu has an order, after this matter is over, your task will be completed, you can return to Jiangdong, and the family will be reunited." ”
"A family reunion? Hehe, I really wish there was such a day, but now I can't go! ”
Xu Lei's eyes only had a touch of nostalgia, but in the end he could only shake his head, smile bitterly, and said: "If I leave, the ghost pawn will target me who is missing, and when the time comes, I will definitely think about Jinyiwei, this matter is not trivial, if there is the slightest negligence, it will cause Jiangdong's reputation to be discredited." ”
"But......" Gao Wang's eyes widened, and he stared at him. His soldiers and horses entered the city first, and even if he couldn't find out what happened to the Son of Heaven, he couldn't escape punishment at all, and most of the things left behind were a dead end.
"As long as Zhang Feng is dead, I will have the opportunity to push all the qiē on him, if I want to get out, it's not difficult, you don't have to worry about me, I've been in Cao Ying for so many years, I always have some means, in short, after the matter is successful, find a way to get out." Xu Lei said a little freely.
Death for a confidant!
In the past, Sun Quan Bishuiguan chose him and entrusted him with such a big task, which was a kind of attention to him, and he was still a small soldier at that time.
"I see!"
It was difficult for Gao Forget to understand Xu Lei's mood, but he respected his choice and nodded heavily.
"If your actions fail, you will light a fire on the beacon tower of the old palace, and I will tear through a qiē camouflage and directly lead the troops into the palace to make the final fight." Xu Lei's eyes crossed a trace of death: "The Son of Heaven must not be allowed to leave Luoyang alive." ”
This is the first task he has gotten for so many years, so the Son of Heaven must die.
Of course, if things really come to this point, whether it is Gao Wang, or him, after killing the Son of Heaven, he will definitely not be able to escape, and he will commit suicide for the sake of secrecy, and the body will not be found.
"Don't worry, I won't fail!" Gao Wang's eyes showed a touch of firm confidence.
"I also hope that you can succeed, after all, if you succeed, I have a chance to survive, life is more exciting than death, and I also hope that one day I can return to Jiangdong justifiably."
There was a hint of hope in Xu Lei's expression: "A family reunion!" ”
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When Jiangdong was in chaos, the dominant Sun Quan was enjoying the warm fragrance of nephrite.
"Zhongmou, now that the sky is turned upside down outside, do you still have the heart to hide here?"
In the backyard of Cai's house, in a round pavilion, bead curtains hang down all around, braziers burn in the corners, incense mats are spread on the ground, and wisps of incense are thick in the heating.
"They turn their heavens upside down, and I enjoy my life!"
Sun Quan said lazily, in order to hide from Sun Jian, he had nowhere to go, so he had to come to Cai's mansion, no matter how good Sun Jian was, he had to respect Cai Yong and other great Confucians, at least he didn't dare to search Cai's mansion.
This matter must be delayed, the longer it drags on, the more anxious those families will be, of course, he also knows that now it is not only those families who are in a hurry, but Sun Jian is also in a hurry.
"Sister Cai, Quan is tired, borrow your big beautiful legs to use it, I want to sleep!" Sun Quan lay on the incense mat and rested his head on Cai Yan's soft thighs.
"You!"
Cai Yan's green white jade fingers lightly pointed on Sun Quan's forehead, looking at this young man who was already somewhat mature, he seemed to remember a few years ago, he was young, hugging and hugging himself, and a blush appeared on his delicate face.
"By the way, what about Xiaohong'er?" Sun Quan misses the little girl next to Cai Yan a little.
"When a girl grows up, she naturally wants to get married, she has already left the cabinet, who will be like me, twenty years old, still waiting for the boudoir!" Cai Yan's beautiful eyes squinted, giving Sun Quan a very resentful hygienic eye.
"Huh!"
Sun Quan smiled, and hurriedly raised his fingers and said, "Sister Cai, Quan guarantees, next year, Quan will carry you into the gate of my Sun family in a beautiful manner." ”
Next year, he will be fifteen years old, and in this era, he can be Chen's family. Although he is handsome, he has been practicing martial arts for many years, his figure is strong, he is tall and big, at least he can live in a cave house, and he can naturally marry a daughter-in-law.
"I hate it, who will marry you!"
Cai Yan snorted, her little red face was cute, she smiled, she was full of charm, her little hands clenched her fists, and she gently beat him.
"Hehe, I'm going to marry you, see who can stop me!" Sun Quan stretched out his hand, grabbed her warm and soft little soft twing, and said confidently.
"Bragging, my dad hates you so much, be careful that he kicks you out the door!" Cai Yan pouted and said disdainfully.
"Don't worry, I've figured out a way to deal with that future Tarzan!" Sun Quan said.
"What's the solution?"
"Stalking!" Sun Quan said as a matter of course.
"Scoundrel!" Cai Yan looked at him with two big blue eyes, stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and said with some contempt.
"A scoundrel is a scoundrel, as long as I can marry you home." Sun Quan said with a smile.
"Quan, there's something I want to discuss with you." Cai Yan bit her red lips, and her pretty face became a little positive.
"Tell me about it!"
Sun Quan was still lazily lying on the incense mat on the ground.
"I ...... I want to start a women's college! Cai Yan gritted her snow-white teeth, and her beautiful eyes flashed with bright light.
"What did you say?" Sun Quan was slightly startled, raised his head, and looked at a delicate and pretty face, and he saw a touch of persistence.
"I said, I want to start a women's college!" Cai Yan's crisp voice sounded firmly.
If she had before, she wouldn't have such crazy thoughts, but as the so-called one who is close to Zhu is red and close to ink is black, she is closer to Sun Quan, so she will naturally be affected by Sun Quan's thoughts.
"You want to start a women's college?" Sun Quan's eyes were really a little surprised to look at this gentle woman.
She doesn't look like someone who would do something out of the ordinary?
"Hmm!" Cai Yan nodded firmly.
"Sister Cai, you're really stumped on me!"
Sun Quan smiled slightly wryly, in this era, it is a very out-of-the-ordinary thing to run a women's college, much stricter than his support for the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce.
Although he didn't understand why Cai Yan had such an idea, after thinking about it, he felt not surprised.
Cai Dacai's personality is very contradictory, if it is placed now, her nature should be the kind of independent and strong woman.
Women in this era have a servile nature in their bones, and they are fragile, if a woman has been reduced to the Northern Desert for several years, even if she has the life to survive, she has already committed suicide.
But in history, Cai Yan has experienced a thousand hardships, but she can still survive tenaciously, and she can return to the Central Plains to live a good life.
This is something that women in this era can't do.
It's just a pity that she lives in this era where men are respected and women are slaves, and she is in a family with rich Confucian knowledge such as the Cai family.
"Sister Cai, do you really want to run a women's college?" Sun Quan looked at the glimmer of hope on her pretty face, his heart moved slightly, sighed, and then asked repeatedly.
"Hmm!"
Cai Yan's beautiful eyes as shining as the starry sky, with a look of hope, looked at him, and asked softly, "Is it okay?" ”
"Okay!"
Sun Quan nodded quickly, but wanted to give her a preventive shot, and said: "But you have to be mentally prepared, if this women's college comes out, not to mention the world, there will definitely be many people in Jiangdong who oppose it, and even your father will come out to oppose it, even if I support you at that time, you will definitely suffer non-oppression, at that time, you can't back down, can you persevere?" ”
"Quan, don't underestimate me, I can definitely do it!" Cai Yan raised his delicate fist, and his delicate and flawless face showed a touch of firmness.