In June 530 AD, Wan Qian Chou Nu had no choice but to give up Pingting (now Jingchuanbei, Gansu), wanted to return to Gaoping, and was caught up by the Erzhu Tianguang Department He Bayue led a light cavalry, the two sides fought for a whole day and night, and the next day Wan Qian Chou Nu was defeated in Pingliang Changpingkeng (northeast of Pingliang City, Gansu Province, on the bank of the Red River) and was captured. Ding Mao Erzhu Tianguang's army marched into Gaoping, Xiao Baoyin knew that he was powerless to resist, and led his subordinates to open the city gate and surrender, and soon they were escorted by Erzhu Tianguang to the capital Luoyang and handed over to Yuan Ziyou for disposal.

Yuan Ziyou issued an edict to detain the two of them by the big tree outside the Luqi Gate, and let the people of Luoyang watch for three days, which was extremely humiliating. Wan Qian is an ugly slave, and he is not from a high background, so he doesn't care. Occasionally, I saw a good-looking young woman in the crowd and teased a few words, looking like a scoundrel, which provoked the people to throw, and smashed her head and broke the blood, and she didn't care. He was a dying man, and he laughed wildly to show his arrogance, and even the soldiers on guard didn't bother to pay attention to him, and when he was really angry, he smacked him twice and turned his head to continue drinking, and the people insulted and beat him.

And Xiao Baochun maintained the arrogance of the royal family, always holding his head high and looking into the distance calmly, he was looking in the direction of Liang Guo. At this time, he missed his hometown very much, but there was no hope of recovering in this life, his eyes gradually became scattered, and the pathos of unfulfilled ambition filled his heart, and the noise around him had nothing to do with him.

Even Fu Zhi, who was about to go to assassinate him, couldn't help but admire his feelings, but how could he let go of the revenge of destroying the door, Ying'e knew that she couldn't stop her, so she had already set up the guards, and just turned a blind eye to her arrival. She slowly approached Xiao Baokun, lifted her veil, her eyes were full of murder and hatred, "Xiao Baokun, I didn't expect you to have today, now do you regret taking Chang'an as Jiankang by mistake, and in the end it will be a dream after all?" When you killed Zhongliang, did you ever think about the fate of today? ”

Xiao Baochun retracted his ethereal thoughts, looked carefully at the veiled and thin woman in front of him, and heard the coldness in her tone, "Does this girl know Xiao?" Or does the girl's family know Xiao? Listening to the girl's words, it seems that she came to me Xiao for revenge. ”

Fu Zhi slowly lifted the veil, allowing Xiao Baochun to see his face clearly, "Seeing this face of mine, does it remind you of someone?" ”

Xiao Baochun shook his head slowly, "Forgive me for Xiao's clumsiness, although I think the girl's eyebrows and eyes are a little familiar, but I don't seem to have seen the girl." ”

Fu Zhi put down his veil and said angrily, "You seem to have really done too much evil, and you can't even remember yourself, I just ask you, do you remember the Yin Pan Yi Pavilion?" I didn't want to say much to you when you killed people and seized things, but that set of books was written by others with painstaking efforts, and I just want to pass them on to the people and benefit the common people, not to become a bedside plaything for people like you. ”

"Girl, since you mentioned the Yin Pan Pavilion in the Yin Pan Pavilion , Xiao finally thought that he and the girl were old friends. I already know the girl's origin, and I think the girl has found a backer, so she can face Xiao face to face at this moment, and the guards around her are deaf. Miss Li, Xiao regretted this matter, she was really bewitched by others, her mind was blinded, and she killed Master Li by mistake. But please believe that I, Xiao, didn't take the books to enjoy alone, but didn't want the pearl to be dusty. At the foot of Yinpan Mountain, Xiao repaired a tomb for Lord Li, and buried it with books, if the girl believed my Xiao's dying words, she could send someone to check it out. As for Xiao's life, now there is no need for the girl to do it herself, even if the girl has already taken care of the top and bottom, and the guards do not stop it, the girl can easily take my life, but it stains the girl's hands, why bother? Xiao was destined to die early, but he just wanted to hand over this crime of treason, which could not fulfill the hatred of the ministers, to the emperor's holy will to adjudicate and atone for his sin. The emperor sentenced me Xiao to parade through the streets, and asked the girl to fulfill Xiao's last three days of self-reflection. The girl can rest assured that the day of the public display will be over, and it will be the time when Xiao will die, and Xiao can guarantee it. ”

Xiao Baochu's words actually made Fu Zhi dispel the intention of assassination, she looked at this enemy who destroyed the door, and suddenly admired him for dying at this time, "Okay, if you are not dead in three days, I will come to take your life again, you know you can't escape." ”

Xiao Baochun smiled bitterly, "Okay, thank you girl for your success." ”

After Fu Zhi finished speaking, he went back to the palace and told Ying'e about the matter, and Ying'e promised her a leave of absence and let her go to the Yin Pan. According to the location described by Xiao Baochu, Fuzhi really found his grandfather's grave, and found the entire "Water Scripture Note" inside.

At this time, Xiao Baokun's old friends in the court, Li Shenjun, the secretary of the ministry, and Gao Daomu, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, remembered the old relationship and specially asked the guards to take care of them, so Xiao Baochun did not suffer any grievances and got the respect he deserved. Li Shenjun and Gao Daomu in order to save his life, three or four times to Xiao Baochun's rebellion, the incident happened during the reign of Empress Dowager Hu, it was the previous dynasty that rebelled against him, and now Yuan Ziyou is in power like a clear sky, he is willing to return to obedience, and ask Yuan Ziyou to open the net to avoid his death.

Yuan Zi Youben also respects Xiao Baokun's character, and Yuan Yu's persuasion has the heart to spare his life. Just as he was about to make an order, unexpectedly, Ning Yuan's general Wang Daoxi heard that Yuan Ziyou had a sense of forgiveness, so he petitioned, "The minister heard that Li Shangshu and Gao Huangmen repeatedly told the emperor to save Xiao Baochun's life, and asked the emperor to forgive him on the grounds that Xiao Baochun was rebellious in the previous dynasty. Weichen wanted to say that he was defeated in Chang'an and surrendered to Wan Qian Ugly Slave as a Taifu, isn't it a matter of the dynasty? Since he dared to do such a rebellious thing, then now that the army is defeated and he continues to quibble in a vain attempt to save his life, the emperor, if the thieves and ministers are not removed, how can I keep the law and order? ”

Yuan Ziyou felt that what Wang Daoxi said was reasonable, and Yuan Hui asked to kill Xiao Baochun at this time to establish his authority, kill chickens and monkeys, and show the world the fate of rebellion. This sentence made Yuan Ziyou make up his mind, and ordered that three days later, Wan Qian Chounu would be beheaded in the bazaar, and Xiao Baochun would die in the camel cow office to which Taifu Temple belonged.

On the day the decree was issued, Xiao Baochun kowtowed in the direction of the palace, thanking Yuan Ziyu for preserving the last royal dignity for him.

The night before his execution, Li Shenjun petitioned Yuan Ziyou to see off Xiao Baochu, and Yuan Ziyou saw that he was earnest, so he allowed him to bring wine to the Camel and Ox Department to catch up with Baochun. When Li Shenjun saw him, he couldn't help but burst into tears, beating his chest and lamenting why he rebelled against the court, and blamed himself for not being able to protect him. Xiao Baokun's face was calm, he had already decided to die calmly before agreeing to Fuzhi, and he bowed to the ground to thank Li Shenjun for saving his wife and children from crime. He sighed and sighed, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty about Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke's old affection, and deeply regretted that he couldn't be loyal to the festival of being a minister to the death, and he actually listened to slander and made his name unable to be preserved.

Later, Gao Daomu brought his wife, Princess Nanyang and their children to say goodbye, and the husband and wife have always respected each other and loved each other. Now that life and death are parting, the eldest princess can't wait to go with him, crying extremely sadly, and the children can't cry.

Xiao Baochun saw his beloved wife like this, just comforted a few words, gave his hand to the two old friends to take care of him, turned around and picked up the poisonous wine on the table, and drank it all with a calm face, he was only 47 years old at this time.

After hearing about it, Ying'e also sighed that he was resolute, and specially allowed Fuzhi to leave the palace to go to Yongning Temple to pay tribute to Li Daoyuan and comfort the souls of the dead.

With the death of Wan Qian Chounu and Xiao Baokun, the chaotic Guanzhong has been calmed down, and Yuan Ziyou began to plot to assassinate Er Zhurong, and the secret letter forged by Er Zhu Shilong was also sent to Er Zhurong. Er Zhurong looked at the secret letter, sneered three times, tore the letter to pieces, and said to Er Zhuzhao, Gao Huan, Murong Shaozong, Yang Zhong, etc., "Shilong said that there was a secret letter shot at the door of his mansion, saying that the emperor wants to kill this king, are you credible?" ”

Gao Huan glanced at the disdain on Er Zhurong's face, and then looked at Murong Shaozong's lowness, and saw that Er Zhu Zhao wanted to speak and stopped, scratching his ears and cheeks, and felt funny in his heart. Lou Zhaojun entered the palace several times, although he only went to visit Ying'e directly, but from Yuan Ziyou's attitude towards Ying'e, he had already guessed that it was only a matter of time before he took action against Yuan Ziyou. He couldn't help but begin to admire Yuan Ziyou's forbearance and waiting, and his forbearance made Er Zhurong lose his vigilance against him; His waiting prompted him to repair politics step by step, take care of his own wrongs, and win over the courtiers. Now that the four seas are calm, it is reasonable for Yuan Ziyou to want to rise up and strike a blow, he has seen it thoroughly, Murong Shaozong has not seen it more thoroughly, but Murong Shaozong chose not to say a word, how could he say, since Er Zhu Zhao can suppress his temperament for fear of angering Er Zhurong's self-confident heart, he chose to step forward and said, "The last general thinks that the hussar general is cautious, and he is loyal to the Tianzhu general, so he will come to tell you if you have this secret letter, as for the groundless wind, it may not be without a cause, but as today, General Zhu has a heavy army, I don't dare to make a mistake if I want the emperor. ”

Murong Shaozong glanced at Gao Huan, but still didn't say a word, Er Zhu Zhao saw that Gao Huan had already spoken, jumped out and said, "How dare that childish child compete with your uncle, want to hit a stone with an egg, and bring about his own destruction?" The nephew will take Yuwentai and Yang Zhong to take Luoyang tomorrow, and the uncle will go to sit on the throne, and the province will listen to the little emperor's crooked thoughts every day. ”

Murong Shaozong only spoke at this time, "General Tianzhu, his subordinates think it is impossible, now that the four seas are settled, it is the time when General Tianzhu is enveloping the hearts of the people, if Luoyang is captured at this time and the emperor is deposed, the people will definitely be boiling with public resentment, and the trend of peace cannot be stabilized." The subordinates thought that although it was a word, it was better to be cautious and inquire carefully. Once it is confirmed that the emperor has made a move, it is a good policy to go straight to Luoyang to force him to abdicate at that time. At this time, I am afraid that it is too early to act, but it will be realized. ”

Er Zhurong pondered carefully, "What General Murong said is reasonable, but this king recently regrets that he didn't listen to you that day, and the things in Heyin have been done too much, and now he makes it difficult for him to ride a tiger, and he actually lets that yellow-mouthed child handle it." For example, today's pacification is the work of this king, and the little emperor actually blocked me with words and did not give the gift of nine tin, which is to deny the merits of this king. ”

"Uncle is wrong, I think that the former Empress Dowager Hu was promiscuous and extravagant, and the government was chaotic, but my uncle was setting things right and purging the dynasty. It's just that the people of the world are blind, and where do the sparrows know the thoughts of the birds. Speaking of this, Er Zhuzhao looked at the others and pursed his lips and smiled, knowing that he had said the wrong sentence again, so he made up for himself, "Anyway, you all know what I mean, whoever learns the words of the Han people can directly say that the little bird is far farther than the big bird." ”

"Let you usually read more books, even if you are literate or lead troops to fight, you can't read a hundred big characters, and it is difficult for you to still say the words of the bird's ambition. Okay, don't talk about this, Gao Huan, what is the whereabouts of Gao Qian, who this king ordered you to find? ”

"Back to General Tianzhu, Gao Qian's whereabouts have been raised, and his subordinates are arranging for Yang Zhong to go to search for him, and if he finds anything, he will inform you." Gao Huan replied.

Er Zhurong glanced at Gao Huan meaningfully, "You do things, this king is still relieved, it's just that your wife has just given birth, and you left her alone in Luoyang, don't you worry?" ”

Gao Huan's expression changed slightly, and he quickly calmed down, "Okay, the inner family has Sima Ziru's brother to take care of in Luoyang, and the queen has sent people to visit several times, and there are countless rewards for delicacies, and the queen and General Tianzhu have been sheltered, and they are very comfortable." And when the eldest husband fights on the battlefield, makes meritorious contributions, and often exhorts the last general to follow the general of Tianzhu, so the last general has no concern. ”

"Hahaha, look, this king just cared about it, he waited for this king with this big string of truths, knowing that you are loyal, since this is the case, after this party is rectified and settled, accompany this king back to Luoyang together." Er Zhurong touched his beard and laughed, but a trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes, "Okay, you all go down first." Zhao'er, you stay. ”

After everyone retreated, Er Zhurong looked at Er Zhu Zhao for a long time, "Have you inquired about Rong Hua's affairs clearly?" ”

Er Zhuzhao replied, "My nephew has inquired clearly, she is the glamorous appearance of the year, and dancing by the Yellow River is sure that it is her." It was Murong Shaozong who wanted to collect beauties and send them to Yuanyong's mansion back then, although his nephew was a companion, but he didn't see him, and his uncle was busy with the war, so he also trusted him very much, and handed it over to him to deal with. It was her nephew who sent her into the Yuanyong Mansion, and she never saw her true face. A few days ago, if she hadn't caught Yuan Dan by chance, she would still be kept in the dark, but it turned out that she was taken back by the emperor again, and she also danced in the Yellow River to sabotage the big event of her uncle's gold caster. As for how she got into Gao Huan's hands, I think her uncle already knew it, and they joined forces to put eyeliner on her uncle. These two people really deserve to be killed, Gu Ronghua, and they deserve to be killed if they are not glamorous. ”

Er Zhurong's eyes were fierce, but a trace of tenderness flashed, "You don't have to worry about the rest, take care of the two of them, if they are related, kill them directly." ”

"My nephew obeys."

That night, Zhu Rong stayed awake all night, and he recalled the shadow in the flowers on the other side, the woman in red clothes and the fairy Lingbo stretched out her hands and smiled back at him. Er Zhurong couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and called softly, "Zhen'er, she should thank you for letting her live for so long, but it's a pity that she is not you after all." ”