On February 21, the fourteenth year of Jinghan, in the south of Taiyuan, in Qixian County, there was a spring rain. ○
The sky was dark as if it was about to fall.
The rain hit me, and it was freezing cold.
The horse was galloping, desperate to choose the road, Chen Yanshu's vision swayed, and then with a bang, he fell off the horse, he rolled a few times, stood up, staggered, and was covered in mud.
Several personal soldiers came over in a hurry, someone dismounted to help him, and he was talking, but what caught his eye was Chen Yanshu's blank eyes and slightly open and closed lips.
"... Master Chen, Master Chen, what's wrong with you, are you alright..."
The shouting sound seemed to come from a far away place and then swayed to a far away place.
Two hours ago, Wu Shengjun launched an attack on Shu Liesu's army.
Since the defeat outside the city of Bianliang, hundreds of thousands of troops were scattered and called up again. The Wu Sheng army under Chen Yanshu's command was patched together and gathered more than 50,000 people, which is the largest number of troops.
On this way north, Chen Yanshu was not only asking for help from the rear, but also summoning the surrounding armies and rebels in the name of the imperial court. When Zonghan was stationed in Taiyuan, there was a certain amount of raiding and looting on the southern line of Taiyuan. Later, Zongwang's army crossed the border and disrupted the layout of the defense lines in these places. However, the arrival of Wu Shengjun and the issuance of orders still brought a lot of people. Respond and call. The result of this call was that in the south of Taiyuan City, when Chen Yanshu finally decided to attack Shuxu, the size of the entire army had reached 70,000.
And the problem is quite serious.
Among the 50,000 troops brought by Bianliang, there were escaping incidents every day. He had to use a high-pressure method to clean up the military discipline. Although the rebels gathered from all directions had blood, they were messy and mixed. Equipment is mixed. On the bright side, people came over every day to respond to the call, trying to break the siege of Taiyuan, and the interior of Wu Shengjun was already mixed up.
But he didn't have much choice. As the orders from the rear became more and more resolute, on the morning of the 21st day, he still forced the army to launch an attack.
In the spring rain that followed, the army that was as immobile as a mountain disintegrated like sand in the rain.
When the Jurchen swept in, he could only flee, and when he got here, he was really exhausted.
The guards shook his arms and shouted. They saw that half of the face of the court official, who was the head of the army, was covered in mud, his eyes were vacant in the air, and his lips opened and closed, as if he was saying something.
"... it's over... it's over... not at the beginning... "
"Sir, what are you talking about!? Lord, wake up... The Jurchen is still behind."
"...I regret the beginning... It's over..." He waved his hand suddenly, and shouted "Ah", which startled everyone. Then they saw Chen Yanshu drawing his sword and rushing forward, and a guard was about to come and grab his sword. He was almost cut, Chen Yanshu swayed forward like this, he turned the long sword upside down, the sword edge rested on his neck, seemed to be pulling, and stumbled a few steps. He held the hilt of the sword with both hands, and stabbed himself in the heart with the edge of the sword. The four fields were gloomy, and the rain fell. In the end, Chen Yanshu didn't dare to stab him, and he shouted hysterically. Kneeling on the ground, he shouted up to the sky.
"Ah, sorry, it's over"
The cry was accompanied by a heart-pounding cry.
"It's over... The Wu Dynasty is about to end"
He finally stabbed the long sword from his heart, blood gushing out, Chen Yanshu stared, and finally made two cooing sounds, the cry resounding in the air like an ominous prophecy.
No one knew what Chen Yanshu finally said here, and soon after, several guards cut off his head and surrendered to the Jurchen who was chasing after him.
The war outside Taiyuan City was tragic and calm in the spring rain. In the city of Bianliang, which is hundreds of miles away, no one knows the result of the Wu Shengjun who went north to rescue. In these days, the situation in the capital has been twists and turns, like a fire, and it is changing drastically.
Chaotang has not yet made a decision to increase troops in Taiyuan. Although Wusheng troops have been sent north, the results of the battle outside Bianliang City are obvious to all. Ordinary people may have no concept, but among many scholars and even officials, there are a lot of discussions every day. Taiyuan has not yet fallen, so such discussions have become more intense.
In this discussion, the petitions of the scholars continued every day, either to send troops, or to ask the country to cheer up, reform the military system, and eliminate traitors. Behind these remarks, I don’t know how many forces are manipulating them, and some fierce demands are brewing and fermenting. The "Seven Tigers" in the DPRK.
The "seven tigers" include: Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, Zhu Xi, Wang Qian, Tong Guan, and Qin Siyuan.
"In today's events, Cai Jing was in chaos in the front, Liang Shicheng was conspiring in the back. Li Yan had a grudge against the northwest, Zhu Wei had a grudge against the southeast, and Wang Fu, Tong Guan, and Qin Siyuan had a grudge against Liao and Jin, creating a frontier. These seven tigers, spread the head of the Quartet, to thank the world!"
The saying of the seven tigers probably means this.
Qin Siyuan was considered a new addition to these treacherous officials. Since assisting Li Gang, what Qin Siyuan has implemented are mostly harsh policies, which have offended many people. During the Battle of Bianliang, the imperial court called for the defense of the city. Every household and every stall was operated by the government of the Right Prime Minister. During this period, there were also many things that used power to bully others, similar to the fact that some minor officials were arrested because of their arrest. The power of a man to go to war, and his prostitution of wives and daughters, was later revealed a lot. After the people defending the city sacrificed, Qin Siyuan ordered all the corpses to be burned. This was also a big problem. Later, during the negotiation with the Jurchen, the delivery of food and herbs was all dominated by the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the past, Qin Siyuan's public opinion was at best a cruel official. In the recent period of deliberate deliberation, even if there is a bamboo record to excuse him, the negative comments about Qin Siyuan are still rampant. There are more reasons for this: as opposed to talking about it. Good words, ordinary people prefer to scold, not to mention Qin Siyuan has indeed done a lot of things that go against the wishes of his hometown.
Among the three heroes who defended the city in Bianliang, Li Gang, Chong Shidao, and Qin Siyuan, if people had to find a villain, there was no doubt that Qin Siyuan was the most qualified.
Following the vine, there are various forces behind these remarks, and it is related to the day-to-day changes in the situation in the court: a few days ago. Qin Siyuan had already claimed to be sick and asked to go, but along with it came more and more criticisms and articles of impeachment against Qin Siyuan. At first, it was a type of chasing shadows. For example, Qin Siyuan delivered food and grass for Jurchen, causing public resentment to boil over. Qin Siyuan is in charge, shouldn't he have to issue orders from above? After the first few people were imprisoned, the later documents became more and more real.
Such as Qin Siyuan's expedient measures when he was appointed as the right minister, again as he once opened the back door for the military salaries of Wu Ruiying, and as a black hand against whomever. Zhou Zhe tried his best to protect Qin Siyuan, and threw these people into the prison one by one, and it didn't stop until the number became more and more numerous. He changed it to reprimand, but at the same time, he regarded Qin Siyuan's claiming illness as an expedient measure to avoid suspicion, saying: "I absolutely believe in the right minister, you don't have to worry, I will return your innocence!" He then refuted Qin Siyuan's resignation. .
Then Qin Hui took the lead in writing a letter, thinking that although the right minister was innocent and selfless, it was customary. There are so many ginseng impeachments, and the three divisions should be tried together. In order to return the innocence of the right phase. Zhou Zhe refuted again: "The Jurchen has just left, the right minister is a hero of defending the city, and I have to do this before I have been rewarded. Don't people think that I am a person who hides all the birds, and cooks the rabbits and dogs, and I naturally You can trust the Right Prime Minister. This matter will never be mentioned again!"
These bright scenes could not cover up the thunder that was brewing in the dark. On Ning Yi's side, some merchants who were related to Zhuji also started to come to the door to inquire or test. Ning Yi's attention has since handed over the things at hand to Qin Siyuan. I have already returned to Zhuji, and I have made a lot of internal adjustments. As he and Hongti said, if the right side loses power, Zhuji and the Secret Investigation Division must immediately separate and break their tails to survive. Otherwise, once the official forces take over, this little thing in their hands will inevitably become someone else's wedding clothes. .
The core of Zhuji, he has been in business for a long time, naturally he still wants it.
Of course, such a split has not yet come, and the people in the court have already shown an aggressive posture, but Qin Siyuan's retreat and silence may not be a strategy. Maybe the emperor fought for a while and found that he really did not fight back. Not selfish. On the other hand, the old man also locked Qin Shaoqian in the mansion and prevented him from controlling the Wu Rui camp. It was impossible to wait for the emperor to find someone to take over.
However, Taiyuan was boiled in a real fire. Qin Ershao, who was blind in one eye, was anxious in the courtyard every day. He practiced boxing all day and beat his hands with blood. He is not a young man anymore, he understands what happened, and because he understands, the torment in his heart is even worse. One day Ning Yi went over and talked to Qin Shaoqian. Qin Shaoqian's hands were bloody and he didn't go to the bandage. He spoke calmly. make a sound.
"Liheng, Taiyuan is still fighting!" He saw Qin Shaoqian raise his head, his eyes were bloodshot and red, and the veins on his forehead were running, "Eldest brother is still in the city, Taiyuan is still fighting. I'm not reconciled..."
Ning Yi was silent for a moment, then said, "I have sent someone to rescue."
Qin Shaoqian gritted his teeth, trembling all over, and stopped after a long time.
After coming out of the prime minister's residence, he had nothing to do on the bright side, except to communicate with some big businessmen. In the past few days, another relative came over, and that was Song Yongping.
The wife and brother of this official family had previously won the Juren, and later, with the help of Ning Yi, he was assigned to a good county to be the county magistrate. When the Jurchen came to the south, there was a Jurchen cavalry team that had harassed the county town where he was located. Song Yongping had carefully explored the surrounding terrain before. Later, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, so he used the terrain near the county town to repel the Jurchen and killed several people. Ten people, and also grabbed some war horses. When the credit was determined at the beginning of the war, the Right Prime Minister held the real power and gave him a great credit. Naturally, Ning Yi didn't know about it. At this time, Song Yongping was promoted to Beijing. Who knows that once he entered the city, he would It is found that the situation in Beijing is changing, and the mountains and rains are about to come.
At this time, Song Yongping was somewhat mature. Although he heard some bad rumors, he still came to Zhuji, visited Ning Yi, and then lived in Zhuji.
After all, he didn't know much about the whole situation. He had a chat with Ning Yi in the past few days, and more of it was with Su Wenfang. In the past, Song Yongping was the Phoenix child of the Song family. Compared with the incompetent children of the Su family, Su Wenfang, he did not know how many times smarter. But this time, he realized that this cousin of the Su family has become mature and stable , even to the extent that he, who was sitting on the county magistrate, could not understand it. He occasionally asked about the size of the problem, and talked about the official way of getting out of the siege. Su Wenfang just smiled humbly.
"Things can be big or small... Brother-in-law should have a solution."
"It's useless for me to worry about it."
Every time Su Wenfang said this, Song Yongping felt a little anxious. He was also a high-spirited scholar, and his ultimate goal was to become a prime minister and a teacher in the temple, even if he was young. Maybe he can think of a way to help people out of trouble. The past few days have been brewing hard, and at noon at the end of February, when I met Ning Yi and Su Wenfang for dinner, I began to inquire about the key points.
"As the saying goes, one person is short, and two are long. The younger brother was born in an official family since childhood. He hears and sees the affairs of the court every day. I also know a thing or two. I came here this time and heard about the current situation. I am really worried. This specific situation , I don’t know how serious it is, and I hope my brother-in-law will let me know. Although my brother is not talented, my father still has some connections in the court. Although I can’t get involved in the prime minister’s affairs, if my brother-in-law wants to get out of these businesses, there may be a way…”
He was enthusiastic, but Ning Yi couldn't refuse. He was intent on reassuring Song Yongping. It is impossible to tell the other party all the situation, such as the game between the emperor and the prime minister, the participation of Cai Jing and Tong Guan, and so on. After only talking for a while, there was a commotion in front of Zhuji, and the three got up and walked out. Then someone came over to report that someone was making trouble ahead.
"Who is it?"
"Some thugs, it seems that the Taiwei's mansion is behind the scenes."
At this time, the members of Zhuji who stayed in Beijing have also been tested for a long time. When they came to report, they had already figured out the situation. Ning Yi and Su Wenfang looked at each other and went out through the side door. When they got to the road, they saw that the restaurant in front of Zhuji had already started. Beat up.
Song Yongping frowned: "The Taiwei's mansion dares to make trouble on the stage. Is it because you are not afraid of tearing your face. Is the matter so serious?"
Ning Yi looked around, but saw the figure of Gao Muen in the upstairs room across the street.
"Master, what should I do?" the Zhuji member asked.
"Don't hit him hard." Song Yongping said from the side, and then lowered his voice, "Captain Gao has the position of commander in front of the hall, and if you hit him hard, he will only fall into his arms. Since the other party called the gangster, I might as well report it. The officer is."
The Zhuji guy was waiting for Ning Yi's statement, Ning Yi nodded: "Let them smash it, but you don't need to report to the officials, let them go."
Song Yongping was stunned for a while, then nodded and said: "Indeed, if it is reported to the official, the other party may say that it is not without reason, and it is also troublesome..."
He is a smart person, and he understands as soon as he says it, and Ning Yi also nodded slightly in approval. Looking at the Zhuji Restaurant, he whispered to the guy: "Go and let everyone come out, avoid a little bit, so as not to be injured."
Having been bullied to such an extent in Beijing, Song Yongping and Su Wenfang could not help feeling depressed. Looking at the restaurant not far away, in Song Yongping's opinion, Ning Yi's mood must be similar. Also at this moment, a team of yamen came over from the other side of the road and quickly rushed towards the Zhuji Building.
Song Yongping only thought that it was the opponent's backhand, and his brows furrowed even more, only to hear someone shouting: "Arrest the troublemaker!" The troublemaker seemed to have to defend himself, and then he was beaten with a crackle. , When someone was dragged out, Song Yongping discovered that these yamen were really starting to deal with the troublemakers. He immediately saw some other people rushing towards the other side of the street and went upstairs to get people. A voice came from the building: "What are you doing! My father is Gao Qiu, who are you?" It was Gao Muen who was taken down.
Song Yongping looked confused. On the other side of the road, a middle-aged man wearing a black robe walked over to this side. He first bowed his hands to Ning Yi, and then also bowed his hands to Song Yongping and Su Wenfang as a gesture. Ning Yi bowed his hands in salute, and the other party took another step closer and said something softly.
"My Majesty Taishi's house steward Cai Qi, Cai Taishi invited Mr.
He didn't speak very high, Song Yongping couldn't hear it clearly, Ning Yi said, "Now?"
The other party nodded, stretched out his hand, and from the other side of the road, there was a carriage coming. Ning Yi nodded, looked at Song Yongping and Su Wenfang, and said, "You guys eat first. I'll go out." After speaking, he walked over there.
Su Wenfang frowned, but Song Yongping was a little excited, pulling at the corner of Su Wenfang's clothes: "Master Cai, it seems that Taishi Cai also values her brother-in-law's talent. Now there is a turning point. Even if something happens, you can have both sides..."
Su Wenfang did not speak, and at this moment, a galloping horse rushed past, and the knight on the horse seemed to be wearing Zhuji's clothes.
The galloping horse was restrained by the knight beside Ning Yi, which startled everyone. Then they saw the knight turn over and gave Ning Yi a small paper tube. Ning Yi took out the letter inside, opened it and glanced at it.
The long street was chaotic, and the gangsters who were escorted out were still struggling and walking forward.
buzzing buzzing buzzing buzzing buzzing buzzing buzzing
The long sky light has been closed.
Ning Yi stood by the carriage and looked at the message in his hand. After a long time, he raised his head.
"... Mr. Ning, Mr. Ning?"
The middle-aged man in black robe was talking next to him, Ning Yi turned his face slowly, looked at him, his eyes were as deep as a deep sea, and he wanted to swallow people into it. The next moment, he said unconsciously: "Um?"
Then he said, "… um."
He rolled up the letter and got into the carriage.
When the curtain was lifted, the wind blew past.
An era has passed...
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