Chapter 16 The turbid current is thrown into the turbid current
After Yuan Shu broke through the White Tiger Gate, the other gates were also broken down by Yuan Shao one after another. Yanyu Army, Huben Army, Northern Army, and Xiyuan Army poured into the South Palace. For a time, the palace corridors were crowded with soldiers going back and forth, one palace after another.
The palace grounds were plundered, and the gold silk hangings in the palace, as well as the gold and silver tableware used by the emperor for drinking, were all put into the arms of the palace guards.
At dawn, Zhu Changshi held the palace officials hostage and forcibly captured more than 500 people, but in the end it was only a small number, such as the Yuntai Palace, the Golden Horse Palace, the Bronze Horse Palace, Shi Zhonglu and other corner palaces. The palace officials closed the palace doors and
Don’t join in with the regular attendants, just stay up late and eat and drink as usual.
When they saw the flag of King Qin held high by the imperial army, Du Heng, the eunuch of Qingliang, looked pleased and said jokingly to the small yellow gate in the palace: "I have told you a long time ago that gains and losses in this world have their reasons. You get what you don't deserve. You get what you don't deserve."
One day I will pay back double the amount. Zhang Rang and others have received the favor of the late emperor, and they think they are in the immortal class and will not fall into the mortal world. At this time, the swords of the army are filling the palace. How many days can they survive?"
The remaining palace servants all agreed deeply and said to themselves: We are different from Zhuoliu. We are usually suppressed by the regular servants. Now it is time for us to change. They opened the palace door, used pots of food and wine to welcome the imperial army into the palace.
The generals entered the gate, took off their armor with red tassels, but pointed at their noses and cursed: "You eunuchs still dare to stay in the palace, thinking that with some food and drink, you can deceive us brave warriors."
? The eunuchs in this world, no matter how many of them, are a scourge to the country. I cannot leave you to the emperor."
After that, he pulled out a six-foot-long chopping knife and pressed Du Heng against the railing. The blade cut open the chest and abdomen, along the ribs to the crotch, revealing his mutilated lower body. The blade was soaked with blood, which cooled the eunuch.
He screamed in pain and soon died of pain. The remaining Xiaohuangmen could not survive. They were forced into the corner by the imperial guards and chopped down like grass. One Xiaohuangmen lamented before he died: "
Is living a sin? I heard the bhikkhu from White Horse Temple say that all things have an afterlife. If there is an afterlife, let me be a dog in the West Garden." How did he know that the dog in the West Garden had long been stewed?
After eating soup and eating, under the sword, perhaps only the sword and stone can survive.
Except for the Chancellor's Desk, the imperial army's swords and swords were slaughtered in the Nangong for a day, and almost all the remaining palace residents were killed. The smell of blood covered the fragrance of autumn chrysanthemums and orchids in the palace gardens, and the stone forests in the courtyards were filled with unstoppable flowers.
The heads with eyes open, and the scattered corpses had no clothes to cover their bodies. The ministers at the Shangshutai sighed and said: Even when Wang Mang was in chaos in the past, such a scene had never been heard in the palace.
Seeing such a tragic scene, the regular servants of the Beigong burned down the pavilion and hid in the Yongle Palace. They wanted to wait for an opportunity to escape from the palace, but Yuan Shao took the remaining troops from the West Garden early in the morning and even went to the Beigong.
All the palace gates in the palace were blocked, and Zhang Rang couldn't find a way out. He could only hold hands with the emperor and King Chen Liu to discuss a way out with the remaining ten colleagues.
They discussed for an hour and felt that no strategy could deceive the rebels. Zhang Rang was also discouraged at this time and said to his old friends: "Then we will eat well, sleep well, eat and drink well in the past few days.
, we will end it ourselves in the palace! Why let those party members insult us with whips again?"
The regular attendants all agreed and went about their own ways in the main hall. Zhang Rang looked at the Emperor and King Chenliu again and said to them in tears: "I am now rich and powerful because of the emperor's respect, so I dare not not do my best for the Han Dynasty.
However, it is indeed the fault of the ministers and others for bringing down the Emperor and King Chenliu. I hope that Your Majesty and His Highness will take the kindness of the late emperor into account and not blame the ministers and others." After that, he went to the Chinese chef of Changle Palace and used his own hands.
He chopped some firewood with a knife, killed a breast dolphin, chopped it into minced meat, and made two bowls of minced meat for the two of them, while he drank the soup.
The emperor and the queen mother parted, and they didn't know what to say. They took the minced meat, but were in a daze in the palace. King Chenliu finished eating calmly, put down the bowl and chopsticks, sat upright and said to Zhang Rang: "My eldest mother was afraid of the queen mother when she was alive. She was in the east corner of the palace.
An earthen path has been built in the stone forest and you can go directly to the outside of the city. If you want to survive, just escape from there."
Zhang Rang was greatly surprised. He took people to check in the stone forest. Sure enough, there was a dirt road. He was overjoyed and came back and said to his old friends: "There is still a way to survive. Don't hesitate. Let's go!" After that, they left.
When he returned to the palace and was about to take King Chen Liu and the emperor away, King Chen Liu raised his eyes and said slowly to Zhang Rang: "You can't walk fast or survive if you take us, so we'd better run away by ourselves."
Zhang Rang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, don't do this. If I leave Your Majesty and Your Highness to the party members, the country will fall under the Nine Springs. The royal majesty cannot be interfered with by ministers. If I and other disabled people and relatives are dead, Your Highness will
I and other close relatives hope that Your Highness will go with me. If you want to stay, I can only be in vain."
These words moved King Chenliu, and they waited for darkness. Without notifying the ministers in the palace, or carrying any seals, they only took a dozen of their closest guards and sneaked into the dirt road. The dirt road was long and long.
It was empty, and the attendants were walking through the darkness with torches. There was a thin undercurrent beside them. The moisture was hazy and cold, and the sound of running water and footsteps came back and forth in the cave, making the group sober and sad.
They walked for half an hour, and when they came out of the end of the dirt road, what they saw was not a crowd of stars, but a majestic six-level pagoda. Only then did they realize that they were in the White Horse Temple.
It was already dark at this time. Except for a few practitioners who were still meditating and practicing, most of the monks had fallen asleep. Luoyang City not far away was still full of smoke, but the White Horse Temple was as quiet as if it had escaped from the world. The group looked at the pagoda,
With awe in his heart, Zhang Rang imitated the Buddhist salute and folded his hands together, chanting in his heart Amitabha, the World Honored One bless him. Then he tiptoed forward, quietly opened the side door of the temple, and walked out of the White Horse Temple like a thief.
Where to go next? What Zhang Rang said to the Queen Mother was just an excuse. Dong Zhuo was guarding Henan County and was stuck at the intersection. The rebels in Liangzhou were good at fighting, so the future of going to Chang'an was still uncertain. Si Lai
If they wanted to go, they decided to cross the river first and go to Liu Yu or Liu Bei according to the situation.
The regular attendants then decided to go to Xiaopingjin. Their steps were not fast, but there was no smoke of gunfire or the sound of horse hooves along the way, so they walked very peacefully. At midnight on the twenty-seventh day, they finally reached the river.
Due to the heavy rain, the river in August is still turbulent, rushing past both banks. By crossing the river, they can escape from this sad place and find a way out.
They walked along the river bank. They did not dare to go to Xiaopingjin Ferry and Mengjin Ferry, which were both occupied by Ding Yuan. They only hoped to find one or two river boats to take them across the river, but they walked for a while.
All day long, I could only see the empty river surface and empty waves.
A guard went to the countryside to inquire about the cause. When he came back, his face was gloomy. He told the attendants: "Ding Shijun burned the ships that time and burned all the ships on the south bank." After hearing this, the attendants also
With a look of despair, he pulled up his sleeves and lamented, and finally said to God: "Can't the late emperor help us find a wild boat?"
King Chenliu asked again: "Why can't we build a bamboo raft by ourselves?" Then they realized that dozens of people went to the river to cut down green bamboos, and tore their robe sleeves and twisted them into ropes. Even though the autumn wind was cold, they
Still stomping around, I grabbed a few pieces of honeycomb and came back, lighting a fire by the river to make beeswax.
Seeing that the bamboo raft was about to be completed, the fire attracted uninvited guests. After the servants left the Beigong, the Duke of the Beigong realized that something was wrong. He searched everywhere but could not find the emperor's servants. The palace had no backbone, and naturally it became like birds and beasts.
Lu Zhi knew that they must have been out of the city for a long time, so he asked Min Gong to ride out of the city together and search for the emperor's traces by the river. At this time, he suddenly saw the light of the river and was overjoyed, so he swooped over like a moth.
When the regular attendants saw Lu Zhi Mingong approaching, still holding a shining long sword in his hand, they first wanted to fight with all their strength. But their clothes were torn, and the autumn wind blew in all night, and their hands and feet were numb from the cold. Even when they drew the sword, their whole body was numb.
Trembling, the eunuch in front stepped forward to fight, but had no strength at all. Lu Zhi and Mingong slashed him to death with just a few swords, but his clothes were not even scratched. Mingong got excited and pointed at Chang Shi and said: "You are now
If you can still kill yourself, wait a little longer and I will personally kill you!"
Zhang Rang saw that everyone in his entourage fell to the ground, and the blood was left in the yellow turbid river water without a trace. He opened his lips and teeth slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end he could only turn around and sighed to his old friends: "Yes
It's time, it's like this, now we can still leave the whole body." He knelt down again, kowtowed three times respectfully to the emperor and King Chenliu, and said with tears: "I am about to die, I hope your majesty will take more care of you.
Take care!"
After saying that, Zhang Rang stood up and stepped into the river to the north. The water was freezing cold, so he struggled to take the second and third steps, and finally his whole body was submerged in the river. At some point, he staggered.
Then he was carried into the river by the undercurrent. Just as the clear currents often cursed, he eventually became a turbid current in the Yellow River and went to no one knows where.
The remaining eunuchs all said: Even Mr. Zhang died like this, how can we live a few more moments to be humiliated? So they all stepped into the river and soon disappeared.
All the beeswax melted into the bonfire, and the firelight on the riverside looked extra bright, reflecting the emperor, princes, and loyal ministers.
Lu Zhi Mingong carried the two men onto the horse and said solemnly: "Please forgive the emperor and King Chenliu, and I will escort them back to the palace immediately."
Twenty miles to the south, Beimang Mountain, a black flag with the word "Dong" in it is coming towards the north.