Chapter 19: The Imperial Tomb
Nearly two watches, torches were lit at the southern foot of Beibi Mountain, and a group of people appeared, which were Zhang Rang and Ji Ping.
Beibi Mountain is located in the north of Luoyang City, the north of the mountain is the surging Yellow River, there are two important ferries of Xiaopingjin and Mengjin, it is a military important place, and the Beibi Mountains and Rivers are deep and thick, the pillow mountain and the river, it is also an excellent feng shui treasure land, it is the future of the people: born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in the Beipi.
Since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, many emperors have been buried here, and there are five in the Eastern Han Dynasty alone, and the Wenling Tomb of Ji Ping's cheap father, Emperor Ling, is also located here.
Ji Ping people appeared in Beiling, I don't know which imperial concubine's mausoleum, Beiling is not far from the Huai Mausoleum of Emperor Chong Liu Bing, in the Eastern Han Dynasty Five Emperors Mausoleum is closest to Luoyang.
To the east of Huailing is the Wenling Tomb of his cheap father Emperor Ling, and to the north is the Xian Tomb of Emperor Shun Liu Bao, the Gongling Tomb of Emperor An Liu Hu, and the original tomb of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu on the edge of the Yellow River at the northern foothills.
Looking at a large piece of imperial tombs in the dark night, Ji Ping couldn't help but sigh secretly, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, I am afraid that these imperial tombs will not be able to be saved.
The group walked out of Beiling, walked for a while, and when they approached Huailing, suddenly a slightly hoarse and dull voice came: "Who dares to trespass on Huailing?" This is a great unforgivable sin. ”
Immediately, dozens of people rushed out of Huailing with weapons in hand and surrounded them.
Ji Ping had a sigh in his heart, could it be that Yuan Shao secretly sent someone to intercept and kill him? You won't be so accurate, will you?
He moved slightly behind Zhang Rang and looked up.
Under the torches, the first person was dressed in black and light armor, about thirty years old, but his appearance was decadent, his eyes were gloomy, and he casually glanced at Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, first stunned, and then frowned: "Eunuch? ”
"Presumptuous!" Duan Jue immediately jumped up and shouted sharply: "Duan Jin! If it weren't for Zhang Chang's efforts to protect your Duan family, you would be on the side, and An could stay here to do the Huailing Order! ”
Fortunately, it's not Yuan Shao. Ji Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help but be shocked, the power of the Ten Standing Servants actually extended to the Imperial Tomb, and even the Huailing Order outside this tunnel was also controlled?
"Zhang Rang?" The man was stunned for a moment, a fine light flashed in his eyes, he raised his head and looked at everyone carefully, and suddenly saw Ji Ping wearing an imperial robe behind Zhang Rang, a trace of shock flashed on his face, and he hurriedly saluted: "Huailing Ling Duan respectfully meets His Majesty!" ”
"Duan Jun, hurry up." Ji Ping smiled and breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this Huailing Ling Duan Jin is not the kind of person who is attached to the ten permanent servants.
Duan Jin said loudly: "Your Majesty, but Zhang Rang and other eunuchs hijacked the car? ”
After that, he drew his sword and looked at Zhang Rang and the others, his face sank like water, and a momentum that had been killed for a long time burst out.
The eunuchs were so impressed by his momentum that they couldn't help but take two steps back.
Zhang Rangsenran said: "Duan Jin, do you want to punish the whole clan? ”
Duan Jin waved the long sword in his hand and shouted: "If you kill this traitor today, it will kill the whole clan!" ”
Ji Ping saw this person's momentum, and knew that his martial arts were extraordinary, and he couldn't help but praise it secretly, but it was a pity that the great talent was buried here to guard the imperial tomb.
His heart moved, if he returned to the palace again, this section would be a good candidate to answer outside, and it would not make Dong Zhuo suspicious.
Seeing that Duan Jin was about to start a war with the Ten Standing Servants, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Duan Jun is slow to move, Zhang Changshou and the others have no intention of rebelling, but now that there are chaotic soldiers entering the palace, Zhang Changshou will take me to avoid the limelight." ”
Duan Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, who is making trouble?" Ministers should be escorts and kill the rebels! ”
Ji Ping groaned, took two steps forward, took advantage of Zhang Rang's inattention, glanced at Duan Jin, pressed his palm, and said: "The chaos is only for a while, there are Jingshi guards to quell the chaos, Huailing is the important place of the temple, Duan Jun will take care of it first, and when I come back, I will have my own arrangements." ”
smiled again: "I grew up outside the palace, and now I have been stuffed in the palace for a long time, just take advantage of this to let Zhang Chang serve them to take me to relax, Duan Jun and retreat!" ”
Coming out in the middle of the night to relax? Don't talk about Duan Jin, even Zhang Rang and the others don't believe it, but since Ji Ping, the son of heaven, has given the order, Duan Jin naturally didn't dare to disobey, gritted his teeth, and waved his hand to let the soldiers guarding the tomb retreat.
Zhang Rang disappeared into the night with Ji Ping, and then twenty eunuchs came over, and it was October who led the way, and October saw Duan Jin waiting for him, and dropped a sentence: "General Duan doesn't need to worry, Your Majesty has his own decision." ”
A group of redundant servants chased after Zhang Rang and the others in the dark night, leaving Duan Jin and others to stand there a little dazed and a little messy.
Zhang Rang took Ji Ping all the way north to Bishan, Ji Ping was a little curious, and asked in a low voice: "Zhang Changshi, I don't know where to go?" ”
Zhang Rang's old face was gloomy: "Now that the thieves are in turmoil, the old slave's relatives in the mansion of Jingshi and Yingchuan are probably in trouble, only to go north to Youzhou and find Taiwei Liu Yu, who is also the pastor of Youzhou, is a kind person, and is the most loyal to the Han Dynasty, and will take us in, support His Majesty, eradicate the traitors, and revitalize the community." ”
"Youzhou!" Ji Ping couldn't help but exclaim, he didn't expect Zhang Rang to have this idea, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Changshi, the land of Youzhou is thousands of miles away, how can I get there?" ”
When the eunuchs on the side heard Youzhou, they immediately became chaotic and shouted, but they didn't want to go to Youzhou.
Youzhou is located in Jixian County, which is the Beijing of later generations, but at this time, foreign races are raging, and it is definitely a remote and bitter cold place. However, the famous Liu Bei was born in Zhuo County, Youzhou.
Zhang Rang screamed: "What's the noise!" Except for Youzhou, the world is so big, where can we be accommodated? If you don't go, you're dead! ”
He stared at Ji Ping tightly, his face showed a little dejected, and he sighed for a long time before he said: "Maybe Your Majesty also hates us deeply, and wants to get rid of them quickly, I Zhang Rang is not a good person, but how many of those ministers and celebrities are loyal to the big man?" All of them are people who see the wind and steer the rudder, greedy and powerful, and there are countless celebrities who bribe and seek officials from us. If there is chaos today, it is not only our fault, but also look at today's rebellious soldiers, who have invaded the palace, once they are in power, they will undoubtedly be Wang Mang's generation, and the disaster will be even worse. ”
"Let's talk about the general He Jin," Zhang Rang's voice was filled with resentment: "When the Empress Dowager He entered the palace, He Jin was attached to me and other subordinates, and later the first emperor wanted to depose the queen mother. Now we just want to take refuge under the general's door in order to become rich, and the general wants to kill us and exterminate the clan, what an ungrateful person! ”
Youzhou is thousands of miles away, even Zhang Rang does not have the confidence to wade through mountains and rivers to reach Youzhou, they all have despair in their hearts, so Zhang Rang spoke unabashedly at this time.
"That's right! He Jin damn it! A group of eunuchs began to clamore.
Ji Ping shook his head and sighed: "Zhang Changshi, I know that what you said is right, the world is turbid, but this is not the reason for your wanton behavior, eunuchs have been the house slaves of the Son of Heaven since ancient times, and they are trusted by the Son of Heaven, and many of them are praised by the world, such as Cai Hou, the art of making paper, and the merit is in all generations." ”
"Don't say far away, there is Cao Teng, who has been serving for more than 30 years, playing the four emperors, never tasted it, praised by the world, and Lu Qiang, who was persecuted by you, cared about the suffering of the people, and advised the first emperor many times, and you served the emperor of the three dynasties, and the first emperor was even more respectful to you, but he didn't want to guide the eunuchs to be loyal to the Han Dynasty and the first emperor, but he only knew how to act recklessly, scourge the people, disturb the court, and make the first emperor fall into evil words, chaos without damaging the spirit, I don't know if under the nine springs, is it worthy of the first emperor?"
He read a lot of literature during this time in the palace, and naturally saw some eunuch information, eunuchs are greedy and wanton, but there is no lack of upright people, and even some eunuchs are more proficient in Confucian scriptures than many scholars, and the two Confucian scriptures in the Eastern Han Dynasty are all eunuchs involved, as well as Cao Teng, Cao Cao's literary literacy is inseparable from Cao Teng's studiousness.
In addition, there are also those who have contributed in other fields, the most famous is Cai Lun Papermaking, as well as Bi Lan's Ming, and there are many musical talents who are good at drumming and piano.
In short, eunuchs are also human beings, just because they have disabilities, most of them have low psychological self-esteem or **, but there is no shortage of good ministers. But Zhang Rang and others are the group of evildoers.
Hearing what Ji Ping said, Zhang Rang was silent, his face was quite ashamed, Emperor Ling could be regarded as a great favor for him, and the eunuchs were also silent. Emperor Ling was dumbfounded, but he really didn't say anything to these eunuchs.
"Besides, the general He Jin, the power of the corporal in the world, you must also know that the general is caught between you, and he is trying to protect you, he really wants to kill you, etc., and leads the troops straight into the palace to ban it, why bother to draw snakes to gather foreign soldiers, it's not to warn you and let you rein in, but I didn't expect you to be blindly greedy for power, and finally killed the general!"
Ji Ping's tone was a little disgusting, saying that He Jin was forced by them after all, and was murdered by the scholars.
The eunuchs couldn't help but bow their heads, and Zhang Rang sighed: "In this way, it is we who have wronged the general, but the general did not die at the hands of us, and the general has been killed before we can do it." ”
Ji Ping was silent, in history, He Jin died at the hands of the Ten Standing Servants, and now he tried every means to protect He Jin, but instead let He Jin be killed by Yuan Shao and other scholars.
Perhaps the record of history is wrong, after all, history is written by scholars, and they control the mouthpiece.
The only thing that is regrettable is He Jin, since he became a general, he pacified the Yellow Turban, summoned the scholars, and did some things, there was nothing wrong with him, he wanted to mediate the power of the scholars and eunuchs in the middle, but at this critical time, both the scholars and the eunuchs wanted his life!
Perhaps, this is the price of being at the top of the court.
Perhaps, this is the sorrow of the little people from the grassroots, even if they are glorious for a while and are in a high position, they are finally looked down upon by those families and scholars who have been inherited for hundreds of years, and cannot integrate into that group.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves came from the north gate of Luoyang in the distance, and a torch was lit.
Duan Jue was shocked and said: "Old Ancestor, the rebels are coming, let's run away!" ”
Zhang Rang pulled up Ji Ping: "Your Majesty, leave with the old slave quickly, and leave at night with the chaotic soldiers, who can take care of His Majesty's safety?" Then he rebuked the eunuchs: "Put out the torches, go forward, and go to Xiaopingjin." ”
Ji Ping did not hesitate to walk with them, if he was caught by Yuan Shao's rebels at this time, it was likely that his life would be difficult to protect, and he would have to blame the ten permanent servants.
Not far behind them, October quietly followed with twenty redundant servants.
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