Who's home tonight, Bian Zhouzi

Chapter 15 5

It is late autumn.Yuanhua for 11 years.There are good news ahead, and the latest news is that Duan Dizhi led his army to break through the enemy's central camp, and found that the enemy retreated a hundred miles and entered the last fortress, Yanqi {12} City, where they fought desperately.Duan Dizhi planned to defeat Yanqi within two months.

"Otherwise the winter will be bitterly cold, and the soldiers will not be able to support it."

Zeng Jingzhao nodded after hearing this, and then asked about the supply of grain, grass, and military equipment. The Taiwei had no choice but to answer truthfully, but in fact he couldn't stop complaining: the emperor asked him every time, and he didn't make any changes every time. He only asked him to do it well. Is it time?The Taiwei had to order to go.Zeng Jingzhao was the only one left in the empty hall.The charcoal in the brazier was burning silently, and she suddenly wondered how cold it was in the Western Regions.When Duan Dizhi came back, she was bedridden for a while and was about to recuperate from the cold. At that time, she asked Duan Dizhi how cold it was in the Western Regions, and she said it was very cold.In winter, a strong wind blows from the mountain pass, and it hurts my face.

Then she couldn't speak out the pain.When she came back, the wounds on her body had closed, and she felt through the bandages, but the skin was pitted.The imperial physician described the illness to her, and she certainly knew very well what Duan Dizhi had suffered in prison, but she did not expect that the Western Regions would deteriorate like this in less than three years.Now that it was cold again, she stood up and walked outside the hall, is it cold outside Yanqi now?Is it windy?

At the same time, Duan Dizhi was lying on the bed in the Wei Army camp outside Yanqi City, dreaming of old dreams.Four years later, she still dreams about the days in prison four years ago.She is very clear that this is a manifestation of her old injury recurrence. In the dream, she can clearly feel that the iron hook pierced her shoulder blade again and hooked her collarbone; She had already recovered; in the howling north wind, she was carried to the open space of the prison again, and in front of the princes and nobles, especially the family members of King Jiangling, the guards of the Habayashi Army were sent to beat {13} with iron rods in a special formation—this punishment It was created by herself, and she herself was the last recipient—broken four of her ribs, twisted her right leg, cracked her shoulder, and vomited blood all over the floor.The family members of King Jiangling stood upstairs, cursing and crying.The only surviving patriarch, Jin Wang Yuzun, came down, drew his sword from the sergeant, and stabbed her wrist.

The pain was very clear, she didn't make a sound in the dream, but turned her head with difficulty to see Zeng Jingzhao's face on the other side.In fact, she remembered that expression, so she didn't need to read it again.Looking at it again is also an injury.So before I saw it, I woke up in pain.

When she opened her eyes, she saw the top of the white tent. There were several stoves in the tent. In fact, it was already warmer than other places, but her old injury still recurred.No visits were allowed at the expeditionary camp, and she must not let the enemy know of her deteriorating health.If not summoned by herself, even the military doctor is not allowed to come here at will.She lay on the bed covered in cold sweat, waiting for her heartbeat to calm down before struggling to get up to drink water.

The hand holding the water glass was trembling, and a strong wind blew outside the tent, and she suddenly remembered the hut she used to live in. If the strong wind blows for another winter, the hut will probably collapse.During the first winter in exile, he almost couldn't survive because of his serious injuries.The red silk girl came to see her, and asked her while healing her wounds, don't you hate her?She asked bitterly, exhaustedly.It seems that even if Duan Dizhi said that she hated her very much, the red silk girl would not take revenge.

And she chose to stay in that hut and be a shepherd.Not going anywhere.

Unable to sleep at night due to the pain, he put on his clothes and held a candle to check the map, thinking hard about how to break the city.At dawn, he dressed neatly and rode his horse with his guards to a nearby hill to look at Yanqi City at sunrise.She has watched the sunrise in the Western Regions many times, but she doesn't know how many more times she can watch.She can think of a way to break the city, but it just takes time.She was just afraid that time was running out.The strong wind blew a corner of her red cloak, looking at the cloak, she suddenly felt colic in her internal organs, almost turned it over, and spit out blood with a "wow".

People always think that a thing may be irreversible after a wrong time point, but in fact it was doomed from the very beginning.

In the middle of winter, on a snowy morning, a few days ago, Zeng Jingzhao sent Duan Dizhi to accompany the prince to sacrifice and go hunting.Ever since Duan Dizhi assassinated the King of Jiangling on her own initiative, Zeng Jingzhao has always been somewhat dissatisfied with her—although she still trusts her, as the guardian of the throne, she is always worried about the incident.What will she do once things come to light?It seems that she doesn't care about trusting Duan Di so much, she always prepares a perfect plan for herself.For this reason, she thought hard every night, calculating all day long how she would deal with it if something happened to her, and she couldn't sleep well.Duan Dizhi was still there and comforted her every night, but now that Duan Dizhi was gone, she became more and more worried.

She always feels that although nothing can be found out in Dali Temple, it has become an unsolved case; although dirty water has been splashed all over the school office, there is no real evidence; A: But it is not safe.At this moment, the court hall was extremely quiet, she was waiting for the courtiers to act, but the courtiers kept a strangely tense silence as if they had agreed.

Suddenly Doctor Yu Shi came out and impeached Duan Dizhi, governor of the school office, for plotting to frame Jiangling King Zeng Yunzhao, instructing the murderer to assassinate Jiangling King and framing his family members.Zeng Jingzhao was shocked, and pretended to be calm to summon witnesses to come forward.Two men came up, one was burly and rugged, the other was lean and tall.Zeng Jingzhao asked who they were, and the burly one said that the grassman was named Hu Feng, and the tall one said that he was the murderer Guan Pingyuan.

Doctor Yushi asked the emperor to allow the two of them to tell the story, and Zeng Jingzhao had the potential to ride a tiger, so he had to allow it.It turned out that Guan Pingyuan took the money and left after the matter was completed. After fleeing for more than a month, he was suddenly found and surrounded by a group of enemies, and was arrested and taken to the manor of the enemies.Before the enemy's residence was about to be lynched, fire broke out everywhere, and he was almost burned to death in the manor.Fortunately, Hu Feng came to the rescue.Hu Feng heard that Duan Jing did it that day, but he couldn't believe it anyway, so he resigned from the palace and went out to investigate.He found it suspicious when he heard that Guan Pingyuan was hunted down and rescued for no reason recently—he knew that Guan Pingyuan was similar in stature to his brother Duan Jing and also used throwing knives.He looked around for the disappeared Guan Pingyuan, and the Skynet was restored, so he happened to meet Guan Pingyuan and was arrested.Although he was rude, he was careful, and guessing that he was going to kill him, he made up his mind to steal the beam and set fire to wipe out the traces; he first hid in the manor of the enemy in charge of Pingyuan, hid for several days, and discovered the secret road that had been in disrepair for a long time. Guan Pingyuan was rescued from the fire.The two destroyed the secret passage while fleeing.It is known to no one outside.

An Zhishun, who arrived later, could only count the corpses in the fire, unable to tell who was who at all.

After hearing this, Zeng Jingzhao remained silent, trembling all over, as if his blood had congealed.The imperial censor said in a loud voice that he committed perverse crimes and committed great crimes, etc., "Your Majesty, please show me the lesson!" The courtiers were dissatisfied with the actions of Bi An's school affairs office, and they also reconsidered one after another, and there were always voices of reconsideration in the hall.Zeng Jingzhao tried to calm down her rapid heartbeat, but she couldn't calm down at all.After a while of reconsideration, the court returned to silence, but Liang Lie stood up and said loudly in his dry and low voice, this matter is related to the country's reputation, Your Majesty, please be careful.

The country has a clear reputation.

Zeng Jingzhao said, I will make a careful decision.

There seemed to be a kind of dissatisfaction and expectation in the silence of the courtiers.

Zeng Jingzhao added, "I will deal with it fairly."

After the dynasty was over, she immediately sent someone to call Duan Dizhi back.According to the usual practice, Liang Lie will discuss politics with her after the court meeting.This matter involved the clan again, and the elders of the clan who were convalescing at home were being summoned to the palace to face the saint.In the hall, only she and Liang Lie sat solemnly. "What do you think, Prime Minister?" "Your Majesty is asking about the assassination of King Jiangling?" "Yes." "Since Your Majesty has said to deal with it fairly, he naturally knows how to deal with it." The government is also very dissatisfied." "The minister is just telling the truth." He glanced at Zeng Jingzhao, saw the other party's distressed expression asking for help, he sighed seriously and said: "Your Majesty should deal with it as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the matter continues, it will not be good for Your Majesty." Not good." Zeng Jingzhao nodded, and when he was about to speak again, the outside co-interpreter, King Jin, rushed over.Liang Lie said in a low voice: "As for other matters, it is His Majesty's own business, and the old minister dare not make decisions for His Majesty."

Zeng Jingzhao knew that he must have known about their relationship, so he refused to answer any subsequent questions.She also knew that she had only a few ways to deal with it, and the only thing worth considering was how to deal with her relationship with Duan Dizhi—should Duan Dizhi be pushed out to bear everything?In that case, she is afraid that she will surely die.It is better to announce that he is also at fault and not stop Duan Dizhi, which will inevitably make him also bear the responsibility, thus threatening the legal system of himself and Dezhao.

Of course Liang Lie didn't dare to choose for her how she would deal with her biting hound.

King Jin heard about this while on the road, and was furious immediately.Facing the emperor, the old and obese King Jin begged the emperor to severely punish Duan Dizhi and other people involved in the case, especially Duan Dizhi, with snot, tears, and beating his chest.With tears in his eyes, Zeng Jingzhao couldn't help coming down to comfort him personally—this comfort is not important, the King of Jin seemed to have regained his sanity suddenly, and said that for the sake of His Majesty and His Royal Highness, Duan Dizhi should be sent to prison as soon as possible, and then the court is discussing how to deal with it, especially asking Jiang Ling The opinions of the Wang family.This matter must be done as soon as possible, otherwise it will be bad for His Majesty!

Liang Lie intended to leave after talking about the government affairs, but King Jin acted as if he was pulling him to ask the emperor for an accurate statement.Zeng Jingzhao was in a dilemma, trying to persuade them to leave.Sitting alone on the dragon chair, facing the empty hall in a daze.There is a tiger charm on her left hand, and she can summon the Habayashi Army to hold Duan Dizhi on the road and put him directly in the prison.The tiger talisman is pitch black, engraved with golden silk patterns.She remembered asking Duan Dizhi if he wanted to take this as well.Duan Dizhi smiled and said that she didn't want it, because there were too many people who wanted to say bad things about her, "Besides, what if one day you want to arrest me?"

There are witnesses and criminals in this matter, and the government and the public are in an uproar. In order to protect herself, she must deal with Duan Dizhi.According to the law, cut at the right place.If she just asked to be executed, she could have saved Duan Dizhi's life.I was afraid that the clan would not ask for beheading, but would torture Duan Dizhi instead.He hated a person so much, he would never let her die easily, and wished that she would be tortured for life.Besides, she also knew how many people hated the school affairs office and Duan Dizhi.Duan Dizhi also knew.It is conceivable how many people want to skin Duan Dizhi and cramp when this matter is publicized.

She dreads making any decisions.But she had to.She is the emperor.

During the days when Duan Dizhi was rushing back from the hunting ground and starry night, she tried to delay the time and insisted on waiting for the family members of Jiangling King to come to deal with it; The massacre scum appeared, and in an instant, Duan Dizhi's actions were all murderous and unrighteous. This person is a heinous devil.Then there are rumors that Duan Di's palace is filthy and chaotic, and today's emperor appoints treacherous evil and so on.Not long ago, the day before Duan Dizhi's arrival in Beijing, the admonition officials at the court said that the atmosphere of the school administration was not right and could no longer be tolerated; what Duan Dizhi committed was harmful to His Majesty's reputation, and he should be held accountable according to the will of all people.

She said, I know what you said.I have said many times before that I will deal with it fairly.The admonishers also said that His Majesty should issue a decree to inform the world of his deception.Zeng Jingzhao looked at them. It was a sunny day outside the hall after snow, and the reflected light was too dazzling.Zeng Yunzhao's family members came, and they came sooner than expected, as if they knew they were coming early in the morning.Princess Jiangling knelt on the ground in filial piety and cried, I don't want this person to die, I want her to suffer until she dies of old age and sickness, and use every day of her life to atone for the sin of my wronged husband.

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{12} Also known as Wuyi, Wuqi, and Agni, it is an ancient country in the northeast of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, near the present-day Yanqi Hui Autonomous County of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

{13} A similar plot appeared in the movie "The Banquet".