In the seventh year of Yuankang, just after the Spring Festival in 297 AD, the cold north wind was cold, blowing the land of Guanzhong. At this time, Guanzhong was much colder than it is today, 1,800 years later. At this time, it is said that even the lychees in Lingnan cannot grow because of the cold. Elephants and rhinoceros, which were common animals in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, also became extinct during this period.

The weather is very cold today, but Sima Tong feels that today seems to be particularly energetic, or that he seems to be particularly energetic for a few days. This is in response to the sentence: "People are in good spirits when they are happy", with the Guanzhong army, under the leadership of the prince and Meng Guan, they have continuously achieved remarkable results.

King Liang, the titular commander of the army in Guanzhong, also became more and more popular, and the Han Haoqiang, Di Qu Shuai, and Qiang leaders in Guanzhong who had been associated with the rebels came to bribe Liang with large sums of money in an attempt to escape the punishment of the imperial court.

In the past few days, just receiving gifts has made King Liang and Lu Bo a little soft, not just sending away a group of people who came to send money, King Liang rubbed his wrist a little sore, pointed to the house full of jewelry and money, and instructed Lu Bo: "You quickly let people clean up, so that others can see that something is not good." ”

"What can you do if you see it? The king is the commander of the army in Guanzhong, and now he has helped the court to quell the rebellion, who else dares to be nonsense? In the future, the prince will enter the center to assist the government! Lu Bo brazenly flattered Liang Wangdao.

King Liang only felt the dignity of being a prince at this time, and seeing those wealthy families in Guanzhong leaning down in front of him, Sima Tong would have a special sense of existence.

In the early years, he and King Zhao were the two most senior princes in the court, but the treatment they enjoyed was very different. And what about him? It's just that he was greedy for some money, but he was impeached by Zhou and severely punished by the imperial court, and finally kicked to Liangzhou by the imperial court.

However, in the end, he waited for the time for the salted fish to turn over, and King Zhao was transferred back to the capital by mistake, while he himself took the opportunity to bribe Jia Mi to succeed King Zhao as the minister of the governor. During this time he had become accustomed to the high days, and now it had become a part of his life.

King Liang also likes to put on a show, every time he meets outsiders, he always greets them warmly, and his tone is kind and amiable, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

On this day, King Liang walked to the city wall of Chang'an under the support of Lu Bo, looked into the distance, looked at the boundless world in front of him, and felt a great sense of satisfaction in his heart, "This is all mine, mine!" Sima Tong muttered silently in his heart.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared in Sima Tong's field of vision, the black dot was getting closer and closer, and he could see clearly, it was a cavalryman wearing a Jin army uniform, and it could be judged from the red order flag planted behind him that he had come to Chang'an to report an emergency military situation.

The gates of Chang'an City slowly opened, and Sima Tong ordered his subordinates to bring up the messenger who reported the news. This messenger is tall and sturdy, and he really deserves to be a big man in Guanzhong, probably like many people, he joined the army in order to survive during the chaos in Guanzhong!

"Where are you from?"

"The lowly position is a messenger under the command of the prince, from Northland County!"

"Oh, it's the Prince's men. What letter does the prince want you to give to the widow? ”

"Lord Qi, the crown prince has successfully quelled the rebellion of Feng Yi and the two counties of the Northland, and will return in triumph soon! The forward general, General Li Te, led 6,000 troops, and he was already approaching the county seat of 10,000 years! The crown prince asked the little one to report to the king of Liang, hoping that the king would prepare the site for the army to be stationed and the materials needed as soon as possible! ”

"Ahh......h Is the prince coming back? When King Liang heard the news, not only did he not feel any joy, but he felt nauseous as if he had eaten a fly.

"King! King! King! Lu Bo saw that King Liang was stunned, and hurriedly reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, the widow knows, Lu Bo will be responsible for arranging it! The widow is tired, so go back first! ”

The Hu rebellion, the people of Guanzhong, suffered a lot. Their hatred of the Hu bandit soldiers has indeed reached the point of deep hatred. When the Jin army defeated all the Hu thieves and soldiers, and the announcement spread to various towns in the Guanzhong area, the people of Guanzhong all burst into tears, clapped their hands and celebrated, and ran to tell each other.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong, which has experienced turmoil, really needs to rest and recuperate.

Today is the day when the prince arrived in Chang'an, but unexpectedly there was a snow, this snow fell very heavily, overnight, the entire Guanzhong was covered with thick silver, even at night, it was as bright as day. In less than five watches, someone had already started to clear the snow on the road, and the sound of "brushing" spread far away in the silent streets, reaching the ears of those who were still asleep, and then, as if by magic, the sound woke up the sleeping people, who silently got up and dressed, picked up the shovels and brooms at home, and silently joined the cleaning team......

When the sky is dark, the streets and alleys of the entire Chang'an City have been swept clean, if it were not for the thick snow on the trees and roofs, it would make the uninformed people think that last night's heavy snow was just a dream.

When the sky was bright, the streets were full of people, and today was the day of the triumphant victory of the army that marched north to drive out the Qianghu rebels. The Hu Nationality Trouble, the Jin army and the Qiang people fought against each other for nearly half a year, experienced more than 20 large and small battles, and finally put down the Hu rebellion and achieved victory.

After the city gate was opened, all the people stretched their necks to be the first to see the figure of the army, and the people of Guanzhong had a good impression of the prince, which was not only the prince defeated the main force of the rebels, but more importantly, the prince gathered the displaced people and harvested the hearts of millions of people in Guanlong in one fell swoop.

The army only entered the city when the sun rose, and the leader was naturally the crown prince Sima Shu, and the two generals under his command: Li Te, the right Mo sword general, and Li Liu, the commander of the capital, followed him on horseback, and they didn't have a smile on their faces, they just looked at the front solemnly, and walked forward slowly......

"Greetings to the prince!"

Sima Shu rode on a horse, slowly walked in front of the Chang'an officials headed by King Liang, did not pay attention to the people present at all, but took out a dark yellow silk from his arms, opened it silently, and suddenly burst out: "The holy decree has arrived!" ”

Everyone was shocked and looked at the prince on the horse in shock, Liang Wangqiang suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and stared at the holy decree in the prince's hand without blinking. Ever since the assassination of the crown prince, King Liang has felt a strong sense of unease, especially after Sun Xiu said goodbye.

It's just that the recent gifts have made him forget everything, but at this moment, when the prince took out the holy decree, the uneasiness lurking in King Liang's heart suddenly came to his heart.

"Sincerely, St. Ann!"

"Fengtian transported, the emperor said: Sima Tong, the king of Liang, first colluded with the Hu people to frame Zhongliang, and then was jealous of the prince's merits, and bribed the Hu people to assassinate the prince, committing a heinous crime, and having a negative grace. The prince was specially ordered to take him into custody and interrogate him to set an example! Chin this! ”

"Wow!"

Everyone was in an uproar, especially King Liang's henchmen, whose faces were full of incredulity. The court is going to put King Liang to death, not only to confirm the previous crime of framing Zhou, but also to put the charge of assassinating the prince on King Liang's head.

And at this time, after King Liang listened to the holy decree, the whole person was blinded, he never thought that he was still a confidant of Empress Jia yesterday, but today he would be reduced to a prisoner so quickly.

"No way, no way! Someone must have slandered the court, Lord, let's go back to the capital, we have to state the facts to the queen in person, and let the queen call the shots for us! Before King Liang could react, his confidant Lu Bo couldn't help it first, only to see him get up neatly from the ground, and then pointed at the prince and shouted.

Lu Bo is not stupid, he knows very well that if King Liang falls, he himself will not end well. In the current situation, King Liang was not easy to come forward, so he had to jump out and question this holy decree first.

"General Lu, what do you mean by this? Do you think that this decree is a forgery? Sima asked slowly and logically.

"Don't dare! It's just that I don't understand it, King Liang has just made a great contribution, and the court doesn't reward him, so why do you want to put King Liang in prison? How can such injustice convince the people of the world? ”

"Humph! King Liang has made a great contribution? General Lu, do you really dare to put gold on King Liang's face, hundreds of officials in Guanzhong, large and small, who don't know that they defeated the main force of the rebels alone, and then it was the Lone Expedition to Beidi and Feng Yi that the two counties have only swept away the remnants of the Hu clan today. Hum! General Lu said to Gu, what great contribution did King Liang make? Sima Shu retorted with a cold snort.

"This ......," Lu Bo was speechless.

"Someone!"

"The minister is here!" Li Teh and Li Liu brothers clasped their fists on the horse and replied.

"Escort King Liang and Lu Bo down, and in addition, send someone to surround King Liang's mansion and confiscate a handful of stolen goods!"

"Yes!"

"Spare your life, spare your life, the prince spare your life!"

A few sergeants ignored the crying of King Liang and Lu Bo, and dragged them down. The surrounding officials suddenly became silent when they saw this scene, and after cleaning up King Liang. In order to prevent his henchmen from taking the opportunity to rebel, Sima Shu asked Li Teh to take 3,000 cavalry to the Chang'an army camp to prepare for the reorganization of the Chang'an garrison.

King Liang was imprisoned, the most unlucky were those who gave gifts to King Liang, they had just walked through the door of King Liang, who knew that before they were happy for a few days, they got the news that King Liang was questioned by the court. At present, the person in charge of Guanzhong has become His Royal Highness the Prince, and all the wealth they gave to King Liang before has been confiscated by the Prince.

They had all worked in vain before, but in order to survive, they had to prepare some money again to bribe the prince, hoping that the prince would let them live like King Liang.