As the Beimang army moved southward, Liucheng, located on the border of Longyao Prefecture, became an extremely eye-catching town. After the former city shepherd Tao Qianzhi died suddenly for no reason, the position of the new city shepherd who replaced him in the temple of the Southern Dynasty naturally rose. However, when he got the news in a hurry, he was still terrified, and rushed out of the city with a few bodyguards, but he was stopped unceremoniously at the junction of an official road and a narrow path. Master Cheng Mu had no complaints about this, but just went back home angrily. When I go back, I don’t need to hurry, I turn my head from time to time to look at the solemn cavalrymen, hey, it’s our Beimang scout who claims to be the second and no one dares to be the first, Crow Lanzi! I heard that cultivating a crow fence can be compared to the only two heavy cavalry in the Imperial Account of Beiting, and it is thanks to that fat man who is willing to spend the money.
Since Dong Zhuo was promoted, he still wore armor when he went out. Even when he went to see His Majesty the Empress, he never wore the prominent official uniform of the Great King of the Southern Court. But he changed into this robe that can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people. He took the little hand of Tao Qianzhi's daughter, Tao Manwu, and walked to the old and new graves. The guy in the house, when he was alive, would make people pull weeds frequently, and after retiring from the position of General Chongshe to serve as the city shepherd of Liucheng, he would go to the grave more often. Unfortunately, he has now become a neighbor with the old guy. I think it is really intentional Also powerless. Dong Zhuo squatted down behind him, put a pot of wine under his feet, and first silently pulled out the yellowing weeds on the old grave, muttering: "Old Wuchang, don't blame little Dong Fatty, I once swore, one day If you don't become a high-ranking official, you will have no face to come to your grave to toast for a day. Today, I, a little fat man, can be considered prosperous. How bright is your face, why don't you even grin? Why, is it because I finally know how full my mouth is? Does the yellow tooth seep into people?"
Dong Zhuo, who has made great achievements in battle, whether he is chasing or fleeing on the battlefield, even if he does not have a horse, his two legs can be faster than four legs, but at this time, he is pulling those dry weeds that can be easily reasoned by young children. , but it seems particularly difficult.
The general and the king of the South Courtyard, who liked to call His Majesty the Empress "Sister" and who liked to paste Spring Festival couplets on other people's gates, were already in tears. "There's a saying in the Central Plains, it's called returning home with brocade, old corporal, tell me in good conscience, do I, Dong Zhuo, have enough brocade today?! What is I wearing on my body? Is it exactly the same rank as Xu Huainan, the king of the North Academy back then? old corporal, can you believe it? Back then, that little Beiliang cavalry soldier whose three legs would go limp, that little fat guy you called a coward was the biggest officer among all the soldiers you brought One."
Dong Zhuo didn't turn his head, but just pointed to the new grave, "Look at Tao Qianzhi, that bastard, he's worse than you, he didn't die on the battlefield, he died if he said he died. This isn't a fucking deserter What is it? Old Corporal Chief, can you sleep peacefully as a neighbor with this kind of person? Anyway, I, Dong Zhuo, wouldn’t believe it even if I beat him to death.”
Dong Zhuo suddenly turned his head and roared towards the new grave: "Tao Qianzhi, I'm the one who scolded you! After the old corporal leader left, you were the first to be the corporal leader and the first captain among the brothers. The first one to become a general, is that a big deal? Fuck your mother! The biggest official in your life is General Chongshe, a broken city shepherd who left behind a small city! You are an uncle!"
Dong Zhuo smiled miserably, "I know, you think it's embarrassing to hang around with Fatty Dong, so you refuse to come to Dong's army to help me. Others just want to save face and suffer. Look at you, are you dead? Are you Climb out if you can, and see if I kick you back!"
Probably because he was afraid of scaring the little girl kneeling in front of the new grave, Dong Zhuo regained his composure, unscrewed the lid of the flagon pot, took out three wine glasses from his arms, placed one on the grave of the old corporal chief, and squeezed it out. With a smiling face, he said to Tao Manwu: "Little Manwu, give the cup to your father. With his alcohol addiction, I guess he is too hungry after lying down for so long."
The little girl took the wine glass with both hands, and after being filled by Uncle Dong, she lightly sprinkled it on her father's grave.
Dong Zhuo spilled a glass of wine in front of the old grave, and he drank it with his head up. After pouring himself a glass, he drank it in one gulp. When he found Xiao Manwu holding the wine glass with both hands, Dong Zhuo smiled. Said: "Uncle won't give your father a drink, let him lie there and stare blankly."
The little girl's eyes were filled with tears, but she tried her best not to cry, feeling aggrieved and sad.
Dong Zhuo hastily poured her a glass of wine, watching the child pour another glass of wine in a serious manner, Dong Zhuo's eyes turned sore again, he tilted his head to look at the new grave, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Xiao Manwu is better than me." Daughter is still a daughter, as long as I take down Beiliang, if I am still alive, I dare not say that I will give the whole Central Plains to our Xiaomanwu as a dowry in the future, and half of them will never escape."
Dong Zhuo turned his head and looked at Laofen, "Old Wuchang, do you want to say that I, Little Fatty Dong, are bragging again? Don't look down on me this time. Now that I fart in the court, there are a lot of people saying It's delicious. Hong Jingyan, Murong Baoding and other bastards who look so majestic have to obediently fight me. Aren't the Beiliang iron cavalry the best in the world? Old Wuchang, you have the courage to open up and say that you want them to fight this winter. Tens of thousands of people died? If they die one less, I will dig a hole next to you and bury myself, and come to be your neighbor! If you really have no way to speak, you can entrust me with a dream."
Tao Manwu asked Uncle Dong for another glass of wine. After pouring down the third glass, he put down the glass and knelt in front of the grave without saying a word.
Dong Zhuo didn't let her get up, and didn't give her any comfort. He sat down on the ground, poured the rest of the pot of wine into the soil, and said softly, "Old Corporal Commander, you brought us soldiers with you. Dong Zhuo now has 100,000 troops of the Dong family! He also has the best crow fence in Beimang, and the best infantry in Beimang! The 300,000 frontier troops in more than 20 military towns in the two states of Longyao, Gusai, in the southernmost part of the country. I am in charge. Hong Jingyan’s Rouran cavalry, and Liu Gui and Yang Yuanzan’s more than 100,000 private troops are still under my control. A little further north, half of the soldiers in the hands of the two festival-holders, 200,000 horses, are also obedient. He pinched his nose and delivered it to me. When His Majesty cleans up the northern grasslands, except for Tuoba Bodhisattva, as long as the others reach the border of the Southern Dynasties, I will take care of them! Beiliang is only a big place, so many people More war horses, urinating, and Beiliang will be flooded. A big fight before the spring, at most plus a fight next year in autumn, and Beiliang will be completely over."
Dong Zhuo said with a sinister smile: "Northern Liang must have thought it would take three to five years. I, Dong Zhuo, have been a fox for more than ten years. This time I will be a wolf once and for all. I will never stop until I am full. !"
Dong Zhuo stretched out his hand to grab a handful of soil, threw it away, stood up, and said, "Old Wuchang, Lao Tao, I will take this empty jug away, and someday I will lead the troops all the way to the southern border of Liyang, and give it to you." Fill a pot of soil there and come back, so that you two country bumpkins who have never even been to Beiliang can see what kind of fertile soil can grow rice."
After Dong Zhuo got up, he looked at Xiao Manwu who was still kneeling, bent down and rubbed her little head, and said softly, "We should go."
The little girl stood up, silently raised her arm and wiped her tears.
Dong Zhuo thought for a while, then looked down at the luxurious robe he was wearing, took it off, folded it and put it between the two graves, and said calmly, "Returning home, no one is looking. Why are you still wearing it?"
Dong Zhuo put Xiao Manwu on his shoulders, strode away, and said with a smile: "Xiao Manwu, uncle gave you a pony, soon you can cross the river with our army of millions."
The Iron Horse Glacier enters the Central Plains.
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When that news spread throughout the capital.
There was no uproar in Tai'an City, but everyone was silent everywhere.
Living in the capital is not easy, but the Guozijian Youjijiu Jin Lanting, who has been on the rise in the capital in just a few years, listed the top ten crimes. It is none other than the creator of the entire auspicious spring of the Liyang Dynasty. Auxiliary Zhang Julu.
Most people in the capital thought that this foreigner was really out of his mind. If he challenged Zhang Shoufu, what is it? Over the past ten years, the people who want to lose their official positions can be regarded as one after another, and they will jump up and down a few times every now and then, but most of the time, Mr. Shoufu is too lazy to look directly at them, and these people are not self-sufficient. All the capable people are honorable bosses who can be shocked by stomping their feet in the capital. All of them are deeply entrenched, but who succeeded? What's more, they didn't have much appetite, they just wanted that Bi Yaner to take off his official robes, and never dared to expect that the first civil servant of the Liyang court would go to see the late emperor.
Among the top ten crimes, the most convincing one is actually the one that killed the Han family in Jizhou, which was full of loyal guards. This is indeed a dynastic secret that Weng and his son-in-law have passed on from generation to generation. The eight characters Jin Lanting used to describe Zhang Julu’s political reforms are extremely accurate.
What's worth pondering is that the article colluded with the powerful official Han Shengxuan, which caused a mess in the inner and outer courts. Now that the human-cat Han Shengxuan is dead, how can Master Shoufu defend himself
But the most lethal one is also the most incredible.
It's not that he privately supported the Liao and Liao frontier armies, but the last of the ten crimes: after more than ten years in power, he used water to transport salt and iron, and devoted himself to funding the Northwest!
When the news quickly settled down, it seemed that the muddy cows had disappeared into the sea quickly and silently, but more and more people chewed out the samadhi.
Although Lord Shoufu still participates in the court meeting every day, he must be on duty in Shangshu Province when he is on duty in the forbidden center for the night, and he still handles various government affairs in an orderly manner.
But it's not surprising that the capital's mansion is deserted. After all, Lord Chief Minister never likes to meet guests in private, but the high-profile mansion on the same street as the capital's office has also begun to be deserted, which can make spectators daydream.
What's more, this time Zhang Julu didn't strike like a thunderbolt against Zhao Shixungui last time, and Bi Yan'er didn't react at all to Jin Sanlang, the Guozijian Youjijiu's ungratefulness and mad dog biting.
At the same time, one thing has to be mentioned, that is, Yin Maochun, who is known as a hidden figure and is fully in charge of local officials' comments this year, quietly returned to the capital ahead of schedule.
His Majesty the Emperor brought His Highness the Crown Prince together to visit Qi Yanglong's mansion.
Huan Wen said that he was sick and would not attend the big and small court meetings.
Immediately afterwards, a sound of winter thunder sounded in Tai'an City.
The disgraced general Yang Shenxing, who was caught by the Western Chu rebels, secretly went to Shutai'an City, proving that the chief assistant Zhang Julu secretly framed the Han family back then, it was true!
On the day of the beginning of winter, there was a heavy fog in the morning, His Majesty the Emperor personally led a group of ministers and generals from Tai'an City to welcome the winter in the northern suburbs.
Among the dignitaries, apart from Huan Wen, the head of the province, who still did not show up, Zhang Julu was the head of all the civil and military officials in the capital.
Therefore, there is no morning court in the beginning of winter, but after welcoming the winter, there will be a grand court meeting, and the emperor bestows coats on all officials, implying to be sympathetic to the courtiers to keep out the winter cold.
On this day, Tan Tan Weng, who actually got up early before dawn and sat alone in the study, stared at the sky outside the window in a daze for a long time.
When it was getting brighter, the old man went to the bookshelf and took out a manuscript that his teacher had given him that year. He rubbed the ink himself, and tremblingly wrote a line on the title page of the manuscript.
"It's getting colder in winter, old friend and more clothes."
After finishing writing, the old man started to be in a daze again.
Then an old steward of the mansion staggered into the study with a pale face, and said sadly as if the sky had fallen: "My lord, Mr. Shoufu said at the court meeting that the two generations of the Xu family have guarded the northwest for more than 20 years and worked hard. The son of Xu Fengnian Inheriting the father's career, loyalty can be learned from, and he should inherit the Dazhu Kingdom! This... how can this be done?! Why did Lord Shoufu act like this... The key is that His Majesty did not get angry. Although he did not agree to the Dazhu Kingdom, he did It was after being rejected the imperial decree that the king of Xinliang was once again rewarded with a Shangzhu kingdom..."
Huan Wen waved his hand expressionlessly, signaling the old steward to step down.
The study returned to silence.
Huan Wen gently closed the treasured manuscript that had been spread out, and murmured: "Old guy, I can only burn it to you."