The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Important cultural and ceremonial places such as Taixue, Mingtang, Lingtai, Biyong, Sheji, and Ancestral Temple are mostly located in the south of the city. There are not many cultural and ceremonial buildings in the east of Luoyang. The more important ones are probably the Yingchūn Temple. Autumn has entered, winter has not yet arrived, how about welcoming chūn? Therefore, the Yingchūn Temple has not yet reached the lively time.レ; thinking ♥ road ♣ guest レ

However, the "horse market" and "millet market", two of the major cities in Luoyang, are also in the east of the city. As the names suggest, these two cities are places for trading horses, cattle, sheep, corn, rice and other livestock and grain. The neighing of sheep and the passing of cars are always very lively, and the voices from the city can be heard from a dozen miles away, but today, it is very deserted, unless Zhong Yao accidentally said something on the road, Xun Zhen They didn't even know that Ma Shi and Su Shi were in the east of the city.

It can also be seen from this that the great chaos in the city a few days ago has not been eliminated until today.

Stepping on the twilight, among the crowd of officials and people who fled in Luoyang, Xun Zhen and the others "goed up against the current" and rushed outside the Shangdong Gate.

Luoyang is the capital city. The twelve city gates are all wide and tall. According to the measurement of later generations, the upper east gate is twenty or thirty meters wide.

There were no soldiers stationed at the gate to the east of Qili Bridge. As one of the city gates of Luoyang, there were still many soldiers guarding the gate despite the chaos in the city.

After a lot of connection, I saw people fleeing from Luoyang City, and it was rare for people to enter the city from outside. Seeing that Xun Zhen and his party were mostly armored and armed with soldiers, they were all horses and horses. The soldier went out and stepped forward to stop him.

Zhong Yao passed over Xun Zhen and the others, came to the front, took out the official seal from the seal bag, showed it to him, and said loudly: "Zuo Zhonglang has ordered Xun Jun to enter the city." - If Xun Zhen did not bring troops into the city, then He was indeed enlisted in the city by edict, and he was worshipped by the court as a general of Zuozhong, and he must have come to the court to take office.

The military waiter at the East Gate recognized Zhong Yao.

Although Zhong Yao's official position in the court was not high, he was from a famous family in Yingchuan. There were many elders, old friends, and fellow villagers in the court and the city, so he was also quite famous in Luoyang. It was not surprising that the military officer recognized him. What's more, when he passed the order of He Jin to Xun Zhen before, Zhong Yao was the city through the Shangdong Gate.

The soldier looked behind Zhong Yao for a few times, and his gaze fell on Xun Zhen.

There are many beautiful men in the Xun clan, thanks to the gene of Xun Zhen, Xun Zhen himself is tall and straight, and now he is surrounded by Xi Zhicai, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and others like stars holding the moon in the middle. It can be concluded that he is the master of the group.

The current Chengmen Colonel Wu Qiong is from Yuan Shao's party. As Wu Qiong's subordinate, this military marquis has heard that He Jin has asked for an edict to worship Xun Zhen as Zuo Zhonglang. At this time, he saw Xun Zhen A real person, he unconsciously said: "Is this the prefect of Wei County and Yingchuan Rǔhu Xunzhen, who forced Zhang Jiao to death and captured Zhao Changshi's family? "

Now that they knew Xun Zhen's identity, of course there was no need to stop Xun Zhen from entering the city. The soldier gave a military salute, took a few steps back, turned around, and personally led the people out of the city. Zhen and his party cleared a path and respectfully invited him into the city.

However, Xun Zhen was not in a hurry to enter the city, but ordered Zhao Yun to step forward and ask, "General Wen Dong has welcomed the Son of Heaven, I wonder if he has returned to the palace?"

Shangdongmen is the northernmost city gate in the east of Luoyang City. It is next to the Gumen gate in the easternmost part of the city. It is not too far from the Xiamen in the west of the city. However, this military commander knew this and replied: "General Dong and the court Gongqing Zhong received the emperor at the foot of Beimangban, and has already returned to the city to return to the palace."

"When did you return to the city?"

"It's been two or three hours."

In the evening, two or three hours later, that is, around noon, the Emperor, King Chen Liu, Dong Zhuo, and others have already returned to the city.

"Can General Dong's episodes enter the city?"

"There are not many soldiers and knights entering the city. The subordinates heard that most of General Dong's minions are stationed in the north of the city."

"Where is General Dong now?"

"This..., the subordinates don't know."

Zhao Yun reported the situation to Xun Zhen. He heard that Dong Zhuo's troops did not enter the city, but were stationed outside the city. Although Xun Zhen was still worried about the possible situation in Luoyang, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. He thought in his heart: "Luoyang, who returned around noon,... It is expected that Dong Zhuo will not leave the emperor easily, so now he is most likely in the palace province, accompanied by the emperor."

At this time, it was late at night. When Xun Zhen entered the city, Zhong Yao was in front of him to inform him, and it was expected that he would not be able to enter the palace in time. Even if he was able to enter the palace in time, now that Dong Zhuo had caught the emperor, Xun Zhuo had already caught the emperor. Zhen's life in Luoyang was sparse, and since his support in the court was scarce, it was useless to enter the palace, so the plan at the moment, after entering the city, the first priority should of course be to find Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Luoyang is a city dominated by palaces, and the north and south palaces occupy almost half or more of the area of ​​Luoyang.

You can enter the upper east gate, and you can walk a distance to the Suzakuque, and this Suzakuque is the gate between the North Palace and the Nangong, the north of the Que is the North Palace, and the south of the Que is the Nangong. The location is between the North Palace and the South Palace.

Luoyang is the capital city, and the roads in the city are different from other cities.

In other cities, a road in the city is a road, but a road in Luoyang is divided into three, the middle one is the imperial road, and there are walls on both sides, each of which is more than four feet high, and the outside is divided. This road is only for the emperor to travel. In addition to the special use at the time, usually only Gongqing, Shangshu, and Zhangfu are feasible. The people of Qianshou can only take the road on both sides of the imperial road. "Left in and right out".

Xun Zhen is a general of the left middle and is qualified to walk the royal road in the middle.

This was the first time Xun Zhen walked on the imperial road, walking on the road, looking at the pedestrians, carriages and horses on both sides of the road, even when she was worried, Xun Zhen did not feel a strange feeling that the "class" Involuntarily it came to his mind again.

Now is not the time to start thinking, Xun Zhen quickly suppressed this strange feeling, and looked at the Suzaku Tower and the palaces and pavilions that stretched for miles from north to south, right in front of him. Zhong Yao said: "Yuanchang, I am entering the city now, and I should have seen the emperor first, but the sky will be about to night, and I am afraid that the gate of the palace will be closed, so I went to see Yuan Sili first, and I don't know where the Sili School Wei's mansion is in the city? "

Xun Zhen was right, not to mention that it was an eventful autumn, Xun Zhen entered the city, and from the perspective of the situation, he should have seen Yuan Shao first, so Zhong Yao did not say much, acquiesced to Xun Zhen's choice, pondered for a moment, and said: "Yuan Zhen Sili may not be in the mansion."

"Oh?"

"The palace is in chaos, the emperor went out, and he just returned to the palace this afternoon. If I save it, Yuan Sili is either in the palace or the Taifu mansion at this time."

Taifu's mansion, this is Yuan Wei's mansion.

Taifu was one of the three Dukes in the Zhou Dynasty, and in this dynasty, Taifu was the Shang Duke.

The three princes of this dynasty were Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong.

The post of Taifu is not permanent. It was first established during the reign of Emperor Guangwu. Guangwu once used Zhuo Mao as Taifu, but after Zhuo Mao passed away, Guangwu omitted this post. , which was owned by the previous generation and followed by the descendants. Therefore, although Guangwu omitted this post, but after him, whenever the emperor ascended the throne, the court often imitated the story of Guangwu and set the Taifu to record the affairs of the book, and also For example, the story of Zhuomao in the Guangwu era, even if the Taifu passed away, it will be omitted and will not be recreated.

That is to say, only when the emperor ascends the throne, the imperial court will set up a Taifu.

This is why Yuan Hui was worshipped as Taifu after Emperor Ling's collapse and his son today ascended the throne, and he and He Jin recorded the ministerial affairs together.

If Luoyang City is separated from it, then the north is mainly the two north and south palaces, where the emperor, the empress dowager, the prince and other residences of monks, Shutai, Sanshulang, Hu Ben, Yulin, etc. are all here. The house is located in the south of the city, facing the east wall of the city.

Although the Taifu is not permanent, he is still in the position of Shang Gong, and his residence is also in the south of the city.

There are elm trees, locust trees and lush forests on both sides of the road in the city.

At this time, at the end of August, in the evening, the city is red, the road is straight, the trees are lush, the cool breeze is blowing, the palace is empty like a cloud, the gate of Gu Ze is vast, and the squares on both sides are uneven. It should be a spectacular and beautiful scene. Jing sè, imagine that going to Taiping, if you add three roads to get on the car like flowing water, and the horse like a dragon, then the sight in front of you is worthy of the gods in the world, but now, not only the pedestrians are in a hurry, but also far away. Seeing the spots on the walls and gates of the Suzaku Que and the North and South Palaces, you don’t need to look closely to know that these must be blood and burn marks, especially the palace walls and gates of the North Palace, because here is Yuan Shao. At the main attack site of the others, there were scenes of the collapse of the palace wall and the destruction of the palace gate. The trees on the side of the road were implicated, perhaps for the purpose of attacking the North Palace, and they were cut down a lot.

The North Palace was destroyed so far. It was heard that Yuan Shao killed more than 2,000 eunuchs in one night, and the palace was probably even more bloodshed. Not long after the chaos was settled, Dong Zhuo brought troops to the capital again, and people were panicked. The tragic scene left after the massacre should have not been cleaned up, so the emperor would probably only be in Nangong now.

Nangong is to the south of the North Palace, and Xunzhen is turning to the right of the road to the south of the city.

Xun Zhen glanced to the right from time to time on the road, watching Nangong. There are city gates outside Luoyang, and the north and south palaces also have their own palace gates. The north palace has palace gates three, and the south palace has palace gates four. There are seven palace gates in total. There are also guards stationed at each gate, but because it is the gate of the palace city where the emperor lives, the leader of the guards is not called a military officer, but a Sima, which is one taller.

Among the four palace gates of the Nangong Palace, the Chongxian Gate is on the east, and the Sima name of the guard of this gate is Canglong Sima.

When passing by Chongxian Gate, Xun Zhen specially stopped to dismount and looked at it carefully. In the distance, he saw that Chongxian Gate was closed. The gate outside the closed palace gate, the watchtower inside the gate, and the palace walls on both sides of the gate were full See the guards guarded by the armored guards.

Xun Zhen pointed at it, and asked Zhong Yao, "Are the soldiers guarding the gate of the Wei Palace a part of the Canglong Sima?"

It was too far apart to see clearly, Zhong Yao squinted for a while and said uncertainly, "It seems so."

If it is really a part of Canglong Sima, it will be better, if it is a part of Dong Zhuo, then things will be bad.

Xun Zhen thought to himself, if he was replaced by Dong Zhuo, he thought: "I will definitely replace Canglong Sima's department and assign my department to guard the palace." Thinking of this, he summoned Zhao Yun and ordered, "Zilong , you can go outside the palace gate and look from a distance to see if there are any Hu people in the guards guarding the palace gate."

Dong Zhuo's subordinate Jin Ruiduo is a Hu and Hu Hua Han, and they can be distinguished from the Han in terms of hair accessories.

Zhao Yun received the order and followed Xun Zhen for a while. When he came across an exit, he galloped off the imperial road and ran to visit outside the palace gate.

Go south along the Royal Road, pass the Nangong, and the first street is in front.

Zhong Yao introduced: "This street is Tongtuo Street."

Tongtuo Street is a well-known street in Luoyang City. It is located in Luoyang. The north of the street is the two palaces of the north and the south, and the south of the street is the Fangli and the urban area. Because of its superior location and environment, it is the most prosperous.

The name of this street comes from two bronze camels. After the rejuvenation of the current dynasty, two bronze camels were cast, each nine feet high, and they were placed in the east and west of the street and stood opposite each other. Therefore, the street was named Copper Camel Street. There is a saying at the time: "The sages gather outside the Golden Horse Gate, and the young people gather on the copper camel moor." The Golden Horse Gate was the name of the palace gate of the former Han Dynasty. The famous Jinmamen was the place where the scholars were waiting for edicts at that time. It was a gathering place for Confucian scholars and scholars. With the grand occasion of the gathering of scholars outside the Golden Horse Gate, it is likened to the Luoyang teenagers who traveled by cars and horses and gathered on Tongtuo Street for games. It can be seen that this street usually It was sweaty and bustling.

Subdivided, this street is divided into right bronze camels and left bronze camels. The right bronze camels are in the west, and the left bronze camels are in the east. Xunzhen follows the imperial road in the east of the city to this point, and it is the left bronze camels that pass through.

Although Xun Zhen had never seen the bustling scene on Tongtuo Street in the past, she could only see the scene in front of her. Although there were many people walking on the street, not only were most of them apprehensive, but they were far from being bustling and lively. You don't have to ask Zhong Yao to know that this must not be an image that should be seen on Tong Tuo Street.

As for the reason, there is no need to ask.

Passing through Tongtuo Street, and not far ahead, Zhao Yungui came back.

"Junhou, I looked from a distance and saw that the guards outside the gate and on the palace wall were not wearing the enemy's crown, and they had the appearance of a Hu people."

But the enemy crown is the crown worn by the guards, but the enemy crown is not worn, and it has the appearance of a barbarian. Needless to say, it must be Dong Zhuo's part.

Xun Zhen nodded and said to Xi Zhicai and Zhong Yao, "This must be the reason for General Dong to replace Canglong Sima's subordinates with the reason of the chaos in the palace province, and his subordinates will replace the guard palace. city."

As she spoke, Xun Zhen thought to herself, "Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have soldiers and horses under their command, but how could Dong Zhuo's people take over the guards of the palace city?... Yes, Dong Zhuo came directly to the palace following the emperor. Brother Yuan Shao might not have been around at the time, and even if they were, there might not have been many soldiers around, so they couldn't stop Dong Zhuo."

Since the guards at the palace gate had been replaced by Dong Zhuo's, even if Yuan Shao was in the palace before, he should have left the palace now.

Yuan Shao was the one who took the lead in the bloodbath of the North Palace. Although his behavior was not a treason, it could be regarded as a "revolt". Even with Yuan Wei and others backing him up, at this time, he was under the control of Dong Zhuo at the palace gate. Under the background, he certainly did not dare to stay in the palace for too long. In case someone took him to bloodbath the North Palace and committed crimes and said something, and there were people from Dong Zhuo outside, wouldn't he kill himself?

Xun Zhen asked Zhong Yao, "Yuanchang, how far is it from the Taifu's residence?"

"After these few squares in front, it's Taifu's mansion."

The twilight is dark, and night is approaching.

At this time, the city of Luoyang was already full of lights, but at this time, the lights were sparse. Looking around, a deep twilight shrouded the city. Although the sound of people and the barking of dogs sometimes cut through the twilight, it also gave people With a deep sense of depression and suffocation.

Tongtuo Street is facing the Middle East Gate in the east of the city, and Wangjing Gate is to the south of the Middle East Gate.

The urban area of ​​Luoyang can be divided into the palace area, the official area, the powerful area, and the civilian area.

The Palace District is naturally the second palace in the north and the south. The Powerful District is the place where the powerful and powerful live. It is located within the Upper East Gate, east of the Palace District, and north of Tongtuo Street, which is where Xunzhen just passed by. On the left front of the Nangong Palace, that is, the south of the powerful area, that is, the area within the Wangjing Gate in the east of the city, where the Taifu and Sangong's residences are located, and the civilian areas are mostly in the west of the city.

Because this is where the official offices gather, the number of chariots and horses on the imperial road gradually increased.

Xun Zhen was new to Kyoto, and he had few acquaintances in the capital. He didn't know any of the cars and horses he met on the road, but Zhong Yao knew a lot.

The person who heard the present was Xun Zhen. The expressions of these courtiers were different, some were curious, some admired, some cold, some enthusiastic, and some thoughtful.

At this moment, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, Xun Zhen looked at it, but saw four or five cavalry galloping.

This number of riders galloped very fast, and they caught up with Xun Zhen and the others in a short time. Judging by their posture, they were going to directly pass by, but the first rider inadvertently glanced at Xun Zhen, and immediately sighed. With a sound, the horse stopped, and Yu Qi was called to go to the side of Xun Zhen and others.

This man has embroidered clothes and a military crown, a leather belt with a sword, a blue ribbon around his ring, and a seal bag hanging from his waist. Judging from the clothes and crown, he should be a military officer of two thousand stones. Two thousand stones are all matched, but both the blue ribbon and the military crown, but they can only be compared to the two thousand stone captains and the like.

The man jumped off the horse, bowed to Xun Zhen, Zhong Yao, etc., and said to Zhong Yao, "Jun Zhong, where are you going?"

Zhong Yao returned a salute and replied, "Yù visited Yuan Sili, so she went to Taifu's mansion."

After speaking, Zhong Yao turned to introduce him to him, but this person did not wait for Zhong Yao to introduce him. He bowed to Xun Zhen again, and said with a smile, "Is it sure to be Lord Xun of Yingchuan?"

"It's right here,...forgive my clumsiness, have I ever met my feet before?"

This military attache who is older than 2,000 Stones is about forty years old, with wide eyebrows and eyes, a majestic figure, steady behavior, a calm voice, and an extraordinary person. No matter how you look or think about it, you clearly don't recognize this person. Since he didn't recognize him, how could he recognize who Xun Zhen was?

The man smiled and said, "He crowned with a single step, and a blue ribbon, who else could it be except Lord Xun of Yingchuan?"

Han Dynasty's crown belt and clothing are very strict, just as Xun Zhen determined that it must be Dong Zhuo's trilogy through the fact that the guards guarding Chongxian Gate did not wear but the enemy crown~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the appearance of Hu people , and just as Xun Zhen judged that he must be a military officer of more than 2,000 stones through the crown belt and seal of this military officer, this person also judged Xun Zhen's identity through Xun Zhen's crown belt, clothing, and seal. .

Xunzhen wears a blue ribbon, indicating that he is an official with two thousand stones or two thousand stones, and he wears a Heguan crown. The shape of the Heguan and Wuguan is similar, but there are two more tails than the Wuguan. Standing on the left and right of the crown, the military crown is worn by the military officers, and although the Heguan crown is also worn by the military officers, the only people who can wear such crowns are Zhonglang Generals, Yulin Zuojian, Hu Ben Wuqi and other ministers of the old guard. In other words, if Xun Zhen wears both a crown and a green sash, he can only be one of several generals in the middle, and all the generals in the court, such as Wuguan, Hu Ben, Yulin, etc., know all of them. Only the newly appointed Zuo Zhonglang general is Xun Zhen, so it is obvious that Xun Zhen's identity is revealed.

Another characteristic of judging the identity of Zhonglang general is clothing. Zhonglang general wears a single gauze coat, but Xun Zhen did not change into this kind of clothes in order to facilitate his horse riding.

Xun Zhen laughed, just listening to this person's words, he knew that this person must have been in Kyoto for a long time, or if he had been in Kyoto for a long time and knew the courtiers in Kyoto, it would be difficult to judge him only by Xun Zhen's seal and crown. Who is it, and immediately asked: "Dare to ask the name of Gao under your feet?"

"Bao Xin is going down Mount Tai."