Chapter 190: Wen Yuan's Death
Nan Yinglin played with her for a few days, until Heyuan was tired of watching. He didn't know why he had to play with her, he always put the government aside and didn't think about it, it always sounded like a classic case of a plaything, but he couldn't restrain himself from repeating the mistakes of the past.
Sometimes he sat on the side, watching her boldly stroke the white crane's feathers, and the bright smile made him feel as if the whole world had melted away with her bright smile. In her world, there is no pain, no sorrow, as if everything is just good.
He liked this illusory world too much to get out of it.
But he had to get out of it again, because after that, he received a military report from the capital quickly: Xu Yongchang was ready to move south, and I heard that he had recently won a young heroic general, what was Qiu Luan.
Nan Yinglin had never heard of this name, but learned from the battle report that Xu Yongchang was extremely fond of this general, and this person suddenly appeared and became Xu Yongchang's most powerful assistant. In this southward crusade, Xu Bu played the banner of clearing the source and returning to orthodoxy, and encouraged the people of the world to respond. This General Qiu Luan is the adjutant general of this expeditionary army.
Qiu Luan, Qiu Luan, Qiu Luan!
Nan Yinglin chanted this name repeatedly, why had this person never heard of it? He searched all the dry intestines, and asked Shen Yunzhen to inquire about Concubine Su De, but the result of his inquiry was that neither the Su family nor the Xu family had ever heard of this person at all.
This name is not good, Qiu Luan, it is to ask for Luan, and it is clear that he is coming for his throne.
However, fortunately, he had sent Luo Ru to lead the army north to fight a decisive battle with Xu Yongchang, and Luo Ru's banner was also very strong: to protect the emperor and destroy the rebellion.
I don't know who will lose and who will win when these two tigers fight, and he has no bottom in his heart.
Shen Yunzhen no longer comes to him to have fun these days, and even the medicine that should be taken every day is only sent to Qingluo to bring it to him.
He walked to the Changlin Pavilion where Shen Yunzhen lived several times, and heard the laughter of women and children inside through the wall, so he stopped again, as if it was a paradise inside. He didn't dare to go in, for fear that he would be gloomy and disrupt their playfulness.
More than half a month later, he was leaning on the Luohan bed in Luling Pavilion with his eyes closed and taking a nap, a purple gold Boshan furnace was quietly resting beside him, and Shen Yunzhen's improved soothing incense was placed inside, and a few herbs were added to it, the taste was a little bitter, but it was extremely hypnotic.
When he woke up, he saw an unopened military newspaper quietly placed on the table next to him, the door of the palace was not closed, and he could see the scorching sun outside, and the civil officials who followed him knelt down in the dark.
Nan Yinglin was startled by this scene, and suddenly became alert, he grabbed the military newspaper and looked at it. There were a few short sentences written in it: Luo Ru's army went to the front line and immediately joined Xu Yongchang's troops, and now Luo Ru has led his troops to surrender to the rebels. The rebels still respected Xu Qiu and the two leaders, waved their troops south, and went straight to Kyoto.
He looked at the courtiers kneeling outside the door in a panic, and only felt a breath of resentment in his heart. He looked at the courtiers with resentment, as if they were just a bunch of stone statues with their heads bowed.
"What about Changxinhou? What about Master Su? Tell the two of them to hurry to the palace! He shouted angrily.
Wen Yuan's injuries have improved a lot, although he shouldn't walk yet, but the matter is urgent, and he has to come with his sick body.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has a ...... word"
"You're here to see my jokes, aren't you?" Nan Yinglin suddenly interrupted without waiting for him to speak.
Wen Yuan chuckled in his heart, raised his head in confusion, and Nan Yinglin was staring at him with a tiger-wolf-like expression. Wen Yuan, who looked at him, was cold, and he regretted a little that he had forced himself over, and he should have been lying on the bed.
It was he who was too anxious and thoughtful, the emperor mobilized Luo Ru to respond to the enemy because he did not listen to his advice, and now Luo Ru is rebellious, the emperor is ashamed and embarrassed, no matter what famous words he puts forward to save the country and save the people, it will only make the emperor angry.
"Weichen doesn't dare!"
Wen Yuan shouted, and he slammed his head on the ground, leaving a red wound on his forehead.
"Although Weichen lingers on the sickbed, he is thinking about the emperor all the time." He said: "Now that Luo Ru has rebelled, the imperial court should quickly dispatch troops to the front line, or they can be kept out of the Beijing Division." ”
"Conscription?" Nan Yinglin sneered: "Haven't you always opposed my conscription? ”
Wen Yuan was stunned, he opposed conscription before because the war had not yet expanded to the point where it was necessary to fight. Now that Xu Yongchang and Luo Ru's army has been merged into one, the force is huge, if they don't resist again, I am afraid they will fall to the point where the soldiers are coming to the city.
"At the beginning, Changxin Hou and they were all anti-war, and you were the only one who supported me, what did you say at the time?" Nan Yinglin stared at him fiercely.
Wen Yuan was panicked and didn't know how to defend himself.
Perhaps he was wrong from the beginning, he trusted his master too much, he thought that his master would have some certainty of victory. But later facts proved that Nan Yinglin fought this battle emotionally at all.
What has happened, Wen Yuan is powerless to change, he just wants to try to stop the loss, so he advises openly and secretly, but the emperor refuses to listen? Now that things are like this, what he says and does, in Nan Yinglin's eyes, he is all wrong.
"You were the main battler at the beginning, and now it's you who are the main peace, are you playing me like a monkey?" Nan Yinglin was on the kang table with one hand, and his thigh with the other, and he slapped it twice on his leg: "I knew that there were traitors in the court, and the country was not at peace, I was blind, and I actually left a capricious villain like you by my side, and let you point fingers at my national affairs!" What a mistake! ”
Wen Yuan slammed his head on the ground and shouted: "Weichen should die, Weichen doesn't dare!" ”
Nan Yinglin sneered: "You were originally just a little eunuch, I have always trusted you, promoted you to a close attendant all the way, and allowed you to discuss countermeasures by your side." Now it seems that I misjudged your talent and mistrusted mediocrity. ”
Wen Yuan knelt for a long time, feeling that his head was a little dizzy, and there was a piercing pain in the back of his thigh, and he felt a little damp, presumably because the wound had cracked and was bleeding and wetting his trousers.
"The Emperor's ......"
Nan Yinglin let out a long sigh, supported his head with one hand, and swayed weakly twice with the other: "Drag me out." ”
"Your Majesty!" Wen Yuan looked at him in shock: "Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged, and the emperor spares his life!" ”
Nan Yinglin glanced at him angrily, Wen Yuan was startled by this look, and suddenly closed his mouth.
He already understood what the emperor meant, in this game, the emperor had already lost and lost miserably, but he was the emperor, the honor of the Ninety-Five, and the newly promoted ruler of the Manchu Dynasty. How can such a character be wrong?
There must be an initiator, but it can never be the emperor, if not the emperor, then him! Otherwise, who else will carry the black pot?
Wen Yuan's legs went limp, and he was dragged by the two eunuchs.
"Wronged, wronged......" he muttered to himself.
There has to be someone to condemn the sin, it's him, it has to be him, it can only be him!
Wen Yuan's body was weak, and the two eunuchs dragged it hard. They had been walking for an unknown amount of time, but they were suddenly blocked in their way and stopped.
"What's going on?" A soft female voice asked.
Wen Yuan could hear Shen Yunzhen's voice, and suddenly opened his eyes. Shen Yunzhen stood on the side of his head, and he saw that she was reversed.
"The emperor said that Lord Wen is a traitor and wants to be dragged out to deal with it." A eunuch whispered.
Shen Yun really looked at him gently: "Lord Wen has been with the emperor for so many years, how can he be a traitor?" ”
Wen Yuan swallowed and did not speak.
"Are you a traitor?" She asked.
Wen Yuan could hear the mocking tone in her words, so he sneered: "Not before, but since I met Concubine Chen, I, Wen Yuan, have been traitors." ”
Shen Yunzhen smiled slightly: "You understand." ”
Wen Yuan sighed sadly, and asked again: "Concubine Chen, why do you hate me so much, you must sow discord in front of the emperor?" Is it because I kidnapped you when you escaped from the palace? ”
"Sow discord?" Shen Yunzhen hid her smile and smiled: "I didn't sow discord?" I'm just telling your emperor about what you did. ”
Wen Yuan snorted disappreciatively, and heard her say again: "As for you saying that I hate you," she paused and lowered her voice: "I do hate you, but it's not because of any kidnapping." ”
Shen Yunzhen put away her smile and lowered her eyes: "That time in the woods, someone shot Jing Pei with a poisoned arrow. I guess that was an ambush you had prepared in advance, right? Based on what you know about me, you should have guessed that I would run away, and you should have guessed that Jing Pei would come to my rescue. Therefore, you deliberately asked people to ambush there, preparing to kill Jing Pei with poisoned arrows. Am I right? ”
Wen Yuan smiled heartily, a little resolute, and even a little grunted.
"Concubine Chen, I think you should be my Wenyuan's biggest opponent in this life."
"It's a pity that you don't have a chance to turn the tables back." Shen Yunzhen looked at him indifferently: "How does it feel to die in his hands?" You've been loyal to him all your life, only to be pushed out by him as a scapegoat, this must be more sad than eating a fly, right? ”
"I'm not going to die at his hands." Wen Yuan said word by word: "My life is only left to myself." ”
As he spoke, a fierce color suddenly shot out of his eyes. He heard a pop, and a thick stream of blood suddenly gushed out of his mouth, and a blood-stained ball of flesh slipped from his mouth.
She looked down and saw that he had killed himself by biting his tongue.
Wen Yuan stared at her, staring at her until his head slowly lowered.
Shen Yunzhen's gaze turned to the two eunuchs: "This palace has already remembered the two of you, if today's conversation spreads, this palace will want your lives." ”
Both eunuchs screamed, but soon regained their composure. They have been eunuchs since they were young, and they know the truth of being wise and protecting themselves, not saying or listening. They all nodded in agreement, and dragged Wen Yuan as always, towards the outside of the palace.
In the long alleyway, the golden sunlight was swaying arbitrarily, Shen Yunzhen lowered his head and saw that there was a red line on the blue brick ground, which was stretching intermittently into the distance.