"Ladies and gentlemen, please!"

"Go first!"

Cao Shi took an inconspicuous two-wheeled carriage and hid it in the frame, and the four-** carriage at home was too conspicuous to be an official frame, and now he realized that hiding in the crowd did have many benefits.

But even so, all the way to the east of the city, I still encountered several groups of soldiers of the Northern Army stopping the car for inspection, and only after the cavalry captain of the Northern Army repeatedly confirmed the letter of the order Fu Yin was allowed to let him go, and the search Cheng Dù almost caught up with the posture of martial law and curfew.

The carriage came to an abrupt stop when it approached the east gate, and the main road leading to the Bacheng Gate was completely blocked by the Northern Army, and the carriages had to change to other roads, or wait on the spot for the blockade of the Northern Army to be lifted automatically.

"This is Dongque Jiadi, aren't you searching for them?" Cao Shi opened the curtain and whispered to the driver: "Sun Qi, go find out what's going on in front of you." ”

Sun Qi didn't make a sound, quietly got out of the carriage and got into the crowd in front of him, and after a while, he quietly returned to the car and reported: "In front of the Northern Army's material officer Lieutenant Du blocked the garden of Shaoshang's mansion, it is said that Shaoshangzao was involved in a serious case of rebellion, and the Northern Army's pawns blocked the road to capture Shaoshangzao." ”

"Did you catch it?"

"No, the house slaves in the Shaoshang Mansion are the servants of the Jianghou family, holding knives, guns, bows and arrows to guard the house for a while and not attacking it, and the official Duwei is shouting to the mansion to persuade the house slaves in the house to give up resistance and wait for the ruling of the court captain."

Cao Shi breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he has not been caught yet, in case he is arrested again and again, it will not implicate him, even if there is no evidence, it is enough for the Son of Heaven to attack him, it is true that he wants to help the Zhou family, but it does not mean that he is willing to abandon his family and business and pit himself into it.

On the street, the Northern Army stood in a solemn atmosphere, and the long-term confrontation could not be answered by the government, and gradually the officials and lieutenants felt impatient, and several rounds of arrow rain fell in, but in a moment, the screams came out of the house, and the onlookers of Chang'an people talked about each other, and they had not seen the Northern Army killing people in Chang'an City for many years.

"Look! There is a fire in the house! ”

"It's out of the water, go put out the fire!"

The citizens of Chang'an, who were watching the bustle in the distance, raised their heads in horror, and saw that the Shaoshang Mansion dozens of meters away was gradually covered by thick smoke, and the golden flames rose in the billowing smoke, and they could faintly hear the hoarse ballad coming from the house: "The birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooked, the Han Taizu, kill the white horse, seal the kings, establish the marquis, Wei Tianzi, protect the rivers and mountains, destroy the Zhulu, Fuzhen Emperor, prisoner heroes, drive the liehou, Ping Wu Chu, merit is not rewarded, the Hou Gong, death prison, Taizu oath, now it is abolished, good man, ask for the king!" Good man, ask for the title of king......"

At the beginning of October, when everything was frozen and dry, the fire-burning things such as oil, saltpeter, sulfur, and firewood carefully prepared by the Shaoshang Mansion brought extraordinary power, and the fire not only burned the Shaoshang Mansion to the ground, but also ignited the houses and pavilions owned by the dignitaries and nobles adjacent to the street.

The howling north wind played a role in the fire, the fire burned more and more vigorously, almost uncontrollable zhì burned all over half of the Dongque Jiadi, hundreds of carved beams and painted buildings were razed to the ground in the fire, hundreds of people died directly or indirectly in the sea of fire, the fire burned for three days and three nights before it was extinguished, standing in the Pingyang Hou Mansion and looking at Chang'an, you could once see that the night sky was dyed red.

After extinguishing the fire, the corpses were collected, and it was confirmed that Zhou Fu, his wife, concubines, and children in the family died in the fire hand in hand.

On the night of the fire extinguished, he learned that his nephew Zhou Fu's family had died unexpectedly, and he knew that he was too deeply implicated and could not survive, Pingqu Hou Zhou Jian committed suicide by taking poison in the Hou Mansion, and his wife Chen also committed suicide and followed her husband on the morning of the second day, leaving only the young Hou Shizi Zhou Jiande looking at the dead bodies of his parents in horror.

"I didn't expect that! The dignified Marquis Zhou Bo's youngest son, the newly sealed Pingqu Marqu of Heaven for two months died at home like this, it is really impermanent! ”

Princess Yangxin glanced at him: "That young man does not think about Jun's grace for a long time, lest the world will spread rumors to confuse the public, and he will be surrounded by the northern army and set himself on fire in frenzy, and many innocent official families have suffered because of this. ”

"What Xijun said is very true, I'm not sorry for Pingquhou! There is no mention of the Shaoshang family. Cao Shi squeezed his wife's little hand and said softly: "Wan'er, do you like me to call you that?" ”

"Well, Shi Lang, the concubine is so happy."

Princess Yangxin's cheeks were red and fluttering, and she was so affectionately called only by her father, mother, and grandmother.

On the twenty-fifth day of the emperor's serious illness, when the Son of Heaven appeared in front of the hundred officials again, he frightened everyone, and the middle-aged emperor, who was originally ruddy and strong, was already old, and his pale face was thin like a gust of wind that could be blown down, and his spirit was not good to speak, and he looked weak.

The three princes and the nine kings of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked, and everyone knew at this moment that the limit of the Son of Heaven was approaching, and it might be difficult to survive until the first day of the next winter and October.

The Son of Heaven is seriously ill and cannot sit for a long time, the original October New Year's celebration was canceled, and the ceremony of the big shot was also canceled, whether it was the princes and kings in the Kanto, or the princes in the Beijing Division, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and several festival ceremonial activities every year were like being punished, even if there was the slightest difference, it would attract ** annoyance, Wang Cut County, Hou Fuguo is not a joke.

During the Great Dynasty Meeting, hundreds of officials were busy reporting the state affairs accumulated between the ten months and months, and only a few close ministers of the Son of Heaven in the Great Dynasty, as well as ministers of 2,000 stone and above could live in the palace, Cao Shi as a Taizhong doctor belonged to Lang Zhong's order, and there was a middle doctor with a rank of 2,000 stones on his head, and he was not enough to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting.

Wang Zang, who was unwilling to fail, recruited his junior brother Zhao Juan from Luoyang to Chang'an, and took the Confucian students of Chang'an to prepare for a debate.

A few years ago, there was a debate between Yuan Gusheng and Huang Sheng, and in the end it was Yuan Gusheng's cross-examination that almost angered Tianyan, and the Son of Heaven personally opened his mouth to use horse meat and horse liver, and it didn't matter if he didn't argue about the Tang Wu Revolution, but the two schools were not convinced, Confucianism felt that he had won the debate and the Huang Lao faction should be paid more attention, and the Huang Lao faction was also indignant about the trickery of Confucianism, and he was always trying to get back to the field.

Yuan Gusheng looked down on the Huang Lao school and said in front of the Empress Dowager Dou that Huang Lao was a petty thing, so the Empress Dowager Dou threw Yuan Gusheng into the wild boar cage and almost killed him, and earlier the book burning and pit Confucianism was the Confucian group challenging the ruling power of the Legalists, angering the collective interests and killing and dying, this is not only an academic dispute, but also involves the struggle between individuals and groups in politics and ideas, until it rises to the struggle of ideology and values.

What surprised Cao Shi the most was that the hundred officials of Chang'an also expressed their support, Zhao Yu found him alone in the Weiyang Palace and wanted to take the initiative to participate, even if the Shangqing who was a little farther away did not come in person, he also sent subordinate officials to express his support for Cao Shi's defeat of Confucianism, and even the three ministers in charge of the government, Wei Juan and Zhi Budo, also sent people to bring many Huang Lao Gu Jian in the pre-Qin era, hoping that he could draw useful knowledge from it.

The Qilin Hall of Weiyang Palace gathered many scholars from Chang'an, because the Son of Heaven was sick and could not ask about politics, and the prince Liu Che presided over the debate.

Wang Zang came angrily, and was blocked by Huang Sheng, who had been prepared, and dragged him to argue endlessly about the orthodoxy he debated a few years ago.

Compared with this, Cao Shi was much less stressed, and a young Confucian student couldn't wait to stand up: "Pingyang Hou, why did you insult my Jia Sheng?" The ancients said that the dead were great, don't you know that Jia Sheng has been dead for decades? ”

"It turns out that people can't quell their faults when they die, so Qin Wangzheng died violently for nearly seventy years, why are you Confucian scholars angry about his personal merits and demerits, and even Qin Wangzheng's personal morality?" Cao Shi smiled and behaved calmly, and the Confucian student was speechless.

Another Confucian stood up and then attacked Cao Shiqi: "Jia Yi is a famous minister of the Han family, and Qin Wangzheng is the emperor of the dead Qin, how can the two talk about the same day?" Pingyang Hou compares these two with sinister intentions! ”

The Confucian scholars sitting next to them rejoiced, many even clapped their hands in admiration, and laughed at Cao Shi's improper mental skills from time to time.

In the face of character attacks, Cao Shi retorted impatiently: "You are very right! Jia Yi is just a personal minister, but Qin Wangzheng is the first emperor of the ages, he unified the six countries to lay the existing territory of the Han Empire, and the Han family ritual system is mostly inherited from the Great Qin, since the world can criticize Qin Shi Huang for being a tyrant without a way, then why Jia Yiwen can't criticize it if he pretends to be a non-gosy to confuse the public? ”

"You...... You are the only one who lies and deceives the people! The Confucian who asked the question earlier was trembling with anger.

Cao Shi said with a smile: "You Confucian scholars like to criticize others the most, so they don't hesitate to make up lies and double standards, Jia Yi is a gentleman in Confucianism, so what he said is good even if he makes it up, and Qin Shi Huang is the king of the dead country, even if he does more unprecedented deeds, it is malicious, and with your personal morality to quell the merits and demerits of historical figures, it can be described as a person with bad intentions!" ”

The Confucian scholars looked at each other, not knowing how to fight, Kong Anguo saw that the situation was not good, and stood up decisively and said: "The Marquis of Pingyang should know that the fall of the Qin Dynasty is directly related to the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and although Jia Sheng's "On the Passage of Qin" is suspected of exaggeration, it does not violate the original intention of Qin Annihilation. ”

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