Chapter 37 Begonia red blooms in front of the hall
Cui Zheng stood outside the palace gate, wearing his official robe and feeling cold all over his body.
He calculated the east wind, guarded against the south wind, and took advantage of the chaotic wind. Who would have thought that a gust of north wind would come and blow everything.
There was no longer a battle or confrontation outside the palace gate. The murderous soldiers had already begun to joke with a rough northern accent. The surviving soldiers and horses of Henan Province squatted on the ground and shrank their heads.
The eunuchs have won, and these officials will fall into hell. The prosperous age of Great Xia is over. What is the meaning of living for them? They are ashamed of their ancestors, ancestors, ancestors and emperors.
"Don't let these people commit suicide and seek death." A general whispered to the soldiers guarding the officials.
The soldier was wiping his nose with his sleeve and muttered: "It doesn't look like that."
The naked Wu Ya'er walked into the palace gate, which was immediately closed behind him, and soldiers in armor and swords surrounded him.
"Hurry up and get some clothes for Lieutenant Wu." Quan Hai shouted, and walked down surrounded by a group of guards. He felt much better and his tone became softer, "It's such a cold winter."
Although the situation under siege was tense, the palace was still a palace. Soon the eunuchs brought a whole set of new clothes. Wu Yaer did not wrap them up layer by layer, but only took the outer robe and belt to tie it up.
"Where is your Majesty?" he asked.
There are no armors and weapons, and there are no bloody corpses under his feet. He wears clothes to cover up his strong muscles, leaving him tall and thin. From a close look, this young man is even less fierce. He does not look like a soldier, and of course, he does not look like a general.
He was a frail scholar, and his embroidered robe did not make his complexion gloomy. It made his face whiter, his hair darker, and his lips redder, just like those noble princes who often visited the palace.
Maybe he really is someone's illegitimate son, Quan Hai thought, and just now someone introduced Wu Ya'er in more detail.
Orphan, he grew up in a pack of wolves or somewhere. In short, no one knows his origins. He is inconspicuous. He thrived in Mobei at a young age. He fights as hard as grabbing food. He doesn't listen to orders and is very competitive.
, everyone hates him, but he is so prosperous that he is promoted to captain by Liang Zhen and leads a crow army on a rampage.
I have to ask Liang Zhen if I have a chance, but whether he is an illegitimate child or an orphan, he is still fine. He is missing a father. He just lacks a son or grandson, Quan Hai thought.
"Your Majesty and your concubine are in Haitang Palace." He said, "Lieutenant Wu, please come with me."
Ya'er had no idea what kind of palace Wu Haitang Palace was, but he immediately stepped to follow.
The whole sea was in front, and the soldiers on both sides were on guard with swords and guns. Wu Yaer looked at him intently and seemed not to see him.
"Wu Duwei, you are far away in Mobei, and you received the imperial edict so quickly?" Quan Hai turned around and asked.
Wu Ya'er said: "I came here before I received the imperial edict."
Going to the capital without orders? It's suspicious, Quanhai's eyes flickered.
"It was Old Governor Liang who asked me to come to Beijing half a month ago." Wu Ya'er continued.
Quan Hai was surprised: "Liang Zhen?"
Wu Ya'er nodded: "Old Governor Liang noticed something strange in the capital, so he asked me to come in advance without disturbing others. If it was his misunderstanding, I would treat him as if I came to visit him. If anything happens..."
If something happens, the crisis can be solved. Quan Hai sighed: "I didn't expect Mr. Liang to be so alert, but why didn't he tell His Majesty in advance?"
Wu Ya'er said: "There is no evidence, Mr. Liang investigated privately, but was discovered by others, and instead sent the fourth master and the young masters to prison."
The whole sea was astonished. He had been so busy fighting with Cui Zheng these days that a toothless tiger like Liang Zhen had never noticed it. How could such a thing happen? He hurriedly asked, and there were eunuchs and soldiers around him who were thinking about it.
Thinking about it again.
"Yes, it's because of embezzlement of military pay." said a eunuch.
Quan Hai obviously knew who Liang Zhen's fourth son was, and was surprised and angry: "This is a frame-up!"
"Mr. Liang sold his house, made up for the shortfall, and left the capital with his family to return to his hometown." said the young eunuch.
Because the battle between Cui Zheng and Quan Hai was caused by the Xuanwu War, the eunuchs paid special attention to the content related to the war. Liang Zhen's matter was too small, but there were also some young eunuchs who couldn't touch the big things and remembered it.
I just didn't expect it to have anything to do with it now.
"Oh my god." Quan Hai raised his hands and shouted, "This is obviously Mr. Liang who was framed by alerting the snake and drove him out. He should have come and told His Majesty, so that we could have been on guard."
Wu Ya'er said: "At that time, Old Governor Liang should not be able to see His Majesty."
Quan Hai deeply agreed, put his hands on his heart and cursed Cui Zheng: "A wolfish ambition, a rebellious thief, bullying Your Majesty in the palace, and controlling the government."
"So I heard the imperial edict on the way." Wu Ya'er gave the answer to the previous question.
Without any doubt, Quan Hai left the two guards aside and stood in front of Wu Ya'er, holding his hand: "It's good to have you, and it's good to have Old Governor Liang."
Wu Ya'er bowed his head and saluted without saying a word.
Quan Hai took his hand and said, "Begonia Palace is just ahead. Come with me to see His Majesty. Your Majesty needs the good news so much that his heart will be broken."
Quan Hai's pace quickened, and soon Wu Ya'er saw a palace. This palace was located on the lake. There were four white bridges leading to the lake. The yellow glazed tiles of the palace were shining under the sunlight of the lake.
"The white bridge and the yellow palace look like a begonia flower." Quan Hai said, pointing to the lake, "There are also begonia trees here, so it's called Begonia Palace. This was specially built by His Majesty for the empress, who is in the hot spring palace.
My favorite is Haitang Hot Spring Pool.”
At this time, there were more soldiers than trees around, densely surrounding the entire palace.
Wu Ya'er said oh.
After all, he was a soldier who didn't understand these tastes and couldn't appreciate beauty. Quan Hai stopped playing the piano to the cow and walked onto the covered bridge with Wu Ya'er on his arm.
The covered bridge was long and narrow, and could only accommodate two people walking together, so the guards who had previously surrounded them on both sides had to change their queues, in front and behind.
While walking, Quan Hai asked Wu Duwei how old he was and if he had any gossip about marrying a wife. Wu Yaer replied that he was twenty and had a wife. After chattering, the road was short until he reached the palace.
There were also soldiers standing in front of the palace, guarding each end of the bridge, occupying the advantage of one man being able to pass the barrier and not being able to get through.
This palace is different from other palaces. It is open-plan. It must be cool in summer, but it may not be comfortable in winter. However, there are still two people sitting on the steps outside the palace.
An old man wrapped in a cotton robe and a young beauty.
The old man held a piano in his hand and lowered his head, his gray hair messy in the wind, and then the sound of the piano sounded, trembling and sweet.
Quan Hai stopped on the bridge and said, "Ah, Your Majesty has composed a new song."
That was the mighty emperor of Daxia. Wu Yaer looked at this old man and realized that the emperor would also grow old, just like other old people.
"Xiang'er, I've written this song, and you come to dance with it." The emperor said, raising his head with joy on his face.
The beauty leaning next to him was not as full of him as before. The beauty saw the bridge: "The whole sea."
She stood up and shouted, her beautiful face not dimmed by fear and anger.
"Hurry up and let His Majesty see them." She shouted, "They won't dare to do this when they see Your Majesty."
Perhaps I heard this too much, Quan Hai's voice was impatient and sharp: "They want to harm Your Majesty! It's dangerous for Your Majesty to see them!"
The emperor stretched out his hand and grabbed the corner of Luo Guifei's skirt: "Xiang'er, let's dance first."
He didn't seem to notice the dispute between the two, and Concubine Luo didn't even bother to smile at him.
"They are in danger if Your Majesty doesn't see them!" she shouted, the beauty's anger had a different kind of charm.
Of course, Quan Hai was unmoved. He stretched out his hands, clapped them in front of him, and laughed: "It's not dangerous now. The soldiers and horses I summoned have arrived and killed Wu Zhang. Cui Zheng and the others have also become prisoners."
....."
His hands were slapping in front of him, and Wu Ya'er's hands were slapping on his neck. With two snaps, Quanhai hit a broken willow tree and hit the guards in front. The unexpected impact shocked the two guards.
They fell forward, but they did not fall. Wu Ya'er grabbed the knife in their hands and pierced their chests with two pops.
The three people who died in an instant didn't know how they died, and the guards behind them were still standing there blankly. Concubine Luo on the steps could see clearly from beginning to end, her small mouth opened wide, and her beautiful face was elongated and twisted.
.....
Ah's screams made the lake swell.
Women's screams, men's screams, shouts, running, and knives piercing flesh were all incessant, but none of them could make the emperor look this way.
He lowered his head and focused on playing the strings, and the sound of the piano poured out like flowing water, sometimes joyful, sometimes exciting, and sometimes gentle. The emperor's body swayed with the sound of the piano, and his gray hair was fluttering in the wind. He closed his eyes and was intoxicated.
In the dance before my eyes.
Wu Ya'er danced in the light of the sword until the last soldier in front of the palace had his throat cut and fell into the lake. The soldiers on the bridge no longer came but retreated with horror on their faces.
Quan Hai has been killed, and the murderous god in front of them is so terrifying. What can they do? What should they do?
Wu Ya'er did not chase them. He looked at the lake water dyed red on both sides and said, "Begonia flowers are red."
After saying this, his feet landed on the ground at the end of the bridge, he took two steps forward, lifted up his red brocade robe, put the knife by his side, and knelt down to the fainted woman on the steps and the emperor who was playing the piano crazily.
"Your Majesty Zhenwu's army, Wu Ya'er, the rescue is late."
The emperor raised his head and stopped playing the piano. He didn't know whether he understood it or not. He looked at the young man in front of him and smiled: "I finally composed a new piano music."
Wu Ya'er didn't feel that these words were unanswerable and raised his head: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."