Trivia at the end of the Jin Dynasty

Chapter 60

After all the people from all parties were settled, after midnight, Huan Xuan sent away the last few important ministers who had been entangled endlessly, and Xie Jue was nowhere to be found.

He summoned an envoy, and after questioning, he found out that Xie Sui had gone to the place where the white shark was placed.Since it was sent as a gift, naturally the beast couldn't be wronged, but there was no pond in the house that could accommodate the fish, so it was carried to the empty yard by the west corner gate.

Huanxuan ordered to step back from the crowd, and walked quickly to the west with a lamp in his hand.As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Xie Jue standing on the stairs, looking straight down.

Huan Xuan's heart was heavy, but he didn't know how to comfort the person in front of him, he wanted to call him, but he didn't know how to speak, so he stood at the door, quietly watching the person's back.

Although the white shark has been fed with live fish, it is still very fierce. It turns and moves in the water from time to time, and occasionally shows its dorsal fin on the water surface to show its majesty.

For a long time, Xie Jue just stared at the water surface, motionless.

The deeper the dew was, the more bitter the cold wind was, and Huan Xuan felt sorry for him. He was tired all day, and stood on a high place, swallowing the wind and drinking the dew, and finally couldn't help it. Then, there was no response, so he had no choice but to climb up the stairs, stand behind him, and softly called: "Hey."

Seeing that the man was still unmoved, he reached out and took Xie Jue's hand.It was a temperatureless hand, icy cold to the bone, tightly clenched into a fist.Huan Xuan suddenly felt that the cold fingers seemed a little sticky. Looking carefully, it turned out that Xie Jue's nails pierced the palm and dripped blood.

He hugged Xie Jue from behind distressedly, and called softly: "Hey, hey."

But Xie Jue still didn't respond, which made Huan Xuan feel a little fear. That fear came from the bottom of his heart, and it was more like a sense of loss. So he forced Xie Jue to turn around, and saw Xie Jue's innocent face There are no waves in the eyes, eyes without any emotion, not even half angry, as quiet as stagnant water.

Huan Xuan felt a chill in his heart. He had seen Xie Jue like this before. It was the Xie Jue who entered Huan Mansion back then, the Xie Jue who had just lost his beloved one, and the Xie Jue who would howl in the middle of the night.

He wanted to hug this person into his arms again, but was gently pushed away, so he saw this familiar yet unfamiliar figure in front of him, staggering down step by step, and then walking out again, like a lonely soul .

Huan Xuan didn't stop him, and didn't call him again, just looked at Xie Jue's figure like this, buried in the dark night.

When we gradually forget the pain due to the relationship of time, heal some wounds, let them get better gradually, deposit all the hatred into a strong sharp blade, use our best state to kill the enemy, maybe there is still A trace of reason and tolerance.

But if you are immersed in hatred every day, you will gradually lose your reason and self, and become a revenge machine. Every time you take a step forward, you will use the tip of a dark knife to draw a bloody wound on the tip of your heart, and you will never forgive the enemy. And never let yourself go.

Since Xie Jue moved to the East Side Hall, he hasn't left his room for five days. The food brought out of the hall has occasionally moved, and he has hardly touched it.For five nights, I never lit a candle, but I never heard any nightmare sounds.

Feng Shang heard about this, so he came to persuade Huan Xuan not to continue to stand outside the window and wait, at least eat something, take a rest, and keep watching day and night like this, the people in the house are fine, and the people outside will fall.

It still doesn't help, people in the house can't come out, and people outside the house can't go in. Now, except for these two parties, the rest are outsiders, so there is no place for him to comment.

In the early morning of the sixth day, Xie Jue finally appeared at the gate of the hall, neatly dressed, with a high bun, a tired look on his pale face, bloodshot eyes, he looked in good spirits, but his complexion was a little worse.After he walked out slowly, he stuffed a letter into Huan Xuan's hand, turned around and went to the outer hall.

Huan Xuan took the letter and looked down. It turned out that it was on the magnolia-colored silk paper that he was most familiar with, and there were only a few lines in it: "In the name of suppressing bandits in the East China Sea, raise troops at Jingkou, unite with Liu Laozhi, Enter Jiankang."

After Huan Xuan put away the letter paper, he went to his elder brother to discuss sending troops.

Huan Wei was very surprised. Unexpectedly, the situation changed suddenly. When Liu Laozhi came to Nanjun, his younger brother started to fight for the world. No matter how he persuaded him to make a plan earlier, it was useless. Why did he send troops so quickly now? , Take Jiankang directly.

So Huan Wei made another analysis of the situation in the two states of Jingjiang and Xuzhou in Guangzhou, and believed that the chances of winning this time were extremely high, and he only sent troops in the name of beating thieves, so he could only do it slowly.Sun En's traitor escaped the court's strangulation twice, and he already has experience, so this is a tough battle. If he fails to win the thief and directly attacks Jiankang, it will inevitably attract people's tongues.

It can only be divided into two steps. First, send out surprise soldiers, join forces with Liu Laozhi to wipe out Sun En, and then pretend to conspire with major events, and go all out to force Gong Jiankang.It's just that stability is the top priority, and we must conceal our strength to prevent Liu Jianzhi from being suspicious.

Huan Xuan deeply agreed with this, but he felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer. If he did not occupy the world, he would not be able to avenge Xie Jue, and if he did not take revenge, he would not be able to let Xie Jue open his heart again.

He moved to the Dongpian Hall without a word, just to draw a clear line with himself. It took him five days to put away all his warmth, and he became that cold-faced person who only had hatred in his heart. He even put away the flower paper used as a birthday gift and used the old silk paper. It seems that he wanted to seal up that memory and plunged into the abyss of revenge with all his heart.

While Huan Xuan and General Gu Kaizhi were preparing the army, horses, food and grass, Xie Jue had already led a group of troops to Xuzhou to join Mr. Tao Jiang.

Liu Laozhi made a big move and went to Nanjun in person. Sima Daozi already knew about it without a wonderful voice. To him, this was not friendly news. He turned over the wine cup, drank away the crowd, and called his son.

Ever since Sun En besieged Jiankang and Sima Shangzhi took the opportunity to lead troops into Jiankang, Sima Yuanxian never felt at ease for a moment. On weekdays, he not only had to guard against the rebellion of the peripheral feudal officials who took the opportunity, but also kept an eye on every move of this person in front of him. , in case he mutiny at any time.

Sima Shangzhi was originally entrenched near Jingkou, but when he heard about Sun Enzhi's change, he hurriedly led his troops into Beijing. In the name of escort, he was always looking for opportunities to get rid of Sima Daozi and his son. It's hard to kill them all at once.So he bewitched people's hearts in the court and bought important officials for later use.

Sima Yuan seemed to know about Liu Laozhi's trip to Nanjun, and he also felt that something was wrong. He thought that if the Huan family united with the soldiers and horses of the Beifu army, wouldn't there be ten Jiankangs, who would also be trampled down.Hearing that his father had summoned him, he hurried back to the prime minister's mansion.

Sima Daozi was already half-drunk and half-awake, very sluggish, and very agitated, even angry, when he saw his son came back, he was not angry, pointed at his nose and cursed: "Bastard, idiot, what do you do?"

Sima Yuanxian hurriedly knelt down and said: "It's my son's fault. Being entangled in Sima Shangzhi's hands and feet, he didn't restrain Liu's rebels, causing father to worry. My son deserves death."

Sima Daozi scolded again: "Things that can't be placed on the high platform are worth a lot of fighting. If you don't go to Kuaiji to see if your father's head is still there, you don't know, you beast."

Sima Yuanxian kowtowed to the ground, not daring to get up, and quickly said yes.

Sima Daozi had scolded enough and vented his anger. He said: "At this time, you go to a banquet to invite Shang Zhi, and ask him to send troops to resist Liu Laozhi. He will definitely agree. When he is ready to fight, poisoning is the best. To remove the scourge at home, you can Get out, go and do it."

After listening to his father's suggestion, Sima Yuanxian felt that he was indeed too naive. With Mrs. Liu away at this time, his father's clever plan would surely come true.He kowtowed to his father for his advice and went down in a hurry.

On the second day, Sima Shangzhi received a long letter written by Sima Yuanxian. There were ink stains in several places on the slips. Presumably, the person who wrote the letter had shed tears while writing, so it was stained. He sneered at the letter, and after reading a few lines, his expression became serious, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

The letter said: "Nowadays, the world is divided into three parts, and our Sima family only occupies one of them. After Sun En's rebellion, the Huan family occupied Jingxiang, and the Liu family occupied the East China Sea. The two were fighting each other. Compared with Xuzhou. It's just a sudden change. Liu's Taking advantage of Huan Clan's grand banquet, I went to Goulian. Our Sima Clan's country is in danger. With such a great family and country, we should put aside our strife and unite with the outside world. Wang Bodao thinks twice. If you can let go of the old things, come to my house as soon as possible. Say, ten thousand, ten thousand."

As soon as Zhi Miaoyin returned to Jiankang, he heard that Sima Shangzhi was poisoned and killed in Sima Yuanxian's mansion, and his confidantes also died overnight.Therefore, his military power was logically taken over by Sima Yuanxian with full authority. In addition, this imperial relative had fiefdoms in Guangling Dantu and other places. After all of them were used, heavy troops were stationed near Jiankang for a while, which was enough to protect themselves.

Zhi Miaoyin entered the prime minister's residence without delay.

Sima Daozi was drinking heavily at this time, seeing her coming, he was not in a good mood, and said, "You still know to come back?"

Zhi Miaoyin said: "Miaoyin's trip to Nanjun this time is to find out the reality of the Huan family. Now that the traitors of the Liu family have also shown favor to him, the Huan family cannot stay."

Sima Daozi raised his eyes to look at Zhi Miaoyin, and said with a smile, "If that's the case, what's your plan?"

Zhi Miaoyin said: "If you want to get rid of the Huan clan, you must use soldiers from the Beifu."

Sima Daozi nodded and said, "It's the soldiers of the Beifu who have two hearts."

Zhi Miaoyin said: "Although Liu Laozhi is brave, but he has a bloodline, this man only has one son under his knees, which is his weakness, if he puts his son under house arrest, he can be commanded at will."

Sima Daozi was overjoyed when he heard this, and then asked, "In that case, he will definitely not use the son as a pledge and give the knife by the handle."

Zhi Miaoyin smiled and said: "The current plan can be to give Liu Laozhi the governor of Xuzhou by the emperor's order, and he is the minister of Guangling, and invite the two of them to come to Beijing to be ordered to thank you. And at this time, with the order of the queen mother, order Liu Jingxuan entered the palace to accompany him, and then ordered Liu Laozhi to raise troops to attack the Huan family, such a great event can be accomplished."

After hearing this, Sima Daozi looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, then took Zhi Miaoyin's slender hand and patted it.

The author has something to say: Guess whose side Zhi Miaoyin is on?