Chapter 23: Return to the Palace
"Where is the Son of Heaven?" Dong Zhuo looked at Ji Ping with his eyes and asked two questions in a row, but Ji Ping was just silent.
Dong Zhuo only thought that the young emperor was frightened when he saw the army, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, but he didn't know that Ji Ping was looking at his domineering appearance and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
It doesn't matter if it's rude or not, he hated those domineering guys the most in his previous life, Nima, who owes you money?
He didn't reply, but Liu Xie slapped his horse forward and asked crisply, "Who is here?" ”
The big man said proudly on the horse: "I am Dong Zhuo, the pastor of the state." ”
Watching the two of them ask and answer, Ji Ping could only smile bitterly.
Soon, Dong Zhuo pretended to get off the horse in a hurry and bowed to Daozuo.
At this time, Liu Xie continued to comfort Dong Zhuo, and his words were very measured. Even Ji Ping couldn't help but admire, Liu Xie is indeed a genius figure, with a high EQ and IQ, even if he was ** years old in his previous life, he was far inferior to this younger brother.
Getting closer, Ji Ping also saw Dong Zhuo's appearance clearly, about forty or fifty years old, with a rough face, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, a nose and a wide mouth, maybe it is nature, maybe it is a battle-tested, there is always a bit of evil on his face, if it is not a little bloated, it can be regarded as a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his body is burly.
Sweeping the cavalry not far away, Ji Ping noticed that the formation of the cavalry led by Dong Zhuo was a little messy, and many soldiers were injured, and it seemed that they had indeed just experienced a battle.
He looked at Dong Zhuo, groaned, and slowly spoke: "General Swollen, looking at the situation, you seem to have encountered an attack?" But I don't know who dares to attack General Swollen in Gyeonggi? ”
Hearing Ji Ping's inquiry, Dong Zhuo glanced at Yuan Shao next to him, a trace of hideousness flashed in his eyes, and he snorted: "The minister came to meet him day and night, and he might as well be attacked by Xiaoxiao, but the Huang Zhongyi led by the minister is invincible and loyally escorted, how can he let the traitor succeed!" ”
Judging from his expression, it was obvious that Dong Zhuo had suffered a lot of losses just now. As Xun You said, Dong Zhuo was in a hurry to come over to meet him, so he might as well ambush him halfway, but he still had a big life, and it seemed that he only lost some soldiers, and he was all right, but he didn't know if Geng Zhong and them had any casualties?
Ji Ping stared at Dong Zhuo tightly, and said solemnly: "I don't know if General Swelling has caught a thief and dared to attack a heavy minister in Gyeonggi, he is really bold, and he will definitely be punished heavily!" ”
Dong Zhuo's old face twitched, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, he glanced at Yuan Shao again, and said: "Those thieves used crossbow arrows, and they scattered into the mountains and forests, and the minister was worried about His Majesty's safety, so he didn't chase after him, but the minister will naturally investigate thoroughly!" ”
Fortunately, Geng Zhong and Xun You and others did not have any casualties, Ji Ping breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and couldn't help but be a little funny, it seems that this Dong Zhuo deducted this basin on Yuan Shao's head, which is also interesting.
He stroked his palm and praised: "The loyalty of the swollen general can be expressed in the real day, and the people of the ages are beyond the reach, far beyond the sun, and the rescue is not many hours later than the ministers who live in the city." ”
Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, he didn't hear whether Ji Ping's words were appreciative or meaningful, but many of the ministers in that group of ministers turned blue and white for a while, and they became extremely exciting.
Lu Zhi on the side looked at Ji Ping, thinking of what he said last night, all the thoughts in his eyes.
At this time, Dong Zhuo spoke again: "Your Majesty, the minister's surname is Dong, not a species." He obviously remembered that Ji Ping mentioned "General Swelling" several times.
"That's right." Ji Ping pretended to be stunned and said with a smile: "The general is Zhongying, and it is not wrong to call him a swollen general." ”
Dong Zhuo's face couldn't help twitching, and the ministers on the side couldn't help but look straight at him, they never knew that there was such a name for the title, but after looking at Dong Zhuo's "swollen" body, his expression was a little strange for a while.
Ji Ping said that, and didn't pay attention to Dong Zhuo anymore.
And Dong Zhuo had a large army in hand, completely replacing the previous Yuan Shao as the protagonist, and under the support of thousands of cavalry in Xiliang, the group rushed to Luoyang with their own thoughts.
Along the way, Dong Zhuo sent people to open the way in front, probing in all directions, and being on strict guard, obviously it was the previous ambush that made him feel uneasy.
Dong Zhuo himself walked side by side with Liu Xie behind Ji Ping, and his words were extremely close to Liu Xie.
When he arrived in Luoyang in the morning, Dong Zhuo stationed the army outside the palace, guarding the seven palace gates and the pavilion road between the two palaces, and he left with hundreds of soldiers and did not follow Ji Ping into the palace.
After a great change, the walls of the palace gate hall were full of dark red bloodstains, and there was a smell of blood. On all sides, many soldiers were picking up the corpses of the tragic eunuchs and palace maids, the heads that had fallen off, and the stumps and severed arms.
The tragic scene in front of him and the pungent smell of blood made Ji Ping can't help but want to gag, many of these palace maids and eunuchs killed by the rebels are still under fifteen years old, which makes him extremely angry in his heart, and at this moment, he feels the cruelty of the troubled times more deeply.
Yuan Shao and other scholars who pay attention to reputation are still like this, and those unscrupulous warlords should be so careless about people's lives.
The Ten Standing Servants were killed by the scholars, but what brought the world and the people was not hope, but even more gloomy darkness.
Ji Ping couldn't bear to look at it more, so he quickened his pace, and when he arrived at the Changle Palace in Nangong, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw his mother, fortunately, his mother was fine.
As soon as He Hou saw Ji Ping, he hugged him tightly and cried silently, this day and night, one after another, the two brothers He Jin and He Miao were killed one after another, and the life and death of her son were also uncertain, which made her heart suffer.
Ji Ping was busy comforting his mother, but at the same time wondered that Dong Zhuo did not trespass into the palace, but stayed outside the palace.
However, taking this opportunity, he hurriedly asked Empress He: "Queen Mother, is there an antidote to the poison?" ”
Poison is the most commonly used ** in the palace, if memory serves, after he was abolished in history, both mother and son died under poison.
Looking at Empress He's stunned expression, Ji Ping said in a low voice: "Dong Zhuo is not ambitious, and he is extremely murderous, and now he is a soldier in the capital division, and he needs to guard against them being unfavorable to my mother and son, and a glass of wine is the best choice." ”
He had been thinking about it for a long time along the way, if there was no antidote, he would have to let Geng Zhong take action, maybe there would be some danger and accidents, but he couldn't care so much.
He Hou was pale, gritted his teeth and said: "There is an antidote to the poison, but once the poison is planted, it is to take the antidote, and the residual poison is difficult to eliminate, and it can only be kept immortal, and the body will be much worse." ”
When Ji Ping heard that there was an antidote, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The child grew up in Shi Dao's house when he was young, and Shi Dao is the best at using poison to detoxify, and the child also knows some detoxification techniques. ”
At this time, he regretted that he hadn't studied this poison earlier, and he didn't expect that this antidote would have side effects. Who would have expected that he had prepared so much, but this time there was an accident and he couldn't escape from the palace.
He Hou gritted his teeth and nodded, and looked at Ji Ping worriedly: "The poison is extremely poisonous, the emperor must be careful, and don't care about me, I poisoned Wang Meiren back then, and today I am poisoned, and it is also the retribution of heaven." ”
Ji Ping hugged He Hou tightly and said in a low voice: "Mother, don't think too much, as long as the child is here, she will definitely let you escape and live happily." ”
"It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, the emperor would have escaped a long time ago." He Hou couldn't help but whimper, Ji Ping had already fled, and now he came back, knowing her son Mo Ruomu, she naturally knew that Ji Ping came back for her.
Ji Ping hurriedly smiled comfortingly: "The child escaped with the ten permanent servants a few days ago, and learned that there was a secret passage that could lead to the outside of the palace, and asked Geng Zhong to sneak into the North Palace from the secret passage and dig through the South Palace, now Dong Zhuo's troops are insufficient, and the eunuchs in the palace are all extinct, and the court is gathered in the South Palace, and the North Palace must be empty, once there is a chance, we will flee immediately." ”
If Dong Zhuo hadn't guarded the pavilion road directly, he would have wanted to escape to the North Palace with his mother at this time and enter the secret passage of the West Garden.
Empress He's eyes showed a hint of joy, and in turn comforted Ji Ping: "Don't think too much about the emperor, with the presence of the Manchu Dynasty, Dong Zhuo may not dare to act recklessly." ”
Ji Ping shook his head, and reminded He Hou: "Let Wuyang Jun leave the palace as much as possible, otherwise there will be a big disaster." ”
Although he doesn't like Wuyangjun, after all, he is also the mother of Queen He, so he can remind him.
Soon, the imperial doctor who was close to Empress He secretly sent two bottles of antidote and a small bottle of poison, and the vial of poison Ji Ping left, and he and He Hou each hid a copy of the antidote.
At the same time, outside the east gate of the palace, the General's Palace.
This was originally the place where He Jin handled military affairs during his lifetime, but now Dong Zhuo is sitting on it.
Below are his younger brother Fengche Lieutenant Dong Min, strategist Li Ru, confidant generals Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, Duan Xuan, nephew Dong Huang, as well as Yang Ding, Li Meng, Hua Xiong, Li Su and other middle-level generals.
Dong Zhuo said in a deep voice: "Now my son-in-law is guarding Hedong, and we have entered the Beijing Division, but in a hurry, I only brought 3,000 soldiers and horses, and I encountered an ambush in Beibi Mountain before, and hundreds of soldiers and horses were broken, but the Beijing Division has Ding Yuan, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Bao Xin, the five battalions of the Northern Army, the left and right Yulin plus He Jin's troops, no less than 15,000 soldiers and horses, once against us, how should we act?" ”
Hu Zhen, who was born in the Liangzhou clan, has always been impatient, and immediately shouted: "Lord, how can those soft-footed soldiers compare to my Liangzhou iron cavalry, which of the sons and daughters is not one as ten, or three thousand is enough to deal with them thirty thousand!" ”
Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "What Wencai said is very true, but my good son can't fight with them in vain." ”
Li Ru on the side saw that Dong Zhuoshi was afraid, and hurriedly said: "Lord, Confucianism has a plan, one can make Yuan Shao and the others frightened and dare not speak, and the other can easily collect thousands of soldiers and horses. ”
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but get up and said happily: "Wen You, hurry up." ”
Li Ru stroked his beard and said: "First, the lord can order three thousand foot riders to enter the city with great fanfare, stay until tonight and then quietly go out of the city, and then enter the city with great fanfare tomorrow, and then go out of the city every three or four days, enter the city once, and disguise the army to come in a steady stream, so that Yuan Shao and others must be frightened and dare not move." ”
Dong Zhuo stroked his palms and laughed: "Wen You's plan is very good, so he will follow what Wen You said." It's just that where did the thousands of soldiers and horses mentioned by Wen You come from? ”
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