Chapter Forty-Eight: Kill the Traitors
"This situation can be recalled, but it was already clear at the time." Cui'er stared at her big watery eyes, looked at Li Xiuning suspiciously, and said, "What does this mean?" ”
Li Xiuning naturally didn't know that this poem was actually a classic of a famous poet of the late Tang Dynasty plagiarized by Chen Ying. However, good poems are indeed good poems, but what Li Xiuning thought of was that Chen Ying actually liked her, but the difference in status between the two of them was too great, and he could only wait until the day he died.
Li Xiuning didn't answer Cui'er's words, and she suddenly thought of an urgent question. At that time, she was repairing her armor in Princess Pingyang's mansion, and overheard Chen Ying going to the red sleeves to recruit prostitutes.
This seemed to be logical, but Li Xiuning calmed down carefully and immediately discovered the problem.
This is someone deliberately luring her to the red sleeves. Thinking of this, Li Xiuning instantly understood that someone must have deliberately wanted her to know that Chen Ying was going to prostitute herself, so that she would definitely dislike Chen Ying, so she would not get along with him from old age.
"Your hand is so long!" Li Xiuning said angrily: "Who are the people on duty in Yongxinyuan today? ”
Cui'er was frightened by Li Xiuning, and said timidly: "The slave doesn't care too much, the slave and the maid will ask!" ”
"Call all the palace ladies and eunuchs in the palace!"
Cui'er realized that it was extraordinary, and hurriedly went to gather the palace eunuchs in the palace, Li Yuan loved Princess Pingyang very much, so Princess Pingyang was treated according to the prince.
Therefore, Princess Pingyang's Mansion, like other royal mansions, has three divisions and three chiefs, with a total of six subordinate officials. The three divisions of Princess Pingyang's Mansion are the Flattery Division, the Trial Division, and the Internal Treasury Division. The flattery department consists of left and right flattering langs, all of whom are six-grade eunuchs. is mainly responsible for taking care of Li Xiuning's diet and daily life. Under the trial department, there is a trial to manage the princess's mansion, and all of them are civil officials of the seventh grade. The Treasury is the main custodian of property. There are also three general managers (in charge of general affairs), Dian Bao (in charge of the treasury), Dian Chef (in charge of the kitchen), Yibin (subordinate officials) and professors (instructors).
Ma Sanbao's official position in Princess Pingyang's Mansion is actually the head of the army, but he also has the military position of General Ning Yuan of the fifth grade.
There are more than 360 people in the entire princess's mansion, plus subordinate officials and palace eunuchs. More than 300 people knelt on the ground in black pressure, so frightened that they didn't dare to raise their heads.
"Who is talking about General Chen recruiting prostitutes in Red Sleeves in Yongxinyuan today?" Li Xiuning looked at the subordinates below who didn't dare to breathe, and said coldly: "Consciously stand up, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin!" ”
However, all the palace eunuchs were trembling with fear, but no one answered.
When Li Xiuning saw this scene, the smile on his face became deeper and deeper: "Okay, very good, very good, I don't dare to admit it, pull it out and sell it all!" ”
"The princess spares her life, the princess spares her life...... a frightened Gong'e collapsed to the ground.
Li Xiuning said: "Chun'er stays, everyone else disperses!" ”
"Who told you to say that?" Cui'er stepped forward and grabbed Chun'er's head, and it was a big mouth.
Chun'er was beaten in embarrassment, but Chun'er gritted her teeth and didn't say a word.
However, Cui'er was also very spicy, and seeing that Chun'er was silent, she said to a guard next to her who was as strong as a black bear and looked fierce: "Hu Sandao, you don't have a wife yet, this girl will be in charge, reward Chun'er to you, and get married one day!" ”
Cui'er also understood at this time, no matter what Chun'er's reason was, she must have been instructed by someone, and she was no longer suitable to stay in Princess Pingyang's Mansion at this time. Let the petite and lovely Chun'er marry the five big and three coarse, vulgar and ugly-looking Hu Sandao, which can be regarded as Cui'er, and took a little revenge on Chun'er.
Chun'er looked at Hu Sandao's face, and her face turned green with fright. If she really slept in the same bed with such an ugly man, she would definitely have nightmares every day.
"Princess, princess, slave said, slave said, please don't marry me!"
Li Xiuning is still a woman in the end, she has an unhappy marriage herself, and she doesn't want to embarrass a woman to suffer the same sin as her.
"Tell me, who told you to say this!"
"It's the ...... of the nine"
"Whew!" A chill shot out from the darkness, and the sharp arrow pierced Chun'er's back without delay, tearing her internal organs. When she opened her mouth again, instead of a sound, a large mouthful of blood came out.
Ma Sanbao suddenly shouted: "Protect Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”
More than a dozen guards in heavy armor immediately surrounded Li Xiuning in a circle, acting as a human wall and a meat shield.
Ma Sanbao pulled out the horizontal knife and ran in the direction of releasing the crossbow arrow, and it didn't take long for Ma Sanbao to carry a crossbow machine and hand it to Li Xiuning.
"Zuo Wuwei's standard crossbow?" Li Xiuning's face was already covered with frost at the moment: "The shaft is really daring!" ”
"Incompetence and incompetence, let the assassin escape!"
"What if you run away!" Li Xiuning said angrily: "I ran away from the palace, and I know who instigated it!" It's not over! ”
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On September 27, the first year of Wude, Li Yuan issued an edict and ordered Li Jiancheng, the prince of the East Palace, to be the general of the Right Wu, in charge of quelling the rebellion in the surrounding enterprises. Li Jiancheng ordered Chen Ying, the commander of the East Palace, to be the commander of the march and the governor of Shizhou, responsible for countering the rebellion.
After Chen Ying received the order, he immediately led the right leader of the Weixun Second Mansion to rush to the capital captain and advance lightly. Although Chen Ying couldn't ride a horse, in order to march quickly, he still learned to ride a horse while marching towards Sizhou.
Although I don't know if Xu Jingzong dedicated the Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups, Chen Ying funded more than 100 pairs of Takahashi saddles and bilateral stirrups. With a Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups, Chen Ying, a layman who has never even touched a horse, can actually ride a relatively docile big green horse for a small jog in one day.
When riding thirty miles, Chen Ying was full of interest, and when he rode fifty miles, Chen Ying felt miserable. After riding for a hundred miles, Chen Ying felt that his internal organs were about to be turned upside down. However, Chen Ying didn't realize that in fact, his pain had just begun.
"Oops, oops, you fucking tap!" Chen Ying grinned in pain, Ryazan could not break up, and vigorously tore off the clothes that were attached to the flesh.
"Ah...... Hold the grass! "Blood gushed like a fountain in an instant. Chen Ying couldn't help but burst out foul.
Ryazan said: "Lang Jun, why bother, you thin skin and tender meat, you can't afford to toss so much, you don't sit in a carriage, but ride a horse, who ......is to blame for it."
"Get out!"
"Shhh When Ryazan sprinkled the wound medicine on Chen Ying's bloody buttocks, Chen Ying almost jumped up in pain.
After a long time, Chen Ying calmed down. Wearing clothes and trousers, he looked at Ryazan and said: "General Ben was ordered to quell the rebellion, how can he lie comfortably on the carriage, what will this make the soldiers think?" ”
Although Chen Ying was in pain, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
The whole army marched quickly and rapidly, and on the fourth day of October in the first year of Wude on the eighth day, Chen Ying led the army to arrive at Xixian in Liangzhou. However, in Xixian County, Chen Ying saw the most unbelievable scene.
I saw a dense crowd of people surrounding the city gate, but the city gate of Xixian County was closed. Hundreds of rogues armed with shoddy blades or clubs brazenly outside the city, slashing around the people.
The terrible screams resounded in the sky, and the Tang soldiers on the city wall had become deaf and blind at this time, but they turned a blind eye to the scene in front of them.
Chen Ying shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order, and kill all the traitors with this general!" ”