Watching Liu Chang's figure disappear at the gate of the school grounds, the county magistrate couldn't help but laugh miserably: "Now, even if I want to be a beggar, it has become a threatening language." ”

I tried a few times, but I really didn't have the strength to stand up, so I simply sat on the ground, looked at the corpses everywhere, General Liu's corpse was next to it, touched it with my hand, and the temperature, and muttered to myself: "The Great Han Dynasty seems to have been punished by heaven, otherwise how could such a demon descend." ”

"Report !!"

The voice of the police soldier broke the silence of the night sky inside the palace. Outside the palace, all the bell towers and drum towers in Chang'an City, the drums and bells sounded loudly, and the hundreds of officials and ministers changed color, and they were all frightened. Since Li Guangli's last expedition, there has been no war alarm on the border for more than a year, and the war is outside the country, even if the Xiongnu invade, there will be no bells and drums in the palace, what is the urgent happening?

…… Could it be that the ministers looked at each other, and the same question rose in their hearts, but no one dared to raise it.

"What's going on, why are the bells and drums ringing in unison!" The old emperor had just fallen asleep, and when he heard the sound of the alarm, he immediately turned over.

"Report! At about midnight today, the camp of the Northern Army was attacked by an unknown one, the whole army was wiped out, and General Liu died in battle.

Emperor Liu Che, who was still drowsy, suddenly lost all of a sudden, his eyes widened, and he said sharply: "Say it again!" ”

"At about the hour today, the camp of the Northern Army was attacked by an unknown person, the whole army was wiped out, and General Liu was killed in battle!"

"Summoning Guang Luxun and Wei Wei to meet" The old emperor was unusual, his speech was clear, and his expression was majestic, not like an old man at all, but more like a general with a calm look, issuing orders in an orderly manner.

"General Guangluxun Li, General Sima of Weiwei has been ordered outside the palace"

"Xuan"

"General Xuanguang Luxun Li, General Sima of the Guard!" When the two generals came in, the emperor was not yet fully dressed, and the palace maid was helping him tidy up.

Seeing them come in, he pushed away the palace maid who was waiting and walked out.

As soon as the emperor saw the two of them, before they could pay their respects, he asked eagerly, "Say, what's the matter!" ”

"At the end of today's day, an emergency military report came from the Chang'an Order, which said that at the beginning of today's day, there was an unknown person, who claimed to be the leader of the beggar gang, attacked the northern army camp, and slaughtered all the northern army camps, and General Liu also ...... He was also forced to commit suicide. ”

The old emperor frowned, and he didn't remember what the 'beggar gang' was: "The beggar gang? What are the beggars? They captured the city of Chang'an? How did I not know? How many people are there? ”

After all, he is an iron-blooded emperor, although he is old and absurd, he is still calm and comfortable in the face of emergencies, and he does not panic. He also knew what situation the empire was facing, the entire Han Dynasty was full of smoke, and the rebellion of the displaced people was everywhere, and he was not very surprised that there was a gang rebellion. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let go of his dignity and made some kind of accusation, so he asked for details very carefully.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the Chang'an Order...... Just one person. General Guangluxun Li also hesitated and said.

"How many?! How many people did you just say? The old emperor plucked out his ears, thinking that he had misheard, and asked.

"Return, return to Your Majesty, it's not what we said, it's what Chang'an Ling said; And he said, and he said that there was only one. This is his secret report. Guang Luxun hurriedly lifted the secret report above his head with trembling hands.

The old emperor angrily swept over, did not look, but smiled gloomily, looked at the two generals kneeling in front of him, and said:

"Do you think I'm old and confused? Dare to bully the king in person! Or do you want to tease me in the middle of the night? ”

"Chang'an Order" The emperor glared, saw that there was no one left and right behind the two, and said, "What about people?" What is the Chang'an Order? ”

"Return, return to Your Majesty" Both of them were a little sweaty, and replied: "After the Chang'an order is warned, I will go back to the county office, but, it may be that the organization has resisted." ”

"Resistance?! Just one person needs to organize resistance?! Get down! Chang'an ordered to lie about the military situation and be beheaded immediately! Don't do it either, go home and pick up the baby. The old emperor angrily overturned a pile of bamboo slips on the case to the ground and scolded loudly.

"Your Majesty......"

"Get out! Get down!! ”

"Yes—" The two looked at each other, did not dare to quibble, and retreated in embarrassment.

"Rice buckets, a bunch of rice buckets!!" Before the door of the palace was closed, the old emperor's angry curses came from inside.

Hearing the scolding, the two glanced at each other, General Li shook his head and said, "What should I do now?" ”

"What to do! Before the straight thief's head hit the ground, we scolded him well and let out his anger. Fuck, who knows what kind of evil happened to this dog day, what kind of hysteria. Damn, one person destroys an army, and Ge Laozi doesn't believe it. General Sima was also angry and scolded angrily.

"You don't believe you're still reporting? Still pull me? Have I offended you" General Li was even more angry, and he played cat and mouse with his wife and concubine at home, and was pulled by this pig teammate to cushion his back, who to reason with, squinting at the dead horse, full of grievances.

"He is Chang'an Order, do I dare not report it? If you don't believe it, you have to repay it. The Northern Army was slaughtered, do you dare not report it?! If it's true, we'll not only be scolded and dismissed, but we'll lose our heads. Seeing his companion complaining, General Sima hurriedly explained.

"Then you didn't just say that there was only one person?"

"I said there was only one person slaughtering the camp, are you still here?"

"I'll fuck you, I'm not crazy yet."

"Dissipate the gas, dissipate the gas, anyway, the sin is carried by Chang'an Ling, and we are just scolded."

General Sima hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "Why don't you send someone to the Northern Army camp to have a look?" ”

"If you want to go, I won't go! Fools go. General Li angrily shook off a sentence, raised his legs and left.

"If you don't go, I won't go, only fools go."

The two cursed and disappeared into the night.

"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! ”

The next day, the voice of the police soldier once again pierced the night sky. The ministers who had been waiting outside the palace gate since Yin were once again blinded, and the bells and drums rang out last night, not only the citizens, but all the court officials were also frightened like injured sparrows, and even dared not sleep all night. However, after a night of fear, there were no accidents, and it was almost dawn before I fell asleep with peace of mind. And these ministers who are going to the court are even more pitiful, they have to get up and go to the court before they get on the bed, and they don't sleep at all.

Many ministers, who were seizing the time gap before the court, closed their eyes, squinted for a while, and heard the enemy attack siren, so frightened that they didn't even have the last bit of sleep, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what happened.

"Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, Chang'an Order, the emperor urgently summoned. Come with me to see Your Majesty immediately" A eunuch from the yellow door walked out of the side door of the palace, and shouted loudly, regardless of any etiquette.

"Chang'an Order! Chang'an Order!! Huangmen looked around, but didn't find Chang'an Ling's figure, and couldn't help shouting anxiously. And everyone also looked left and right, but did not find Chang'an Ling's figure.

"The Chang'an order is here, let him immediately announce the room to meet him" Huangmen couldn't wait, and he was going to leave after explaining to everyone.

"Father-in-law, father-in-law, what the hell is going on?"

"We don't know what's going on." Huang Men's face was expressionless, and he disappeared into the door hole with the prime minister, the captain, and the imperial envoy.

When the crowd came to the Xuanhuo room, they saw two generals kneeling under the steps, and the sound of crackling and falling things and the angry screams of the old emperor came from the Xuanhuo: "Waste! Rubbish!! ”

Oh? Is the emperor okay? The heart that hung in his throat all the way, heard the emperor's voice, and finally put it back in his stomach. However, as soon as the poor little heart liver returned to its position, it suddenly hung up again, what happened to make His Majesty so angry that even the second division defected to the Huns, and the old emperor did not get so angry.

"Your Majesty, the prime minister, the imperial lieutenant, the imperial envoy and the other princes outside the palace will see you."

Huang Men stood outside the door and cautiously started playing.

"Xuan" The old emperor took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said.

"Your Majesty has a decree, and you will see you."

"The ministers respectfully ask for the Holy Ann" Everyone looked at their noses and noses, and their noses came to the emperor, kneeling down to ask for peace, and they didn't dare to look at the toppled imperial case, broken bottles and cans, and bamboo slips and silk books all over the ground.

The emperor looked at the crowd, did not speak, just waved his hand, and then sat on the throne with a somewhat decadent spirit.

The eunuch Guo Sui of the Yellow Gate hurriedly lay on the ground, rummaged in a hurry, and finally found the silk cloth, and then, carefully holding it in his hand, handed it to Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu.

The prime minister hurriedly unfolded it and watched it with everyone, only to see that it was written:

"The minister and the official Yu wept blood: On the day of Bingyin in October of the first year of the Later Yuan Dynasty, a mysterious person broke into the camp of the Northern Army, and the whole army was slaughtered, and no one was spared. General Liu, the commander of the Northern Army, was forced to commit suicide. ”

"This, this" After everyone watched this extremely irregular recital, the flesh on their faces shook unconsciously. Looking at the emperor, the old emperor was pale, and he didn't dare to ask. I had to look at the eunuch Guo Sui and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

"This is an urgent military report sent by the Chang'an Order last night, and the specific situation, please ask General Guangluxun Li and General Weiwei Sima to tell you." After speaking, after asking the emperor's consent, he summoned the two who were kneeling outside the hall into the main hall.

“…… At the end of today's ugly hour, the palace gate guards are handing over their duties, and according to the past practice, the northern army submits the duty list to the internal guards at this hour. Today's guards found that there was no trace of the service personnel of the Northern Army who had been on duty on time in the past, so they sent someone to take a look. As soon as I entered the camp, I found that there were no living people in the camp, and General Liu also died in the lobby.......

The two generals recounted in detail what happened yesterday and today. As soon as he finished speaking, the sweat on his forehead had already wet the collar.

"Who can be found to have done it?" Taiwei hurriedly asked, although the forbidden army of Chang'an City is not under his jurisdiction, this is his scope of responsibility.

"There was not a single living person in the battalion, not even a wounded."

After the inquiry, no one in the hall spoke, and everyone fell silent, the key is that this matter is too strange and beyond their understanding.

"Your Majesty" the imperial envoy doctor first broke the silence: "Except for the mysterious person, the minister has one thing to understand: none of the northern army is alive, how did the Chang'an Order know, and it is as if he witnessed it with his own eyes?" Also, what did he do when he went to the Northern Army camp? He is the only witness, why is he delayed? ”

The imperial doctor exerted his professional instincts, and although he said that he did not understand anything, he asked three questions in a row, and each question was like a knife.

Yushi's words were like a thunderbolt in the dark, waking up everyone present, including the old emperor, and then he reacted, and the county order was the key person: "Xuan, immediately announce the Chang'an order to meet you!" ”

"Nuo" received the yellow door of the will, left and ran away from the main hall of the Xuan Room.

Just when the eunuch who was ordered to look for Chang'an Ling everywhere and was anxious, Liu Chang was in his father's courtyard, drinking tea. What kind of melon rack, the vegetables and fruits in the field are all in a mess, but fortunately, there are still some pots and pots that are not damaged, some tea leaves have been found, and the small charcoal stove for burning tea is also there, otherwise, he will have no tea to drink.

Liu Chang picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, looked at the person opposite and said, "Lord County Commander, if you don't go back to your county government to summon people to arrest me, what are you doing with me?" Let's say okay first, you painted me too ugly, I won't do it! You see, you can't catch me alone, by the way, I've been calling you as an adult, an adult, and I don't know what your name is? May I ask, what is the surname of the county magistrate? ”

"Shangguan" county commander replied, yesterday, he was indeed frightened, he couldn't stand up for half a day, finally climbed on horseback, originally thought to go directly to the palace to call the police, but his seal letter was not around, without the seal letter, he couldn't enter the palace at all, no way, had to go back to the county government first, that is, back to the county office, his legs kept trembling.

Wait until he finished writing a piece of music, only to react, the upload procedure of the chapter is very cumbersome, and wait until this piece is placed on the imperial case, I don't know when it will be, then I wrote a military newspaper, in the form of a military newspaper into the palace wall, for fear that the military newspaper will also be delayed, this is the death to ring the alarm bell of the whole city.

He had been staying outside the palace gate, waiting for the emperor's summons, but people are not as good as heaven, his military report was not dared to be detained, and it was also transmitted to the emperor, but the emperor didn't believe it!!

The county order was guarding the palace gate until Kuaiyin, and when he was in a hurry, he suddenly remembered that Liu Chang was about to leave, saying that he was waiting for him in the old place outside the city.

An old place out of town? There were three relatively large manors outside the city that had been cleared, so he took two retinues and used the seal of the county order to open the city gate and search for them one by one. It's not that he wants to receive a knighthood for meritorious service, as an elite of officialdom, he knows that if Liu Chang leaves in his hands, and he appears in the court unharmed, he dares to conclude that he will not be the only one who will bear the thunder.

It can be regarded as the emperor's hard work, and when the sky was bright, he finally found Liu Chang, who was still sitting in the courtyard.

"Oh, it's the Lord who is disrespectful."

"The county's compound surname is Shangguan"

"Oh, Lord Shangguan, disrespectful and disrespectful, this surname is good, no matter whether you are an official or not, people will call you Shangguan. You see, what a good yard has been smashed by you. Liu Chang looked at the messy yard and the trampled vegetables and fruits with some distress, which were the fruits of his father's own labor.

"Lord Shangguan, I thought you would come in a few days, but I didn't expect you to come today, I was so surprised by your efficiency. You've brought all my stuff with you? ”

"What's that?" The county commander didn't react for a while, and asked suspiciously.

"You won't forget what I told you last time, will you?" Liu Chang stood up angrily, pointed to the county commander's nose, and shouted loudly.

"I" county commander was speechless, he didn't know how to answer, he hurriedly found Liu Chang, with two purposes, one was to arrest Liu Chang, and the other was to be killed by Liu Chang; Of course, the first goal is to assume that he can't even think about catching this demon; What he wanted to accomplish was the second goal, to die at the hands of this demon, so that his family could escape the catastrophe.

Liu Chang looked at the county order of mourning, and sneered in his heart, but he also slowed down his tone and said: "Okay, let me remind you, 300,000 gold and 800 sweaty horses, and the rest, for your sake, I don't want it." ”

"This, there is nothing the lower officials can do" The county magistrate could only answer truthfully, if it wasn't for the fear of being exterminated by the emperor, he would rather die himself than see this evil star again.

Liu Chang suddenly laughed at the disgraced county order and said:

"I had an idea, I once told my father that one day, our father and son would go to the gate of the palace to ask for food. Now, my father is gone, I want to fulfill my father's last wish, you see if this will work, the two of us go to the gate of the palace together to ask for food, you are responsible for crying, I am responsible for shouting. I want to get what I want, and I have done my filial piety. ”

Seeing Liu Chang's evil smile, the county magistrate couldn't help but feel nervous, and when he heard what he said, he was even more frightened, and he didn't say that the county order wanted food, but also went to the gate of the palace to ask for food, and couldn't help but scold in his heart: "You demon actually said that you have filial piety, your father died, I didn't see you shed a single tear, and you went to ask for food so happily!" ”

"When this is over, you take your Yangguan Road, and I cross my single-plank bridge, and we don't owe each other, how about it?" Liu Chang walked up to the county magistrate, crossed his arms, and said.

"Don't think!" The county commander couldn't help the grievances in his heart, stood up, and roared loudly. Since he became a soldier, although there have been turmoil, he has never been so desperate as he is today, calling the heavens and the earth inspiritual, and being forced to a dead end.

"Then you can go, go back quickly, get my things ready, and I will come to the door to pick them up in three days." Liu Chang turned around and walked back, sat in the same place, and made a gesture to see off the guests.

"You, kill me"

"It's okay, 10,000 gold for a knife. Go back and prepare the money, this young master's knife is not free. ”

"I can't even beg for death, you, you're still not human, and there is no human taste." In the face of Liu Chang, the county order was really helpless, and the two lines of tears flowed involuntarily.

"Are you embarrassed to ask me if I don't have a human taste? You killed my father and my sister-in-law, and the beggars, what about your humanity? I really don't understand, why are you killing beggars? Proof that there were no poor people in the Han Dynasty? Killing all the poor shows that you are well governed? ”