The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Unexpectedly, Pang's thoughts turned, things were turning in a direction that was not good for him, there were two ways now, either break through the inner garden, take Ye Lidulan and the prince to threaten them, or save his life; Either make a decisive decision and immediately lead the troops out of the city from the north gate, go straight to the old nest of the northern feudal city, announce the secret edict to the world, and then make the rebellion of the prince and queen public to the world, raise the flag and start rebellion, maybe you will win the party. Tribal support.

When Wuzang Yuanpang was hesitating between the two methods, the [-] Xiangqing army had already rushed all the way into the city. The streets were empty at first, but they were filled with heavily armed soldiers in an instant. It made the people who were already terrified shrink shivering behind the corner cabinet.

Zhang Yuan and Ren Jingde rode side by side on horseback, Ren Jingde said: "Zhang Zhongshu, do you want to control the Suwei camp first? To avoid complications."

Zhang Yuandao: "It's too late. The imperial palace must be in a hurry. If the imperial palace is broken, and there is no hidden pang and the crown prince under the orders of the empress, what should we do? We must not let the empress and prince fall into the enemy's hands. This is also an afterthought for you and me." Thanks, those in the Suwei army who are under the control of Wuzang Yepang must have participated in the siege of the palace, and those who did not participate will not participate at this moment, it is better not to provoke them."

Ren Jingde laughed and said: "Zhang Zhongshu is very calculating, and he sent orders to directly take the imperial palace."

Fifty thousand soldiers marched towards the northern city like a torrent along the streets and alleys. The vanguard quickly arrived at the outskirts of the palace. , not only the main halls in the Outer Garden, but hundreds of pavilions and palaces in the Inner Garden are also in full swing. Zhang Yuan and Ren Jingde, who rushed to arrive, felt cold. It seems that the palace is broken, and the queen and prince are probably dead. It just fell into the hands of Wuzang Yuanpang.

But what was strange was that there was no one in the flames, neither the defenders nor the attackers, only the mess and corpses all over the ground.

The soldiers searched around and found more than a dozen unrecognizable wounded soldiers on the passage between the temples, so they brought them all over.

Seeing that they were dressed in the uniforms of the Suwei army, Zhang Yuan asked sharply, "Aren't they hidden?"

The wounded soldiers kowtowed and begged for mercy, and one of them tremblingly said: "The Prime Minister led his troops to escape from the north gate."

"Have the queen and prince been murdered?"

"The little people don't know that the Prime Minister ordered the storming of the inner garden. After the inner garden was broken, the Prime Minister ordered me to set fire to it. We followed the leader and set fire to all the places. But after we came out, we found that the large group of people had already gone The north gate retreated; I was just about to catch up, when an arrow shot from nowhere knocked down dozens of people, luckily the few of us ran fast, so we escaped our lives."

Zhang Yuan said happily: "So there are still people inside?"

The wounded soldiers nodded and said, "Yes, there are many, all near the lotus pond in the back garden. I saw hundreds of people there with my own eyes, and I didn't dare to go there."

Zhang Yuan and Ren Jingde looked at each other, their eyes full of surprises. The lotus pond is an artificial lake dug by Li Yuanhao to appreciate the lotus in summer. There are pavilions built on the water, which is the best place to resist the fire. At the same time, who are the three sides, there is only one The Jiuqu promenade is connected to the shore, which is an excellent place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"General Ren, order the blockade of the four cities and start the curfew. Let's go to the lotus pond to welcome the queen and the prince together." Zhang Yuan said.

"You mean the prince and queen are not dead?"

"Of course, hundreds of people are there, which means that it is the place where the queen and the prince were last guarded. The old thief who didn't hide must have seen us break the city and came to put all his eggs in one basket. He burned all parts of the palace. It would be best if he could burn the prince and queen to death. Withdrew and fled back to the lair."

"That must be the case. It seems that there is no hidden truth that Pang is going to rebel."

"That's right, but with the prince and queen around, the old thief must be helped by others. It won't take a few days to jump around. Let's settle the situation first and let him live for a few more days."

"What Zhang Zhongshu said is that it's better for us to rush to greet the queen and the prince."

While Ren Jingde ordered a curfew for the whole city and sent troops to block the gates of the four cities, he and Zhang Yuan led thousands of soldiers around the burning red palaces and pavilions and went straight to the lotus pond in the northeast.

The fire made the surface of the lake crimson, and you can clearly see the dense figures on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and the Jiuqu bridge is also full of soldiers guarding, all of them are bloodstained, obviously survivors after the bloody battle.

"Is the one in front Mr. Zhang?" someone shouted loudly. [

"It's this officer, this officer and General Ren Jingde came to rescue him, is the Queen and Prince safe?"

"Hahaha, the hair is not injured, the two adults are famous, the old thief ran away." The man laughed, and Zhang Yuan heard Su Jin's voice. Huanxi, he already has some admiration for this guy.

Ye Lidulan and Li Ningling walked to the shore surrounded by everyone. Ye Lidulan's face was calm, but the panic on Li Ningling's face hadn't faded away, and his body was trembling, as if he had collapsed generally.

"Congratulations to the Empress and Crown Prince, I was too late to save you, Empress Empress, Your Highness the Crown Prince was frightened."

Brother Li Ningling said: "Why did you come here, we were almost killed by the old thief, you are too slow."

Ye Lidulan frowned and shouted: "The emperor shut up." Turning his head to Zhang Yuan and Ren Jingde, he nodded and said: "You two have worked hard, and I will keep in mind the work of the two rescuers. Get up, the prince is too frightened, Don't take it to heart."

Both of them said: "How dare you! It's my servant's fault."

Su Jin secretly laughed, this brother Li Ningling didn't know what was going on, he didn't understand the danger tonight, in terms of time, Zhang Yuan acted at least two hours earlier, otherwise he wouldn't have come so quickly, this guy actually blamed others It was too late; if it had been done at dawn according to the original plan, Pang would definitely succeed, and he would recover his strength.

Ye Lidulan raised his head and looked around the fire. The familiar palaces and halls were engulfed in the skyrocketing fire. Thinking about this day and night, he felt a little sad. Her husband was killed by his son, and the palace was destroyed. It seemed that there was nowhere to stand. It's gone, it's really like a dream.

Zhang Yuan saw Empress Yeli's thoughts, and said softly: "Don't worry, empress, the palace can be rebuilt. As long as the empress and His Royal Highness are safe, it will be a blessing of the Great Xia. Now we must quickly stabilize the situation."

Ye Lidulan took a breath and smiled, "That's right. Mr. Zhang, General Ren, what do you think we should do next?"

Zhang Yuanren Jingde said in unison: "Please tell me, Madam."

Ye Lidulan pondered for a moment and said: "Immediately issue an edict: Wuzang Yupang murdered the king and conspired to rebel, attacked the palace with the intention of usurping the throne, ordered the various ministries of the Great Xia to crusade against the rebels. All were killed; the emperor was newly mourned, and the country could not be ruled for a day. The crown prince chose a day to ascend the throne, and the palace cooperated with the government; Zhang Yuan was promoted to be the country's prime minister, and Ren Jingde, the commander of the Xiangqing army, was promoted to the privy envoy for his meritorious service in saving him. The commander of the army and horses is responsible for all security inside and outside the capital, and the rest of the meritorious personnel will be rewarded together."

Everyone knelt down to thank each other, Zhang Yuan and Ren Jingde were secretly delighted, they won the bet, and if they win one trick, they will reach the pinnacle of their dreams. Originally, the position of phase and privy envoy was out of reach, but after only one night, the dream came true. It really is seeking wealth and wealth.

Both of them thanked one person at the same time, Su Jin, the initiator of this bold plan, and Ye Lidulan naturally would not forget Su Jin, she looked at Su Jin and said, "Master Su is not from Daxia, and he cannot be awarded an official position." , there is no shortage of gold, silver and treasures, so how can we reward them?"

Su Jin smiled and said, "Don't you know what I want?"

Ye Lidulan glanced at Ari who was snuggling beside Su Jin, sighed and said, "Forget it, Ari will leave it to you, but I can't hold a big wedding for you, I want to announce to the public that Ari will be here tonight. Died in "chaos", can Ari understand the queen mother?"

Ari nodded and said: "Ali knows mother's painstaking efforts. In this way, the Liao people have no reason to provoke. Thank you, queen mother, for helping me."

Su Jin smiled and said: "I don't have anything to do here anymore. Once I stay here and my identity is exposed, it will cause you Xia people's anger. I want to leave."

Zhang Yuan said in astonishment: "Master Su is leaving now? Don't you want to stay for a cup of celebration wine?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Celebration? You are busy, all the officials have to deal with it, and the situation needs to be stable. You have no time to celebrate? Mr. Zhang, you owe this toast first, and one day I will I will ask you for this glass of wine, and you owe me."

Zhang Yuan cupped his hands and said, "I'm waiting anytime."

Su Jin bowed his hands to bid farewell to everyone, and took his two daughters, Wang Chao Mahan and others on horseback and left.

Ye Lidulan quietly watched their figures disappear, and sighed softly: "With this person in the Song Kingdom, my Daxia territory may not have the opportunity to expand south."

Zhang Yuan nodded slowly and said: "Yes, the resourcefulness in this son's chest is lower than that of a million soldiers."

Ren Jingde suddenly said: "Why don't you take the opportunity to kill him, since he is so powerful, besides him, wouldn't he have broken the arm of Song people?"

Ye Lidulan and Zhang Yuanjun turned their heads to look at Ren Jingde with playful eyes, but they did not dare to pick up on such a topic.

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