[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Tu Yuanyi said: "Your wife and children have been invited to the palace as guests by Prince Zhongxian and his concubine. I want to forgive them. I don't know if my good fifth brother will forgive me." Princess Lian is the granddaughter of Prince Zhongxian. And Tu Yuanyi also harmed the interests of Prince Zhongxian in the south of the Yangtze River, and Prince Zhongxian's family bet all their treasures on Prince Lian.

Zhou Xianchuan was helpless. The Prince Lian Group was going to get up early tomorrow morning. Only the private soldiers organized by the various prefectures and the 3000 soldiers brought back by Prince Cheng were not enough to break into the Jinyiwei and the Gongsheng Army, which now has 5000 people in Beijing. The walls of the Royal Palace.It was Prince Zhongxian who added the kindness and lives of his wife and children to Zhou Xianchuan, causing him to make trouble. There were 3 horses in Xiying.

Since the second year of Su Zongtu Yuanyi and Qianyuan, the Forbidden Army in Kyoto did not have Jiedu envoys, only the commanders of the Fourth Battalion, who directly obeyed the emperor's orders.The main forces of the southern camp and the northern camp accompanied the southern tour. The eastern camp was led by General Shenwu Feng Tang, but General Shenwu was also the old sage's confidant. , he will not deny it.After all, the banner played by Prince Lian was to welcome the old sage to court, not to kill the sage, and the sage was not in Beijing, so Feng Tang didn't care about "the king's escort".

Prince Lian and the others just wanted to take advantage of Yuanyi not to take the initiative in Beijing. The old sage had great righteousness when he came to court, and he decreed to abolish the emperor. With so many people following him, it was reasonable for Prince Lian to supervise the country.After a period of time, the old sage can abdicate again and pass it on to Prince Lian, so all parties are happy.

Only when Zhou Xianchuan saw Tu Yuanyi did he realize that the Prince Lian Group's group might be in danger.Yu Jia was still in Xuzhou, but the saint had already appeared in front of him.

The saint stirred up the situation in the south of the Yangtze River with great courage, forcing them to jump over the wall in a hurry, and lured the snake out of the hole before killing them all.Some of those people were his brothers, some were clan relatives, and some were ministers in the court. The saint no longer wanted to keep unusable people in the court.

Zhou Xianchuan knelt on the ground, and he was still wearing a green silk shirt worn by an ordinary country gentleman to conceal his identity, but his tall body did not match this attire.

Tu Yuanyi got off his horse, walked up to him, and said, "I heard that you were born in a poor family. When you were young, your father was beaten to death by bullies in the countryside, leaving you orphans and widowed mothers to be bullied by your tribe. After that, you became a monk in Shaolin Temple." Wu Monk, you have learned martial arts well. I killed country bullies in the south of the Yangtze River just like you killed your father, Zhou Qing thinks they deserve to die?"

Zhou Xianchuan's thoughts are extremely complicated. At this moment, his fate is at stake, and the crime of treason is caught, how can he survive?

However, Zhou Xianchuan was full of brute force, just like when he went to Shaolin to learn martial arts for self-improvement and revenge, and also like when he returned to the vulgar and went to Beijing for a better future. At that time, he was like a beggar. The old sage officially became an official.

Anyway, if you are going to die, you don't have to act like you are greedy for life and afraid of death. Zhou Xianchuan didn't hide his words and said, "The criminal minister is a warrior who knows nothing about the government. Saints say that those who are killed deserve death, but some people say that those who are killed are innocent people."

The attendant Jin Yiwei couldn't help cursing: "Bold!"

Tu Yuanyi raised his hand to stop his subordinates, but said: "Are you doubting 'You have no joke'?"

Zhou Xianchuan thought that the sword would add to his body, but it didn't.He has been an official for many years, and his mind is naturally deep. Of course, Tu Yuanyi kept him not to kill because he wanted to chat with him.

"The guilty minister dare not." At this time, he was lucky in his doubts. Did the saint not kill him?

Tu Yuanyi chuckled lightly, but said: "Go back."

Zhou Xianchuan was stunned, but he still didn't dare to raise his head, but he really didn't understand what Tu Yuanyi meant.

But Tu Yuanyi got on his horse neatly, his phoenix eyes gleamed coldly and looked at Zhou Xianchuan, and said loudly: "Would you like to plot rebellion with Prince Lian and others, or help me put down the rebellion and become a loyal minister and good general? I would like to see it tomorrow Look. There are many people who rebel against me in the world, and you are not too many. If you are rebellious, I will take your head again on the battlefield!"

As he said that, he actually led Jin Yiwei and the eunuch of Xichang to the north, leaving Zhou Xianchuan full of doubts. Zhao San, who was pretending to be dead, woke up at this time, and he really couldn't bear it.

Zhao San's lips were pale due to excessive blood loss, and he said: "General Zhou, hurry up and inform the prince that Emperor Qianyuan has returned to Beijing in secret, this is probably a trap."

Hundreds of thoughts flashed through Zhou Xianchuan's mind, and he said yes, but a cold light flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his sword, Zhao San's head fell to the ground, and his blood was shallow on the spot.

Zhou Xianchuan buried Zhao San's body with rocks and soil. It was already dusk, looking at the dirt bag, he was filled with emotion.

Although Zhou Xianchuan was born in poverty, he has been an official for many years, and he also studies on weekdays.

The ancients said: If the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body, and if secret affairs are not kept secret, he will suffer.Winning over honorable and noble courtiers from the clan and respectfully inviting the old sage to return to court, the momentum is huge. Although it looks good and sounds good, how can it be confidential?

It's already going to be a conspiracy. It's really ridiculous that Prince Lian still pursues a "virtuous" character and a righteous name.

Now there is the kindness of the Zhongxian King to support and support, and the kindness of the sage to save his life later, which kind of kindness should be repaid, why don't the big man do it once?Although the saint is "mean and ungrateful", he is really a hero in the world, and Prince Lian has more appetite for him.

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Prince Lian's royal families and noble officials gathered outside the Suzaku Gate. The guards at the west gate of the capital city were people from Prince Lian's lineage. The first to enter the city was Prince Cheng with 3000 cavalry.

Pedestrians and vendors in the West Market of Kyoto couldn't help avoiding the officers and soldiers and went home one after another.

The Royal Gongsheng Army commanded the left envoy Wang Hu to climb the tower, but there were 5000 people in Prince Cheng's army and various private troops.

Suddenly, someone reported that Prince Lian Tu Yuanfeng, Hexi Jiedu envoy led 2 people to arrive at Xingye. Prince Lian knew that he had come all the way from Liangzhou to Kyoto. , Grab food.The military power of the Imperial Army Jiedu in the Great Zhou Dynasty was not as great as that of the Tang Dynasty, and the salary was controlled by the Ministry of War. However, the Imperial Army was different from the soldiers of the local guards, they were elite troops.The superior military officer also enjoys the local tax-free land, but the output is not enough to support the imperial army. This is equal emphasis on grace and defense.

The imperial army is also divided into the local imperial army and the Kyoto imperial army, and each county has a certain number of half-farmer and half-soldier guards. It is not as large as the former Ming Dynasty, but it is different from the Xiang army in the Song Dynasty.On the one hand, the guards are the reserve supplement of the imperial army, and on the other hand, different systems also play a moderating role.

However, the Hexi Forbidden Army drove straight in from the northwest lightning, which shows its bravery.Originally, [-] troops from the West Camp of the Imperial Guards in Kyoto guarded the key pass, which could stop the Hexi Road rebels from Liangzhou, but Zhou Xianchuan deliberately let troops in, and Zhou Xianchuan himself brought [-] troops to follow.In the meantime, a son of the Hexi Jiedu envoy led another [-] troops to attack the west gate. No matter which gate was broken first, they could cooperate from inside to outside.

At this time, Prince Lian was in high spirits. He took the lead in riding and shouted towards the tower: "Wang Hu, this king and all the relatives of the emperor present, civil and military officials of the current court are here to welcome the Supreme Emperor and return to the imperial court! Please open the palace gate quickly, so as not to hurt you!" Peaceful!"

Wang Hu yelled angrily: "His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is ill and needs to recuperate, and he has no energy to take care of the government. Who in the court doesn't know? You have no order to lead troops to intimidate the gate of the palace, it is to seek rebellion!"

Tu Yuanfeng immediately stepped forward and said: "Wang Hu! You are so courageous! This king, Prince Lian, and Prince Cheng want to visit the royal father in the palace. Do you want criminals to be disrespectful to you, the commander of the Right Army of the Holy Army? "

Wang Hu said: "So many soldiers and horses came to Beijing in full armor and forced the palace to rebel, who is the criminal who is disrespectful?"

Wang Hu was shouting, at this time a small school came to whisper in his ear, and he hurriedly asked the captain of the watchtower to turn over and go down the watchtower.

Tu Yuanyi went back to the palace in secret, through the secret passage outside the city and the palace.

When Wang Hu got off the tower, he saw that Tu Yuanyi was wearing a golden armor and a red cloak embroidered with a five-clawed real dragon, riding a white horse from the palace road.Behind him were two thousand flying fish suits and guards in brocade clothes, all of them armed with firecrackers, wearing embroidered spring knives, and wearing heart armor on their chests.

"The last general, Wang Hu, sees the emperor!" Wang Hu bowed down with all the military officers of the Gongsheng Army.

Tu Yuanyi's handsome face was solemn, and said: "Pingshen, open the palace gate!"

"The end will follow the order!"

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When the rebels led by Prince Lian heard the palace gate was loose, they thought that someone from the Gongsheng army in the palace wanted to surrender and make meritorious deeds to open the palace gate for the "Wang Shi". They couldn't help cheering in unison.

However, what surprised Prince Lian and others was that a man in golden armor riding a white horse led a group of Jinyi guards and Gongsheng army out of the palace gate first.

The cold wind of late autumn blew up the man's cloak, and everyone saw the bright yellow lining on the back of the cloak, and the Jin Yiwei behind him also raised the bright yellow emperor's five-clawed real dragon king flag.

Tu Yuanyi pulled the reins, and the white horse neighed and stopped, and the hearts of Tu Yuankang and others could not help but feel a chill.Although there are few people on the other side, no one knows when Tu Yuanyi will return to Beijing.

Obviously their eyeliner had seen that Yu Jia was still in Xuzhou a few days ago, and he had seen the imperial doctor because of the cold, so it was not wrong.Even if he returns to Beijing now, he will go to Luoyang at most. Why did he enter the capital so soon?

Tu Yuanyi let out a heck, but didn't hear his hissing and rage, and said with sarcasm, "Brother Wuhuang is a big battle! Why, after being a prince for a long time, I think the hat is too small?"