Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 106 New Year's Eve Horror (3)

But who is Xie An, the coach who was able to play chess safely before the Battle of Feishui, he did not panic at the moment.

"For the imperial court, the imperial court is in the light and Shi Kun is in the dark. For us, Shi Kun is in the light and we are in the dark.

There are still 20 days until New Year's Eve, enough for us to plan! "

With Xie An's reassurance, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Guan Ziyang had a good night's sleep at Shi Kun's these few days, and he was so sleepy when he got home.

Seeing Guan Ziyang's headache, our personal Xiaomi is finally online.

A gentle and creamy feeling came from the temples on both sides.

Guan Ziyang opened his eyes, and Qing Chan was massaging him intimately.

"Sister Qingchan."

"Ok?"

"It's okay, I'll just call you."

"It's okay, why did you call me?"

"Stay with me, thank you for your hard work." Guan Ziyang said softly.

Qing Chan didn't reply, just pursed her lips and smiled.

Laughing and laughing, she shed tears.

"Sister Qingchan?"

Qingchan wiped the tears that were about to fall with the back of her hand, then continued to massage his head.

"I was thinking how lucky I must be in this life to meet such a good master as Xiao Langjun."

Guan Ziyang smiled and said: "Really? Why don't I think I'm so good, but you tell me what's so good about me, young master?"

Qingchan said unhappily: "My young master is good everywhere, Mr. Xiaolang is a person who does great things, Qingchan can't help much, am I useless?"

"Sister Qingchan, how do you say a saying? Husband and wife are of the same mind, and their benefits cut off gold. If you don't agree with me, how can I break gold?

So ah, you know what?I do anything, your support is my biggest help. "

Qingchan blushed with embarrassment: "Who is your husband and wife..." The voice of each word in this sentence became softer than that of each word, and the last word "husband and wife" was as thin as a mosquito.

Guan Ziyang closed his eyes, enjoying this rare warmth.

Thinking about it carefully, I have met quite a few confidante friends in recent years.

Starting from Qing Chan, Wei Yiqing, Shi Qi, and Xie Daoyun, besides being beautiful, they each have their own characteristics, and each has something that fascinates Guan Ziyang.

But if I promised to marry Qing Chan, I must not break my promise. A man's promise is more important than anything else.

In the past few days, I and Shi Qixu thought they were snakes again, three parts were true, and three parts were false, I couldn't figure it out.

If Shi Kun is really killed on New Year's Eve, Shi Qi will inevitably die, do you want to save her?
If I save her, will she bear a grudge against me?
His whole family died because of me, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as holding grudges...

As for Wei Yiqing, a woman who gave up her Dao heart for her, it is even more impossible for him to betray her.

However, he is a majestic young lady of the noble family, and he is still a descendant of blood, and his identity is already far behind her. Could it be that he is allowed to be a concubine?
There is another biggest trouble, Xie Daoyun.

The two have gone through life and death, and although they only admire each other now, he promised to help her make contributions, and will spend more time fighting together in the future, and it is only a short distance to appreciate ambiguity.

Hey!
I was an emotional idiot in my previous life, and I was an idiot at the beginning of this life, how can I face them in the future?
Qing Chan's massage was so comfortable that Guan Ziyang finally fell asleep unconsciously.

When he woke up, it was completely dark.

Xie An was sitting at the table playing chess seriously with Xie Xuan, turning a blind eye to him.

Guan Ziyang got up silently and observed the chess game between the two.

The chess game has reached the middle stage, and the two sides are evenly matched. Guan Ziyang thought: "Why is Xie Xuan's chess skill progressing so fast!"

Xie Xuan hesitated, closed his eyes and meditated for a quarter of an hour, and finally made a move.

There was a crisp sound when the chess piece was buckled on the chessboard.

Xie An smiled and said, "I lost, Youdao has made good progress recently."

Xie Xuan excitedly said: "Qizhi, did you see it? I actually beat the third uncle! It's incredible!"

"Mr. Xuan Ping is the No. 1 chess player in the world. You are naturally talented and intelligent. Learning chess from him will naturally make rapid progress." Xie An laughed.

"I said I haven't seen you recently, so you went to learn chess from an expert?"

"Well, the third uncle wrote a letter for me. I went to Dongyang County to pay homage to my teacher Fan Wang, that is, Mr. Xuan Ping to learn chess from him. I just returned to Jiankang today to prepare for the New Year."

"By the way, lack of it, do you know the Dao Heart?"

Not long after Guan Ziyang realized his mind, he naturally knew it, and asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"The third uncle said that I have the talent to learn chess, so let me learn chess."

"Did you know that since learning chess in the past few months, my martial arts have also improved by leaps and bounds, and now I have used the wisdom realm on the second rank."

"Then I have to congratulate you first!"

"But I have some bad news to tell you." Guan Ziyang pretended to be mysterious.

"what?"

"I have already enlightened the Tao with the piano and obtained the Dao Heart..."

In the middle of the night, a heart-piercing young man screamed from the Guan mansion...

"An Shigong, what should we do about Shi Kun?"

Xie An Fuxu chuckled: "Everything is under control."

……

New Year's Eve, Jiankang.

Firecrackers sounded one after another, and the whole city celebrated.

In front of the gate of Xianyang Palace, it was overcrowded at the moment.

The imperial court opened the granary and distributed rice at the gate of the palace, 3 catties of rice and 2 catties of flour per person.

The people who came could not help but be the people of Jiankang City, and even Wujun, Kuaiji and other places also had many people come to collect it.

Yes, it's Chinese New Year, let's have a full meal.

Shi Kun led a group of Habayashi soldiers to maintain order. At this time, bullock carts continued to come from a distance, all of them were ministers of the court.

According to tradition, in addition to opening warehouses to release grain, the imperial court will also entertain all officials at noon on New Year's Eve.

These ox carts are exactly the Jiankang officials who came to participate in the banquet. From the first rank and the third prince, down to the ninth rank and the nearby counties and counties, they all have to enter the palace to pay homage to the emperor and the queen mother.

Guan Ziyang followed Xie Yi and Xie Xuan into the palace, and when he was at the gate of the palace, Guan Ziyang greeted Shi Kun: "Master Hou."

"Hey, my nephew is here, hurry up and go in, the banquet is about to start." Shi Kun replied.

At this time, a Habayashi guard came to report: "Report to Lord Hou, Eunuch Zhang of Chongde Palace is clamoring to leave the palace gate, we can't stop him."

Shi Kun's expression changed, and he walked towards the palace gate not far away, Guan Ziyang and his party followed immediately.

"Shi Shilang, today the imperial court is distributing food. As the guard of the palace gate, you should be strict with yourself. Why don't you allow people to leave the palace?"

Shi Kun smiled obsequiously and said, "Eunuch Zhang, you are in charge of the palace's purchases. This palace gate is free to come and go, but it's different today. There are too many people flocking into Jiankang, and there are many refugees among them. I'm afraid you will go out." In danger!"

Eunuch Zhang put his hands on his hips and said, "The Empress Dowager will lead all the officials to pay homage to the soldiers who died in the Northern Expedition today. If there are not enough incense sticks in the palace, will you bear the responsibility?"

Shi Kun said: "I'll send someone to buy incense candles, and I'll say it again, today this Xianyang Palace is only allowed to enter but not to leave! It doesn't care about anyone!"

"Shi Shilang speaks loudly. You can decide when this palace will become. I'll tell the Queen Mother right away! Hmph!"

Shi Kun was unmoved, and said to the Habayashi Army guarding the gate of the palace: "I declare again, today this Xianyang Palace is only allowed to enter but not to leave, and no one is allowed to leave the palace until I give the order of experience!"

Xie Yi sneered, got out of the carriage, and led Guan Ziyang and Xie Xuan towards Nanye Gate.

When passing by Shi Kun, he said to himself: "This great Jin world is really not peaceful!"

After the three of them left, Shi Kun stared fiercely at Xie Yi's back.

"It's really not peaceful!"

The three of them came to the Tai Chi Hall, which was already full of officials big and small, greeting each other.

Xie Xuan asked: "Father, Shi Kun doesn't allow anyone to leave the palace gate, is it because he is afraid that someone will report to him for help after the palace change occurs?"

Xie Yi nodded: "He doesn't have 3000 Jie soldiers under his command, and I have tens of thousands of soldiers in the Jin Dynasty. If the news of someone's palace change leaks, some local feudal towns will not care about the life and death of the Queen Mother, and will only use the banner of King Qin to take the opportunity to move into the building. It's just health."

Guan Ziyang asked: "I don't know how the arrangement is going on at Mr. An Shi's side?"

Xie Yi smiled and said, "I haven't seen my third brother fail in my life, don't worry."

……

Not long after, the empress dowager and the young emperor Sima Dan entered the palace, and all the officials came forward to have an audience.

Officials of the fourth grade and above are in the Taiji Hall, and most of them pay homage in the square outside the Taiji Hall.

However, Guan Ziyang's Beifu Army was not listed in the Tai Chi Hall, and those bearing the name of the Beifu Army could only be outside the hall.

Guan Ziyang is the first-rank governor of the Northern Mansion, Xie Xuan is the second-rank Deputy Governor of the North Mansion, Huan Shiqian and Huan Shimin are the second-rank Generals of the Two Wings of the North Mansion, Wang Huizhi is the third-rank Pioneer Officer of the North Mansion, and Sun Hesong is the third-rank Counselor and Military Division of the North Mansion.

The Beifu Army are all newcomers being selected in this year's Zhongshan Nine Ranks, even if they are outside the hall, they can only be ranked at the bottom.

Guan Ziyang is a commoner, and it is the queen mother's kindness to participate in this banquet, but there is a reason for the others to be at the bottom.

Although they were born in high families, many of their elders in the family are only middle-level officials, so naturally they cannot be ranked in front of the elders in the family.

Therefore, it seems strange to arrange the high-ranking officials of Beifu who have been newly promoted for several years at the end outside the hall, but it is actually reasonable.

The banquet began, and all the officials, led by Prime Minister Sima Yu, toasted to wish the emperor and empress dowager a long life and a prosperous country.

The Empress Dowager raised her glass: "All your families drink this cup together. You are all the pillars of my Jin Dynasty. This year's Northern Expedition failed, and my Da Jin Erlang sacrificed more than [-] people. After the banquet, all officials followed me to the Tongtiantai to pay homage to the Da Jin warriors." .”

Yin Hao, who was in the second row under the imperial platform, was so ashamed at this moment, his face was flushed, and he drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

People outside the palace couldn't hear what the queen mother said inside, so the eunuch sent word to repeat what the queen mother said outside the palace.

So all the officials outside the hall raised their glasses and drank together.

As plate after plate of dishes was served, after drinking three rounds of dishes and five flavors, all the officials went to the Tongtian Terrace with the queen mother.

Of course not everyone went up, and only officials of the fourth grade and above could go to the Tongtiantai to worship the queen mother, and the rest could only be under the Tongtiantai.

The eunuch distributed joss sticks to everyone, and under the leadership of the queen mother, they burned incense and kowtowed to worship the dead.

As the incense sticks were lit, Guan Ziyang discovered that the scent was very different from the usual sandalwood scent, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

He just muttered in his heart: "The food and wine have been inspected, and there is no poison. How does Shi Kun plan to deal with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?"

He had asked Shi Kun several times, but he kept his mouth shut, just reassuring Guan Ziyang that he would not kill them.

Among the hundreds of officials, there are all surnames, basically all the aristocratic families in Jin are among them, and he still needs to use them to blackmail those big families.

No matter how good Shi Kun's martial arts are, at least half of the hundreds of officials in the Eastern Jin Dynasty are masters of the first and second ranks. How could he be an opponent by himself!
Even a semi-saint would not dare to be so big, let alone he is only a first-rank upper-level upper-level.

So he would definitely not be able to fight against him. Xie An originally thought that he would put drugs in the food and drink, but after Guan Ziyang and Xie Xuan tried it with silver needles, they found that it was not poisonous.

Xie Xuan was also confused at the moment, and asked: "Qizhi, we are going to leave the palace and go home after the sacrifice, why doesn't this Jie slave traitor do anything?"

Guan Ziyang said: "I don't know either, just be safe and don't be impatient, Mr. An Shi told us to act after Shi Kun's violent ambition, otherwise the queen mother will not believe it."

Xie Xuan nodded: "I really don't know why the Queen Mother has taken a fancy to Shi Kun. What's so special about this blond-haired, blue-eyed weirdo?"

Guan Ziyang smiled: "You think he is strange, maybe there is something different about him, let the Queen Mother be very happy..."

At this time, the Han people regard themselves as orthodox in the Central Plains and look down on the barbarians, and Xie Xuan seems to be a straight man...

Suddenly, on the Tongtiantai, Chu Suanzi suddenly went limp and fell to the ground.

The officials were amazed!

The eunuch and maid rushed forward, and Chunyan, the close maid, helped Chu Suanzi up and asked, "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?"

As a result, she only spoke half of her words, and she rolled her eyes, and went down.

Then they kept going to the end with the maids and eunuchs.

Guan Ziyang scolded: "It turns out that the incense is poisonous, which caught him off guard."

Palace maid Tai Chi has no internal strength and is weak in body, so it is the first to be poisoned.

After a while, some officials began to weaken one after another.

Only then did everyone realize that they were poisoned.

As all the officials fell one by one, only Xie Yi, Sima Yu, Yu Xi, Sun Chuo, Yin Hao, Wang Biaozhi and others could barely stand in the end.

Basically, these few masters are the only ones who are officials in Jiankang. In fact, Guan Ziyang can still persevere, but he doesn't want to expose his martial arts, so after Xie Xuan fell, he pretended to fall to the ground.

At this time, a large group of people came quickly from the palace gate,

Chief director Shi Kun finally arrived.

When everyone saw Shi Kun leading more than twenty Habayashi guards, they already guessed in their hearts that this barbarian was probably playing tricks.

"Shi Kun, but you poisoned the food and drink!" Sima Yu angrily pointed at Shi Kun, and shouted first.

Shi Kun smiled and shook his head.

"You still don't admit it? What do you want to do!" Yu Xi also shouted.

Shi Kun sneered at everyone on the Tongtian Terrace, "It's true that I didn't poison the food and drink.
I just poisoned your incense sticks, but don’t worry, it’s just smoke, it’s just going to make you limp, your lives are safe,

I bought this smoke from Tianshi Du, and it cost a lot of money! "

"Bah, Mr. Du Zigong is a Taoist semi-saint who has lived in seclusion in Wu County for many years, how could he be greedy for your money!" Yu Xi scolded angrily.

Du Tianshi is Du Zigong, who is now the Great Heavenly Master of the Five Dou Rice Sect.

Shi Kun was not angry either, and ordered: "Tie them all up and drag them into the Tai Chi Hall!"

More than twenty Habayashi guards rushed up to Tongtiantai.

(End of this chapter)