Chapter 4: The Truth 04
Xuan Nan's body has always been strong, and he has benefited from Binglan's careful care along the way, such as mushy porridge and rice, fishy broth, and clothes that are always unclean. Although the wooden frame on his body could not be dismantled and people could not move, the knife wound on his back was actually half healed. There was one less sickness, and the Xuannan people were also refreshed.
"Lan'er, don't you know that raw meat has to be scalded to boil blood before it can be boiled into soup?" Xuan Nan turned his head, his face full of resistance and didn't want to look at the broth more.
"I said, why is the soup boiled out by Xianyun so thick and white, my soup is so strange......" Bing Lan pursed her lips, turned her head to sort out those light red and light yellow bandages, she couldn't bear it, and said: "It takes ...... to wash the fabric."
"I'm here to send my own coachman, but I didn't bring pancre......as," Bing Lan said displeased.
Xuan Nan couldn't help laughing: "Eh, you usually use seven plates and eight bowls to eat a cup of tea, but now who is the five fingers that don't touch the spring water?" Only a lady like you would use it to wash bandages. When washing gauze in the future, put some soap powder to rub it clean. ”
"The doctor said, what looks clean may not be really clean! I've been soaking in salt water for half an hour, boiling in a pot for another hour, and drying it before giving it to you. They just don't look new, they're actually clean! Ice Blue retorted.
"Good, good, there's always a reason for you!" Xuan Nan shook his head helplessly.
"I can't imagine that you have been raised with gold and jade since you were a child, and you actually understand these things." Bing Lan couldn't help but sigh.
"When I was very young, I lived a very hard life. The queen mother was framed by her father and other women, and I and Ah Dong were locked up with the queen mother, and the palace people climbed high and low, leaving us short of food and clothing. Several times, if it weren't for the secret help of Concubine Shu, who asked the second brother to come in through the dog hole to bring us food and charcoal, I am afraid that I and Ah Dong would not survive. I don't know where he is now......" Xuan Nan's eyes moistened as he said.
Sometimes, Binglan feels that he sometimes looks like a teenager who doesn't know the world, and he always doesn't figure out his daughter's thoughts, so angry that she can't say a word for a long time. Sometimes there is an old man who has gone through vicissitudes.
She hugged him and said, "I can't imagine that you have ever lived such a life." Anan, I remembered something. ”
"What's the matter?"
"The colonel who was taking care of Zilu at the time told me that Zilu's wounds had healed well, and they were all scabbed and he could get out of bed. But then, his wound suddenly began to fester, and he finally fell ill. Moreover, before Sun Zhou died, I asked him if he knew that Zilu knew the secret that he was going to betray and sacrifice the city, so he killed him. He said it wasn't all him. ”
"What else did you say?"
"No more. Anan, I really can't figure out what's going on? It makes sense that Sun Zhou wanted to kill Zilu, but how did Sun Zhou know that Zilu had evidence that he had defected to the enemy? Even Zilu himself didn't know what was written on that handkerchief......"
"Lan'er, if Zilu was killed, I will definitely seek justice for him."
Thirty miles away from Bianliang, the ice blue lifted the curtain, and saw the carriages and horses of many wealthy families coming from the opposite side, carrying furniture and luggage and a team of domestic servants.
However, as soon as they saw Xuan Nan's frame of the Son of Heaven and the mighty army, they were so shocked that they forgot to salute and pay respects.
Bing Lan jumped out of the car and asked, "Where are you from?" Why don't you meet Your Majesty?"
was grabbed by Bing Lan and asked, the housekeeper who led the car was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground, and said in a daze: "The villain belongs to General Xuanwu's Gao family." ”
"My lord, dare to ask...... Is Your Majesty sitting in this car? The little butler pointed at Huang Yilu and asked in a low voice.
At this time, Xuan Nan put on a crown robe, lifted the curtain, poked his head out and said, "Exactly." ”
The butler who was driving the car knelt on his knees and cried: "It turns out that Your Majesty is back!" Your Majesty is back! ”
As he howled, the ladies in the car also hurriedly got out of the car, and hundreds of people knelt on the side of the road and cried: "God bless Da Chu, Your Majesty is back!"
The army was startled by the formation, and stood in place, staring at the people in a daze.
"Why did you leave Bianliang?" Ice Blue asked the housekeeper.
"Everybody says ...... It is possible that His Majesty Hokuka...... I'm afraid that the Jing'an Rebellion will reappear again, so everyone who can run is ...... Ran. The butler replied.
Then, Qiu Tie commanded the opposing carriages and horses to spread out on both sides, leaving a path in the middle for the frame of the Son of Heaven to move forward. The chariots and horses of the rest of the dignitaries also turned around and followed them.
In Bianliang City, Wang Xuandong, the superintendent of Liang, ordered the soldiers guarding the city to close the city gate, and he wore military uniforms and set up a high platform at the city gate, accompanied by Wang Xie Erxiang and Yin Tangao of Jingzhao Mansion, and shouted to the people who went out of the city with their bags on their backs: "Don't panic, this king has received a letter from Your Majesty, our army has broken out of the encirclement, although Your Majesty was wounded, he was not captured, let alone died." Those are all rumors, don't listen to them! Let's go back! There are millions of male soldiers on the border of Great Chu, and the Mongols will not be able to enter Bianliang City!"
"Where's the handwriting?" Someone in the crowd questioned.
The so-called handwritten book is just a note from the flying pigeon, which is stamped with Xuan Nan's seal. The above only hastily mentioned the casualties of the enemy and us, and asked him to quickly send the imperial doctor to the river to rectify the wounded. However, Xuan Dong didn't take it with him when he went out.
"This king has never taken it with him!" Xuan Dong replied.
How can such a reason be convincing, and then some people continue to question: "Those dignitaries and nobles are gone, why don't you let us go!"
Xuan Dong was speechless, and when the dignitaries in the city left at the beginning, he didn't care. Later, more and more people went out of the city, and he felt serious, and at this moment, in the face of such doubts, he didn't know how to answer.
"His Royal Highness King Liang, in the Jing'an Rebellion that year, millions of people were taken captive by the Jin people and went north, and the two saints were among them, so why don't we be afraid!"
"Your Highness, if the Tartars really come, it will be too late. If you go with us, you won't be leaderless!"
Seeing that Xuandong hesitated and didn't answer, Xie Xiang's emotions became more and more angry, and he immediately shouted: "Someone! Arrest these people who spread rumors, confuse the public, and curse His Majesty!" With that, the patrol battalion began to arrest people, and the crowd was in a mess, with cries and crumbling sounds coming and going.
At this moment, there was a loud rumbling in the city, like the explosion of artillery, and then the houses on the east side of Bianliang burst into flames.
"It's the Tartars attacking!" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.
The people would rather believe it than ignore the sharp swords and scimitars in the hands of the soldiers, and rushed up, and for a time stones and bricks flew towards the soldiers defending the city. Like frightened birds, the people rushed open the gates of the city and trampled to death.
When the crowd rushed open the city gate, everyone stood in place in shock, the car of the Son of Heaven seemed to fall from the sky, Xuan Nan was dressed in a crown robe, and the car sat in the car.
Xuandong hurriedly knelt in front of the frame of the Son of Heaven and bowed loudly: "Minister Wei Xuandong greets Your Majesty, may Your Majesty bow in peace." ”
Then Wang Xie Tang and the three of them hurriedly knelt behind Xuan Dong and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live!"
Only then did everyone kneel on the side of the road and buckle their heads and say, "Long live my emperor, long live!"
Xuan Nan looked at the black smoke in the distance and the ashen faces of the people nearby, just now it was clear that someone was deliberately causing panic, and now this fire is also strange, isn't it that all of this is controlled by someone behind the scenes. I didn't have time to think deeply at the moment, and said to Yin Tangle of Jingzhao Mansion: "Patrol the battalion and go to fight the fire!" Martial law is imposed in the city, and those who are not ordered are not allowed to go out without permission!
"Obey." Donle Road.
It was night, and the fire that had been burning for a day and a night was extinguished, and the cause of the fire was a fire in a private gun room, which is why there was such a loud explosion in the sky. The fire engulfed many houses and killed and injured more than 1,000 people.
Among them is the mansion of Wu Yue, the proton of the king of Pingxi, a charred corpse was carried to Xuan Nan's eyes, and traces of a dark green python robe could still be seen on the charred corpse. However, the owner of the corpse was a sixty-year-old man.
At the same time, Qiu Tie immediately began to interrogate Hu Dugu, who had been under house arrest, and after his second front tooth was pulled out by Qiu Tie, he vomited a basin of blood and finally told the truth. His uncle was indeed a counselor in the mansion of Jerodah. However, although Yeluda did not like the Mongols' rampant conquest, he still did not dare to surrender to Dachu, and never let him pass on any matter of surrendering to Dachu.
However, a masked man gave him a lot of money and let him get close to King Liang, so it was said. However, Xuan Qi, who lived in the Liang Palace, believed it and recommended him to Xuan Nan.
The ins and outs of all the things, the details are all right, and Xuan Nan tried to use the acceptance of the Khitan surrender to achieve the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun.
I also asked the Khitan slaves that Xuan Dong bought not long ago, and I learned that long before the king of Leshui County entered Yanjing, Mongolia received the news early and wiped out their Yeluda. The entire Yelu family was killed to pieces, and their original slaves were sold and sold, and finally circulated to Xuan Dong.
It can be seen that everything seems to be manipulated by someone wantonly,
He sent someone to find Burigud and said that the Khitan had colluded with the Great Chu to rebel. He also sent someone to Xuan Nan and said that the Khitan wanted to surrender. Just a few words provoked the two countries to fight.
After winning Xuanqi, Burigud's ambition grew, and after listening to Wu Yue's plan, he wanted to lead Xuan Nan to destroy Da Chu in one fell swoop. However, after this confrontation, Břigood understood that the mental means of this young emperor of the Southern Dynasty were not inferior to any of his opponents. And Xuan Nan also realized that if he wanted to recover Yanyun, he could only maintain the current situation with Da Chu's national strength at the moment. If it's not monolithic, it's all empty talk.
Xuan Nan's fingers tapped lightly on the word Wu Yue, and fragments of everything flashed in his mind.
During the Shangyuan Festival, Xuanqi recommended Hudu Valley to him. Then he recommended himself to the Khitan to investigate the situation.
During the Spring Expedition, Song Chu violated discipline and failed the list, and then went to Yihong Courtyard to spend a lot of money to buy Oiran Bailu.
Bing Lan went to the Chongde Mansion to catch the traitor, but ran into Song Chu taking bribes. The Mongolian spy who came to deliver the money confessed the news that the king of Leshui was captured, and it was Song Chu who informed the whereabouts of the king of Leshui in Mongolia.
Soon, the Mongol envoy put forward the condition of returning the king of Leshui.
Next came the Huimeng, then the surprise siege, and then the Sun Zhou Xiancheng......
Then spread rumors in Bianliang that he was captured and that the city between the rivers was broken.
In the end, he was left with a brilliant firework, and a raging fire broke out in the private gun room.
Things are so complex that they can't be controlled by one person alone. But he also achieved his goal. He didn't care about Da Chu, and he didn't care about Mongolia's gains and losses. If he is in chaos in Bianliang, he can take the opportunity to escape.
He may have followed the dignitaries first, or he may have rushed out of the city among the trampled people.
Then go west and go south into Shu. His plan is so deep that he shouldn't be able to catch him anymore.
Thinking of this, Xuan Nan had already finished reading the last word of the closing statement and closed the recital.
Wu Yue, so scheming. With so many complicated links, one wrong step is over. But more than 2,000 lives fell like this. After he returned to Shudi, it meant that it became more difficult to cut the fan.
He sat under the corridor of Weiyang Palace, looked at the inky night outside the window, and called: "Wang Xi......"
Du Zhong stomped to his side with small steps and called softly, "Your Majesty." ”
His voice was as calm as a man, and Xuan Nan looked up at him, it was a face as white and pure as Wang Xi, without a bit of scum, but he was older, about forty years old. Suddenly my heart was not a taste. Wang Xi is no longer there.
"The new Chief, the Yellow Gate? What's your name? Xuan Nan asked.
He nodded and said, "The minion's name is Du Zhong." ”
Xuan Nan observed that his gaze moved away from the fold in his hand and then lowered his head, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know how to read?" ”
Du Zhong nodded.
"I've seen you in the Qinzheng Hall before. How long have you been on an errand in the palace? ”
"Twenty years." Du Zhong replied.
"Twenty years, twenty years......," Xuan Nan muttered, "It's only been ten years since I came to Bianliang, and Wang Xi has been with me for fourteen years......
Xuan Nan looked at the light under the corridor reflected on Du Zhong's face full of ravines and asked, "Aren't you a child?" ”
Du Zhong shook his head and said, "The slave's father turned out to be a teacher, and he was arrested by the Jin people in the palace when he was fifteen years old. ”
Xuan Nan listened to the few words to express the sadness of a well-off family in the troubled times, and said guiltily: "Meat eaters despise you, hurt you like this." It is said that the root cause of these things is my ancestors......"
"The minions don't dare." Du Zhong fell to his knees, his head pressed against the ground, and he didn't dare to get up.
Xuan Nan wanted to help, but he was injured, and asked again, "Is your family still there?" ”
Du Zhong's eyes were wet, and he was silent for a long time, and finally swallowed the sourness in his throat and said, "It's all gone." ”