"In fact, scholars are stronger than eunuchs in governing the country, and scholars are in power, which is not a bad thing for the country and the people." Ji Ping looked at He Hou and suddenly said.

His mother was obsessed with his imperial power, and Ji Ping was afraid that she would get into the horns of the bull and wanted to free her, although he now hated Yuan Shao's group of scholars very much.

He Hou sneered: "They are naturally far better than eunuchs in governing the country, but they are no worse than eunuchs in terms of greed, and they are even more desperate in their means of fighting for power and profit. ”

"But the scholars are more pretended, and each is still pretentious, there is no child, the eldest brother once wanted to marry his subordinate Shi Wang Qian, two nieces let him choose, Wang Qian is just a general's subordinate officials, but he is proud of his fame, not only refused, but also sneered, this kind of virtue, what kind of celebrity! It's disgusting! ”

Ji Ping sighed, knowing that what Hou said was right, scholars have a lot of good qualities, but there are also a lot of stinky problems, and when it came to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the vice of empty talk was further aggravated, and he only cared about the interests of the gate valve and ignored the society and the people, and almost became silverfish.

Therefore, although scholars are talented, they still need a clear imperial power to check and balance. Otherwise, just like the current situation, the scholars have lost their past temperament and are involved in the struggle for power and profit, there is no justice at all, and they are all for power. Even though there are still some who serve the country and the people, there are only a few, and the idea that the scholars' homes are more important than the country has begun to sprout.

Mother and son were silent, and about half an hour later, when it was nearly dark, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall.

The Ten Servants are here?!

Ji Ping hurriedly instructed the October and other redundant servants who were guarding the side: "You wait to hide, if the ten permanent servants have bad intentions, they will immediately take action, if they take us out, they will quietly follow, remember, except for the ten permanent servants and rebels, do not kill innocents." ”

October took the redundant servants to salute, and quickly hid in various parts of the hall, leaving only Ji Ping, He Hou and Pan Yin in the hall.

Immediately after, a group of eunuchs broke in, and the first one was old and pale, and it was Zhang Rang, who was the ten permanent servants.

As soon as Zhang Rang saw Empress He and Ji Ping, he cried loudly: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, the general's subordinates rebelled, first killed the general, and now they set fire to the palace, broke through the Qingzuo Gate, and killed wantonly. ”

"The general is dead...... Even if Pan Yin and October came to report before, Empress He always had a bit of luck in her heart, but once it was confirmed, she still couldn't help but soften, and her face turned pale.

Ji Ping also sighed secretly, and carefully looked at the twenty or thirty eunuchs who came in, namely Zhang Rang, Duan Qi, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Song Dian, and Bi Lan among the ten permanent attendants, as well as more than twenty eunuchs, but the rest of the ten permanent attendants, Zhao Zhong, were nowhere to be seen.

He pretended to be flustered and asked, "Zhang Changshi, what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Rang shook his head and was silent, and at this time another eunuch rushed in, it was Zhang Ping, who bullied Princess Wannian that day.

He glanced at Ji Ping secretly, his body trembled, and he hurriedly turned to Zhang Rang, and said with a little trepidation: "Old ancestor, most of the eunuchs and palace people in the North Palace are gone, and it is said that they were taken out of the palace by Geng Zhong. ”

"Geng Zhong Dog Slave!" Zhang Rang glanced at Ji Ping, as if he had guessed something, his old face twitched, and he gritted his teeth.

Everyone in the hall suddenly became busy, and Duan Jue said in a trembling voice: "Ancestor, let's run away quickly, the South Palace has been broken, and without Geng Zhong's garrison, the North Palace can't hold it." ”

The eunuchs immediately began to cry and quarrel in the main hall, like ants on a pot.

At this moment, a loud shout came from outside the Suzaku Gate of Beigong: "The eunuch conspired against him, and dared to murder the general, Yuan Shao is here, Zhao Zhong, Cheng Kuang, Xia Yun, and Guo Sheng are dead, and you are not ready to be captured and come out to die!" ”

Zhang Gong exclaimed: "It's Yuan Shao, the captain of Sili!" We're going to take a break. ”

Ji Ping was also shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Rang, a little anxious. If Yuan Shao entered the palace at this time, not only would the ten permanent servants die, but he and He Hou Shiyou** would also be assassinated.

Zhang Rang's eyes flashed, he took a step forward, grabbed Ji Ping's wrist, and said sharply: "The safety of the Queen Mother and Her Majesty is the most important, and the old slave is willing to escort Her Majesty the Queen Mother out of the palace. ”

Ji Ping only felt that his wrist was like being hooped, and he looked at Zhang Rang in shock.

He heard Geng Zhong say that Zhang Rang was the ten permanent servants, in addition to the qualifications of serving the emperor of the three dynasties, he also knew some martial arts, so the eunuchs were very afraid of him.

He didn't care about it at the time, he thought that he had cultivated the Dragon Sutra for nearly two months, and now his strength was greater than that of ordinary people, but he didn't expect that Zhang Rang's strength of this old thing was also amazing, not much worse than him.

He Hou said sharply: "Zhang Rang! Duan Jue! What are you going to do? I stayed here and went nowhere else. ”

Zhang Rang grabbed Ji Ping and said sharply: "Queen Mother, those rebellious soldiers under Yuan Shao are all lowly murderers, and the old slave is afraid that they will enter the palace at night and bully the Queen Mother." ”

Hearing Zhang Rang say this, he couldn't help but change color.

"Yes, Mother, you need to prevent the rebellion from getting out of control." Ji Ping also had to agree with Zhang Rang's words, the chaotic soldiers entered the palace at night, and there was absolutely nothing to scruple about.

Zhang Rang saw that he no longer resisted, turned his head to look at the group of eunuchs, and shouted: "What are you crying about!" Duan Jue, protect the Queen Mother, Ancestor I serve the Son of Heaven of the Three Dynasties, naturally I will know some secrets, prepare the torches, and come with me. ”

Everyone was in a hurry, Duan Qi picked up He Hou, Pan Yin followed closely, Duan Qi wanted to kick Pan Yin away, He Hou hurriedly said: "Take Pan Yin." ”

Ji Ping saw that the redundant slaves hidden behind the pillars in the hall wanted to rush out, so he hurriedly stretched out his other hand behind his back and waved it to stop them.

Zhang Rang and his entourage rushed out of the palace with Ji Ping and He Hou, and went west along the corridor.

After walking hundreds of steps, a voice came from outside the North Palace: "The Vermilion Bird Gate is broken, the Vermilion Bird Gate is broken, rush in quickly, kill all the eunuchs!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Those who don't have a beard are eunuchs, and none of them are left! ”

Zhang Rang and the others looked extremely ugly, and quickened their pace.

Historically, Zhang Rang and others relied on Geng Zhong and other Huangmen redundant obedience, and guarded Yuan Shao and others in the North Palace for two days and two nights, but now Geng Zhong is not there, and the palace gate was broken in only one day.

Ji Ping pondered that Geng Zhong and his entourage should have fled before Yuan Shao surrounded the North Palace, hoping that they would not be chased and killed, but now that there are ten permanent attendants, his mother is reluctant to leave, so she can only go.

Yuan Shao is not a fool, now it is estimated that he has already controlled the palace gates on all sides of the North Palace, and he doesn't know how Zhang Rang should escape? Thinking of Zhang Rang's boast just now, he faintly had a guess in his heart.

He was secretly pondering, and after walking for nearly half a mile, he suddenly appeared that Duan Jue, who was holding his mother hostage, was too slow and lagging behind a lot, and his heart suddenly burst out, and he hurriedly shouted: "Duan Jue, quickly take my mother to follow." ”

At this moment, a loud shout came from behind, like a bell: "Zhang Rang!" Duan Jue! Are you trying to rebel? Let go of His Majesty and the Queen Mother! ”

Ji Ping was startled, and when he turned around, he saw an old man in a dark official uniform, holding a long ge, striding after him, it was Shangshu Lu Zhi.

His heart sank, and in history, when the ten permanent servants wrapped him and Empress He from the South Palace to the North Palace, and passed through the Guò Sky Pavilion Road, Empress He was stopped by Lu Zhi.

Now that they are in the North Palace, he was about to take the opportunity to let the Ten Standing Servants forcibly take his mother out of the palace together, but Lu Zhi still appeared, is this the inertia of history?

Lu Zhi is an upright person, with a resolute personality, and has a very high prestige among scholars, and he has always been afraid of three points of the ten permanent servants. Duan Qi heard Lu Zhili drinking, subconsciously let go of He Hou, and ran desperately to the front.

He Hou gritted her teeth and ran to Lu Zhi, crying urgently: "Lu Shangshu, quickly find He Miao, the general of the chariot and horse, and save my emperor." ”

Pan Yin followed He Hou and ran back.

Seeing this scene, Ji Ping's eyes were almost dark, and he couldn't help but want to scold the sky, this god actually blackened himself at this time!

Zhang Rang saw that Lu Zhi was about to rush over, and shouted: "Stop Lu Zhi!" ”

Four or five little eunuchs waved their weapons, turned around and rushed towards Lu Zhi.

Ji Ping was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted: "Lu Shangshu, I order you, leave with my mother quickly, protect her, don't let her get hurt!" Zhang Changzhi and they just want to take me away from the thieves, and they won't hurt me. ”

His heart was pounding with fear, lest his mother be injured in the chaos. He finally had a mother who cared about him in this life, and he didn't want to lose it.

He Hou also reacted, this is the best chance for her son to escape from the palace, the ten permanent servants want to take the Son of Heaven hostage, naturally they will not hurt him, she hesitated, but still chose to believe her son, so she did not beg Lu Zhi again.

Suddenly, a loud voice came from outside the North Palace: "He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, colluded with the eunuch thief, plotted to kill the general, and killed him!" Avenge the General! ”

This was followed by the soldiers' cries that shook the sky: "I am willing to fight to avenge the general!" ”

In the last light before the night, Ji Ping clearly saw his mother He Hou slumped to the ground, her face pale.

Lu Zhi was also stunned, and Zhang Rang sped up his pace, wrapped Ji Ping, and shuttled around the palace a few times, and then got rid of Lu Zhi.

Zhang Rang took Ji Ping, turned around and entered the West Garden, walked zigzag on the West Garden Mini Shaohua Mountain, turned to a corner, flowed through a shallow pool, and under a seemingly ordinary hill, opened a stone door, and a secret passage appeared.

This secret passage to the outside of the palace, Ji Ping searched for two months and did not find it, at this time the secret passage was in front, but he did not have a trace of joy.

His mother was trapped in the palace, which made his heart ache suddenly.

He had always thought that he didn't care about anything but death, but now he realized that it wasn't.

It's just that he didn't have relatives in his previous life, and he thought he could ignore this strange mother, but now he knows that he can't. Even though he had tried his best, he still couldn't rest easy.

What to do?

Ji Ping looked at the secret passage in front of him, gritted his teeth fiercely, it's a big deal not to run away first, and when he comes back to Xiaopingjin, he will meet the fateful enemy Dong Zhuo, and he must save his mother.

Perhaps, the so-called fateful enemy is the enemy you can't bypass.

Thinking of this, he was relieved and began to look at the secret passage in front of him.

He had long thought that there should be a secret passage in the palace, but he had been looking for it in the palace, but he didn't expect it to be in such a remote rockery. It is no wonder that during the Yellow Turban Chaos a few years ago, Emperor Ling always hid in Xiyuan to play, and perhaps there was also the meaning of easy escape once there was a big change.

Looking at the cheers of the eunuchs, Zhang Rang said quite smugly: "Let Geng Zhong's dog slave attract the thieves, and I will go out unharmed through this secret passage." ”

Ji Ping's mood was also slightly better, no matter what, with this secret passage, even if he returned to the palace again, he and his mother would have a great chance to escape.

Everyone lit torches and entered the secret passage under the leadership of Zhang Rang.

The secret passage is made of strips of ashlar stones, and it has rained for nearly two months in a row, and there is some moisture in the secret passage.

After descending dozens of steps, about three zhang below the ground, I entered a secret room several zhang square.

There are eight forks in the secret room, one in each of the east, west, north and south directions plus the four corners, leading to the eight poles, and Zhang Rang chose the southeast entrance.

At this time, Ji Ping heard a slight voice from above, and knew that it was October who came with twenty redundant followers, and his voice was slightly raised: "Zhang Changshi, I don't know where those seven secret passages lead?" ”

Zhang Rang hesitated for a moment and replied: "The southeast entrance we go leads to Beibi Mountain, the west entrance leads to Nangong and the south of Luoyang City, and the north entrance leads to Beigong. ”

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