Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 190 A Long Night Part Three

Under the night, the beacon fire was set in the North Palace, but there was a very quiet atmosphere in the official office of the Printing Supervisor, and only the voices from the workshop could be heard around the official office.

"My lord, the meal is here!" In the hall, Huo Yu hurriedly brought in the meal.

"Zhongheng, put these things away!"

Mu Jing handed him today's harvest, a jade ring, a waistband, and two jade jues, and said: "It's a good thing, it may be useful in the future!"

This is what he got after he screwed Liu Xie and Liu Bian for a day.

"Yes!"

Huo Yu glanced at it, and it was obvious that this thing was either rich or expensive, so he quickly put it away, then took out a secret letter from his long sleeves, handed it to Mu Jing, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, Your Highness sent A letter sent by someone, just arrived in the afternoon!"

"Does anyone know?"

"No, the letter is directly in my hand!"

"I know, you go down first!"

Mu Jing squinted and said.

"promise!"

After leaving the letter behind, Huo Yu bowed and retreated.

"Serving two little brats for a long time, but I'm starving to death!"

Mujing was already hungry during his night tour of Luoshui, so he ate dinner in twos and twos.

After dinner, Mu Jing leisurely opened the red lacquer, opened Faith, looked at the letter inside, and looked at the handwriting on it. It was indeed Zhang Ning's handwritten letter, and there was a unique contact information between them.

"It's good to have a firm foothold on Beimang!"

After reading the letter, he breathed a sigh of relief, then burned it with a lamp, and watched the letter burn to ashes, so he was relieved.

This will be the beginning of his Mu family's father and son's competition in the troubled times.

It is also a trump card for him to gain a foothold in Luoyang.

"Long Tu, you are really not chaotic before the collapse of Mount Tai. Today's Luoyang is already in such a mess, and you still have the situation to sit here and review the official memorial?" Xi Zhicai stepped in and bowed. Sitting on her knees, she looked at Mujing, as if she wanted to see through his mind, but unfortunately, she couldn't see anything from Mujing's expression.

"Chaos is chaos, what does it have to do with me!"

Mujing beckoned, and asked several guards on the left and right to come in and tidy up the table, and then spread out some official documents, and began to process the official documents of the printing supervisor: "I am in my position, and I am the order of the printing supervisor. , I just need to take care of my one-acre three-point land!"

"Don't tell me you don't know about the fact that the general has sent troops to the North Palace?" Xi Zhicai stared at him intently.

"I know!" Mu Jing nodded calmly.

Obviously, the killer was sent by He Jin. Since He Jin has failed, He Jin must be doomed. If He Jin has such courage, he is not worthy to become the great general of the dynasty and rule the world.

"Don't tell me, you didn't cause this mess?" Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes: "Today someone took two princes to skip class, but now everyone in Luoyang knows about it!"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Mu Jing paused for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal: "I'm just a pawn, how could it cause chaos in the court? You think too much, I'm just a target once!"

"Are you arguing for the prince or the prince's association?"

Xi Zhicai stopped circling around and asked straight to the point.

"wrong!"

Mujing looked serious, shook his head, and said, "I am helping His Majesty today!"

"The Son of Heaven didn't pass out at all, did he?" Xi Zhicai became clear at a little bit, his pupils changed color slightly: "So you already knew it, so you are leading the snake out of the hole, the goal of the Son of Heaven...to become a great general!"

"I'm not as smart as you think!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "Everyone in the imperial court is old foxes, how can I count them, I just happen to meet the time, and I always feel that the emperor is not so easy to fall, just try it out!"

"If you try this, you will cause chaos in the court!" Xi Zhicai looked at Mujing with complicated eyes.

"If I don't provoke, won't the court be in chaos?" Mu Jing asked.

"But what good do you have?"

"benefit?"

Mu Jing thought for a while: "At least I can know the current strength of Luo Yang!"

"Why do you need to know Luo Yang's military strength?" Xi Zhicai was even more confused.

"It's time to save your life with confidence!"

"I don't understand!" Xi Zhicai seemed to be clear.

"Didn't you not care about these things in the past?" Mu Jing asked a little strangely.

"Scholars all over the world are destined to be an official career. Even if the clean stream is like Cai Jijiu and hides in the purity of Taixue, someone will drag him into this muddy water. Who can go to the world and ignore it!" Xi Zhicai sighed, and said with some bitterness.

Learn literary and martial arts well and sell to the emperor's family.

This is the eternal pursuit of Confucian children.

He's not lofty, it's just that he can't find a suitable opportunity to become an official. He is not a son of a noble family, and he doesn't have strong connections. He can only rely on his fame to pay attention to the court's movements, which is the homework of every scholar.

"It's not difficult for you to become an official!" Mu Jing said with a smile: "If He Jin wins tonight, I will definitely not be able to sit in this position, but some people will not let the sons of the gentry sit in this position. Because they still know the importance, so you, a well-known kid from a poor family, have a chance!"

He didn't know who would win or lose tonight.

But he knew that Luoyang's peace had been broken, and he might have a peaceful life.

"You think His Majesty will lose?"

Xi Zhicai frowned a little.

"do not know!"

Mu Jing let out a long sigh, his eyes were depressed, and said: "But Your Majesty is too anxious, this is beneficial to He Jin, He Jin is still a gentry behind him, and the gentry is all-in, the strength is well known to you and me!"

"What about the worst outcome?"

"The North Palace will be breached!"

Xi Zhicai asked, "Will He Jin kill the king?"

"will not!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "He dare not, even if he has the guts, so many officials in the court would not allow it, the worst result should be that His Majesty loses, loses the court, loses the government!"

"Losing the court, losing the government?"

Xi Zhicai suddenly understood, and a bright light burst out of his eyes: "Are you reduced to a puppet?"

……

……

The north palace was attacked on both sides, the east was attacked by the northern army, and the south palace was attacked by the general He Jin and Huben Zhonglang general Yuan Shu.

In the palace city, there are two soldiers and horses.

One is the main force of the Southern Army, the Imperial Forest Army guarding the North Palace. The main general is Liu Fan, the commander of the North Palace.

The other part is the Eighth Battalion of the West Garden.

The main task of the Eighth Battalion of Xiyuan tonight was to block the northern army. Jian Shuo led a heavy army to rush to the east gate of the palace city and guard the east gate to the death.

"attack!"

"Break open the palace gate!"

"Slay the eunuch, right now!"

To the east of the palace gate, on the main battlefield of the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army, all the sons and daughters of the Northern Army charged forward as if they were dead.

As the main force of the imperial court today, the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army is the best in the world in terms of weapons and personal combat power. Not to mention the guards guarding the Northern Palace, even the elite soldiers of the West Garden cannot stop the Northern Army. prestige.

"Eunuch, I can't stop it!"

Xia Mou, the captain of Zuo Xiao who was guarding the city wall, stepped forward and cupped his hands: "My Zuo Ying has suffered nearly four hundred casualties. If this continues, the morale of the army will surely collapse!"

"Command, the Youying and Dianjun battalions come up!" Jian Shuo's voice was cold and murderous: "Tonight, even if we all die here, we will not allow anyone to threaten His Majesty's safety!"

"promise!"

After the two battalions were transferred up, the precarious situation began to be suppressed a little bit.

"Attack again!"

He Xianlang, the Marquis of the Northern Army at the base of the city, became a little hideous in his handsome face, and said angrily, "Sheshengying, press the bow and crossbow up!"

"Yes!"

The Shesheng Battalion is equipped with heavy crossbows and strong bows, which are sharp weapons for attacking walls and breaking cities.

"Damn!"

On the city wall, Jian Shuo's eyes were gloomy like ice: "I don't believe it anymore, press my upper barracks up, today, our family will live and die with the city wall!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The sound of fighting resounded like a drum beating through the sky, echoing in the palace city.

……

……

in the palace.

The emperor sat firmly on Mount Tai, motionless, drinking tea in peace.

"How is the situation outside the palace?"

"Your Majesty, the east gate is not lost, but most of the south gate has been lost!" Zhang Rang replied with cupped hands.

"The northern army can't get in, but the south gate of Miyagi can't stop it!"

The Son of Heaven smiled: "The gentry can't hold their breath for now. I still underestimated their strength in Luoyang City. It seems that I have miscalculated tonight!"

"Your Majesty, why don't you move to Beimang?"

"Leaving this palace city, I will no longer be the emperor!"

The emperor shook his head: "Don't worry, this night hasn't passed yet, and as long as I can stand up tonight, the world will not be chaotic, at most it will be...hehe!"

He laughed without saying a word.

This step in the game of chess is nothing more than a matter of taking a step forward or taking a step back, and it is not even a matter of turning the chessboard over.

"Your Majesty, the empress is here!" A little eunuch reported.

"Let her in!"

"promise!"

The eunuchs around Xiaoyuan dispersed.

Today's empress, Empress He, was wearing a phoenix robe, and came gracefully: "My concubine pays homage to Your Majesty!"

"Zitong, come here!" the emperor said quietly.

"Yes!"

Empress He came over, sat cross-legged on her knees, and gently boiled water for the emperor to make tea.

"You and I have known each other for many years!" The emperor reminisced about the past, and said softly: "In the deep palace, only you and I were by our side. I will never forget those times!"

There is love between the Son of Heaven and Empress He.

Empress He is not a powerful family, she can stand out in this harem only because she is always by the emperor's side when he is most difficult, so she is favored by the emperor, and she can ascend to heaven alone, so she has the current relatives, the He family.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is ashamed!"

Empress He bowed and said: "Brother, he is not rebelling, he is just trying to argue!"

"For argument?" The emperor sneered.

"That's right, for the sake of arguing!" Empress He is not a little woman, who can be the lord of the harem and seize power under the powerful Empress Dowager Dong, how can she be a weak woman, her aura is not inferior to that of the emperor.

"He killed Xie'er for the sake of defending his son?" The emperor's gloomy voice was startled with murderous intent.

"Brother is confused!"

Empress He bowed her head and said sincerely: "My concubine promises that this matter will not happen again, and I ask your Majesty to absolve her of the crime!"

"Then he just wants to force the palace?"

"Brother has no such intention!"

Empress He shook her head: "Your Majesty favors the second son. He was unfair to Bian'er. The elder brother took the risk because of his injustice. My elder brother was at fault in this matter. My concubine is willing to bear His Majesty's punishment for him!"

"Row!"

The emperor smiled, his smile was a bit evil, and there was a gloomy aura on his pale face: "I bet the fate of the Han royal family today, as long as He Jin can come to me today Now, how about setting up Bian'er as the crown prince in front of his face today?"

"If brother, he..."

"he died!"

The emperor's voice was cold.

Empress He trembled all over, her hands were cold.

(End of this chapter)