At the second quarter of Mao, the sky was light.
Gao An hurried into the hall and told Zhu Yunxuan: "Your Majesty, the deputy commander of the Jingwei Army is waiting outside, saying that there is an urgent military situation to report."
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxuan's brows that had been gloomy all the time suddenly relaxed, looked at Liang Zhen who was calm on the opposite side, and said calmly: "King Zhao is the commander of the Jingwei Army, why should he come to the palace to report to me if there is something important. "
Liang Zhen raised his eyes to look at him, and his voice was calm: "Is it today? It's faster than I thought, Your Majesty has a good plan."
Zhu Yunxuan didn't answer, and stood up: "I'm tired, let's go and rest first, and the outside affairs will be dealt with by King Zhao."
After Zhu Yunxuan finished speaking, he turned and went back to the inner hall. Liang Zhen placed the finished bamboo dolls on the window sill one by one.
The deputy commander of the Jingwei Army hurried in and said anxiously: "My lord! Two quarters of an hour ago, Ding Guogong and Jiang Zongbing of the Jingnan Camp led troops to surround the city gate, threatening...to serve Wang Qingjun. I ordered the gates of the city to be closed tightly to prevent anyone from entering or leaving, and I would like to ask the prince to clarify how to deal with it afterwards!"
Liang Zhen's expression moved slightly: "Chief General Jiang from the Southern Camp?"
"It's him," the deputy commander said angrily, "it's him who followed Dingguo Gong and led the Southern Battalion to surround the city gate, yelling outside the city that your majesty is under house arrest. , and now the outside is completely chaotic."
Liang Zhen sneered: "It turned out to be him, my king sometimes misses it."
"My lord..."
Liang Zhen didn't ask any more questions, and ordered lightly: "Let's put martial law in the whole city first. No matter whether they are officials or ordinary people, tell them to stay at home and close the doors and windows. They are not allowed to send any news to the outside. All suspicious people will be sent to prison. Go on, let’s say it’s what this king said, Dingguo Gong He Huailing and Nanying Commander Jiang Shengqi conspired against each other, intending to attack the city. No one is allowed to open the city gate or pass on news to them. Party office."
"Yes!... Do you want to send troops to the North Camp?"
Liang Zhen shook his head: "It's useless, don't you know the personality of that Wang Zongbing in the northern camp? At this time, he will only hide in the camp and choose to protect himself wisely. Even if the king invites him personally, he will not come out."
In the inner hall, Zhu Yunxuan was leaning against the window with a hand warmer in his arms, staring in a daze at the bleak winter scene outside in the twilight morning light. Liang Zhen came in, took the cloak that hung on the screen, stepped forward and draped it over his shoulders Up: "Tianhan, Your Majesty, don't stand on the wind. Didn't you say you were tired? Why are you still standing here?"
Zhu Yunxuan came back to his senses, and looked at him with a complicated expression: "It's come to this point, are you still unwilling to take the initiative to hand over your military power?"
Liang Zhen smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, now that we have reached this point, this play must be sung to the end. I will face off with Lord Ding and the others. Afterwards, they will attack the city to save you. The crime of being a traitor and a traitor will be confirmed." Now, you can deal with the minister in a legitimate way, wouldn't it be good?"
"You have no chance of winning." Zhu Yunxuan reminded him coldly.
Liang Zhen sighed: "Your Majesty, you still don't believe in me. Does Your Majesty think that I want to die?"
"It doesn't matter whether it is or not. Once they attack the city, you will die."
"I know, I really didn't expect that that person would be Jiang Sheng."
Zhu Yunxuan said coldly: "It is true that you single-handedly picked him up, but when he first joined the army, he was kindly saved by old General He."
Liang Zhen nodded: "It turns out that the anger that His Majesty showed in front of the minister before was all acted out, just to prevent the minister from becoming suspicious. He was left to His Majesty by Duke Ding, and the minister was mistaken... so There are not many people in Beijing, right?"
If it weren't for this, Zhu Yunxuan wouldn't have had such a difficult life these years, so he could only choose to rely on Liang Zhen.
At that time, Emperor Zhaoyang wanted to use He Huailing to guard the border and was afraid of his power. After He Huailing left Beijing, his old department in Beijing was almost wiped out. He was dismissed for various reasons, and Jiang Sheng was one of the few remaining caught fish. At that time, his official position was low and inconspicuous, and later he pretended to join Liang Zhen, and he sat down step by step to the present Jingnan University. The position of the battalion commander.
It was also because of this that Liang Zhen was able to hide it from his eyes and make him trust the wrong person.
"Your Majesty, when you first came to the throne, I prevented you from promoting Ding Guogong's confidant to be the commander-in-chief of Qiguan, and proposed to send people from Beijing to go there. It was really selfless. You first disagreed and then agreed. The battalion has vacated the position, and if there is a chance, can Jiang Sheng be promoted to the deputy commander?"
Zhu Yunxuan didn't answer, it was a tacit agreement, Liang Zhen smiled wryly: "So you started planning these things at that time, after Zhang Shen and Liu Qizhong's accident, Jiang Sheng took the position of the chief soldier naturally, after the Nanying got your hands, you will not I plan to bear it any longer... Also, the commander-in-chief of the northern camp, Wang Zhizhong, is a fool who can act according to the wind, and he is not that loyal to the minister. If the southern camp is still firmly in the hands of the minister, he will naturally not help You deal with the minister, but if you have already taken back the southern camp, he will not make a fool of himself for the minister, so you expect that even if the southern camp sends troops to besiege the city, there will be no movement in the northern camp until the situation is settled, so don't worry about them coming out to make trouble."
"...you know, why bother to talk?"
Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes lightly: "Your Majesty, are you sure they will be able to enter the city? There are 100,000 troops in the southern battalion, but there are also 50,000 defenders in the city, occupying the advantage of defending the city. If you open the city gate, people from outside may not be able to enter the city for three and a half months."
Zhu Yunxuan said calmly: "So what if you can't get in? You are just fighting a trapped beast. Your only bargaining chip is the emperor."
"Your Majesty is not afraid that I will choose to kill you before they attack, or die with you?"
Zhu Yunxuan turned his eyes away, and after a long silence, he murmured: "...you won't."
Liang Zhen looked at him quietly, the light in his eyes dimmed completely: "So that's it, it turns out... Lian Chen's heart, His Majesty also calculated it into it."
Zhu Yunxuan did not deny that from the very beginning, he put all his eggs in one basket and put himself in the most dangerous situation. Liang Zhen couldn't escape, but he could kill him first. If he did so, the most likely ending would be to break with Liang Zhen. But he also knew that Liang Zhen would not kill him, whether he was captured without a fight or forced to a corner, Liang Zhen would not kill him, only Liang Zhen would die.
Even if Liang Zhen killed all the people in the world, he still couldn't bear to kill him.
This point, he didn't know and didn't believe it before, but now he believed it, but it was too late.
Liang Zhen's voice was difficult: "Your Majesty is just relying on the fact that I like you."
Zhu Yunxuan closed her eyes: "I have never been afraid of death. You refused to let me die at the beginning, so I was destined to have today."
"Your Majesty said so, and I am even more reluctant to open the city gate. Does it mean that if I don't open the city gate for a day, I will have the opportunity to stay here with Your Majesty for one more day?"
"No more," Zhu Yunxuan shook his head, "Liang Zhen, you can't escape, He Huailing and the others are coming in soon, and you have no way out."
Liang Zhen understood: "Your Majesty, is there any other way? Even if I don't take the initiative to open the city gate, they will definitely be able to come in, and they will come in soon, right?"
"Yes," Zhu Yunxuan's voice was cold, reminding him again, "You are dying."
Liang Zhen took a step forward, grabbed Zhu Yunxuan's waist and pulled him in front of him, lowered his head, and gently rubbed his dry lips against his: "What if I rob Your Majesty and leave now?"
Zhu Yunxuan was slightly stunned: "...out of this city, you will have nothing. Even if you can take me out, you will only get a dead body... In the past, you could use my elder brother and the people of the country to threaten me... , once you step out of the city gate, you will have nothing to threaten me, and at that time, I will choose to kill myself."
Liang Zhen looked at Zhu Yunxuan without blinking, trying to find even the slightest bit of hesitation and intolerance from his face: "Does Your Majesty really hate this minister so much? After so many years... have you really never felt the slightest bit of temptation towards him?" ?”
Zhu Yunxuan lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and after a moment of emptiness, he said: "It's all over, what's the point of talking about it..."
Liang Zhen's heart trembled, and he pulled him into his arms forcefully.
Zhu Yunxuan didn't move, and the memory seemed to return to that snowy night in a trance, when he was reprimanded by Emperor Zhaoyang, he knelt in the snow from dark to dawn, before he lost consciousness, someone stretched out his hand to catch him, it was the same Embrace, that was the only warmth he felt in this palace after his elder brother left Beijing.
I used to think that being accompanied by a beautiful family member like a flower was the happiest thing in this life, but the first person who cast a wavering shadow in my heart was the one who shouldn't and couldn't think about it.
The torment of ethics and morals made him endure and suppress again and again, not daring to move forward, until the man lifted his mask, revealing his original hideous face, and asked him to trade his self-esteem.
The man said that as long as he was obedient and satisfied, he would help him get everything he wanted. He is used as a tool to vent his desire, allowing the other party to get whatever they want, until it gets worse.
Time and time again, he finally got what he wanted, but lost his heart under repeated persecution by the other party.
There has never been pure love and affection between them. Liang Zhen's liking for him is hidden in his unbearable control and possession, which is hard to fathom. And for Liang Zhen, the emotions that tossed and tormented him in his heart had long been exhausted by the other party's wanton practice.
Life and death is the best ending between them.