Huangfu Song told his family all the nursery rhymes he heard on the road, and also talked about Dong Zhuo's alienation from him during these days. Everyone soon understood what Huangfu Song meant. Someone must be stirring up trouble and using Dong Zhuo's help to bring Huangfu Song to justice. Removed from court.
But who could do it? Huangfusong first thought of Wang Yun and other anti-Dong faction, because he repeatedly refused to join, so he wanted to get rid of them quickly? Then he thought about Li Ru and Dong Zhuo's close relatives, was it because he was in a high position that he blocked their promotion path? He thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind. In the end, he could only think dejectedly that this was 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."
Huangfusong 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 might not have gone ten miles before I was captured by the pavilion chief, and I would be beheaded by the eunuch's supervisor in a few days." "
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 benevolence is famous 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 a true man walks in the heaven and earth." How can you sit down 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 whole 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 not been a single addition to the family, so it can be seen that I have sinned against God, and if I suffer from this, 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, sat in the corridor, looked up at the moon in the sky, and thought, it has been here for thousands of years, and it is a pity that I am about to pass away.
Four days later, under the same night sky, a massive motorcade was walking on the Weinan Plain. More than a hundred carts were divided into two columns, traveling side by side on the official road. They were on their way to Yi County. Six miles east of Yi County, the imperial court had built a new dock. It was specially built for the Taishi. Now it has been completed. Now, the entire Taishi Mansion will be moved into the dock. Inside.
Although it was a moment for all things to rest, the sound of the wheels rubbing against the sand still kept coming to mind. It was like someone was rubbing the earlobes of a person, and the bumps were pouring into the ear holes. This made Dong Zhuo feel upset and turned over and over. Can'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 knew even more that their goal was to die until death, but as the actual leader of the Han Dynasty, he could not do this. He first used methods such as moving the capital and recruiting celebrities to increase his reputation, and then used violence to execute or arrest Zhang Wen, Cui Lie and other important officials of the late emperor, in order to deter rebellion. Today, the DPRK has become like grass on the plains. , No Thornwood, but recent events gave Dong Zhuo a premonition that the countercurrents in the DPRK were preparing a final blow. This blow would exhaust all their strength. After that, he could rest easy. …
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the late emperor's often complaining remarks, and he also said: "Why is the world so troubled by such rebellion?" Meiji heard Grand Master Tang Jie's words, and thought she was asking herself. She stopped massaging her fingers for a moment and said softly: "I heard the monks say that this concubine is 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 at the beautiful girl in front of him carefully. She is the maid secretly offered by Situ Wangyun, named Diao Chan. She was well-educated and well-behaved, and her appearance was even more beautiful. Her eyes were like smoke, her eyebrows were like light feathers, and her lips seemed to be smiling but not smiling, like elusive clouds. Dong Zhuo was very satisfied with her, so he always kept her by his side. But ordinary people don't know the origin of Diao Chan. Just because she is as beautiful as the bright moon in the night sky, they call her Mingyue Ji in private.
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 continued 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 cultivating the body and attaining 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?"
Gu "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 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. Where did the boulders come from on the plain, 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 blocking 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."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Zhuo heard a burst of footsteps, not from the front and back, but from the river. He turned his head and saw four black figures slowly moving out from the river. One of the black figures pulled out a long object and drew it from the river. 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 running figure 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. He saw another person holding a knife and was about to catch up, but 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 a long stride. 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 been sunk 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. 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 noticed 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 hard. 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 and could only watch him twitch on the ground and slowly die.
The other three people were like this. They all died in front of everyone. Two of them crashed and one bit his tongue. Dong Zhuo was almost furious. 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 arrows, wrapped up the wounds and came out, Tian Jing, the head of the Taishi Palace, 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 captured secretly, imprisoned in imperial prison, and interrogated carefully.
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. The servant Li Ru reviewed it.
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?
It was soon discovered that they were both Ding Yuan's men, and their appearance exactly matched that of the other two assassins. Moreover, it was extremely unlucky. 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. .
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