"Zhang Erlang, let me tell you, you will be punished for doing this, and you will go to the eighteenth level of hell after you die!"
Dunhuang was all watching. Cao Yuanshen turned sideways with a haggard face and cursed Zhang Zhao, who was pretending to be a guard next to him.
"Second cousin, I don't need to bother you anymore. I won't go to the eighteenth level of hell, brother, because a certain incompetent person is the Yinlun Dharma King who protects Buddhist workers in Tianzhu and Anxi. In the hells, the level of King Yama is not yet high. I'm tall.
Second cousin, you have a bad mouth. Please beg me to order something from now on, otherwise you will definitely end up in tongue-pulling hell. "
Zhang Zhao made Cao Yuanshen speechless with one sentence. Are the Buddhists in Tianzhu and Anxi all useless? Zhang Erlang has no shit at all. How did you give away Yinlun Dharma King?
"Zhang Erlang, Seventeenth Mother is also your niece. You just kidnapped her and married her off casually. Who kind of elder are you? How will you explain my mother when you see her in the future?"
While Zhang Zhao could not be scolded here, Cao Yuanshen criticized Zhang Zhao from another aspect.
"Okay, my second cousin, Yin Yaozi is the leader of a certain army. You have a son-in-law like this, so you can just snicker.
Stop winking and winking, it's useless! Let me tell you, if you dare to say a random word, we will be reduced to ashes together! "
Zhang Zhao patted Cao Yuanshen on the shoulder and told him to be more honest. After Cao Yanming successfully tricked Cao Yuanshen's daughter Qi Niang out of the city yesterday, Zhang Zhao decided to really brave Longtan.
He was betting that Cao Yuande would not dare to do anything to him, and that Cao Yuanshen would not risk his life to expose him. Of course, the most important thing was that he had 100% trust in himself.
Cao Yuande and Cao Yuanshen have actually been hollowed out by their wealthy life. They are typical tiger fathers and dogs. The only capable Cao Yuanzhong is his father-in-law.
He also had to go to Dunhuang, and he had to see Cao Yijin for the last time before he passed away. It would be best if he could also obtain a legal declaration from Cao Yijin, and then use a coup with less bloodshed to control Cao Yuande and Cao Yuanshen. .
"What are you looking at? I'm waiting to escort Eryanei back! Open the palace door quickly!"
Kang Rong behind Zhang Zhao shouted. He had been on duty at Qingxi Palace before and was very familiar with the environment here.
He also knew how to show off the prestige of a guard in Eryamen, because Cao Yuanshen had always had such a temper.
Of course, Zhang Zhao would not reveal his identity. His current identity was that of Cao Yuanshen's bodyguard. He selected a few astute non-Dunhuang people from Hanshandu, along with Kang Rong and Cao Yanming, and directly kidnapped Cao Yuanshen and entered the city.
The city of Dunhuang was deserted and solemn, with a solemn feeling of an approaching storm. It was easy to kill the Uighur princess Li, but it was not easy to deal with the Ganzhou Uighur army. Therefore, the mood of everyone in Dunhuang city couldn't help but become depressed.
There was an extremely heavy feeling in Qingxi Palace compared to Dunhuang City. Zhang Zhao personally held Cao Yuanshen behind his back. The five of them walked quickly towards the main hall of Qingxi Palace and soon reached the last palace. The door is closed.
"Sixteenth Lang, hurry up and inform me. Brother Fourteenth and Second Uncle are back, and they have brought Zhang Erlang's envoy. They have important matters to discuss!"
The guard at the last gate of Qingxi Palace was the 16th Lang of the Cao family. He didn't recognize Cao Yanming at first glance, but when he saw it clearly, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Brother Fourteen, you are so powerful now! I heard that you captured several Uighur queens in Anxi!"
Well! Cao Yanming was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Sixteenth Lang to be such a gossip when he grew up. And didn't he see the dark look on his second uncle's face? Don’t you feel something is wrong?
Cao Yanming suddenly felt that the Cao family was trapped in this small Dunhuang, their knowledge was getting shorter and shorter, and they had no understanding of the outside world and their own status.
"Yes! So-and-so is back. Go and notify him first. Don't go too far and wait for me outside Qingxi Palace. Brother Fourteen has brought you good things. How about a Persian Orchid? I'll give you two by then. indivual."
Cao Yanming made a clear distinction between complaining and exploiting. Shiliu Lang had been a bit naughty since he was a child. Unfortunately, his father's status was not high. Although he was also a small Yamen of the Cao family, he really didn't have much status.
After all, the Cao family has only over 300,000 people under its control, and there are so many sons in the family. Those who are not favored are really just better than the average person.
When Cao Shiliu heard that he had a Persian Orchid for him, he was so happy that his parents forgot about it. He didn't care whether his second uncle's face was dark or not. He almost jumped three feet high.
"Okay! Brother Fourteen, please don't fool your younger brother! I'll go and notify the uncle right away!" Then he ran away in a hurry.
The Cao family in Gyeonghui Palace should have the strictest forbidden door. They even sent the third generation of the Cao family to guard it. However, it was deceived and opened with just a few words. There was no body search or anything like that.
Even Cao Yuanshen was unable to complain! He could only let out a long sigh and walked in with a frown on his face.
Zhang Zhao came at the right time, because at this time in the Qingxi Palace, Cao Yuande was convening the leaders of the Dunhuang clan to discuss matters.
For example, how to deal with the Uighur army in Ganzhou after getting rid of the Uighur princess? Who should be sent to the Central Plains to ask for a title from the Emperor of Tang Dynasty? And how to deal with Zhang Erlang coming back with more than 2,000 people?
The dissemination of information at this time was still relatively slow. Many people knew that Zhang Erlangjun had done great things in Anxi, but how big was it? What kind of person is Zhang Erlang? They don't know very well.
Many of Zhang Zhao's more than 2,000 people didn't take it seriously. If it weren't for the coincidence that they were also facing pressure from the Uighurs in Ganzhou, they might be discussing how many troops to send to defeat Zhang Erlang. , and how Khotan will react.
"Yuan Shen, are you back? Come here quickly, have you seen Zhang Erlang? There has been no news about Xue Daling in Shouchang since he returned. Have Zhang Erlang's troops arrived in Shouchang?"
Cao Yuande saw his second brother Cao Yuanshen walking in with several guards. After coughing twice, he hurriedly called Cao Yuanshen forward, completely unaware of how awkward and ugly Cao Yuanshen's face was.
"If you want to ask where Zhang Erlang's troops and horses are, why don't you just ask me directly? Why bother the second government office!"
Cao Yuande was stunned for a moment. His second brother, Cao Yuanshen, stood at the door and did not move. However, the guard behind him moved first and walked out carelessly to speak to him directly.
Cao Yuande's face darkened. Where did his second brother find some unreliable people to take with him?
You are so disrespectful and disrespectful. When can you not restrain yourself from this?
"Left and right, capture this madman!" Cao Yuande decided to give Cao Yuanshen a little face.
After all, all the big families in Dunhuang are here today, and he, Cao Yuande, will be a military governor in the future, unlike before.
"Do it!"
Um? Only a few guards in the main hall moved, but the guard opposite actually shouted, "Go!" What did this mean?
Is the second brother going to rebel?
Zhang Zhao shouted loudly, and the copper hammer hidden in his sleeve came out. With a bang, an unsuspecting guard who rushed towards him fell to the ground with a scream.
The other guard didn't even draw the knife because he didn't expect anyone to take action here, so he was kicked to the ground by Zhang Zhao.
Hearing Zhang Zhao's low roar about taking action, Bai Congxin, Ma Shacai and the others immediately took action.
Murong Nobunaga on the side was even more agile. The three of them knocked over the guards at the entrance of the hall in a few blows, and then began to seal the door of the hall.
In the main hall, the pot was blown up all at once, holy shit! This is Cao Yuanshen, the second eldest son of the Cao family, trying to rebel! I didn’t expect that this old dude from the Cao family would have such courage!
However, although they were panicking, they were still in the area of the Fourth War. In response to this unexpected situation, more than thirty clan leaders of the Dunhuang clans drew short knives and long daggers from their waists.
You are not allowed to bring long weapons into the palace, but you are still allowed to bring short knives that can be used for self-defense or for cutting meat.
At that moment, Luo Yingda, Luo Tongda and other veterans kicked over the wresting case and jumped out with short knives. People from other families also gathered around, and they seemed to have some martial virtues.
Zhang Zhao decisively took a step back and directly took off Cao Yuanshen's outer robe.
"No one moves! All of you here are relatives and elders of XX. XX is here to catch up with his eldest cousin. He doesn't want to blow everyone to pieces."
Zhang Zhao shouted loudly, and everyone who was about to come up paused. They saw rows of wooden tube-like things tied to Cao Yuanshen's body. There was a rope inserted at the top of these wooden tubes, which looked very weird!
"Don't come here! Really don't come here! This thing can really blow us all up!"
Cao Yuanshen couldn't hold back any longer. He covered his face and howled miserably. He had seen the power of this thing before. If it really ignited it, he would be the first to be shattered to pieces.
"Zhang Erlangjun? Are you Zhang Erlangjun? I recognize you. You look so much like the Emperor in White!"
Suddenly, someone recognized Zhang Zhao. A veteran with gray beard and hair stared at Zhang Zhao and yelled.
"I'm sorry, Commander Luo, but I still remember Mr. X." Zhang Zhao nodded, acknowledging his identity.
This gray-bearded veteran was the military commander Zhang Zhao's father relied on most at that time, Luo Tongda, the prime minister of Jinshan Kingdom in the Western Han Dynasty and the military envoy of Yaqian.
"He is really Erlangjun! If he were more handsome, he would be like the emperor in white clothes resurrected!" Luo Tongda shouted, and a lot of old guys recognized Zhang Zhao.
But although he is said to be an old guy, he is actually not very old. If Zhang Zhao's father, Zhang Chengfeng, were still alive, he would be only forty-eight or nineteen, only slightly older than Cao Yuande.
When they saw it was Zhang Zhao, everyone became more united. Instead of scattering in shock, or thinking that this was a grudge between the Cao and Zhang families and letting them resolve it themselves, they directly surrounded Zhang Zhao and looked at him collectively. Cao Yuande.
This depends on what Cao Yuande means! Zhang Zhao suddenly became a little angry.
Everyone in this house, young and old, including Luo Tongda, can be regarded as the rebellious officials and traitors who ousted Zhang Zhao's father from power.
To put it bluntly, Cao Yuanshen's rebellion was really successful, and they could still watch the show. If Zhang Zhao came back, everyone would be afraid of being liquidated.
"Fourteen! Give them the whole job!"
Zhang Zhao shouted loudly, and Cao Yuande discovered that the person standing next to his second brother Cao Yuanshen was actually his son Cao Shishi, Cao Yanming.
Without hesitation, Cao Yanming pulled out a palm-long wooden tube from Cao Yuanshen's body. This was the fire thunder he and Zhang Zhao developed together. The wooden tube was filled with gunpowder, and the head and tail were sealed with yellow mud.
This is an enhanced version of the gunpowder launcher of the Pear Blossom Gun, which is actually an oversized firecracker.
In the eyes of everyone who was puzzled, Cao Yanming lit the big firecracker with a firecracker, and then threw it into an earthenware jar on the side of the table.
Damn it! Zhang Zhao couldn't help but tighten his anus and threw a big firecracker into the clay pot. It was about to explode!
'Bang! Before Zhang Zhao could finish complaining, there was a loud noise, a golden fire flashed, and the clay pot immediately fell into pieces, and countless broken pottery fragments roared out in all directions.
The old man of the Zhou family who was closest to the pottery jar was immediately hit. At least six or seven small pottery shards were inserted into his buttocks. The old man of the Zhou family screamed miserably from the beating, and his buttocks were all bloody.
At the same time, a violent explosion knocked everyone in the hall except Zhang Zhao and others to the ground.
Many people had expressions of incredible fear on their faces, looking at Zhang Zhao as if they were looking at a monster.
Of course, this big firecracker was not so powerful that it could knock dozens of people off their feet. In fact, they were simply frightened by the huge explosion.
"Cousin, please don't let people outside come in. Let's have a good talk. Please don't get excited. If you get excited, maybe if someone shakes your hand, we will all be shattered to pieces again."
Zhang Zhao smiled faintly and reached out to knock on the big firecracker tied to Cao Yuanshen's body. Everyone in the room suddenly started to feel numb with fear.
A wooden tube is so powerful. Cao Yuanshen has at least twenty or thirty on him. If they explode, no one should be able to escape.
"Zhang Erlang, if you have something to say, please say it. It won't end like this!" Cao Yuande took two deep breaths to control the trembling of his thigh muscles, and spoke in a trembling voice to comfort Zhang Zhao.
