Tibet

Chapter 720 Death of the Thief Leader
Li Zhuer was a Han Chinese from Liaodong. His parents died when he was young. He was handsome and was sold as a boy to a powerful family at the age of seven. At the age of 15, he entered the mansion of Anlu Mountain.

An Lushan saw that he was very strong and smart, so he simply castrated him and kept him by his side as a personal attendant.

An Lushan had a bad temper and would hit people when he disagreed. Li Zhuer was often beaten with bruises all over his body. Severe beatings became a daily routine. Hatred gradually accumulated in his heart. Coupled with the pain of being castrated, hatred was already in his heart. It piled up into a big mountain.

In the past, he did not dare to show anything. If he showed any hatred, he would be killed by An Lushan. But now it is different. An Lushan is blind. He has made no secret of his hatred in front of An Lushan.

Li Zhuer hid an extremely sharp butcher's knife in his arms and returned to the dormitory. Seeing Gao Shang talking to An Lushan, he ducked and hid in his corner. This was where he stayed, two large cupboards. There was a wide gap in the middle, about five feet wide and one foot deep. He stayed in this dimly lit corner every day. If An Lushan needed anything, he would appear immediately.

An Lushan could not trust outsiders and had no power over women. He did not allow palace maids and other eunuchs to be around him. He and Li Zhuer were usually the only ones in the palace.

An Lushan fell ill in Chang'an and was angered by Li Ye. His condition began to deteriorate halfway. He lost his sight in both eyes and could not urinate. Soon his whole body swelled. Under the full treatment of Luoyang imperial doctors, he improved a little and was able to urinate. , but the swelling in the body still persists.

Now An Lushan can no longer sit up and can only lie down.

At this time, Li Zhuer stared viciously at An Lushan lying on the wide couch. The conversation between An Lushan and Gao Shang fell into Li Zhuer's ears word by word.

"Your Majesty, Shi Siming and Cai Xide are besieging Taiyuan. The fighting is very urgent. They cannot come back to participate in the Luoshui Festival, but they have expressed their full support for all your Majesty's decisions."

"They always have excuses, whatever! So how is the traitor doing now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Erlang is now completely controlled by Yan Zhuang. He is completely Yan Zhuang's puppet. Yan Zhuang instigated him to fight against Your Majesty, without caring about the relationship between father and son. Erlang's mental retardation is understandable, but Yan Zhuang is the real bad guy. "

"Hey! I should have listened to the Prime Minister's words and killed Yan Zhuang, then I wouldn't have so many troubles. What should I do now?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. There are only three days left for the Luoshui Festival. We have prepared a white jade sign for the new crown prince that says 'Heaven descends to you, and the emperor's career will last forever'. They will appear in Luoshui in front of everyone. Your Majesty will take advantage of the opportunity to make an announcement. Heir, everyone is convinced, the general trend has been established, no matter how stubborn Erlang is, he can't compete with the general trend, in the end he can only recognize the new emperor, lead his army to Qilu and become the king of Qi, your majesty can be considered worthy of him."

An Lushan nodded, "This is the best, I'll wait and see!"

The two discussed for a while, then Gao Shang resigned and left. An Lushan shouted: "Zhu'er, I want a drink of water!"

Li Zhuer immediately brought the honey water containing a large amount of Mongolian sweat medicine to An Lushan and put a copper pipe in his mouth. An Lushan could no longer sit up and could only drink water through the pipe.

The sweet taste covered up the smell of the Mongolian sweat medicine. After drinking a large glass of water, An Lushan drank the anesthetic residue at the bottom. He licked it with his tongue and immediately felt something was wrong. He slapped Li Zhuer and said, "You What did this bastard put in the water?"

Li Zhuer was so frightened that he trembled all over and explained quickly, "Your Majesty, it's medicine. The medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor is a bit bitter. I'm afraid Your Majesty won't drink it."

"Nonsense, I just drank the imperial doctor's medicine. It tastes like sweat medicine. Someone come quickly!"

When Li Zhuer saw what had happened, he suddenly covered An Lushan's face with a pillow, pulled out a butcher's knife and slashed his neck. The throat was immediately cut, and blood and a large amount of bubbles flowed out.

Li Zhuer took the risk and yelled, "Kill you fat pig!"

"You are a pig, fatter than a pig, stupider than a pig, a bastard, a bastard, even An Lushan is what he is today!"

All the hatred in Li Zhuer's heart poured out at this moment. He slashed his neck several times without stopping, then stabbed him hard in the stomach, and with a downward stroke, all the contents in his stomach came out.

An Lushan kicked his legs for a moment and finally died. On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, An Lushan, a great hero, died in the hands of his personal eunuch Li Zhuer.

Li Zhuer's legs were weak and he sat helplessly on the ground. He looked at the body on the couch and saw the stench in the air. He was filled with fear. He quickly covered An Lushan's body with a big quilt and threw away the knife. , pull up the thick curtain.

Then he wiped off the blood on his body and face, hurriedly walked outside the palace, and said to the soldiers on duty outside the palace: "Your Majesty is resting. If you don't want to die, let His Majesty wake up naturally and don't let anyone disturb you." .”

"As ordered!" Everyone knew that the emperor had a bad temper and was quick to kill people. They had faintly heard the emperor's roar just now, and they were used to it.

Li Zhuer walked out of the dormitory area and came to a remote area. This was originally the residence of eunuchs. An Lushan thought there were too many eunuchs and wasted food, so he drove them all out of the palace, leaving no one here.

Li Zhuer walked into a courtyard, and there stood a little palace maid. She was An Younv, An Qingxu's personal bodyguard. Of course, An Younv's surname was not An, but Wang. She was almost 30 years old this year, but her figure and appearance were still the same as those of An Younv. Like an eight or nine-year-old girl, An Qingxu renamed her Younv and gave her the surname An. An Younv was highly skilled in martial arts and ruthless. Because of her appearance, people could easily ignore her, so many people who wanted to assassinate An Qingxu died at her hands. superior.

"How is it? Is the mission completed?" An Younv turned around and stared at him coldly.

Li Zhuer nodded, "I have already killed him. Let's leave quickly. The doctor will be here soon."

At this time, a shout suddenly came from the distance, "There is an assassin! The emperor has been assassinated!"

Li Zhuer's expression changed, "Oops, we've been discovered, let's leave quickly!"

"Give you the money and we'll go our separate ways!"

An Younv handed him a box, "This is the 3 taels of silver counter note from the counter shop, look at it!"

Li Zhuer quickly took the box and opened it. As expected, there were several counter tickets inside. At this time, An Younv's eyes showed a trace of murderous intent. She waved her hand, and Li Zhuer was stunned. The box in his hand fell to the ground. After a moment, a trace of blood fell from his throat. outflow.

Li Zhuer knelt on the ground, holding his throat with his hands. A large amount of blood flowed out. His hands were covered with blood and he could not raise his head. He stretched out his hand to grab An Younu, but An Younu had already moved away.

After a moment, Li Zhuer fell to the ground, began to twitch all over, and soon became motionless.

An Younv put a sword into his hand, as if she had committed suicide. She took the box away and left quickly.

Everyone knew that Emperor An Lushan was about to die soon, but his sudden death still shocked the officials and generals in the government and the public.

Everyone knows that An Qingxu killed his father, but without any evidence, Li Zhuer committed suicide again. It can only be concluded that Li Zhuer couldn't bear the beating, his resentment broke out, and he killed the emperor.

But how to deal with this matter, how to characterize it, will be related to the fate of Yan State. The decision-making power is not in the hands of An Lushan's son, nor in the hands of civil servants such as Gao Shang, nor has it anything to do with the court officials.

The decision-making power was in the hands of Li Guiren, An Shouzhong and Sun Xiaozhe. The 15 troops brought back from Chang'an were controlled by the three of them. After emergency deliberations, the three decided to accept the throne of Prince An Qingxu, thus avoiding civil war and division. .

Li Guiren's conditions to An Qingxu were to promise not to kill his brothers and not to liquidate any ministers. An Qingxu agreed. On the [-]th of the first lunar month, the original ceremony to worship Luoshui became An Qingxu's enthronement ceremony.

But on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Gao Shang and Dugu Wensu quietly left Luoyang and rushed to Taiyuan to join Shi Siming. When Shi Siming and Cai Xide heard that Emperor An Lushan had died, they immediately stopped attacking Taiyuan and evacuated toward Youzhou.

The siege of Taiyuan that lasted for nearly three months was thus solved, and Li Guangbi and his [-] troops could breathe a long sigh of relief.

The news of An Lushan's death was quickly spread to all parts of the Tang Dynasty from various intelligence stations in Luoyang, and the entire Tang Dynasty was in a state of excitement.

At this time, Guo Ziyi, the commander-in-chief of Tongguan, proposed to the court that taking advantage of the chaos within the rebel army and the instability of people's hearts, the main force of the Tang army would send troops to march eastward and regain the eastern capital Luoyang in one fell swoop.

This proposal was vetoed by Emperor Li Heng. Li Heng believed that the Tang army was insufficiently trained and their numbers were small. It still took time to accumulate strength, and he opposed the use of troops at this time.

Li Heng immediately approved Yu Chaoen's recruitment of [-] troops in Guanzhong, organized into the Shence Army, and trained in Bashang to supplement Chang'an's lack of defense forces.

(End of this chapter)