Chapter 9 Chapter Nine Chang'an Rebellion
In Chang'an in April, although it is still a little chilly in the morning and evening, it has already shown a burst of spring.
All the apricots and plums blooming in the early spring of April, patches of soft pink, pink white, and snow-like pure white seem to cover the entire Chang'an City, and the city is full of warm colors of spring.
However, there is one exception.
The inner courtyard of the deep palace under the high city wall is bustling and cold, peaceful and decadent, just like blooming poppies, gorgeous and dangerous.
At this time, in a corner of this deep palace, the current emperor Yu Wenyong is plotting and planning a major event.
"Wei Guogong, did you hear everything I said?" Yu Wenyong's face was calm and unruffled.
I saw a man about his age knelt down with a plop, "I will follow the emperor's orders, please rest assured!"
"Yu Wenhu returned to Chang'an from Tongzhou today, and it's almost time to arrive. You go to meet him first." Yu Wenyong waved his hand, signaling him to step back first.
Watching the man's back disappear from their sight, Aye seemed to say with emotion, "Yuwen directly joined His Majesty, which is very helpful for His Majesty to achieve great things."
"If it wasn't for Yu Wenhu's reduction of his fiefdom, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so easy to join us," Yu Wenyong frowned slightly, "I've been waiting for a long time for their estrangement."
Aye looked at him thoughtfully, "Your Majesty, you have been waiting for a long time to get rid of that man."
The young king looked out the window thoughtfully, with an unpredictable smile on the corner of his mouth, "Yes, I have been waiting for a long time, but fortunately, I have waited."
At noon, Yu Wenhu came to the palace in a hurry, and was going to visit the queen mother with Yu Wenyong first.
Yu Wenyong and Yu Wenhu chatted a few words, turned around and saw Yu Wenzhi standing aside, and quickly exchanged a tacit look with him.On the way to the Empress Dowager's palace, Yu Wenyong showed a worried expression, and said in a low voice, "The Empress Dowager is old, but she still likes things in the cup, and she often gets drunk. Cousin, come and see me today." Empress Dowager, you might as well persuade her."
Yu Wenhu was a bit surprised when the emperor called his cousin, and immediately understood that the emperor was begging him as a cousin, but he was still a little surprised, "The queen mother is addicted to alcohol, so I go to advise her, there is no basis for it, right? "
"There is a basis, of course there is a basis! You are the minister appointed by the imperial father's edict, and alcoholism is also prohibited by the national law!" After finishing speaking, Yu Wenyong took out the "Jiu Gao" that he had already prepared from his bosom, and handed it to Yu Wenhu and said: " I have long wanted to use the laws and regulations of the country to persuade the Queen Mother, but my status is not suitable. I have already written the relevant edict, so you can use this to persuade her!"
He picked it up without looking carefully, and walked straight forward.
Arriving in front of the Hanyuan Hall, Yu Wenyong signaled Aye to wait outside the hall as usual, while Yu Wenhu swaggered in with his confidant Yu Wenzhi.
After entering the palace, after the two greeted the Queen Mother, Yu Wenhu took out the "Jiugao" and read it to the Queen Mother.He read a few sentences, and found that some words were not very clear. He was about to turn around and ask, but he felt a chill in the back of his head. It has been hit hard!
Yu Wenyong quickly threw away the jade wat that was hidden in the sleeve in advance, drew out his saber with a bang, and stabbed at Yu Wenhu!Just at this moment, Yu Wenhu woke up miraculously again. In desperation, he grabbed the vase next to him to block it, only to hear a crash, the sword actually only stabbed his left arm.To make matters worse, this block also freed up time for Yu Wenhu, who also took advantage of this moment to quickly draw his sword and stumbled to his feet.
"Yu Wenyong, you dare to plot against me, see if I don't kill you!" Yu Wenhu rushed over viciously.
Seeing him approaching aggressively, Yu Wenyong didn't panic, but just looked behind him. At this moment, Yu Wen, who had been silent all the time, rushed over, taking advantage of the moment when Yu Wenhu was stunned, he slashed neatly Broke his right hand!
Yu Wenhu let out a scream, fell to the ground with a plop, and moaned in pain, rolling over and over on the ground... His face was full of disbelief...
Yu Wenyong walked to his side, slowly bent down, as if admiring his painful expression, a cruel smile appeared on his lips.
"Yu Wenyong, you... you villain..." Although Yu Wenhu was in unbearable pain, his mind was still clear, and he struggled to grab Yu Wenyong's sleeve with his bloody left hand, "So you, you have always been here Playing stupid...I...I lost my sight..."
"Cousin, I know it's too late now. If you have anything to say, please save it and talk to my elder brother and third brother." Yu Wenyong washed the gentle breath off his body, and his eyes that could not reflect the reflection burned the red lotus of hell. fire.The silver sword in his hand shone with a chilling light.The fiery red eyes, flashing like meteors, pierced into the body that he had hated for a long time without hesitation!
"Your Majesty! Next... what should we do next?" Yu Wenzhi became flustered at this time, and Yu Wenyong said loudly to the outside of the hall, "Aye, pass on my order. Immediately call all the civil and military officials to come to see me!"
When the officials arrived in a hurry, Yu Wenyong repeated the speech he had prepared: "The Duke of Jin forbade the Queen Mother to drink alcohol, disrespected the Queen Mother, and attempted to assassinate the Queen Mother, and was killed by the Duke of Wei. When I arrived at the scene, a tragic thing had already happened. At the scene, I also saw the "Jiu Gao" written by the Duke of Jin to persuade the Queen Mother. Now that the matter has happened, what do you think should be done?"
When everyone looked at the scene in front of them, they immediately understood what happened. How could they not understand what the emperor meant?
Sun Lan, the uncle of the palace who has always been loyal to Yu Wenyong, immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, as a subject of Jin Guogong, if you dare to accuse the Queen Mother, that is treason, treason, and death will not be punished!"
As soon as his words fell, everyone immediately echoed, one sentence from you, one sentence from me, scolding Yu Wenhu to death.
Yu Wenyong looked at them indifferently, and couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart. Among them, many people were still flattering and flattering Yu Wenhu yesterday, but today they all changed their faces.But also, knowing how to turn the wind and turn the rudder is their way of survival.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Jin is disrespectful to the Empress Dowager, and his accomplices should be arrested quickly to avoid major disturbances!" Another person was eager to show in front of the Emperor.
The corners of Yu Wenyong's lips raised slightly, yes, adding insult to injury is also their way of survival.
"Why don't I know this! But the Duke of Jin has a lot of party members, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch them all."
"Your Majesty," Yu Wenzhi had calmed down, "I think Duke Jin's family and children should be quickly arrested!"
"The emperor, and his cronies Yuwen Qianjia, Yuwen Qianji, Yuwen Qianguang and others!"
"emperor……"
Listening to the long list, Yu Wenyong finally put on a satisfied smile, "Then do as Zhong Ai Qing said!"
On the same day, Yu Wenyong executed several of Yu Wenhu's sons and cronies in Chang'an, and none of them were spared as long as they had a little bit of power.He didn't dare to slack off at all, so he sent people to Puzhou by post car that night to arrest Yu Wenxun, the eldest son of Yu Wenhu, the governor of Puzhou, and sent people to kill Yu Wenshen, the second son who was in Tongzhou and ordered all officials close to Yu Wenhu to be dismissed.
Cutting the weeds and eradicating the roots is the way of survival for the emperor.
ten days later.
It was almost dusk, and the sun was setting.
When Aye walked into the room, he saw the emperor standing with his back facing him and his hands behind his back. His straight back was like a vigorous green pine in the wind and rain.
"Your Majesty, Yu Wenxun, who escaped from us a few days ago, has been captured by Lord Yang Jian, and he will be escorted to Chang'an in a few days." He brought the news he had just received.
"When we arrive in Chang'an, we will execute him." Yu Wenyong didn't look back.
"Your Majesty, if Yu Wenhu is killed, our Great Zhou will definitely be more peaceful." Aye said casually.
"Taiping?" Yu Wenyong seemed to be smiling, "I am surrounded by Qi State, Chen State and Turkic tigers and wolves, how can there be peace?"
Hearing the word Turkic, Aye suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do about the matter of asking Turkic marriage after the beginning of the spring mentioned earlier? I heard that Qi State has sent envoys to Turkic a few days ago... "
"So we have to set off as soon as possible, hurry up, and try not to fall behind the Qi people." Yu Wenyong slowly turned his head, "I have already made preparations, and I will set off for Turkic soon."
"Your Majesty, you..."
"The alliance with Turkic is imperative, and this marriage proposal is very important," he smiled, "So, I will pretend to be a messenger and go to Turkic in person."
"What! Your Majesty, how can this be done!"
"I am determined to marry the Turkic princess."
Outside the window, the setting sun was sipping blood, and the thick and faint red wetted half of the sky.
The sky is gray, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low. The scenery beyond the Great Wall is quite different from that of the Central Plains. The grassland under the everlasting blue sky stretches wantonly in all directions like a boundless green carpet, and the mountains stand vividly under the sun.There are no roads on the grassland, only shepherds who pass by occasionally driving flocks of cattle and sheep. Chang Gong lay lazily on the grass, looked up into the distance, the outline of the mountains was faintly visible in the dust, and an extremely open picture stretched before her eyes.Xiao Tie yelled excitedly not far away, "Brother, look, it's sheep, a lot of sheep! There, there are a lot of cows!" This girl has never seen the scenery outside the customs before, Chang Gong smiled lightly, everything seemed to be smoother than she imagined, she got mixed into this caravan with little effort, and entered the Turkic territory safely along the way .Looking at the familiar scenery, for some reason, the scene of stepping on this land in the first battle came to her mind. At that time, she seemed to have not paid attention to the scenery here at all, and what remained in her memory was tenderness and indifference The alternation of red and white, the dance of knife light and flying blood. "Little brother, get up quickly, the caravan is about to leave." A short middle-aged man reminded them not far away. "Lin Bo, how long will it take to arrive?" Chang Gong stood up and dusted off the dust on his body. "Come on, come on, we'll be there in five or six days." Chang Gong showed a helpless expression, the caravan was not moving so slowly. "Brother, look at your dirty face, come and wipe it off?" Another uncle who accompanied him greeted enthusiastically. Chang Gong quickly shook his head, "No, no," "Brother, it's my way, no one pays attention to your appearance this way." Xiao Tie had already stood by his side at some point. Chang Gong glared at her, it's okay if he doesn't say anything, but he gets angry when he says it.Pointing to her dirty face, she said, "I thought you were talking about a disguise technique, didn't you just apply two large pieces of charcoal, who wouldn't know it!" Xiao Tie blinked with a smile, "Anyway, I just need to make you look ugly." "Hurry up and keep up! The caravans are all set off!"
At dusk, the orange-purple glow in the sky reflects the torn clouds, the clear sky is clear and boundless, and the breeze on the grassland brings coolness. The caravan marched slowly, Chang Gong rode his horse to follow behind the caravan, Xiao Tie rode with her, perhaps tired, seemed to be drowsy, swaying slightly with the horse's pace. Counting it, she has been away from Yecheng for a while, and I hope Uncle Jiu and Third Brother can get away with it. The fox should be coming to Turkic soon, right?But don't let her touch him, otherwise... While she was thinking wildly, there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance. Lin Bo, the leader, listened attentively, his face changed drastically, and he said loudly, "Oh no, it's a horse thief!" When Chang Gong heard the word "horse thief", he couldn't help but frowned. He had heard that horse thieves occasionally came in and out of the grassland to rob the passing merchants. He was lucky that he didn't meet these troublesome guys along the way, but he didn't expect to appear at this time. As the sound of horseshoes approached, I saw a group of sturdy horse thieves holding long knives and roaring towards the caravan. They rode their horses like flying, and quickly surrounded the caravan from both sides. . The leader of the horse thief who rushed to the front was about thirties, with narrow eyes and a high nose, he seemed to have a bit of Turkic blood, and exuded a sinister and vicious temperament all over his body. Chang Gong secretly held the hilt of the sword, and his intuition told her that this was a character that was not easy to deal with. "Brother, let's leave all the goods behind, so please spare our lives." Lin Bo also knew that this person in front of him was difficult to deal with. At such a time, life is naturally much more precious than those goods. There was a ferocious smile on the corner of the leader's lips, and he said word by word, "Listen up, the goods, take them all away. People, don't leave a single one." As soon as he finished speaking, the long knife in his hand slashed at Lin Bo quickly and fiercely! "Dang!" The leader only felt that something shook the long knife away, and the blade was still buzzing, which made his right hand go numb. Startled, he said angrily, "Who is it!" "It's me!" Chang Gong lazily opened his mouth, slowly appeared from behind the team, and rode up to him. The leader raised his head, and slowly met Shang Chang Gong's gaze, with undisguised contempt and disgust in his slender eyes.He's just a dirty boy, how capable is he? Thinking of this, he signaled to the big men beside him to deal with the obstructive boy first, and in an instant, the bright scimitar flashed several arcs of light, and charged straight at the boy.The young man smiled slightly, and leaned sideways to dodge, the sharp wind of the knife did not touch a corner of his clothes, just when the faces of several people were surprised, the sword light flashed brightly in the setting sun, and two of the three people were killed. With a cry, he fell off his horse. The leader was also taken aback, only then did he realize that he had encountered a difficult character, and quickly waved his hand, signaling for everyone to attack. Not far away, there are several other people who are stopping and watching. The leading young man held the reins in his hand, with a noble demeanor, calm and calm.It seems as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow flutters like the flowing wind.The black clothes fit so well, every silk thread seemed to be tightly attached to his skin, outlining his slightly thin figure. The young man was the emperor of Zhou State, Yu Wenyong, who went to Turkic to propose marriage.These days, he led his troops day and night, and rushed to the outside of the Great Wall at the fastest speed, and happened to bump into Chang Gong, who was not in a hurry even though he set off early. "My... my lord, should we help?" Aye whispered. "Wait a little longer." The young man's eyes were bright and charming, like the first rays of sunshine in a spring morning, unable to hide his composure and wisdom. "My lord, that young man is really powerful. You see, in a blink of an eye, he easily cut down many horse thieves." Yu Wenyong looked at the young man, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but for some reason he felt a little familiar, even if they were far away, he could still feel the fierce fighting spirit of the young man enveloped like the sky, which made people shudder. "Aye, let's help him too." Yu Wenyong smiled slightly, and galloped away. Although these horse thieves are not Chang Gong's opponents, after all, both hands are no match for many punches, and she has to protect the merchants and Xiao Tie, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions. , Chang Gong was furious, and cut off the opponent's horse with a sword, but immediately several horse thieves rushed over from behind... Chang Gong understands that this kind of situation is very unfavorable, but apart from her, there are not many people here who know martial arts. "Boom!" There was a sound of weapons being handed over behind her, and she turned her head in astonishment, only to see a boy in black rushing in with a team. Although he couldn't see the boy's face clearly, he was obviously helping her On one side, I couldn't help but feel happy, and my swordsmanship became more fierce... The horse thief was already a little overwhelmed, but when he saw a new opponent joining, he completely collapsed and ran away in a hurry. Seeing that the horse thief had been driven away, Chang Gong got off his horse and went forward to thank Yu Wenyong. "It's good that you're fine." His voice was like the spring water in the valley, gentle and comfortable.There was still a sense of familiarity, as if he had heard this voice somewhere before, and with such confusion, Chang Gong raised his eyes to size him up, and then froze there. This, isn't this the male favorite of the little emperor of Zhou! "Mi Luo, it's you!" She blurted out his name, and the joy of meeting an old friend in a foreign country filled her heart.
The sky is gray, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low. The scenery beyond the Great Wall is quite different from that of the Central Plains. The grassland under the everlasting blue sky stretches wantonly in all directions like a boundless green carpet, and the mountains stand vividly under the sun.There are no roads on the grassland, only shepherds who pass by occasionally driving flocks of cattle and sheep. Chang Gong lay lazily on the grass, looked up into the distance, the outline of the mountains was faintly visible in the dust, and an extremely open picture stretched before her eyes.Xiao Tie yelled excitedly not far away, "Brother, look, it's sheep, a lot of sheep! There, there are a lot of cows!" This girl has never seen the scenery outside the customs before, Chang Gong smiled lightly, everything seemed to be smoother than she imagined, she got mixed into this caravan with little effort, and entered the Turkic territory safely along the way .Looking at the familiar scenery, for some reason, the scene of stepping on this land in the first battle came to her mind. At that time, she seemed to have not paid attention to the scenery here at all, and what remained in her memory was tenderness and indifference The alternation of red and white, the dance of knife light and flying blood. "Little brother, get up quickly, the caravan is about to leave." A short middle-aged man reminded them not far away. "Lin Bo, how long will it take to arrive?" Chang Gong stood up and dusted off the dust on his body. "Come on, come on, we'll be there in five or six days." Chang Gong showed a helpless expression, the caravan was not moving so slowly. "Brother, look at your dirty face, come and wipe it off?" Another uncle who accompanied him greeted enthusiastically. Chang Gong quickly shook his head, "No, no," "Brother, it's my way, no one pays attention to your appearance this way." Xiao Tie had already stood by his side at some point. Chang Gong glared at her, it's okay if he doesn't say anything, but he gets angry when he says it.Pointing to her dirty face, she said, "I thought you were talking about a disguise technique, didn't you just apply two large pieces of charcoal, who wouldn't know it!" Xiao Tie blinked with a smile, "Anyway, I just need to make you look ugly." "Hurry up and keep up! The caravans are all set off!"
At dusk, the orange-purple glow in the sky reflects the torn clouds, the clear sky is clear and boundless, and the breeze on the grassland brings coolness. The caravan marched slowly, Chang Gong rode his horse to follow behind the caravan, Xiao Tie rode with her, perhaps tired, seemed to be drowsy, swaying slightly with the horse's pace. Counting it, she has been away from Yecheng for a while, and I hope Uncle Jiu and Third Brother can get away with it. The fox should be coming to Turkic soon, right?But don't let her touch him, otherwise... While she was thinking wildly, there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance. Lin Bo, the leader, listened attentively, his face changed drastically, and he said loudly, "Oh no, it's a horse thief!" When Chang Gong heard the word "horse thief", he couldn't help but frowned. He had heard that horse thieves occasionally came in and out of the grassland to rob the passing merchants. He was lucky that he didn't meet these troublesome guys along the way, but he didn't expect to appear at this time. As the sound of horseshoes approached, I saw a group of sturdy horse thieves holding long knives and roaring towards the caravan. They rode their horses like flying, and quickly surrounded the caravan from both sides. . The leader of the horse thief who rushed to the front was about thirties, with narrow eyes and a high nose, he seemed to have a bit of Turkic blood, and exuded a sinister and vicious temperament all over his body. Chang Gong secretly held the hilt of the sword, and his intuition told her that this was a character that was not easy to deal with. "Brother, let's leave all the goods behind, so please spare our lives." Lin Bo also knew that this person in front of him was difficult to deal with. At such a time, life is naturally much more precious than those goods. There was a ferocious smile on the corner of the leader's lips, and he said word by word, "Listen up, the goods, take them all away. People, don't leave a single one." As soon as he finished speaking, the long knife in his hand slashed at Lin Bo quickly and fiercely! "Dang!" The leader only felt that something shook the long knife away, and the blade was still buzzing, which made his right hand go numb. Startled, he said angrily, "Who is it!" "It's me!" Chang Gong lazily opened his mouth, slowly appeared from behind the team, and rode up to him. The leader raised his head, and slowly met Shang Chang Gong's gaze, with undisguised contempt and disgust in his slender eyes.He's just a dirty boy, how capable is he? Thinking of this, he signaled to the big men beside him to deal with the obstructive boy first, and in an instant, the bright scimitar flashed several arcs of light, and charged straight at the boy.The young man smiled slightly, and leaned sideways to dodge, the sharp wind of the knife did not touch a corner of his clothes, just when the faces of several people were surprised, the sword light flashed brightly in the setting sun, and two of the three people were killed. With a cry, he fell off his horse. The leader was also taken aback, only then did he realize that he had encountered a difficult character, and quickly waved his hand, signaling for everyone to attack. Not far away, there are several other people who are stopping and watching. The leading young man held the reins in his hand, with a noble demeanor, calm and calm.It seems as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow flutters like the flowing wind.The black clothes fit so well, every silk thread seemed to be tightly attached to his skin, outlining his slightly thin figure. The young man was the emperor of Zhou State, Yu Wenyong, who went to Turkic to propose marriage.These days, he led his troops day and night, and rushed to the outside of the Great Wall at the fastest speed, and happened to bump into Chang Gong, who was not in a hurry even though he set off early. "My... my lord, should we help?" Aye whispered. "Wait a little longer." The young man's eyes were bright and charming, like the first rays of sunshine in a spring morning, unable to hide his composure and wisdom. "My lord, that young man is really powerful. You see, in a blink of an eye, he easily cut down many horse thieves." Yu Wenyong looked at the young man, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but for some reason he felt a little familiar, even if they were far away, he could still feel the fierce fighting spirit of the young man enveloped like the sky, which made people shudder. "Aye, let's help him too." Yu Wenyong smiled slightly, and galloped away. Although these horse thieves are not Chang Gong's opponents, after all, both hands are no match for many punches, and she has to protect the merchants and Xiao Tie, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions. , Chang Gong was furious, and cut off the opponent's horse with a sword, but immediately several horse thieves rushed over from behind... Chang Gong understands that this kind of situation is very unfavorable, but apart from her, there are not many people here who know martial arts. "Boom!" There was a sound of weapons being handed over behind her, and she turned her head in astonishment, only to see a boy in black rushing in with a team. Although he couldn't see the boy's face clearly, he was obviously helping her On one side, I couldn't help but feel happy, and my swordsmanship became more fierce... The horse thief was already a little overwhelmed, but when he saw a new opponent joining, he completely collapsed and ran away in a hurry. Seeing that the horse thief had been driven away, Chang Gong got off his horse and went forward to thank Yu Wenyong. "It's good that you're fine." His voice was like the spring water in the valley, gentle and comfortable.There was still a sense of familiarity, as if he had heard this voice somewhere before, and with such confusion, Chang Gong raised his eyes to size him up, and then froze there. This, isn't this the male favorite of the little emperor of Zhou! "Mi Luo, it's you!" She blurted out his name, and the joy of meeting an old friend in a foreign country filled her heart.