The red sky covering the sky

Chapter 215 Chao Gang has changed
Shang Rong and Du Yunxian asked to see Emperor Xin to report important matters. They were waiting for Emperor Xin's reply in front of the branch palace. Unexpectedly, they did not receive Emperor Xin's reply. Instead, they waited for two pairs of wolf-like soldiers. The soldiers walked straight past Shang Rong. He directly took down Du Yuanxian and sent him towards the Meridian Gate.

Just as Shang Rong was about to step forward to stop him, he was driven out of the palace by two other soldiers sent by Di Xin.

After struggling all the way, Shang Rong finished speaking, but the soldier remained expressionless and escorted Du Yuanxian out of the Meridian Gate. However, an official wearing a red robe walked towards him, it was Doctor Mei Bo.

When Mei Bo saw Du Yuanxian being forcibly escorted by the soldiers, and Shang Rong being held aside, he immediately stepped forward to stop him, but the soldier's expressionless face knocked Mei Bo to the ground.

Meibo had no choice but to know that these soldiers could not communicate with each other now, so he could only turn to Shang Rong, who had been let go, and asked: "Prime Minister, what is going on? Du Tianguan has something to do to offend the emperor, and he is so disrespectful of dignity and kills him in public." So humiliating.”

Shang Rong sighed and explained the cause and effect of the matter. He only heard Meibo filled with indignation. He was an upright person to begin with, but now he heard that Emperor Xin not only regarded national affairs as child's play, but actually asked a woman about it.

He even listened to the woman's words and wanted to execute the minister of the court and the official of Sitiantai who was in charge of the astrology and calendar for no reason. How could he endure this?

On the spot, the three corpse gods were so angry that they jumped up, smoke erupted from their seven orifices, and they rushed straight into the palace to face the saint.

Uncle Mei was a veteran of three dynasties. He was very old and angry at this time. The palace people did not dare to stop him, so he broke into the Shouxian Palace.

Seeing Emperor Xin, Mei Bo sternly rebuked: "I heard that King Yao governed the world, obeyed the heaven and obeyed the people, listened to the civil officials, and followed the military generals. Once a day, we discussed the way to stabilize the country and govern the people, and to eliminate slander. The beauty is far away, and we can enjoy peace together.”

"Your Majesty has not been in court for half a year now. He is happy to stay in the palace, have banquets in the morning and evening, and be happy every night. He ignores the government affairs and does not tolerate any advice. The major affairs of the country are sacrifices and military affairs, followed by agriculture. Du Yuanxian is in charge of Si Tiantai and watches the celestial phenomena. , who ordered the calendar, is an important minister in the court. If your majesty kills Du Yuanxian and deposes the ministers of the previous king, and listens to the Yanfei's words, it will harm the pillars of the country. I hope that your majesty will pardon Du Yuanxian's life, so that the civil and military officials can admire the great virtue of the holy king. "

Uncle Mei bluntly advised him and explained the importance of Du Yuanxian. He thought that Emperor Xin would change his mind, but he didn't expect that Emperor Xin became furious when he heard the words and shouted:

"Bo Meibo and Du Yuanxian made friends, broke into the inner court secretly, and made no distinction between internal and external affairs. He should have been beheaded together with Du Yuanxian. Because he had worked for the country for half his life, he should be spared the death penalty, stripped of his official position, and never used in order!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Mei's expression changed drastically, and he cursed loudly: "The foolish king listened to Daji's words and lost the righteousness of the king and his ministers. Now he kills Du Yuanxian. Isn't he killing Du Yuanxian alone? In fact, he is killing all the people of Chaoge. Now he is dismissed from the post of Uncle Mei. What's the point? I just couldn't bear to have the 600-year-old foundation be destroyed at the hands of the foolish emperor. Now I heard that Taishi was marching to the north, and the government had no unified government, and everything was confused. The foolish emperor listened to the slanderous ministers, deceived the left and right, and had sex with Daji in the deep palace day and night. , seeing the chaos in the world, I have no face to meet the late Emperor under the abyss!"

Emperor Xin was furious when he heard this, and was about to ask the guards to come forward and take him down, but he heard Da Ji say: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, let this man die like this, wouldn't it be an advantage to him? I do know a way to make him die." It can neither survive nor die, so this method can be used to frighten Zuixiao."

When Di Xin heard this, he asked curiously: "What method is it? Come quickly, beauty!"

Daji said: "Take red copper and make it about two feet high and eight feet round, with three fire gates on the top, middle and bottom, like a copper pillar. Use charcoal fire to burn red inside, and use these evil words to deceive the public and insult the emperor. Those who abide by the law, ignore the admonitions about living in vain, and those who violate the law, take off their clothes, tie them to copper pillars with iron ropes, and burn their limbs, muscles, and bones. In a short time, the smoke will disappear and their bones will disappear, and they will turn into ashes. This method It’s called Paolao!”

After hearing this, Mabel shouted and scolded Daji for being vicious.

But Emperor Xin was overjoyed when he heard it and said: "This method is wonderful, the beauty is really smart as ice and snow."

At that moment, he ordered someone to pass the order to have Du Yuanxian still beheaded in public, and to take Mei Bo into custody until the cannon-burning trip was completed. Prime Minister Shang Rong saw that Emperor Xin was so mediocre, and was disheartened for a moment, and he knelt down on the ground. Di Xin had long been displeased with his resignation and went into seclusion. He was in the way all day long. When he heard that he resigned, he immediately announced his intention to do so.

Not long after, all the officials knew that Prime Minister Shang Rong had resigned and retired to seclusion, and they came to see him off one after another.Huang Feihu, Bigan, Wei Ziqi, Wei Ziyan, etc. all came to see each other off, and all the officials parted with tears. After saying goodbye, Shang Rong mounted his horse and left, and everyone returned to Chaoge.

After three days of this, the cannon was built, Emperor Xin came to the court, the bells and drums rang, and all the civil and military officials came to the main hall of the court. Everyone saw twenty new large copper pillars erected in the east of the hall, and they didn't know what they were used for. Yes, there was a lot of discussion.

At this moment, Emperor Xin ordered people to push Uncle Mei up to the hall. When Uncle Mei saw the yellow copper pillars standing beside the hall, he felt two wars.

He turned around and cursed Di Xin: "Foolish King, it is not a pity that Uncle Mei died. It's just that I am a senior official and an old minister of the three dynasties. What crime did I have to do today to be subjected to this torture? It's just that the world is pitiful. Now I have to lose it to you." The hand of the faint king! I don’t know how you will look when you meet the ancestors of Chengtang in the future!"

Emperor Xin was furious when he heard this, and ordered people to take off Mabel's clothes, tie his hands and feet with chains, and drag him to the copper pillar.

For a moment, the smell of burnt skin and flesh filled the hall. Mabel's skin and bones were burned until his skin and bones were burned, and the stench was indescribable. His screams were so miserable that everyone who heard them shed tears.

Not long after, he screamed and died, and even the body was completely reduced to charcoal a moment later.

It's a pity that a generation of elders from three dynasties worked hard for the great cause of the Yin and Shang Dynasties all their lives, but they ended up being tortured and their bodies were gone.

All the officials in the court were very disappointed with Emperor Xin's actions. They were intimidated by his lustful power and did not dare to say anything. After retreating from the court, they all retreated.

However, this matter offended another person in the palace. This person was Queen Jiang, the first wife of Emperor Xin and the head of the harem. When she heard about this, she said angrily: "Daji, you bitch, tortured me with cannons and burned her." Uncle, you have deceived the saints, seduced others, and acted wantonly. Today, I will teach this bitch a lesson on behalf of your majesty." Immediately, he ordered people to prepare a fight and go to the Longevity Immortal Palace.

Queen Jiang came all the way to the Shouxian Palace. She saw bright lights and the sound of silk, bamboo and wind music. She couldn't help but feel angry and even more angry. Emperor Xin was already drunk at this time. Hearing the queen's visit, he immediately He ordered Su Daji to bring her into the palace, and arranged for Su Daji to dance for her in person.

Queen Jiang was not in the mood to enjoy singing and dancing at this time, so she directly scolded Daji. After saying this, she walked away without looking at Di Xin's face. Di Xin said angrily: "What a bitch who doesn't know how to show appreciation, if she wasn't the main palace , The lonely king will definitely hit her golden melon on top to relieve the hatred in my heart."

The next day, Su Daji went to pay respects to Queen Jiang. Queen Jiang was displeased with Daji, so in front of Concubine Huang of the West Palace and Concubine Yang of the Xinqing Palace, she scolded Daji. After she came back, Daji was even more furious: "I didn't want to hurt anyone. If this is the case, then don't blame me for being ruthless." She ordered her maid to secretly contact Fei Zhong, King Zhou's favorite, and ask him to come up with a plan to help her. Fei Zhong was extremely cunning and sent Jiang Huan, his disciple, went to assassinate Emperor Xin in the name of Queen Jiang.

Before Jiang Huan entered the palace, he was captured by the guards and escorted to King Zhou. King Zhou was furious when he heard this and ordered people to capture Queen Jiang and hand it over to Empress Huang of the West Palace for trial. How could Queen Jiang be so virtuous and virtuous? He did such evil things, but he just wouldn't admit it.

When Su Daji saw this, she was furious. God Xin wanted to gouge out Queen Jiang's eyes. Emperor Xin didn't miss the love between husband and wife for many years, and he happily agreed. Huang Empress made good friends with Queen Jiang, and quickly returned to the palace to persuade Queen Jiang to admit her marriage. Regarding this matter, although Queen Jiang was a weak woman, her temperament was extremely strong. She would rather die than admit it and have one of her eyes gouged out.

When Su Daji saw that he still didn't do anything, she came up with another plan and ordered her hands to be burned with cannons. It was pitiful for a generation of queens to suffer such a disaster for no reason.

There was Yang Rong, the eunuch of the East Palace, who was close to Queen Jiang. Seeing that she suffered such a disaster for no reason, he felt pity for her, and immediately took revenge on the two princes Yin Jiao and Yin Hong. At this time, Yin Jiao was fourteen years old. , His Highness Yin Hong, who was twelve years old, was playing in the palace. Hearing that Yang Rong came to report, the two of them immediately ran to the East Palace. They saw their mother covered in blood, her hands were withered, and the smell was terrible. When Queen Jiang saw her son coming, she couldn't help but be heartbroken. , died on the spot.

Yin Jiao and Yin Hong were furious at this time. They raised their swords to kill Jiang Huan, and then wanted to enter the Shouxian Palace to kill Daji. King Zhou was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered Chao Tian and Chao Lei to take the king's sword and kill the traitor.

Only then did the two highnesses Yin Jiao and Yin Hong realize that they had made a big mistake. They were escorted by Concubine Yang from Xinqing Palace and came from the court to seek shelter from Huang Feihu and others. Concubine Yang also hanged herself for fear of being tortured.

His Royal Highnesses Yin Jiao and Yin Hong came to the court in panic and told Huang Feihong and others about the future.

Everyone shed tears when they heard that the Queen had suffered such a sudden disaster. Then they heard a voice saying: "Your Majesty is unethical. He killed his son and destroyed the ancestral temple. He killed his wife for bad conduct. Today we want to protect your two royal highnesses and go east." Lu borrowed troops, except for the faint king, and established him as the heir of Tang!"

Everyone saw that the person who spoke was the two brothers Fang Bi and Fang Xiang, the generals in charge of the palace. After they finished speaking, they carried the two highnesses directly on their backs, leaving the palace and heading towards the south gate of Chaoge. , everyone quickly reported the matter to Emperor Xin. Upon hearing this, Emperor Xin ordered Yin Pobai and Lei Kai to go and arrest him.

Yin Pobai and his two men received troops from Wucheng King Huang Feihu. Huang Feihu deliberately favored Yin Jiao and Yin Hong and deliberately assigned some old and weak soldiers to Yin Pobai and his two men. How could they pursue these old, weak, sick and disabled men? Go ahead, you can only do it in a hurry.

Fang Bi and Fang Xiang took their two highnesses for a day or two and decided to escape separately. They went all the way from Yin Jiao to the east road and asked their grandfather and uncle to raise an army.

Along the way, His Highness Yin Hong went to borrow troops from the southern princes. As the generals of the palace, they were Emperor Xin's confidants. Naturally, they knew all about Xiqi's ambitions and did not dare to give this legitimate opportunity to Xi Qi. Qi.

As for the Northland, when Yuan Futong rebelled in Beihai, the first one to bear the brunt was the Northland. Yuan Futong almost occupied the entire territory. Fortunately, Wen Zhong arrived in time, which relieved the Northland's difficulties. However, after this incident, the Northland is now He had not yet recovered, he was determined but powerless, and Bei Bohou was the younger brother of Emperor Xin. The most likely option was to capture the two men and send them back to Chaoge, so after much deliberation, he decided to borrow troops from Nan Bohou.

His Highness Yin Hong was pampered since he was a child. Even though he practiced martial arts, he was only twelve years old. How could he endure such suffering? Not long after he left, he felt sleepy. He came to a Xuanyuan Temple and fell asleep under the Holy Seat. .

His Highness Yin Jiao, escorted by Fang Bi, ran all the way to Donglu along the official road. After walking for two or three hundred miles, it was getting late. He saw an official mansion in front of him. He wrote to the Taishi Mansion and immediately decided to stay overnight. After Su left, he knocked on the door and explained his identity. The servant introduced the two of them into the hall.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps. The two turned around and saw that it was the old prime minister Shang Rong who had retired from office. Shang Rong learned from his family that the visitor was a prince. He quickly took a look and found that it was indeed His Highness Yin Jiao. He saw him again. His clothes were in rags and he was extremely embarrassed.

Shang Rong was shocked when he saw this, and quickly asked the reason. Yin Jiao endured his grief and recounted what happened in the court during this period. Shang Rong beat his chest and feet after hearing this, and was heartbroken at the same time. He ordered his servants to serve Yin Jiao and go down to wash up. After resting, he walked to the study room to prepare for repairing books and playing.

Not to mention the chance encounter with the old prime minister Shang Rong in the suburbs of Yin, Yin Pobai and Lei Kai led an army to pursue the two highnesses. They only traveled thirty miles in one day and a hundred miles in three days. On this day, they came to a three-way road. The two of them decided to leave the old, weak and sick here, and took a few elites on the road. After some analysis, they went to Donglu and Nandu and split up.

Lei Kai led more than ten sergeants, and the marching speed greatly increased. At night, there was sudden thunder and lightning and heavy rain. In desperation, he had to find a place to stay, rest for the night, and chase again tomorrow.

Everyone came to a village to rest, and saw an ancient temple in the pine forest, so they decided to take a rest here for a while. When everyone came to the temple, they saw a man sleeping soundly under the holy throne. When they went up, they saw that it was the two people who were chasing after them hard. His Highness Yin Hong had been with him for a few days. Now everyone woke Yin Hong up and rode through the rain on a three-way intersection.

As for Yin Pobai, he followed the official road all the way.

On this day, Yin Pobai came from the old master's residence in Fengyun Town. He was a disciple of Shang Rong. He knew that this was the master's residence, so he came to pay his respects immediately.

When I got through the door, I saw His Highness Yin Jiao having dinner with the old Prime Minister in the hall. It was really hard to find a place without looking for it, and it took no effort to get there.

When Yin Jiao saw him coming in, his face suddenly turned pale with fright. Upon seeing this, Shang Rong stepped forward to comfort him and decided to go back to Chaoge with him to play.

Yin Jiao originally thought that he could protect his younger brother Yin Hong from escaping with his own life. Unexpectedly, when he came to the three-way intersection, he saw that his younger brother had been taken long ago. Unconsciously, his heart was as sharp as a knife, and he lowered his feet and raised his chest. Everyone who heard this shed tears. .

The two generals Yin Pobai and Lei Kai forced the two highnesses to return to Chaoge. After all the civil and military officials found out, they hurriedly went to the palace to present a memorial, asking for an edict in the hope that Emperor Xin would change his mind. Unexpectedly, Emperor Xin was bewitched by Daji and had made up his mind. Everyone was helpless. Not wanting to disperse, they all gathered in the court hall, but they didn't know that the execution order had already been sent to the Meridian Gate.

Yin Hong was brought to the execution ground in the suburbs of Yin. He saw that it was three o'clock in the afternoon and the sword and axe-hand was about to execute the execution. In an instant, he saw dust flying, sand and rocks flying, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark.

Suddenly, there was a thunderous sound, which scared everyone and hurriedly retreated. A strong wind blew by, and Yin Jiao and Yin Hong were missing. Yin was defeated and helpless, so he asked Emperor Xin to retaliate. Emperor Xin was stunned when he heard this, but he had no choice but to give up. .

(End of this chapter)