Zhu Changshi cut off He Jin's head, and the group immediately acted according to the plan: Zhao Zhong left the palace to inform Fan Ling, the official of Guanglu, and Xu Xiang, the Shaofu; Zhang Gong, Han Kui, and Song Dian went to the Chancellor's Desk to issue an edict; Zhang Rang, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, and Gao Wang went to block the seven gates of the Nangong; Duan Gui stayed with the emperor and the queen mother to prevent changes.
After the death of the late emperor, He Jin ordered the Shangshutai to be moved to Lantai in order to facilitate the handling of government affairs. Lantai is adjacent to the Jiade Hall to the east and the palace gate to the west. Taichung officials can go out of the Taimen and go west for more than 300 steps to the White Tiger Gate to exit the palace. Such a crucial position is where the coups of the regular servants will be won or lost.
Zhang Gong and others led about twenty small Huangmen, holding the Queen Mother's edict, wrapped He Jin's head and ran straight to Lantai. At this time, the sky was dark, the bright moon was still hidden among the mountains, and the stars had not yet shown their light. In normal times, many eunuchs in Nangong are busy, lighting up the lights on the thirty-sixth hall of Nangong one after another. The brilliant light shines on the palace city, like a divine scene. But on this night, the palaces were dim, with only lines of sparks flying back and forth between the corridor doors.
When they arrived at the Chancellery, there were only four Lang officials in Taichung, and the other Lang officials were eating and resting in the official office. Zhang Gong first asked one of them, "Is the Grand Master in the palace?" I feel unwell and have gone back to my home to rest. What advice does Mr. Zhang have?"
Hearing that Yuan Wei was not in the palace, the eunuchs relaxed a little. Zhang Gong raised the edict in his hand and said to the four officials: "The Queen Mother has an urgent order. You must first go and gather the ministers, ministers, and ministers in the palace." Call me." The four lieutenants looked suspicious, but they did not dare to neglect. They immediately got up and went to the back of the stage to call for people. There were only eunuchs left in the palace, so Zhang Gong took up the chair, opened the edict, and thought about how to persuade the Taiwan officials.
The first person to come to the stage was Shangshu Pushe Lu Zhi, and then there were Hu Cao Shangshu Zhang Jin, Shi Cao Shangshu Yuan Yi, San Gong Cao Shangshu Sima Fang, Erqian Shi Cao Shangshu Peng Bo, Huangmen Shilang Xun You, Shangshu Shilang Zhong Yao, Shangshu Shilang. Thirty-seven people, including Minister Zhou Ao, Minister Wu Qiong, Minister Lang Mingong, etc., entered the stage one after another. They were divided into seats and looked directly at the eunuchs in Taichung, with disgust in their eyes.
When everyone was seated, Zhang Gong stood up and read out the edict to the officials at the Shangshutai: "Since May, people have been killed indiscriminately in the capital, and there have been many unjust cases. Floods have continued for days, and Pingjin has become a river. Investigating the root cause, this is Yuan Shao, the captain of the Sili school, and Wang Yun of Henan Yin sat there without observing things, and acted carefully, so that they were born with feelings, and punished the rain as a warning! I think that the former Taiwei Fan Gongling, who has high moral character and prestige, and built the canal Jingzhao, can be the school captain of the Sili school, and the former Situ Xu Gongxiang , Xuanmei customs, teaching diligently, can be called Henan Yin."
After reading, Zhang Gong urged all the officials: "It's not too late. Please be considerate of the king's affairs and finish this matter at night!".
Hearing this, all the Taiwan officials looked surprised and doubtful. Yuan Yi stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Sili Xiaowei and Henan Yin are both important ministers of the country. Whether they are dismissed, demoted or promoted, they should be discussed in the regular court. Now that the Queen Mother has issued this edict, no matter what, If you are in a hurry, you must discuss it with your assistant ministers. I heard that the general has not left the palace yet, so why not call the general to come? If he supports it, it will not be too late for us to write the document."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhonghuangmen Yinhui held a lantern in one hand and a head in the other. He walked up to Zhang Gong, threw the head under his feet, kicked it to the center of the platform hall, and said coldly to the officials: "He Jin rebelled. He has been executed!" The head was covered with facial hair, and only a few traces of blood were left on the stone surface. Lu Zhi moved forward to clean the hair of the head, stared at it carefully for a moment, then stood up and nodded to his colleagues: "Indeed, it is General."
The words caused a stir. All the officials stood up and surrounded the eunuchs. The eunuchs also held up lanterns. The two groups stared angrily. Zhang Gong shouted to the officials: "You also want to rebel." ?" Lu Zhi replied coldly: "The general and the queen mother are brothers, how could they rebel? It must be you and others who are plotting to kill the general and perverting the edict and disrupting the government!"
The two groups had a disagreement, and more than sixty high-ranking officials of the court, regardless of their appearance, started to fight with each other by pulling their lapels. Everyone had to collect their weapons before entering the chancellery. Therefore, everyone was unarmed and could only fight each other with fists and kicks, two attacks at a time. It's hard to tell the difference between people. At this time, Lu Shangshu took off his court uniform and stood in front of the officials in only a single piece of clothing. He grabbed Zhang Gong and Han Kui and punched him hard. The two regular attendants were beaten dizzy and they hurriedly called two little Huangmen to stop Lu Zhi. .
Seeing the chaos in the scene, Xun You, the minister of Huangmen, and Zhong Yao, the minister of Shangshu, ran out of the stage gate immediately. Xun You said to Zhong Yao: "The matter is extremely urgent! If we can't get rid of all the regular servants tonight, the disaster of party imprisonment will happen again." Yes!" Zhong Yao nodded, but said worriedly: "Since Zhang Gong and others are here, but Zhang Rang and others are not seen, they must be blocking the palace gates individually. If we want to deliver the news, we don't have much time."
Xun You meditated for a while, considered the gates of the Nangong, and said quickly: "The regular attendants will seal the gates, and they will definitely lead the eunuchs to seal the side gates first. The forbidden area must be empty, so we will go out from Jiade Gate and detour to Hongde Gate!" Zhong Yao understood instantly and smiled. He said: "There are many students from Hongdu in Hongde Gate, and there are so many people. It is not easy for the attendants to seal the gate!" The two people immediately ran away from Lantai, bypassing Jiade Hall and heading straight to Jiade Gate.
As expected, the Jiade Ye Gate was not sealed, and was only guarded by two small yellow gates. Zhong Yao found two sharp stones from among the bamboo bushes, and the two of them threw them hard. Xiao Huangmen, who was wearing a cloth helmet, was hit with a bloody head and fell to the ground. Zhong Yao and Xunyou took it away. With the knife in his hand, he quickly passed through the palace gate, passing through Chengfu Hall, Xuanshi Hall, and Mingguang Hall, and encountered a crowd of people in front of Hongde Gate. It turned out that Zhang Rang and others were expelling Hongdu students.
There were nearly a thousand Hongdu students in the palace, all of whom were living in the Mingguang Hall. At this time, all the regular attendants were expelling them from the palace. The students did not understand the reason and were very dissatisfied with the regular attendants. Their leaders Le Song and Jiang Lan stepped forward. When he argued with Zhang Rang about the reason, Zhang Rang only said it was an edict from the Queen Mother, which aroused widespread dissatisfaction among the students, who all said it was a false edict.
In desperation, Zhang Rang ordered his subordinates to draw their swords and target the first few stabs. With a few blows, more than a dozen students were chopped to the ground. Broken limbs and blood were sprinkled in front of the door, accompanied by the wailing of the young people. Hongdu students had never seen such a scene before, and their courage was gone. Xiao Huangmen once again held the blade forward. The students did not dare to resist, so they could only hang their heads and leave.
Xun You and Zhong Yao saw the right opportunity and blended into the crowd. Several Xiaohuangmen saw them and thought they were late students. They were able to pass Hongde Gate smoothly and finally left the palace through Zhuque Gate.
After all the Hongdu students were expelled from the palace, the students gathered in twos and threes in front of the Suzaku Gate. It was already dark and the curfew was about to begin. They were hurriedly driven out of the palace, but they didn't know where they were going, so they could only talk to each other. , guess what happened in the palace.
The two people who knew the truth walked out of the crowd. Zhong Yao asked Xun You in a low voice: "Gongda, where are you going?" , where is Yuan Chang going?" Zhong Yao pondered and said: "Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang are outside the White Tiger Gate. I will lead them to open the White Tiger Gate, otherwise the princes in Taichung will be in danger!"
After the two discussed it, they parted ways immediately.
Zhong Yao found a wine shop and showed the owner of the wine shop with his official seal. Under the worried gaze of the owner, he borrowed a yellow-maned horse and immediately rode out of the wine shop. Away from the Hongdu students who had nowhere to go, he was running through the empty streets, surrounded by tall, dark and endless palace walls, and the only thing traveling with him was the chilling autumn wind.
The lights of the surrounding houses had long been extinguished, and all Zhong Yao could see were the stars above his head slowly flowing out among the black clouds. Where will the big man go? Zhong Yao didn't know the answer, so he could only ride his horse as hard as he could, causing the yellow-maned horse to neigh in pain.
As he passed by Baijun Mansion, a group of men and horses came out in the dark night holding fire, and bumped into Zhong Yao. The leader held the torch high, held the horse rein, and showed an upright face. He stopped in front of Zhong Yao and shouted: " Who is traveling at night?! In these critical times, please dismount your horse quickly and check yourself!"
As he spoke, he raised the fire forward, saw Zhong Yao's face, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Yuan Chang?" When Zhong Yao saw that it was Yuan Shu, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Highway!" The two dismounted at the same time, and both asked: "What are you doing?" Here?"
Yuan Shu looked troubled and said casually that he had been ordered by the general to take care of the county residence. Zhong Yao informed Yuan Shu of the drastic changes in the palace. When Yuan Shu heard that He Jin was dead, he asked repeatedly, "Is this true?", then he looked calm and whispered. He said to Zhong Yao: "You go to generals Wu and Zhang first, and I will summon the Tiger and Ben troops and I will arrive soon."
After saying that, he got on his horse. Zhong Yao asked curiously: "Things are in a hurry and you don't have military talismans on the road. How can you mobilize your troops?" Yuan Shu waved his hand and said, "Why do you need military talismans to avenge the general?" After that, he threw it to Zhong Yao issued an ultimatum and hurriedly returned to the county residence with his entourage.
Zhong Yao embarked on the journey again, this time he had no obstruction, all the way to the location of He Jin's old ministry.
The sergeant in front of Baihu Gate was still waiting for the general to go out. Suddenly he saw a man and a horse galloping towards him. About a dozen soldiers drew their swords and moved forward. They were about to force him to stop his horse. When he saw Zhong Yao on his horse, he shouted loudly: "Everyone is always here to serve you." The general was unjustly killed!" The soldiers were stunned and let Zhong Yao ride his horse into the crowd. Seeing that he ran into the crowd, Zhong Yao shouted again: "The general was killed unjustly by the generals!" The crowd spontaneously made way for him, allowing him to walk in front of the two men.
Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang each wore a double-dang armor, a red tasseled iron jacket on their head, held a sword at their waist, and held a large flag with the word "he" behind their backs. When they saw Zhong Yao walking in front of them, they asked him with red eyes: : "The general has been harmed?"
Zhong Yao dismounted from his horse, walked up to the two generals, and shouted to the more than a thousand guards who were watching him: "The generals are always trying to kill the generals! What a pity! The generals have served their country loyally, but now their bodies and heads are separated. Gentlemen, as the saying goes, it is a matter of humiliation for the master to die! The general has always been kind to you, but now he has been harmed by traitors! Do you know what the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is?"
"Revenge!" One person responded first.
"Revenge!" everyone shouted in unison.
Zhong Yao raised the banner with the word "He" and shouted to everyone: "If I don't get rid of the constant servant, how can the world be safe? Revenge for the country is today!"
Thousands of people raised their knives high, followed Zhong Yao's flag, and swarmed towards the closed Baihu Gate, with loud killing sounds. The Zhonghuang Gate behind the White Tiger Gate was quite frightened. He threw the edict out the door and said loudly: "The Queen Mother has an edict! He Jin is planning a rebellion! Do you want to rebel too?" No one listened to his words. The sound of the knife slashing at the door was like a torrential downpour, and the edict was trampled by the soldiers and soon became the color of soil.
The palace gate was made of yellow pear wood. Yellow pear wood is the strongest wood. No matter how many soldiers slashed it with a thousand swords, it was difficult to break it down. At this time, Yuan Shu came with two thousand tiger soldiers. Seeing this, he smiled at Zhong Yao and said, "It doesn't have to be like this, let me do it." He ordered the Huben army to pour anointing oil on the door, and then threw a torch. When the sparks touched the anointing oil, they suddenly turned into a fire dragon. , the flames instantly swallowed the door.
In the dark night, a star lights up in Luoyang City, shining brightly across the Big Dipper.
Dong Zhuo stood up in excitement. There was no spark in his eyes, only a wisp of black smoke slowly rising into the sky under the starlight.
