The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 501
When Fan Kang had just arranged these things and was about to send someone to deliver the imperial edict to Jia Ke, he saw a soldier who looked like a soldier running in.

As soon as he entered the hall, he came to Xiao Kun's ear and whispered something, Xiao Kun suddenly changed, his face changed drastically.

Fan Kang could see clearly from above, and immediately asked: "What's the matter? Is the emperor's moth coming out again?"

Xiao Kun didn't answer immediately, but waved the soldier down, and then walked a few steps to Fan Kang, and said quietly: "Sir, something is wrong, the Supreme Emperor just passed away in the Qianqing Palace."

After hearing Xiao Kun's words, Fan Kang breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that the emperor was going to make trouble because he was unwilling. If it was just the death of the emperor, it would be fine.

Fan Kang thought for a while and said: "You send someone to inform Zhao Shu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and ask him to take someone to the palace to deal with the emperor's funeral. He is the best at these etiquette matters."

After Fan Kang gave orders to Xiao Kun, he said to Zheng Kai and Xiao Yue: "The two of you leave the city immediately, and you cannot leave the city for a while in the army. You can send someone to inform Ma Zuo, and we will let the commander's mansion go for a while. , Let him go out of the city first to control the army."

After hearing Fan Kun's words, Zheng Kai and Xiao Yue also knew the seriousness of the situation, so they bowed their hands and left the Yamen of the Infantry Commander, and left the city with their own soldiers.

Now that these generals have left, Fan Kang issued an order in the infantry commander's yamen, and from now on the nine gates of the capital will be sealed off and no one will be allowed to enter or leave.

Fan Kang is also a little annoyed now, he didn't expect the Supreme Emperor to be so useless.Originally, he wanted to wait until Jia Ke came back before making a decision, but unexpectedly he left first.

It didn't matter that the Supreme Emperor left by himself, but he was afraid that there would be a lot of discussion in the world. After thinking about it, rumors of Jia Ke's regicide would spread among the people, and those princes, nobles and royal family members would make trouble if they didn't manage well.

It doesn't matter that there are several generals controlling the army outside the city, but they are afraid of turmoil in the city.

So Fan Kang didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately ordered the infantry to command the Yamen, and immediately went to the street to block the nine gates. At the same time, a curfew was imposed in the capital. In situ execution.

After Fan Kang finished these things, he sent his confidantes to take the emperor's imperial edict, and hurried out of the city to meet Jia Ke, delivered the imperial edict to him, and wrote a letter to send the emperor's imperial edict to Jia Ke. The situation and the news of the death of the Supreme Emperor were reported to him, and he was asked to rush back to the capital immediately.

However, in the capital city, as Fan Kang thought, there was unsustainable turmoil. Originally, due to resistance and blockade of the capital city, people in the capital were panicked. enriched.

Ordinary people are just talking about it at home, but those royal family members are not only talking about it, they also took action in secret.

These people connected with each other, and gathered dozens of high-ranking and respected old people. They wore court uniforms and each carried their ceremonies. Before Fan Kang could react, they gathered at the Wuchao Gate on the grounds of entering the palace to pay filial piety to the Supreme Emperor. up.

After Fan Kang got the news, it was too late to stop these people, so he could only bring his troops to the Wuchao Gate.

When he arrived, he saw these people clamoring loudly, and the servants under them kept helping, threatening the guard at Wuchao Gate, telling him to let go of the city gate and let him go. Go in and pay homage to the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.

After Fan Kang came, he was very angry when he saw that there was no general in charge at that time, and the generals guarding the city gate saw Fan Kang coming, and hurried over to salute him.

Fan Kang asked angrily: "Where's your commander, Xiao Kun? Why don't you see him coming to sit in charge?"

The guard lowered his head, bowed and replied: "My lord, our general is currently stationed in the imperial city, so I ordered the last general to come here."

Fan Kang could only nod helplessly after listening. After all, Fan Kang still has not enough manpower.

When the princes and nobles saw Fan Kang coming, they knew that he was the person in charge, so they rushed forward and surrounded Fan Kang in the middle, and each of them started clamoring.

"It seems that you are in charge, now quickly order them to get out of the way, we are going to attack Chaojiandi and Taishanghuang."

"Just now we got the news that the emperor's death is such an important event that we, the royal family, are not allowed to participate. Could it be that there is something wrong with it?"

Fan Kang was surrounded by them and couldn't get away for a while.And the Zhongjun Ding next to Fan Kang, you see how this situation can put Fan Kang in danger, so he swarmed up and snatched Fan Kang out of these people.

Fan Kang breathed a sigh of relief after being protected by the Chinese army soldiers, and then tidied up the clothes that had been scratched by these royal family members.

Patient Fan Kang was still there, wanting to attack the city gate and the royal family members of the army, and his face sank immediately. He knew that if these people were not suppressed, more people would come to make trouble.

So Fan Kang was not polite, and directly ordered the army behind: "Surround these people immediately."

The soldiers behind Wankang have been waiting for this sentence for a long time. These people don't understand what kind of prince and noble you are, with noble blood.They swarmed up to surround these people, and these palace nobles still wanted to resist, ordering their servants and servants to drive the officers and soldiers over.

The response to them was a messy stick, which beat these servants to the ground, and even those who rushed to the front of the Huang's center were beaten a few times. This time they were honest.

Fan Kang saw that the situation had been brought under control, and those people didn't dare to do it again, so he stepped forward and said to them again: "The Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion has issued an order to impose a curfew in the capital, you go back now, I can let the past go, If not, An Lu will be executed on the spot."

And those princes and nobles saw that Fan Kang was not joking, and these soldiers under Fan Kang's hands had already drawn their knives out of their sheaths and hung their swords, waiting for their reply, so they all started to retreat.

Finally, they elected the oldest one to negotiate with Fan Kang.

"Master Wei, we just heard that the Supreme Emperor died and wanted to go in to pay homage, there is no other meaning."

Hearing the tone of this person, Fan Kang knew that they were already wilting.

So Fan Kang cheered up and replied loudly: "The death of the Supreme Emperor has been dealt with by the Ministry of Rituals. You go back and wait for the news. According to the etiquette, it is natural for you to pay homage."

The people below looked at each other, and finally discussed in whispers a few times, knowing that they would not be able to enter the palace, so they had no choice but to retreat.

Seeing them retreating, Fan Kang was relieved, because Fan Kang's disease was not Jia Ke after all, and he didn't have the courage to kill. If these people were strong enough to break in, Fan Kang would be really bad.

This is the difference between Jia Ke and Fan Kang. In many cases in ancient times, the advisers and generals under the monarchs were more capable than their lords, but they did not have the determination and will of their lords, so they succumbed. down.

Besides, Jia Ke has now returned to Miyun with his troops. Just after their team arrived in Miyun, Miyun's guard Hou Sheng got the news, and he hurried to the road with his own soldiers to meet Jia Ke.

At this time, Jia Ke marched towards the capital with tens of 10 horses, and erected large flags on both sides, with the words "Qingjun side" written on it.

When Jia Ke was advancing with the team, suddenly his personal soldiers came to report that Miyun's guard Hou Sheng had been waiting by the roadside for a long time.

Jia Ke brought his own soldiers to the front of the team, and sure enough, he saw Hou Sheng dismounted and waiting by the roadside.

Jia Ke urged the horse to come up to him and said, "You are not defending the city in Miyun, what are you doing here?"

Seeing Jia Ke, Hou Sheng quickly knelt down on his knees and clasped his fists, saying, "I know that my lord is returning to the teacher, so I came here specially to welcome my lord, please come to the city to rest, and it won't be too late to leave tomorrow."

Jia Ke said displeasedly: "The military situation is urgent now, and the capital doesn't know what's going on. I'm not in the mood to continue. You don't need to persuade anymore. The army can't stop and go back to the capital directly through Miyun."

While they were discussing here, he saw a fast horse flying in the distance. Not only did he see that Jia Ke's army did not stop, but instead ran towards him.

Jia Ke stood there without moving. The soldiers behind him, seeing this man coming straight towards Jia Ke, immediately rushed up to separate him from Jia Ke, pointed their knives and guns at this man, as long as he made a slight movement , Immediately go up and chop it into a meat paste.

Seeing that he was surrounded by Jia Ke's personal soldiers, the man who came here immediately got off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and shouted: "Commander, I am under Lord Fan's command. and the letter came."

When Jia Ke heard him mention Fan Kang's name, it was right. Liu Yu next to him gave him a wink and asked him to come forward and have a look.

Liu Yu came in front of this person, got off his horse and came to his side, and said, "Where are the imperial decrees and letters? Just give them to me."

The man on horseback hurriedly opened the package from behind, put the stool in front of Liu Yu, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu took the imperial decree and Fan Kang's letter, turned around and said to the soldiers next to him, "Search him and see if there is anything wrong with him."

After Liu Yu finished giving her instructions, she ran a few steps to Jia Ke's horse and handed the imperial decree and letter to Jia Ke.

Jia Ke first took Fan Kang's letter, opened it, and immediately turned pale with shock. He didn't expect that Fan Kang had raised troops to blockade the capital before him, forcing the emperor to assign himself as Duke of Yan, and the prime minister to lead the military. And then the Supreme Emperor died.It seems that the Taishanghuang's bad health was completely broken by Fan Kang's blow.

Seeing this, Jia Ke couldn't help but fell silent, and couldn't help recalling the kindness of the Supreme Emperor to herself. If it wasn't for the trust of the Supreme Emperor, she wouldn't be where she is today.

After being silent for a while, Jia Ke put the letter in her arms and opened the imperial edict again.Seeing the handwriting on the imperial decree, it was exactly what Fan Kang said.

Jia Ke thought for a while, and said to Liu Yu, "I pass on my general order, and the army will be stationed next to Miyun City. After the army has set up camp, order the six Jiedu envoys and the commander-in-chief to meet me in the big tent."

(End of this chapter)