Chapter 21 second quarter

Dong Cheng, the chariot general, rode his horse back home.He got off his horse, handed the reins to the guard who came up, and walked up the steps to enter the gate, but there was no servant to greet him.He yelled: "Where's the waiter?" He walked in, crossed the courtyard and entered the hall, but there was no sign of the servant.He yelled again: "Where is the person?" There was no answer.He thought for a while, and then went to the concubine Yuanying's place. Unexpectedly, his servant Qin Qingtong ran out of the moon gate of Yuanying's small courtyard in a panic: "Master is back?"

Dong Cheng suddenly became suspicious, and asked, "Qin Qingtong, what are you doing here?" Qin Qingtong hurriedly said: "Second Grandma has a cold, and my servant brought some medicine." Dong Cheng asked loudly again in the courtyard: "Where is the person?" Cloud temples, his face flushed red.Dong Cheng was even more suspicious, and asked, "What are you doing?" Qin Qingtong immediately knelt down and said, "It's really because of the mistress..." Dong Cheng stretched out his hand and stopped: "Shut up!" Then he asked his concubine Yuanying: "Yuanying, what is he doing here?" Yuanying quickly knelt down and said, "I have a cold, so let the servant girl ask Qin Qingtong to bring some medicine." The ground looked at it for a while, and then shouted: "Don't kneel down, get up, what should you wait for!" Qin Qingtong got up: "What do you want?" I'm going down." Saying this, she flicked her sleeves and put down her concubine Yuan Ying, angrily returning to the hall.

Yuan Ying quickly got up and followed. As soon as Dong Cheng sat down, Yuan Ying pretended to be pitiful and walked slowly behind the seat, rubbing Dong Cheng's shoulders.Dong Cheng shook his shoulders to express his disapproval.Yuan Ying clenched her fist and thumped lightly again, Dong Cheng shook his shoulder again, but his anger still persisted.Yuan Ying wiped away tears: "My concubine will not dare to be sick anymore, and I will never dare to talk about it when I am sick. If I am unwell and neglect this, I will make the adults so angry..." Although Dong Cheng's doubts were not completely resolved, his anger also dissipated For the most part: "Okay, don't play tricks again, is it because you are making trouble and provoking others again?" Yuanying said: "I just wait for the lord day and night, and when the lord is away, I just look forward to the lord. Can I save it for someone else?" As he spoke, he slowly put Dong Cheng's head down on his chest and kneaded it: "A grown man's head is hard, but a concubine's chest is soft, put the hard ones on the soft ones, and rub them." Dong Cheng said: "Sing your obscene tune again." Yuanying squinted her eyes and hummed softly while kneading: "The body of the adult is hard, the body of the slave is soft, hard into the soft, knead..."

Dong Cheng heard the movement, stopped and said: "Okay, madam is here." Mrs. Cui entered the hall: "Your Excellency is back?" Dong Cheng sat up and said solemnly: "Madam, I have to train them well in the future. They are getting more and more unruly, and there is no one waiting for me when I enter the door." Mrs. Cui calmed down and said, "My lord Come back early today, Yuanying and Qin Qingtong are also caught off guard." Dong Cheng said: "The emperor is in a bad mood today, and he has come down to court early." Just as Qin Qingtong came in to report: "Master Huang has arrived in the palace." Dong Cheng hurriedly Swinging away Mrs. Cui and Yuan Ying, she straightened her court clothes and went to the courtyard. Huang Fu had already entered, surrounded by eunuchs and Yu Linjun.

Huang Fu stopped, and loudly proclaimed: "The imperial edict has arrived——" Dong Cheng immediately let Huang Fu to the entrance of the hall, and he turned his back to the north and bowed to the ground.Huang Fu stood at the entrance of the hall and preached: "Uncle Dong Cheng, the general of Xuanche Cavalry, will immediately enter the palace to meet me in the east side hall. I am here." Get up." Dong Cheng hastily kowtowed and said "Zunzhi" to get up.Huang Fu said again: "The emperor ordered the military officer to go up to the court and ride a horse. This time, we will meet individually. Let's change the sedan chair and enter the palace, so as not to cause rumors." Dong Cheng said: "Observe the order."

Huang Fu waved his hand, shouted and rushed away.Dong Cheng shouted to Qin Qingtong who was standing beside him: "Get ready for the sedan chair!" Qin Qingtong hurriedly ran to Zhang Luo.Mrs. Cui and her concubine Yuanying came out.Dong Cheng said to Mrs. Cui: "The emperor wants me to enter the palace immediately, and announced that I will enter the palace again as soon as the court is over. I don't know why it is so urgent?" Mrs. Cui said: "I will know when I go." After walking around, Qin Qingtong had already stopped in the courtyard with a large sedan chair carrying eight carriages.Dong Cheng got on the sedan chair, and said to Qin Qingtong: "It's good to wait at home, don't break the rules." Qin Qingtong nodded repeatedly, while waiting for Dong Cheng to get on the sedan chair, then turned around and exchanged glances with Yuan Ying.

Dong Cheng went out of the gate in a sedan chair, and before he had gone far, a group of people escorted three prison wagons over.Dong Chenghe asked the sedan chair to stop by the side of the road, and he opened the curtain of the sedan chair to look around.I saw hundreds of swordsmen escorting three prison wagons with a murderous look, and the first prison wagon was tied up with a sign on it was Yang Diao.Dong Cheng knew that he was sent to the school grounds to behead him.Behind the knife and axe are two to three hundred soldiers armed with spears.From a distance behind, Li Dian, Xu Chu and others were seen riding tall horses.There are quite a few people onlookers.A sedan chair also stopped by the side of the road, and it was Yilang Zhao Yan who came down. While watching the procession of escorting death row prisoners, he walked up to Dong Cheng's sedan chair: "It's Dong Guojiu, Mr. Dong, where are you going..." Dong Cheng shushed With a cry, he said softly: "In the palace." Zhao Yan rolled his eyes and nodded.Dong Cheng pointed to the marching team and asked knowingly: "This is..." Zhao Yan said: "Cut Yang Diao." Dong Cheng asked again: "The other two..." Zhao Yan said: "One is Zhang Liao's deputy, and the other is Zhang Liao. Cao Pi's work, confessed to colluding with Yang Diao, stealing the Jian branch and shooting people with arrows." Zhao Yan said ambiguously.Dong Cheng nodded.Zhao Yan snorted and said again: "Don't look at his prestige now! It has been reported that someone in Cao's mansion was involved in a murder case, so let's find out and see if he will be killed when he is the prime minister?"

Dong Cheng looked at Zhao Yan probingly, then waved his hands and got up the sedan chair and left. Zhao Yan watched Dong Cheng's sedan chair move away with great interest. At this time, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was pacing up and down in the east hall, waiting for Dong Cheng. This waiting made him a little anxious.From time to time, he stroked the brocade robe on his body and tried to play with the jade belt around his waist. Huang Fu hurried in and reported: "The servant has announced the decree to the uncle of the country, and he will follow." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty nodded, and paced back and forth in the hall, still touching the jade belt casually from time to time.Huang Fu paid special attention to this.Huang Er came in and reported: "Uncle Dong Cheng, the general of chariots, has arrived." Emperor Xian of the Han waved his hand immediately: "Let him in." Hall——" Dong Cheng immediately entered the hall, and bowed down in front of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty: "My minister Dong Cheng kowtowed to the emperor, and I wish the emperor a long life without bounds." Concubine Dong talked about the suffering of the Bahe River back then, and she thought of the great service of the country's uncle in saving her, so she came here to express her condolences, since there is nothing else." Dong Cheng kowtowed again before getting up.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Recalling the past, it is inevitable to think of the ancestral temple and the country. Today, I go to the Taimiao Temple with Qing to worship our ancestors and cherish the memory of the long past." Uncle Guo and I went to the Taimiao for a walk, and said some homely things, and you can follow from afar." Huang Fu asked, "Will you take a golden chariot?" Go outside the hall with Dong Cheng.

Huang Fu and Huang Er looked at each other.This look at each other not only contains mutual consultation, but also mutual guard. Suddenly, Huang Er had an idea, surpassed Huang Fu, rushed to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and prostrated himself on the ground: "Your Majesty, these steps are not far away, but they are not close when you walk. Your Majesty, let's go in a golden chariot." Emperor Xian of Han was annoyed "Why are you so troublesome?" Huang Fu immediately came up and scolded: "The emperor has already ordered you to prepare a golden chariot and follow him at a distance. If you want to walk, you can walk. If you want to ride a chariot, you can take a chariot. Make arrangements." Huang Er was bored, cast a sidelong glance at Huang Fu, got up and left.Huang Fu also ordered the eunuchs around him to send orders to mobilize the Huben Army and the Yulin Army to deploy protection.He himself brought people to follow Han Xiandi.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty led Dong Cheng into the Ancestral Temple, which was solemn and solemn. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty introduced Dong Cheng to the Pavilion of Meritorious Ministers.The pavilion enshrines the portraits of the emperors and heroes of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty personally burned incense and worshiped.Dong Cheng followed suit.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty then quoted Dong Cheng to view the portraits of the ancestors of the past dynasties.In the middle is the statue of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Where did my emperor Gaozu start and how did he create the great cause of the Han Dynasty?" Dong Cheng was shocked and said: "Your Majesty is playing with the ministers. Who knows about the ancestors? The three-foot sword, the snake-slaying uprising, traversed the world, destroyed Qin in three years, and destroyed Chu in five years, and then the world was established, and the foundation of the Han Dynasty was established." Han Xiandi sighed: "The ancestors are so heroes, and the descendants are so cowardly, how can you not sigh! "Dong Cheng said: "Your Majesty is wise, and you will be able to flourish your ancestral business." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty shook his head, and pointed to the portraits of the two assistant ministers left and right of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, saying: "These two are Zhang Liang, Marquis Liu, and Xiao He, Marquis Zan, right?" Dong Cheng said: " That’s true. The founder of Gaozu’s business really depends on the strength of the two.” Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty believed it deeply, and recalled that Huang Fu and his companions were far away, and said to Dong Cheng in a low voice: “You should also stand by my side like this.” Dong Cheng knew the deep meaning of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and said: "I have no merit, why should I do this?" It can be a gift." Pointing to the jade belt of the brocade robe he was wearing, he said: "I will give you this robe and belt today, and you will wear my robe and tie my belt, as if you are always at my side." Dong Chengdun thanked you for his kindness. .Immediately, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty took off his brocade robe and jade belt and gave it to Dong Cheng. At the same time, he whispered in a whisper: "You can take a closer look when you return home. Don't disappoint me." When Dong Cheng heard this, he understood it with horror, knowing that it was a secret.While dressing and tying his clothes, he pretended to glance around unintentionally.Huang Fu and the others stood there not far or close.Dong Cheng bid farewell to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and left the pavilion in a hurry.

Han Xiandi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Dong Cheng's back with far-reaching eyes.