Chapter 445: Loyalty and Betrayal
Winter night killing, Wu Gonggong with the little eunuch and a small team of Imperial Forest Army hurried to the main courtyard of the palace, along the way Wu Gonggong was talking about something, a face of anxiety and uneasiness, and when he arrived at the main courtyard of the palace, he saw from a distance that the Imperial Forest Army besieged a group of military generals in the middle, and the president of the Imperial Forest Army, Qu Zhu, seemed to be talking to one of them, when he saw clearly the person who was talking to Qu Zhu, Wu Gonggong's heart was already half cold. Some of the things he expected were unavoidable, and he began to think of ways to avoid causing trouble.
The person who talked to Qu Zhu was Wuyi Hou Liu Yu, Qu Zhu's old boss, others didn't notice that Qu Zhu was wrong, he had long felt that Qu Zhu was a little inappropriate, and at this time, Qu Zhu seemed to be guarding the prisoner, and he was clearly reporting something to the old boss.
The fire that burned in Wu Gonggong's heart was extinguished in an instant.
Gonggong Wu was walking quite fast, but close to the cluster of people in the main courtyard, his pace slowed down, he was observing the situation, although he had a premonition that something was going to be bad, but he still hoped that a miracle would appear, his hands were shaking more and more, and his walking was getting slower and slower, until Qu Zhu and Liu Yu both found out about his existence, he had to speed up his pace to the front of the Royal Forest Army.
"Marquis Wuyi, Commander Qu...... Big things are not good. ”
Although Qu Zhu had avoided Liu Yu before Gonggong Wu arrived, Gonggong Wu still failed to stick to the bottom line, and walked over with a sad look on his face, and his tone was so helpless and urgent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, and he wanted to withdraw as soon as possible.
Liu Yu glanced at the good old man of the palace, looked at the edict in his hand, and asked in a cautious tone: "Gonggong Wu is here to deliver the decree?" ”
Gonggong Wu hurriedly retracted his hand and said with a panicked expression: "Marquis Wuyi." You...... But don't complain about the emperor. The emperor is now involuntarily himself. He had been coerced. ”
Liu Yu saw Gonggong Wu's anxious and anxious appearance, and smiled coldly, in fact, Liu Yue had already guessed the content of the edict when he heard the meaning of Gonggong Wu's words.
"Gonggong Wu won't come to spread the edict of the Son of Heaven and kill us, right?"
Gonggong Wu's face was about to cry, but he also behaved like a patriotic and loyal minister: "How could the emperor kill the heroes of my Dashun Dynasty at will, all of this was forced by people." Marquis Wuyi, commander Qu, and the old slave can testify for the emperor......"
When Gonggong Wu spoke. The edict in his hand has been snatched away by Qu Zhu, when he saw the content of the edict clearly, he did not read it out immediately, but handed the edict to Liu Yu, when Liu Yu got the edict handed over by Qu Zhu, this has already explained the problem, Qu Zhu did not stand on the position of loyalty and patriotism at this time, but stood on the side of the old boss Liu Yu. Gonggong Wu understood the difference, there were rebels outside, but the rebel generals were in the city. A turmoil in the city was inevitable, although the emperor had all the seas. But there is no control of the army.
Liu Yu held the edict in his hand, his face was annoyed, as if he was about to explode, and the border army general next to him, who was also trapped on the spot, asked: "Master Hou, what does the edict say?" ”
Liu Yue said coldly: "The edict says that we will all be killed in front of Fengcui Palace, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials. ”
"Huh!?" There was an uproar among the generals, and even the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were surprised. The court's order to kill was too quick and a little unkind, and of course everyone present did not know that a rebellion was taking place outside the city.
"Master Hou, you have to make the decision for us, and you can't let this happen."
Liu Yu pretended to be helpless and said: "The monarch wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, we are all the people of the Dashun Dynasty, the edict of the Son of Heaven, can we disobey?" ”
The general of the border army immediately said: "Didn't the dead eunuch just now say that the emperor was persecuted?" The edicts that were forced to be written by others are also counted? ”
"Yes, we can't count, we have to slaughter the person who forced the emperor to write this edict, so that the Son of Heaven can take back his fate!" There are a bunch of voices supporting the voice, which is roughly the same meaning.
Liu Yu looked at Gonggong Wu, who was anxious, and then looked at Qu Zhu and asked, "What is the intention of Commander Qu?" ”
Qu Zhu was puzzled: "As the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, I have to act according to the orders of the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven is in danger, we should think about the safety of the Son of Heaven, but we will never let people hurt the Son of Heaven in the slightest." ”
Gonggong Wu glanced at Qu Zhu, this Qu Zhu was clearly speaking in that empty mouth, and he also sighed in his heart, why did the emperor mistakenly believe this villain before?
Qu Zhu looked at Liu Yu and said, "Please show Marquis Wuyi how to save the Son of Heaven from danger." ”
"On the side of the Qing monarch, restore my Dashun Dynasty." Liu Yu said conclusively, "But you can't make it difficult for Commander Qu, it's better to take Ben Hou to meet a few people first, and then make a decision." ”
The place Liu Yu is going to is Fengcui Palace, which is also the place where civil and military officials are temporarily placed under house arrest. Qu Zhu is currently leading the way, the Royal Forest Army is opening the way from the side, Liu Yu did not obstruct the way to the gate of Fengcui Palace, because of Qu Zhu's warrant, the guards of the Royal Forest Army of Fengcui Palace did not form an obstacle, Liu Yu directly entered and saw the military generals of Wenchen who were detained here.
When Wenchen and the military generals saw Liu Yu and not Su Yan coming here again, they had already guessed nine times out of ten in their hearts, and Liu Yu did not announce anything, but just found Sui Yi and Li Mi, and each explained some things to them, and asked them to go out of the palace to do something. Liu Yu was not in a hurry to force the palace.
On the one hand, Liu Yu asked Li Mi to take over the military power of the two battalions in Chang'an and the military power of the Yamen of the Defense Department as the secretary of the Ministry of War, with Li Mi's connections in the Yamen of the Defense Department and his current status in the Ministry of War, the matter itself is not difficult, and the main purpose of Liu Yu is to let Li Mi disturb this pool of water, and Sui Yi went directly out of the palace to Jingzhao Mansion to mobilize the Yacha, which is also Sui Yi's old business.
After explaining the matter clearly, Liu Yucai waited for the dead Wu Gong bus: "Let's go, do what you have to do." ”
Gonggong Wu looked depressed and sad, and staggered back in the direction of Yaqian Hall alone, when he came, he was worried and afraid, but when he went back, he looked away, and when he came, he was afraid that things would be messed up, and now that things have been messed up, he has only one way to go.
Outside the Yaqian Palace, Su Bi was waiting for news at the door, and when she saw Gonggong Wu running back in a hurry, she grabbed Gonggong Wu and asked, "Is it done?" ”
"It's done, it's done." Gonggong Wu nodded hurriedly, "Commander Qu is doing something, why don't His Royal Highness Xinzhujun go over and take a look?" ”
Su Bi had a suspicious look on his face, this Gonggong Wu's expression was too unusual, and when Gonggong Wu went, it was the little eunuch Imperial Forest Army guards who brought a lot of them, and they came back alone, which was a problem in itself. Su Bi had a premonition that the situation was beyond the norm, and went out to check the situation in the front yard, while Gonggong Wu hurriedly ran into the Yaqian Palace, and when he arrived in front of Su Yan, he wiped his tears and fell to the ground.
"Gonggong Wu, what are you doing here?" Su Yan looked at Gonggong Wu in confusion.
"Your Majesty, don't ask, it's useless to ask, hurry up...... Go out of the palace with the old slave, if you are late, I am afraid you will not be able to get out. ”
Su Yan felt a little chill in his heart when he heard this, but he still couldn't understand what was going on, at this time, Gonggong Wu had already stepped forward to pull Su Yan's sleeve, and Su Yan asked again: "What the hell is going on?" ”
At this time, Su Bi, who had only been out for a while, hurriedly returned to the Yaqian Palace, and as soon as he came in, he asked in an unkind tone: "Gonggong Wu, didn't you say that Commander Qu was doing something, why didn't you see a guard of the Imperial Forest Army?" Originally, the guards of the Imperial Forest Army outside the Yaqian Hall were also transferred? ”
Gonggong Wu's face was timid, and he didn't dare to face Su Bi's questioning head-on.
Su Bi asked again, "But something unusual happened?" ”
Gonggong Wu smiled and said: "What did His Royal Highness Xinzhujun say, the Marquis of Linqing has already led people out of the city to persuade the rebels to surrender, and Commander Qu is also acting in accordance with the holy decree, how can something unusual happen?" His Royal Highness Shintake-kun is too worried! ”
Su Bi still refused to believe what Gonggong Wu said, and immediately called two little eunuchs out of the city to investigate, while Gonggong Wu pulled Su Yan to go out, and at this time, Su Bi, who was standing in the courtyard waiting for news, stopped Gonggong Wu and Su Yan's way and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
Gonggong Wu stopped in front of Su Yan and said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness Xinzhujun, are you going to push the emperor to die?" Things have come to this, what else do you have to insist on, isn't it enough for you to harm the emperor? ”
Not only did these words make Su Yan wonder, but even Su Bi couldn't hear what Gonggong Wu's off-string sound was, or rather, they didn't want to think about it in that way.
At this time, the little eunuch who went out of Lu to inquire about the news hurriedly came back and replied, saying that the imperial forest army in the palace had not seen any of them, and the imperial forest army that was originally stationed in Fengcui Palace had also temporarily withdrawn, Su Bi was thinking about what was going on in this matter, and Gonggong Wu hurriedly said to Su Yan: "Your Majesty, hurry up and leave the palace from Dongye Gate, it will be too late." ”
Su Bi walked over and grabbed Gonggong Wu's collar, glared at Gonggong Wu viciously and asked, "Do you know what happened to Lu Dao?" ”
Gonggong Wu wanted to die, and said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness Xinzhujun, do you have to make the old slave clear?" The emperor quits the palace, maybe there is still a chance to make a comeback, staying in the palace is a dead end, you can't hurt the emperor! ”
"This palace thinks that it is you who hurt the emperor, and you handed over the edict to Commander Qu?"
"Qu leads him...... He...... Ay! After the last time, Gonggong Wu couldn't speak, but sat helplessly on the ground, and the whole person was completely dispossessed.
Su Yan looked at Gonggong Wu, who was paralyzed on the ground, and then looked at Su Bi and said, "Fourth Emperor Sister, no matter what happens, I ...... I want to stay in the Yaqian Palace, I believe that the world is the world of my Dashun Dynasty, I am the Son of Heaven of the Dashun Dynasty, and the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. I want to see who dares to take my country! ”
Su Yan strode back to the Yaqian hall and sat on the top of the kang, like a statue. He said some righteous words in his mouth, but he seemed to have known his end, and his whole body was trembling, and the trembling amplitude was getting bigger and bigger. (To be continued......)