"How could this happen?" Huangfu Fu thought sadly, "How come a good friend who was so lively and lively one moment was beheaded the next moment and died with his eyes open."
From his perspective, Pei Zheng's eyes were staring at him, full of confusion.
"Ugh." Huangfu Fu suddenly felt his stomach churning. He quickly grabbed his horse and walked towards the city gate together. Behind him were the majestic and mighty central army officers and soldiers, who also filed in neatly behind Huangfu Fu.
Guo Mo and Zhang Bu were standing respectfully inside the city gate to welcome the Prince of Zhao.
Many years later, Guo Mo was already the governor of Jiangzhou in the south. During a mutiny, someone around him asked him: "Master Shijun, do you regret that you killed Master Pei, the captain of the city gate?"
Guo Moran waited for a long time and said calmly: "I don't regret killing Pei Zheng, I only regret not killing Zhang Bu first, a man who has no king and no father."
At this moment, Guo Mo seemed to be standing there respectfully, but he was extremely uneasy inside. Since ancient times, any chief officer has valued the loyalty of his subordinates and despised those who betrayed their master. Guo Mo confessed in his heart that by beheading Pei Zheng this time, he was the betrayer in everyone's eyes. He was the twenty-five-year-old boy with the bone on the back of his head that everyone despised.
"I didn't betray my master." Guo Mo defended himself in his heart, "My master is the former Taifu Yang Jun, Pei Zheng is not my master."
Even though Pei Zheng was among the people who came to capture Yang Jun that night when Yang Jun was executed, Guo Mo never resented Pei Zheng. That night, while Yang Jun was hesitating, Pei Zheng quickly commanded his troops to occupy the land surrounding Taifu's Mansion. Because Zhou Lin came down, thousands of arrows were fired. Although there were many monks in the Taifu Mansion, under this situation, there was really no power to fight back. Within a moment, after the dozen or so monks who rushed out risking their lives were instantly shot dead, everyone turned into birds and beasts and fled in all directions.
Guo Mo was one of the first few monks to rush out. He held the big knife wheel in his hand like an electric fan, but he still couldn't stop the random arrows shot from all directions. In just one moment, he was hit by five or six arrows and fell to the ground unwillingly. But he was lucky enough to survive in the end.
Not only did he not resent Pei Zheng on weekdays, he was actually grateful to Pei Zheng after he was forced to escape from his captivity. Pei Zheng valued him very much. Not only did he often take him with him, he also sent him various daily necessities during New Years and holidays.
"I killed Pei Zheng not because of personal grudges. I killed him for the sake of the court and justice." Guo Mo continued to defend himself in his heart.
The hearts of the people in Shangluo are devoted to the prince, and the city gate cannot be defended after all. If you, Pei, don't open the city gate for a whole day, my brothers, Guo Mo and Hou San, will risk having their heads chopped off.
Thinking like this, Guo Mo's mood slowly calmed down.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Pei." Guo Mo said silently in his heart, "If we can meet again in the next life, I hope you can return this knife to Guo Mo. Guo Mo will never resist."
Huangfu Fu looked at Guo Mo and Zhang Bu who were standing there respectfully to greet him with a complicated expression. He really wanted to shout at Zhou and pull down the betrayer and kill him.
But he knew he must never say these words.
Qi can be inflated but not vented.
"Who took down the city gate?" Huangfu Fuju asked majestically.
"Hui Shizi, it was Zhang Bu who took down the city gate with me." Guo Mo took a peek at Huangfu Fu, who was on horseback and wearing exquisite armor, and bent down to answer.
"Okay, Zhang Changshi, take note of these two righteous men who have worked hard and risk their own lives. When today's matter is over, we will make them marquis immediately."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Guo Mo and Zhang Bu were overjoyed when they heard this. They could get the title they dreamed of. At this moment, Guo Mo no longer had the mentality of worrying about gains and losses, and he no longer had the mentality of feeling sorry for Pei Zheng. Zhang Bu also seemed to not feel the pain in his thighs and the back of his head for an instant.
How many monks have struggled their whole lives for nothing more than two goals: to wear a red belt and purple belt and to achieve meritorious service and become a prince.
Many famous ministers in history were so talented and clever, but in the end they never got a marquis. In ancient history, during the pre-Shang Dynasty, there were two famous figures who left a famous allusion, namely Li Guang Nan Feng and Feng Tang Yi Lao.
If General Li were to meet the Zhou Emperor, ten thousand marquises would be insignificant.
If not for the crowd still in front of them, Guo Mo and Zhang Bu would have laughed loudly. Just like that, the two people who were fighting for life and death a moment ago looked at each other and saw uncontrollable ecstasy in each other's eyes.
"Young man, I thank you for your grace." Guo Mo and Zhang Bu were overjoyed and immediately knelt down and kowtowed in thanks.
Things in the world are always so bizarre.
"Drive." After Huangfu Fu finished speaking, he glanced disdainfully at the two people kneeling on the ground and kowtowed. Then he turned away, clamped the horse's belly, raised the exquisite riding whip he held in his right hand, pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "Advance troops to Yunlongmen."
"Advance troops to Yunlongmen!" Tens of thousands of leading soldiers shouted in unison, which only made the tiles on the houses on the entire Shangluo street rattle.
Suddenly, countless Shangluo monks stood on both sides of the street, cheering at Huangfu Fu and others, or ran to report. Many monks even held long swords and eagerly followed the long team of the central leader, with excited faces. Walk towards the Yunlong Gate of the Imperial Palace.
In the face of this kind of military appearance, no one dares to resist, and no one can resist.
"Brother Guo," Zhang Bu looked at the retreating team, turned to Guo Mo and said, "Are you coming with us?"
"What we gained today has exceeded our expectations." Guo Mo relaxed completely at this moment and said with a big smile, "Brother Zhang was injured in the previous fight, and there happened to be wine and meat brought by Brother Zhang. It was better to hit the sun than to choose another day, so Guo Mo I will borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha at the Wanchun Gate, serve Brother Zhang with wine to apologize, and hope that Brother Zhang will give me some face."
"Hahahahaha," Zhang Bu laughed heartily, "You and I really don't know each other before we fight. Zhang Bu couldn't ask for the chance to make friends with such a heroic figure like Brother Guo. Let's go and have a drink together. The affairs of the palace will be left to them. Go ahead."
Sikong Zhang Hua has been anxious since last night.
Among the three princes, Queen Jia Zhi trusted and relied on Sikong Zhang Hua the most, because Zhang Hua came from a poor family, and because the Zhang family was small, there was no one worthy of praise except Zhang Hua. Unlike the Wang family in Jinyang, even without Wang Rong and Wang Yan, there are still so many outstanding enough disciples. This is a wealthy family, and this is the heritage and thickness of the family.
Zhang Hua is from Fanyang, Youzhou, and has been a famous local prodigy since he was a child. When he was less than ten years old, he was met by the great master Ruan Ji who came to travel to Youzhou. After just a few words of conversation, Ruan Ji, the most famous grand master in the world, asserted that this boy would definitely become the next first-grade grand master in the future.
Not only was the whole of Fan Yang shocked by Ruan Ji's Zhou comments, but the name Zhang Hua spread throughout Youzhou overnight.
Later facts proved that the reason why Xing Ruan Ji was the most famous Grand Master in the world at that time was not only because of his cultivation that was almost unmatched, but also because of his vision. The reason why the Chenliu Ruan family became one of the eight most wealthy families in the world was because of Ruan Ji. Before Wang Rong and Wang Yan, the Chenliu Ruan family had two masters before the Jinyang Wang family: Ruan Ji and his nephew Ruan Xian. Of course, the Hanoi royal family is not included in this list.
Wang Rong, Situ of the Great Jin Dynasty, was as famous as he was, but he couldn't compare to Ruan Ji back then. He was the youngest among the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, and also the last one.
Although Wang Rong had already been in a powerful position in the Zhou Dynasty, his disciples and former officials were spread throughout the Jin Dynasty, and there were countless monks who had received his favor. But what Wang Rong likes most on a daily basis is not sitting in the Situ Office to work or sitting in the court to discuss matters, but riding a donkey, wearing the most common civilian clothes in Luo, to go to a place outside Shangluo City. Drinking and thinking in a remote and quiet wine cellar.
Wang Rong once brought the young Wang Tianci here, and said this to Wang Tianci: "I used to have a hearty drink here with Ji Shuye and Ruan Sizong. The trip to the bamboo forest also predicted the end. Since then. Since the death of Ji Shengyao and Duke Ruan, he has been trapped by the times. Although it is close today, it is as distant as a mountain and a river. Do you know what God has given you? Grandpa, I am jealous of Ji Shuye and Ruan Sizong from the bottom of my heart. Grandpa The biggest mistake in my life was to enter the political arena. I am tired of time, and I am tired of time."
Sikong Zhanghua is not like this. Zhang Hua is able to reach this day and hold the position of one of the Three Officials that everyone in the world looks up to, all because of his ability and talent. Wang Rong is also extremely clever and has great vision. But Wang Rong was too reclusive, but Zhang Hua was very diligent and conscientious.
He was highly valued by Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty very early. Whether it was making plans in the temple or moving to Fang Yue, Zhang Hua repeatedly made extraordinary achievements, and his actions were praised by everyone. After the death of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, Empress Jia believed that Zhang Hua was neither important in the family nor expected to be on the right side of the ministers, so she made Zhang Hua Sikong, becoming one of the three most envied monks in the world. He is the minister whom Empress Jia most trusts and relies on. In Empress Jia's heart, his status is far superior to that of Zhao Wang Huangfulun, Shen Xiu and others. Queen Jia has been a very smart woman since she was a child. She is not stupid. She knows that the thoughts of people like Shen Xiu are too elusive. At that time, the prince Huangfu Yu was deposed for a while because of that letter. Originally, Empress Jia insisted on the death of Huangfu Yu at that time. That is to say, Zhang Hua tried his best to cite many other sources and finally saved Huangfu Yu's life, but only deposed him as a concubine. people.
Precisely because he was the most trusted by Empress Jia, he not only served as Sikong, but also took charge of the affairs of the ministers. He and Empress Jia's uncle, Pei Wei, the second-rank purple-robed monk of the Hedong Pei family, can be said to be the actual controllers of the court's political affairs, but their reputation is not as good as that of the two third princes of the Jinyang Wang family.
Before Shen Xiu summoned Zhang Bu, he first visited Zhang Hua.
"Mr. Zhang," Shen Xiu said straight to the point without even exchanging pleasantries, "The matter is urgent and I have come to ask Gong Zhang for something."
"Why did Lord Shen come here late at night?" Zhang Hua frowned.
"His Royal Highness King Zhao hopes that Mr. Zhang will allow His Highness King Zhao to take charge of the affairs of the ministers."
Zhang Hua's face turned cold and he said sternly: "King Zhao wants to cause trouble? How can you raise such an unfair request?"
Shen Xiu saw that Tangtang Sikong's voice was stern and his expression showed no fluctuation. He sneered and said: "Mr. Zhang, it is not His Royal Highness King Zhao who is causing trouble, but the queen in the inner palace."
"The affairs of the Tianjia are the affairs of their Tianjia. Isn't Shangluo and Dajin still calm and peaceful? Xiao Shen, listen to my old man's good advice. The top priority is to be quiet and not to move. As long as this storm passes, Dajin The flowers are still blooming. We must not make trouble out of nothing, and we must not add fuel to the flames."
"Mr. Zhang's words are wrong. The trees are about to stop but the wind is still." Shen Xiu shook his head and said eloquently: "First, Empress Jia killed the emperor's grandfather Yang Jun without the courtesy of a aunt and a daughter-in-law, and killed the empress dowager Yang Min by starvation. At this time At that time, was it Taifu Yang who wanted to be quiet and wanted to take action, or Empress Jia who wanted to be quiet and want to take action? Then he designed and ordered the King of Chu to kill King Runan, and then asked Huangmen to tell the soldiers that the King of Chu was falsifying the imperial edict, and then killed the King of Chu. This At this moment, who wants to be quiet and who wants to move? Including this time when Empress Jia harmed the prince, if the prince really had the intention of deposing Empress Jia, even the ten empresses would have been deposed long ago. People have no intention of hurting tigers, but tigers can eat them. People's hearts. If Empress Jia is not deposed for a day, everyone in the clan will be uneasy."
"Queen Jia is a woman. Her only goal is to make her son a prince. There is no reason why everyone in the clan is uneasy."
"People's ambitions will grow slowly." Shen Xiu said again, "The key is that Empress Jia is so tyrannical, shouldn't she be deposed? People should be punished when they make mistakes, otherwise they will be encouraged to continue making mistakes. Prince Xianxing, Everyone knows that the emperor is benevolent and filial, and everyone in the world knows it. But what will happen to the benevolent and filial prince? If the tyrannical Empress Jia continues to sit as queen, how will the moral values of the people in the world change? How will the people of the world think? ? Those who make troubles and make mistakes will not be punished, but those who are benevolent and filial will suffer misfortunes. Zhang Gong and the three Dukes of the imperial court assist the emperor in governing the world, and the most important thing in the world is the word Fenghua. If everyone in the world imitates Empress Jia, everyone will If you don't want to be a good person like the prince, how can the world function and how chaotic the world is? As long as King Zhao can record the affairs of the minister and re-establish Huangfu Zang, the son of the commoner Huangfu Yu, as the emperor's grandson, and depose the empress Jia, there will be nothing more than two The affairs of Huangmen eunuchs."
"But the queen is the mother and the leader of a country. She is the master, and we are the ministers. The king, the king, the ministers, the father, the son, the son. Today you can depose the empress, then you can depose the emperor, and the day after tomorrow, you can kill the father and the son. . Master Shen, people of different opinions do not agree with each other. No matter how eloquent you are, there is no way I will agree to let King Zhao record the affairs of the minister."
"Mr. Zhang, the arrow is on the string and has to be fired." Shen Xiu's face turned cold and her tone turned cold, "Today Gong Zhang will not help His Royal Highness King Zhao, but he will help the empress. I hope Gong Zhang will think twice before taking action."
"How dare Shuzi do this!" Zhang Hua was furious after hearing Shen Xiu's words and said, "As long as I, Zhang Hua, am still breathing, I will not tolerate you making such a rebellion."
"Hmph. Mr. Zhang, if you are attacked another day, don't blame Shen Xiu for not informing you in advance." Shen Xiu suddenly stood up, took a deep look at Zhang Hua, then said nothing, turned around and left with his sleeves fluttering.
"Bang!" Zhang Hua dropped a teacup on the ground fiercely, looked at Shen Xiu's back and said angrily: "This Langya official is really going to cause trouble to the imperial court. I only regret that he was not killed back then, and has caused trouble to this day. .”
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