However, Lu Zhi, Wang Yun, Gongsun Zan and others returned more than half a month earlier than Zuo Aoran expected. Although Zuo Aoran was doubtful, after seeing the long transportation team, he did not hesitate.
Suspecting that he was there, he led his generals out of the city to meet him.
Lu Zhi asked his son Lu Yu to direct the security of the grain and forage carts, and then asked Zuo Aoran to bring several close people to Gongsun Zan's mansion. His expression was very serious. Zuo Aoran knew that if something big hadn't happened,
His teacher Lu Zhi would not have this expression. After a while, Zuo Aoran arrived with Tian Feng and others.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Zhi groaned deeply and said: "Your Majesty has passed away..."
"Ah~~!!!"
"What~!!!"
"How?!!"
"impossible?!?!"
Lu Zhi hadn't finished speaking. Just this sentence shocked everyone present. Four or five people were stunned. Tian Feng frowned slightly and lowered his head in thought. Among the people, only Zuo Aoran didn't change much. His face was just
It was just a twitch, because Zuo Aoran had long known that Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong would have this day, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly and suddenly!
After a short commotion, Lu Zhi continued: "We did not go to Luoyang. After entering Jizhou, we encountered Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate who was seriously injured and almost dying. After a pause for several days, Wu Qiong's injury
Gradually things got better, and they recognized us, and they no longer talked ramblingly. From Wu Qiong's mouth, we learned that Emperor Ling passed away, Empress Dowager Dong died, Prince Liu Bian ascended the throne as emperor, and General He Jin had an overview of the government...
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It turned out that since Wu Qiong left Luoyang and rushed to Youzhou with the imperial edict given to him by Jian Shuo, he had gone through a lot of hardships along the way. He encountered many obstacles on the way, and there were pursuers behind him, and he almost lost his life.
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Wu Qiong's wife, children, and children were all killed by the mysterious killer sent by Yuan Wei. Wu Qiong almost died of pain after learning about this incident. He was impulsive several times and wanted to fight to the death with the pursuers behind him, but when he thought of the man in his arms,
When he received the imperial edict, he suppressed the anger in his heart and focused everything on recovering the great man!
The guards around him fell down one by one, and Wu Qiong was so distressed that he almost had the idea of defeating everything, because these guards around Wu Qiong were all guards who grew up with him, and had been with Wu Qiong since he was a child. On the surface, they were
servants, Wu Qiong actually regards them as closer than brothers!
Just when all the guards around Wu Qiong fell, just when Wu Qiong was trapped and exhausted, just when Wu Qiong was about to be killed by the chasing soldiers and those intercepting from the front, an accident happened. I don’t know why.
A group of men dressed as bandits rushed out of the place and fought with those who were chasing Wu Qiong. The leader was a man with a blue face and a red beard and a big wrought copper stick in his hand. Wu Qiong took the opportunity to escape.
Along the way, Wu Qiong had no dangers. A group of unknown bandits often rushed out in times of crisis, saving Wu Qiong's life from danger and allowing Wu Qiong to arrive in Liyang smoothly.
When they left Liyang and rushed to Neihuang, the road was calm and calm. Wu Qiong thought that there would be no danger on the road, so he relaxed his mind. The moment Wu Qiong relaxed his vigilance, the pursuers appeared again. After a period of panic,
, the bandits who often appeared in times of crisis suddenly stopped appearing. Wu Qiong struggled to escape with seven knife wounds, twelve sword wounds, three gunshot wounds, and six arrow wounds.
Heavy siege.
After breaking out of the siege, Wu Qiong ran for more than 30 miles. The horse under his crotch was hit by thirty-three arrows. Finally, he died with a scream, and Wu Qiong, who was seriously injured on the horse, was thrown out.
Wu Qiong was thrown to pieces, and it took him a long time to get up despite the pain all over his body.
At this time, Wu Qiong still first checked whether the imperial edict in his arms was lost. After confirming that it was still there, Wu Qiong gritted his teeth and hurried step by step to Lulongsai in Youzhou. Pedestrians on the road saw him following.
Wu Qiong, who was as bloody as a human being, kept away from him for fear of causing harm to the fish pond.
Exhausted physically and mentally, and subjected to the cold wind for several nights, Wu Qiong finally couldn't hold on any longer. Her head was heavy, her steps were difficult, and her limbs were weak. After taking the last step with all her strength, her body no longer obeyed her orders.
, fell heavily to the ground.
After this heavy fall, Wu Qiong never got up again. He lay on the ground in a daze for three days. During this period, countless passers-by passed by, but no one came forward. Just when Wu Qiong was about to hang on by a thread,
Lu Zhi and others discovered Wu Qiong on their way here. After some treatment, everyone discovered that the seriously injured man knew Wu Qiong, the gate captain of Luoyang Imperial City!
Lu Zhi hurriedly ordered the camp to be set up, and called in several doctors who were with the army to diagnose and treat Wu Qiong carefully, because Lu Zhi didn't know what had happened. Although Wu Qiong had a small official position, he was indeed the gate captain in the imperial city.
Now that he is in this situation, it is very likely to prove that Luoyang was captured and the palace fell, otherwise Wu Qiong would not be like this.
Lu Zhi was uneasy about speculation for a moment, and even Wang Yun, who had many clever plans, was at a loss. Everyone could only wait for Wu Qiong to wake up before asking in detail. This wait lasted for five days. After Wu Qiong woke up, he saw Lu
Lu Zhi, Wang Yun and others were overjoyed, thinking that it was Zuo Aoran who had returned in triumph, and were eager to see Zuo Aoran. After Lu Zhi's explanation, Wu Qiong knew that the battle outside the pass was not over yet, and they were just escorting the shipment.
Food and grass.
Although Lu Zhi is Zuo Aoran's teacher and Wang Yun is also a loyal minister, people are alienated from each other, and they know each other but not their hearts, so Wu Qiong held back and simply recounted the major events that happened in Luoyang in the past few months. Two copies
Not a word was mentioned about the imperial edict.
After learning the whole story, Lu Zhi originally wanted to rush back to Luoyang, but finally gave up the idea after some persuasion from Wang Yun. So instead of rushing to Luoyang, he went to Zuojia County and directly found Zuo Aoran.
Mother Liu gave a brief explanation to Mrs. Liu. She just said that the former enemy was short of food, and now the army was in a tight situation. She was worried that it would be too late to go to Luoyang to escort the food and grass, so she came here to beg for food and grass. She did not mention a word about the sudden change in Luoyang.
Zuo Aoran's mother, Mrs. Liu, was born in a wealthy family, but she also knew how to deal with the world. She was the husband among girls. She immediately asked her daughter-in-law Zhen Jiang and Jin Lian to take care of the matter. It only took half a day to raise money from everywhere.
There was enough food for an army of 50,000 people for a year, and there were also many gong and drum tents.
Lu Zhi no longer wasted a minute or a second anywhere. He was rushing along the way, almost at night and under the stars. He specially sent his son Lu Yu and one of his three most proud students, Gongsun Zan, as the vanguard. They encountered many enemies along the way.
They opened roads through mountains, built bridges when encountering water, and wiped out bandits along the way. They rushed back to Lulongsai in a hurry. It was because of this and the rapid march along the way that Wu Qiong, who was already in an unstable situation, fell into a coma.
Shocking news bombarded everyone's hearts like bombs. There were many gasps in the room. Even Tian Feng, who had experienced big events and had extremely rich life experience, couldn't help but be slightly startled.
The development of the plot still follows the historical trajectory. These things are not any news to Zuo Aoran, but Zuo Aoran still has to make an expression of disbelief. After taking a deep breath, he speaks directly to the key point.
asked: "Does Master Lu know the specific origin? Where is Wu Qiong now? Can he come out and explain it in person?"
Sighing, Lu Zhi shook his head and said: "Yunlong! I don't know much about this matter. I just listened to Wu Qiong's brief explanation intermittently. But now Wu Qiong is seriously injured, coupled with the long journey along the way.
, the injury not only did not improve, but became more serious, and he is now in a coma."
"Teacher, now that the Xiongnu army in Xianbei has been defeated, according to your plan, what should we do now?" Zuo Aoran asked.
Lu Zhi took a deep breath, waved his hands tremblingly, and said: "Master is already old, and his mental strength is no longer enough. When encountering such an incident again, Master's mind is already in chaos. Is there any other plan?
The purpose of asking you to come is to see if you have any opinions..."
As soon as Lu Zhi finished speaking, everyone sitting here began to discuss each other word by word. A full half an hour passed, and still nothing useful had been clearly determined. They were just repeating——
Wait and see what happens!
At the most critical moment, Zuo Aoran finally said the crucial words again. The words were very simple and concise. As long as there are people present, they can completely understand the meaning of Zuo Aoran's words, that is, Rong
We will discuss it later and ask Wu Qiong for details after she wakes up.
Time flies like water. Fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye, and Wu Qiong's injury gradually improved. On this day, Wu Qiong's injury was finally fully recovered, and everyone gathered together again. Nothing changed except that there was one more Wu Qiong.
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Everyone asked their doubts, but Wu Qiong did not answer them one by one. Except for the two questions asked by Tian Feng, Wu Qiong gave detailed answers, and only focused on answering the questions of Lu Zhi, Wang Yun and Zuo Aoran.
, the doubts of others were not that Wu Qiong did not want to answer, but that he did not have the energy to answer those insignificant questions.
After answering everyone's dissatisfied doubts, Zuo Aoran said: "Brother Wu, most of the doubts in everyone's minds have been solved. Now, could I trouble Brother Wu to tell you in detail what happened in Luoyang in the past few months? The more detailed the better."
Wu Qiong nodded to Zuo Aoran, and then recounted what happened in Luoyang in the past few months one by one. Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong died, Jian Shuo's assassination of He Jin was leaked, and General He Jin led his troops to attack first.
, captured the imperial city, beheaded Jian Shuo, the ten permanent ministers Zhang Rang and others fled to the Empress Dowager He to beg for shelter, and the story of Empress Dowager Dong being assassinated on the way to Hejian was described in detail.
The only thing he didn't say was that Jian Shuo fled to the palace gate he was guarding, handed over two imperial edicts to himself, and then committed suicide! The reason why Wu Qiong didn't say it was very simple. It's still the old saying, people's hearts are separated from each other.
Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing their hearts, among the people who can't be saved, there are spies from some big forces who have infiltrated the inside, or something else...
Wu Qiong's strangeness cannot escape Zuo Aoran's keen observation. Most people can't tell the strangeness in Wu Qiong's words, but during the many years of dating with Wu Qiong, Zuo Aoran has keenly noticed something strange. If Zuo Aoran hadn't
Zuo Aoran had already incorporated subtle observations into his daily life, and Zuo Aoran couldn't notice the slightest difference.
Zuo Aoran, who noticed something, didn't say anything, and just asked: "Thank you Brother Wu for taking the trouble to come to inform us. Otherwise, we wouldn't have known that such a big thing happened in the court. But, no
How did Brother Wu return to the army with this injury? Could it be that he encountered bandits on the road?"
When Wu Qiong heard Zuo Aoran's question, his face turned gloomy, and he let out a long sigh and said, "I'm not satisfied with Brother Zuo and everyone else. I'm also confused about this matter!" Qiong left Luoyang, and not only did she hear bad news one after another along the way, but she also
He was also intercepted and chased by a group of mysterious people with unknown origins. If it weren't for the dozens of guards around him who desperately resisted, and if it weren't for the repeated appearance of unknown bandits fighting with the mysterious people on the road, I'm afraid...I'm afraid...ahem...
Cough cough..." At this point, Wu Qiong began to cough violently. It seemed that the injury was not healed and was caused by talking too much. It was a good thing that it was the sequelae of a serious injury.
