Chapter 44: Entering the capital
I vaguely remember that in history, He Jin recruited the world's heroes to enter Beijing to kill the Ten Standing Servants, which was the beginning of the Three Kingdoms Rebellion. Sure enough, as Cao Cao said, those who mess with the world will enter!
"Let's go to the capital!" Xu Qianxue said suddenly.
I was taken aback and said, "Go and kill those ten permanent servants?"
"Not bad!" Xu Qianxue said.
"But the three of us together are no match for him!"
"Are you afraid?" Xu Qianxue looked at me with a sneer.
This sentence annoyed me, and I said indignantly: "At that time, I fought with Zhang Rang, and I didn't take half a step back!"
Xu Qianxue also knew that what she said was serious, so she grabbed my arm and said coquettishly: "Brother Duan, I'm sorry, I just want to avenge my father's death, don't blame me if you don't say anything." ”
As soon as she mentioned her father, her eyes turned red, and I immediately softened, and said, "If you want to go to Beijing to kill Zhang Rang, then let's go and kill Zhang Rang, so what will happen to the Yellow Turban Army here?"
"I just inquired with Xiao Er, and now the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in the north is Guan Hai, and everyone below calls him 'Qu Shuai', and we don't need to interfere in leading troops to fight. After killing Zhang Rang, just come and join him again. ”
"Well, it's all up to you. This is, Xu Qianxue burst into tears and laughed.
"Cough, cough!" It turned out that he ignored Xiao Hanyi for a long time, and he couldn't help coughing.
"Brother Xiao, are you going to the capital with us?" I asked.
"The master said, reading 10,000 books should travel 10,000 miles, and I should go to see and see. Xiao Hanyi paused and said, "Miss Xu wants to avenge her father, although my martial arts are low, I will definitely help!"
Xu Qianxue looked at him gently, her eyes were as tender as water, and Xiao Hanyi suddenly looked stupid.
On the second day, we bought three fast horses, slept all the way, and finally arrived in the capital after half a month. The scene of the capital is really extraordinary, there are many pavilions and pavilions, the streets are bustling and shouting, the dignitaries and nobles are brightly dressed, and the characters who come and go are handsome and extraordinary!
When we first came to the capital, we didn't know who to go to, and then I remembered that before we parted ways with Cao Cao, he said that he wanted to come to the capital, and immediately asked around about Cao's mansion. Sure enough, it didn't take much effort, and I found out the address of Cao Cao's house. So, the three of us went to visit, reported their names, and after a while, they greeted a person, but at first glance it was an acquaintance, it was Mr. Chu, the white-robed manager.
"Oh, Duan Shaoxia, you're here, rare guests!" Chief Manager Chu smiled all over his face, and he made a fuss again and again.
"What about Cao Cao?" I asked, looking left and right but not seeing Cao Cao come out.
"The young man doesn't know anything," he looked around, and said, "There are a lot of people here, please come in and talk." ”
I saw that there was a melancholy look on his face, and I thought that I had something to say, so I followed him into Cao's mansion, and sure enough, when we sat down, Chief Chu said: "Duan Shaoxia really doesn't hide it, my son-in-law is now pretending to be sick because he offended the general He Jin a few days ago...... But I think that the young man will definitely see him when he comes. Ladies and gentlemen, sit down for a while, and I'll go and inform my son-in-law. ”
After a cup of tea, he saw Cao Cao wearing pajamas and running into the hall barefoot, and he was overjoyed: "You kid has been here for so long!"
I was quite moved in my heart, but there are also people who think about me. Hugging him at the moment, Cao Cao slapped me on the back and smiled heartily. At that moment, I introduced Xiao Hanyi and Xu Qianxue to him, and when he talked about the various encounters of parting, he also listened very attentively, obviously very yearning for the rivers and lakes.
After talking about what happened to me, I asked, "I heard that you offended the general He Jin, I don't know if there is any danger?"
Cao Cao sighed: "This matter is also a long story. The first emperor died a few days ago, leaving behind two princes, one is the prince debate, the other is the prince association, the prince debate is the eldest prince, has always been loved by the Empress Dowager Dong, so after the death of the first emperor, the Empress Dowager Dong set up the prince as the emperor, and only the second prince as the king of Chen Liu. But this prince association is not simple, he is the son of the queen mother, and the queen mother is the sister of the general He Jin. So, Empress He colluded with He Jinyu to kill the Empress Dowager Dong, and wanted to abolish the emperor and establish King Chen Liu, that is, the prince association. But there is a difficulty in this matter, that is, there are 'ten permanent servants' in the palace who have great power, and these 'ten permanent servants' are loyal to the first emperor, and now they are ordering the imperial court, so if you want to abolish the emperor, you must first kill the 'ten permanent servants'. But these ten eunuchs are all strong in martial arts, and it is said that the leading Zhang Rang is the first in the world, although He Jin wants to kill him, he always dare not start, for fear that he will be killed by Zhang Rang. Therefore, he took advantage of Zhang Rang's recent absence in Chang'an, and issued a document in the name of the eunuch of the 'Ten Standing Servants' to intervene in politics, calling on the heroes of the world to come to rebel. However, now that the world is already unstable, and with the alternation of the new emperor and the old emperor, how can we call on the princes to enter Beijing, and this will not cause chaos in the world? ”
On the court and temple, I didn't understand these things, so I comforted him and said: "You are a capable minister who governs the world, a hero in troubled times, whether the world is peaceful or not peaceful, after all, there will be something you do." ”
Cao Cao said happily: "Sure enough, you still understand me!"
At that moment, he arranged for the cook to cook for us, so that the meat was treated, and I had just eaten a full meal, when I heard the head of Chu hurriedly come in and say, "Son, something is wrong!"
"What's the alarm?"
Chief Manager Chu glanced at us and said, "Yuan Shaogongzi just sent someone to say that the general He Jin entered the palace this morning and was killed by Zhang They!"
"What? Zhang Rang Pifu'an dared to do this!" Cao Cao was shocked and said, "Quick, quickly gather people and horses, bring my clothes, I will enter the palace to kill people!"
As soon as Xu Qianxue heard that this was a good time to kill Zhang Rang, she gave me a look, and I immediately understood: "Brother Cao, the three of us will enter the palace with you, that Zhang Rang's martial arts are powerful, or he can help you." ”
"You are good at martial arts, it is Zhang Rang's opponent!" Cao Cao was overjoyed. It seems that he doesn't know Zhang Rang's true martial arts, I don't dare to say that my ten Duan Dahu are not Zhang Rang's opponents.
Cao Cao ordered 2,000 military horses and rushed to the palace, and saw from a distance that the palace was already full of flames. Cao Cao quickly whipped his horse and rushed into the palace walls, just as he saw a eunuch commanding a team of military horses and a gorgeously dressed woman, about to leave the city gate. Cao Cao scolded: "Duan Jue, you are a traitor, you dare to kidnap Empress Dowager He!"
That Duan Jue saw that it was Cao Cao, and he fought with Cao Cao with a sword, and he fought half a catty and eight taels. I saw that this old boy's martial arts were far worse than Zhang Rangke's, and I made up a blank slate, and the dragon slayer knife hand rose and fell, and a flash of light flashed, cutting off Duan Qi's head. Blood spurted straight onto the palace gates.
Seeing that Duan Qi was dead, the rest of the people also fled one after another. Cao Cao met with the Empress Dowager He and said, "Please ask the Empress Dowager to return to the palace to preside over the affairs of the palace, and I will immediately arrange for someone to put out the fire." ”
Empress Dowager He cried: "General Cao, my son Chen Liuwang was also taken away by Zhang Rang's traitors, you must save him back!"
Cao Cao nodded and said "yes", left a team of people to fight the fire in the palace, and went with me to find Zhang Rang. Along the way, I inquired along the street, but I heard that Zhang Rang took the emperor and King Chen Liuwang to Beibi Mountain. I also heard that Yuan Shao also brought his troops and horses to chase after him, so he went to join Yuan Shao in one place and went to Beibi Mountain.
When I arrived at the bottom of the mountain, I saw that Zhang Rang and the two princes were climbing up the mountain, and they had already climbed to the mountainside. And there are about 10,000 soldiers under the mountain, and they are ready to fight. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao glanced at each other, and the two of them drew their swords at the same time and said, "Zhang Rang has kidnapped the emperor, and all the soldiers and soldiers will accompany me!" The two of them had no more than 5,000 soldiers and horses in total, and most of them were family members, so how could they be the opponents of the palace guards? Although the crowd was passionate, in less than half an hour, there were still 100 people left who were killed. When he was anxious, he only heard the sound of horses' hooves running like thunder, and one person shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is panicking, and the minister Dong Zhuo is coming to the rescue!"
As soon as he finished speaking, I saw a fat black man with a beard riding a tall horse, holding a long lance, leading a group of soldiers and horses, about 10,000 men. These tens of thousands of iron horsemen have been on the battlefield for a long time, but they are not comparable to the guards of the inner palace, and in an instant, they killed Zhang Rang's Yulinwei like chopping melons and vegetables.
At this time, I could only hear Zhang Rang laughing halfway up the mountain: "A group of anti-thieves, I will send you together today to ask the first emperor for guilt!"
He has profound internal strength, and everyone can hear it clearly when he drinks it, and Dong Zhuo's face can't help but change color.