Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Zhou Xian nodded, "Brother Meng said that he is ready to welcome the official family."

Emperor Shi nodded: "I'm afraid they'll be too nervous and grand, just going back to meet relatives, have you told them yet?"

"I've said it." Zhou Xian said softly: "It's really a blessing for the officials to think about their elder brothers."

Emperor Shi looked at Dajiang in front of him in a daze, absent-minded.

"The officials are thinking about the north?" Zhou Xian asked suddenly.

Emperor Shi was stunned, he had never told Zhou Xian about the north.

Seeing him surprised, Zhou Xian was a little proud, and leaned against his chest: "Who would travel with a stomach, and besides, officials have always been ambitious people, how could they put aside the world's affairs and linger in the south of the Yangtze River. "

Emperor Shi was embarrassed. He actually meant to come and see the beauties in Jiangnan. However, since Zhou Xian said so, he immediately expressed his opinion: "Yes, you still understand me. I take care of all kinds of opportunities every day. I work hard and diligently. I really can't let go of the country for a moment. And the common people, this time I came to Jiangnan to accompany you home, and secondly, to let the enemy relax their vigilance."

Zhou Xian's tenderness is like water, "The official family is the wise king of the world, and the person I admire most."

Emperor Shi looked serious, "If the world is peaceful, I don't want to be everywhere, I want to be you and me in Hedong."

Soon, Emperor Shi talked to Zhou Xian and the people around him at the bow of the boat about the glorious years and glorious past.

"In April, kill the falconer Dilu;

In May, he also killed the reindeer man Zago;

In June, pheasant breeders Shouge and Niangu were dismantled and 44 reindeermen were killed.

In September, I shot and hunted in Heishan and Chishan, but did not return to Beijing at the end of the month.

In October, he killed the wine man to purify you; in November, he killed the servant Tingshou, the hog people Abuza, Holu, Shulizhe, and Nilikuo.

In mid-October, the deer killers Tang Guo, Zhi Ge, and Sara.

In December, people killed people in the sea.

In February of this year, the murderer Hutru, his close servant Hua Ge and the prisoner Haili were still slaughtered.

In March, the pig-killers are Chaolizhi, and the deer-killers are Pode, Lage, Taogui, Zhabuge, Sugunie, Chubao, Migut, Dida, etc."

Xiao Siwen held a letter in his hand, which was sent to him by his informant in the north, about the actions of the king last year and this year.

This kind of indiscriminate killing of innocent people is also one of the reasons why they dare to act. Many of the lord's servants are already terrified, for fear that they will be killed at any time. As long as there is a little benefit, there are many people who are willing to become dogs and horses. …

Moreover, the most important thing is that the news from the south has been confirmed, whether it is their informants or the news they learned from the business travelers from the south who spent a lot of money, it has been confirmed that Shi Congyun has taken his concubine to There are many people in the south of the Yangtze River, and the fleet is mighty, so you can't miss it.

This is a great time.

After the beginning of spring, the lord of the country issued an edict to Taiwei Yeluhua, saying: "I made a mistake in handling affairs when I was drunk, and you should not listen to it. When I wake up, I will play to me again." Afterwards, I have been drinking since Lichun. At the end of spring, there was no court to listen to politics.

On February [-]th, the lord of the country had killed the former leader, Moji Yila, and threw it away after his bones and ashes were scattered.

And at the end of the month, the lord of the country conducted a spring search in Huaizhou (Huaizhou of the Liao Kingdom), and also issued an order to invite all the noble officials, and he and Gao Xun would go there.

Both of them agreed that this was a great opportunity.

In the evening, Xiao Siwen met with Gao Xun and Yelu Xiezhen, and the young Xiao Chuo was also on the side.

Xiao Siwen asked Gao Xun: "Brother Gao, is your army ready?"

Gao Xun nodded: "There is only news from the north, so I will immediately lead the army to send the nobleman north."

Xiao Siwen nodded, then looked at Yelu Xiezhen: "Han Yin, you lead the army to protect Yanyan, once the situation in the north is stable, you will send her to the capital."

Yelu Xiezhen nodded, Xiao Chuo didn't say anything, he understood what his father meant, for the Xiao family, they put in a lot of effort and took huge risks to put Yeluxian on the throne, and they deserved to be the queen.

For the nobleman in Yongxing Palace, I heard from his fathers that he likes himself very much. In fact, she does have a reflection of Ye Luxian. They played and played together when they were young, but that was a matter of many years. What is he now? Such a person, I can't remember at all.

For these years, for the people of Youzhou, the fear brought by Shi Congyun has overwhelmed everything.

She was a little nervous. After the year her sister wrote him a letter, she was still very arrogant in the letter, and she was still ready to compete with herself.

She talked about how she was favored by Shi Congyun in Daliang, that she was already the imperial concubine of Qin, that Shi Congyun was the most powerful and mighty man in the world, and that Shi Congyun once killed a man in Hedong alone. He defeated more than 120 enemies, brave and unstoppable, and as clever as a grassland fox.And said their child would be born in the summer.

For some reason, after reading her sister's letter, she didn't want to argue with her sister at all.

She knew that her elder sister was going to the south instead of her, and Shi Congyun had always been aggressive, all coming towards her.

The relationship between the two countries is tense. How could she have a good life when she went to the south? Probably some strong words.

Thinking about it this way, she wrote back a letter to her sister later, and she didn't argue with her anymore, she just cared about her life in the south, and asked her if there was anything she needed, and she could ask someone to bring it when the envoy went to Daliang next time .

If things go well, she will become the queen of the Liao Kingdom. She feels a little excited when she thinks of this. Such supreme power is what all women look forward to.

But she still felt uneasy in her heart. For so many years, her father and Uncle Gao said that Shi Congyun was overbearing and unreasonable, but she had a different impression of Shi Congyun. She hated his insults and thought he was very smart. , is a very smart man.

Although she knew that Daliang was thousands of miles away, and that Shi Congyun had gone further south to eat, drink and have fun, she was still vaguely uneasy, like an intuition, always afraid that Shi Congyun would do something wrong, but all the situations in front of her were different. Support her worries and delusions, so many times, she also feels that she is just thinking too much.

At the end of February, Xiao Siwen led his personal guards to the north, preparing to go to Montenegro to meet the emperor.

Montenegro is located in the north of Shangjing, and you can go back and forth in a day or two. At the foot of the mountain is the royal palace, and there is also a royal hunting ground on the mountain. The king often hunts there.

The spring search is a large-scale event that Khitan nobles attend every year, and this year it is in Montenegro.

As soon as his father left, Gao Xun also quietly left the city gate with dozens of bodyguard cavalry one night, and rushed to Yongxing Palace in the north, where many troops had been assembled secretly over the past few years.

In Youzhou, there are only a few defenders left, and Yelu Xiezhen is protecting her. The plan is that there will be changes in the north. After the situation is stable, Yelu Xiezhen will lead the troops to protect her and go north to Beijing to become the new queen of the Daliao Kingdom.

Everything began to proceed in an orderly manner according to their long-standing plan.

Chapter 503, The Change of Black Mountain

Huaizhou in the Liao Kingdom is located in the north of Shangjing. Starting from Shangjing, raising a river valley to the north, it can be reached in a day or two. The road beside the valley is very wide, and five or six horses can pass side by side.

Huazhou City is fifty miles away from the imperial city, surrounded by towering mountains, without a moat, and the town is built in a valley. A small river opens up a valley and flows southward, passing through the east of Shangjing City in the south.

Huaizhou, located in the river valley, is not large in scale, and it would be at the level of a county seat in the state of Qin. However, the large area with lush water and grass along the river in the south is surrounded by a separate fence, and there is a huge camp at the foot of the mountain in the west, with many flags and tents. .

This place is not an important place, logically speaking, there is no need for so many steps, but the flag of the emperor Yelujing of the Liao Kingdom is flying at the foot of the mountain in the north, accompanied by thousands of imperial troops, their tents, horses, and equipment all need to be taken care of by Ren Dali, so it is not difficult Understand why such a small place has a state.

The mountains on the back are the royal hunting ground of the Liao Kingdom, and there is also a temporary palace by the northwest river.

Outside the palace, Yelvjing got up early in the morning. He felt a splitting headache, so he called his servants to fetch him water and wash his face. He drank alcohol last night and didn't go to sleep until midnight, and now his head is still groggy.

The attendant was submissive and didn't dare to look up at him, Yelujing snorted and strode out of the tent, the river below was trickling, and the birds were chirping non-stop.

Yelvjing's face was deep, and she asked the people around her, "Has everyone come?"

The attendant said tremblingly, "Half of it is here, and some are still on the way..."

Yelujing's face suddenly turned ugly, "They did it on purpose!" He said angrily and walked into the tent, everyone around was trembling, afraid to answer or raise their heads, the monarch has killed dozens of people around him in the past two years His servant and cook, if there is any disagreement, he will go into a rage and kill someone.

Yelujing's complexion was dark, he knew why those nobles from the Khitan headquarters were late, and when he asked them there must be some insignificant reasons, such as high mountains and long roads, obstacles on the road, and so on.

But he knew in his heart that these people just refused to obey Wang Hua and his rule.

He knows these things, and has been since he came to the throne, and he has suppressed countless rebellions!

In June 20 years ago, less than a year after he ascended the throne, his uncle Xiao Meigude, who was in charge of political affairs, discussed with Li Huan, a scholar of Xuanzheng Palace, to defect to Houzhou.

Li Huan also wrote to his elder brother Li Tao who was an official in the Later Zhou Dynasty, saying that the Khitan monarch had no virtue, only knew drinking and hunting, and had no great ambitions. He suggested that the Later Zhou Dynasty use soldiers.

When the incident was leaked, he was very angry and executed Xiao Meigude and Li Huan with a stick.

As soon as the matter subsided, in July, his younger brother Yelulou wanted to establish himself as emperor again. This incident made him angry and heartbroken, and he personally ordered his younger brother to be strangled. In a fit of anger, he killed his accomplice Yelulou and urged his younger brother to rebel The leader of the thief, tied to a wooden stake, cut off all his flesh with a knife, and watched him die wailing.

One year later, in October, Li Hu's son Yelu Wan came out to fight for the throne, and his younger brother was also involved. It turned out that Emperor Sejong's important minister Yelu Anbo was also involved. He was angry and afraid, and imprisoned the highly respected Anbo He died in prison, and others were executed. As for his younger brother Yelu Wan, he hesitated again and again, thinking of his younger brother Yelu Louguo who was strangled by him last year.

Although many people opposed it at the time, he didn't want to kill his second brother anyway.

Unexpectedly, his kindness was regarded as weakness by his brother.

In November of the ninth year of Yingli, the fourth brother Yelu Dilie was the mastermind of a rebellion. After being appeased, his followers were killed. Apart from his anger and grief, he was also exhausted physically and mentally. He was originally angry and wanted to hang his fourth brother to death, but in prison Zhong saw him hugging his leg and crying, calling for his brother loudly, just like when he was a child and he and his brothers galloped on the grassland, chasing sheep and wild animals.

After a sleepless night, he released his fourth brother Yelv Dilie with tears in his eyes.

That's when he thought about whether his weakness would lead to bad consequences, but what he didn't expect was that the bad consequences came faster than he thought.

One year later, in July of the tenth year of Yingli, the political order Yelu Shouyuan and Taibao Chuabu and others jointly conspired against each other, and finally he defeated them one by one, and all of them were executed.

In October, Li Hu's son Yelu Xiyin rebelled again.He took both Li Hu and his son into prison, and Li Hu eventually died in prison.

Everything made him physically and mentally exhausted and disheartened.

And Shi Congyun in the south also gave him a huge blow. He defeated his own army twice, and failed in two consecutive battles.

Faced with such a situation, he felt more and more tired and helpless, and also frustrated with his royal brothers and sisters, became more addicted to drinking and hunting, and was too lazy to pay attention to many things.

Sometimes he didn't even know when the next time someone would defect, would they succeed?Cut yourself to pieces...

The more he thinks about this, the more he can't fall asleep. Only wine can make him sleep peacefully. Only by leaving Shangjing, which is like a horrible cage, and hunting in the grasslands and mountains can make him feel at ease. .

The things over the years have made him tremble, like walking on thin ice, and he has become more irritable and irritable. Whenever he is angry, he can't help but want to kill...

"They're all traitors!" He gritted his teeth and asked who had come.

The officials waiting by the side immediately reported all the people, most of them were nobles from various tribes near Shangjing and Nanjing.

But to his relief, Xiao Siwen stayed behind in Nanjing, and the son-in-law of Daliao had already arrived.

The Xiao family has always held a very important position in the Liao Kingdom. To this day, Xiao Siwen still supports him, which comforts him a little. After thinking for a while, he said: "Let someone prepare the wine and meat, and take care of the deer I hunted in the back mountain yesterday. , I want to entertain all the honored guests who came first."

The attendants around him nodded repeatedly, and then went to order the cook to prepare, but the cook waiting outside the big tent turned pale when he heard that he was asked to handle the venison.

Since last year, more than a dozen cooks have been killed by the monarch because of unsuitable tastes and failure to produce food in time. When he heard that the monarch asked him to prepare a dinner, the cook Xin Gu was struck by lightning.

The people around also cast all kinds of glances, sympathizing and gloating.

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In the morning, Yelvjing greeted Xiao Siwen and others by the river. Xiao Siwen was well-mannered and treated him very respectfully, which comforted Yelvjing. Then he happily took Xiao Siwen and others, ready to ride up the mountain and go hunting in the hunting ground behind Huaizhou .

So under the protection of thousands of forbidden troops, a large circle of people began to rush towards the mountain, and the leader was the emperor of the Daliao Kingdom.

The area around Montenegro has been surrounded by the imperial guards of the Liao Kingdom for several miles. The prey in the mountains are cunning and agile. If they track them like hunters, approach them quietly and then attack them, the emperor might not be able to shoot in half a month. an arrow.

In order for the emperor and dignitaries to enjoy shooting and hunting, the imperial guards on the outskirts will surround the entire mountain and drive the prey to the center. This kind of cooperation can ensure that most of the prey will be gathered in the hunting area for the emperor and nobles to hunt and have fun.

On that day, Emperor Yelvjing of the Great Liao Kingdom personally drew his bow, winning a mountain deer and a hare, which won the applause of the crowd, because Xiao Siwen and others came early to express their support, which greatly improved Yelvjing's mood.

In the afternoon, when the sun was slanting to the west, a bonfire was lit on an open space in the hunting ground, and the prey was grilled. Yelvjing happily drank wine and ate meat with Xiao Siwen and others. Jing was very happy and kept drinking until it was dark before going down the mountain with the help of everyone, ready to go to the palace at the foot of Montenegro to rest.

Chapter 504, The Change of Black Mountain

During the hunt in Huaizhou, Xiao Siwen and others respected the sacred order and expressed their support for the monarch. Having such loyal ministers made the Emperor Yelujing of the Daliao Kingdom very happy.

He had a banquet with everyone that day, until he was very drunk, and he began to go down the mountain to rest at night.

That night, everyone surrounded Yelujing down the mountain and settled in the palace at the foot of Montenegro.

Escorted by many imperial troops, Xiao Siwen and others also followed the brigade down from Montenegro.

The monarch had already fallen asleep on the way, and the soldiers carried him down the mountain in a sedan chair, all the way to the gate of the palace, and then carefully handed him over to the monarch's servants to serve him.

Afterwards, the imperial army withdrew from the palace and patrolled the outer perimeter to guard. There were only servants, eunuchs, maids, cooks, etc. in the entire palace, this was to protect the safety of the monarch.

Xiao Siwen and other officials left in front of the palace, and then returned to their camp.

.......

The night is soft, the water is gurgling, the night of the spring moon is not so clear, but the wind carries the freshness of the soil, insects and birds are singing, it is an ordinary night.

When all the lights were gradually extinguished, only the torches of the patrolling soldiers were still shining brightly by the river.

In the middle of the night, there was a faint cry from the big tent. The monarch shouted for water while he was half asleep and half awake. Meat.

After hearing this, Xin Gu, the cook standing next to him, instantly collapsed. It must be too late to light a fire and barbecue in the middle of the night, and once the monarch is disobedient, he will kill innocent people indiscriminately.

In the past few years, many servants and cooks have been killed.

The two servants and the cook went out of the big tent, chatted with each other for a while, and suddenly became angry. If the king cannot satisfy the king, he will die when he gets angry...

What's more, Xin Gu also knew that someone had secretly asked his wife to give him a message, which could guarantee his safety...

Soon the servants Hua Ge, the cook Xin Gu, etc., together with two cooks and four servants, quietly took the meat-cutting knife from the kitchen, and groped into the big tent all the way in the dark.

The lord of the country, Yelvjing, was lying on a delicate white tiger skin, snoring like thunder, several people swallowed, breathing deeply in the dark, but no one dared to strike first.

In the end, Xin Gu gritted his teeth and took the lead, took a deep breath and stabbed Yelujing's heart with a knife, and warm blood gushed out, bloody.

The rest of the people attacked Yelujing viciously.

The movement in the tent disturbed the hounds outside, howling in the night, blood and flesh flew all over the big tent, the blood was thick, and Yelvjing, who died in a deep sleep, did not howl until he died.

After the six people stabbed countless holes out of the figure on the ground, and exhaustedly confirmed that it was dead, they slumped on the ground. The hunting dogs outside smelled the blood and started howling crazily, resounding through the palace, but the guards outside did not notice Abnormal, because the wild beasts in the mountains howl at night, the chirping of insects and birds is noisy, and not many people pay attention.