Chapter 20 Chapter Eighteen

After the worship of all the officials, the voice of "Long live the new emperor" shook the forbidden garden in the funeral.Yuan Shao, who commanded the Imperial Forest Army, drew his sword and announced: "Now, take the blood sacrifice of the leader of the conspiracy, Jian Shuo!" Then he searched the palace himself, found Jian Shuo, shouted "thief", and chased after him. Jian Shuo fled in all directions, desperate for his life, and crawled to the back of the flower bed in the Imperial Garden, where he was stabbed to death from the rear. Some people said that it was Guo Sheng, an accomplice of the ten permanent servants, who stabbed him to death, while others said that it was soldiers who broke in randomly.In short, there was chaos inside and outside the palace, and people were so jealous that they didn't even know what was going on.

Yuan Shao rushed up to He Jin and said, "General! Why don't you say a word while seeing the chaos? Now is the time! We must kill all the ten servants who are cancerous in the palace and rat thieves in the country, leaving no one behind! If you miss this moment, there will be a day of regret!" "Um... oh..." He Jin nodded.But his face was pale, and he couldn't see his usual energy. It turned out that He Jin, who has always been cautious, was dazzled by anger for a moment, and only then did he dare to plan such a big event.In the blink of an eye, the inside and outside of the palace gate turned into a hell on earth.Hearing that Jian Shuo who tried to murder him has been killed, the momentary anger has disappeared.He looked like he was stunned and trembling by the sight of the fire he had ignited spreading endlessly.

at this time.The ten permanent servants were in a panic and yelled "Oh, it's terrible".Headed by Zhang Rang, everyone felt that they were doomed, so they ran into the inner palace, resorted to a desperate strategy, knelt under the skirt of He Jin's sister He Hou, and begged for mercy. "Okay, okay. Take it easy." He immediately sent someone to pass on He Jin. She reprimanded He Jin and said: "Our brothers and sisters were born in a poor and humble background, and we are now rich and honored. At first, it was because of the eunuch Shichang who served them and recommended them."

After being told by his sister, He Jin recalled how poor and humble he was when he slaughtered cattle and sheep. "Where is it, I just need to kill Jian Shuo who murdered me." After leaving the inner palace, He Jin appeased the officers, soldiers and eunuchs who were chasing from left to right and said: "Jian Shuo has been killed. He wanted to harm me, so he was beheaded. He didn't mean to harm me, and I didn't harm him either." The meaning. Don't worry, don't be afraid!" "General, don't say stupid things!" Hearing this, Yuan Shao walked up to He Jin with a bloody knife in his hand, and blamed him for his negligence. "This side is making a big deal, and the other side said such a soft-hearted decision from the general's mouth, what should I do?! If you don't get rid of the palace's cancer now, the general will regret it in the future!"

"No, don't say that! If the flames of the palace gates become the fires of the whole city of Luoyang, and the fires of Luoyang become the fires of the whole world, it will be irreparable." He Jin was indecisive, and finally did not accept Yuan Shao's suggestion. The riots at the Forbidden Gate seem to have subsided for the time being. later.Empress He and He Jin's family thought that "Empress Dowager Dong was in the way", so they resorted to evil tricks and moved the Empress Dowager to a remote village called Hejian (now Hejian, Hebei). The late Lingdi's biological mother, Empress Dowager Dong, is now also powerless to resist their influence.This is also the result of her doting too much on the prince Xie, the son of the former emperor's favorite concubine Wang Meiren, who was hated by the Empress He and He Jin's clan.On the chariot, Empress Dowager Dong had no choice but to wash her face with tears all day long, and was sent to a place far away from the capital.

But just like that, Empress He and He Jin still felt uneasy, and then sent assassins to kill Empress Dowager Dong. In a short period of time, Empress Dowager Dong returned to Luoyang Imperial City again.However, she came back after turning into a cold corpse in the coffin. A big funeral was held in Beijing.He Jin called it "sickness" and neither entered the palace nor showed his face outside. He is irritable.And cautiously.He dared to do great evil for the glory of himself and his family.But on the other hand, who is cautious, he has scruples about the society and blames himself.

In short, He Jin is a person who started from humble beginnings and stood above other ministers, but has not completely become an ambitious man, nor has he completely become a villain. people. He Jin stays at home like a tortoise in its shell.One day, Yuan Shao visited He Jin's mansion and asked, "What's the matter, General?" "nothing." "You have no spirit." "not bad." "Uh...have you heard?" "What?... Tell me." "I heard that the gang of eunuchs frequently spread rumors, saying that He Jin killed Empress Dowager Dong."

"Oh……" "So, I didn't say it. It's not too late now. Those guys are cancerous tumors in the final analysis. If you don't cut off the roots and punish them, after a long time, they will take root and sprout, grow as you like, engage in conspiracy and tricks, and become helpless." tidy." "Uh-huh……" "Please decide!" "I'll think about it." He Jin looked hesitant. Yuan Shao returned disappointed. Among the servants, there were eunuchs' secret works, and they immediately ran to secretly report that "Yuan Shao has been here, so and so".

"It's about to happen again!" After getting the information, the eunuchs panicked.However, whenever there is danger, they have a convenient way like a fire hydrant.That is to run to the feet of He Jin's younger sister He Hou and cry. "Ok." He Hou is a noble puppet played by them, but he has authority over He Jin. "Tell He Jin!" He Jin came again. "Brother, you won't be instigated by bad men again, and you want to make a big fuss in the Taiping Palace. The internal affairs of the palace are in charge of the eunuchs, which is the tradition in the Han Dynasty palace. You hate eunuchs, and if you want to kill them, it is an insult to the ancestral temple. what."

"I don't think so..." Done on the spot.He Jin just answered ambiguously, and then withdrew. As soon as He Jin exited the palace gate, the military general waiting beside his chariot came to ask about the news of entering the palace: "General, how is it?" "Ah...it's Yuan Shao." "I heard that Empress Dowager He summoned you, and I'm worried. Have you talked about eunuchs in private?" "Uh... we talked about it, but..." "Have you told her your resolution?" "Oh, before I could speak, the Empress Dowager showed great mercy and intervened, so..."

"No!" Yuan Shao resolutely said, "This is your weakness, General. The eunuchs are plotting and maliciously spreading rumors to frame you, and once exposed, they grab the sleeves of the Queen Mother's clothes and cry. ... They have seen the Queen Mother's heart Weakness and your weakness of never disobeying the Queen Mother's wishes, that's why you did this." "That's right..." Being a little bit, He Jin also paid attention. "Now! You have to take advantage of the present! If you miss today, when will you wait! Please spread the message to the heroes of the four directions, and determine the plan for all generations in one fell swoop." He Jin was also moved by his passionate remarks, thought it was reasonable, and unconsciously said: "Okay, let's do it. Actually, I also thought of this step." Someone heard the secret conversation between the two behind the tree where the chariot was placed.It is Cao Cao, Lieutenant of Dianjun. Cao Cao snickered alone and said, "It's really stupid to instigate so much. Cancer won't grow all over the body, you only need to pull out one culprit. If you capture the leader of the eunuchs and put him in prison, you can solve it with the hands of the criminals. But if Spread the message to the heroes of all parties, and the careerists in all states will immediately notice the chaos in the Han Dynasty. Then the various factions and heroes from all countries will be ready to move, and the world will immediately be in chaos." He followed He Jin's chariot, and said to himself: "...doomed to fail. Ah, how will the situation change in the future?" However, Cao Cao did not express his thoughts to He Jin.In this regard, he is neither a straightforward speaker like Yuan Shao, nor a coward like He Jin. He just muttered that there are many ambitious people in the world, and he himself is one of them.Although he has fair skin, delicate eyebrows, and tightly closed lips, he is submissively serving as He Jin's bodyguard, but compared with his boss in the chariot, he is a lieutenant of the Dian Army, and he is more unpredictable, ruthless, and ruthless. The volume is larger. Here, Dong Zhuo, who lives in Xiliang (where the government is located today in Zhangjiachuan, Gansu), was questioned by the court after the rebellion was suppressed due to his poor command during the previous crusade against the Yellow Turban bandits.But he cleverly bought the eunuch's ten permanent attendants, not only was he not convicted, but he was promoted to a noble position, stole an important position, was promoted to the governor of Xiliang, and had 200,000 soldiers. The secret envoy handed over a piece of proclamation to Dong Zhuo, saying: "He's from Luoyang." He Jin, who was in Luoyang, first sent a message to the heroes of the states, conveying the following meaning: The government of the world, the disadvantages of the pivot temple are extremely serious today.I would like to gather the banners of Gongming, form a righteous cloud meeting, and discuss the reform of the government for generations with all the public under the bright sun and the moon. Now, He Jin is waiting to see the response.Soon, the princes from all over the country sent envoys one after another with the reply of "willing to go to Luo to participate in the meeting" or "willing to send troops to help", and they came to announce day and night, knocking on the door of the He family. "Dong Zhuo from Xiliang seems to be raising his troops too..." Shi Yushi Zheng Tai said in front of He Jin. "Is the call to action also sent to Dong Zhuo?" "Well... it's done." "People say that he is a man of tigers and wolves. If wolves are brought into the capital, they may eat people indiscriminately." Zheng Tai was worried. "I feel the same way." In a corner of the room, a veteran who was watching a topographic map with his staff said as he walked up to He Jin. Taking a closer look, it was Zhonglang General Lu Zhi. He was slandered during the crusade against the Yellow Bandits, and was escorted back to the capital in a cart, where he was once convicted by the military court.But then Zuo Feng, who framed him, fell from power, and he was exonerated, restored to his post, and served as General Zhonglang again. "Dong Zhuo will be ecstatic when he sees the proclamation, thinking that the opportunity has come. But what he is happy about is not the court revolution, but the court chaos, thinking that he can take the opportunity to realize his ambition... I also know that Dong Zhuo, if Let him enter the forbidden court, I don't know what kind of disaster will happen." Lu Zhi deliberately turned to Zheng Taidao, intending to advise He Jin.But He Jin didn't accept it. "You all have doubts like you, how can you manipulate the heroes of the world?" "But……" Zheng Tai still wanted to make a slander, but He Jin said displeased: "You and others are far from enough to conspire for great things." "yes……" Both Zheng Tai and Lu Zhi swallowed their words and retreated.Later, headed by the two of them, the interested courtiers heard about this incident, and they all saw He Jin's character, and left him one after another. "I heard that Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses have arrived in Mianchi (now west of Luoyang, Henan Province)." He Jin listened to his subordinates' reports and said, "Why did you come so fast? Send someone to meet you!" He sent people frequently. However, Dong Zhuo always said "come from afar, let the soldiers and horses take a rest", or said to prepare armaments, no matter how many times he urged him, he never moved.He ignored He Jin's urging, and stared at Luoyang with his bright eyes. on the other hand.He Jinfei appealed to the princes, and Dong Zhuo and others responded to the appeal and stationed troops near Mianchi.Such a big event, the ten permanent attendants in Miyagi would not be ignorant. "Well done!" Although they panicked, they urgently discussed countermeasures.Zhang Rang and others secretly arranged for the forbidden soldiers to ambush at the Jiade Gate of Changle Palace densely with knives, axes and iron bows, and tricked Empress Dowager He into writing a letter summoning He Jin. Sending people out of the palace gate, as usual, deliberately beautiful cars with golden saddles, showing off all the way, putting on a nonchalant face, and delivering the letter to the gate of He Jin's mansion. "No!" He Jin's courtiers immediately saw through the trap set by the ten servants, and remonstrated, "Even the Queen Mother's imperial edict is not credible at this time. It's too dangerous! It's wise not to take a step out of the door." This is He Jin's problem. When someone talks about it, he wants to show off what he doesn't have in the first place. "Why do you say that?! I, He Jin, get rid of the sickness in the palace. I hope that the government will flourish, and I will soon rule the world. What can the ten servants do to me?! If you heard that I, He Jin, am afraid of those temple rats If I stay behind closed doors, the heroes of the world will be underestimated by me." This day He Jin was strangely strong.He immediately ordered people to prepare chariots and riders, put five hundred elite soldiers under strict guard, and went out into the palace.When they came to Qingsuo Gate, the guard said: "Soldiers and horses are not allowed to enter the forbidden gate, wait outside the gate!" He Jin was separated from the soldiers and horses, and only brought a few followers into the palace gate.Even so, he still proudly held his chest high and walked forward majestically.However, when they arrived in front of Jiade's gate, someone in the dark shouted: "Pig butcher, wait!" He Jin flinched with an "Ah", and was surrounded by a group of sergeants from the front, back, left, and right. Zhang Rang jumped out and scolded to his face: "He Jin! Aren't you a poor ghost who slaughtered pigs in the alleys of Luoyang and barely survived?! Whose credit is it for today's prosperity and wealth? It's all thanks to us , Overtly and secretly recommended your sister to the emperor, and even recommended you! You ungrateful thing!" He Jin's face turned pale, and he blurted out, "That's too bad!" But it was too late.All the palace gates are closed.If he wanted to escape, he was surrounded by knives, axes and iron guns, and there was no room for a foot. "Wow! Da!" He Jin yelled, jumped on the ground, and spun around three times. Zhang Rang jumped up and said, "Boy! Did you expect to see today!?" Raised the knife in hand and dropped it, splitting it in half. There was a loud "oh-oh-oh" sound outside Qingsuo's door.It sounded like they already felt that the atmosphere in the palace gate was weird. "Has General He not withdrawn yet?" "The general is in a hurry, please tell him to get in the car quickly." The elite soldiers shouted and became agitated. At this time, a heavily armed officer and soldier on the city gate poked his head out and said, "Stop making noise! ​​Be quiet! Your master He Jin was handed over for questioning on suspicion of treason. He has just pleaded guilty and has been dealt with. Put this in the car , go back immediately!" After that, he threw something from the top of the city, which was as black as a Cuju.The outsiders hurriedly picked it up and saw that it was He Jin biting his lip and looking pale!