Chapter 3, Longshou Mountain
Immediately, Amaterasu hugged his mother tightly and galloped along the rugged path with the group at night. When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I looked up and saw that the mountain was like a dragon's head, hideous and terrifying in the dark night.
Nangong Qi and others also arrived, and he had already won a battle. There are people from Nangong Qi who lead the way, explain the reason to the people guarding the gate of the village, and without much trouble, Lu Jiuyi, the owner of the cottage, personally went down the mountain to greet him and took everyone up the mountain.
Lu Jiuyi is in his forties, with an angular face, giving people a very warm and bold feeling.
The owner of the village, Lu Jiuyi, placed the prime minister in the abandoned Taoist temple hall, and the others arranged to live in the village on the mountain, but fortunately, the two places were not far apart.
Seeing that the prime minister was seriously injured, Lu Jiuyi invited a cottage doctor to treat the prime minister, a white-haired and thin doctor came, and saw that the prime minister only had a breath out but no intake.
As soon as he heard this, Amaterasu felt as if the sky had collapsed.
Mrs. Wang hugged the prime minister and cried: "How can this be? blame me ..."
Amaterasu knelt in front of the god and wept and prayed for the gods' protection: "God, quickly manifest your spirit and save your father!", he knew that only God could save his father in this world.
Mrs. Wang and others also knelt down in front of the statue and prayed: "The prime minister has done good deeds in his life, worried about the country and the people, quickly appear to save him!" The wooden statue was speechless, and the prime minister kicked his long legs, even though he was reluctant to breathe.
Amaterasu knelt in front of his father and cried silently, hatred sprouted in his heart, and he soon grew stronger, wiped his tears, and shouted in his heart Ouyang Hengtong I will one day kill in front of me and trample you under my feet. Father is the towering mountain in his heart, he collapsed in front of him, clasped his hands tightly, and secretly swore in his heart Ouyang Hengtong All this is caused by you, and I will cut you with a thousand knives in the future.
Ouyang Yubo was defeated and returned, Ouyang Hengtong was furious: "It's all useless, it is ridiculous to escape!" The generals were frightened, the crows were silent, Ouyang Hengtong was angry, counted the number of losses, lost more than 20 generals, more than 4,000 soldiers, and Ouyang Hengtong was even more angry: "Notify all states and counties, set up checkpoints, strictly want, and not let go of a single person." "Arrange all the men and horses, and let them all be arrested, and not one person shall be let go. He sent someone to inform the Queen Mother of the situation overnight.
Ouyang Hengtong took a nap and went to the court.
Above the court, the civil and military are separated on both sides, Ouyang Hengtong stands on the right hand first, and the left hand is the first position of Prime Minister Wen, which is now vacant. Ouyang Hengtong cleared his opponent and couldn't help but show a smile. A few people in General Wen Cheng also knew what was going on, but they didn't show confusion or make a sound. The rest of the people took this opportunity to greet each other as usual, and after a while, the bell chimes rang together, and everyone knew that it was the queen mother and the emperor who came, so they quickly tidied up their already neat clothes and stood up straight.
A group of people came out from behind the screen to guide the queen mother and the emperor to sit on the throne, and the ministers bowed to the ground. After the salute, everyone got up. The queen mother is in her forties, the charm still exists, wearing a golden court dress embroidered with a phoenix, ring beads and jade, the emperor is only an eight-year-old child, wearing a wide golden imperial dress, embroidered with teeth and claws on the chest, a dragon with teeth and claws, and a look that has not woken up.
The Queen Mother looked around and said with a majestic expression: "Wen Angong intended to rebel, his conspiracy was exposed, and he escaped from Kyoto last night and is being arrested." ”
When the people heard this, they were amazed.
Before the Queen Mother could speak, a person stepped forward and said, "I heard that the prime minister is dedicated to the country, and everyone knows it, who would believe it, isn't there..."
Taifu Meng Wenxiu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Situ Yan, Wen Angong's family secretly hid armor soldiers and took in warriors, and the intention of rebellion has been obvious. Meng Wenxiu was dry and thin, and the way he shook his head when he spoke made people laugh.
Situ Yan was furious: "Okay, you Taifu Meng Wenxiu, usually the prime minister has a lot of friendship with you, but now he actually fell into the ground, and his two sons died on the battlefield for the country, who doesn't know? Who doesn't have a martial artist and a family member in the family? This is unconvincing evidence! It is difficult to stop the mouth of everyone in the world." ”
There was a noise among the ministers.
The Queen Mother said sharply: "At this time and that time, people will change." Imagine why he fled overnight if he had no intention of rebelling. ”
Ouyang Hengtong took a step forward: "Yin Situ Yan of Kyoto Prefecture disrespects the Queen Mother, intending to support the traitor. He shouted: "Come on, take him down and take him to the interrogatory." Then a few Praetorian guards came in and caught him.
Situ Yan shouted while struggling: "Queen Mother, you have to keep your eyes open, don't be blinded by the bad guys, the pillar of the prime minister's country, the surrounding strong enemies, without him in charge, other countries will invade at any time, Ouyang Hengtong, an old thief, you will be retributed for framing Zhongliang." ”
Ouyang Hengtong said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm afraid it's you who will be punished first, the loyalty and traitor remain the same, right and wrong are unknown, think about your own way out!" waved his hand at a few Praetorian Guards, signaling to be forcibly dragged away. After dragging Situ Yan away, Ouyang Hengtong adjusted his mood: "Last night, Wen Angong defected overnight and killed four or five thousand soldiers, if there is no intention of rebellion, why is this so." ”
The Queen Mother said with a serious expression: "No one is allowed to intercede for her again, otherwise she will be severely punished." ”
Seeing this situation, how dare everyone come forward to defend Prime Minister Wen, then Ouyang Hengtong and the Queen Mother's brother and sister relationship can only keep their dissatisfaction in their hearts. The emperor was bored for a while and couldn't walk away, so he got up a little early for the court, after all, it was a child who couldn't help but fall asleep on the table, and his saliva flowed on the table.
The Queen Mother paused and looked around and said, "Prime Minister tentatively appoints Meng Wenxiu to act"
Meng Wenxiu knelt forward and bowed down when he heard this, and his voice trembled: "Empress Dowager Xie, I am willing to do my best for the Empress Dowager and serve the court." Meng Wenxiu was excited for a while, his voice was a little louder, and he inadvertently woke up the emperor who was sleeping on the table, and just had a dream, in which he dreamed that he was being chased and killed, and when he seemed to wake up, he shouted: "Bad guy, come and kill me!"
When Meng Wenxiu heard this, he poured cold water on his head, his whole body broke out in a cold sweat, and he kowtowed: "Don't do my business, spare your life ......."
The ministers couldn't bear it, snickering, a few people couldn't hold it back, and laughed, and even the queen mother couldn't help laughing: "My son must have had a nightmare." Meng Wenxiu, please get up and retreat!"
Meng Wenxiu was so embarrassed that he almost found a hole to get into, thinking about winning the position of prime minister, he was still proud, although the position of Taifu was high, he had no real power, and he quickly forgot about the unhappiness just now, and silently turned around and went home to show off.
After everyone dispersed, only Ouyang Hengtong and the Queen Mother conspired here.
The Queen Mother said with a solemn face: "I moved Wen Angong, it's still a little inappropriate to think about it, there is some trouble in the back, most of the military generals of Wenchen treat him as a god." ”
Ouyang Hengtong showed a look of disdain and said: "It is precisely because of this that we have to move, otherwise the threat to us is too great, we must consider the long-term first, its merits are high, and we must clear the obstacles for the little emperor, today's matter can be seen, and there are a few people who dare to stand up for him, most of the civil and military generals will only take care of their own interests, the queen mother can rest assured!"
The Queen Mother was uneasy and asked, "What happened after Wen Angong escaped?"
Ouyang Hengtong Chengzhu said in his chest: "He was seriously injured and couldn't run." It's just that he has a son who is guarding the border and should be cleared as soon as possible. ”
The Queen Mother thought for a while and said, "How will other neighboring countries deal with it when they find out?"
Ouyang Hengtong replied in his chest: "It's okay, I have my own arrangements, I am training five thousand iron horses, and I will be invincible after training, and I am selecting warriors from the people, and I have already dealt with these situations." ”
The Queen Mother got up and said, "Then I'll rest assured, you must handle Wen Angong's matter properly." ”
Ouyang Heng channel: "Don't worry, everything is under my control." ”
Ziyun Dao Chang and the others tossed for a night, and it was already dawn. The head of Ziyun Dao asked Lu Jiuyi, the owner of the village, to arrange for someone to buy coffins and other things, and prepared to simply do a magic thing for the prime minister.
Lu Jiuyi arranged for Jin Feihu, the deputy owner of the village, to personally take people there.
The main hall of the Taoist temple is arranged as a mourning hall, with the sound of music, white clothes like snow, paper flags fluttering, Amaterasu's heart is full of hatred, overflowing with grief and indignation, and he can't help but burst into tears when he thinks of his father's love for him.
In the afternoon, when the funeral was in progress, I suddenly heard a report that Longshou Mountain was surrounded by officers and soldiers. Looking over the mountain, the officers and soldiers spread out in a fan shape, and there were tens of thousands of people.
Longshou Mountain is shaped like a long dragon, stretches for dozens of miles, Longshou Mountain is like the dragon head that is about to fly, this cottage is located on the dragon's head, there is only one way up the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are two passes up and down, the deputy village master Jin Feihu guards the first pass, the Taoist temple hall is located in the second pass, is located on the mountainside, there is a forest on the top of the mountain, the left, right and rear of the cottage are smooth cliffs, the opposite mountain on the back side is called Longyun Peak, slightly lower than Longshou Mountain, at this moment the flag of Longyun Peak is flying, it is obvious that it has been occupied by officers and soldiers.
Lu Jiuyi comforted everyone: "Okay, unless this place is an immortal, no one can attack it." ”
Daoist Ziyun thought of the key question and said, "Is there enough food and water?" ”
Lu Jiuyi said calmly: "It's okay, it's enough to last for a year." ”
Nangong Qi reminded: "We brought more than 2,000 people. ”
Jin Feihu also said: "What you said about the village master was that in the past, plus two thousand people, it could only last for two or three months at most. ”
Lu Jiuyi said a little helplessly: "This hateful officer and soldier came too quickly, we haven't had time to prepare, it's really his grandmother's." ”
The officers and soldiers came too quickly, and the head of Ziyun Dao and others discussed that it was appropriate to arrange for the enemy as soon as possible, and the legal affairs would be simpler, and the prime minister's tomb could only be buried on the nearest mountain.
At the top of the mountain, eight people carried the coffin to prepare for burial, Mrs. Wang, Amaterasu and others were heartbroken and sad, Nangong Qi led more than 2,000 people to line up on the mountainside, shouting: "Kill the old thief Ouyang and swear revenge for the prime minister." The sound echoed through the mountains.
After the burial of the prime minister, the sky was already dusk, the sky was gloomy, the four fields were dim, and the birds returned to their nests in flocks.
Amaterasu felt a deep pain in his heart, he had just turned eight years old, and his father, who loved him the most, died, how happy he was before, and his parents regarded him as a baby... All this was quickly wiped out, he hated the Ouyang family, hated the current Queen Mother, he didn't understand why people wanted to kill each other, and everything his father suffered would be recovered.
When everyone had returned to their residences, Amaterasu was still standing on the top of the mountain, letting the cold mountain wind blow on his clothes, blowing on his cheeks, and the autumn mountain breeze was a little cold, Amaterasu was unaware of it, standing on the top of the mountain, Mrs. Wang and the two maids, unwilling to go back, stood in front of the grave. These people were so stupid and meditative.
Ziyun Daoist and other groups gathered in the Taoist temple, this abandoned Taoist temple is the meeting hall of the cottage, at this juncture, Nangong Qi, Lu Jiuyi and other important leaders of both sides were summoned one by one to discuss matters. The two sides unanimously pushed the head of the Ziyun Dao to be the first, and seeing that they couldn't resign, the head of the Ziyun Dao had to sit down. Nangong Qi and Lu Jiuyi are on both sides.
Nangong Qi and Lu Jiuyi are already familiar with each other. It's just that the people on both sides are not familiar with each other, and Ziyun Dao proposes that the people on both sides introduce themselves first. Lu Jiuyi introduced Jin Feihu, the owner of the second village, Wang Rubin, the owner of the third village, and Wang Cheng, the military advisor, to everyone.
Nangong Qi got up and said: "I was originally a general when the prime minister was the commander, a pioneer officer, and I will introduce it to you in turn." He pointed to the first person beside him: "Dong Xiaoshan, the former prime minister's flag captain, and now the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Dong Xiaoshan stood up and hugged his fists in salute. A big man with a black finger said: "Li Wanshan, the former prime minister's captain of the guard." Li Wanshan then got up and hugged his fists. Nangong Qi continued: "Hu Jiaguo, the commander of the 10,000-person regiment under the former prime minister. Hu Jiaguo then got up and clenched his fists, and his voice was loud: "I've seen everyone." Nangong Qi said: "The last person is the cavalry captain Jin Qilin under the former prime minister." Jin Qilin smiled and got up, clenched his fists, and sat down unhurriedly.
After introducing the two sides, the head of Ziyun Dao said: "At present, the enemy is current, the number of the other party is far more than ours, we should only stick to it, don't act rashly, observe it for a few days before discussing countermeasures, the lord of Lu Zhai is familiar with the situation of the cottage, I suggest that the guards of the cottage are temporarily in charge of the people of the lord of Lu Zhai, and our people are uniformly dispatched by Nangong Qi, and our people do not move for the time being, ready to respond at any time." ”