Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 43
So these three people didn't know each other without fighting, the hero cherished the hero, Wei Hu and Suhui put down my flower hibiscus, forced Qi Fang to turn around and go into the garden to drink and chat, and from then on Qi Fang began to have a stable place to stay .

On August 21, the original Qingjiang returned to Beijing with his wife, eldest princess and son-in-law to visit the condition of Empress Dowager Dou.According to Ye Ting Lingbao, on August [-]th, Empress Dowager Dou suddenly fainted while walking in the imperial garden. When Xi Zong hurriedly retreated from the morning to visit, Empress Dowager Dou had already fallen into a severe coma.The imperial physicians were helpless, anxious like ants on a hot pan.Dark clouds gathered in front of Zhaoming Palace, and the atmosphere fell into tension again.

In October of the second year of Yongye, heavy snow suddenly fell in the north of Dongting ahead of schedule.However, what is more terrifying than the heavy snow in the north is the surprise attack by Khitan, Dongting's aggressive neighbor.On October [-]th, the Khitan general Yelu Kedan crossed the Songhua River under the order of the youngest and vigorous emperor Sejong in Khitan history, led [-] cavalry to break through the weakly defended Yingzhou of the Yuan clan's northern army, and arrived in Jizhou within a few days. Under the state city, it is approaching Kyoto.At this time, there were only [-] Imperial Guards and [-] Habayashi Army in Kyoto, and most of the defenders in the capital were descendants of nobles with no actual combat experience, so they could not fight against the Khitan Iron Army.There are two most elite troops in the East Court, one is the Swallow Army fighting against the Turks in the northwest, and the other is the Dou family's Southern Army defending Nanzhao. The Khitan's surprise attack on Kyoto gave the Dou family an excellent reason to call the Southern Army to go north.The original Qingjiang knew the arrangement of the Dou family well, so on the one hand, he asked Xi Zhizhi to order the defenders of Jizhou to fight to the death to buy time, and on the other hand, he sent Yu Feiyan a [-] urgent gold medal, ordering him to rush to the capital Qinwang.

At that time, Jizhou was a small city with insufficient military equipment. Its commander Li Shi was a heroic general in the last years of the Eastern Court. I struggled for more than a month.

Jizhou soldiers and civilians repelled many Khitan attacks when they ran out of ammunition and food.When the stored food was exhausted, the soldiers and civilians in Jizhou first slaughtered cattle, horses and mules, and then had to cook bows, crossbows and leather armor to satisfy their hunger, while the people in the city could only eat bran and hay to satisfy their hunger. Finally, the tragedy of cannibalism even appeared.

Cannibalism means that the persistence of the isolated city of Jizhou has reached its limit.

On the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, the Khitan broke through the city of Jizhou. Li Shi led the exhausted defenders and persisted in fighting the Khitan army for half a day. The statue of Yu Rong broke out of the city, and the Khitan soldiers chased after him with all their strength. Li Shi died of dozens of arrows in his body.

After the Khitan soldiers obtained Li Shi's body, they drove their chariots and trampled on his body to vent their anger.After the city was broken, all the local officials in Jizhou City died heroically.The Khitan soldiers slaughtered the city in retaliation, and the people of Jizhou who survived the starvation were slaughtered.

When the Khitan soldiers came to the capital, and the officials of the East Court and Emperor Xizong were in a mess, on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Yu Feiyan entered the capital one step earlier with 8000 soldiers, the most valiant and fierce soldiers in the Yanzi army.Yuan Qingjiang couldn't help but be a little surprised why Yu Feiyan dared to bring only [-] people to deal with [-] cavalry.Yu Feiyan confidently ordered someone to bring out the secret weapon of the Yanzi Army, which was the Splendid No. [-] super crossbow invented by me, Lu Yuan, and Wei Hu and improved by adding gunpowder.

The Yanzi army went straight to the gate of Yong'an in the imperial city, and met the fresh Khitan army on a narrow road. When the first round of onslaught began, Yu Feiyan's "Splendid No. [-]" severely damaged the Khitan cavalry, flying flesh and blood, and shocked the imperial city.

Three days later, the Swallow Army ran out of ammunition, and started a tragic hand-to-hand combat with one enemy five.Yu Feiyan took the lead and led the Yanzi army and the imperial city defenders to repel the Khitan's attack again and again. After five days and five nights of heroic fighting, they defended the capital city, the heart of Dongting.

Khitan was expelled back to the north of Heilongjiang. After the destruction of Jinxiu No. [-], no matter the royal family or the common people, the grain fields were completely destroyed, and the ancestral temple was flattened.The elite Yanzi army was almost wiped out, and there were only more than fifty survivors. However, the Dou family's southern army, which had been taking a wait-and-see attitude, hid in Nancheng without losing a single soldier.

Just after the inspiring defense of the capital was over, Dou Yinghua incited those noble ministers who had destroyed land due to the war to join Yu Feiyan's book, on the grounds that they were ruining fertile land, destroying ancestral temples, and plotting evil.

In the third year of Yongye, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yu Feiyan, the number one hero in the defense of the capital, was dismissed from the military department by the captain of the cavalry, and was sent to the criminal's home. The member was changed to be demoted to the fifth-rank school cavalry captain, and he was repatriated to Yumen Pass immediately to guard Heshuo.

On the third day of the first lunar month in the third year of Yongye, I brought Qi Fang and Wei Hu to meet Yu Feiyan who had been driven back to his station outside Xi'an. He was still wearing a red gold battle robe and his armor was stained with blood.After winning the battle, in order to appease the royal family and get rid of the suspicion of the officials, Yu Feiyan brought only two entourages and disarmed and entered the imperial city. However, what greeted him was the imperial decree that he should be imprisoned immediately, until he received the order to be deported to the residence, He didn't have time to change clothes.

Yu Feiyan seemed a little surprised to see me, and got off the horse immediately.There was a trace of haggardness between his brows, but his tiger eyes were still like torches. He was full of surprises and wanted to run over to give me a bear hug, but suddenly remembered something, looked down at the bright red gauze on his left shoulder, and smiled embarrassedly , took a step back, lowered his outstretched arms in embarrassment, and looked at me.

I couldn't help feeling sad, tears streaming down my face, I rushed up and hugged him tightly, "Brother, you have suffered."

Yu Feiyan was shocked, and slowly wrapped her arms around me, and then became tighter and tighter.His big hand was pressing on my head, but he didn't want me to look up at him, only to hear his low voice trembling slightly, "Fourth sister, brother thought that I would never see you again in this life."

I helped Yu Feiyan clean the wound, and asked Qi Fang to settle down the 52 swallow soldiers who survived the defense of Kyoto, and sent Suhui to Yubeizhai to invite Biying.

At dinner time, Biying really came.We two girls naturally cursed Dou's black heart, black lungs and black belly, harmed the country and the people, and killed Zhongliang, and then shed tears at Yu Feiyan, but Yu Feiyan said cheerfully: "I can live so well now." Isn’t it good? The two of you put away your tears, don’t think that tears are worthless, but you don’t know that the tears of your daughter’s family are more expensive than gold.”

The two of us burst into laughter.I took them to the house in the north where I used to live, and the three of them had dinner together.

Yu Feiyan said that only Song Minglei met him once in prison, and he bribed the guards of Dali Temple to treat him kindly.When asked about the situation of the younger sisters, Song Minglei's words were flickering, as if there was something hard to say.So, at this moment, he asked us a little anxiously what happened.Biying looked at me sadly, and I didn't know where to start, the rice in my mouth was like chewing wax.

Biying, who has always been gentle, put down her chopsticks abruptly, and said through gritted teeth, "It's not that Yuan Feibai who is black-hearted!"

I looked at Biying in amazement, and she calmly said that Yuan Feibai and life are inseparable.I was heartbroken, and saw Yu Feiyan staring at me with shock and disbelief on his face.

I tried my best to squeeze out a smile, and said, "I'll serve a bowl of soup for elder brother." I ran out without even wearing a cloak.

I came to the atrium of Meiyuan and covered my mouth with both hands to prevent the sound of sobbing.If Yubeizhai's intelligence network already knew that I was inseparable, is that why Feijue didn't come to me?Did he think that I would deliberately seduce him and make him use up the martial arts that he had worked so hard to cultivate?So he doesn't want me anymore?What would Yu Feiyan think of me?
There was a loud noise from inside, and I panicked, and ran back with my skirt in hand, only to see a table of good wine and food thrown to the ground.Standing in the mess, Yu Feiyan bulged out the veins on his forehead, and shouted loudly: "Yuanjia...Yuan Qingjiang...you are too deceitful!"

I burst into tears, rushed to the door, let Yu Feiyan's relatives guard the door, and prevented the cold-faced guards from Xifengyuan from coming over.I looked at Biying who was so frightened, and asked in a trembling voice: "Biying, how did you know that I was hit by this and will never leave? Does fourth master know? Who told you to tell elder brother?"

Biying pursed her lips, and said aggrievedly: "Second Brother Song said it. I don't know how Guo Erren knew about it, but Guo Erren told Fourth Master on the day you fell in love with each other. He won't let me tell anyone, but I know that you and Fourth Master Jue are very happy. Mujin, let's not stay here anymore, let big brother take us out of here."

leave?I looked at Yu Feiyan.His tiger eyes were wide open, he held my shoulders, and said firmly: "Mujin, let's go. This world is getting more and more uneasy. Sooner or later, the Dou family and the Yuan family will merge. If the Yuan family collapses, the entire family will be destroyed." If the original family wins, it will be difficult for our little Wuyi to retreat. Why don't we leave now, my second child and I have already set up a property in the south of the Yangtze River, so we can't live without him, big brother I will be with you for the rest of my life, and I will surely ensure that my brothers and sisters live worry-free."

Leave the original home, go boating in the rivers and lakes, and live the carefree pastoral life?What a beautiful ideal.I smiled and shook my head, "Big Brother, take Biying and Second Brother and go first, I'll come later."

"Why is that?" Biying and Yu Feiyan looked at me and said at the same time.

Yu Feiyan said sullenly: "Could it be that he is afraid that he will never leave?"

I smiled calmly, "Because of Jinxiu."

I looked at Biying, but she looked at me suspiciously, apparently she still didn't know the origin of Jinxiu and Yuan Feibai.Jinxiu is willing to suffer any hardship for Yuan Feibai, but the poor girl doesn't know that Yuan Qingjiang has already understood the relationship between Yuan Feibai and her, and even prescribed medicine to threaten her sister.If we are all gone, what about the bright future?

I made up my mind and said slowly: "I also want to live a free life, but Jinxiu is now Lord Hou's concubine, she will never leave, I want to stay here with Jinxiu."

Yu Feiyan slowly lowered her hands, her face was very ugly.Biying looked at me disappointedly.The three broke up unhappy.

The next day, Biying and I bid farewell to the Swallow Army, and Yu Feiyan told me and Biying to leave the original home again, and I strongly advocated that Yu Feiyan take Biying and Song Minglei to go first, so as to find a way for future life. a foundation.

Yu Feiyan sighed, "What do you think of Sanmei?"

Biying looked at him, and smiled softly, "If there were no brothers and sisters of Xiao Wuyi, Biying would have died long ago, and everything will be arranged by Big Brother and Mu Jin."

Yu Feiyan looked at her and smiled, "One person is five people, and five people are one person. The elder brother decided to stay and accompany the fourth and fifth sisters to pass through the Dou family. Will the third sister be willing?"

Biying's smile was even sweeter, as the sun shone down, her amber eyes were shining brightly, "As long as my brothers and sisters don't dislike me, the most useless person, no matter how hard I suffer, I will be happy. "

My throat suddenly became choked, and tears welled up in my eyes. I held Biying and Yu Feiyan's hands tightly, and I couldn't cry anymore after a thousand words.

Yu Feiyan wiped my tears for a while, and wiped Biying's face for a while, in a hurry, smiling happily.The soldiers of the Swallow Army who survived behind them couldn't help but laugh too.

The time for parting finally came. Yu Feiyan stepped on the "Fire Dragon" horse that had been with him for many years in the Western Regions, looked down at us, and said firmly: "You two sisters must be cherished. Feiyan will definitely defeat the Turks and wipe out the Turks when we go. The Dou family, so that the people of the world and Xiaowuyi brothers and sisters can return to a safe place."

The three of us held each other in a V sign and said goodbye with tears in our eyes.

On the tenth day of the first month of the third year of Yongye, Empress Dowager Dou, who had been unable to take medicine or food for many days, suddenly opened her eyes.The imperial doctor thought it was a flashback, so he urgently invited Xi Zong, who was condolences to the people on the tower, to enter the palace.

When Empress Dowager Dou was dying, she left a will, ordering Xi Zong to treat Dou's family generously after a hundred years, no matter how big or small the crime was, the family must not be ransacked and exterminated.Then she summoned Dou Yinghua and Dou Lihua, left the gold medal for avoiding death bestowed by the late emperor, and told Dou Yinghua again and again: "We are weak today, and the original family is the hero of the Qingjiang Dynasty. The day I die will be the day my family will be destroyed. You If he can be punished, he should be punished. However, the Dou family has served the Xuanyuan family for more than 300 years, and they must be loyal to their duties, and must not conspire to usurp the throne." After saying that, he died.At the age of 82.

Xi Zong mourned deeply, and Empress Dou cried and passed out several times in front of the phoenix bed, so the Dongting Dynasty fell into the second national mourning after the new emperor succeeded to the throne.

The death of Empress Dowager Dou means that the struggle between the Dou family and the Yuan family has finally evolved from an open and secret fight in the court to the point where blood is splashed in the court.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Yongye, on the day of the funeral of Empress Dowager Dou, the original Qingjiang brought Jinxiu and Fengding, who disguised themselves as men, and a hundred guards to the palace to express their condolences. Only under the protection of his death-defying companions did he narrowly escape.All the hundred masters accompanying him were killed, Jinxiu and Fengding were stabbed several times, and Yuan Qingjiang himself was stabbed in the chest.

Yuan Qingjiang escapes from death at Xuande Gate in the west, and Dou Yinghua rushes to Changyi Palace in the east, intending to kill the eldest princess consort Yuan Feiqing, but fortunately King Jingxia's eunuch Nei Ying rescues Yuan Feiqing and King Jingxia from the secret road.

Dou Yinghua had no choice but to go to Xuanyuan Shuqi, the eldest princess who was detained and escaped in time.

"East Court Official History: The Biography of Shude, Zhenlie and Dayi Princess Shuqi" records in detail that at that time the eldest princess was crying in front of the coffin of Empress Dowager Dou in Changyi Palace. Jian asked where the eldest princess' son-in-law was.The eldest princess sternly scolded the Dou brothers and sisters for harming Zhongliang, causing chaos in the harem, and overthrowing the country.In a fit of rage, Dou Yinghua wanted the soldiers to imprison the eldest princess in the cold palace.Unbearable to be humiliated, the eldest princess jumped from the place where the empress dowager's coffin was placed - Fenglintai.The palace servants were unable to rescue her, and the eldest princess touched the white marble steps with her head, her brains burst, and her filial piety was stained with blood. She was only 21 years old when she died.

This coup known as the "Gengxu Palace Change" was the most brutal palace coup in the last years of the Eastern Court.

The Dou family hanged all the servants and eunuchs who witnessed the death of the eldest princess, as well as the servants and eunuchs who helped the son-in-law and King Jingxia escape, including as many as 650 people involved, with bowstrings, and were buried with the empress dowager Dou.When Xi Zong arrived, he only saw Xuanyuan Shuqi lying in a pool of blood, but did not see the whole process of her sister's tragic death, and guessed that her death was inseparable from Dou Yinghua.At that time, he was frightened and angry, his hands and feet twitched, his eyes turned white, and he was foaming at the mouth. The palace people panicked and carried Xi Zong into the inner palace.From then on, Xi Zong hated Dou's family deeply, and even his relationship with Dou Lihua was greatly reduced.

On the same day Dou's family proclaimed an edict, Yuan's and Jingxia Wang Xuanyuan Fuyu conspired to rebel, cut off their titles, ransacked all the families, and all the old members of the Yuan's clan ransacked their families and exterminated their clans.For the royal family members who were dissatisfied with the Dou family, Dou Yinghua gave poisoned wine in the name of Xizong, and the family members were exiled for three thousand miles. There were more than [-] princes, ministers and innocent people who were persecuted in the "Gengxu Palace Change".

Yuan Feibai and his disciples turned the tide, making the Yuan clan and King Jingxia's family withdraw from Kyoto safely.The original Qingjiang recalled Yu Feiyan in the name of "killing Dou's family, Qing Dynasty's side", so he took the Yanzi army as the main force, supported 50 troops, retreated to Luoyang, and called on the world to fight against Dou's family.

The "Gengxu Palace Change" completely kicked off the prelude to the troubled times.The world was indignant and the Dou family was cruel. From then on, all the heroes came together, and the disputes were endless, and the wheel of fate for me and Xiao Wuyi also began to turn with this troubled world.

(End of this chapter)