Chapter 65: The Secret Edict in Dong Chong's Hand
Liu Dan's heart was galloping with 10,000 alpacas, but he didn't dare to show any embarrassment on the surface.
At this time, the He family was already eyeing themselves, and they couldn't offend a Dong family anymore.
So, Liu Dan cautiously approached Dong Chong's side, and then patiently listened to Dong Chong's description of their plan.
It turned out that Dong Chong's edict was really left by Emperor Ling of Han on his deathbed.
At that time, Emperor Han Ling felt that his condition was getting more and more serious, so he wanted to determine the candidate for the crown prince as soon as possible.
Although Liu Wei was the concubine born to the empress, Emperor Ling of Han saw through the nature of the He family and knew that after his death, the He family would definitely follow the example of the Empress Dowager Dou and intervene in the government affairs.
At this time, the general He Jin and the general He Miao of the chariot cavalry held heavy troops, if the throne was really passed to Liu Wei, then the future Han family might change their surname to He one day.
Therefore, just in case, Emperor Ling of Han secretly left an edict for his mother Dong.
The edict stated that if the He family intervened in the government and the He brothers monopolized the court, they would rely on this edict to summon all the princes to enter Beijing and establish the prince Liu Xie as the emperor.
The Dong family has been holding this trump card in secret, until recently she realized that the He family had threatened the entire Dong family.
Dong Zhong came to Liu Dan today, just to contact the kings and princes of the Liu family through him, so that he could lead soldiers and horses from various states to come to Luoyang Qinwang Qingjun's side.
After Liu Dan listened to Dong Chong's plan, the cold sweat on his face instantly flowed down.
Where did this bad old man's confidence in himself come from?
Lao Tzu is a part-time inspector of the Northern Army who is a member of the court discipline committee, and he has no real power in his hands!
You hussar generals can't get He Jin and He Miao, you expect me to fight against them with a civilian position?
Besides, now that the four gates of Luoyang have been sealed by He Jin, where can I contact the princes surnamed Liu!
The more Liu Dan thought about it, the more he felt miserable in his heart, and the sorrow on his face was all displayed at that time.
Dong Chong saw that Liu Dan's brows were furrowed higher than his own, and he instantly felt a little out of his mind.
"Yiyun, you must have a way to contact Lord Lingzun, right? Besides, Mrs. Yuan has a good relationship with your family, so you can also ask him for help......"
Liu Dan rolled his eyes directly when he heard this, and then complained in his heart.
What kind of good thing are you really thinking of the Yuan family?
Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yin didn't have a fuel-efficient lamp, and when Dong Zhuo came in, they all had to run out of the independent door.
Ay? By the way, why don't you recruit Dong Zhuo?
Thinking of this, Liu Dan couldn't help but ask tentatively.
"General Dong, I'm curious to ask, what is the relationship between Dong Zhuo and you?"
Dong Zhong was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then said frankly and slowly.
"That's my cousin, what are you asking for?"
Liu Dan smiled after hearing this, but before he could say anything, Dong Chong suddenly slapped his thigh and said.
"Oops! How did I forget about him! Now Dong Zhuo is calming the chaos in the Liang area, and he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command! Why didn't I think of this powerful helper! ”
Liu Dan smiled awkwardly after hearing this, but suddenly he remembered a question again.
So, I couldn't help but complain casually.
"That's not right! I remember that Dong Zhuo only entered Luoyang after He Jin was killed by the Ten Standing Servants......"
Liu Dan just couldn't hold back a slip of the tongue for a while, so Dong Chong only heard the words He Jin was killed by the Ten Standing Attendants.
"What do you say? How will the Ten Standing Servants kill? ”
Dong Chong looked at Liu Dan in surprise.
Liu Dan saw it, and hurriedly smiled embarrassedly and said.
"Guess, I'm just guessing that......"
Not long after Liu Dan finished saying this, suddenly there was a noisy sound outside Meixianglou.
It seemed that an army was rushing over, and Dong Chong and Liu Dan were scared by these movements.
Not long after, Dong Chong's subordinates walked in quickly, and then walked straight to him and whispered a few words.
After Dong Zhong heard the news, his eyes when he looked at Liu Dan were suddenly full of admiration and awe.
Liu Dan was uncomfortable when he was watched......
Why is this bad old man looking at me like that?
What kind of eyes do you have, I'm so scared to see it!
"The iron-mouthed god counts, it really deserves its name!"
After saying this, Dong Chong laughed, and Liu Dan could see that he was really excited.
"The Ten Standing Servants really attacked He Jin! He Jin died in the palace, and now the whole of Luoyang is in chaos! ”
"Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao have just transferred troops into the palace to exterminate the eunuchs, and it seems that this court is really going to change the sky! No, I'm going to see my aunt in the palace now. ”
After saying this, Dong Zhong hurriedly walked out of the room with his subordinates.
Liu Dan tilted his head to see him leave, and then reached out and scratched his head gently.
"What the hell is going on? He Jin died so soon? The course of history has advanced again? ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Liu Dan found out that Dong Chong's edict had forgotten to take it.
So, he immediately picked up the edict and chased it out.
But he was still a step late after all, and when he went down, Dong Chong had already left in the carriage.
"This old man has such a big heart! Can you forget to bring this thing? No, this thing can't be fake, right? How else could he care so much? ”
In an instant, Liu Dan began to doubt the authenticity of this edict again.
This night, the whole Luoyang has not been quiet.
In the first half of the night, He entered the palace and was ambushed by the ten permanent servants, and He Jin's subordinates Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others led troops into the palace to exterminate the eunuchs.
The party of the Ten Standing Servants could not resist these armies in the harem.
So he took the emperor to hide in the Changle Palace to report to the Empress Dowager He, lied that the general's subordinates rebelled, and took the opportunity to coerce the Empress Dowager He, the Young Emperor, Chen Liuwang Xiehe and the officials and subordinates of the province, and hijacked other officials in the palace to escape from the Tianqiao Pavilion Road to the North Palace Deyang Palace.
Empress Dowager He was rescued by Shangshu Lu Zhi halfway.
Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and others led troops to hold the emperor and Chen Liuwang hostage and broke through the north gate of Luoyang and fled.
However, the strange thing is that He Miao, the chariot cavalry general with heavy troops, did not organize people to pursue Zhang Rang and others at the first time, but led his troops to surround the mansion of the hussar general Dong Chong.
In the second half of the night, He Miao led an army to surround Dong Chong's mansion and arrested Dong Chong's family overnight.
They are said to have killed people and raided their homes without even mentioning the charges and without interrogation.
Subsequently, He Miao took more than 1,000 soldiers to dig three feet back and forth in Dongfu.
Outsiders don't know what he's looking for, only that when he left, he ordered someone to set fire to the general's mansion.
The fire burned for three days and three nights!
The two hundred and twelve members of the Dong family were all slaughtered, and not a single one was left alive.
After Liu Dan got the news, he looked down at the edict in his arms, and vaguely felt that this thing was very likely to be true!
Two of the three major relatives during the period of the Young Emperor, He Jin and Dong Chong disappeared overnight, and now only He Miao's family is dominant.
But the good times didn't last long, Dong Zhong had ordered the dead soldiers to rush out of Luoyang before he died, and sent the letter asking for help to Bingzhou.
Only three days later, Dong Zhuo's army of 50,000 crossed Tongguan and marched towards Luoyang.
When He Miao saw Dong Zhuo's army coming, he immediately stopped the search for the emperor and Chen Liuwang, and gathered all the troops into Luoyang City.