[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Empress Dowager He did not expect that her momentary soft-heartedness and her petty thoughts that could not be treated by outsiders would actually kill her half-brother.

Upon hearing the news of He Jin's death, the Empress Dowager He was stunned, knowing that she was doomed.

The power of the relatives comes from the palace, and the authority of the Empress Dowager in the Palace is not guarded by the relatives?

What is the difference between a queen mother who has lost her backing and a tiger with broken teeth?

The lady-in-waiting couldn't understand why the Empress Dowager was frightened and absent-minded, as if mourning her concubine, she comforted her softly,

"Your Highness, don't worry, with the Marquis of Jiyang here, His Highness will not be wronged."

He Miao, Marquis of Jiyang, the half-brother of Empress Dowager He, has a closer relationship with Empress Dowager than He Jin.

Empress Dowager He just shook her head.

No one else knows who He Miao is, but does she, the younger sister, not know?

It would be nice not to cause trouble for her, but you still expect him to protect you?

The fact is exactly what the Empress Dowager thought.

He Jin entered the palace and did not come out for a long time.Yuan Shao and other counselors and adjutants concluded that He Jin was more dangerous than good, and wanted to forcefully break into the palace and punish the eunuchs, and the Qing emperor sided.

Yuan Shao was appointed as the captain of Sili by He Jin earlier, holding a talisman in his hand. When He Jin's life and death were unknown, all the Northern Army and He Jin's private troops obeyed his dispatch and began to attack the palace gate.

At this time, He Miao led people to arrive and ordered Yuan Shao to stop, holding the secret decree in the palace, intending to take over the trilogy and army left by He Jin.

The relationship between He Miao and He Jin has never been good. Although they are brothers in name, they are not related by blood at all.Seeing that He Miao came to report the news of He Jin's death in such a "timely" manner, and also couldn't wait to inherit He Jin's "inheritance", how could the soldiers who were so devoted to He Jin not think too much about it?

"The traitor who killed the general must be this person, kill him!"

Wu Kuang, who was already red-eyed because of He Jinzhi's death, pulled out his sword and killed He Miao without hesitation.

He Jin's followers responded one after another, drawing their swords and attacking He Miao's private soldiers frantically, regardless of the palace gate behind them.

Yuan Shao's face darkened, and seeing that the Northern Army was also ready to move, he hurriedly reminded: "He Miao is not successful, but Shi Chang's crimes are heinous and he has to be eliminated. You should know the priorities."

Although the northern army defended the imperial city, although it obeyed He Jin's dispatch, it was different from He Jin's personal soldiers.After hearing Yuan Shao's words, they took it seriously and began to attack with all their strength.

At this time, Yuan Shao, who was determined to wipe out the eunuchs, would not have thought that one of the Northern Army would quietly leave the team to help He Jin's trilogy attack He Miao, and silently took over this private army.

This person is Fengche Duwei Dong Min, Dong Zhuo's younger brother.

Before Shi Changshi had time to take Shangshutai into his hands and snatch the military power, he was frightened by the news of the northern army's attack.

When they heard that He Miao had revealed the news of He Jin's murder ahead of time with a secret decree, they didn't know whether it was true or not. Queen Mother.

"Bold, Zhang Changshi, don't tell me you're going to turn against me?"

Zhang Rang and the others had no fear, and after the empress dowager finished scolding them sternly, they smiled sinisterly: "Don't dare, the rebels outside the palace are making trouble, please also ask the empress dowager and your majesty to come out of the palace with us, and take care of your body."

Empress Dowager He heard the meaning of coercion, and she was shocked and angry.But once He Jin died, the palace was completely infiltrated by Zhang Rang and others, no matter how angry she was, it would be useless.

The ten permanent servants threatened the emperor, the empress dowager and King Chenliu out of the palace, and before they escaped from the customs, they were caught up by the central Henan.The ten permanent servants knew that the time of death was approaching, so they threw themselves into the river.

Then, upon hearing the news of He Jin's death, Dong Zhuo, who was heading east to Luoyang City, picked up the emperor X1, the emperor's younger brother X1, a queen mother, and several court ladies on the way.

Dong Zhuo, who was always full of luck, was a little dizzy from the pie that fell from the sky.

He quickly squeezed out what he thought was the most kind smile, and greeted the emperor.

"Zhuo's rescue is late——"

The emperor Liu Bian was only fourteen years old, and it happened to coincide with the palace change, and he witnessed the tragic death of the ten permanent servants who treated him so well. Where can I stand it.

Besides, Beijing pays attention to decency, whether civil servants or military officials, they all have good looks, gentle and soft-spoken, pleasing to the eye; Dong Zhuo, a rough man from Xiliang, is rough and dark, his voice is like thunder, and he has a heavy smell on his body. The heresy, coupled with the murderous aura mixed in the army, directly scared Liu Bian to tears.

Dong Zhuo couldn't hold back his face.

Before he could hold back his anger, the nine-year-old King Chen Liu suddenly took a step forward and held Liu Bian's hand: "With such loyal and patriotic soldiers, it is natural for the emperor to feel his heart, and weep with joy. "

Dong Zhuo's complexion improved slightly, and he looked at King Chen Liu again, and couldn't help being surprised.

King Chen Liu looked calm and behaved generously, not at all like a child of this age.

This royal demeanor made Dong Zhuo restrain the contempt in his heart, and was about to say something more when he suddenly heard Chen Liu Wang Liu Xie say with a smile.

"It's just that although General Dong is a loyal and patriotic man, he has been far away from the capital for a long time, and he didn't know to see the emperor. He should retreat three miles, dismount his horse and remove his sword as a show of respect?"

Dong Zhuo was startled, jumped off his horse, took off his sword and put on his sleeves, bowed his head and bowed.

Let's talk about Beijing.Yuan Shao led his troops to attack the palace gate and killed the eunuchs when they saw them.Corpses lay across the court, and blood flowed across the oars.The soldiers killed like crazy, even the innocent palace guards were not spared.

Knowing the changes in the palace, the uncle and nephew of the Xun family who had been resting at home did not speak for a long time.

There is a chessboard in front of the two, with black and white pieces intertwined, reaching a deadlock.

Xun Yu put down the white jade chess piece.

"Brother Cui... Could it be that he had anticipated what happened in the palace?"

A few days ago, I just said something vaguely about "fate is impermanent", and it is too coincidental that such a big thing happened today.

"Sooner or later, it's not predictable." Xun You said slowly.He is not inferior to anyone in terms of knowing the work from the slightest, walking on the frost and knowing the ice.With He Jin's temper, failure is doomed, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Xun You believes that Cui Song's words should have a deeper meaning than anticipating He Jin's death.

The sky is hard to break, and life is endless.

The way of heaven is impermanent, and the world is impermanent.

Combining the context in "Shangshu", Xun You smoothed the creases on his sleeves, feeling slightly startled.

Everything is impermanent...and so is kingship.

What Cui Lang meant, could it be...

When the news came that Yuan Shao forced the palace to massacre the eunuchs and the emperor was forced out of the palace, the two got up suddenly, and because they were too frightened, they accidentally overturned the whole chessboard.

The jade chess pieces fell all over the ground, shattered and splashed to the feet of the two.

"The world is in chaos." Xun Yu looked solemn, and before he could sort out the mess in this place, he set off to look for Jingji Wei.

Xun You paused for a while, then raised his voice to order his servants to prepare the horse for him.

"Foreign troops must not be allowed to enter Beijing."

Although the events in the palace were not widely spread in the city, they were dispatched and fought. The people were not blind, and everyone knew that something big had happened.Every household closed their doors and windows tightly, fearing that they would suffer unwarranted disasters.

When Cui Song heard the movement in the city, he ordered the servants at home to pack up their things and hide money, jade, and rare books in the cellar, leaving only the hard-to-carry and large valuables outside.

Fire, theft, and Dong Zhuo, after the Xiliang army entered Beijing, they robbed everywhere, and the wealthy families of the aristocratic families did not let them go. At least he wanted to wrap up his pockets. These bronze tripods, light-transmitting mirrors, and jade screens that could not be taken away were left to them. move it.

Cui Song is ready to run away at any time, his saber has been polished shiny by him, and the tempered horse has also told him to communicate with him, feed him with good horse hay and make him look strong, everything is ready Prepare, only owe east wind.

The uncles and nephews of the Xun family who have the world in mind are still running around, but they are not going well.

Most of the troops on the side of Lieutenant Gyeonggi were taken away by Yuan Shao, and the rest must maintain law and order in the army and must not be left lightly.

However, Xun You was not in an important position and had no right to enter Shangshutai to issue edicts and prevent foreign troops from entering Beijing, so he had to go to find Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was very excited to kill in the palace, and he didn't even know that someone was looking for him.

He heard that Min Gong in central Henan had found the emperor and was personally escorting the emperor to Beijing. He was even more unscrupulous and busied himself cleaning all the eunuchs, vowing to "clean the palace" before the emperor returned to Beijing.

Yuan Shao, who was busy preparing for his future political career, did not expect that not only the emperor, but also Dong Zhuo would be the ones who finally stepped into the capital.

Yuan Shao finally uprooted the eunuch, only to find that the military power had fallen into the hands of others:? ? ?

It can be said that Dong Zhuo's coming to Beijing was not without great momentum.

Including Dong Zhuo, the Xiliang army was tall and strong, with extraordinary physical strength, with the blood and arrogance of living outside the pass all year round and fighting the Huns.

Compared with them, the soldiers in Beijing are like little sheep.

Not to mention the momentum and combat effectiveness, just the height alone has generally taken a head off from the Xiliang army.

Yuan Shao didn't understand why Chen Lin's group strongly opposed calling the Xiliang army into Beijing until he actually saw this army.

Such a master of tigers and wolves, who can control such desperadoes?If one is not careful, it will be swallowed into the stomach, leaving no bones left.

Yuan Shao was a little sluggish, but he thought that Dong Zhuo would not bring too many people with him when he came from afar, and he still had a chance, so why not take advantage of Dong Zhuo's new arrival in Beijing, and he doesn't know much about Beijing-China affairs, and take control of He Jin's episodes first Private soldiers, and then take the Northern Army that guards Luoyang's safety into their own name.

Yuan Shao thought well, but things didn't develop as he expected at all.

For several days in a row, Dong Zhuo's men and horses came to Beijing in large numbers. How could it be "not too many"?Yuan Shao initially estimated that there were at least 4 to [-] people.

And the entire security army in Luoyang, including those in the palace, is only [-].

Not to mention that the Xiliang army is brave and good at fighting, and the army in the capital has been at ease for a long time.If there is a real fight, you will know who wins and who loses with your toes.

Yuan Shao was completely stupefied, and at the same time he was a little annoyed with Dong Zhuo, his former ally: When the imperial edict was issued, it was clearly stated that you could only bring a few thousand people, not more, what did you do, playing a game of obedience and obedience?

He wanted to win over He Jin's private soldiers, but found that he had already been won over by Dong Zhuo. The reason was that Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min helped them avenge He Jin's tragic death in the palace...

Going to the Northern Army, it was almost the same situation.

Yuan Shao, who had cheated He Jin several times, never thought that he would be cheated one day.

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Dong Zhuo's group was mighty and mighty, giving them a sense of presence in front of the people in Beijing.

Officials in the DPRK and China were all worried about the "tens of thousands" of Xiliang cavalry, but Cui Song, who came from later generations, knew the truth.

Dong Zhuo brought only 3000 people.

Therefore, when he stood in the crowd and watched Dong Zhuo's self-directed and self-acted "I have a lot of people, you'd better get acquainted" scene with Xun You, his heart was not fluctuated, and he even began to look for the previous few in the crowd. The faces that have appeared before.

The careful Xun You saw his calmness and asked him what he was looking for.

Cui Song, who was concentrating on observation and defenseless, was asked so abruptly, and his tongue spoke out his mind first: "The people I'm looking for appeared two days ago..."

The vernacular words without rhetoric are obviously sincere words spoken casually.

Xun You was slightly startled.

What Cui Song meant was that the massive Xiliang army was actually an illusion deliberately created by Dong Zhuo?

"From Brother Cui's point of view, how many people did Dong Zhongying bring with him?"

Cui Song came back to his senses, realized that he accidentally stepped on a pit again, and secretly warned himself to be cautious next time, and sewed his mouth tightly so that no disaster would come out of his mouth.

But now that Xun You has heard what he said, he can only be a spoiler again.

"No more than five thousand."