【Chapter 264】 Kill (I)
The night is as cool as water, and the stars are shining.
Under the cool moonlight, hundreds of figures shuttled through the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Half an hour later, the sound of rustling sounded in the empty backyard of the Longxiang Li Mansion, and immediately hundreds of frightened figures quietly entered the pavilion in the northwest corner, and disappeared in a short time.
Outside the gate of Zhengyang Palace, Li Zhi suddenly appeared on the corner of the gloomy alley, raising his eyes to look at Dong Zhuo's head hanging on the palace gate and the headless corpse nailed to the doorpost.
"Dong Xiangguo, a wise man, is old but confused. My lord took the initiative to ask Ying to get rid of Lu Bu for you, but you didn't agree, but thought that the lord coveted your illustrious power. Now that disaster has struck, you have ended up in a different place, pitiful, sad, pity———"
In the dark, Li Zhi looked at Dong Zhuo's corpse and said to himself in a rare way, with a trace of regret and pity in his tone.
Whispering to himself, Li Zhi was actually very puzzled in his heart. At noon, when Li Li ordered him to sneak into the city with Jin Qiwei's soldiers to rescue the families of many generals, he did not mention retrieving Dong Zhuo's body for some reason. He didn't think that this was because the lord Li Li forgot about it in an emergency, but that the lord had no intention of snatching back Dong Zhuo's body at all.
While wondering, Li Zhi secretly congratulated himself that the lord's decision was very wise. It was already late at night, but there were still 800 heavily armored soldiers stationed at the gate of Zhengyang Palace. And these soldiers were obviously very elite, standing under the palace gate, their bodies straight, let the night wind blow, but not moving.
With his extraordinary eyesight, Li Zhi clearly saw that these armor soldiers were looking ahead with their eyes open, and none of them were lazy and dozing off. From this alone, he could conclude that the combat power of these eight hundred armor soldiers must be extremely strong, at least above that of Jin Qiwei. Because the Jin Yiwei soldiers can't do it to this extent at present.
A moment later, Li Zhi's figure was once again hidden in the darkness, and he quickly sneaked towards Cai Yong's mansion. However, he was extra careful when approaching Cai's mansion, because the lights on Situ Wangyun's mansion were still on, the door of the mansion was wide open, and from time to time there were servants and maids entering and leaving, and there were two or three hundred armor guards on both sides of the mansion gate.
After a while, Li Zhi sneaked into Cai's mansion quietly and familiarly touched the door of Cai Yong's room, but found that Cai Yong was still not resting. Standing alone by the window lattice, stunned, and let out a sigh from time to time.
"Knock knock!"
"The last general, Li Zhi, was ordered to ask to see Cai Zhonglang!" After gently tapping on the door, Li Zhi walked lightly to the door and said in a low voice.
"Squeak!" In a moment, Cai Yong opened the door. And Li Zhi flashed into the room in an instant and closed the door with his hand.
"The last general, Li Zhi, visited Cai Zhonglang." In Cai Yong's rather stunned demeanor. Li Zhi bowed. Said softly.
"You are really Li Zhi, the old man has seen you. Aren't you the commander of Wenchang's own army, why are you here late at night? After Cai Yong lost his mind for a moment, his expression quickly returned to normal, raised his hand to signal Li Zhi to sit down, and asked in a low voice.
"The last general came to pick up Cai Zhonglang and leave Chang'an City on the order of the lord. Go and meet the Lord. Li Zhi replied respectfully.
Cai Yong asked in surprise: "Didn't you leave Chang'an half a month ago, why did you appear in the city now?" ”
Li Zhi replied with an unchanged expression: "Cai Zhonglang, when the lord returned to Liangzhou, he had already ordered the last general to lead hundreds of soldiers to stay in Chang'an City. Guarding the safety of the palace and Cai Zhonglang. At present, Chang'an is in shock, Wang Yun is in charge of the court, and Zhonglang was quite close to Dong Xiangguo before, and the last general is worried that Wang Yun will harm Cai Zhonglang because of this. So, please pack up your valuables quickly, and then leave Chang'an overnight with the general. ”
"Wang Yun wants to harm me, won't you?" Cai Yong frowned and groaned.
Li Zhi shook his head and said, "It's not that he won't, but he will definitely not let go of the boss." When the last general just came in, he found that Cai's mansion had been surrounded by armor soldiers, and when Wang Yun gave an order, they would break down the door and arrest the boss. Moreover, the lord said to the last general before that Wang Yun had been dormant in the shadow of Dong Xiangguo for a long time, and once he gained power this time, he would inevitably raise his eyebrows and kill the rest of Dong Xiangguo's party. The boss had a close relationship with Dong Xiangguo during his lifetime, and he lived in the mansion of the third prince as a lieutenant general, so he was bound to be regarded by Wang Yun as Dong Xiangguo's fellow party and was implicated. Today, Wang Yun and others have just occupied Chang'an, and they have no time to take care of anything else, and after tomorrow morning, they will inevitably hunt down and kill Dong Xiangguo's comrades. Without further ado, please don't hesitate, pack up a little, and leave this place as soon as possible. ”
This 、、、、、、 not without reason. Anyway, there are no valuable things in the old man's house, but there are a lot of books, which are the hard work of the old man's life. I wonder if General Li Zhi can take all these books out? Cai Yong hesitated for a long time, then walked out of the bedroom, pushed open the door of the study, turned on the lamp, pointed to more than ten rows of bookshelves full of bamboo slips, and asked in a deep voice.
"Ah, so many books!" Li Zhi saw a room full of books, his head buzzed all of a sudden, and he exclaimed.
Indeed, Cai Yong's study next to the bedroom is really big, and the room is full of books. Most of these books are the Han history that Cai Yong has painstakingly compiled over the years, and the other part is the only book that he has collected for most of his life, which is very precious. Cai Yongqi was indifferent to fame and fortune all his life, and he was not good at luxury, but he preferred books and masterpieces of ancient sages, and was ordered by Emperor Ling to write Hanshu a few years ago. Therefore, there was not much gold and silver in his house, but there were as many as a dozen carriages that could not fit in the book.
These books are briefly changed to when Dong Zhuo is still alive, so naturally there is no problem, find more carriages and pull them away. But now is no more than in the past, and it is quite tricky to just take someone out of the city, how can you bring so many books out of the city with great fanfare?
Surprised, Li Zhi said respectfully: "Boss, it's not that the last general is unwilling to take away these books, but he can't do anything about it. Don't worry, although the last general can't take away the books immediately, he can collect them together and hide them, and after recovering Chang'an in the future, the old man will take them out again. I don't know if there is a cellar in the old man's house? ”
"That's all there is to it. There are cellars in the front yard and the back yard, the old man has nothing to do in his life, and he loves dancing and writing and fine wine, so there are a lot of cellars in the house, and it takes a lot of effort to build, so I don't think it can come in handy at this time. Cai Yong was disappointed, but said with a sense of joy.
Just do it. Immediately, Li Zhi collected more than a dozen large wooden boxes from the mansion, thinking that it would be easy to load books and books, and it would be done in one or two hours. But then he regretted it, and his bowels were blue.
Because Cai Yong didn't let Li Zhi help when loading the book, he put it all into the box one by one, handled it gently, and regarded it as a treasure. Sometimes he had to open it and look at it, and then classify it for storage, while Li Zhi stood aside and gave him the lamp.
Watching Cai Yong put the books into the wooden box one by one, Li Zhi was very anxious. That's too slow! According to Cai Yong's speed, I am afraid that I will not be able to clean it up overnight.
However, looking at Cai Yong's meticulous appearance and stubborn look, Li Zhi had the heart to dissuade him, but it was difficult to speak, so he could only silently give him the lamp, hoping that his speed would be faster.
Sad!
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The morning dawns, and a new day opens the title page.
The main hall of Changle Palace.
Hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together, and the expressions on everyone's faces were quite excited, and they were full of energy in greetings and laughter.
"Situ Shang Dynasty ———"
As Xiao Huangmen shouted such a sharp voice at the gate of the palace, the hundreds of officials in the hall lined up to greet each other, saluted respectfully, and welcomed Wang Yun into the main hall.
"Bixia goes to court, hundreds of officials kneel and worship!"
"Long live my emperor, long live ———"
In the neat and loud pilgrimage, Emperor Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair with a happy expression, and said in a childish voice: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”
At this moment, Liu Xie's momentum and majesty were quite kingly. It's a pity that he is still a child now, his voice has not changed, and his voice still has a strong childishness. Therefore, he obviously wanted to pretend to be a monarch of the world and a self-respecting momentum, but as soon as he spoke, he looked nondescript, jerky and immature, his momentum plummeted, and his prestige was insufficient.
"Wechen Qi played bixia. The national thief Dong Zhuo was ambushed outside the Zhengyang Gate yesterday, and then Weichen and the officials fought bloodily to exterminate the remnants of the Dong thief and eliminate the thieves. In addition, Wenhou Lu Bu got lost and returned, personally killed Dong Zhuo, led the crowd to pacify the thief army, recovered Yi Wu, and made great contributions, please bixia Mingjian! "Wang Yun is the first of the hundred officials, and he is the first person to be on the list, and he is the one who will not give in.
Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair, waved his hand slightly, summoned the attendant holding the holy decree, and said crisply: "Declare the decree!" ”
Dong Hong, the permanent attendant, immediately walked to the front of the hall and read out loudly with his throat: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Situ Wang Yun is the prince, leading state affairs, and the regent is an auxiliary government; He named Lu Bu as the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, and the general of Fenwei. Chin this ———"
"Xie Bixia Longen, Weichen Ling." Wang Yun and Lu Bu immediately said loudly.
Immediately, Lu Bu walked up to the temple and received the holy decree. At this moment, Lu Bu's gloomy expression, which had been full of sable drowning, finally changed significantly, and there was an obvious look of excitement between his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of joy.
Loyal and righteous marquis, general Fenwei, this is the highest official position than the three dukes, equivalent to the general of the imperial court, a very human minister, one person under ten thousand people. More importantly, this is an official position personally appointed by the Son of Heaven, which is upright and justifiable, far more convincing than the position of general given by Dong Zhuo.
Half a life chasing fame and fortune, and now he has got what he wants, can Lu Buyan not like it?
However, in addition to the great joy, Lu Bu couldn't help but have a trace of regret in his eyes, and his excited expression gradually converged, and his expression became melancholy. Now that he has obtained the power and fame he has dreamed of, he has lost Diao Chan forever, which is a deep wound in his heart that is difficult to heal.
Could it be that God destined him to have both fish and bear's paws in this life, and that he would inevitably lose the other? If this is the case, he would rather exchange his current position for Diao Chan's resurrection, but his heart will never be realized, let alone reveal this love to anyone, he can only be sealed in the bottom of his heart, and as the years go by, slowly precipitate until 、、、、、、 end of his life. (To be continued)(To be continued......