Chapter 61: Thunder's Fury

Although Commander Yi works beside the Queen Mother, he is also a man of flesh and blood, he is unwilling to kill innocents indiscriminately, and sometimes he can't help himself, and how many people are like him in this deep palace. Doing things that go against my original intentions.

Maybe letting Xu Wei go this time is also to seek a psychological comfort for himself, as Xu Wei said, he doesn't know when the people in this palace have changed, and I don't know when they have killed a little more in their hands. Yi Qianxiang, who has followed the Queen Mother for many years, is the Queen Mother's hand.

What he has today is also given to him by the Queen Mother, at that time he was just a low-level guard, because of the appreciation of the Queen Mother today, he has never disobeyed the Queen Mother's orders, at that time she was the Queen of Xiaojia, fair and honest.

It's not like it is now, since the death of the first emperor. The new emperor Wu Wei ascended the throne, Leng Mufeng was valued by Emperor Wu Wei, and Guo Qiuyue was favored. The palace has changed. Emperor Wu Wei began to kill Zhongliang, and every day he only knew singing and dancing to promote peace, regardless of the government, Leng Mufeng began to tilt the power of the government and the opposition. Guo Qiuyue made the harem restless again.

Even the Queen Mother, who has always been fair and honest, has changed, and her hands have begun to be stained with blood, justice is not promoted, but evil winds are quietly coming. As a man, he can't defend his family and country. galloped on the battlefield, but became the executioner of the Queen Mother every day.

Although the Queen Mother treats him with the grace of knowledge, but some things are unusually unaccustomed, but there is no way but to do something that ignores his conscience, this time, he thinks he is right, or he is implicated because of it, and he is not afraid of death.

After he walked out of the Qianqing Palace, he suddenly felt that he was just like a man at this moment, and he had the courage that a man should have. The autumn wind blew his sideburns, which were sharp and angular. Even more resolute, wearing a black squire uniform, with a sword at his waist that he had followed him for many years. After passing through the corridor, he gradually disappeared into the deep walls of the palace.

Xu Wei looked at the four little eunuchs who had been following him around, with a sad expression. The past friendships of several of them came to mind one by one, with joys and sorrows, but they were never separated, and their feelings were also deep. I thought that if I followed myself wholeheartedly, I would eventually soar one day.

Unexpectedly, he hurt them, and he felt guilty in his heart. Now that they have all died tragically, how can he live alone, and how can he even implicate Commander Yi again, although his own brothers were all killed by him. Xu Wei didn't blame him, and he was also in the palace.

There are some things that I can't help myself, and I am also clear, the Queen Mother wants to kill her mouth, even if it is not Commander Yi, it will be someone else who will do it, Commander Yi is easy-going and upright on weekdays. He was also a last resort, Xu Wei looked at the tragic death of the four people.

Wiping his tears, he choked and said, "I'm sorry, I couldn't take you to soar, I didn't take care of you, and I couldn't even save your lives." In that case, what shame do I have to live secretly? ”

After saying that, Xu Wei smiled, as if he was laughing at his own incompetence and as if he was laughing at the injustice of this world, and he slowly got up. After closing the eyes of the four of them, he tore off the clothes on his body, tore them into strips of cloth, and then hung them on the beams to tie a knot, and brought a small pestle.

Standing up, without any nostalgia, he put the strip of cloth around his neck, perhaps life and death were no longer of great importance to him, a line of tears welled up, and then he smiled. With a kick of his legs, the whole person hung on the beam, and Xu Wei committed suicide by hanging the beam.

Staying until ten midnight, Commander Yi deliberately separated the other guards, and only brought his own henchman Xiao Ran alone. When they arrived, they found nothing but four dead bodies in the main hall. Xu Wei was not there, the two lit torches in the main hall and looked for a while.

Xiao Ran shouted in panic: "Ghost, ghost!" His exclamation attracted Yi Qianxiang's attention, and he hurriedly rushed over. Looking at Xiao Ran, who was terrified, he said, "What the hell? What a fuss, what kind of ghost is there in this world!" ”

Xiao Ran calmed down at this time, and pointed to Xu Wei hanging on the beam with a panicked face, but his body trembled a little, but he tried to make himself barely able to stand staggeringly, Commander Yi glanced at him and said casually: "It's useless!" Then he raised the torch high, only to find that Xu Wei, who had a hideous face, had committed suicide by hanging from the beam.

Commander Yi shook his head, a little regretful. He sighed and said, "Alas, he probably didn't want to affect me, so he chose to end his life like this." Xu Wei can also be regarded as a lover of personality, and he has followed the Queen Mother for many years, but he ended up like this, I don't know if you and I will be discarded as outcasts like Xu Wei in the future......"

Xiao Ran obviously didn't listen to Commander Yi's emotion, at this moment he was still frightened by Xu Wei's death, the torch he was holding was still trembling, and his face was even more terrifying under the light of the fire.

Seeing this, Commander Yi pushed him angrily, and said viciously: "What do you want? ”

Xiao Ran came back to his senses, but he didn't listen to a word of Commander Yi's words, he said a little dazedly: "Lord Yi, what did you just say? ”

Commander Yi waved his hand impatiently and said, "That's it, Xu Wei is dead." I can't let him die like this, all I can do is let him be buried in peace, so as to alleviate the guilt in my heart. ”

Xiao Ran was still standing to the side, and Commander Yi scolded angrily: "Why don't you put Xu Wei down quickly, do you want him to hang on the beam all the time?"

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Ran was even more shocked and said: "My lord, I, I ......" Obviously, he was afraid in his heart, and he didn't dare to approach Xu Wei's hideous corpse at all.

Commander Yi was helpless, seeing that he was trembling with fright, and his speech was a little stammering, knowing that he was really frightened, he immediately said impatiently: "It's really useless! Take it, I'll come." ”

Xiao Ran mechanically took the torch from Commander Yi's hand, took a step back, and raised the torch high with both hands to brighten up Commander Yi's light. Commander Yi cut the strip of cloth with a dagger and lowered Xu Wei from the beam.

The two of them hurriedly buried Xu Wei and the other four corpses under the willow tree in the backyard of the Qianqing Palace at midnight, and no one even knew that there were five corpses buried under the willow tree in the backyard of the Qianqing Palace.

By the time everything was cleaned up, the two of them were exhausted. Fang Cai returned to the palace with a tired face. Xu Wei's death was also the second killing of the Queen Mother after Emperor Wu Wei ascended the throne. Although there were countless souls who died at the hands of the Queen Mother in the harem battle before, this is the second time that the Queen Mother has eaten fasting and recited Buddha.

Yulan died, and the cause of her death was that with the death of several little eunuchs, she would bury this secret forever, but she never thought that Yulan had been rescued by Wang Jin's wife Li, whose name was Li Ruoyao.

At the age of twenty-eight, young and beautiful. She was the wife of Wang Jin of Beili Village, and was hunted down and killed for offending Emperor Wuwei's personal guard Wu Commander. In order to save his family, Wang Jin did not hesitate to be divided by Emperor Wu Wei in Qingyan Mountain. After that, he kept his wife Li Ruoyao, and one of his sons was a queen, Dragon Wang Feng.

Li Ruoyao, who escaped from the pursuit, took a son and a daughter, and settled in a private house outside Chang'an City, although Li Ruoyao's mother and daughter escaped from the pursuit that day, but they didn't know whether Wang Jin was alive or dead, after a few months. Li Ruoyao saw that the rumor had passed, so she went into the city to inquire about her husband's whereabouts, but she happened to meet Yulan and saved her.

A few days later, news came from the Northwest Frontier that the king of the Turkamata Kingdom was furious that his envoy had been killed. Just as the Empress Dowager hoped, she gathered tens of thousands of troops to rebel on the northwest frontier. Moreover, it captured a city in Damu Prefecture on the northwest frontier, and has a tendency to continue southward.

When this matter reached the ears of the Queen Mother, she was immediately overjoyed. In this case, she had a reason to persuade Emperor Wu Wei to send troops to quell the rebellion. When the country and the people were safe, Emperor Wu Wei could sing and dance, * in the harem. If there is trouble on the frontier, won't he be busy?

In this way, Emperor Wu Wei no longer has time to just enjoy himself, and this matter can also re-enable He Bin to control the military power, but He Bin can also rest assured that the Queen Mother is back in charge of the military. If there is Han Zhenbei, the father of the queen, in the south, and He Bin in the northwest. Only then can we ensure that the country is safe.

He Bin is a student of Xiangguo, and he is naturally loyal to Dongshengguo by Xiangguo's teachings, Han Zhenbei has the daughter of the queen as the queen, how can he not do his best for Dongshengguo. The Queen Mother thought about it like this, so she was not worried about the rebellion of the Turkish Kingdom.

Immediately, when Emperor Wu Wei came to Jianing Palace to ask for peace, he mentioned this matter. Emperor Wu Wei was still as reluctant as the Empress Dowager killed the envoys, although he had promised the Empress Dowager that day that if the Tufang Kingdom was in turmoil, he would send He Bin to lead the troops north.

But that day, Emperor Wu Wei didn't think that the Tufang Kingdom would really dare to make trouble, but he didn't expect them to really do it. Emperor Wu Wei has been pampered since he was a child, does not want to make progress, and does not learn and has no skills. In addition to the lustful harem, he rode horses and hunted. There are no other ambitions.

So he hurriedly said with a smile: "Queen Mother, the earthwork country is a small country, my Dongsheng country is vast and vast, the land is huge, why should a Damu Prefecture be so troublesome, the son thinks that there is a good strategy, which can prevent the earthwork country from continuing to watch the land of my Dongsheng country." ”

The Queen Mother sat aside with a puzzled expression, and the rosary in her hand stopped abruptly: "Oh? What is my son's good plan? ”

Emperor Wu Wei served on the side, and when he saw the queen mother's doubts, he said proudly: "Queen Mother, the first emperor had twelve children, and it was unfortunate for his brother Wu Yi. Several eldest sisters have married princes, and the ninth sister and ten sisters are only eleven or twelve years old, but the eighth sister is now past the age of marriage, as the royal brother, the sons and daughters naturally care about the marriage of the eighth sister, and they do not ...... it."

Emperor Wu Wei glanced at the Queen Mother, did not continue, just watched the changes in the Queen Mother's face, and tentatively observed the Queen Mother's joy and anger. Sure enough, the Queen Mother's face changed suddenly after hearing this.

He said gloomily: "My son wants to say that he will marry the eighth princess to the Tufang Kingdom in order to consolidate the relationship between the two countries?

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was angry, Emperor Wu Wei had no choice but to say softly: "Queen Mother, why did Han Zhenbei's daughter marry her son? ”

"Since the first emperor can be like this, why can't the sons? The eighth sister married in the earthwork country, was born in the royal family, and should contribute to the royal family, why did the queen mother be angry with the sons?"

In the face of a series of questions from Emperor Wu Wei, although he seemed to be as calm as water, he was like a series of questions, and the Queen Mother also held back her anger and said: "In the history of the dynasties, although there is a princess who marries another country, my son's words are also reasonable. The country of Turkey is a small country, and my son should send He Bin to quell the rebellion, so as to demonstrate the divine power of my Dongsheng country. ”

"If my son settles the rebellion by marriage, won't he make the surrounding countries laugh at my Dongsheng country for being weak and incompetent, and the unscrupulous will be usable?

"Since the beginning of the ancestor emperor, Dongsheng Kingdom has been fighting for many years, how can you ever be afraid? My son is so weak and incompetent?

When the Queen Mother talked about her sister-in-law, she deliberately accentuated it, and also reminded him that the eighth princess was the brother and sister relationship of his mother's compatriots, and the queen mother was now old, and the eldest princess had already married away from another country, so she naturally didn't want the eighth princess to marry far away, and it was good to find a nobleman to stay by her side.

How could Emperor Wu Wei not hear the Queen Mother's words, but he never cared about these, he only cared about whether he enjoyed wealth and glory and had a solid foundation. Whether he continues to enjoy the rain without worry, and continues to be happy and free.

He pretended to be appeased: "The queen mother, the sons and daughters naturally feel sorry for the eighth sister, but the national disaster is at the head, and the earthwork country seized my Damuzhou and the queen mother provoked it, and because of my Dongsheng country's continuous battles, there were countless casualties. After the first emperor, the country and the people will be safe, if at this time they want to raise troops to the north, the sons really don't want to increase the casualties, it is better to wronged the eighth sister and marry the earthwork country?"

"First, the Dongsheng Kingdom can appease the Tufang Kingdom without abandoning a single soldier, and secondly, it can also allow the people of the world to recuperate. The queen mother has always been compassionate, and after the death of the first emperor, she fasted and worshiped the Buddha, and the queen mother didn't want the world to be miserable, right?"

Emperor Wu Wei thought carefully about this, the Queen Mother was cunning and cunning, and she could climb to the position of the Queen Mother, how could she not see that Emperor Wu Wei thought that the common people in the world were false, and did not want to increase the troubles in vain because of the Tufang Country is true, and scolded secretly in his heart: "What a Emperor Wu Wei, you don't care about the foundation of your ancestors, and now you are not letting go of the sister of your own mother and compatriots for your own selfish interests, won't you let the old man and body cold to death." ”

At that moment, he slapped the rosary on several cases, and said angrily: "Isn't my son's words extremely mediocre, for his own selfish desires." If I marry the eighth princess to the earthfang country, how can I save the face of the Dongsheng country? My son will marry the eighth princess to another country, unless he dies of old age. Otherwise, don't think about it. ”

The Queen Mother finally became angry, this is also the first time in her history to refute Emperor Wu Wei, Emperor Wu Wei has ever been reprimanded like this, the Queen Mother Xiaojia has always been doting, and today I never thought that I was really angry.

Emperor Wu Wei didn't dare to mention this matter again, and said softly: "Queen Mother, the son knows that he is wrong, and the eighth princess is about it." The sons never mentioned it again, and after the sons returned to the palace, they consulted with the ministers and sent troops to fight the rebellion. The son also asked the queen mother to calm her anger. Don't hurt yourself. ”