"The future?" The queen suddenly pushed Pei Judao down: "How can there be eggs under the overthrow of the nest? Father, you are so stupid!" After that, she rushed out desperately, her hair disheveled as if she was crazy, No one dared to stop her.
"Your Majesty!" Pei Judao climbed up from the ground with difficulty. His back had been injured just now. He smiled bitterly and apologized to Li Hong on the couch: "My daughter just--"
"It's okay! Once I say something, it's hard to catch up, so don't worry!" Li Hong interrupted Pei Judao's explanation.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Pei Judao lowered his head in embarrassment. He wanted to kneel down and salute Li Hong, but the real pain in his back made him suspect that he might not be able to get up if he knelt down. It seemed that Li Hong saw his embarrassment.
"Servant Pei, please step aside first! I would like to have a few words of respect with King Pei!"
"Yes, yes!" Pei Judao, as if he had received an amnesty, exited the palace with difficulty, and the eunuchs who came in followed him out. Although he had never witnessed it with his own eyes, Pei Judao could feel the eunuchs looking at him based on his intuition. There has been a subtle change in the sight. If just now I could drive them at will, just like the most docile hunting dogs; now these hunting dogs have changed their masters and will tear themselves into pieces with just a whistle.
Heavenly prison.
Lightning pierced the sky, and the blue-white sky reflected the black outline of the pagoda's spire. Six heartbeats later, thunder sounded like a drumbeat in the distance.
The jailer escorted Murong Mu through a narrow alley, past a rusty gate, and in front of a black yard. The cold wind that came in his face was like a knife, and he couldn't help but shiver in his thin clothes.
"Hurry up!" The jailer behind him pushed hard, and Murong Miao almost fell down. He was a strong man, but the heavy shackles on his shoulders made it difficult for him to straighten his waist. He knew what must have happened, otherwise he wouldn't have been suddenly thrown back into prison and subjected to such abuse. Could it be that Shaanzhou had been captured? Or is there something going on with General Wang? If so, then give me a happy death! He thought to himself.
"Go in!" shouted the jailer behind him. Only then did Murong Miao notice a black doorway on his right. He walked up the steps, passed through the doorway, and came to a dark side hall. He found the warden sitting next to a table. There was a brazier next to him, with a dark red light flashing inside. He was bending over and roasting something in the brazier. Seeing this, Murong Nao's eyes couldn't help but shine with yearning.
"Boss, the prisoner has been brought!" the jailer said.
"Hmm!" The warden glanced at Murong Miao. He was an ugly guy with a short and stocky build. He had broad shoulders like a blacksmith and almost no neck. A thick gray-white beard covered his chin and extended to With two cheeks, a broad forehead with a mostly bald head, rosacea and thick lips, he straightened up: "Take down the wooden shackles and untie the shackles on your hands, and bring him here!"
The jailer did as the warden said. Murong Moo felt a sense of relief that he had never experienced before. He stretched his body and said, "Thank you!"
"Are you Murong Piao?"
Murong Miao nodded, enjoying the warmth from the brazier. As he got closer, he could smell an aroma. Something must be roasting in the brazier. He swallowed secretly and was imprisoned for the second time. Since then, he hasn't had a decent meal, which left him starving.
"Rebellion, traitor, traitor!"
Murong Mu was angered by the warden's accusation: "I have never betrayed anyone! I have always been loyal to the emperor and the general!"
"Occupy Shaanxi, cut off the transportation, and let the Changan people starve! Are you so loyal to the emperor?" The vicious light in the prison chief's eyes: "By worship you, my relatives and friends are hungry, from the old man, from the old man. To the child!”
"That's because of the treacherous ministers who imprisoned the emperor! We were forced to do this!" Murong Miao argued weakly.
"I don't know what you said!" The prison chief said coldly: "But your people have occupied Shaanxi, cut off the transportation, set fire to burn the granaries and boats, and let the Changan people starve. Is this right?"
"Burn down the granaries and cannons?" Murong Mu keenly caught the information unintentionally revealed in the other party's words: "You mean Shaanzhou has fallen?"
"It should be said that they were recaptured by Master Wang!" The warden corrected viciously: "You should understand your situation now, right?"
"I'm done!" Murong Mu told himself. He now understood why he was thrown into prison for the second time: "Kill me!"
"What a beautiful idea you have!" the warden sneered: "The higher-ups don't want you to die yet, although I don't know what the use is of keeping you!"
"Then why did you come to me tonight?" Murong Mu asked.
"You're lucky!" The warden snorted coldly: "Someone paid a large sum of money to protect you, you can guess who it is!"
"I don't know!" Murong Nao thought for a while and finally shook his head helplessly.
"A woman, an old woman!" The prison chief laughed: "She gave me two hundred couples, and there were two pot pork legs in exchange for me to eat and sleep well in jail! If you can be in the jail For five more days, she gave me another kind of pork leg. The pork pork legs were very fragrant, and my two grandsons liked it very much. So I decided to give up hatred and live well. Come on, come on, you can eat something too. Let's go!" He pushed the brazier forward, and Murong Piao could see that there were more than a dozen pieces of roasted and cracked taro in the brazier. He quickly grabbed one, quickly peeled off the skin without caring that it was hot to his hands, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.
"It's delicious. Eat big. When you're full, go back and have a good sleep!" the warden laughed.
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When the sun shone on Chang'an City again the next day, everyone in the city, from the nobles and ministers to the common people, were shocked by what had happened.隐居养病多日的天子复出亲政，免去了沛王的监国之位；皇后服毒自尽；大唐实际上的首相裴侍中也被削去官爵，交由三法司审判。
面对这一连串劲爆的消息，长安人一开始并没有像过往那样交头接耳，说三道四，得意洋洋的分析其中的关系、推导出若干背后隐藏的事实，来证明自己早有先见之明，与高层有Some unknown close relationships may even lead to endless arguments and huge sums of money bet.绝大多数长安人都被局势陡然发生的急促转折给吓呆了，甚至都忘记了乘机自夸一番，这可是他们最喜欢的娱乐了。
"This, this doesn't sound real!"
“是呀！要不是亲眼裴侍中的府邸都被封了，禁军上门抄家，家小都被关进囚笼里去了，我现在都觉得这是一场梦！”
“眼看他起朱楼，眼看他宴宾客，眼看他楼塌了，当真是世道无常，荣华富贵也不过是过眼云烟，转眼即逝呀！”
"Yes, the father is a servant and the daughter is the queen, which can be said to be extremely rich! But in the blink of an eye, the father is a prisoner and the daughter is in the dark. It is really amazing!"
"You, an ordinary citizen, still lament about others? Even if they are only rich for one day, it is better than you living like this for a lifetime!"
"Then let me choose or let me live a few more days! Looking at the attitude of the superiors this time, the Pei family is probably going to annihilate the three clans!"
“废话，连皇后都服毒自尽了，这是何等的泼天大案？像这种富贵之极的大家族，要么不出事，要么就是出满门覆灭的大事。而且你们瞧好了，这次的The matter is definitely not limited to Pei Judao's family, it will involve hundreds of families and tens of thousands of people. According to me, half of the mansions in the towns near the imperial city will change their owners!"
"good!"
"Yes, that's the truth!"
"That's right. The willow tree at the entrance to the West Market will be three feet tall again!"
The excitement of the citizens of Chang'an is not without reason. In this kind of city, the upper and lower classes are actually isolated and alienated from each other. The upper class is the political and cultural elite from all over the country, while the lower class is the descendants of the locals and surrounding farmers, so Chang'an In fact, the citizens' attitude towards the internal strife among the upper class is actually a kind of drama. They see these superior people who are usually aloof and like gods being killed, exiled and humiliated in groups like livestock; most citizens even It’s not that I’m gloating over my misfortune, I’m just looking at the fun and not taking it too seriously. They discussed with great interest how many mansions would be vacant, how many slaves would flow into the market, and whether the rare utensils flowing into them could be missed in the black market, as if all this had nothing to do with them.
"But no matter what! It is a good thing that the emperor returns to take charge!" A bald man said in a final tone: "At least it is a good thing for us!"
"Old Chen, what do you say?"
"First of all, the emperor's closest friends are the generals. As soon as he takes office, he will most likely issue an edict to recall the generals, so there will be no need to fight! Otherwise, once a war breaks out, the lives in the north and south of the Yellow River will definitely be destroyed, and there will definitely be many of our Chang'an descendants. Will they be transferred to apply for military service, how many will come back alive in the end?"
"That's right! Swords and guns have no eyesight. It's better not to fight. Besides, General Wang's men are also soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They are all his own children, so what's the use?"
"The second thing is that the water transportation matter can finally be settled. Don't forget that it was General Wang who organized the water transportation in the first place. With his ability, it won't be long before the price of grain returns to 20 cents per bucket of rice!"
"If so, that would be great!"
"This is really good news!"
"Yes, if this continues, my family will really not be able to survive anymore!"
"How about we go to the Zhuque Gate together to petition the emperor to send important ministers to recall the general back to the court to rectify the water transportation as soon as possible?"
"Yes, that's a good idea!"
"Yes, this is the most important thing! Let's go together!"
"Go together, go together, if you don't go, you won't be from Chang'an!"
Just like the first ripples brought by the breeze, as the number of participants continues to increase, it flows along the streets of Chang'an and gradually merges into an unstoppable torrent, surging towards Zhuque Gate, and finally in front of Zhuque Gate. , countless arms were waving, and they shouted in unison: "Summon the general back to the court! Order the water transportation!"
"Restore twenty cents per meter!"
"Stop the war and transport food!"
Political Hall.
"Hey, Sir Liu, do you feel any noise outside?" Zhang Wenguan asked.
"Sounds outside?" Liu Peiji listened attentively: "It seems there is indeed it, but I can't hear what it is!"
"Let's go outside and listen!" Zhang Wenguan took Liu Peiji and was about to go out. A civil servant hurriedly came in from the outside with a frightened expression: "Two gentlemen, there are tens of thousands of people gathered outside Zhuque Gate, and the momentum is huge!"
"What?" Zhang Wenguan was surprised: "What about the Forbidden Army?"
"The Forbidden Army has closed the city gates and ordered the sergeants to go to the city to put on armor and be on guard! However, they were afraid of the crowds outside and did not dare to go out to suppress them for a while. They just ordered troops to be mobilized for reinforcements!"
"Yes!" Zhang Wenguan nodded: "I will report this to Your Majesty first. This is probably the work of Pei Judao's remnants. You are really brave!"
At this time, a gust of wind blew from the south, bringing a burst of shouting from the Zhuque Gate. Liu Peiji heard it just right. He coughed: "Ms. Zhang, the situation does not seem to be what you think. Most of these people have nothing to do with Pei Judao. relation!"
"What do you mean?" Zhang Wenguan frowned: "What do you know?"
Liu Peiji smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, listen carefully. These people are shouting like they are recalling the general, and the price of rice is twenty cents. How could they be Pei Judao's remnants?"
Zhang Wenguan listened carefully for a while and couldn't help but laugh: "Fortunately, Mr. Liu, you have sharp ears. Otherwise, if I reported him like this, wouldn't it be a crime of deceiving the emperor?"
"The emperor is kind and will not blame you for this!" Liu Peiji said with a smile: "But this at least shows one thing, the people are determined! It is really a blessing for our Tang Dynasty!"
"Yes! If we can just eliminate this disaster, it will be a blessing for the Tang Dynasty!" Zhang Wenguan sighed: "A few days ago, whenever I think of Pei Xingjian and Wang Wenzuo each carrying hundreds of thousands The army was killing each other to the death, and I shuddered, whoever wins between the two of them, the Tang Dynasty will lose!"
"That's right!" Liu Peiji's heart moved: "Let's see, just recruiting General Wang back to Chang'an won't be enough!"
"How to say?"
"Think about it. Although it is Pei Judao's intention that Pei Xingjian leads the army, it is still the intention of the imperial court. If the imperial court calls the general back to assist the government, how will he arrange it?"
"If this is the case, I'm afraid Pei Xingjian will leave a big problem!" Liu Peiji sighed: "Look at it from Pei Xingjian's perspective. He was originally transferred back to deal with Wang Wenzuo. Now that Wang Wenzuo has joined the court to assist the government, he will continue to go back. Guarding the border, isn't he afraid that Wang Wenzuo will hate him and attack him?"
"This shouldn't be the case, right? After all, Pei Xingjian has never really fought against Wang Wenzuo?"
"There may not be real swords or guns, but there must have been times when we regarded each other as enemies! This is enough to make people feel wary!" (End of Chapter)
