Huangfu Song told his family all the nursery rhymes he heard on the road, and also talked about Dong Zhuo's alienation from him in these days. Everyone soon understood what Huangfu Song meant. Someone must be stirring up trouble and using Dong Zhuo's hand to bring Huangfu to justice.
Song was removed from the court.
But who could have done it? Huangfu Song first thought of Wang Yun and other anti-Dong factions because he repeatedly refused to join, so he wanted to get rid of them quickly? Then he thought of Li Ru and other Dong Zhuo's close relatives because he held a high position.
Blocking their way to promotion? He thought for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind. In the end, he could only think dejectedly, this is probably the disadvantage of not forming a party, everyone can bully you and humiliate you.
Huangfu Li knew that the current situation in the court was treacherous, and that if he failed, he would be doomed, so he advised: "Sir, a gentleman is not under a dangerous wall. Since the court cannot tolerate you, you should leave as soon as possible."
Huangfu Song smiled bitterly and said: "Who in Chang'an doesn't know me? Who among the three assistants in Guanzhong doesn't know me? If I had fled, I would have been captured by the pavilion chief before I had gone ten miles, and I would be beheaded by the eunuch's supervisor soon."
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Huangfu Li knew that what he said was reasonable, but he was still unwilling to accept it. He asked again: "But your kindness is widespread and your reputation for benevolence spreads far and wide. People in the world do not distinguish between black and white. There may be righteous people who are allowed by your Majesty, and righteous men walk in the heaven and earth."
How can you sit and wait for death?"
At this point, he saw his uncle's expression was sad, as if he already knew some of his destiny. He only heard his uncle slowly say: "In my life, I have served the court fairly and selflessly, and I have done my best. It's just that since the Yellow Turban Troubles, I have killed too many people.
, Injury breeds virtue. It has been eight years now, and there has been no addition to the family. It can be seen that I have sinned against God, and if I suffer for it, it is natural."
The surrounding tribesmen wanted to say more, but Huangfu Song sent them away one by one, leaving only Huangfu Li and Huangfu Jianshou. Huangfu Song warned them: "Check the house more often, don't do anything forbidden, and don't talk to others."
I have a hunch that something big will happen recently, and my family will be framed."
"What's the use of this?"
Huangfusong smiled, he could only say these words in his heart, not to the children: In this way, the tragedy of breaking down the family and exterminating the clan will only involve me. He couldn't sleep at night, so he walked to the courtyard and sat down
In the corridor, I looked up at the moon in the sky and thought, it has been here for thousands of years, and it is such a pity that I am about to pass away.
Four days later, under the same night sky, a massive convoy was walking on the Weinan Plain. More than a hundred large vehicles were divided into two columns, traveling side by side on the official road. They were on their way to Yi County, and they were six miles east of Yi County.
Inside, the imperial court built a new dock, which was specially built for the Grand Master. Now it has been completed. Now, the entire Tai Master's Mansion will be moved into the dock.
Although it was a moment for all things to rest, the sound of friction between wheels and sand could not be stopped. It was like someone rubbing the earlobe of a person continuously, with the bumps pouring into the ear hole. This made Dong Zhuo very upset and turned over and over.
He couldn't rest. He simply asked a girl to get into the car. He lay in her arms and let her massage her head while thinking about recent events.
There has always been a countercurrent against him in the court, and Dong Zhuo knew it. After Wu Qiong's assassination, Dong Zhuo even knew that their goal was to die, but as the actual leader of the Han Dynasty, he could not do this. He first used the help of
He moved the capital and recruited celebrities to increase his reputation, and later used violence to execute or arrest Zhang Wen and Cui Lie, other important officials of the late emperor, in order to deter rebellion. Today, the DPRK is as green as the grass on the original plain.
Thornwood, but recent events have given Dong Zhuo a premonition that the countercurrents in the DPRK are preparing a final blow, which will exhaust all their strength. After passing through, he can rest easy.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the late emperor's often complained remarks, and he also said in his mouth: "Why is the world so troubled by such rebellion?" When Mei Ji heard Grand Master Tang Jie's words, she thought she was asking herself. She stopped massaging her fingers for a moment and said softly:
"I heard from the monks that I am a humble concubine because people in the world are too greedy and don't know how to restrain themselves."
Hearing this, Dong Zhuo opened his old eyes and looked carefully at the beautiful girl in front of him. She was the maid secretly offered by Situ Wangyun, named Diaochan. She was well-educated and well-behaved, and her appearance was even more beautiful, her eyes were like smoke.
Her eyebrows are like light feathers, and her lips are smiling but not smiling, like elusive clouds. Dong Zhuo is very satisfied with her, so he always keeps her by his side. However, ordinary people don't know the origin of Diao Chan, just because her beauty is as beautiful as the bright moon in the night sky.
Everyone calls her Mingyue Ji.
Listening to what she said at this time, her words were as sultry as gauze. Dong Zhuo left all those messy things behind and teased Diao Chan: "Oh? A beauty still worships Buddhism?"
Diao Chan's eyes widened. Dong Zhuo had always doted on her, so she went on without hesitation: "When I was in Luoyang, I went to the White Horse Temple to pray, and listened to the monks singing sutras. I had nothing to do, and I also copied them.
The principles in these scriptures are obscure, but they do contain the great principles of self-cultivation and nirvana."
"What is Nirvana?"
"Cut off the six desires and worries, get rid of the karma of life and death, and achieve the great freedom of peace and tranquility."
Dong Zhuo heard this and asked Diao Chan what the six desires were. After Diao Chan explained, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but smile and said: "If you give up the six desires, what is the difference between you and a dead person?"
"Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself, have a soul that transcends things and is one with heaven and earth. Isn't that the realm of a saint?"
"In this way, if everyone worshiped and practiced Buddhism, there would be no fighting in the world."
"Exactly."
Dong Zhuo wanted to laugh at Diao Chan's naivety, but unexpectedly, the car shuddered and the car stopped at this moment. Dong Zhuo stood up and sat up, asking the guard driving: "Are you at Xiwu? Is the car going so fast today?" the guard replied.
: "Report to Grand Master. Before we arrived, the car in front stopped."
After a while, the convoy from the front came to report that there were huge rocks piled up on the road ahead for some reason, blocking the road. They were sending people to move them and asked the Grand Master to send more people. Dong Zhuo was confused after hearing this.
The plain, where did the boulders come from, but he still agreed and sent the few strong men accompanying him to the front to help.
After sending someone out, Dong Zhuo opened the curtain of the car window, and the sparkling Wei River appeared in front of him. Under the majestic outline of the Qinling Mountains, he could vaguely see the fluttering willow branches on the other side of the river. A warm spring breeze blew into the car.
After he woke up from his sleep, he thought about the stone block on the road again, and suddenly felt a chill. He quickly got up and walked out of the carriage, and said to the two guards who were left behind: "Quick, call them back as soon as possible."<
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As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Zhuo heard a burst of footsteps, not from the front and back, but from the riverside. He turned his head and saw four black figures slowly moving out from the riverside. One of the black figures pulled out a long strip-like thing and drew it from the riverbank.
Gradually a silver edge emerged, obviously coming to take Dong Zhuo's life.
Dong Zhuo was horrified. He immediately got in between the trains and kept shouting to the guards in front: "There are assassins! Help! Help!" While he was shouting, an assassin was already fighting with the guards.
Diao Chan's frightened screams came from the car, and then the two of them broke into the car and chased Dong Zhuo.
One of them held a crossbow in his hand. He aimed at the fat figure running in the dark night. He pulled the trigger and the crossbow flew past, hitting Dong Zhuo's calf. The Grand Master paused for a moment, but still staggered forward a few steps.
Finally, he staggered and fell to the ground. When he saw another person holding a knife and was about to catch up, he heard a harsh sound breaking through the air. The man paused for a moment, and soon fell to the ground, whining in pain.
It was none other than Huben Zhonglang, General Lu Bu, who came over with great strides. He stood in front of Dong Zhuo, threw away the long bow in his hand, pulled out the knife from his waist, shouted and faced the assassin. Within two rounds, another
One of the assassins had his knife-holding wrist cut off and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to kill him, Dong Zhuo shouted: "Save his life!" Lu Bu was stunned, then abandoned the assassin and walked to the Zaogai workshop to protect Diao Chan.
, and quickly subdued the other two assassins.
After a long time, Dong Zhuo was panting and helped up by the guards. He asked someone to shine a torch on his calf. Under the loose skin of his leg, a crossbow arrow had already penetrated into the muscle. The blood flowing out made Dong Zhuo faint.
, he briefly wanted to pull out the arrowhead, but a stinging pain in his flesh and blood made him understand that the arrowhead used an open barb arrow, and it was inconvenient to deal with it in such a situation. Instead, he was carried to the assassin with the severed hand.
He threatened in a low voice: "Tell me who the leader is, and I will give you a pleasure."
The assassin was pinned to the ground by the guards. He didn't reply at all. He just rubbed and struggled on the ground. After a while, Dong Zhuo realized something was wrong and said to the guards: "Lift his head up."
The guard grabbed the assassin's hair and exposed his face. At this time, everyone was surprised to find that his mouth was full of mud and he was swallowing with difficulty. Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked someone to dig the mud out of his mouth, but he used the last
With so much strength, he even bit off one of the guard's fingers, so that no one dared to get on him. They could only watch him twitch on the ground and slowly die.
The other three people were like this, in front of everyone, two crashed, one bit his tongue, and they all died. Dong Zhuo was almost furious, and he angrily shouted: "Are you just stupid dogs? Are you planning to let me suffer in vain!" After returning to Xiwu, he immediately summoned everyone in the mansion, cleaned the faces of the four corpses one by one, and asked them if they had seen them in Chang'an. After he pulled out the arrowhead, wrapped up the wound and came out, Tian Jing, the head of the Taishi Mansion, recorded
He reported to him that someone in the mansion recognized the identity of the two men. They were both local knights in Guanzhong and were friendly with the attendant Xun You. Some people had met him at Xun You's family banquet not long ago.
After hearing the report, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered Xun You to be secretly arrested, imprisoned in the imperial prison, and interrogated in detail.
The next day, Chang'an City was under martial law and no one was allowed to come or go. A group of cold soldiers broke into Xun You's house and arrested Xun You who was having breakfast. All the people in the house were imprisoned and all correspondence was sealed and handed over to the police.
Reviewed by the attendant Li Ru.
Just when everything was about to begin, Taichang Liu Xiao suddenly reported to Li Ru that two soldiers guarding the ancestral temple were missing, and asked for replacements to repair the ancestral temple. Li Ru vaguely noticed something was wrong, and immediately sent someone to ask who the missing soldiers were.
What does he look like and where is he from?
The results were quickly discovered. They were both Ding Yuan's men, and their appearance completely matched that of the other two assassins. Moreover, it was extremely unlucky that one of them had just informed the Cavalry General Huangfu Song five days ago, requesting him to come out of the city to put out the fire.