Chapter 35 Drinking and hating the Nine Springs
Li Xun, as one of the masterminds, was the first to escape.
Wenzong was held hostage by eunuchs. He changed into a green official uniform, went out from Danfeng Gate, went all the way south, and fled to Zhongnan Mountain.
Contemporary monks and monks practice in Xicaotang Temple in Zhongnan Mountain. Wenzong Zeng Zhaozong secretly entered the inner hall, asked the Dharma to ask, gave a purple robe, and was called Dade.
Li Xun's sudden visit surprised Zongmi.
Although he is an outsider, Li Xun's momentum of covering the sky with one hand above the court has been heard of by Master Zongmi.
Li Xun briefly told Zongmi about the cause and effect of the incident, as well as the purpose of the trip, hoping that Master Zongmi would save his life.
He would rather worship the Buddha sincerely from now on and not ask about the world.
Master Zongmi's heart was Lang Lang, and the Bodhisattva was sad, and nodded in agreement.
The disciples of the master heard that Li Xun wanted to become a monk here to avoid the strangulation of the eunuchs.
The disciples came to the master and knelt on the ground in a row. Zongmi knew that they were for Li Xun's business.
The disciples cried and pleaded with Master: "Master is compassionate and wants to benefit all sentient beings. The disciples also know that saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter. But the trouble of eunuchs is not a day's cold. If the eunuchs can respect the heavens and the earth, worship the gods and Buddhas, they will not go on a killing spree, and their hands will be covered with blood. ”
Li Xun hung his head and was silent, and the disciples were right.
The disciples then said, "Master wants to save one person and lose the lives of the disciples?" Or Li Shizhu looks at his own creation, and there is a personal life between heaven and earth. ”
Li Xun and Zongmi resigned, "Xun said goodbye to the master today, life and death are in the sky, and Xun will not regret it." When a husband is born in the world, he should do something and not do something. ”
Li Xun went out of the mountain, intending to go to Fengxiang to defect to Zheng Zhu, but was arrested by Zhou Zhizhen and Song Chu, put on shackles, and escorted to the capital.
Walking to Kunming Pond, Li Xun said to the people who escorted him: "I heard that whoever catches me will be rewarded and rich." I heard that the Forbidden Army is searching everywhere, and they will definitely take me away. It's better to kill me and take my head to the capital. ”
His escort cut off Li Xun's head. Li Xun only wanted to die quickly, and did not want to fall into the hands of the Shence army and be insulted and beaten by them.
Li Xun and his cadres confiscated their homes and lost their nationality, beheaded more than 1,000 people, and their wives and daughters were not included in official slaves.
Qiu Shiliang and others heard that Li Xun had sought help from Master Zongmi, and he aggressively led people to hold Master Zongmi accountable, and they also wanted to anger the monks.
Master Zongmi said calmly: "Poor Dao has known Li Xun for many years, and he also knows that he is rebellious. However, the teacher taught that when encountering suffering, he should come to the rescue and not cherish his own life. He died for it, and he was willing. ”
Master Zongmi's compassion is the heart of heaven and earth. Qiu Shiliang and the others saw that the master was open-minded and not too harsh on the master, so the matter was stopped.
Zheng Zhu was one of the masterminds to eradicate the eunuchs, but he was kicked out of the finalized plan. Zheng Zhu was kept in the dark from beginning to end.
On the day they agreed, Zheng Zhu led 500 soldiers to set off from Fengxiang as scheduled, and led the troops to the capital according to the original plan.
Zheng Zhu walked to Fufeng County, and Han Liao, the county commander of Fufeng County, knew that Zheng Zhu and Li Xun were conspiring.
So when I heard that Zheng Zhu was coming here, Han Liao took the official seal and led his subordinates and soldiers to flee to Wugong.
Zheng Zhu arrived in Fufeng County and ate a closed door, only then did he know that something big had happened in the capital. The Shence army washed the Nanya in blood.
He led his troops back to Fengxiang. Qiu Shiliang sent people to hurry up and carry the secret edict of Wenzong to grant Zhang Zhongqing, the supervisor of Fengxiang, and ordered him to kill Zheng Zhu.
Zhang Zhongqing was not sure about killing Zheng Zhu, so he said to Uncle Li and Xianji: "The prison army can rest assured, I found Zheng Zhu in your name." Then he isolated Zheng Zhu from his own soldiers and killed him in the seat. ”
When Zheng Zhu returned to Fengxiang, he didn't expect Qiu Shiliang to collude with the prison army before him.
Li Shuhe invited him to the embassy of the prison army, and Zheng Zhu did not hesitate and led his own soldiers to the banquet.
Uncle Li's attitude is sincere and friendly. Zheng Zhu secretly calculated that Fengxiang was one of the three important towns in Gongwei Beijing.
He is entrenched in a military position, and it is also a deterrent to the Shence army.
The soldiers were arranged by Li Shuhe to another courtyard, and Zheng Zhu did not doubt that he had him, and brought a few entourages to the table.
Running all the way, Zheng Zhu was very thirsty, so he untied his sword and put it beside him. The entourage was also unsuspecting and busy drinking tea.
Before the cup of tea was finished, Uncle Li turned his face and said, "Traitor, I will kill the traitor by the will of the Holy Lord." ”
Zheng Zhu dropped the teacup and reached out to touch the sword beside him. Li Shuhe pulled out the sword in his waist, the sword flashed, and Zheng Zhu was already in a different place.
Subsequently, all of Zheng Zhu's own soldiers were killed. Zheng Zhu's family, Fengxiang Jiedu deputy envoy Qian Kefu, Jiedu judge Lu Jianneng, observation judge Xiao Jie, secretary Lu Hongmao and others, more than 1,000 people were killed.
The heads of Zheng Zhu and Li Xun were hung on the Xing'an Gate for public display.
Zhang Fa and Zhang Wang brothers went into the city to sell firewood, and saw the single willow tree in the capital, surrounded by people in three layers and three layers outside.
The children's family is curious, so they get through the cracks and squeeze to the front.
Several people were tied up and knelt on the ground. These people are Wang Ya, Wang Fan, Luo Liyan, Guo Xingyu and others who have just returned from paraded in the streets of the East and West markets.
They were all subjected to harsh punishment by the Divine Army. There is no usual majesty, and his clothes are dirty and torn all over his body.
Some of them have dull eyes, some have the fear of death in their eyes, and some have the fire of hatred in their eyes that are unwilling and angry. Some simply close their eyes.
Wang Ya's sixtieth year, coupled with the strict punishment and strict law, seems to have suddenly become an old man.
The common people hated him for his tea monopoly, and he exploited the people by peeling his skin and bones. Kill him, someone in the crowd shouted, and people began to throw stones and sticks at him.
Wang Ya doesn't dodge either, like a walking corpse. The Wang family was beheaded, and his younger brother Wang Kuang Jingcheng was also in danger.
The supervisor threw the slashing card, and as the axe hand waved the broadsword, the knife flashed.
The crowd erupted in exclamations, and the timid turned their backs.
Zhang Fa has seen the scene of the execution, and for the first time Zhang Wang, the brothers couldn't take their eyes off it.
Blood splattered, and the faces of the fallen few were distorted by pain. He yelled with his mouth wide open, and finally stared ahead with his eyes wide open and swallowed his breath.
Those who are beheaded in the waist do not die immediately, and watch their bodies cut into two pieces. What a horrible thing to watch your internal organs flow out and blood to drain out.
The two brothers saw that their scalps stood on end, and they ran all the way home. Along the way, the two of them vomited a few times, and the bitter gall in their stomachs came out.
The two of them did not enter the city for a few days, one because of the chaos in the city, and the other because the two of them had palpitations.
Zhang Wang would have nightmares at night. In the dream, the prisoner stretched out his hand to grab him by the placket, and he couldn't run. Often wake up from nightmares.
Liu Ye listened to the two brothers talk about the horrors in the city, and the gate was closed during the day, and he did not leave the hospital door.
I don't know if my family is being harassed by wicked people? The two brothers-in-law are both officials in the court, I don't know what the situation is?
The height of the temple will also be precarious; It's far away from the rivers and lakes, who can say it's a pity? Yesterday I thought the python robe was long, so today I will carry the shackles.