It was a quiet night, and the patrolmen just passed by this street. Luoyang City was quiet.
A dark figure walked cautiously along the houses on the street. From time to time, he looked at the surrounding situation to confirm that there were no pedestrians. Only then did he dare to continue moving, sneaking all the way, and arrived at the center of Luoyang North City.
Outside the county government office, at the door of the mansion, stood two soldiers. Because it was late at night, these two people were also a little tired and drowsy.
The black shadow then felt relieved, looked around, took out the stones from his waist, and gently threw them in from the courtyard wall. Then he listened carefully, and there was no sound. The black shadow walked to the side again, and threw it again.
Pebbles, this time, he vaguely heard the sound of the horses rubbing their front hooves, and he threw them farther away. Suddenly, the loud neighing of the horses sounded!
Black Shadow was very excited, gearing up, waiting to take action later.
After a long time, he was sure that there was nothing strange around him. Then he jumped suddenly, grabbed the courtyard wall with both hands, kicked the wall with his legs, and then jumped directly up, jumped lightly, and jumped to the ground.
Hua Xiong breathed a sigh of relief. He finally jumped into the courtyard. After a while, he mounted his horse and ran away from the front door. These people would definitely not be able to catch up with me. If I hide the horse by then, they would not be able to catch me.
Any evidence can prove that I stole the horse, hehe, there is no way I can let them pay for my horse, Hua Xiong thought to himself, then raised his head and looked around.
At that moment, torches lit up around Hua Xiong, illuminating the place brightly.
Hua Xiong quickly stretched out his hand, covered his face, and looked over secretly.
On the opposite side, it was Man Chong, the enemy he thought about day and night. At this moment, Man Chong was looking at him coldly, with some blood on his face, looking a little embarrassed. However, Hua Xiong did not dare to make fun of him, because,
He was still holding a stone in his hand, and Man Chong spoke.
"Did you throw this stone?"
"Yeah." Hua Xiong smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, I accidentally threw it in. I was just about to come in and look for it, but it turned out that you picked it up. Thank you, thank you so much."
"Yes" Manchong nodded.
"What? Hua Xiong is locked up?" Dong Zhuo jumped up suddenly.
Guan Yu said helplessly: "Man Chong handed him over directly to Tingwei for the crimes of violating the prohibition of traveling at night, stealing, breaking into the government office, and injuring officials."
"Injured officer... This guy still dares to do something in the government office?"
"That's not the case. I heard that he threw a stone inward and hit Man Chong on the bridge of his nose. Now Man Chong is still being treated."
"Oh my god!!" Dong Zhuo covered his forehead and cursed: "You are so stupid, you can do such stupid things."
"Dong Gong, what should we do?"
"Hey, what else can I do? I still have to go find His Majesty. I just hope His Majesty can give him a lighter sentence. After all, he is not a serious sinner. This bastard can't let him go so easily. You go find him."
"I?"
"Go and ask him in person where he wants to be buried after his death and what kind of coffin he wants!"
"good."
Dong Zhuo immediately tidied up his clothes and went to the palace to meet the emperor. When he came to the palace gate, the soldiers went in to report. Dong Zhuo waited at the door. After waiting for nearly half an hour, with sweat on his forehead, some soldiers came out and asked him.
Entering, Dong Zhuo entered the palace out of breath, and was led by the Yellow Gate all the way to the Houde Hall. The emperor was not in the palace.
He was sitting under the shade of a tree outside the door. Behind him were two yellow men, holding cattail leaf fans and fanning themselves. In the emperor's hand, he was holding his newly born second son Di. He didn't know what he was looking at. Dong Zhuo came , and did not dare to speak. He stood aside and organized his words in his mind. The emperor did not let him stand for too long. He glanced at him and asked: "Dong Gong is here, what is the important matter?"
"Hey, Your Majesty, it's not Hua Xiong's business," Dong Zhuo grinned and said in a low voice.
"Hua Xiong? What's wrong with him?"
"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me. Hua Xiong has made a big mistake. I hope your Majesty will show mercy and forgive me. Please forgive me."
"Excuse me?" The emperor turned his head, looked at him, and said: "Ever since your army arrived in Luoyang and took up various official positions, Luoyang has been in chaos! How do you manage the army? Well? Take good care of yourself. Look, there are those who ride horses in the busy city, those who drink alcohol and hurt others, and some who are caught defecating on the street! Is this the general you brought out?!"
"Your Majesty, this is not a serious crime. Today's Northern Weiman Chong is really a cruel official. My subordinates rode horses without hesitation, but they never hurt anyone. He was caught just riding horses. Also, he was drunk and hurt people. , they were fighting and joking with each other, so Man Chong arrested the two of them together. Most of my subordinates are frontier generals, riding horses and drinking every day, thinking that Man Chong is used to doing this."
"You mean, Man Chong did something wrong?"
"I don't dare, it's just that, I will definitely discipline you in the future and never let this happen again. I hope your majesty can forgive me this time."
The emperor looked at Dong Zhuo, pondered for a long time, and said: "This time, I will bypass him. However, I cannot let your generals continue to behave like this. In this case, I will tell Mr. Zheng that you will lead him personally." The generals under my command go to the disciples to study, and Zheng Gonggong personally deals with the law and so on. If anyone dares not to go, or dares to disobey or cause trouble, I will not forgive him lightly!!"
Dong Zhuo immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
After thanking him again and again, Dong Zhuo walked out of the palace, wiped the sweat from his forehead, sighed helplessly, and walked towards the camp. When he arrived at the camp, he looked at Liu Mastiff and Zhuge Liang standing at the door. When they arrived at Dong Zhuo, they immediately bowed to see them. Dong Zhuo laughed and pulled them directly into the camp and returned to his main tent.
Liu Mastiff asked anxiously: "I heard that Captain Hua was imprisoned in Tingwei Prison? I wonder if Mr. Dong knows the news?"
Dong Zhuo said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. This guy just did some stupid things. It's okay. He can come out tomorrow. It's just that in the future, he will go to the disciples with me to learn."
"Menzixue?" Liu Mastiff asked in surprise.
"Yeah, well, I don't know what His Majesty thinks, but he actually asked me to lead these rough guys under his command to study with Zheng Xuan!"
"How can they learn to get in?" Dong Zhuo shook his head and said.
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and then said: "I heard that it seems that General Huang has also received such an order. Starting tomorrow, he will also take the army to Menzi to learn."
"Oh? They also have idiots like Hua Xiong there?"
"this"
"This is a bit strange. Why would Your Majesty want to send all of us to study? I'll leave it alone. The military discipline of the Northern Army under General Huang has always been good. I have never heard of any trouble."
Dong Zhuo frowned and thought hard, but he couldn't figure it out.
Zhuge Liang already understood in his heart that the emperor definitely wanted to reuse these people, possibly including Dong Zhuo. The purpose of asking them to go to school was to help them improve their personal abilities and then entrust them with important tasks. Dong Gong had always been interested in the position of Taiwei.
I have never forgotten that after Jia Gong was appointed as Taiwei, he had no achievements and many soldiers were dissatisfied. Could it be that the emperor wanted to replace Jia Gong with Dong Gong?
He was thinking in his mind but did not say it out loud. Of course, Dong Zhuo did not continue to think about it. He immediately sent people to inform the generals to meet in front of the camp at midnight tomorrow. There is something important.
Guan Yu came to visit Hua Xiong on Dong Zhuo's order.
Although Hua Xiong was imprisoned in Tingwei Prison, his life was not very bad. When Dong Zhuo and other generals returned to Luoyang, many army commanders and military princes also returned together. Some of them were imprisoned.
They were assigned to local positions as thieves and county captains, and some stayed in Luoyang to serve in Tingwei, Inner Court and other places. Many of the wardens in Tingwei Prison were Hua Xiong's colleagues in the Northern Army.
Therefore, when Guan Yu came, he also saw many acquaintances. They did not worry about Guan Yu, and took Guan Yu directly to Hua Xiong. One person shouted: "Hua Junhou, Guan Junhou is here to see you!"
, this man was originally a soldier under Guan Yu. Later he went to the Southern Army and followed Huangfu Song. He brought Guan Yu to Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong looked at Guan Yu in front of him excitedly. He seemed to be smiling awkwardly through the window, "Chang Sheng, are you here to save me?"
Guan Yu shook his head and said, "I just came to see you."
"Hey, what happened? Mr. Dong went to find Man Chong. I was unlucky too. I threw stones just to confirm the position of the horse. Who would have thought that he would not go back in the middle of the night and would still stay in the courtyard. I would just throw a stone at him.
It hurts his face." Hua Xiong sighed.
The jailer left them behind and left, guarding the door.
Guan Yu sighed and asked: "Dong Gong asked me to ask you a question."
"kindness?"
"When you die, will you be buried in your hometown or directly in Luoyang?"
Hua Xiong was stunned. He looked at Guan Yu's face. He was stunned for a long time and asked: "Changsheng? Are you kidding?"
Guan Yu shook his head solemnly.
At that moment, Hua Xiong's face turned pale, his mouth opened wide, and he breathed deeply. After being silent for a long time, he said: "Let's just bury him in Luoyang. I have no family in my hometown, so it's better here."
"kindness"
"Chang Sheng apologizes to Mr. Dong and Captain Yuan on my behalf."
"kindness."
"Also, His Highness and Kong Ming, please remember to come and pay homage to me every year."
"As for you, Chang Sheng is sorry. I have no choice but to repay your horse. I have no family and no friends. You are my best brother. The new house I bought is still worth some money, so you can go
Sell it and get a horse.”
"Okay." Guan Yu said, turned around, and left the prison, leaving Hua Xiong alone, standing blankly in the prison, watching Guan Yu go away.
The next day, a jailer came forward, opened the door, and escorted Hua Xiong out. Hua Xiong was a little angry and shouted, "You didn't even give me a bite to eat before you died? We used to kill prisoners.
We all need to be fed, you are so unkind!"
The soldiers ignored him, suppressed their laughter, and pushed him out of the prison.
"Who made these rules for Tingwei? Why didn't you give me a farewell meal?! Oh, I know, I know, Mr. Yuan said that it was an attack by someone who heard about it! It was definitely him. This fight is really harmful!
!" Hua Xiong was wailing, and was pushed out of Tingwei's Mansion by the soldiers. The soldiers returned and closed the door again. Hua Xiong was confused and turned around to see that Guan Yu was waiting outside the door.
Only then did Hua Xiong react.
"You Guan Changsheng, you fooled me like this!!"
"Hahaha, my horse, you haven't compensated me yet, how can I let you die so easily??"