A candle flame was fiddled with a few times, and indeed it became brighter, but with a wisp of smoke, the smell became more and more unpleasant.
Accompanied by a cough, Li Cong said: "Ahem, take them all down, take away all the candlesticks."
"According to the decree."
Several eunuchs standing in the shadows of the room quickly took down the candlesticks, and someone opened the window and held a round fan to disperse the smell of oil smoke in the room.
Li Cong felt a little hot. He stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands and blew in the wind. His neck was still covered with a layer of sweat, which was oily. In addition, there seemed to be a slight buzzing of mosquitoes in his ears, which made him feel even more upset.
"I've had enough!"
When Dou Wenyang arrived, he happened to hear Li Cong suddenly roar. He immediately realized that the saint was in a bad mood, and quickly apologized: "I didn't take good care of you."
Due to the recent unfavorable situation, he has become cautious in claiming to be a slave, and once again remembers that he is the emperor's slave.
"I don't want to stay in Fengtian County anymore. It's too shabby here. There are no dancing girls, no silk bamboos, and not even good candle oil."
Li Cong was still complaining when a small flying insect stuck to the sweat-covered scar on his face. He wiped it with his hand, increased his voice and said, "I want to go back to Chang'an Qingliang Hall, and I want to incense it!"
"
Dou Wenyang's face was also covered with sweat. As he lowered his head, sweat began to drip from the tip of his nose. After five drops of sweat dripped down, he said, "Sage, Xue Ni has already occupied Chang'an."
He knew very well that the Yongwang Rebellion had been put down and Li Cong could return to Chang'an, but if this happened, Xue Bai would definitely behead him.
Therefore, he had no choice but to conceal the true news as much as possible and spread the idea that Xue Bai and Li Lin conspired to rebel. This statement was sent back by Zhou Zhiguang's people. There were both witnesses and physical evidence. Moreover, Xue Bai was indeed the supervisor of the country and was not the regent.
Totally unjust.
"Xue Ni worked hard and finally gained great power. Once the saint returns, he will definitely harm the saint. The best result is to imprison the saint like the emperor."
"I've had enough of staying in Fengtian!" Li Cong angrily slapped the window coffin, "At least, at least I should move to a safe and fertile place where I don't have to worry."
What he said actually makes sense. Fengtian is close to Chang'an, there is no danger to defend, and there are no supplies. From a strategic point of view, it is not a good foothold at all.
It can be seen from this that although Dou Wenyang was somewhat clever in fighting for power, he had no long-term plan at all and did not make any considerations on the most important and basic things.
In this period of anxiety, Dou Wenyang has not thought of anything else except counting on Zhou Zhiguang.
"How about going to Shu County?" Li Cong asked.
"There are many generals in Sichuan and Shu who once accompanied Xue Ni in the crusade against Nanzhao, including Yan Wu who is now in charge of Yizhou." Dou Wenyang said hesitantly, "Fortunately, Shu is not very safe."
"Then where do you want to go? The world is so big, is there any place that belongs to me?!"
"Sage, please be patient and calm. Once Zhou Zhiguang puts down the rebellion, we can welcome the saint back to Chang'an."
Dou Wenyang spoke earnestly and finally calmed Li Cong and exited, wiping the sweat from his forehead and sighing.
Before he had rested for a long time, a close eunuch arrived and reported in a low voice: "Xue Shun has sent people to welcome the saint back to the capital again. They are all civil servants and they are outside the city gate now."
"Hide it first, hide it." Dou Wenyang rolled his eyes, his face uncertain, "Wait and see if Zhou Zhiguang gets Guo Ziyi's military power."
He picked up a bowl of tea soup and felt that it was very hot to his mouth. He raised his sharp mouth and blew on it, mumbling to himself.
"Don't rush. If you rush, you will get burned."
As if to confirm his words, someone rushed in the next moment and hurriedly exclaimed: "It's not good! The officers and soldiers are holding Zhou Zhiguang's head and killing him outside the city!"
"who?!"
Dou Wenyang jumped up and asked in shock: "Whose head?!"
With a "crack" sound, the table in front of him was knocked to the ground, and the tea cup shattered, spilling hot tea soup, which made him grin and crack his mouth.
He raised his head with a ferocious face, hissed, and never forgot to ask: "What's going on? How could a vicious person like Zhou Zhiguang be defeated so quickly?"
"The villain doesn't know."
"Why don't you go explore quickly?!"
Dou Wenyang was so anxious that he soon knew what was going on.
Because at the same time, most of Zhou Zhiguang's generals had surrendered to the imperial court, and many even entered Fengtian City and were publicizing what had happened.
"Chang'an is peaceful, and the imperial court has sent envoys to welcome the saint back to the capital."
"Dou Wenyang and Zhou Zhiguang kidnapped the saint and fled, and they were rebellious. Marshal Guo rode into the camp alone and showed great righteousness. Therefore, we repented and helped Marshal Guo eliminate the traitors and stabilize the country..."
When this kind of news reached Dou Wenyang's ears, he knew that the matter could not be suppressed. With the saint's weak character, he would definitely surrender.
He had to go to see the saint immediately, strengthen the saint's determination, and take the saint out of Guanzhong.
After operating for so long, he still controlled some of the guards, and now there were only about 500 people who could be trusted. He quickly ordered all the people to rush to the palace, and ordered that anyone who dared to stop them from taking away the saint was ordered.
All will be killed.
As expected, many officials had gathered in front of the palace, wearing official robes of various colors mixed together and making a lot of noise.
These officials originally took refuge in Dou Wenyang and were able to escape here with the saint. They were all called "eunuchs", but at this time they were persuading the saint to get rid of the traitors and return to Chang'an.
"Kill them, kill them!"
Dou Wenyang was so angry at this group of ungrateful people that he screamed at the top of his lungs and gave the order.
So, the five hundred soldiers raised their swords towards the unarmed courtiers, and then slashed them down, just like chopping melons and vegetables.
"Mr. Dou, please spare this official...ah!"
An official rushed to Dou Wenyang but was chopped down anyway. He twisted on the ground several times and finally breathed his last. Dou Wenyang's face was sprayed with blood.
Stained with blood, he seemed to go crazy. He picked up a single knife and stabbed several injured officials himself.
"All die! Die!"
At this time, this eunuch appeared to be more ferocious and fearless than many warriors.
When an eunuch with no descendants is forced into a desperate situation, he has no worries. Unlike civil servants, he has a family, a family, a wife, children, family, a name for future generations and other fetters. He has no dignity, no family and no worries. Who wants to ruin it?
He, he can ruin everything.
In front of the palace, there were finally corpses strewn on the ground.
Dou Wenyang led his men to kick open the door and rush in. From a distance they saw only the eunuchs and the maids running away screaming. He ordered a group of people to pick up the queen and several princes, and then he went to find the saint himself.
~~
It was just dawn, and Li Cong didn't sleep well all night. He stayed up until he was extremely tired, and finally curled up on the imperial couch and slept lightly for a while.
"Dalang."
A call came to his ears, and Li Cong woke up immediately. When he looked, he saw that it was Queen Dou.
"Dalang, please go back to Chang'an." Mrs. Dou advised, and then whispered everything she heard about the situation.
When he learned that Zhou Zhiguang was dead and Guo Ziyi had arrived outside the city to greet him, Li Cong's face turned gloomy. He was fighting for a while in his heart. When he was about to make a decision, he suddenly heard exclamations from outside.
"Something happened!"
The couple was already frightened, thinking that Xue Bai or Guo Ziyi had sent someone to kill them.
But then, several eunuchs hurriedly led two officials in and reported: "Sage, Dou Wenyang has rebelled and is killing people outside."
"How could it be? How dare he betray me?"
For such a profound question, the two officials were stunned for a moment before replying: "This treacherous sycophant is so greedy for power that he blinded the saints and cut off the saints from hearing. Now he has no choice but to go crazy."
Then, they continued: "I have been ordered by Marshal Guo to welcome the saint back to Chang'an. I dare to pledge my life to protect the saint. Please allow me to protect the saint and leave."
Hearing this calm and sincere tone, Li Cong also reacted and hurriedly said: "Take me away quickly."
The group of people tidied up a bit before going out, and saw Dou Wenyang coming in from the opposite courtyard door with his face covered in blood.
Originally, Li Cong had doubts about the sentence "Dou Wenyang has rebelled". When he saw it, he was instantly frightened and urged the officials who were already standing there, "Quickly, take me away."
"Sage, go this way."
In front, Dou Wenyang also saw Li Cong and quickly shouted: "Sage! The slave is here!"
Of course Li Cong knew he was there, so he turned around more quickly and fled in the other direction.
"Who dares to hold the saint hostage? Stop them!"
Dou Wenyang was furious, and while giving orders, he also chased after him, constantly persuading him.
"Sage, please don't listen to the rhetoric of those officials. They coax you back to Chang'an to do you harm."
However, despite his earnest persuasion, Li Cong never looked back. When he met the imperial guard, he actually shouted: "Quick, stop the rebellion for me!"
Only then did Dou Wenyang realize that the "rebellion" mentioned by the saint was actually him, and he felt greatly wronged.
"Sage, you are your slave!"
"Sage, this servant is clearly following your will, how can she be rebellious?"
"Did the saint forget? It was you who told my slave Xue Ni to rule the court and hold great power. It was you who asked my slave to try to get rid of this traitor. Now that he is in charge of the country, the next step is to abolish it!"
"Sage, you are running away from Xue Ni now, do you know that?!"
"Sage, don't run away. I need you to take charge of the overall situation."
"Saint, please don't run away."
Seeing that Li Cong could not be persuaded to look back no matter how hard he tried, Dou Wenyang became more and more angry. Finally, the anger seemed to explode in his chest, and he roared like a ghost.
"Stop running!"
Li Cong still escaped.
Dou Wenyang was so angry that he grabbed a crossbow and shot it at the back of the guard who was surrounding Li Cong.
Unfortunately, his aim was not good and he missed the shot.
As a result, Li Cong became even more frightened. He quickened his pace and quickly crossed the courtyard. Soon, his figure disappeared behind a group of guards.
"saint!"
Dou Wenyang finally stopped with a final cry of sadness.
At this moment, he could not see the chaotic scene ahead. In his eyes, there was a wilderness of nothingness between heaven and earth, and he had no idea where the road ahead was.
He was so at a loss.
Although the flames of power filled the sky in the past, what about the reality? From the moment he was castrated, he was not a complete person, but a vassal of the imperial power and a domestic slave of the Tian family.
A slave abandoned by his master is like a lost dog, a kite with a broken string, and a weed without roots. He knows that he is finished.
He also experienced the irony and ridicule of fate. He eliminated rebellion for the saint, but in the end he became a traitor.
He was always with the saint when he needed him, but the only time he needed him was when the saint ran away without hesitation and fell into the arms of rebellion!
"coward!"
Dou Wenyang cursed in Li Cong's direction.
He was not satisfied, so he cursed again.
"A man without a seed!"
After scolding him, he cried first.
Tears burst down the bank, washing the blood on his face terribly.
"Mr. Dou, let's run away. I will go pick up the young man right now."
Dou Wenyang didn't care about his adopted son Dou Yu. When he was powerful, he could force people to adopt his son to him, but when he lost power, would his godson still care for him until he died? Fart, that's impossible.
He has no roots and fled to the people to hide his name. What's the point?
"Don't run away, go, follow me to find the prince!"
The eunuch can always only be attached to the saint, but the saint may not be the same person.
~~
At this time, Li Qiu had also heard about Xue Bai's supervision of the country and various subsequent news.
His focus is different from Li Cong's.
What Li Cong cared about was whether he would be safe when he returned to Chang'an, but he immediately blurted out: "Since ancient times, who can supervise the country except the prince?"
"Your Highness, the saint has left the city. You should leave quickly."
"I don't want to..."
As Li Qiu was speaking, he turned around and saw Dou Wenyang rushing in.
He was startled by that terrifying face and was stunned for a long time. He couldn't even hear what Dou Wenyang was saying.
"You rebelled?" After a while, Li Qiu asked.
"It's not that the slaves have rebelled." Dou Wenyang said hurriedly: "It's that Xue Ni has rebelled. He wants to take away your highness's positions. Is your highness willing?"
Of course Li Qiu was not willing to give in.
All this time, he was the only one who did nothing wrong, so why did he lose the most in the end?
Dou Wenyang looked at Li Qiu's eyes, carefully stretched out his hand, and slowly took Li Qiu's hand.
"Slave, take the prince away, we still have a chance."
Li Qiu hesitated a little, feeling various emotions at this moment.
He used to be really puzzled and disgusted with Li Cong's reuse of eunuchs. Those eunuchs were like vines wrapped around trees, entangled above the emperor's power. They looked like they were trying to strangle the emperor, or like snakes strangling them.
It scratched his neck and made him feel sick.
He made up his mind that if one day he ascended the throne as emperor, the first thing he would do was to eliminate the abuses of eunuchs in politics. Even before he ascended the throne, he relied on the righteousness in his heart, cooperated with the courtiers, and began to stand on the opposite side of the eunuchs.
However, when someone threatened his imperial power, the eunuchs were the ones who stood by his side most quickly and resolutely.
Li Qiu stared blankly at Dou Wenyang's terrifying face, watching the blood-stained hand gradually holding him, unable to escape. He was so excited that he seemed to feel the fate of repeating the same mistakes.
Unable to escape.
He had a premonition that he would be a mediocre king again. He felt extremely disappointed with himself and almost cried.
But he couldn't resist. He couldn't stand the temptation of power, and he didn't want to accept failure. So, he was pulled one step and another.
Li Qiu was led out of the palace by Dou Wenyang like a doll.
Someone was waiting outside with the horses.
"Your Highness, get on the horse quickly!" Dou Wenyang acted very loyal and personally wanted to help Li Qiu get on the horse.
"The horse that Zhou Zhiguang gave me."
Li Qiu thought that his divine horse could come in handy.
Dou Wenyang actually followed him and quickly ordered: "Quick, go get His Highness's horse."
However, the general in his heart actually said: "There is no need for it."
"What?"
"The humble position says that there is no need for it anymore."
Following these words, Dou Wenyang felt a pain in his back and was knocked to the ground heavily.
~~
"Behead the traitor!"
"Behead the traitor!"
The roar of mountains and tsunami sounded.
Dou Wenyang looked up, and in front of him was the spectacular tower of the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial City.
He squinted his eyes and could tell intuitively that Xue Bai was watching the execution from there.
That's right, this is a move to win people's hearts, how could Xue Bai not come in person.
Looking back at the surroundings, Dou Wenyang found that his party members had also been brought, including Wang Shoucheng, Yang Zigong...all of them were powerful figures around Li Cong. It seemed that today's execution scene would be quite grand.
Dou Wenyang is not afraid of death. He believes that he will die early and be reborn early. He only hopes that his life will no longer be so miserable in the next life.
However, he was stunned for a moment when he heard the edict announcing his crimes and later heard the words "construct the East Palace and raise troops to rebel".
No matter how Xue Bai slandered him and how many heinous crimes he listed, he had expected it, but it was obviously a false accusation against the prince.
"This treacherous traitor."
Dou Wenyang cursed and surprisingly found that he was not gagged.
Then he would definitely not let Xue Bai get his wish, so he immediately started shouting and yelled like crazy.
"Xue Ni! God will see who is loyal and who is traitorous!"
Following these words, Dou Wenyang simply shouted out how Xue Bai made the emperor uneasy and how he tried his best to assist the emperor in governing.
The people watching behind him couldn't help but burst into boos.
When Dou Wenyang saw someone cheering him up, he became even more energetic. He scolded Xue Bai and even scolded the court officials.
"And you bullshit officials who pride themselves on being noble, you are the bastards who steal men and prostitute women behind your back! Apart from standing up to urinate, how much more upright are you than me? I'm talking about you, Liu Xisiam, you surrendered to Xue Ni and escorted me to get credit?
I forgot about the time when you knelt on the ground and licked my boots. Let me tell you, my boots were covered with my urine, hahaha..."
Liu Xixian was standing not far ahead.
He was the general who betrayed Dou Wenyang in Fengtian City. He was handsome, dignified and powerful. Anyone who saw him would praise him as "a great man", but Dou Wenyang shook off such a bad side.
He immediately became furious and wanted to go over and shut his mouth.
However, just as Liu Xisiam moved, someone stopped him.
It is Zhang Xiaojing, one of the generals of the Forbidden Army.
"General Liu, there is no need to be anxious. When a man is about to die, let him speak freely."
"Here." Liu Xixian had no choice but to respond with a grimace.
Dou Wenyang became more and more enthusiastic and cursed one by one.
"They are all sluts seeking glory! Wang Jiahe, you are also standing there. Sure enough, you also signed your name to invite Xue Ni to supervise the country. Bah, you are a weakling! You are a sanctimonious old slut, betraying me? Do you really think I can't cure you?
What a name? It’s not an elegant name, and you’re coaxing the white-faced boy from the Imperial College to poke your stinking fart with a mallet..."
"Kill him! Kill him!"
Before the word "eye" came out of Dou Wenyang's mouth, Wang Jiahe jumped up like crazy, pointed at Dou Wenyang, and roared: "Behead this traitor! Behead him!"
"Hahahahaha."
Dou Wenyang laughed so hard that tears came out, and his originally high-pitched voice became hoarse.
But his interest became even higher, his whole face flushed with excitement, and he cursed various officials more and more wildly.
The world called him a traitor, but they forgot that nothing could be accomplished by just relying on the eunuch's words. A traitor must also build a power before he can make a difference.
In the final analysis, he just distributed the power given to him by the saints to the hands of his party members. Isn't it really these civil servants who keep talking about "eliminating traitors" who are doing the opposite and preying on the people?
The party is united against dissidents, exploiting all the people, doing the same thing, and being selfish, but because he does not have the root of the problem, he will be criticized verbally and writtenly?
The only thing he is less guilty of than them is robbing civilian girls.
If you don't have the advantage of words to deceive him, you will pour all the dirty water on his head. You are wrong. Today, he has used his lips and teeth like knives to peel off the face of all bureaucrats.
Dou Wenyang kept scolding and scolding until he finally became so dumb that he could hardly speak.
He was actually incontinent and his crotch was wet.
But he doesn't care anymore. Isn't this another kind of courage?
"A bunch of Rufus!"
"It was only because of a group of cowards like you in the Tang Dynasty that the emperor was bullied by powerful ministers, and that the servants like us stirred up troubles!"
"Although I am disabled, I dare to fight against Xue Ni. What are you waiting for? I'm just prostrating myself."
"You are wearing a brocade robe, you look like a dog, but you only dare to abuse the common people. Even though you have that thing, you are not as good as a eunuch like me! You... are all impotent!"
"Aphrodisiac!"
As soon as these two words came out, they seemed to echo Wang Han's curse back then.
Under the same blue sky, the Zhuque Gate is still the same Zhuque Gate. The civil and military officials of the dynasty have changed over and over again, but the curses remain the same.
The one who started the scolding showed his high spirits in front of thousands of people, while the other was physically disabled. The only thing they had in common was that they were both crazy.
"He's crazy! Kill him!"
Many of the courtiers were still roaring, angry because a eunuch asked them to be polite when he was about to die.
Dou Wenyang was already satisfied. He looked at them with a smile, opened his mouth, and silently uttered the word "痿 Jue".
He suddenly thought that the highest level of swearing was to use that organ to curse people, and the civil servants called him a eunuch and a traitor all day long, which was nothing more than the same thing, and it was no different from the common people calling people "failing".
"I'm an eunuch, I'm a slave, I'm humble, how can you be noble?! You are noble, you are just born into a famous family..."
"puff."
The executioner finally swung down the knife he held high.
Many years later, Dou Wenyang's upper head was also chopped off.
Along with it, many more heads were chopped off, rolling down like golden beads pouring out of a bag.
The people watching the execution clapped their hands and continued to shout "Get rid of the traitor". Some people felt that it was not enough and wished they could also behead those who were named by Dou Wenyang.
But no matter what, the transfer of power was completed in this pool of blood.
The eunuch power that Li Cong had worked so hard to cultivate disappeared at this moment, which also meant that his efforts to win pro-government were in vain and his imperial power fell by the wayside.
He chose it himself, and it was doomed when he chose to run away many times.
…
Xue Bai stood on the top of the high city, watching the headless corpses fall down one after another, as if watching the grass on the prairie being cut in rows.
This is not the first time that he has executed such large-scale executions of eunuchs. Last time, he killed the eunuchs around Li Heng. However, if the root cause of the problem is not solved, a new group of eunuchs will still interfere in politics.
The emperor had to be changed, which is what Xue Bai planned to do.
Therefore, this time he believed that the disasters of the Tang Dynasty officials were over.