Chapter 11 The seventeenth day of the long river falls on the sixth day of the eighth month, in the early morning, oak sun. The eldest princess was terrified and walked up and down the corridor, anxiously waiting for news from Chang'an City.

Under normal circumstances, after the Son of Heaven drove into Chang'an City, the messenger would send the news of the Son of Heaven's safe arrival to Liyang as quickly as possible, but today it was very abnormal, and the news from Chang'an was not received for a long time.

A rush of footsteps came, and the eldest princess's heart suddenly tightened, and she turned to look in the direction of the courtyard gate.

Liu Fang, the middle secretary, and Sima Huangyue, the eldest princess's mansion, walked into the garden one after another.

"Did Chang'an send a message?" Liu Fang shook his head,

"Your Highness, something is not right. If there was a delay on the way to the Son of Heaven's car, Lord Zhang Yan should have sent the news back in time, but now...... "An ominous thought suddenly poured into the eldest princess's mind.

Could it be that the Son of Heaven has been held hostage? Thinking of the recent louder and louder voices in the court to crusade against appeasement, especially the anger of the generals in the army, this thought suddenly penetrated the eldest princess like a sharp arrow, making her shudder, her delicate body trembled involuntarily, and her breathing became more and more rapid.

Huang Yue sensed the eldest princess's fear, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Highness, don't worry, Your Majesty will be fine." We just feel uneasy, and we want to ask His Highness to do some precautions in case something happens. The eldest princess forced her composure and asked in a trembling voice, "How to prevent it?" ”

"Urgently summon Lord Tian Yu, the general of the right middle lang, and ask him to mobilize all the tiger ben and Yulin guards to protect the palace." Liu Fang bowed down and said,

"Call General Lu Bu again and ask him to mobilize all the units of the Southern Army overnight to strengthen the defense of Liyang City." The eldest princess's face changed color, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Obviously, Liu Fang and Huang Yue also had the same worries, so they entered the palace overnight and asked to mobilize the army to strengthen their vigilance.

"Deliver the message immediately." The eldest princess said in a trembling voice,

"Send someone to Chang'an quickly, hurry up and ......" on the sixth day of the eighth month, when it was ugly, Chang'an City. *Night* (**please delete) is vast.

Dasi Nong Li Wei, Hu Ben Zhonglang will be enlightened, and Sima Fu in the service will of the Son of Heaven with two hundred Tiger Ben guards, like a long arrow from the string, rushed into the straight city gate.

The great Sima Xu Rong, the Taiwei Xun You, the imperial historian Liu He, and the court Weiqing Xian Yufu were wandering around the Prime Minister's Mansion when they heard the rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the mansion, and they all changed color in shock and rushed out.

"How is the Son of Heaven? Is it safe? Xu Rong stepped up to Li Wei and asked urgently.

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Li Wei wiped the beads of sweat from his head and said breathlessly,

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life...... The Son of Heaven is unharmed, and he has fallen asleep in the camp of the Northern Army. ”

"Has the Northern Army ever been dispatched?" Xian Yufu was very nervous, and his voice changed. If the Northern Army were to be dispatched, the nature of the crisis would have completely changed, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Nope." Li Wei patted Xian Yufu's arm vigorously, and said with palpitations,

"It's just a little bit, if it's a little bit later, the northern army will walk out of the camp." Xian Yufu took a long breath, and his tall body shook lightly a few times.

Xun You, who was standing next to him, was quick and hugged him,

"Feather Walk...... Are you okay? ”

"I'm fine...... I'm fine...... Xian Yufu's face was pale, sweating profusely, and his whole body was shaking as if he had collapsed, and his whole body was shaking up and down.

"Get him in." Li Wei was shocked, and hurriedly picked up Xian Yufu and ran, Xun You and Liu He supported one left and one right, and followed behind in a panic.

Xu Rong took two steps, then suddenly turned around and said to Xie Wu and Sima Fu: "The two adults are temporarily staying outside, and they are not allowed to announce the decree without my order." Xu Rong's expression was cold and solemn, and his tone was extremely stern.

Xie Wu and Sima Fu were secretly frightened, nodded again and again, and hurriedly retreated outside the mansion gate. Xian Yufu leaned back on the mat, his chest rising and falling sharply, gasping for air.

Xun You knelt beside him, holding a puff fan in one hand, and shook it up and down desperately. Li Wei sat crookedly on the desk, exhausted, and let the beads of sweat roll down.

Xu Rong walked up to him and asked calmly, "Feiyan agreed?" Li Wei nodded and looked up at Liu He, who was standing opposite.

Liu He's face changed slightly, and his expression was sad and angry. Xu Rongleng

"Snort",

"You should have avoided it." Liu He smiled self-deprecatingly, arched his hand at Xu Rong, and then quickly disappeared.

"Do you want to invite Master Taifu here?" Li Wei asked softly.

"He's seriously ill, what else is he asking him to do? Do you want him to ascend to heaven sooner? Xu Rong sneered dissatisfiedly,

"There is still an hour before dawn, and we need to hurry." Li Wei turned his head to look at Xian Yufu, his face was embarrassed,

"Can you hold it up to Lord Xianyu?"

"Let him rest, and the Tingwei Mansion will be taken by Lord Chen Hao for the time being." Xu Rong didn't think about it, and said categorically,

"The Imperial Observatory is in charge of Lord Xi Xuan."

"What about arrests?"

"My name is He Feng and I left a thousand people, and now Sima Yi and He Lin are taking them to guard the Great Sima Mansion and can be dispatched at any time." Xu Rong said,

"The two hundred Tiger Ben Guards of Enlightenment can be called. In addition, the Sili Captain's Mansion and the Jingzhao Yin Mansion can also temporarily transfer manpower. ”

"Let's get started." Li Wei said excitedly,

"We have to rush time, we have to be fast, we have to ......be fast" On the avenue in the city, a team of iron horsemen galloped wildly, a team of soldiers walked like flying, and the sound of thunderous horses' hooves and angry roars woke up Chang'an City in a moment.

Sima Yi, He Lin, and Chen Wei surrounded the pavilion with a thousand soldiers and arrested all the Xiangyang envoys in their sleep.

Xu Shu, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian are missing. Chen Wei forced Cai Mao to ask. Cai Mao was furious and scolded.

Chen Wei sneered, yesterday evening, the Son of Heaven was assassinated in Weiqiao, and among the assassins were you Xiangyang people. Now that Xu Shu and the three of them are gone, how do you explain it?

Cai Mao was immediately dumbfounded. Wang Lang and Hua Xin were severely tortured, and the two refused to admit it and passed out one after another.

Sima Yi took out two confessions from his bosom and pressed the handprints of the two of them. Chen Wei hurriedly returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion with a confession.

Sima Yi ordered He Lin to lead the army to guard the pavilion post, and he escorted Cai Mao, Wang Lang and Hua Xin to the Tingwei Mansion in a hurry.

At this moment, Zhishu Yushi Xi Xi, Tingwei Cheng Chen Hao, Sili Captain Wang Ze, and Jingzhao Yin Yupeng have all gathered at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The great Sima Xu Rong briefly talked about the assassination of the Son of Heaven and ordered them to surprise the interrogation overnight to be sure to wipe out the rebellion.

Chen Hao's speed is very fast. Before dawn, he had already sent someone to arrest You Heng and Chen Deng, and wrote to Xu Rong, suspecting that the servant Kong Rong was greatly involved in the case and whether to detain him.

Xu Rong ordered Sima Yi to lead people to melt Kong

"Please" to inquire at the Tingwei's Mansion. Kong Rong is the secretary, except for the eldest princess, no one has the right to order him to be arrested. After dawn, Chen Hao wrote to Xu Rong again that according to the available evidence, it could be proved that Zang Hong, the former Zongzhengqing, was implicated in this case, and suggested that the two cases be tried together.

Xu Rong accepted Chen Hao's suggestion and asked Chen Hao to immediately write an interrogation recital, and Xi Xi was thinking about writing an impeachment recital and immediately sent it to the eldest princess of Liyang.

When the morning sun rose, Li Wei hurried to Liyang with a large number of concerts. Xian Yufu dragged his tired body and Pegasus rushed to Feng Ho's camp.

Oak Yang. On the eve of dawn, Prime Minister Cai Yong and Xiao Lan arrived in Liyang and reported to the eldest princess about the assassination of the Son of Heaven at Weiqiao.

"From the current situation, it is speculated that Xiao Tianzi may have been held hostage by Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan used the power of Xiao Tianzi to seize the military power of General Zhao Yun and command the Northern Army to launch a mutiny." Xiao Lan looked at the frightened eldest princess, and tried her best to analyze the situation in detail in a relatively calm voice,

"Lord Sima Xu Rong and Master Ting Weiqing Xian Yufu are completely unaware, they are trying their best to save the situation, with their prestige in the army, they should be able to stop Zhang Yan temporarily, but this time will not be too long. If His Highness does not accede to their demands, I am afraid that the situation will quickly spiral out of control. ”

"Can't agree to their conditions." Cai Yong was furious and shouted,

"Zhang Yan deliberately staged a mutiny, the purpose of which was not only to force His Highness to revise his appeasement strategy, but more importantly, to seize the authority in His Highness's hands. If His Highness loses his authority, not only will he not be able to protect himself, but even the little emperor will be in danger. ”

"However, if you don't agree to their conditions, Xiao Tianzi will be even more dangerous." Xiao Lan smiled bitterly,

"There are three consequences of this mutiny. First, His Highness agreed to their conditions, and the mutiny crisis was quickly resolved. The second is that His Highness promised them some conditions, to reduce the harm caused by the mutiny to Sheji as much as possible, and wait for the general to come back for help. But the general is three thousand miles away, and even if he travels day and night, he will not be able to return to Chang'an until around the end of this month. Far water can't save the thirst, and what is especially terrible is that when the mutiny has become a fait accompli, even if the general returns, it will be difficult to save the situation. Third, His Royal Highness rejected all their conditions and confronted them-for-tat, and the scourge of the mutiny immediately turned into a disaster for the country. The eldest princess sighed and wept bitterly.

Prime Minister Cai Yong was furious and attacked, and even shot a few cases,

"Mobilize troops, immediately transfer troops into Beijing, I don't believe it, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of my Han Dynasty will become rebels." Xiao Lan was shocked and shook her hand again and again,

"Never. Dong Zhuo's disaster back then, has the boss forgotten it? Armies from all walks of life flock into Beijing, and the community will be reduced to ashes overnight. ”

"Are we just going to sit back and wait?" Cai Yong shouted angrily, grief and indignation.

"Believe in the general, you must believe in the general at this time, he must have a way to solve the crisis." Xiao Lan suddenly cried,

"We have to trust Him at all times." This sentence stabbed the hearts of the eldest princess and Prime Minister Cai Yong like a sharp sword, making them miserable and full of remorse.

Speaking of which, this catastrophe was caused by not believing in the Great General. If the general is not forced away, if the general has been in Kyoto, how can the Han have such a catastrophe?

In the morning, the mighty general He Feng led his army to the city. The eldest princess and the prime minister were shocked.

Could it be that everyone in Chang'an City participated in the mutiny? He Feng led the army to Liyang so quickly? He Feng went into the city alone to meet the eldest princess,

"I came to protect Your Highness on the orders of the General." The eldest princess immediately cried with joy and asked excitedly, "The general is back?" ”

"The general is still three thousand miles away." He Feng looked at the eldest princess strangely, wondering how she could have such an incredible idea.

Now if the general is in Chang'an, then isn't he the commander of the mutiny? The eldest princess lowered her head in pain, unable to hide the disappointment on her face.

"How can you have an order from a great general? Who called you here? Xiao Lan suddenly appeared behind He Feng, her expression was extremely shocked, and the voice coming out of her mouth was full of despair and anger,

"Who called you here?" Everyone was shocked. At this critical moment, is there anything wrong with He Feng coming to escort him?

He Feng was suddenly suffocated, and the murderous aura in his eyes appeared. Fooled, Lao Tzu is still fooled, Li Zhongyuan, you bastard, if Lao Tzu has the life to return to Chang'an this time, he will have to pick your skin.

"Say? Who called you here? Xiao Lan rushed in front of He Feng, grabbed his shoulder, and shook him again and again, like crazy.

He Feng smiled bitterly,

"It is indeed the order of the great general."

"What about the warrant? Take out the general's warrant, or you will be guilty of treason. He Feng took out the white silk from his arms.

Xiao Lan snatched it and glanced at it very quickly, and her face suddenly became extremely ugly. This warrant is known only to four people, and it is a secret, a secret that can never be revealed.

Xiao Lan smashed the white silk on He Feng's head, and scolded angrily: "What a madman, are you an idiot? He Feng smirked embarrassedly, and he could only endure the anger in his stomach.

He didn't know what he had fallen for, so he had to be an idiot. Xiao Lan hid her face and wept, turned around and left the hall.

The eldest princess invited Lu Bu, the general of the left guard, and Tian Yu, the general of the right middle lang, and asked them to withdraw all the soldiers of the southern army who were guarding the palace gate from the palace, and the responsibility of guarding the palace was handed over to He Feng.

Lu Bu did not hesitate and resolutely opposed it. Tian Yu held the hilt of the sword in his hand and glared at He Feng,

"What a madman, take your army and get out of here for me immediately." The eldest princess was angry,

"Don't my words have any effect?"

"Your Highness, this matter is not only related to the lives of Lord Hetian, but also to the lives of Tiger Feather Forest and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Southern Army, but also to the safety of His Highness, and the safety of Sheji, and the minister will not agree to death." Lu Bu suddenly pulled down the war knife on his waist and sheathed it, kneeling on the ground and presenting it,

"Your Highness, either you kill the minister, or let Lord He garrison outside the city. The minister will never hand over the palace, let alone open the gates of Liyang. The eldest princess was so angry that her face turned blue, and she didn't know what to do.

What He Feng said just now is true, Lu Bu and Tian Yu are very likely to participate in the mutiny, and they want to cooperate with the rebels inside and outside, and coerce themselves to agree to their conditions.

Tian Yu took off his long sword, held it high above the top, and knelt on the ground to plead. Prime Minister Cai Yong realized. He Feng already understood what was going on, his head was about to be thrown away in Liyang City if he was careless, and Li Zhongyuan, the bastard, sent himself to a dead end.

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