subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Zhu Wen clasped his hands and said, "How dare the younger generation go overboard? Master Liu should invite you first."

Liu Yunzhang saw that Zhu Wen was still talking and laughing freely under the siege of his own army, he couldn't help admiring Zhu Wen's courage, and he was not polite at the moment, he stepped into the pavilion first, Ding Hui and several other generals pressed their hands on the handles of their waists and followed closely Later, in case Zhu Wen suddenly attacked.

Zhu Wen pretended not to see him, and followed him calmly. Of course, Xu Huaiyu also stayed close to each other, always alert to the enemy troops around him, as if he was facing a big enemy.

There is a stone table in the pavilion, and Liu Yunzhang and Zhu Wen are sitting opposite each other on both sides of the stone table.Zhu Wendao: "Master Suwen Liu sympathizes with the sufferings of the people. During the reign of Emperor Yizong, he published the "Book of Direct Admonitions". The most important thing is to express the current situation of the Tang Dynasty in one sentence, but it is a pity that it has not been taken seriously by the court. It is really a pity..."

As he said that, Zhu Wen actually recited Liu Yunzhang's content in the "Book of Direct Admonition": "'Gathering troops all the year round, the first break. Four breaks. Widely built Buddhist temples, five breaks. Bribery and bribery, six breaks. Chief officials are cruel, seven breaks. Taxes and labors are not equal, eight breaks. There are many food earners, few tax payers, nine breaks .' This is the Nine Breaks of the Country summarized by Mr. Liu back then, do I remember anything wrong?"

Liu Yunzhang smiled wryly and nodded: "General Zhu is really a caring person. This memorial was written by me many years ago. The late emperor didn't pay attention to it. This is also my regret."

Zhu Wen went on to say: "'Officials are harsh, the first is suffering. Private debts are seized, the second is suffering. There are many taxes, and the third is suffering. The reason for begging is the fourth. Unreasonable, unable to bend, unable to stretch, six sufferings. Freezing without clothes, hunger and food, seven sufferings. Sickness cannot be healed, death cannot be buried, eight sufferings.' These are the 'eight sufferings'.

"'Invasion by forces, one go. Treacherous officials hide and deceive, two go. Destroy people as soldiers, three go. Surrender people as guests, four go. Avoid service and become a monk, five go.' This is 'five go'. Liu My lord is so considerate of the common people of the world, yet he is not recognized by the imperial court, don't you have any ideas?"

Liu Yunzhang still smiled wryly and said: "Who doesn't know that now the Holy Majesty is greedy for fun, and the eunuchs control the government, making the world's people miserable? But I, Liu, a scholar, what can I do?"

Zhu Wen took the opportunity to say: "Now King Huang is raising troops for the people of the world, overthrowing the Tyrant Tang Dynasty, and leveling the world. He is known as the 'General of Heaven's Compensation and Leveling'. Ping An, Master Liu, why don't you follow the trend of the sky and welcome King Huang into the city, so as to avoid the suffering of the people of Luoyang?"

Liu Yunzhang smiled sadly and said: "Although the imperial court has no principles, but as an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, this old man is loved by the sage and guards the Eastern Capital. If I open the city to meet the enemy, won't I be laughed at by the world? After thousands of years, I will definitely be the posterity It is not a pity to die, but this old man cannot bear the eternal infamy!"

Zhu Wen knew that the literary masters at that time loved names, and the word "loyalty" ranked first among the so-called "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness", which shows how stubborn the ancient people's thinking of loyalty to the emperor was.Zhu Wen said: "Then Master Liu can watch millions of people die in Luoyang City? Can you watch Luoyang, the ancient city of the year before last, turn into scorched earth? Is Master Liu a little selfish?"

Liu Yunzhang didn't answer yet, but Ding Hui said angrily: "Bold, how dare you talk to Mr. Liu like that!"

Liu Yunzhang waved his hand, signaling for Ding Hui to back down, and said, "Although I may not be able to defend Luoyang, if you want to take down Luoyang City easily, you will have to pay a heavy price. Am I right?"

Zhu Wen nodded and said: "This is exactly what I came here for today. If Lord Liu agrees to surrender to the rebels in Kaesong, I, Zhu Wen, will guarantee that the rebels will not kill anyone or plunder anything in Luoyang, and will do nothing to the entire Luoyang city." No crime, how?"

Liu Yunzhang's eyes flashed, then dimmed, and said: "You may not be able to restrain the entire rebel army, and your words may not represent Huang Chao's meaning, am I right?"

Zhu Wen laughed, and said: "What I, Zhu Wen, represents Huang Wang's meaning. Here is a letter written by Huang Wang. Lord Liu, please read it."

At this moment, a flat boat went down the Luoshui River and came straight to Tianjin Bridge.One person on board was in his forties, and he was the middle-aged man sent by Lin Yan to assassinate Liu Yunzhang. The boat was running on the Luoshui covered with a thin layer of ice, and the thin ice made a "click, click, click" under the impact of the boat. "The voice sounded very pleasant.

As the boat approached, the middle-aged man suddenly let go of the sculls in his hand, took out a longbow, and turned his head, three bowstrings sounded "bang bang bang", and the three spiked arrows were in the shape of "Pin". He rushed to Liu Yunzhang like a shooting star chasing the moon.

Ding Hui yelled "Be careful, my lord", and drew his sword out of its sheath. The light of the sword flashed, and two feathered arrows fell. Buzzing" sounded.But there was another feathered arrow that arrived at the back of Liu Yunzhang's head in an instant, but Liu Yunzhang didn't notice it, and was still looking at Huang Chao's letter in his hand.

Zhu Wen had no time to think, the whole person floated across the stone table, hugged Liu Yunzhang who was reading the letter, and moved to the side suddenly.Zhu Wenzhi felt a pain in his left shoulder, and the feather arrow just hit Zhu Wen's left shoulder. Zhu Wen ignored the pain, protected Liu Yunzhang with his body, and shouted: "Protect Master Liu!"

At this moment, Zhu Wen knew clearly that if Liu Yunzhang was assassinated and died, he and Xu Huaiyu would definitely not be able to leave Luoyang alive. Even Huang Ying, who was waiting outside the city, and the fifty elites would surely be doomed.

Ding Hui and several other generals drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another. Before Liu Yunzhang and Zhu Wen, five hundred elite soldiers on the Tianjin Bridge had already dispatched to guard both sides of the Luo River. small boat.

The middle-aged man on the boat saw that he missed a hit, and a "crane soared to the sky", jumped up, dodged the incoming feather arrows, turned around in the air, and fell into the icy Luoshui.

Dozens of soldiers with good water skills have already entered the water to intercept the assassin in Luoshui. After a while, several bloodshot spots appeared on the surface of the water, and then the bodies of three Tang soldiers floated up. The blood was still flowing along the cracks in the ice surface. spread.

Ding Hui's eyes were fixed on the movement of the river surface, and then another stream of blood came up. Ding Hui jumped off the Tianjin Bridge, which was two or three feet high, without hesitation, and fell into the water with a "plop", causing agitation. I planted a piece of Langhua that is about Zhang Xu high.

After a while, the river was calm again.

Liu Yunzhang, Zhu Wen and others stared nervously at the seemingly calm lake, and a general who was usually familiar with Ding Hui said, "Lord Liu, don't worry, Captain Ding lived in Shouchun on the south bank of the Huaihe River since he was a child, and he is very good at water. It has broken through several water cottages."

Only then did Liu Yunzhang relax a little bit, at this time most of the soldiers who went into the water came out to take a breath, but they would definitely meet the assassin but they didn't come up for a long time, Liu Yunzhang couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Suddenly there was a splash of water, Dinghui's head popped up, he shook the icy river water from his head, and he was holding a person in his hand, obviously it was the middle-aged assassin.At this time, the man didn't know what tricks Ding would use, his body could not move, his limbs were hanging limply.

At this moment, Liu Yunzhang breathed a sigh of relief. He remembered Zhu Wen who had been shot by an arrow to save himself, and hurried forward and said, "General Zhu, how are you injured? Come on, find the imperial physician quickly."

Zhu Wen was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Emperor physician, there are also imperial physicians here? Isn't there only imperial physicians in the palace?"

Liu Yunzhang saw that although Zhu Wen was hit by an arrow, he could talk and laugh freely, and knew that there should be nothing serious, so he said with a smile: "Although this is not the capital city, it is also the eastern capital. There is also an imperial palace here. Since there is an imperial palace, there must be an imperial physician. Although the emperor It may not be possible to come for a while in one or two years, but there must be everything that should be there.”

Zhu Wen suddenly said: "So that's the case, I thought Li Xuan, the playing emperor, was here too, hehe..."

Liu Yunzhang said with embarrassment: "I'm really a bit playful today, oh..."

Zhu Wen was about to take the opportunity to bring up the old story, but saw Ding Hui carrying a middle-aged man to the pavilion with his whole body wet, and threw the man to the ground.The man bared his teeth in pain, but he didn't utter a cry, he just drooped his hands, apparently being held up by Ding Hui's joints, so he couldn't move, but his eyes were glaring at everyone in the pavilion, especially when he saw Zhong Zhu Wen's eyes were full of resentment.

Zhu Wen said in his heart: "Who is this person? Why is he looking at me like this? Doesn't he know me?"

At this time, Xu Huaiyu had already pulled out the spiked arrow on Zhu Wen's shoulder, and healed the wound simply.During this process, Zhu Wen kept talking and laughing freely, but there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, which showed that he was actually not relaxed.

The enemy generals who saw this scene, including Ding Hui, admired Zhu Wen's determination.People say that Guan Gong used to scrape bones to heal poison back then, talking and laughing freely, but it was nothing more than that.But Guan Gong scraped the bone to cure the poison is just a legend, today Zhu Wen pulled out the arrow behind his back while talking and laughing, but they saw it with their own eyes.For them, of course, what they see with their own eyes is the most shocking.

Ding Hui put the knife on the man's neck, and shouted: "Who ordered you? You dare to assassinate Mr. Liu, do it quickly."

The man just gritted his teeth, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and acted like he was listening.Only occasionally staring at Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen saw deep confusion and bewilderment in his eyes.

Ding Hui said coldly: "You really don't want to say?"

The man still didn't say a word, Ding Hui snorted coldly: "Believe it or not, I can make you live but not die!"

The assassin laughed and said, "Anyway, I am doomed to die. What difference does it make if I say it or not? I don't regret my death. I only hate that some people even secretly communicate with the enemy's country, but they can still occupy a high position."

In fact, he was talking about Zhu Wen. He thought that Zhu Wen saved Liu Yunzhang's life because Zhu Wen secretly defected to the court, so he said that.Although Zhu Wen looked at that person across everyone at the same time, but stayed on him for a longer time, he couldn't help feeling a little puzzled. "Who is he? What is the purpose of assassinating Liu Yunzhang? Judging by his expression, he must know me. Could it be that he is a member of the rebel army? Who sent him here? Didn't he know that Liu Yunzhang wanted to take Luoyang after his death?" Can the city only rely on bloody battles?"