Chapter 471: Courtier First!

The funeral affairs of the royal family have always been in charge of Taichang Division, but Wen Zhen just summoned people and ordered them casually.

After that, she was passing the code to find a casual child, and suddenly there was an alarm in her heart, and when she turned around, she saw Emperor Yonghei slowly entering the door.

He stood on the threshold, looking at her, still full of crowns, the flat crown bead curtain swaying, obscuring the deep eyes.

Wen Zhen suddenly had hairs on his back for no reason, thinking to himself, why did this person walk like a cat without making a sound at all?

In front of her, the crown of Ping Tianguan shook slightly, and she couldn't even see her face clearly, and she thought that the emperor's addiction hadn't passed, and she didn't think the hat was too heavy.

But seeing that Emperor Yongsi was sitting far away, he took off the Pingtian crown by himself, and twisted his neck with a heavy load, as if he finally felt the weight.

Wen Zhen looked at him, and a trace of doubt suddenly flashed in his heart.

Since it's too heavy, I've just been out for a while, why don't you change your clothes by the way? The Palace of Mercy and Mercy must have his clothes.

This thought flashed through him, but he heard Emperor Yongji say lightly: "I just met Concubine De. ”

Wen Zhen was stunned, and suddenly he had no time to think about anything else, but his face was also faint. "Oh. Isn't that good? ”

This question was obviously perfunctory, and Emperor Yongji sneered and said, "When you hijacked Wen Jinchun in the palace before, didn't you cooperate well with Concubine De Niangniang?" Why, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has not been thawed? ”

When Wen Zhen heard this, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he smiled and said, "Where is it, I'm okay with my mother." Your Majesty, if you take Niangniang to threaten me, I am afraid that Yan Sui will be sad, and I will definitely throw a mouse bogey. ”

Her words sounded completely counterproductive, and Emperor Yongji glanced at her, but didn't mention the topic of Concubine De, and suddenly said: "The little eunuch next to Concubine De is very cute." ”

Wen Zhen was alarmed in his heart, and he was at a loss: "What? What little eunuch? Hasn't Niangniang always been a chrysanthemum? ”

Emperor Yonghe's expression didn't look like he was testing her, so he just said casually and said with a smile: "I like that child to be smart, and I have already told Concubine De Niangniang to transfer that child to my side." ”

Wen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief slightly.

Concubine De's identity was targeted by Emperor Yonghei and used to restrain her, which is the proper meaning. She was just afraid that her identity would be revealed casually, but now listening to this tone, Emperor Yonghei actually likes him simply?

Wen Zhen was a little puzzled, looking him up and down - of course it was very flattering casually, but he always felt that something strange about it. Maybe after the loss of his daughter, Emperor Yonghei has extra tenderness for his children?

Emperor Yongsi suddenly got up and said, "Niangniang has been placed by me. You don't have to worry about it, Queen. Stay still. With a wave of his hand, a group of people wearing iron masks fell silently from the beam, surrounding Wen Zhentuan.

Wen Zhen smiled and spread his hands to show that he would be very peaceful.

Of course, she would be at ease, for she had seen casually being held by a guard and following behind Emperor Yonghe.

casually looks fine, but the small body is a little stiff, the child turned his head on the guard's shoulder, and made an OK gesture to her, stretched out three fingers, thought about it, and replaced them with five.

Wen Zhen looked at the fat finger and thought to himself that he still couldn't cultivate at home.

OK is okay, he and Niangniang are fine. But it was poisoned, and it took three days...... Oh no, five days to detoxify yourself.

Wen Zhen looked at Emperor Yonghei and turned his head to look at casually, and he didn't know what he ordered, so someone stepped forward and untied the big coat and wrapped it casually.

Wen Zhen was a little relieved and a little surprised, seeing that Emperor Yongsi really cared for the child.

Seeing that Emperor Yongsi went out without looking back, those iron-masked people stepped forward to supervise her and asked her to return to Fengkun Palace, she thought as she walked, why did Emperor Yongsi seem to be avoiding her?

……

The war in Huzhou is not over.

After several days and nights of fierce attack, the number of outnumbered people was huge, Lin Feibai was killed, Zhang Yue was wounded, Bai Lin was seriously injured, and the Pingzhou army and the Huzhou defenders were almost wiped out.

However, the ambition of the head of the city does not fall.

After Lin Feibai, who thought that he was the only one who could fight, died in battle, the coalition army in Huzhou was ready for a while, but he did not expect that the man's posture of guarding the city head for a long time was like the last flame, igniting all the blood and determination of the people of Huzhou. Huzhou held out for eight days and nights, all the officials went to the city, half of them were killed in the battle, and in the end, many of the defenders of the city were women and eleven or twelve-year-old boys.

Zhou Yuanzhi stood at the head of the city with a sword, no matter how much everyone persuaded her, she tore off Lin Feibai's bloodstained white shirt and tied it to her arm.

After that, the people of Huzhou went to the city, and everyone wore white.

The white that is better than the snow can be stained with blood, with ashes, and with the scorched smoke of the artillery, but not with decadence, fear, cowardice, and despicability.

is not ashamed of the world's heroes, and the bones of the dead are fragrant.

Huzhou, with this remnant of the weak army and the powerless people, miraculously survived for two days and two nights, repelling three more attacks by the coalition army. There were countless wounded and dead on the city, and the blood of their comrades flowed together, and the coalition troops who climbed the tower could not move, and they would be stabbed through by the lying people at any time.

The city was full of people, but there was a corner tower that was quietly empty, and people who walked hurriedly and had bloodstains on their faces would bow down in a hurry.

The coalition forces never imagined that when they took the first step in northern Sichuan, they would encounter unprecedented difficulties in gnawing bones.

Two days later.

There are almost no people in Huzhou City who can stand.

The Tang Yi coalition army was both annoyed and tired, but it was difficult to hide the relief of relief, and prepared for the last onslaught.

No matter how difficult it was before, this time, Huzhou will finally open the city gate under the iron hooves of the coalition army!

In the low groan of the city head, Zhou Yuanzhi supported her body with her sword and half-knelt up with difficulty.

She finally left where she had stood for two days and nights, and slowly moved towards the corner tower behind her. That was the place where Feibai left, and it was naturally her last choice.

The rising sun splashed down on the city like a sword, and she squinted in the sunlight and glanced out of the city for the last time.

Then she paused.

At the end of the faint fog in the morning, a heavy dark cloud suddenly appeared on the hillside outside the city.

No, it's not a dark cloud, it's ...... Army!

Zhou Yuanzhi's eyes slowly widened.

Is it the follow-up army of the Tang family......

There was an unusual commotion in the Tang army's camp, and the camp preparing for war began to turn around.

After the silence in the city, there was a sudden burst of cheers that could reach into the sky.

"It's our reinforcements!"

"We're waiting for reinforcements!"

At the cries, the people struggled to their feet, took up their weapons, and pounced on the city again.

Zhou Yuanzhi quietly leaned against the wall of the corner tower, stroking the red marks that had solidified on the cold masonry, and for a long time, she smiled and shed tears.

……

Pan Hang stood on the hillside, looking at the broken but still standing city wall, and the mottled but still closed Huzhou city gate, shocked and sighed.

Shocked that Huzhou was unbroken, and sighed that Huzhou was unbroken!

At the same time, a faint bitterness rose in my heart.

Tang Xianzhi is too powerful, he came too late.

was constantly blocked all the way, and even met the real Tang family Xiaolou in Hengshui, and after a hard day and night, he still relied on the trick to barely rush out, but until now, he was still followed by the swordsman of the Tang family Xiaolou behind his buttocks, and in front of him was the Tang family's army.

What he can do now is to save people as much as he can, save as many people as he can, and kill as many people as he can, kill as many as he can, and if he wants to win the Tang family to protect Huzhou, he can't do it.

Pan Hang gritted his teeth, and was about to take advantage of the fact that Xiaolou's swordsmen had not yet caught up, and first used the cavalry to pierce the Tang family's formation and rush into Huzhou to save people, when he suddenly saw someone in front of him holding high the banner of the Tang family and galloping over.

"The Tang family is here, and there is something important to discuss with the general!"

……

A quarter of an hour later, Pan Hang reined in the puzzled eyes of the Huzhou soldiers and civilians on the opposite side and ordered the attack to be stopped.

Half an hour later, the Tang Yi coalition army, which was attacking Huzhou, began to retreat.

There were several rounds of quarrels in the main general's tent, and some people left in anger, but in the end, the order of the coach Tang Xianzhi was still carried out in an orderly manner.

An hour later, the Tang Yi coalition army contracted its formation, retreated a mile, and moved out of the way.

An hour and a half later, Pan Hang led the remaining 27,000 people to the city of Huzhou.

The gates were closed, and he looked up to see the vigilant and angry faces of the city.

The people defending the city in Huzhou have seen the frenzy of reinforcements from the beginning, and they have fallen into a hell of despair - it is impossible for the Tang family to take the initiative to retreat and make way, in this situation, it is obvious that the reinforcements have defected.

Huzhou is finished.

Because of this, anger rose in people's hearts, and their fingers clenched at the cold city walls.

I have sacrificed so much, fought for so long, and I am never willing to finally lay down my arms and beg for mercy to survive.

Huzhou does not bow its head!

Pan Hang looked up at the faces full of hostility, and the bitterness in his heart became even stronger.

Fang Cai, the commander of the coalition forces, Tang Xianzhi, sent someone to negotiate with him.

The Tang army retreated, gave up the attack, allowed him to send 3,000 troops into the city to protect the people, and promised never to hurt Huzhou again.

The conditions were that Huzhou opened the city gates, opened the passages, provided military supplies, allowed the Tang army to send troops to station, and promised that he and all the troops of Huzhou would not pursue after the main Tang army left.

Pan Hang couldn't help but agree.

It is impossible to defeat the Tang family to protect Huzhou under the flanking attack, once the war starts, 30,000 troops will fill in, although the Tang family army will suffer heavy losses, but Huzhou's losses must be heavier, and the final result is still the coalition army stepping on Huzhou, what situation will Huzhou face at that time? How many people will die?

And Tang Xianzhi's choice made him more vigilant unexpectedly.

Time is too important for the coalition forces now. Unexpectedly blocked in Huzhou for eight days, now he led his troops to come, really want to start a war, at least he can stumble the coalition army for three days, not to mention that there will inevitably be a lot of losses, the battle situation is changing rapidly, more than ten days, enough time for the imperial court to transfer troops and prepare for the states and counties along the road, at that time, this road originally planned to take the center of the coalition army, time delay and combat power damage, the consequences of the impact, are also immeasurable.

And now that there is a peaceful truce, no longer wasting time and military strength to take Huzhou, and getting supplies, it is the best choice for the Tang army.

It is the best choice, but it may not be an acceptable choice, the coalition army has been fighting in Huzhou for seven or eight days, and has already played out the fire, and it seems that it is about to win the city smoothly, but it falls short, who can be willing?

Tang Xianzhi's choice was unexpected, and the pressure he was under must not be small, Pan Hang has led the troops for many years, and he sincerely admires Tang Xianzhi's determination and vision.

This is the most powerful opponent of His Highness and Lord Wen.

It didn't take long for Pan Hang to make up his mind.

Master Wen once wrote to him, asking him to put human life first, no matter what, never learn from those rotten Confucians, talk about what kind of family and country, no one, where did he come from?

Therefore, even if Pan Hang knew that he would abandon the war and negotiate peace, and give up the struggle himself, it would give Tang Xianzhi time and convenience, and bring unknowable variables to the overall situation later, he could not disagree.

He raised his head and waited for a round of angry scolding in the city before he made it clear what the negotiations were about.

In the city, Zhang Yue, Bailin and others were silent for a long time after listening.

Once the gates of the city are opened and the people are saved, their career and reputation will be over.

In the courtyard of Suiyun Academy, the white-haired old man also went to the city gate, and after listening to it, the stone he was trembling in his hand almost hit his foot, and the old man lifted the stone and threw it down to the city.

accompanied by an angry roar: "It's okay for a husband to die, but it's impossible to defect!" ”

After the old man roared, the people in the city shouted in unison: "Apostasy to open the city, absolutely not!" ”

"Never fail to live up to the sacrifice!"

The casualties of the soldiers were exhausted, and the literati also went to the city, and now in the city, there are many students from the state school and Suiyun Academy.

Literati are not afraid of death, but are most afraid of infamy.

The cries were like a tide, and they came out from afar, and the Tang Yi coalition army also heard it, and there was a commotion.

There were also many people in the coalition who opposed this negotiation, and immediately someone wanted to persuade him, Tang Xianzhi waved his hand lightly.

He was willing to wait a little longer and give Huzhou a chance.

If he is really obsessed, he doesn't mind bloodbathing Huzhou.

……

Zhang Yue and Bai Lin glanced at each other, their expressions gloomy.

If it was Zhang Yue four years ago, he would do the same thing as the old courtyard at this moment, not to mention Kaicheng, whoever gave him this advice, he would knock whoever was on the head and break the bloodstream.

But in the past four years, by Wen Zhen's side, he has learned to be harmonious, learned to think, learned to break away from the traditional thinking mode of loyalty to the monarch and the surname, and re-looked at life, freedom, respect, and self-...... Those philosophies that are alien to this world but are forever hanging above the stars.

Behind the integrity is a city with thousands of lives.

Huzhou has already paid a huge price in these eight days of resistance.

His name is light, but who will protect the people of this city?

This moment is the best opportunity, if it weren't for Pan Hang to bring troops to help, the coalition forces couldn't afford to delay, and Tang Xianzhi would never leave Huzhou with any life.

But at this moment, the crowd is angry, and the disappointment after the great hope makes people arouse blood and lose their minds, and the people refuse to open the city and refuse to let Huzhou out, so even if he strongly orders the opening of the city, after the Tang army moves in, it will cause trouble.

In the wave after wave of calls, Zhang Yue turned his head and asked Zhou Yuanzhi gently: "What if...... What would Lin Hou do if he was still around? ”

Zhou Yuanzhi kept holding Lin Feibai's sword, standing motionless, she didn't know when a bloody mouth was added to her cheek, the mouth was not shallow, and nine times out of ten it would leave traces.

Hearing this, her pale face as white as snow had a slight expression, but she didn't answer Zhang Yue's words, she suddenly turned sideways, raised her palm, and slammed her palm on the back of Lao Yuanzheng's neck.

The old courtyard rolled the whites of his eyes and fell to the ground.

The wild shouts came to an abrupt end.

Zhang Yue: "......"

Zhou Yuanzhi didn't pay attention to anyone, leaned against the city wall, and said to the bottom: "General Pan, I am the surviving person of Lin Hou. ”

Pan Hang suddenly opened his mouth and stammered.

After a while, he ate and said, "Lin ...... Mrs. Lin......"

He said a sentence for a long time, and suddenly his eyes swept over the golden red flowers and leaves of the four seasons of the mountain that year, and the tall maid said coldly: "You want to marry me, you are not worthy." ”

Pan Hang's vision suddenly blurred, and he gritted his teeth.

Hearing that the woman was on the head of the city, he said lightly: "Lin Hou originally guarded Pingzhou, which has nothing to do with this Huzhou, but after realizing that Huzhou was about to be attacked, he galloped through the stars and galloped to help Huzhou, when he had been tired for many days and had not recovered from typhoid fever. ”

Up and down the city, the birds are silent.

He was seriously ill and did not close his eyes for six days and nights, and finally failed to escape a single shell from the coalition army. But he was not killed by a shell, he was exhausted. In order not to shake the morale of the army, he still sat on the city tower after his death, guarding the army and the people, and guarding Huzhou. ”

The crowd began to cry.

"When I was giving him a burial, I found that he was frozen, his clothes and blood were frozen together, and he could not change his clothes, and he could no longer lie down and sleep. He could only maintain such a posture of defense and watchfulness and be buried. At that moment I was thinking, how tired he must be. ”

The crying grew louder and louder.

Some people may think that he is the son of a god general, and he wants to defend the glory of the Lin family and fulfill the duty of defending the family and the country for the general. But I think there's something you don't know. Not long ago, the gods were called back to Tianjing, and the first emperor was afraid that he would overshadow the master, so he gave him a handful of poisonous smoke and put him in prison. At the same time, he also announced that Feibai would enter Beijing, if it weren't for the order of His Majesty to come to Pingzhou, presumably Feibai's treatment would not be better than that of the gods. ”

The crying stopped abruptly, and the people's eyes widened in astonishment.

However, when he came to Pingzhou, he was still under surveillance, ostracism and run. This is the same as the previous twenty years, what you see is the son of the god and the young marquis, what I see is that he has lived in Tianjing for a long time as a proton, and seems to be favored by the emperor, but in fact, it is difficult to move an inch, unable to pick up his beloved bow and arrow to gallop on the battlefield, and can only spend time in Tianjing, which is drunk and gold-obsessed. Obviously, he came to Pingzhou to defend Pingzhou, but the Pingzhou army ate empty salaries, had no soldiers and no food, and the officials pushed ...... He had only been in Pingzhou for half a month, and he not only had to worry about training, but also had to deal with the officials who were eating vegetarian meals...... Painstaking, no peace. ”

Angry voices rang out from the crowd. Everyone's eyes were red.

"I said all this just to ask you. The court treated his father and son like this, and he still did not change his heart and blood, galloping through Huzhou under the stars. The Huzhou army ran away, but he came, who did he come for?! ”

"Is it for this cold-blooded dynasty? For the sake of this unscrupulous official? For the sake of their own thousand years of fame? Or is it just for ...... Hundreds of thousands of living beings in Huzhou! ”

The nations were silent.

"It's just for you, for Huzhou!" Zhou Yuanzhi crossed her chest with her long sword, and tears flowed down her face, "Why don't you understand that throwing away his desperate life is really living up to his sacrifice!" He gave everything to save your lives, not for you to do whatever it takes! I didn't give you all your own name! His life was paid for by him! What right do you have to do with this man's bravery! ”

"Do you want to fight for the blood of this body, worthy of his blood!"

"Do you really understand the true meaning of his desperate defense of the city?"

"Is your so-called Qianqiu reputation worthy of the sacrifice of the Lin family's father and son!"

She slowly crossed her sword, pointed it at her neck, and said coldly, "Kaesong." ”

"I'll carry this infamy through the ages."

"If anyone comes to reprimand in the future, you will say, it is the widow of Lin Hou, who is forced to die and wants you to open the city."

"If you still don't want to, if you don't hesitate to force me to death with infamy for the sake of that bullshit's unwillingness and integrity......" She leaned closer to the blade and said lightly, "That's right, I'll accompany him." ”

Everyone in the city is like a clay sculpture.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps sounded, and everyone turned their heads mechanically, and saw Zhang Yue, the assassin of Huzhou, running down the city tower quickly.

When people got out of the city, a voice came from afar, "I am the history of Huzhou Thorn, and I have the right to decide." Kaesong! ”

Bai Lin stood at the head of the city, waved his hand, and said, "Lower the flag." ”

The swallow-shaped flag of Huzhou Chengtou was slowly lowered.

In the distance, the commotion of the coalition forces gradually subsided.

Tang Xianzhi's eyes were thoughtful.

These wonderful women......

The people around Wen Zhen are also so outstanding, like dazzling stars, and they can also leave an amazing mark in the history books.

With a squeak, the city gate slowly opened, and countless people stood behind the city gate, but Huzhou City was as quiet as death.

Huzhou was the first city to fight, and it was also the strongest city in the vicinity and the most proud of everyone, but in the end, in this way, it ushered in the rebels.

Although defeated, it is still glorious.

Pan Hang and the Tang army each numbered thousands of people, divided into two and entered the city, this kind of scene of the defenders and the rebels entering the city without incident, is a magnificent spectacle.

Tang Xianzhi did not enter the city.

A long time ago, he thought that if he captured Huzhou one day, he would go to see the mansion where Wen Zhen lived, take a walk around her city, and feel all the traces she left behind.

The wind of Huzhou, the scenery of Huzhou, every inch of land and every building in Huzhou are infiltrated with her sweet breath.

But at this moment, he just looked at Huzhou from afar, saw that the head of Huzhou City had changed the banner of the king, and looked at the eaves and arches, which were lined up one after another, stopping his footsteps and affecting his extremely important plan, the romantic and powerful city.

Then, in the clear and cold afternoon sun, the horse's head was turned.

The sunlight illuminated him, and his silhouette was sharp and bleak.

And the light ride is like the wind, sweeping over the land of Dongtang.

……

In a heavily guarded tent in the Qingzhou camp, the princess of Zephan sat in a daze.

She heard that her younger brother was no longer good, and now was a good time to go back and seize power, but Yan Sui and Lin Qing didn't believe what they said, and they were always delaying and refusing to let her go, especially Yan Sui, who gave her poison before leaving, and told her very calmly that this medicine needs to be taken on time, otherwise she will be disfigured and festered to death.

She knew that Yan Sui Linqing didn't trust her and didn't plan to let the tiger return to the mountain, but because of this, she couldn't wait for death.

In the past few days, she has tried her best to bribe and seduce the guards of her, but those soldiers are made of wood, and they are far away from her, and she has no chance at all.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the princess knew that someone was bringing her food and patrolling, she thought of the iron-masked man who delivered food every day, sighed, and walked lazily over, but what she didn't want to see today was a young and handsome face, looking at her carefully with a little curiosity about her, and at the same time she didn't seem to know the rules here, standing very close to her.

The Zephan princess tightened her whole body and her heart beat violently.

She knew the opportunity had come!

She quietly tidied up her skirt, learned the wonderful posture that Wen Jinchun had taught her, walked over one by one, slightly deflected her most beautiful right cheek, dignified and pure, and smiled at the young general who was not low at first glance.

The young general was stunned, and his face turned red.

The princess of Zephan was ecstatic.

……

Wen Zhen sat cross-legged in the Ciren Palace, with a piece of white flowers behind him, all of whom were women wearing mourning clothes and entering the palace to cry.

When the Queen Mother died, the internal and external wives had to enter the palace to cry, and she led these wives to guard the palace in the Ciren Palace every day. Presiding over funeral matters. Emperor Yongsi sometimes came to the harem, but he kept his promise and would talk to her about some court affairs and emergency military situations.

Different from his previous attitude, Emperor Yongsi suddenly changed his tone, saying that Xifan was cunning and greedy, and he could not negotiate peace, otherwise he would have to worry about cutting the land, and the land of Dongtang could not be allowed an inch!

After Wen Zhen heard about it, he was a little relieved, thinking that he didn't seem to care about peace or cede before, but now he has the temperament. But if you don't negotiate peace, the main battle will be beneficial to Yan Sui after all, and she will feel a little relieved.

The emperor decreed that Xifan must be crippled in order to be done once and for all, so he strictly urged the preparation of grain, grass and ordnance and transported to the front line, which relieved Wen Zhen of the fear that the imperial court would not contribute to it.

Then there was news that the Xifan Emperor was assassinated in the battle with Yan Sui Linqing, seriously injured and unconscious, the army was in chaos, and the Xifan princess fled back to the Xifan army, killed the generals under house arrest, took military power, and then withdrew from Huizhou.

And along the way of Jianzhou, there was an inexplicable beast tide, which broke the Jianzhou army, and the eldest prince who was guarding the sea frontier took the opportunity to send troops, and was about to pass through Jianzhou, but at this time suddenly a team of white-clothed people appeared, the number was not large, everyone was like ice and snow, but they had very means for those fierce beasts, only a few dozen people, and they forcibly blocked the beast tide, and dozens of people each rode a beast and rushed back to the direction of the Great Wilderness Swamp. It's also wonderful, when they went back, this group of people also took a little detour, passed through Cangnan Prefecture, and trampled the Ji family's army, this kind of behavior is very similar to the people of the imperial court, but up and down the court, no one knows the origin of these mysterious people.

The Jianzhou army was temporarily transferred, and it was not completely without combat power, it was purely ignorant of those beasts, and there was no way to start, but now that the beasts are gone, the Jianzhou army and the army urgently allocated by the imperial court have protected the front line of Jianzhou, and have not let the southwest completely fall into the war.

These two are good news, but others are not so good. For example, the army led by Qiu Tong did intercept the army of the Western Fan Army going to Chizhou, and also trapped it, but was suddenly ambushed by the Changchuan Army behind his back and was almost wrapped in dumplings.

Wen Zhen was very shocked, Changchuan rebelled? Is it an accident or a renegade? It's impossible!

Another group of 70,000 elite soldiers who intercepted the Western Fan soldiers who went to Hengzhou defeated the Western Fan soldiers, but they encountered Yi Ming's Bronze Man Formation and part of the coalition forces there. After Pan Hang led the 30,000 troops to turn around and enter northern Sichuan, Yi Ming did not pursue, but took the opportunity to solve the garrison camp near Hengzhou, so that it could not rush to Huzhou. Later, Huang Que was behind, and when Chinese and Wen Jintan were pursuing the Xifan army, her organ was very strong, and it was a sneak attack, and when the 70,000 soldiers were tired, they won the battle, and the Xifan army took the opportunity to escape.

The two escaped Western armies gathered together again and disappeared into the east hall. So much so that Lin Qingyansui did not dare to slack off, patrolling the border day and night, for fear that one day another Huizhou would appear.

Shan Ling and a few others, despite their old age, have been personally supervising the grain and grass to be transported to the front line, and the officials from Huzhou are basically attached to Da Sikong and Li Xiang, and they are very active in this matter.

The West has suffered setbacks one after another, and this time it really handed over the letter of state for peace, and the court has been arguing about it for the past few days. Because the bad news is coming again, the Tang family and the Yi family have joined forces to rebel, and King An has also sent troops, the Ji family is obviously a little restless, Huzhou has become the first stop of the coalition attack, and it is struggling, and the imperial court has urgently transferred troops, but I don't know if I can get there.

Dongtang is now surrounded by wars and embattled.

As mentioned before, the ministers are worried about internal troubles, but they are more inclined to negotiate peace.

The emperor's attitude did not tell Wen Zhenming. He rarely came to the harem, and after he came, he was surrounded by the crowd, sitting far away, and did not give Wen Zhen a chance to approach and make a move.

I don't know if it's because of the frequent wars, he is irritable, his physical condition has been very bad recently, and his temper is also very bad, and he has killed several palace people, but it is rumored that he loves the new little eunuch very much.

Due to the emperor's alienation and indifference, those women who entered the palace to cry gradually rumors came out, saying that the new queen was born in ordinary circumstances after all, and was not favored, and there were always many people around her, presumably the emperor was afraid that she did not understand etiquette and lost the royal system on top of this funeral event, so she often looked at this "new queen of the countryside" with some pity.

Wen Zhen just smiled.

In the past few days, she has been trying to rescue Casual and Concubine De, but listening to the rumors, casually is very good, and rushing to save it may cause the emperor to suspect that it will bring danger, she has confidence in Casual Child's ability, and only ordered someone to monitor the emperor from afar. Concubine De couldn't find her, which made her a little anxious, but the palace was too big, the control was tight, and she didn't have many people, so she could only find it slowly.

She often wears a pearl mask and a little makeup, she was not an official in Beijing for a long time, and she will not deal with backyard women when she is a court official, so this noble lady in Tianjing, no one really knows her.

The emperor never came to her, and he was so prepared that he couldn't find any opportunity to start.

She was also hesitating, when this war was in danger, it was a small matter to kill the emperor, and the court was in turmoil, which affected the front-line operations.

She was very worried about Huzhou, but she knew that it was too late for her to rush back at this time, and she was even more worried when she heard that Lin Feibai had rushed to defend the city.

Hope he's doing well.

Today is still crying, suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd, Wen Zhen turned around, and saw Emperor Yongyu Empress being helped in slowly.

Everyone looked a little embarrassed.

In recent days, the emperor has changed like a marquee in the court, so that the names of the people in this palace have changed three times a day. Now this queen, everyone didn't know what to call to greet her, so they had to avoid it vaguely.

Wen Zhen heard that since Emperor An Cheng "left the palace on the throne", the former empress dowager resolutely refused to believe it, and made a big fuss about it, but was "invited to recuperate" by Emperor Yonghei. I cleaned up a palace room next to Chonghua Hall and invited her to live in. Later, she stopped making trouble, I thought that she would be in peace from now on, so that she could live longer, after all, Emperor Yonghei was "Zen position", and she had to have the necessary respect for the previous mother.

Now that the Queen Mother is here, she is here, and she cannot be stopped in terms of etiquette.

The queen is also much older, her face is flat, she is no longer the gentle and virtuous lady she pretended to be back then, and she does not have much grief and indignation, but she seems to have finally accepted her fate after being hit again and again by the heavy punches of reality, and her face is a blank numbness similar to that of the palace maid of the Xiang Palace.

When she came, Wen Zhen had to give up the front position, the queen drooped her eyelids, didn't look at her, sat there, and said tiredly: "Tonight, the palace will keep vigil for the queen mother." ”

Wen Zhen responded with a smile.

You love to keep it, what does it have to do with me?

The queen was followed by a little palace maid, and suddenly winked at her, and Wen Zhen understood that this was also one of the dark lines.

After the palace maid knelt down while serving the queen, she slowly retreated, and when she passed by Wen Zhen, her skirt moved.

Wen Zhen's hand on the ground covered a wax pill in time.

Then she peeled off the wax pills.

A moment later, the Duchess of Dingguo, who was kneeling behind her, saw the new queen's back tremble.

The new queen, although she has been criticized repeatedly, has always been very calm, and everyone has never seen her gaffe.

At this moment, looking at the obvious trembling, everyone was a little stunned.

Wen Zhen shook for a while, and Huo Ran stood up.

Remove the pearl mask in one hand.

Her eyes were red, and tears poured out silently, washing away the thick fat powder.

Someone recognized her face and let out an exclamation.

Wen Zhen couldn't hear anything clearly.

She trembled slightly, and her whole mind was filled with snow-covered cities, besieging armies, blood-stained walls, and immortal people who could not die at the head of the city.

It was the shocking statement in the short urgent report: "...... The coalition army besieged the city, the Huzhou army was afraid of the battle, and the captain rushed to help, fighting hard to defend the city for six days and nights...... Fall. ”

The last two words were like a soldering iron, burning her mind but cold, what was the plan at the moment, what was the plan, what was the big plan...... All of them have drifted out of the clouds, she passed through the dense crowd of white, and took off her filial piety clothes as she walked, white linen filial piety clothes, belts, robes, and hair accessories...... One by one, they floated down and fell to the ground.

Every time one thing fell, one person fell to the ground, and her maids and grandmothers hurriedly stepped forward to rescue and shout, and the entire mourning hall was in chaos.

She walked suddenly, and the people guarding her couldn't react and hurriedly caught up, but at this moment, the main hall of the mourning hall was full of noble women, and there were people who fainted, and some people rushed to help, blocking the road in a mess, these people didn't dare to step on these noble women, so they had to fly and step on the beams to move forward, but just like this, Wen Zhen had already gone far.

In the chaos, no one noticed, and the original queen also quietly got up and walked out of Ciren Palace.

……

Wen Zhen hurried to the Rentai Palace.

Along the way, countless people rushed up to stop her.

However, no one could stop her, she used Wen Dandan, used all the poison and medicine reserves on her body, blew the beast whistle, cast a poison needle, and even jumped into the lake of the Imperial Garden when the Jinwu guard wall blocked the road, and broke the ice from the lake all the way.

She used up all the skills she had learned over the years, and she also showed the determination and ruthlessness that she had never had in these years, and she no longer had any scruples to break out, killing one person in ten steps, and not leaving a thousand miles behind.

Everywhere you go, you can see it.

Until His Royal Highness Rentai.

But he stopped at the foot of the long steps of the Rentai Palace.

Along the way, her poison had been exhausted, her physical strength was enormous, her internal organs were empty, her soaked clothes were frozen, and more Jin Wuwei than before stopped her like an endless sea.

She could no longer walk away as she had done before.

The great court meeting has not yet dispersed, at this moment the door of the palace is wide open, on the square, a single order with countless courtiers kneeling, someone is being tortured with a cane, the wooden board hits the body skin one after another The sound is dull, the slightly drooping head is gray and pale, Wen Zhen found that it was Li Xiang.

Shan Ling knelt on the ground in the square, and said in a long voice of grief and indignation: "Your Majesty, don't-"

Wen Zhen's heart skipped a beat and he stood still. At this time, Shan Ling also turned around when he heard the noise, and when he saw Wen Zhen, his eyes lit up, and he said urgently: "Wen Zhen, it's just right!" His Majesty said that Xifan had surrendered, and the imperial court was overstretched to support several battles, so it should give priority to the domestic war, and ordered that from now on, grain, grass and weapons would no longer be transported to Qingzhou, and should be rerouted along the waterway to Hengzhou and Jianzhou......"

Wen Zhen Huo Ran looked up.

Another wave of dead rabbits and dead dogs are cooked, aren't they?

Before, the West Fan soldiers were fierce, and they needed to fight against the West Fans, so the food and grass were smooth and fully supported. Now that Xifan is in decline, he has to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and withdraw grain, grass and reinforcements!

But although Xifan was defeated again and again, the main army did not lose. The current surrender and peace negotiation are very likely to be a delaying tactic, and it is not easy to gather so many troops, and Xifan will not be willing to return home!

And Yan Sui Lin Qing led the troops to fight the front line in Qingzhou, after several major battles, the consumption of grain, grass and ordnance must be large, and it is the middle of winter, the battle is difficult, and it is the time when logistics supplies are needed.

The emperor has calculated that Lin Qing and Yan Sui will definitely work hard, is he going to use them to death, and he will concentrate on dealing with the rebellion of the family without any burden and conscience!

By the way, he can also use Xifan to completely consume Yan Sui's power, so that he can no longer retaliate, right!

Can! Go! You! Mother! Target! Let's do it!

A chamberlain suddenly walked out of the hall, holding a volume of Ming Huang Holy Decree in his hand, and said: "The decree has been given, and the ministers will accept the decree!" ”

With this order, a group of Jin Wuwei rushed to the square, lined up at the edge of the square, and the sound of the clash of armor and weapons was crisp, and some ministers' legs and stomachs began to tremble.

Jin Wuwei was silently approaching, and gradually someone lowered his head and stood up, stepping aside. There were more and more people walking away, and in the end, there were only Shan Ling, Li Xiang, Zhou Qian, and a few young officials from Huzhou.

More Jin Wuwei and the emperor's personal guard, Long Xiangwei, walked over quickly, stopping between Wen Zhen and Shan Ling. The eunuch quickly stepped down the stairs and said, "Da Sikong, take the order." ”

Shan Ling knelt up straight, and said slowly: "Please forgive Your Majesty for being indiscriminate-you can't take your life." ”

A faint voice suddenly came from the hall, and it seemed to be a little curious, "Why?" ”

"Your Majesty, the West is rebellious and untrustworthy, at this moment the peace is just a delaying strategy, once the imperial court withdraws reinforcements and grain and grass, the West is likely to make a comeback, then the border army is lonely, the ice and snow are hard, the dead and wounded will be heavy, please spare the lives of the soldiers!"

"It's just your frightening bird, guessing."

"But Your Majesty, if Xifan really makes a comeback, and the border army lacks food, weapons, and supplies, and can't hold Qingzhou, then Dongtang will lose half of the country!"

"Now half of the East Hall has been threatened! Do you know that this morning's military report, Huzhou fell, the Tang Yi coalition army combined, and Lianke several cities are no more than 100 miles away from Tianjing! If you want to go outside, you must first settle inside, and if you don't accept peace in the west, you have to fight on multiple fronts? Empty consumption of my Dongtang national strength grain and grass, a single order, what kind of heart do you have! ”

The voice was almost roaring later, and even Li Xiang and the others changed color, but the old face of the orange peel was unshaken.

Wen Zhen didn't make a move immediately, he was observing the terrain, and at the same time looking at Shan Ling, he only felt that the teacher's complexion was very bad, his face was blue and gray, his eyes were sunken, and although his expression was stable, his fingers were trembling spasmodically.

The look was vaguely familiar, and she frowned.

"Lao Chen'an is the heart of the country and the people, and the heart of Dongtang for thousands of years!"

"It's a high-sounding thing." In the depths of the hall, the emperor laughed sneeringly, and his voice fluttered, "It's just that you are a thin old firewood, an addict who has been captured by ointment, and you can't even control your own addiction. I'm going to ask you: Did you smoke today? ”

This voice was light and long, but the tone was vicious and fierce, and everyone looked up in shock!

In front of everyone's eyes, the single figure made the back motionless.

Wen Zhen's heart sank.

At the beginning of the Fushou Paste incident, everyone was forced to quit, only a single order, old, was pit by the nephew and couldn't extricate himself after smoking the Fushou Cream, and there was no physical strength and health to insist on quitting, since then she got a license, allowed to continue smoking, she was worried that this thing would harm the teacher's body, and repeatedly persuaded her, but she didn't expect that this paste was really not quitting, and listening to the emperor's tone, it seemed that the addiction was getting heavier and heavier.

A eunuch walked down, holding a small jar, stood in front of the single order, and lifted the lid of the jar.

A peculiar aroma spread, very rich and pure, and the back that had been standing still finally trembled.

He stared at the jar, a loud grunt in his throat, and his thin fingers stretched out subconsciously.

The eunuch looked at it with a smile and handed the jar forward.

shouted loudly: "Old single! ”

As if struck by lightning, his fingers retracted violently and slammed into the ground.

He was on the ground with his hands, gasping slightly.

There seemed to be countless ants crawling, biting, gnawing at his reason and internal organs, and the dense and empty and endless pain made him see that this majestic golden temple was also born with a black ghost, like a mountain of hell pressed down.

He knew he wouldn't last long.

Since a few days ago, his Fushou paste has been broken, and Man Tianjing can't find a can, he has been suffering for several days, and when he supported the court this morning, his clothes were instantly sweaty and couldn't be put on.

The jar with a strange fragrance in front of me is the greatest temptation and the most terrible trap in the world.

After that, he was a walking dead controlled by the imperial power from then on.

If he refuses, he will quickly lose his temper, become incontinent, roll, tear, scream, lose face in front of the ministers, and no longer have any qualifications and positions to lead the ministers to resist the chaos.

No matter which path he takes, it is his dead end.

Jin Wuwei and Long Xiangwei layer after layer, separated in front of Wen Zhen, all wearing masks, staring at her deadly.

Wen Zhen stared at the single order on the other side of the sea of people, and suddenly said, "Teacher, take the order." ”

The ministers turned their heads to look at her even more in shock.

"Take it. This government is in the hands of a tyrant, and it is not something that you can compete with as a powerless minister. You are fighting for this life today, breaking this head, and his will can also be stepped on your body, and countless people are rushing to carry it out for the sake of the future and the future. Wen Zhen said, "Teacher, don't be senseless, take it." ”

Shan Ling raised his head and looked at the majestic hall.

After a while, he smiled slowly.

Reach out your hands and take the porcelain jar that was placed in front of him.

Wen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that it would be difficult for her to break through this heavy army to save the teacher in a short period of time, but she arranged for three taels and two dollars to be nearby, and at the speed of three or two dollars, she should be able to save the teacher.

But the teacher took it himself, so it's fine.

Shan Ling bent down to get the porcelain jar.

Wen Zhen's heart suddenly jumped, and he immediately summoned three taels and two coins, and the silver and blue light came like lightning.

However, it was a slow step after all.

Single-order suddenly hit his head heavily on the porcelain jar!

With a bang, the porcelain jar shattered under his skull, and the Fushou paste flowed all over the ground, and after his head smashed the jar, it slammed on the bluestone ground, and there was a cracking sound, and in an instant, the crimson blood and the dark black Fushou paste blended together, and spread sticky and greasy on the ground.

The square was as silent as death.

Wen Zhen's shout was heartbreaking: "Teacher! ”

The action of three, two, two and two money is like electricity, but after all, it is not as fast as the determination of Da Sikong.

Shan Ling still knelt in a pool of blood, his hands tightly clenched the ground, and hissed with his last strength: "Your Majesty, the old minister quits with death!" ”

"The old minister is still the first courtier!"

"The old minister has been an official for 30 years and has countless protΓ©gΓ©s. In this world, the people all know the surname list! ”

"The founding emperor has a discipline, for the monarch not to force the ministers to die, if there is a death of the admonition, if there is an important minister to die, all the will should be put on hold and discussed!"

"Please take back your order!"

His heart-rending shouts echoed through the empty and crowded square, and the whole world seemed to lose its voice at this moment.

The ministers stared at the black, red, sticky, and fragmented pieces, only to feel chills all over their bodies, and the trembling could not be stopped, and the sky was like a dome, weighing heavily on the skull.

After the heavy armor, Wen Zhen suddenly knelt down.

"Shangshu Ling Wenzhen, in front of Emperor Yongyu." Her voice was very clear, spreading throughout the square, "Your Majesty is in chaos, the minister does not dare to take it, please take back Your Majesty's order!" ”

Everyone looked at her in horror - was she mad?

Emperor Yongyu?!

Li Xiang suddenly sneered and kowtowed.

"Ding Guogong sounded loudly, and he was in front of Emperor Yongyu! Please take back your order! ”

Li Xiang pushed away the eunuch who was executing the court staff, rolled down the torture bench with tears, and climbed to the white marble steps, "Prime Minister Li is definitely not, I am willing to give a second person for death, please ...... His Majesty Yongyu has taken back his life! ”

Zhou Qian paused, "Please take back your majesty's fate!" ”

The young officials kowtowed, their foreheads bloody, "Please take back your majesty!" ”

An official who walked away just now walked back again, covered his face and shoulders and shrugged, and knocked his head down for a while, "Please take back your majesty's order!" ”

More and more people walked back, knelt behind Shan Ling, and in the cold square, looked down at the blood stains of the old minister slowly flowing in front of their knees, thinking of Fang Cai Wenzhen's title, their hearts were like being struck by thunder and lightning, cracking irreparable gaps and finally clarifying the truth.

It turned out that everything was a scam.

It turned out that everyone was turned over and played with in the palm of the hand by the person above the golden temple.

"Please take back your order!"

The crowd gathered more and more, the cries became louder and louder, and the Golden Palace seemed to tremble slightly in the increasingly indignant cries of the courtiers, and the eunuch who delivered the decree had a white face and retreated backwards step by step.

Wen Zhen's voice sounded again.

"Your Majesty, Lin Qing and Yan Sui have been cooked once by your rabbit dead dog. They ignore their past suspicions, and they are still defending Dongtang on the front line, do you want to cook the rabbit and the dog for the second time? ”

"You are so cold, so vicious, can you stand these courtiers who have worked hard for your country, exhausted their efforts for your dynasty, and even wept bitterly for your so-called death?"

"Your white bone throne is cushioned with the blood of Yan Sui and the Lin family's father and son, the blood of Da Sikong, and the blood of Emperor An Cheng and Emperor Yonghei, how much blood do you need from the innocent courtiers in this square to maintain your false brilliance?"

Her voice echoed countless times, rippling with "white bones and white bones".

The ministers looked up at the silent Intai Hall with tearful faces, like watching a heavy snow that suddenly fell but refused to stop.

There is only a single order, and he hangs his head softly.

He saw his withered face in a pool of blood, but at the last moment he smiled comfortingly.

"Back to Your Majesty...... Questioning...... Lao Chen...... Never smoke again......"

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