Chapter 70: Fire and Water
In the Yan Kingdom, there are many legends about the national teacher.
For example, the people of the Great Swallow believe in the Buddha, but the Tianbao Mansion near the grassland in the north, the people in the city do not worship the Buddha and Bodhisattva, but believe in the evil demons on the grassland, worship the wolf god and serve the shaman, and finally in Jingtai seven years of accidents, the city suddenly has a vicious disease, the infected first has a rash and itchy unbearable, and then the skin ulcers can not heal, and slowly dies by severe pain.
Later, even the great shaman fell ill and died.
Elsewhere, the Yan people said that they served the evil gods, which caused the Buddha's dissatisfaction, which caused the curse of God, and they purely deserved it... Only the national teacher is compassionate and compassionate, saying that although the people of Tianbao have gone astray, they are still the people of the Great Swallow, the Buddha is compassionate, and there is no one who can be saved, leading his disciples to rush overnight, from the eye city to Tianbao Mansion, and then thirteen days and twelve nights in a row without stopping, doing a great thing, praying for the blessings of the people in the city, praying for forgiveness from God and Buddha. In the end, the national teacher asked for holy water and shared it with the sick in the city to wipe their bodies.
It's also strange to say, as soon as the holy water arrives at the strange disease and is cured without medicine, it is immediately timid. Since then, everyone in Tianbao Mansion has been grateful for the kindness of the national teacher and abandoned the shaman and converted to the Buddha...... Or to change to the big thunder sound station.
For another example, Jingtai in the ninth year of Dingzhou termites, Jingtai in the eleventh year of Baihe City river water poisoned, rumors are that the water demon is a disaster, in the same year, Hongliang County demon road trouble, etc., where something happens in Dayan country, the national teacher will appear, and lead the people to ask the Buddha for mercy... As long as he is willing to pray to the gods and Buddhas, the calamity will immediately subside.
It is not unreasonable for a few Yanmin to regard him as a living Bodhisattva, who can save the people from fire and water, and the people naturally regard him as Guanyin in the world.
For the national teacher, 'saving the people from fire and water' is actually the easiest thing to do. It is to first 'draw water' or 'set a fire', put the 'people' into it, and then pull them out...... Everything is under control.
But these few releases and a few pulls, unconsciously, the prestige of the national teacher spread all over the Yan soil and was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
…… The emperor vomited blood and fainted, a team of forbidden troops shouted 'proclaim', and Li Mingji, Mr. Bo, and Gu Zhaojun sent their subordinates to blend in with the crowd in advance, and roared in unison: What is the crime of the national teacher...... There are countless Yan people in front of the palace, those who are timid and afraid want to escape but have no way, those who are desperate to make trouble, those who are devout to the 'Buddha' rush forward to protect the Fa driving, and more people are blindly following blind faith.
Yipin was thrown into face, and endless anger was accumulated in the hearts of the Yan people, the first hated the traitor Luo Guan, and the second hated the Nanli Uighurs, but this was far from enough, and there was also a raging anger, pointing directly at his own Jingtai Emperor: If it weren't for his incompetence and misbelief in the thief, how could he lose.
Also, when someone swayed it with an empty bow, he was busy jumping down and dodging... Such an emperor, where is the majesty and face.
Now that the emperor doesn't even announce the crime, he will kill the national teacher who gave birth to a Buddha in all families and won the admiration of the Yan people.
At the front of the palace square, there was chaos in an instant!
From the moment the 100 forbidden troops suddenly attacked to kill the national teacher, the people were in an uproar, the people mutinied, and the chaos was irreparable...... Among the restless and turbulent people, thirty percent are because they truly love the national teacher; Sancheng is because of the anger of the emperor; The others simply do nothing, if someone makes trouble with them, if someone burns them, they will burn them, hidden under their clothes, in their skins, and between their bones and blood!
What really added fuel to the fire and quickly escalated the civil uprising into a riot was Jingtai's 'suppression' decree.
Jingtai did nothing wrong, he had already seen before fainting: the people's hearts were loose, the crowd was excited, some people pretended to be national teachers, and there was a rebellion by the forbidden army to falsely pass on the holy decree, and tonight's chaos has been completed. Civil unrest is inevitable, and if left unchecked, it will only intensify, and there is no other solution than bloody repression and the extermination of all those who dare to cause rebellion.
It is only a matter of time before the people turn into riots, but the use of swords and soldiers will definitely speed up the process...... There's no choice.
Today, the 'slogan' of Yanmin in Jingcheng has changed again and again, and the previous 'Nanli, cowardly', 'Kill!' Kill! Kill! Now it has become 'what is the crime of the national teacher'.
The other teams on the square did not care about rounding up Luo Guan or the national division, and quickly converged with the friendly troops in the outermost circle, tied up the defense line, and led the generals to give orders loudly, and the soldiers under their command waved their swords together, the red tassels were stained with blood, and the sound of killing and the miserable howl were mixed together until the night.
The gate of the palace was quickly closed, and the forbidden army of the inner court ascended to the top of the city, holding a crossbow and a bow and coldly aimed at the city. At the same time, the horn in the palace sounded in all directions, summoning the forbidden army of the Quartet to suppress the rebellious people.
'Blowing the whistle and shouting people' was not only the emperor's family, but also the disciples of the national teacher also sent a signal and ordered the monks and soldiers of the Great Lei Yin Tai to dispatch...... It's really not an order from Amber, she pretended to be a national teacher today, and from beginning to end, she only passed on a decent order: in front of the palace, go and see how the Yipin Fight is going.
After sending a message to Emperor Yan and sending a token, my aunt and grandmother became nothing, and they had already diverted their attention, she just looked at Su and Hangzhou, beautiful, she liked her dress.
…… Before leaving, the national teacher left an order: In my absence, all the actions of Da Lei Yintai must enter the palace to ask the emperor. Even if the decree that I personally sealed is sent back, it must be sent to the palace and can only be carried out with the emperor's consent.
The 'real henchman' left by the national teacher is Jingtai.
The idea of mobilizing monks and soldiers by means of false decrees has no chance of success at all. Fortunately, because of Amber's intervention, Song Yang and others gave up this idea.
Amber has done enough preparation, and can indeed hide from the monk and successfully pretend to be a national teacher, but the word 'success' is limited by conditions: chatting or pretending to be deep is no problem; if it comes to serious things such as Buddhism, temple affairs or monks and soldiers, even with Shi Xiaoxiao's help, Amber still has too little information, and he can't do it without leakage, and sooner or later it will be debunked.
Gu Zhaojun, Li Mingji, Mr. Bo and Amber can figure this out themselves.
I don't know the details about the monks, and the pretending national teacher was unable to send the monks out to rebel through the 'normal procedures'...... A few foxes changed their thinking: Is there a way to skip the 'normal procedures'?
For example, the national teacher was suddenly declared a thief by the emperor, and Ling Chi wanted to ask for the crime?
If this really happens, the monks and soldiers of Da Lei Yin Temple will not move because they have no order, and watch the national teacher be killed by Jingtai first, and then wait for the forbidden army to clear themselves; Or will you unveil the rod and attack Yan Palace directly, save the country and save yourself?
Everything is being calculated. Amber enters the Great Thunder Stage, with its unique scaly glove, the only delicate mask, and ventriloquist muffled; 'Unintentionally' revealing the rotten body, preaching irrelevant decrees, drawing seals with the blood prepared in advance, and not mentioning serious matters in his speech, he was completely unassailable, and completely won the trust of the monks. Not long after, the 'national teacher' gave an order, and drove to the gate of the Yan Palace to watch the battle.
In fact, Amber's action has only two steps from beginning to end:
One is to enter the big thunder sound platform and win the trust of the disciples, at this time there is no need to do anything, as long as you don't show flaws, you will be done; The second is to 'meet' the emperor in front of the Yan Palace, so that Jingtai realized that the national teacher was an imposter and sent a decree to kill.
As for whether Jingtai will announce in public that the national teacher is fake, the thieves don't care, the emperor said that the national teacher is fake; The 'national teacher' also said that he was true, and there was no yamen in the world to decide this case, which would only make things more chaotic.
And in the second step, Gu Zhaojun and the others also made a 'record', in case Jingtai held back his temper uncharacteristically and did not send a decree to arrest the national teacher, they would announce for the emperor that the national teacher was a thief...... Li Mingji and Mr. Bo joined forces to contact Tan Guide in person and explain the matter to the old marshal in person, who was overjoyed and immediately revised the previous plan of rebellion by the forbidden army in Jingcheng.
…… At this moment, the Yan soldiers' defense line in the square has not been broken, and the envoys of various countries are safe for the time being, but there is a riot in front and a palace wall that is close to the palace wall that is shot and killed, there is no way to retreat, and when the chaotic people rush over, how can they let go of these 'foreigners'? Several envoys didn't care about the previous grudges, gathered together and discussed in a low voice, gathered their guards together, and prepared for battle.
The 'national teacher' was also behind the defense line, and did not order the disciples to break through, and now he has sat back in the big shrine, and after his disciples defeated the forbidden army that dared to come to offend the law, they gathered around the national teacher to form a formation to protect the law, and waited for the battle.
And Song Yang was very busy, the dragon bird was behind him, holding the 'meritorious broken spear' in his hand, treating it as a big pen, the stone chips on the blue brick ground flew over, and a few lines of big characters were engraved, and he grabbed the dwarf old way, and asked in a low voice: "The fire will burn later, can you avoid this line of words?" ”
It's a little unclear, but his meaning is very clear, after the fire swept all over the place, the handwriting will also turn black, not obvious, if the fire can 'bypass' the vicinity and not burn, it will retain a piece of blue and white in the burnt eyes, and the handwriting in it will naturally be eye-catching, these words he left for Jingtai...... If Jingtai can survive.
The dwarf old man shook his hand after hearing this: "I am an expert in arson, you can find me if you burn anything, but if you want to burn something, then the matter belongs to the waterway people!" ”
There is no immortal in Middle-earth, and the old man of the fire is pure and angry, at this time Xiao Blacksmith interjected: "If you want these lines to be clear and eye-catching after the fire, I have a way." As he spoke, he ran to the high platform where the prizes were displayed, gathered up a piece of silver armor that had been cut into several pieces by Song Yang, and hugged it back.
Blacksmith Xiao had just studied this armor just now, and the forged material was special and the sword was difficult to injure, and it was extremely light and thin, but it had a weakness: it was afraid of fire. It melts under normal flames...... Without waiting for the blacksmith to finish speaking, Song Yang understood what he meant, and said happily: "Thank you for your advice!" As he spoke, he waved the dragon sparrow and chopped the armor to shreds, and several people worked together to stuff the armor fragments along the cracks in the engraving.
It is not difficult to imagine that when the fire swept in, the fragments of silver armor melted and flowed along the cracks, and when the flames passed and cooled, a piece of silver glittering 'message' would eventually be left on the ground. ”
Su Hang looked at the flesh and blood flying not far away, and his body trembled slightly: "Don't make trouble, I'm nervous, I'm scared!" ”
At this time, a Nanli official ran over quickly to recruit Song Yang and others to join the team, Yan Bing's defense line was precarious, and it was about to be unable to support it, Nanli officials had a bitter face, I don't know whether to complain or fear, and they muttered vigorously: This one can't escape, it's dead, it's dead!
Yes, it's dead, this person sees things quite clearly. The chaos is strong, and it will not take long to break through the defense line...... Suddenly, a terrible howl erupted in the distance.
The garrison of the capital division has long been systematic, and it operates rapidly, and the horn of the palace is called for help, and the teams in the distance are ready to fight, and they will be killed in a moment, no matter how turbulent the riot is, after all, they are all unarmed ordinary people, how can they withstand the most elite military horses of Dayan, and they can't even talk about 'persistence', and the crowd disperses in an instant.
But there is no escape. The horn that came out of the palace was the 'slaughter' order.
The crowd was too dense, and they were all crowded on those streets, and it was easy to start a riot, but Yan Qi was also extremely easy to clean up, and the exit was completely blocked. I didn't want to leave just now, but now I think about running away after the defeat is over? There is no such cheap thing in the world.
At this point, the bloody curtain of tonight finally opened slowly, and the iron cage was fiercely beaten when the lamp was held, and dozens of lives fell in a flash, but what is it compared to now? Several salvos from the crossbow team and a round of cavalry raids turned the street into a bloody corpse road in a blink of an eye...... In the course of the day, Yan Min laughed, rejoiced, hated, and angry, and now there is a 'great sorrow' from the sky to the bottom of their hearts, crying and wailing, how can anyone remember the joy when they raised their arms in the iron cage not long ago and shouted 'kill, kill, kill'?
If it goes on like this, it won't take an hour for the Yan people present to be slaughtered cleanly, it is a completely one-sided massacre, there is no room for resistance, and almost everyone is already desperate.
Lord Hu's face was gloomy, and he whispered to Song Yang, who had returned to the queue: "The eyes of the city display heavy troops, such a popular uprising, after all, has become a bad climate, and the imperial court will soon return to the overall situation... Jingtai will kill you and then hurry up, take advantage of the chaos, if you can still live, you and I will see you again. ”
Song Yang didn't rush to respond, but asked rhetorically: "What about you?" ”
Master Hu shook his head: "Someone has to stay and give Jingtai an explanation." ”
Song Yang frowned: "You won't be able to see Jingtai if you stay." ”
Once the riot is cleared, the counterinsurgency Yan soldiers will take advantage of the situation to break into the square, and 'accidental injury' is inevitable, Nanli will definitely be wiped out, from the envoys to the wizards to the three hundred guards, they will all die in the 'riots of the people'.
The envoys of the four countries on the square joined forces, adding up to more than a thousand people, but how fragile was the temporary alliance? The Uighurs were also the leader of the Yipin, but it was very important to Dayan, and it was only thanks to it that it involved the Dog Rong and the Tibetans, and Jingtai would not kill the Uighur mission if there was one or two sanities left.
Jingcheng is so troubled, the people of Dayan are restless, Jingtai must suppress this matter, some are busy, and it is definitely not a good time to start a war with Tubo and Inurong recently, so the envoys of the other two powerful countries are probably fine.
In the same situation, if Jingtai wants to appease the country, it is likely to use the means of diverting attention to fight one or two small battles...... Hit whom? As soon as you start fighting with Tubo and Dog Rong, it may be a tug-of-war for several years, only Nanli is the best bully, you can fight if you want to, stop if you want to, and you will definitely be able to win.
Even if he doesn't fight, for Lord Hu's line, Jingtai can kill if he wants, at least he can vent his anger, anyway, Nanli has no ability and doesn't dare to counterattack, and weak countries have no diplomacy, probably that's the reason...... It is conceivable that as long as Yan Bing controls the situation, the alliance of the four countries will immediately collapse, and there is no hope at all.
Master Hu discerned things thoroughly, how could he not see this ending, but he still shook his head: "My corpse is an explanation, in short... I am the chief official, I can't go, otherwise Jingtai will accuse me of instigating the riots in Eye City, long live speechless, too passive. ”
"You can't even have a corpse left, really." Song Yang's words were rude, but his tone was sincere.
When Master Hu heard this, the corners of his eyes jumped: "Where are you sure?" ”
"It's still early... Moreover, there will be a fire, which will start burning from the front and finally sweep through the palace, and the places we can see now will become piles of rubble, and if we stay, we will burn away, and I am afraid it will not be easy to recognize. Song Yang spoke easily, and then asked rhetorically: "Didn't you know that I was going to set fire?" ”
When he went to the ring this morning, Prime Minister Zuo tried to say a word, although he didn't say it too clearly, but it was enough for Song Yang to understand, and the old man knew his plan to set fire.
Master Hu coughed: "I'm just looking at the ones who are good with you, I don't leave the dwarfs and blind people every day, how can I have anything else to do when I find them besides arson, but... But I didn't know, it was such a big fire! ”
Song Yang said with a smile: "Lord Hu underestimates our Nanli Qishi too much, the Fire Dao people and Guiguzi, they are all capable people with real talents and real learning... Don't talk nonsense, maybe you can survive, but don't pack a ticket, anyway, if you have a chance, will you go with me? ”
Master Hu immediately replied: "Nonsense! Only fools can live. ”
Song Yang smiled, and then he realized that the old man had to pay for his own death before he had those generous words.
Master Hu asked again: "How do you escape?" ”
Song Yang pointed to the national teacher not far away, and said to Master Hu: "Let's follow him out of the city, and after that... Look at luck. ”
Master Hu was stunned for a moment: "Will he protect us?" After speaking, he smiled bitterly and said: "Even if you can get out of the city, what if you can get out of the city, Jingcheng is thousands of miles away from Nanli, and we people can escape back?" ”
Song Yang smiled: "You person, why do you keep saying frustrating things, run away and watch." It shouldn't have gone that far. But..."Saying that, Song Yang's expression became gloomy: "One or twenty people, there is a chance to escape, and it is impossible for everyone." ”
Nanli's mission is more than forty people, and there are three hundred guards, unless Song Yang incarnates as a Buddha, how can he take so many people.
The leader of the forbidden army was by Lord Hu's side, Song Yang did not avoid him when he spoke before, the general turned his head and smiled at Song Yang, and his tone was light: "It's okay, the surname of Lord Hu and the ten wizards is the duty of the last general." ”
Song Yang sighed, not knowing what to say to him, at this time, out of nowhere, there was another six-shot cannon horn with four urgents and two slows, and the chaotic people were indifferent to this, but the Yan soldiers of the brigade who had already been on duty, including the elite guards of the palace garrison, all showed puzzled expressions - they had not heard it, and they did not understand.
The cannon order, the call order, and the drum order have their own rhythms, and different rhythms represent different commands, and the elite of the Beijing division all know it well, but the cannon horn just now has really never been heard before...... A moment later, the horses' hooves rumbled, and a male army suddenly appeared in the city!
Looking at the costumes, armor, and weapon systems, it was clear that they were forbidden troops, but they all took off their hats and helmets, and tied their hair with a silver ribbon. The flags played are not the Yan Flag, the Imperial Flag, and the Dragon Flag. The huge 'Tan' character is in the center, which is the battle flag of Zhenguo Gong that year.
It was also a well-trained elite military horse, and the 'Tan army' came without warning, directly hitting the weakness of the Yan army, and immediately took advantage of it, and the already tightly sealed encirclement was ruthlessly torn open. And the soldiers of the 'Tan Army' shouted in unison while fighting: "The Zhenguo Gong is loyal and brave, and swear to protect the people of Jingcheng to the death!" ”
The rebels revolted.
Trapping the people in fire and water first, and then rescuing them from fire and water, this kind of thing is not only done by the national teacher, but also by the town and the country.
Zhenguo Gong rebelled tonight, with three purposes: to kill Jingtai, type, and win the voice of the people.
As long as he does the same thing in the three things, he will make a profit without losing money.
…… Zhen Guogong? The town that lives on Siping Street? Wasn't he sick for more than ten years, and was burned to death in a fire in his home this spring? The rioters who were suddenly rescued were all a little confused in ecstasy.
Soon, the rebel forbidden army in the same place with the chaotic people revealed the truth: Jingtai brutalized Zhongliang and Zhenguo Gong was seriously ill because of the poisoning of the faint king, fortunately, the first emperor blessed Jingtai to abort, the old man has recovered, and he was already disheartened and planned to live in seclusion in the mountains, but now it is said that the faint king is tyrannical, not only to kill the national teacher but also to slaughter the whole city, Zhenguo Gong angrily issued an order, ordering the good soldiers under his command to rebel...... The righteous banner raised by Zhenguo Gong was not to overthrow Dayan, but to admonish the soldiers, and Jingtai abdicated to invite the new monarch of benevolence to ascend the throne.
The form is critical, life is on the horizon, suddenly a team of strong soldiers stood in the 'people' column, the chaotic people only have boundless gratitude to Tan Guide, how can they still account for it, pondering that 'Zhenguo Gong's response can be fast enough', at this time, the rebel commander gave an order, divided most of the military horses to resist the Yan army's attack, and the rest of the troops shook off the banner and brought out more than ten carts from the center of the team, which were full of knives, guns and weapons.
The rebel herald shouted: "There is only so much now, a drop in the bucket, far from enough!" But I know that ten miles to the east, there is a secret vault of the imperial city underground, countless ordnance, and countless silver grains, do you dare to rush with me, take a knife and gun, and then kill back. ”
Another herald was full of true anger and then spoke: "Jingtai is brutal, if you can't force him to abdicate, when he relaxes his hand, there will be a great crime!" Tonight's momentum, you live or die! ”
Before the words fell, the 'Tan Jun' in the field shouted in unison, and one sentence was repeatedly drummed: "Yan Erlang, save my ancestor Heshan and save me from the Great Yan!" ”
It was indeed a sonorous roar, shaking through the night sky.
With a bang, the rebels made noise again, their eyes were already red, and at this moment they were even more enthusiastic, swarming to grab the ordnance sent, and together with the rebels, they began to rush eastward, fighting all the way, and there were countless corpses...... One step of the long street, one step of blood!
The slogan of the chaotic people changed again, from 'what is the crime of the national teacher' to 'Jingtai abdicate'.
Although there is no discipline at all, tens of millions of people have the same goal, and their strength has also increased significantly, and most of the eyes have fallen into madness, and at this moment, another strength that has been dormant in Beijing and has never been revealed, has finally erupted - monks!
The rebels are still there, the chaotic people have not retreated, and the Dharma Protector Hong Zhong has shocked the whole city again, and Da Lei Yintai has sent troops.
(To be continued)