In 184 A.D., with the return of the Northern Army, the Han Dynasty officially turned a new page. On the day of Ding Mao in November, when Huangfu Song, who set off ahead of the army, resisted the capital, Liu Hong personally led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city for ten miles to greet him, and for a time the gongs and drums were noisy and the momentum was immense.

When the monarchs and ministers met, Liu Hong even personally took the hands of Huangfu Song and Julu Taishou Guo Dian, and sang the nursery rhyme edited by the people of Jizhou for the two.

Faced with this situation, Huangfu Song and other heroes can be said to be grateful, and they once thought that Liu Hong's Corporal Lixian would make him a generation of Ming Jun. Seeing this, Huangfu Song quickly lobbied his friend Yan Zhong to persuade him to clear the monarch's side and threw it out of the clouds.

As Huangfu Song returned to Beijing and Liu Hong had a big feast, invited hundreds of officials to gather and drink all night, Huangfu Song also took this opportunity to ask Liu Hong to exempt Jizhou from taxes for one year, so that the people could recuperate.

Liu Hong, who was happy for a while, immediately agreed, and issued an edict to amnesty the world, and decided to change the name of the era that had been used for several years to "Guanghe" to "Zhongping", and announced it to the world on the day of Jisi three days later, and this year was set as the first year of Zhongping.

For this way of praying for God's favor by changing the era name, it is a very common thing in all dynasties, and there are no waves.

Liu Hong was the fourth era name from the original Jianning to the current Zhongping, but Liu Hong, who was in high spirits, didn't know that this ordinary era name had become the last meaningful era name of the Han Dynasty.

As the Yellow Turban Rebellion was basically pacified, the emperor was busy changing the era name and granting amnesty to the world, but it had no real meaning for most of the Han people.

Now, no matter whether the government grants amnesty to the world or not, the firewood, rice, oil and salt in the market will not stop rising. Nowadays, the price of a bucket of rice has risen several times compared with a year ago, and there is no sign of stopping.

Even if it is said that it is an amnesty for the world now, those terrible harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will still overwhelm the people. In the face of temporary powerlessness, the people who are barely trying to survive can only hope for a good harvest in the coming year.

Of course, compared with most local wars and famines, there is one place that seems to have no connection with it, and it is the heart of the Han Dynasty, 'Luoyang'.

Although there was a sneak attack on Luoyang at the beginning of the year, it was soon forgotten by people, and the people of Luoyang still walked in the bustling streets every day, calling friends, talking and laughing, and the prosperous scene seemed to say that this is a fairyland on earth.

In Luoyang, the disgusting Yellow Turban Party has no other effect than to give the people who live here more to talk about after dinner.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with it, the one who can live at the feet of the Son of Heaven is not a high-ranking nobleman, how can they know about Li Min's distress. is like a high emperor, who lives a drunken life and dreams of death.

On the Xinwei day of December in the first year of Zhongping, the third day of the Han Dynasty's promulgation of the new year name, with the upcoming New Year, every household began to get busy.

In the early morning, the light snow began to flutter in the sky with a gentle breeze, and soon a thin layer was left on the ground, and the world became a white expanse.

In the west of Luoyang City, which is covered with heavy snow, a tall dock fort that has just been built is particularly lively today. This dock fort sits in the north and faces south, covering an area of several hectares, and the scale is not so much a dock fort as a small county town.

From a distance, Wubao not only covers a large area, but also its five-zhang high and two-zhang thick city wall is not inferior to the structure of the county city wall, and even the green bricks attached to the Wubao wall are much better than most cities built with only rammed earth.

In addition to the city wall, the main building, the arrow tower, the gate tower, the horse road, the wall battlement, the parapet wall are all available, the wide horse road can even be driven, and the east gate leading to Luoyang actually has an urn city.

It is such a dock fort with huge cost and illegal equipment, although many people look at it in their eyes, but no one dares to speak, not only because the imperial court code does not restrict the construction of dock forts, but also because the two unicorn statues in front of the east gate, as well as the big 'ginger' on the dock fort plaque, no one dares to go to his family's unhappiness.

Although there are still some days before the New Year, Jiang Jiabao is dressed up more lively than the New Year, the tall city tower has already hung a red lantern, two tall unicorn statues have been draped in red silk, bundles of carefully selected bamboo have been thrown into the fire from the morning to burn, the "crackling" firecrackers have not stopped.

In the dock fort, Jiang Lin'er was dressed in a white dress, and hurriedly shouted into the house after running into a beautiful small courtyard with joy: "Mother, mother! Dress up or not, hurry up, my brother is about to arrive in Duting, and if you don't set off, you'll be late. ”

In Jiang Lin'er's running, the exquisite step on the bun and the snow fox fur scarf around her neck swayed in the wind, coupled with her slender posture, coming from the wind and snow, she was as beautiful as a snow elf. With the sound of a voice like a yellow warbler, several people who were passing by stared straight at it.

However, the subordinates who were shot away quickly retracted their gaze, they all knew that blaspheming their own young lady was not enough to cut off ten heads, plus the eldest young master who was about to go home was a murderer without blinking, and they wanted to keep their heads for a few more days.

'Squeak'

After the sound of the door being opened, an equally nice voice responded from the room: "Li'er, how many times have you said it, they are all big girls, and they are crazy all day long, and they don't learn from your brother, your brother was only born half a moment earlier than you, and now he is a great minister." ”

With the response, a graceful and luxurious beautiful young woman walked out accompanied by the maid, the plump figure, the face of the moon and the shy flowers, the moment of the present world, everything in the courtyard was eclipsed. If it weren't for the fact that the servants in the courtyard had known the identity of the beautiful woman, they might have thought that the two people they had just talked to were sisters.

Seeing her mother go out, Jiang Lin'er affectionately held her mother's hand and said: "Okay, my mother said again, my brother is a great talent once in a century, how can I compare with my mother, it would be good if I could be my mother's good daughter." ”

"It's your mother who spoils you, and you don't have to be ashamed of how old you are, see that they are all laughing at you、、、" Jiang's mother scratched Jiang Lin'er's little Yao nose dotingly, and pointed to a few little maids snickering on the side and said.

But despite that, Jiang's mother also has to admit that her son is not by her side all the year round, and her only daughter has indeed become her sustenance.

Jiang Lin'er pouted and stared fiercely at the girl's snickering, but the two little maids who had long known that she was not a bad lord naturally didn't think that their miss was angry, of course, Jiang Lin'er looked at them and consciously put away their smiling faces and stood solemnly on the side.

Seeing the maid's performance, Jiang Lin'er was very satisfied, and then pulled her mother's arm and pulled it out, and said, "Mother, hurry up, the carriage is ready, and if you don't leave, it's too late、、、、、"

Looking at her anxious daughter, Jiang's mother had no choice but to smile and shake her head, of course, in fact, how could she not be in a hurry, after all, her son had been out on the march for almost a year, although she could hear the news of her son's victory at any time, but in the final analysis, she was still very worried.

As the so-called mother of the son is worried, her son has been fighting outside for nearly a year, and she has not slept a few times, and from time to time she will dream that her son is covered in blood and falls in a pool of blood.

In order to bless his son Jiang Qi safely, Jiang Fangzhi has traveled all over the temples in Luoyang for a year to pray for his son.

Facing her daughter's pull, Jiang's mother smiled: "Okay, okay." What's the hurry, Ananda is still very early, right, Nian Niang? Did the nurse pack it up? ”

"Don't worry, Aunt Cui is hugging, she just woke up, and the girl is happy as if she knows that her father is coming back! It's been a long day in Dole, mother, hurry up, everyone will wait for us. ”

"Slow, slow, carefully slide 、、、、、"

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Soon, as Jiang Fang's mother and daughter went out, a mighty team of thousands of people began to set off towards Duting. The team consisted of hundreds of wagons and teams, all of which had ginger flags on the front of the carts better than any token today.

The official road, which had been blocked for a long time, gave way to a passage after seeing the convoy, and the soldiers on the side of the road saluted respectfully. The people who were blocked on both sides of the official road saw this spectacular situation, and they were also envious of the people in the convoy.

Faced with this scene, the guards on war horses hurriedly straightened their waists one by one, for fear of losing the face of the Jiang family. However, the Jiang family did not know that soon they would fall from heaven to hell.

Duting, located twenty miles south of Luoyang, is also the last barrier in Luoyang, mainly stationed five battalions of guards.

At the same time, this place is also the gathering place of all the troops entering Beijing, at the beginning of the year, the Taiping Road was in turmoil, and the army guarding the capital was basically stationed here, supervised by the general He Jin, and the army brought by Jiang Qi back to Beijing will also stay here.

Zhang Fei, who was riding a tall horse on the official road, patted the snow on his body, took off his scarf and asked his brother Jiang Qi, who was also dressed in wind and snow next to him: "Fourth brother, do you need to send a detective to ride out to see the situation in Duting."

Listening to and asking Jiang Qihuan to look at the army that has been transformed into a phalanx, he also felt a little strange at the moment, they kept changing the formation of the army along the way, and the war drums and horns shook the sky, why didn't even spies appear in Luoyang, so they were not afraid of an enemy attack?

Thinking about Jiang Qi just in case, he lifted the reins and said: "Order the whole army to speed up the pace, after the cloud cavalry is broken, the leopard cavalry, ** guerrilla left and right, Qilin Wei follows me as the front army, and sends a messenger to Duting to ask where the army stays", the perennial march has cast Jiang Qi's caution, since the situation is not clear now, he naturally has to be prepared.

As Jiang Qi thought, Luoyang did have an accident, and it was a big deal, the Han Emperor Liu Hong, who was supposed to take hundreds of civil and military officials to greet the triumphant heroes at this moment, but because he drank too much last night, it was almost noon and he was sleeping soundly with two beauties in his arms.

Now the bedroom has passed all night, but the erosive breath is still wafting in the air, and the clothes scattered on the shiny floor tiles under the bed in the room show that the battle was very fierce last night.

In the face of the emperor's peaceful sleep, as Liu Hong's henchmen Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, they naturally stood guard at the door, and in order to prevent anyone from disturbing them, there was also a team of guards in the Yellow Gate next to them to guard them dutifully.

Near noon, through the tulle outside the palace gate, Zhang Rang looked at Liu Hong, who had no sign of waking up, and then looked at Zhao Zhong and smiled, now that their goal has been achieved at this hour.

As the leader of all the permanent servants, Liu Hong's father Zhang Rang can be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, and even He Jin, who is now in power, has to give him three points of face, as long as he has offended in the Han world, no one can see the sun the next day.

But it just so happens that there is one of the hundred officials who never gives him face, but he is still alive and well, he is Jiang Boxiao who is a young man, since he doesn't give face, can Zhang Rang make Jiang Qi feel better?

For Jiang Qi's hatred Zhang Rang can be said to have long been in the bones, the beloved nephew is now lame on one leg is Jiang Qi's masterpiece, not only that, offended him, Jiang Qi also has no intention of repentance, not only did the money sent back to Luoyang this year not respect him at all, but also sent his cronies to his army to urge him half to death.

However, Jiang Qi's life was so good that he didn't give him a chance to speak up.

Of course, that was before, Jiang Qi was guarding outside with heavy troops, and he had the emperor's trust, but now that Jiang Qi has returned to Beijing, when he arrives at his Zhang Rang's territory, how can he still let Jiang Qi continue to be arrogant, today is just the beginning.