Chapter 3: He Jin's Death

Although it has been several months since the first emperor returned to heaven, the city of Luoyang is still covered by plain cloth, and filial piety is towering.

Since the death of Emperor Xiaoling, Zhang Rang and others have been anxious and unable to sleep at night, but their attitude towards the Empress Dowager He has become more and more respectful, asking for peace every day, pleasing everything, and the Empress Dowager He has also treated them quite well, and often said some good things in the ear of his brother He Jin. He Jin wanted to kill the ten elder servants, but he couldn't stand his sister's plea, so he hesitated. Yuan Shao, who was engaged in his subordinates at that time, said: "Since the general is hesitant, why not summon the righteous divisions of the world to discuss it. "He Jinzhi is very talented, I just feel that this plan is very good, and when the martial arts are strong, those scholars in the court will give in if they can't say it. At that time, the position of the general was well deserved, and he was not as timid as he is now. So from Yuan Shao's words, he summoned Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo and others to Beijing, and sent the warriors under his command to return to their hometowns to recruit villagers to gain momentum. Because of the difference between relatives and relatives, Ding Yuan was called first, and then Dong Zhuo was called. On this day, when he heard that Ding Yuan was coming, he was greatly relieved, thinking that the situation was under control, and he was busy ordering Ding Yuan to build momentum outside the city to warn the scholars and eunuchs, but he didn't know that this fire had become his life-saving talisman.

On the night when Ding Yuan burned Mengjin, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, Song Dian, Su Song and others were gathering together to discuss He Jin's recruitment of people into Beijing. After Zhang Rang finished speaking, he saw Song Dian answer: "What Rang Gong said is, however, Dong Zhongying has always had our support, and it will not be unfavorable to us." If Dong Zhongying arrives first, we should wait without worry, if others arrive first, I'm afraid we won't have to fight to the death. Everyone nodded yes.

As soon as everyone made up their minds, a small yellow gate came to report to Zhang Rang: "Ah Weng, the east of the city is blazing in the sky, and it seems that someone is coming to Luoyang with soldiers and horses." Zhang Rang was shocked and said to everyone: "The person from the east must not be Dong Zhongying, I will act now." So Guo Sheng, Gao Wang and others went to kidnap Empress Dowager He, while Song Dian, Zhang Gong and others went to Nangong to bring the little emperor back. Zhang Rang drafted a decree of the Empress Dowager and called a yellow door to trick He into entering the palace. Zhao Zhong concentrated all the cronies in the palace, large and small, and the yellow doors to distribute armor and weapons. As long as He entered the palace, he was killed on the spot to prevent future troubles.

Since hearing that Ding Yuan was coming, Dong Zhuo also set off in Hedong, and He Jin hurriedly recruited his subordinates He Hao and Xun You, as well as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and others from Xiyuan to come to the mansion to discuss. Cao Cao Fang arrived: "Since everyone has arrived with troops, they must not be allowed to enter the city, otherwise Luoyang will be in chaos." As soon as the words fell, a sergeant came to report, "General, the Queen Mother sent someone to send a decree to order the general to enter the palace quickly." He Jin didn't doubt him, so he wanted to wave back left and right, and enter the palace with the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate. Xun You only felt that there was something wrong with this matter, and said: "The fire in the east has just started, and the Empress Dowager He here will summon the general into the palace. He Jin smiled and said: "The Queen Mother is my own sister, can An harm me?" With that, he ignored everyone, took two accompanying sergeants and went to the palace.

Although Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others have always been dissatisfied with He Jin, at this critical moment, they are also afraid that He Jin will make a mistake and the Han will be turbulent. So the two of them went their own way and waited outside the palace.

He Jin had entered the North Palace, and the eunuch of the Yellow Gate had already been ordered to close the palace gate, but He Jin didn't care about it, and went straight to the Changqiu Palace. Fang entered the hall, but saw Zhang Rang and the others sitting in the main hall, without the respectful appearance of the past. He Jin was slightly suspicious in his heart and asked Zhang Rang: "Where is the Queen Mother?" Zhang Rang didn't answer, shook the jade pot in his hand, and asked, "The general really wants to kill me?" Have you forgotten that we waited for the help of the past? He Jin was terrified, he didn't know what to say, but he saw Zhao Zhong behind Zhang Rang smashing the cup and said loudly: "Er is a disloyal and unrighteous person, don't you kill him quickly?" Suddenly, more than a dozen sturdy eunuchs rushed out from behind the screen, all armed with swords, and divided He Jin's sword into pieces.

However, it was said that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had been waiting outside the palace gate for nearly an hour, and He Jin still had not come out, and he was very worried, but he did not dare to break into the forbidden palace privately, so he had to order his sergeants to shout: "Please leave the palace!" Thousands of people shouted in unison, and the whole of Luoyang could hear it.

Fang shouted a few times, but saw a pitch-black thing flying out of the palace gate, and everyone took a closer look, only to see He Jinhao's big head standing on the ground, his eyes wide open. Everyone was shocked, and at this time, a shrill voice came from the palace and said: "The traitor He Jin wants to do bad things to the saint, and now he has been ambushed, Your Majesty has a decree, and he ordered you to leave as soon as possible, don't be noisy, everything is waiting for the court." ”

Although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao wanted to enter the palace, but the majesty of the Han family was still there, and he broke the palace gate privately, but it was a big crime, and when he hesitated, Yuan Shu happened to arrive, and after hearing about it, he didn't care about it, and directly ordered someone to smash open the palace gate and lead the crowd to enter. Seeing this, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao shook their heads and sighed, and then entered, and issued an order: "Those who have white faces and no beard will be killed." ”

Inside, Zhang Rang and others saw that the people outside the palace did not care about the holy order at all, and hurriedly fled to the Xuanwu Gate, Zhang Rang and others coerced the young emperor and Liu Xie, and Zhao Zhong and others took the Empress Dowager He.

Yuan Shu was the first to enter the palace, and he didn't look for the emperor and the queen mother, but just ordered his subordinates to loot on a large scale, and the palace maids did not let go of their property. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao also didn't care about Yuan Shu's trip, and looked everywhere for the whereabouts of the young emperor, but at this time, the palace was in a panic, and there were fires everywhere, and it was not easy to find people, so he had to order someone to temporarily close the four gates in the palace.

When Ding Yuan and his entourage arrived outside Luoyang City, they saw thick smoke billowing in the direction of the palace, so they ordered the cavalry to go first, and the infantry army went to the palace later. After Ding Yuan left, Lu Bu knew that he would not get the slightest benefit from going to the palace, so he hurriedly recruited Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, and asked Gao Shun to lead an army of 5,000 to Luoyang to check the site of Zhang Rang and others, and the rest of the army was stationed outside the city, and then took Zhang Liao to lead a thousand people to the north gate of Luoyang.

Zhang Rang and his entourage left the palace in a panic, and Zhao Zhong and others had long since disappeared, leaving only more than a dozen eunuchs from the Yellow Gate and ** palace maids supporting Liu Wei and Liu Xie. When he left the palace here, Zhang Rang had no leisure to take care of others, so he only ordered someone to drive three carriages that had been prepared in advance, and went straight to the north from the city gate. After a short walk, he reached the Yellow River, but he didn't know where the ferry was, so he had to ask people to find boats, and Zhang Rang accompanied the young emperor and others to wait in place. Zhang Rang was anxious, and saw the young emperor Liu Wei crying endlessly, becoming more and more irritable.

Lu Bu led people to the north of Luoyang City, only to hear the noise in the city getting louder and louder, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious, and the speed of the foot soldiers was too slow, so he ordered the foot soldiers to come later, and he took Zhang Liao and a few other horses to gallop away. It didn't take long to reach the south bank of the Yellow River, but after looking around, where were the little emperors and eunuchs?

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