Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 746 Luoyang Chariot God
Just when Cao Yanming was attacked in the inspection department of the six gates of Shendu, the entire Luoyang city was thrown into chaos almost instantly.

The east, west, and south sides of Luoyang City were set on fire almost at the same time. It was not ordinary arson, but someone had prepared a large amount of tung oil.

And every hundred steps, a large amount of firewood or even charcoal is filled in a specific house.

At this time, it was the beginning of winter, the weather was dry, and the north wind was blowing, and the houses in Luoyang City used a large number of wooden structures. Under the control of people with good intentions, the fire became difficult to control from the beginning.

In an emergency, Marquis Wu of Luoyang City's Henan and Luoyang Fukuo counties, the guards of the major chambers of commerce, and the young men of all neighborhoods were mobilized immediately.

Of course they didn't know that something big happened tonight, so they went out to fight the fire one after another.

For a while, those who fetched water fetched water, those who pulled water dragon carts pulled water dragon carts, terrified women and children ran around on the road, and those whose relatives were trapped in the sea of ​​fire were crying loudly.

The people of Luoyang, who were completely unprepared for such a large-scale fire, panicked. What's even more frightening is that Luoyang has experienced wars and chaos many times since the end of Tang Dynasty.

Especially since the late Tang Dynasty destroyed Liang, there have been four large-scale wars in the past 20 years, and every time Luoyang was almost smashed to pieces.

It can be said that in today's Luoyang City, even teenagers have experienced at least two terrorist wars. After Zhang Zhou established the Central Plains, they only had a peaceful life in less than three years.

At this moment, flames soaring into the sky ignited everywhere, and the streets were chaotic like hell. Many Luoyang people were immediately struck by the fear of the past.

In the chaos, many people didn't want to fight the fire, but a large number of people helped the old and the young, led the animals and carried the burden, and even wanted to run out of the city in the dark.

Along the way, various rumors began to spread like a plague, that Emperor Shaoming had been killed like Emperor Zhuangmiao.What Hebei Fanzhen raised troops and went south again.What Khitan even said that the Turkic people came in again, and they wanted to continue to support an emperor and so on.

Li Renshu led 300 people to lurk in a courtyard not far from Ziwei Palace, only two or three hundred steps away from the imperial city.

And those who can own a house here are naturally not ordinary people.

Uncle Rou Yuan Shi Chongmin put on the padded armor he seldom wears, holding a long horizontal knife in his hand, looking at Huangcheng with hatred in his eyes.

He is the owner of this house, of course he is not an ordinary person. Strictly speaking, Shi Chongmin can even be included in the Yuan Cong sect.

In the past, when Zhang Ting just arrived in Khotan, in order to demonstrate the power of gunpowder to Li Shengtian, he asked Li Shengtian to send him a team of miners who were good at digging.

Shi Chongmin, the leader of these miners, even followed Zhang Tie before Liu Zaisheng and others.

Later, Zhang Ting used these miners to form the Fenjin Capital, which made great contributions in the two battles of the Shule War and the capture of the Ningyuan (Fergana Basin) fortress Juzhanti.

At that time, Shi Chongmin could even be regarded as one of the few core members under Zhang Kai who could independently lead the team.

However, it was Shi Chongmin's highlight moment to fight all battles. Since then, Zhang Tie rarely relied on blasting to fall into the city. Of course, the more important reason was that Shi Chongmin's ability was limited, and his talent was not high, so he couldn't be cultivated.

Therefore, after more and more talents joined Zhang Yu's team, Shi Chongmin's status showed a free fall decline.

However, as the earliest old man of the Yuan Cong family, although Shi Chongmin did not have much credit and was not regarded as his own by other members of the Yuan Cong sect, his qualifications are here.

After Zhang Tie established the Great Zhou Dynasty, Shi Chongmin was also made an earl because of his past achievements. He was called Rouyuan Bo after his hometown Rouyuan County, Yizhou.

Although his earl cannot be hereditary, he still has the title of his hometown, which can be descended from three generations.

But today, Shi Chongmin is still on the opposite side of the emperor he once looked up to.

During these years, he thought he should belong to the Yuan Cong faction, but the Yuan Cong faction didn't like him at all, and he didn't bother to be compared with Guo Guangsheng and Pei Tongyuan.

In his heart, he hoped that the emperor would reuse him, but he was also resentful towards the emperor because he was unwilling to give him even a hereditary title.

Last year, Shi Chongmin's second son resold pig iron that was strictly forbidden to be sold on the grasslands in Dunhuang. He was arrested by the procuratorate of Hexi Province, and he was directly sentenced to exile by Pei Yuan, who held the military and political power in Hexi.

Shi Chongmin asked for help in many places but could not find it. His beloved second son finally died in Huangcaoyi (Alashankou) in Beiting Province.

This completely knocked Shi Chongmin down, and he quickly joined a small group headed by Cao Renzun who hoped to use the Hexi Chamber of Commerce to occupy the trade route, even the most radical among these people.

As time passed by, Li Renshu, the Huaibei thief, became a little impatient.

"How long do I have to wait? It will be completely dark if I wait any longer. Where can I find Concubine Cao then?"

Shi Chongmin glanced at the hourglass on the table, and hummed softly, "Do you think Ziwei Palace is the village of local tyrants in Huaibei? Let me tell you, even at night, the main hall where the imperial concubine and the prince live is brightly lit."

After finishing speaking, Shi Chongmin glanced at the flames rising into the sky in the distance again, "Don't worry, Concubine Cao knows a certain family very well, she is so messed up, she will definitely not bear to put the guards and fire brigade in the palace to death." Send out to help put out the fire, and then it will be the best time for our attack."

As soon as the words fell, as if to confirm Shi Chongmin's words, Ziwei Palace, the imperial city with its closed gates, was opened for the first time.

Teams of palace guards, fire brigades, and even internal servants dressed in various clothes pulled the water dragons that put out the fire, and rushed from Ziwei Palace to various fire locations.

When they had left for less than a cup of tea, the torches on Yingtianmen, the main entrance of Ziwei Palace, were shaking, and they were going up and down, which was the agreed signal.

Li Renshu was overjoyed, and before Shi Chongmin put on the airs of a commander, he immediately ordered someone to carry him to Yingtianmen.

. . . .

Mrs. Cao San was sitting on a water dragon car, holding a sleeping one-year-old baby in her arms. It was Zhang Xianzai, the eighth son of the emperor.

Not long after, the water dragon came to the corner of a high-walled compound, and immediately more than a dozen soldiers poured out, and the leader was Zhao Kuangyin's father, Zhao Hongyin.

Old man Zhao's son is capable of fighting in the world, but he is only in his forties. Although he has practiced martial arts all the year round, although he is average in leading soldiers, serving as an official, and being a man, his military value is quite high.

The dozen or so soldiers around him were also from the Jiamaying in Luoyang, the old imperial guards of the later Tang Dynasty, including Zhao Kuangyin's father-in-law He Jingsi and others. Zhao Hongyin knew them well and was very reliable.

Nine-year-old Zhao Kuangyi followed behind his father in a sneaky manner. This boy practiced martial arts since he was a child, and would not work hard unless his mother stared at him.

Not to mention people, even the wild dogs in the Jiama camp that would bite anyone they saw didn't bite Zhao Kuangyi.

This time, we will see Mrs. Cao come in with Zhang Xianzai in her arms. Although Second Brother Zhao doesn't know who Mrs. Cao is, he has a keen sense that she is a big shot.

The kid rolled his eyes, and he was actually wearing the toy paper armor that his friends usually used to ride horses and fight. He held a small wooden sword in his hand, and pretended to stick to Cao Yannai's side, looking like a valiant warrior.

Zhao Hongyin was timid and honest at first, but when he saw Zhao Er sneaking over, he wanted to drive him away immediately.

My second brother Zhao couldn't let go of this opportunity, he pouted his stomach, "Yeah, you have to underestimate Erlang, Erlang can also protect nobles!"

Cao Yannai was a little nervous at first, but when he saw Brother Zhao's appearance, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

"This Erlang, how do you know that this is a nobleman and needs a guard?"

Brother Zhao put on a naive look, "Returning to my wife, the servant is a high-ranking official, and the one who can be greeted by him must be a nobleman!

Yeah, everyone wears armor at home, isn't it because nobles need guards? "

A high-ranking official, the thin-skinned Zhao Hongyin can't do it. What kind of high-ranking official is he, a general of the imperial army, Yuhou?

Mrs. Cao San found this kid more and more interesting, "Then now that so-and-so is here, how will Xiao Erlang protect him?"

Brother Zhao drew out his small wooden sword and gestured twice, "Of course I use the sword in my hand!"

"What if you can't protect it?"

Brother Zhao stretched out his hand and pointed out, "Someone is good at driving a donkey. The green tiger in the yard can run faster than a galloping horse. As long as you put on a cart, you can take your nobleman to Jinyong City. There are many powerful soldiers there, who will surely protect your nobleman." .”

Zhao Hongyin opened his mouth wide, stared at Zhao Er dumbfounded, and suddenly reacted and knelt down on one knee and said to Cao Yannai: "Madam, I never mentioned this matter to him."

It turned out that Cao Yannai's plan was that if Zhao Hongyin's family was also in danger, they would escort them back to Jinyong City.

Cao Yannai waved his hands with a smile. Since he wanted to choose Zhao Hongyin as his internal response, he knew that he was reliable.

Besides, even if Zhao Hongyin slipped the tongue to the child, it is impossible to blame Zhao Kuangyin for his sake.

At this moment, the little prince Zhang Xianzai was awakened suddenly, and the little baby came to an unfamiliar environment, and immediately burst into tears.

Second Brother Zhao had just been stared at by his father's murderous eyes, but when he heard the cry, he regained his energy immediately when he was shy.

He pointed to Zhang Xianzai, who was crying loudly, and said, "He must be hungry. My mother just gave birth to her third brother, and that's how she cries when she's hungry."

As he said that, Zhao Er looked at Cao Yannai again, "Ladies and gentlemen, please come with me. My lady has a lot of milk, so I promise to fill him up. I will stop crying when I'm full."

Cao Yannai thought about it, it seems that it is indeed possible, these days Zhang Xianzai has been away from his mother, he has been a little uncomfortable, maybe the breast milk and the smell of milk can make him feel more peaceful.

"Zhao Yuhou is really well-educated! Uncle Zhongzhou is the pillar of the country, and Erlang's future will be limitless the next day."

Cao Yannai sighed sincerely, with a brother like Zhao Kuangyin, the Zhao family will still be able to save him tonight, and this Zhao Er is even more so ghostly, he has a bright future no matter what.

(End of this chapter)