Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 67
After the city of Suiyang was broken, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan were captured at the same time.More than [-] soldiers, large and small, from Suiyang City were tied up and went to see Yin Ziqi.When more than thirty people saw Zhang Xun, they couldn't help crying, but Zhang Xun calmly said to everyone: "Let's deal with it safely, don't be afraid, death is destiny."

Yin Ziqi couldn't help being complacent, and taunted Zhang Xun: "I heard that every time the general supervises a battle, he will yell so loudly that the sky will be shaken, and his eyes will be so angry that the skin around the eye sockets will be cracked, so that blood will flow all over his face." , and he really crushed his teeth with pride, why is he like this today?" Zhang Xun still calmly replied: "I want to swallow rebels, but I can't do what I want."

Yin Ziqi heard Zhang Xun scolding him as a traitor, and immediately became furious, pulled out his saber, and stabbed it straight into Zhang Xun's mouth, and then kept stirring until almost all Zhang Xun's teeth fell out, only three or four remained.

Zhang Xun's mouth was full of blood, his heart was in pain, and he scolded loudly in spite of the pain: "I died for the father, even though I died, I still live! You are willing to be a thief, and you will be nothing but a dog for eternity!"

Yin Ziqi ordered all the warriors to put sharp knives on Nan Jiyun's neck. Seeing the blood gradually oozing, Nan Jiyun smiled at Zhang Xun: "Mr. Zhang is like this, how dare I not die?"

So led by Zhang Xun, followed by Nan Jiyun, Yao Ju, and Lei Wanchun, a total of 36 people, were all escorted out of the gate and beheaded.Zhang Xun was only 49 years old when he died.At this time, Xu Yuan was imprisoned. Yin Ziqi ordered him and 36 heads to be escorted to Luoyang. Passing Yanshi on the way, Xu Yuan yelled at the bandits and was brutally killed by the escorting warriors.Later, in Suiyang City, the Shuangzhong Shrine was built for Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, and Zhang Xun's son Zhang Yafu was worshiped as Jinwu General; Xu Yuan's son Xu Mei was worshiped as Wuzhou Sima, which was finally a comfort to the heroes.

Because Zhang and Xu held on to Suiyang City for three months, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's soldiers had time to recapture [-] counties and cities in the Jianghuai area, causing the bandit power to decline.

28. Yuyan can't see her in the mud under the Mawei slope
Emperor Suzong Li Heng led the civil and military ministers back to Chang'an, repaired the ancestral temple, and recruited the people. On the one hand, he sent a watch to Chengdu to invite the Supreme Emperor to return to Luan.On the way back to Beijing, Xuanzong thought that when his beloved concubine Yang Yuhuan was buried in a hurry, she had only a purple mattress wrapped around her body; how could her icy skin and jade skin bear it in such a cold weather, so he hurried back to the palace to issue an order , I want to rebury Yang Guifei.When Chen Yuanli saw the imperial decree, he couldn't help being very afraid.At that time, Li Kui, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "General Longwu killed Yang Guozhong because he wronged the country, and involved his sister; if the imperial concubine is buried now, the soldiers may have no reason to be suspicious."

After hearing this, Xuanzong thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so he had no choice but to give up. He just sent Gao Lishi secretly to Mawei Post, where he buried Yang Guifei with a brocade quilt.Unexpectedly, Gao Lishi dug up the grave at the foot of Mawei Slope and saw a bunch of white bones wrapped in a purple quilt. Yuhuan was covered with dust.Jun Mo dances, but there is no need to dance. The vulgar fat jade ring dances like a fairy, but it still turns into dust.There is only one brocade sachet, which is still hanging on the breastbone of the vulgar fat Yuhuan.Gao Lishi took out the brocade sachet, wrapped the brocade indiscriminately with the remaining bones, buried it separately, and returned to Beijing to present the brocade sachet to the Supreme Emperor Li Longji.The Taishanghuang hid in his arms and sleeves and stayed with him all day long.

After the Supreme Emperor returned to the palace, he saw that the scenery was completely changed. The Liyuan children, the three brothers Li Guinian, and the two court ladies Yongxin and Niannu who used to serve the concubine were all gone, and he felt extremely desolate.

How did Xuanzong know that Li Guinian was living in Jiangnan at this time, selling songs and begging for food all day long.That day, he was sitting on the corner of the wall outside the temple gate, he was stupefied, he played the pipa in his hand, and he sang casually: "If you don't beware of the chaos in the rest of the year, you will be forced to lose the road; the color is black due to the wind and dust, and you will sigh and die. Frost and snow have white beards. Today I am wandering around the world, leaving only the pipa here; I am ashamed, I go to the long street and then pass the short alley, where is Gao Jianli's tragic song! I want to play a Qing song to inherit the golden palace that day, and supply the new voice Yao steps; can't say enough, play with the beautiful Huaqing palace, enjoy the fragrant calyx on the tower. Sudden disasters in heaven and earth, Jianmen Guan dust covered the wind chariot and luanyu, Maweipo blood stained the beauty of the sky, Jiangnan Road cried and killed the skinny and poor Poor and downcast, I had to sell the royal book of neon clothes along the door, whoever applauded, and watched the six generations of gardens buried in grass and trees, full of prosperity and decline..."

After a while, someone surrounded Li Guinian in a half circle. Hearing the sound of his pipa, everyone couldn't stop crying. A young man stepped forward and saluted Li Guinian , Said: "Thinking about the years of Tianbao, there were many legacy, and the incident of the Yuyang soldier uprising really turned the world upside down, why don't you sing about the rise and fall and let people listen to it!"

As usual, Li Guinian did not answer. He just hugged the pipa and sang while playing: "I can't sing endless dreams of rise and fall, and I can't play endless sorrowful sighs. Daguli is full of desolation and I look at the country. I just wait Playing complicated strings to pass on grievances, flipping other tunes to write sorrows, and slowly playing Tianbao's legacy...

... It just happened to be singing and dancing in dumb neon clothes, not to be wary of thumping Yuyang war drums;In the early morning, it was noisy, frightened, frightened, rushed out of Yanqiu West Road in a hurry, and in a short time, I drew this miserable picture of a peerless beauty...

...Since Luanyu patrolled the Shu Road to the west, Chang'an was harassed by soldiers; thousands of officials did not return to the Zichen Dynasty, and the prosperity disappeared.In the six palaces, owls and octopuses are hung in Zhu households, and foxes howl in the daytime beside the imperial couch.It's called Owl, brother!How about long basil!The wild deer are running around, half of the flowers in the garden and willow palace are withered, who will sweep them.The tortoise shell is empty, the beams are swallows, and the mud is thrown away, leaving only the moonless and dusk photos, sighing for the depression, and the shame, the jade is empty and the pile of horse dung is high..."

When Li Guinian sang to this point, he flicked the pipa in his hand and flicked the tail, and it was over.But the crowd refused to disperse, still standing around him blankly.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor missed Tianbao very much. Once he heard about Li Guinian's whereabouts, he sent someone to pick him up. The poor old musician had died of illness in a hut a few days ago, with only a pipa by his side when he died. His black, thin and yellow appearance has lost any color of the past.

29. Fallen leaves are full of steps and red do not sweep
As soon as the Supreme Emperor Li Longji returned to the palace, Emperor Suzong enshrined him in the Xingqing Palace, and came to the palace with Queen Zhang to settle the province day and night.All the old people of Tianbao in the past were dialed into Xingqing Palace to serve the Supreme Emperor.This Xingqing Palace was originally where the Emperor Taishang lived when he was the prince, but now he lives there as an old man, and the vicissitudes in his heart are beyond words.The three thousand pinks and daisies in the palace had all withered. At this moment, Emperor Xuanzong suddenly thought of his concubine Jiang Caiping, and hurriedly ordered Gao Lishi to go to Cuihua East Pavilion to summon her, intending to tell her about the pain of lovesickness and condolences for the chaos.Unexpectedly, the East Pavilion has long been empty, and even the old maids are gone.

When the Supreme Emperor heard about it, he couldn't help being extremely sad.Thinking of Concubine Mei's beauty and grace, Concubine Mei's nobleness and elegance, Concubine Mei's talent and character, and the lovesickness of Concubine Mei in the past, I feel that Concubine Mei is even more lovely.He suspected that Concubine Mei was living among the people after going through war.Emperor Suzong issued an edict to visit Concubine Mei among the people, and made a wish that if anyone found Concubine Mei and returned it to the capital, he would be rewarded with three ranks and millions of dollars.No one would be tempted by such a huge reward, so the people immediately became lively, every household, searching, searching, and legends stirred up for a long time, but there was no sign of Concubine Mei.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor turned to weeping because he missed Concubine Mei.Emperor Suzong secretly ordered Danqing Miaoshou to draw a small portrait of Concubine Mei, and ordered Gao Lishi to present it to the emperor.The Supreme Emperor looked at it and sighed: "Although the painting is very similar, it is a pity that it is not alive." He wrote a poem on the painting and said:
Recalling that the concubine Jiao was in Zichen in the past, she was so naive because of her beauty;
Although Shuangxiao seems to be in the current state, Zhengnai Jiaobo doesn't care about others!
After the Taishanghuang wrote it, he didn't feel tears dripping on his robe sleeve. He ordered the craftsmen to carve the image on the stone and hide it in the East Pavilion.

At this time, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. The Supreme Emperor lay under the bamboo grove to enjoy the coolness during the day, and fell asleep in a daze, but saw Concubine Mei standing across the bamboo, covering her sleeves and weeping.The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and asked, "Concubine Mei, Concubine Mei, where do you live now?" Concubine Mei choked up and said, "In the past, Your Majesty was dusty and abandoned my concubine, causing her to die at the hands of rebels. Beside the plum tree in the east of the pool."

When the Supreme Emperor heard that Concubine Mei was dead, he was extremely sad and wept loudly.Then the Supreme Emperor woke up from grief, and immediately sent a message to Gao Lishi, ordering all his servants to excavate in Taiye Pool.But digging under the plum tree in the east of the pond, there was no trace.The more the Supreme Emperor was sad, he suddenly remembered that there were more than a dozen plum trees beside the hot spring pool.The Emperor Taishang ordered his servants to dig under the plum tree, and as soon as he started, he saw in a wine trough, there was a brocade veil wrapping the poor and noble plum beauty.The Supreme Emperor hurriedly brushed off the dust and saw that it was indeed Concubine Mei. Unlike the concubine Yang's jade ring that flew into ashes and turned into a skeleton, Concubine Mei's complexion was lifelike.

The Supreme Emperor mourned the corpse, and went to uncover her clothes to check the cause of death, but saw deep knife marks on the side of the jade body, so he hurriedly ordered Gao Lishi to prepare a jade coffin for burial.The Supreme Emperor made his own euphemisms and was buried in Dongling with the ceremony of a noble concubine.

30. At the end of life, the emperor is also deceived

Outside the Xingqing Palace is the Qinzheng Building. The Supreme Emperor Li Longji often likes to climb the tower to look far away when the moon is at dusk, but he sees the misty moon and the vastness of the sky, and his eyes are full of desolation. In this way, the Supreme Emperor in his twilight years is sad when he meets every day in the palace. Everything I said was sad. From then on, I looked gloomy and often walked around the room, chanting slightly in my mouth: "Carve wood and draw silk to make an old man, and the pheasant skin and crane hair are the same as the real one; after dancing for a while, nothing happens, and it is still like life." In a lifetime!"

Gao Lishi saw that the Supreme Emperor was sad every day, and the weather was fine that day, so he helped the Supreme Emperor to the flying bridge of the Qinzheng Building and opened the window to look at it to relieve his worries.Under the bridge across the market, only because of the strict palace restrictions, relatives and dignitaries of the emperor and empress never come to watch from the flying bridge.

Some people in the market recognized the Supreme Emperor, and they immediately became overjoyed. They became attached to the bridge, and more and more people gathered, and even blocked a main street.Seeing that the people love him so much, the Supreme Emperor couldn't help being very pleased, and nodded to everyone with a smile.The people couldn't help jumping and cheering: "Today I can see the face of my prosperous and prosperous Taiping Emperor again!"

At this time, Emperor Suzong was sick in the south, and the prime minister Li Fuguo had the exclusive power over all major court affairs.He saw that Emperor Suzong doted on Empress Zhang, and Li Fuguo submitted to Empress Zhang for everything. This move really won Empress Zhang's favor, and thus the internal and external became one.Empress Zhang saw that the Supreme Emperor won the hearts of the people. She was afraid that the Supreme Emperor would collude with Chen Yuanli and other old officials to conspire against him and return to power. Taking advantage of Suzong's illness and coma, she ordered Li Fuguo to fake the emperor's will and move the Supreme Emperor to the west to isolate him from the outside world. , Only more than [-] old and weak internal eunuchs were selected, and they moved with the Supreme Emperor.

On the day of moving the palace, Li Fuguo was dressed all over, and led 1000 soldiers of the Royal Forest, all of whom raised their knives and leaped on horses, surrounding the Supreme Emperor.The emperor's horse's hooves slowed a little, and the soldiers shouted loudly, so panicked that the emperor lost the reins in his hand and almost knocked off his horse.Fortunately, Gao Lishi hurried up to support him, and then shouted loudly to Li Nucai: "The emperor is the emperor of Taiping who has been prosperous for 50 years, and Li Fuguo is just an old retainer, why is he so rude?"

A few words made Li Fuguo feel ashamed, he hurriedly got off his horse, and bowed to the side.Gao Lishi gave instructions to all the soldiers on behalf of the Supreme Emperor, and all the soldiers put their knives into their sheaths, jumped off their horses, bowed down in front of the Supreme Emperor's horse, and said: "Long live the Supreme Emperor!" Gao Lishi ordered Li Fuguo to pull the horse again, and Li Fuguo repeatedly said He rushed forward, held the rein for the Supreme Emperor, and sent him to Xi Nei to rest.

The Supreme Emperor waited for Li Fuguo to retreat, held Gao Lishi's hand tightly and shed tears, sighed: "Without the general's side today, I am afraid that I have died under the knife of Li Thief, a dog slave!"

One day not long ago, an old eunuch who got up early and didn't see the Supreme Emperor's call, felt something was wrong at noon, opened the curtain and saw that the Supreme Emperor's eyes were closed, his limbs were stiff, and he had already died on the pillow.When Emperor Suzong and Queen Zhang heard about it, they came together and wept bitterly.

(End of this chapter)