Chapter 37

On the seventh day of the 12th lunar month, in Qinzhou, there was chaos on the official roads, and there were long queues of people fleeing. You pushed me. The sky is bright, the mountains and rivers are covered with light snow, and all the way is covered in silver.

"The barbarians are here—"

"You guys run away—"

"Child's mother-"

"what"

"It's only been a few months since I went down the mountain, why did it change like this?" You Mengzhe exclaimed.

Yu Wenhong also looked bewildered. He rode his horse to the side of the road. The father and son left Canghaige Qinglong Town. They entered the East China Sea and headed north through Dong'e Prefecture. This troubled world.

In just four months, the land of the Central Plains has actually changed its appearance, with people fleeing from the south everywhere, and looking at this situation, there is an army of Hu people pressing down on the territory. The people of the martial arts all over the world responded and went to Qinzhou in the northeast to protect their family and protect the country.

"Hey, this eldest brother." You Mengzhe stopped the man and asked, "What happened?"

"The emperor is dead! The emperor is dead!" The man shouted hysterically: "The princes are killed! The blood is in a river!! The concubine ran away with the princess! There is only one mute left! The whole capital is only one left. Dumb!! Dayuguang is dumb-!! Dayu is over! It's time to change the dynasty! The Xianbei people are coming in! King Yuwen is hereeveryone, run away-"

"Jiāo is also clear enough." You Mengzhe's mouth twitched, "Father, what should I do?"

Yu Wenhong touched his head and asked, "What do you think?"

You Mengzhe suggested, "Let's go back to the capital first to have a look."

Yuwen Hong said: "Sure, listen to you."

The two of them spent a moment together, and it was impossible to go to Luoyan Mountain outside the Great Wall, so they had to walk southwest to the capital. There were fleeing people everywhere along the way. You Mengzhe stopped and went. On December 15th, they arrived in the capital. , the sight is full of ruins.

Dayu has not suffered a war for hundreds of years since Li Xiao ascended the throne. , You Mengzhe asked someone to find out the reason for the past few months, only to know that since the Dragon Boat Festival, the country of Yu has undergone earth-shaking changes.

When the Dragon Boat Emperor went to Jiangzhou, a bào rain caused many people to fall ill. Li Yiben, the emperor of the Yu Kingdom, had a bad dragon body, and the land along the Hanjiang River was heavy and humid, which made him unaccustomed to the soil and water. When I arrived in Jiangzhou on the third day of the fifth lunar month, it rained a little, and on the fifth day of the lunar month, I watched the dragon boat with the officials under the scorching sun.

When he left for Beijing on the seventh day of May, he fell ill on the way. However, when Li Yi was in his prime, he thought he was safe, and after taking the medicine, he rushed to set off. The journey was tiring and he had become ill from overwork in the past.

This time everyone was in a mess. Li Yi died without leaving a single sentence. The prince was young, in order to prevent the emperor from usurping the throne, the prince rebelled. people.

Zhang Yuanshan was naturally ignorant of the fact that he was planning to go to Canghai Pavilion in Jiangzhou at this time.

Until August 15th, when the news of Li Yi's death came out from inside the palace, the various princes of Dayu moved their minds, saying that the prince was young, and he feared that Jian Ning would control the government, so they raised troops to Jing Nian Qing's side, Xichuan, Qinzhou, Four princes surnamed Li from Mengze and Yanyun in the southern border raised their troops into the city, and it took only two months to hit the capital all the way to the capital, and a brutal melee began under the city.

Pity that Li Qingcheng counted heaven and earth back then, but he could not count that the country would be destroyed in the hands of a group of vassal kings who had their own books.

At this time, Zhang Yuanshan was accepting the most cruel baptism in his life in Canghai Pavilion.

On August 20th, at the foot of the Dianbing Ridge, fifty miles away from the capital, the first prince killed the second prince, the fourth prince killed the first prince, the fifth prince had the fewest soldiers, but was the last to arrive. Satisfied, he attacked the back of the capital, Huáng Long Shi, and killed the four princes.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhi, the fifth prince, rushed into the capital. Yu Changqing had only Wanwu of the Capital Cavalry, and acted as a suspect to lure Li Zhi away. Tang Ze, the general protecting the country, led his army to protect the princess, the queen and the prince from the capital and escaped from the capital overnight. The queen was frightened and swallowed halfway.

Li Zhi got his wish and sat on the dragon chair. He was planning to go to Yuheng Mountain in winter to worship the sky and change his reign. When he officially ascended the throne, on September 15th, Zhang Yuanshan returned to Beijing.

Zhang Yuanshan was only stunned when he saw that the capital had become like this. After standing for a stick of incense outside the capital, he drove his horse in. He single-handedly entered the Vermillion Bird Gate, crossed the Heavenly Son Road, entered the Meridian Gate, and asked Li Zhi to question him.

Along the way, Zhang Yuanshan accompanied him, ordered the guards all over the ground, and finally entered the palace, killing Li Zhige, who was discussing matters, on the spot. Horrified, all the officials were pale, and they all fled for their lives, begging for mercy. Li Zhi's subordinates were originally a mob, and the defeated soldiers of the rest of the princes who were collected halfway were not in harmony. When the master died, all the soldiers and generals became headless flies, and many soldiers even fell down and scattered. That day, they escaped from the capital and returned to their hometown. evacuated.

So Zhang Yuanshan took the dragon chair in place of Li Zhi, rectified the troops and horses in the capital, temporarily took the position of regent, and sent people to find the little prince and queen, the princess' concubine and others.

The court of the Yu Kingdom was in chaos. The Yuwen clan of Xianbei in the north heard about the civil strife in the Central Plains, and finally came across this golden opportunity to lead an army to invade and attack Luoyan Mountain. The second prince, who was supposed to be stationed in Qinzhou, was busy taking his troops back to the Central Plains to seize power and usurp the throne. He only left less than 8,000 soldiers and horses at Luoyan Pass. The Weeping Spring and Yubi Pass were guarded by Li Zhi. At this moment, the troops were empty. The Xianbei King Yuwen really divided his troops into two paths, as if entering a realm of no one, he actually wanted to take advantage of the Great Yu civil strife to occupy the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

When Li Zhi entered the capital, he killed many civil servants, promoted his confidants, and slaughtered military generals who were loyal to Li Yi. As a result, when Zhang Yuanshan took over the court, he was troubled by internal and external troubles.

Zhang Yuanshan washed the blood of the civil servants who participated in the chaos again, and there were even fewer left to do things. The foreigners stepped into the bī, and had to mobilize all the troops to go north immediately. Yong, no one can fight, Yu Changqing, who can lead troops, and Tang Ze, the general protecting the country, do not know their whereabouts.

Zhang Yuanshan had to call his righteous brother Zhao Feihong. Zhao Feihong had read the military books and martial arts. He had also led martial arts people to fight. After sending him out of Dianbing Mountain, Zhao Feihong led his army and set off to meet Yu Wenzhen.

The people in the capital heard that Yuwenzhen's army was pressing down on the territory, the emperor died, and the prince did not know his whereabouts. There are even more rumors that have noses and eyes, saying that Tang Ze, the general protecting the country, died in battle, and Yu Changqing, the consort, hanged the princess, and went to find another new love for Lord Rabbit, and everyone was in danger. In less than half a month, the capital was ten to nine empty, and the people and wealthy businessmen in the city packed up their gold and silver, and went south to Jiangzhou and Yangzhou to take refuge. You Mengzhe saw this scene.

You Mengzhe: "..."

Yu Wenhong: "..."

"This is too much." You Mengzhe said, "I want to bring you some vegetarian dishes from Ningcuixuan."

Yu Wenhong said, "Do you want to eat candied haws? There's a family over there."

The sporadic people still stayed in Kyoto. You Mengzhe and Yu Wenhong walked through the streets and alleys. The inns were closed. Yu Wenhong said, "Is there anything to eat in the palace, or I'll look for some."

You Mengzhe said: "Let's go together. I remember a few roads. Let's go to a place with fewer people."

Yu Wenhong bowed consciously, You Mengzhe put him on his back and let him carry it on his back. The two entered the inner palace as if they were no one, and leaped into the harem by flying over the eaves and walls. You Mengzhe pointed, where is this, what is there, Yu Wenhong nodded frequently. He had been raised in Canghai Pavilion since he was a child, and he had never seen such an aura.

"Why is that person's voice so sharp?" Yuwen Hong said.

You Mengzhe whispered, "That's the eunuch, Dad, you don't understand."

Yu Wenhong asked again: "What is that thing they are holding?"

You Mengzhe said: "It's called Yu Ruyi, holding it and playing. Wait, stop outside the imperial study for a while, I'll see my father... see my foster father."

You Mengzhe couldn't change his words for a while, and Yu Wenhong didn't care. He let him down outside the imperial study. The two held hands. You Mengzhe poked a hole in the window paper and looked in.

The imperial study room was brightly lit, and Zhang Yuanshan still looked paralyzed, wearing a seven-star crown and a dark-colored dragon-patterned robe, sitting in front of the imperial case to review the military situation.

The two eunuchs stood on the ground and peeped at the regent, as if they wanted him to be handsome and masculine.

"Let me see, what's inside?" Yu Wenhong asked nervously.

"Poke a hole yourself." You Mengzhe turned his head and kissed Yu Wenhong, motioning for him to see for himself.

The eunuchs glanced at Zhang Yuanshan with a look of nympho, Zhang Yuanshan frowned slightly, and glanced at the study room, the two eunuchs were busy standing. Zhang Yuanshan's eyes returned to the military newspaper, and the eunuch winked and snickered again.

You Mengzhe noticed that Zhang Yuanshan's little finger was wearing the tortoiseshell ring again, and suddenly he had the idea of ​​rushing in, wanting to see if Zhang Yuanshan would vomit all over the table.

Is his dumbness cured? You Mengzhe looked a little sad again.

After a while, Zhang Yuanshan got up, as if he had something difficult to decide, pacing slowly in the imperial study, You Mengzhe noticed the jade huang hanging on his waist.

"Let's go." You Mengzhe said sullenly and boringly.

"Hey." Yu Wenhong led him out. You Mengzhe remembered his previous life, and felt quite uncomfortable. He stopped and walked, his eyes were red, and he squeezed and rubbed against Yu Wenhong.

Yu Wenhong smiled and said, "Why are you acting like a spoiled child again?"

You Mengzhe didn't say a word, Yu Wenhong hugged him and sat down in front of the porch, the sky was a touch of silver moon, and the winter night was as cold as water. ."

Yu Wenhong said, "Dad went to find something to eat."

You Mengzhe said, "I'll just stroll around here."

Yu Wenhong thought about it and said, "If someone catches you, just call."

You Mengzhe snorted, let alone guards in the palace, there were not even birds. You Mengzhe learned some martial arts from Yu Wenhong, but it was not too dangerous. , went to the imperial kitchen to find something to eat.

You Mengzhe tucked his knees and sat for a while, then got up and walked in the imperial garden, walking past the Changqing Palace. He still remembered that when the sun was setting in the west, Zhang Yuanshan held his hand and bathed in the sunset outside the palace, while the princess in the palace was holding his hand. Holding a group fan, looking sideways at them, smiling sweetly in a variety of styles.

You Mengzhe walked out of the imperial garden through the promenade. Behind the rockery was the place where Zhang Yuanshan was poisoned that day and lay on the ground unable to move.

That night, he rode on Zhang Yuanshan like this, and that, and that...

You Mengzhe turned around the courtyard wall and met Zhang Yuanshan, both of them were startled and took a step back at the same time.

You Mengzhe: "..."

Zhang Yuanshan: "!!!"

Zhang Yuanshan's expression became extremely strange, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

As if struck by lightning, You Mengzhe stepped back tremblingly, and said, "I, I, I... I didn't mean to. I'll leave now, hold back! What did you eat at night! Don't vomit, don't vomit. Hold back!"

You Mengzhe turned around and ran away, wondering if he should call Yu Wenhong, but Zhang Yuanshan chased after him, and You Mengzhe shouted ghostly all the way: "Daddy-Daddy!!"

"Father-!!" You Mengzhi turned Yu Wenhong on the eaves, and jumped up, the wind sounded behind him, and Zhang Yuanshan chased after him!

"Father!" You Mengzhe yelled.

"Wait." A jerky voice said behind him.

"and many more!"

You Mengzhe: "!!!"

He stopped and looked at Zhang Yuanshan without knowing it. An unnatural blush appeared on Zhang Yuanshan's thin and handsome face, and he strode to the corridor, panting slightly.

"You were talking just now?" You Mengzhe was dumbfounded.

Zhang Yuanshan nodded.

You Mengzhe: "..."

Zhang Yuanshan made a sign language, pointed to his mouth, smiled towards You Mengzhe, meaning that he could already speak, and then waved his hand lightly, indicating that he did not want to speak now.