Chapter 592 Sona
On this day, Kyoto was in chaos.
Countless court officials and ministers dispersed and left the capital, either cycling eastward to join Yuan Shao, or riding westward alone and directly entering Kansai.
Among them, the veteran general Tian Yan was the most alert. When the officials of the general shogunate gathered and rushed to the White Horse Temple, he had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. He didn't even bother to ride the horse. He only asked his servants to pack up some things and went straight to the west. .
Other court ministers and palace officials also obtained the news through various means, and then hundreds of people rushed outside Yongmen, preparing to rush towards Guanzhong to the west.
Originally, some Yongmen city gatekeepers had not yet reacted. For example, General Cui Hao, who had regained the position of Three Dukes, was originally involved in the Little Emperor's operation. However, after learning that He Jin actually appeared in Yongmen and brought the entire army with him, The shogunate officials went straight to White Horse Temple.
So even a fool knows that a bloody storm is bound to come. So Cui Hao gathered his wits, changed into the green robe of his old slave, and rode a mule straight to Yongmen.
Cui Hao was cunning and felt that He Jin would definitely deploy manpower at the four gates, especially Yongmen, so when he passed through Yongmen, he specially lamented and shouted:
"It's unfair. I, Cui Hao, have worked hard for the country. Why should I be demoted from Beijing?"
The shogunate officials on Yongmen couldn't tell what was going on, so they let Cui Hao go away.
And when more and more ministers and officials came out of the palace, the gatekeepers on the city tower knew what was happening no matter how dull they were.
As a result, the eight gates of Kyoto were immediately closed. Only more than 400 people were able to escape in the end, and the rest were trapped in a trap by the shogunate officials.
When General He Jin returned to Kyoto with a group of officials, the White Horse Temple had been burned to the ground. This large temple, which was more than a hundred years old, was bloodbathed by He Jin from top to bottom because it participated in the bloody struggle within the royal family.
Even the Khotan envoys and the two Hu monks who attended the meeting were killed by the angry shogunate officials. In their view, these people were also the accomplices of the little emperor.
But this massacre was just the beginning, and it was far from enough for He Jin to vent his anger.
So after the shogunate returned to Kyoto, the surrendered ministers provided a list of names, and the shogunate's Tiqi went out in all directions, constantly attacking, and began to capture the rebels.
At this time, the expansion of the purge that Zhong Yao had originally worried about was no longer inevitable, but this time it was not a purge of shogunate officials but the ruling imperial party.
Someone around him also persuaded He Jin to let him finish the order, but who was He Jin? He is much more mediocre than the little emperor, so why does he care about this?
So, arrest according to the list, and then arrest according to the list bitten on the list. In short, don’t let anyone go.
And the people below are naturally happy with this. The more people they kill, the more they gain.
As a result, the entire Kyoto was boiling. From time to time, shogunate soldiers were seen rushing into a mansion, and then came out with bloody swords and beautiful maids on their shoulders, singing and laughing.
Han Fu, who was Shangshu Ling at the time, also immediately knew that He Jin had gone crazy.
So, he quickly took out the Guizhou clothes he had prepared, and took two healthy servants to prepare to walk south from Kaiyang Gate. However, when he just left Kaiyang Gate, a group of shogunate soldiers caught up from behind.
They rushed directly to Han Fu and put torture instruments on Han Fu without saying a word.
It turned out that during the previous interrogation of the imprisoned minister, He Jin learned that Han Fu was suspected to be Yuan Shao's traitor. And He Jin was a little confused at first, that is why someone would tip him off.
He Jin was not stupid, of course he knew that there must be someone who didn't want the little emperor to succeed, and wanted He Jin to fight to the death with the little emperor, and then benefit those people.
Although He Jin was the beneficiary of this action, he would not really be grateful to these people. Instead, he hated these people even more. He felt that it was these people who stirred up troubles and made the little emperor so stupid. .
Yes, even though He Jin was betrayed by the little emperor, he still never thought that it would be really bad for him.
On the one hand, He Jin really has feelings for his sister. On the other hand, he still knows very well that the power and position of his general comes from the imperial power.
The reason why the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother is because the emperor is Liu Bian. The reason why the general is General He is also because the emperor is his nephew.
So He Jin just took the young emperor into house arrest in the palace and did not really hurt him.
But He Jin still held his breath. He was very stubborn at this moment and must find out the truth of this matter. Otherwise, he would not be able to let go and would not know how to get along with the little emperor in the future.
So when he learned that Han Fu was Yuan Shao's internal agent, He Jin hurriedly sent people to pursue him.
Poor Han Fu was taken back like this.
After Han Fu was captured and brought back, he confessed neatly with the help of role models.
But He Jin did not get the final truth, but became even more confused.
It turns out that Han Fu did participate in the young emperor's rebellion, but he did write several letters to Yuan Shao in Yuzhou. But Han Fu firmly refused to admit that he had planned this.
He pointed out a key figure, that is Zhong Yao. He told He Jin that Zhong Yao was His Majesty's mastermind, and he was the one who contacted the Yingchuan soldiers in Beijing to take action.
Han Fu said aggrievedly that the relationship between Zhong Yao and Yuan Shao was much deeper than his own. As early as when the Henan family camped on the side of Qingjun in Hanoi, he was already Yuan Shao's mastermind. So if you don't arrest Zhong Yao, why would you arrest him?
At this time, He Jincai suddenly realized that he quickly asked people to search the whole city to capture Zhong Yao.
In addition, Han Fu felt that he was not safe, so he reported on one person, Guo Hong, the captain of Changshui.
Guo Hong has a background. He comes from the famous Guo family in Yingchuan. Guo Tu, who is currently staying in the Taishan Army, is this person's nephew. It's just that unlike Guo Tu, who is a partial lineage, Guo Hong is a direct lineage of the Guo family. His father was a Taiwei in the early years of Emperor Ling, and his grandfather was a Tingwei in the period of Emperor Huan.
It can be said that Guo Hong got his name from the Lu family, and he was one of the top Xing famous masters in this dynasty.
But now that the time has come, no matter how powerful you are, He Jin will invite you to sit in the prison temple.
However, because of his special status, He Jin ordered Wu Fu to get Guo Hong.
After the tragic incident at White Horse Temple, Guo Hong, who stayed in Kyoto, got the news. He was not as eye-catching as Tian Yan, Cui Hao and others. He hesitated for a while and then was imprisoned in Kyoto.
Fortunately, he recruited a group of Changshui officials on weekdays, and ordered these people to guard the mansion, then closed the door and guarded it tightly, and no one would open the door.
When Wu Fu led the shogunate officials to the outside of the Guo Mansion, he saw that there were some long sailors with bows drawn on the watchtowers on all sides, and he became suspicious.
If ordinary people came here, they would probably order a hard attack. But Wu Fu was different. He was from Runan, from the Wu family, and his intelligence was among the best among the shogunate generals.
So Wu Fu shouted outside the mansion:
"The rebels are plotting a rebellion in Baima Temple. The three princes cannot discuss matters in court. The general has decided to appoint you, the captain, as Sikong. Please come out and receive the order."
Guo Hong had been listening behind the wall. He originally thought they were here to arrest him, but suddenly what he heard was that he was going to be promoted to a higher rank. How could he not be ecstatic?
Also, he consciously leaked the affairs of the court to Yuan Shao and did it very secretly. Now that I think about it, He Jin really has no reason to catch himself.
So Guo Hong quickly asked the chief sailor to open the door and prepare for the order.
But what greeted him was not the imperial edict of yellow silk, but the cold swords, guns and chains.
Guo Hong just woke up from a dream at this time, but Guo Hong has been captured, how can those long sailors continue to work hard? So we turned back to Guo's house, and after some looting, they dispersed.
And what about Wu Fu? After calming down their anxious subordinates, they just sat back and watched the long sailors wreak havoc without pursuing them.
There was a military officer nearby, who was Wu Fu's old subordinate, and asked in confusion:
"Captain, those are our brothers' belongings, so let them snatch them away?"
Wu Fu shook his head and said with a smile:
"We brothers are all porcelain, why should we fight against those earthenware? These people have been reduced to household dogs, and they are all a bunch of poor and crazy people. Now if we fight with them, they will definitely fight with us. Besides, How much money can these people take with their hands? Let them take it. We will see later.”
Wu Fu had prestige among the officials, so even though many people disagreed, they still curled their lips and said nothing.
After the captains and sailors left, Wu Fu led a group of officials into Guo's mansion, and then each of them picked a few gold items and then led Guo Hong out of the mansion.
Finally, Wu Fu put a yellow strip on the door of Guo Mansion, which stated the establishment of Zuoying of their shogunate. Then all the property in this mansion, including the population and slaves inside, belonged to Zuoying.
Guo Hong, who had been tied up all this time, felt sad. These were all his, but now they were robbed by these old leather men. What made him most resentful was that Wu Fu directly dragged his concubine out.
Guo Hong cursed in his heart, but when he saw Wu Fu turning to look at him, he tried his best to smile:
"Captain Wu, Luzhu is weak, please be gentle."
Wu Fu was stunned. He didn't expect that a dignified descendant of the Guo family would say such a thing.
After this shock, a shuddering feeling of having power enveloped his heart, and he couldn't help but laugh.
When Wu Fu smiled, other officials also laughed. They liked to see this.
Wu Fu walked up to Guo Hong, patted his face with his hand, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Mr. Guo, we are also brothers. I understand what you said."
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed even more wildly.
Later, on the way Wu Fu was escorting Guo Hong, they saw a familiar corpse again. If you look carefully, it's the Chang Sailor who just robbed Guo Mansion and fled.
I don't know who was ambushing these people, and they all died on the side of the road. Not only the looted property was missing, but also the weapons and uniforms of these people were taken away.
The shogunate officials gathered around these naked corpses and took a closer look. They saw that these wounds were all cut by sharp knives, and they were shocked because this was a typical military martial art.
Everyone was silent for a while, gaining a deeper understanding of the complex situation in Kyoto.
After that, Wu Fu and others carefully escorted Guo Hong all the way to the imperial edict without further delay.
There, the general was waiting impatiently.
(End of chapter)