Chapter 15 Changes in the Double Ninth Festival (Part 2)
Soon, a little dawn gradually appeared on the horizon. After Gao Tanglong saw the torch of King Pingyang in the south, he immediately went up to it. The two looked at each other, both thinking about the same thing. At this time, Liu Dan's mood was no longer nervous, but lighter.
Many. He rode his horse forward and asked as he walked: "Are all the gates well guarded?" Gao Tanglong said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please rest assured. An hour ago, our people have changed the defense of the twelve gates in the palace.
, all exits in the palace are already under control."
Liu Dan asked again: "There is nothing unusual among Chen Chong's followers in the palace, right?"
Gao Tanglong whispered: "Except for the normal defense changes, there is not much movement. Jiang Boyue is keeping watch tonight. Not long ago, I saw him coming out for inspection." But he remembered something again and smiled at Liu Dan.
: "Speaking of which, Deng Shizai was busy inspecting the property in the palace. It has been almost a month. He has arrested about twenty palace thieves and caused a lot of trouble in the palace. Just half an hour ago, there were still people
Send the stolen goods to Tingwei's mansion."
Hearing that Deng Ai and others didn't notice the flaw, Liu Dan breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care about other trivial matters and said to Gao Tanglong: "It's not too late, so there's no need to wait any longer. Let's go directly to pick up Erlang."
At this moment, a sharp sound pierced the air suddenly sounded in the palace. Everyone was stunned, and then they heard that it was the sound of an arrow. Liu Dan and Gao Tanglong looked at each other, and a kind of doubt arose in their hearts: obviously they were still alive.
There was no signal, so why did something unexpected happen in the palace? Could it be that Fan Xian took action first? In shock and doubt, they did not dare to neglect, and immediately led their men to the direction of Deyang Palace.
However, while walking, they were shocked to discover a fact: although the sound of swords, gold and iron came from the distance, it did not come from Deyang Palace where the emperor was, but from Yongle Palace where Queen Mother Liu Jia was! What was going on? Liu Dan was too late.
Angry, he immediately ordered Gao Tanglong to take some people to Yongle Palace to observe the situation, while he himself took most of the dead soldiers to Deyang Palace. After all, this was the residence of the emperor and the primary target of the action. Even if something unexpected happened,
He had to come and visit first.
As a result, when he rushed into the palace, what he saw was silence. The entire palace was empty, except for the fallen leaves and vegetation, there was no light, and no one could be seen, let alone the emperor. Liu Dan saw this scene
, the blood seemed to have solidified. Was the plan already leaked? Or was Jiang Wei and others adapting to the situation? He had no time to think about it, and did not dare to waste another moment. He immediately shouted to his subordinates: "Hurry, rush to Yongle Palace!"
However, it was too late. When he led his troops to join Gao Tanglong, he saw another bleak scene: two huge guards were facing each other in a stalemate at both ends of the palace road. Under Guilin, there were many corpses lying in random directions.
The blood has coagulated, but the smell of blood has not dissipated. But strangely, the air can no longer conceal the murderous atmosphere, but no one on both sides made any move. Obviously, in this short period of time, Deng Ai and others took the lead
Attacked and completely controlled Changle Palace.
When Liu Dan saw this, he was furious. He immediately walked to the front of the army with his sword in hand and shouted at the Su Wei opposite: "Who gave you the courage to kidnap the emperor and the queen mother! Do you want to rebel?"
Unexpectedly, a young man wearing Mingguang armor stood up and shouted in turn: "King Pingyang conspired with Guang Luxun, Wei Wei, and the young man to rebel, and he dared to frame the Prime Minister?"
Liu Dan took a closer look and saw that it was Chen Chong's confidant Jiang Wei who came out. He was holding the head of Guang Luxun and Fan Xian in his hand and sneered at him. This made Liu Dan heartbroken. Fan Xian was dead. Does it mean that his uncle was dead?
Liu Bao was also captured by mistake? Who was commanding the three thousand guards in Changle Palace now? But his expression did not change, but he still stepped forward and angrily shouted: "Who do you think you are, you dare to talk to me?
?And you led the troops to kidnap the Emperor and the Queen Mother, which is clear evidence, and you still said it was not rebellion!"
At this moment, Liu Dan was extremely anxious. He no longer had any advantage in the strength of his troops, but he had to fight quickly, otherwise Zhong Yao would not see the signal and the entire operation would be cancelled. For this reason, he could only hope to get rid of the charges.
He first detained Jiang Wei and others to force his subordinates to waver, and then waited for an opportunity to recapture the emperor.
However, Jiang Wei understood this clearly when he heard this, and then laughed loudly and said: "Your Highness, you don't have to struggle anymore. We sent His Majesty to the Prime Minister's Palace as early as an hour ago. No matter how many comrades you have outside the palace, at this time
The prime minister and the emperor led the army to patrol. Could they still be able to overturn the situation? I'm afraid they have been captured without any help! If we surrender now, we may still be able to save one life."
These words immediately caused an uproar in the crowd. The emperor had been sent out of the palace. When? What was the point of being here? It turned out that Deng Ai used Su Wei to send stolen goods to the court, and allowed the emperor to hide in the palace.
into the box containing the stolen goods, and then escaped the eyes and ears of Liu Bao and others, and sent the emperor out of the palace. This move can be said to be a blow to the bottom of the pot. Even if Liu Dan killed Jiang Wei and others in the palace, he would not be able to get the emperor back, let alone
May have a righteous reputation.
But Liu Dan's expression remained unchanged. Even though he felt like he was falling into an abyss in his heart, he still maintained the anger on his face and said proudly: "You said that I am treason? The Queen Mother is my mother, the Emperor is my son, and the late Emperor is
My eldest brother, why do I want to rebel? I just got the Queen Mother’s secret edict to fight for the country! If you don’t believe it, go with me to see the Queen Mother immediately and ask for the Queen Mother’s judgment!”
Seeing that he still refused to give up, Jiang Wei sneered: "Your Highness plotted to murder the late emperor, the evidence is conclusive, and you actually have the nerve to ask the Queen Mother to judge!"
Liu Dan was furious: "You say I plotted to kill my brother, where is the evidence?"
Jiang Wei turned around and shouted: "Where's Zhang De? Why don't you come out to testify?"
Liu Dan was stunned and saw Zhang De coming out of the crowd behind Jiang Wei and standing sideways behind Jiang Wei. Seeing Zhang De, Liu Dan realized where he had made an oversight, and then became furious and yelled at Zhang De:
"You evil beast, ungrateful thing!"
Zhang De bowed and did not answer.
Jiang Wei held up a letter and a puppet and said to Liu Dan: "Is this written by you yourself? You colluded with the palace to use witchcraft to murder the emperor, and now you want to lead troops to force the prime minister. What else is it if it is not treason?"
He then pointed to the dead man lying behind Liu Dan and said: "To support the dead man secretly, and to cooperate with the inside and outside to kill him and enter the palace, is this not treason?"
Everyone present was silent. No one thought that the originally well-planned plan to force the palace to be imprisoned would be easily cracked. The situation was over. The remaining Su Wei who followed Liu Dan also had the idea of giving up. Only those who followed Liu Dan were left.
What role can some of King Pingyang's dead soldiers play?
At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind Jiang Wei, shouting for the two armies to disperse. People looked at him one after another and found that it was the Queen Mother Liu Jia who was coming. She was dressed in a rich costume and walked through the sea of people alone, slowly
She walked between the two armies. It was already dawn, and there was a purple-red light in the eastern sky. Along with the cold wind blowing from Beimang, her figure looked particularly thin.
As soon as Liu Jia stood still, he scolded Liu Dan: "Erlang, you still haven't admitted your guilt! You have committed such a heinous crime and want to harm more people?"
Without waiting for the reactions of the people on both sides, Liu Jia turned to face Jiang Wei and said to him in an almost pleading tone: "Young general, this is my family matter, and I really shouldn't have to work hard all night for you. You might as well go and rest first.
Next, let me escort him to see the Prime Minister."
The Queen Mother held Jiang Wei's hand and spoke humbly and sincerely. It was not difficult for Jiang Wei to realize that the Queen Mother was worried that the conflict would intensify and lead to the death of King Pingyang, so she came out to stop it. The Queen Mother said she wanted to discuss something with the Prime Minister, and I'm afraid that was what he thought.
How to save his son's life. But Liu Dan's rebellion conspiracy has been foiled. As long as the dead soldiers behind him are eliminated, Jiang Wei doesn't care whether Liu Dan is dead or alive, and has no reason to offend the Queen Mother. So he lowered his head and thought for a while.
, Jiang Wei replied: "To the Queen Mother, as long as I can get King Pingyang's subordinates to put down their swords and obey the arrangements, I will naturally open the door."
By this time, everyone knew that King Pingyang had no chance to stand up. There was no need for Jiang Wei to step forward to persuade him to surrender. The rest of the guards following Liu Dan had already dropped their weapons and voluntarily moved out of the way. Jiang Wei clicked a few
A subordinate came forward to catch Liu Dan, but the dead soldiers were at a loss and all raised their heads to see their master's movements.
When Liu Dan saw the other side approaching him, he waved his hand and struck with a knife, forcing the attackers to retreat. He shouted angrily: "I am the biological father of today's son and the legitimate son of Emperor Liezu. Which of you dares to arrest me? Stand back! If I don't die, you will all die!"
If I die, I will take you to be buried with me!"
In a desperate situation, King Pingyang actually had to fight to the death. This was something that no one expected, but no one dared to take his words seriously. For a time, the guards who captured him were in a dilemma, but Liu Dan persisted.
The knife moved forward, he grabbed one person and slashed him wildly with the knife. Blood splattered out, staining his court uniform red and covering his body with blood. Everyone was frightened by his momentum and retreated step by step.
When things got to this point, Jiang Wei had no choice. He immediately ordered the soldiers behind him to hold their bows and arrows. Regardless of the pleading eyes of the empress dowager in front of him, he said to Liu Dan: "If King Pingyang doesn't plead guilty again, don't blame us for our ruthless bows and arrows."
Got it!"
Liu Dan still cursed: "I am the biological father of today's son and the legitimate son of Emperor Liezu. How dare you kill me even if you have ten courages?!" Then he continued to move forward with the knife.
Jiang Wei did not look at him and waved to the soldiers behind him. In an instant, hundreds of arrows flew towards him. Before he could even let out a scream, Pingyang King Liu Dan was shot into a hedgehog. The Queen Mother saw her son's body.
I was stunned by the tragic situation for a long time, and then regardless of my body shape, I lay down on my son's body and cried bitterly. The archery officers and soldiers were all sad, but Jiang Wei comforted him by saying: "It is my fault alone for the death. Please rest assured."
At the same time, Chen Chong outside the palace has successfully put down the rebellion and captured Zhong Yao, Fazheng and other party members alive. However, this is not the end yet. How to deal with such a major case that shakes the country is the biggest problem.