Chapter 31 Third, the situation really got out of control

In summer, there are usually torrential rains, thunderstorms, or hail. In the summer of the year Lingdi passed away, according to historical records, Luoyang had "rainy rain for more than eighty days". This rain was not for the mourning of Emperor Ling's death, but more like for the Five Elements Scientists.Because in their view, what happened after that, if there are no natural disasters and supernatural phenomena as footnotes, it would be too unreasonable. When Liang Ji was killed, it rained continuously for dozens of days; when Chen Fan and Dou Wu were killed by eunuchs, it also rained continuously for dozens of days.Now, who will this rain fall for?

He Jin raised his head and looked at the sky of Luoyang, feeling as if he was pressed by thick clouds.He Jin vaguely felt that he was being used, being manipulated from beginning to end.Now he seems to have nothing to do, if he favors the eunuch again, he will be regarded as an accomplice of the eunuch. He Jin wants to enter the palace again to explain his interests to his sister.He Jin habitually raised his head to look up at the sky again. He didn't know that this was the last time he could concentrate on looking at the sky, because his life was rapidly counting down. As usual, He Jin entered the palace alone through the west gate of the Nangong, namely Baihumen. The Empress Dowager He, the young emperor Liu Bian, and Liu Xie who had just been named King Chenliu were all living in Nangong at this time.According to the rules, his entourage could not enter the palace, so He Jin asked Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang to lead the accompanying guards to wait outside the palace gate.

The gate of the palace was closed, and Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and 200 guards loyal to the general lined up outside the White Tiger Gate.It should still be raining at this time, and the rain was hitting the armor of the guards. After waiting for a long time, the palace gate still didn't open. Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang got a little anxious: Will something happen to the general?Only then did they seriously think about it. There were at least a thousand eunuchs in the palace, and the general entered the palace this time to discuss and get rid of them.If the eunuchs know the news... Unfortunately, the eunuchs did know.After Jian Shuo's death, the eunuchs stopped fighting among themselves and reunited with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Duan and others. Facing the murderous intent outside the palace, they understood that only by twisting together can they gain a chance of survival.Under the leadership of Zhang Rang, they continued to cry and plead with Queen Mother He, while sending out their eyes and ears to inquire about news outside the palace.

They soon got the news that He Jin had made up his mind to catch them all, leaving no one behind, and he was about to enter the palace to discuss this matter with the Queen Mother. It's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.After the momentary fear, comes the rage before death.It is understandable that Yuan Shao wanted to kill them, but He Jin also wanted to get rid of them, why?They are all benefactors of the He family, without them, the He family would not be where it is today.Fear turned into hatred, even if the eunuchs died, they would chop He Jin up before they died!

He Jin actually delivered it to his door.When He Jin passed by Nangong Jiade Hall, the eunuchs who had ambushed in advance rushed forward, holding knives in their hands, shouting and cursing, the crowd was so angry that they killed He Jin in a burst of knives.It was an eunuch named Qu Mu who cut He Jin's first knife. This day was August 25th in the sixth year of Zhongping (189). He Jin was killed, leaving behind a mystery.Who informed the eunuchs?From He Jin's plan to kill the eunuch to the time and route of He Jin's coming to the palace on this day, the eunuchs seemed to know very well in advance.

He Jin's death was so smooth that people couldn't help thinking about it. What happens next is even more intriguing.After He Jin was killed, his head was thrown out of the palace. Only then did Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang know that the general had been in danger. Shocked, they wanted to order an attack on the gate, but they couldn't make up their minds. After all, this was the palace.At this moment, their reinforcements also mysteriously appeared. They were reinforced by Huben Zhonglang General Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu's post was supposed to be in the palace, but now he appeared outside the palace, and immediately ordered to attack Miyagi.

Yuan Shu should be very familiar with this palace city, because his main duty is to protect the safety of this place.But Yuan Shu's operation did not start smoothly. When he commanded Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang and his Huben warriors to enter the palace, he found that it was not so easy to attack. The palace wall was tall and surrounded by a moat. They came lightly, without any siege equipment, and after a long time of effort, they couldn't get in.This buys time for the people inside to escape. Zhang Rang and Duan commanded eunuchs to coerce Empress Dowager He, Emperor Shao and King Chen Liu to flee to the North Palace from Fudao between the North and South Palaces.This kind of complex road is the overpass connecting the South Palace and the North Palace.When they got to the back road, they found someone shouting from below. Looking carefully, it was the famous general Lu Zhi.

General Lu was serving as Shangshu at this time, and his working place was at the Shangshutai in Beigong.After hearing about the chaos in the Nangong Palace, the experienced man ran out of the Beigong Palace first. He found a spear from somewhere, and the old general wanted to rescue him alone.Arriving between the North and South Palaces, I happened to meet a group of people who were fleeing on the Fudao. General Lu's prestige far surpassed the spear in his hand, Zhang Rang and others panicked and pushed Queen Mother He down.Lu Zhi hurried to rescue the queen mother, and the people above Fudao took the opportunity to run to the North Palace.

The people commanded by Yuan Shu arrived afterward. Seeing that the siege of the city was not going well, the boy ordered people to set fires everywhere, as if he was afraid that the situation would not be chaotic enough.At the same time, he ordered that the eunuchs be killed when they saw them, and no one would be left behind. In addition to the eunuchs, there are many offices for scholars in the harem, such as Shangshutai, Shizhong Temple, etc., but the situation is completely chaotic, and it is too late to distinguish, as long as there is no beard, all suffer.According to subsequent statistics, more than 2,000 people were killed.

The court officials and scholars living around the North and South Palaces all knew that a major event had happened in the palace, and they were at a loss in the face of the sudden change.Only two people were calm, one was Yuan Shao, one of the former commanders of the Xiyuan Army, and now a lieutenant of Sili, and the other was Yuan Shao's uncle, Taifu Yuan Kui. After He Jin's death, Yuan Wei became the only leader of the court officials.Yuan Shao immediately teamed up with him to set up an emergency headquarters and issued orders to the outside world, allowing Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Wang Yun, Liu Biao and others to quickly control every vital point.

However, Yuan Shao was not in a hurry to organize people to fight the fire in the palace, nor did he post an Anmin notice. He was even more anxious to do another important matter: get rid of He Jin's younger brother He Miao. This matter is indeed very important, because He Miao knows a lot of secrets, and He Miao will definitely have something to say about his brother's killing in the future.Yuan Shao couldn't give him a chance. Under his instigation and instigation, He Jin's general Wu Kuang, who usually had conflicts with He Miao, took advantage of the chaos to kill He Miao. When Yuan Shao was busy doing these things, the palace was relatively lax, unexpectedly, after a lapse of one day, until August 27th, the emperor, Zhang Rang, Duan and others were not found.It was later discovered that a few eunuchs including Zhang Rang and Duan had broken out from the valley gate of the North Palace with the young emperor and King Chen Liu, and ran towards Xiaopingjin, the Yellow River ferry north of Luoyang. It seems they want to cross the river up the river.Not far from the Yellow River is the territory of Jizhou, where the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army are active. If the emperor falls into their hands, the problem will be complicated.Therefore, under the auspices of Yuan Kai, Yuan Shao and others, multiple search and rescue teams were quickly formed to search for the emperor and his party along the way. The search and rescue team led by Lu Zhi and a magistrate named Ming Gong were the first to discover the emperor and his party, and they had already reached the bank of the Yellow River.Zhang Rang, Duan and other dozens of eunuchs saw that there was no way out, and after kowtowing to the emperor, they all jumped into the Yellow River to commit suicide. Lu Zhi, Min Gong and others protected the panic-stricken Young Emperor and King Chen Liu and walked back.It should be late at night. On the way, they encountered a galloping army led by Dong Zhuo.Under the protection of Dong Zhuo, the emperor returned to Luoyang. Throughout the incident, Cao Cao served as a lieutenant of the Dian Army and lived in the barracks in the west of the city.Since he was only leading a newly recruited army, he had not undergone rigorous training and had not yet formed combat effectiveness, so he did not receive specific combat orders. His boss is Jian Shuo, and when Jian Shuo died, He Jin should be in command, but when He Jin died, he didn't know who should be in command.In this incident, Cao Cao is not yet the core figure, all he can do is wait and observe. After waiting for another two days, the chaos outside gradually calmed down, and it is said that the fire in the palace was also extinguished.Cao Cao received an order in the barracks to go to court to discuss matters the next day.