Chapter 230: The Storm of Kyoto (Nine)

Although the King of Qin failed in the palace-tornment incident, he gained unexpected gains. He secretly reached an alliance agreement with the King of Zhou. They will jointly overthrow the Jianwen New Dynasty and regain their Ming Dynasty. At that time, Qin, Jin and Zhou will share the country together.

The day after the alliance, Shao Wenda suddenly came and said that his son was in a critical condition and he wanted to return to Xi'an immediately. The King of Qin agreed very happily and gave him a thousand taels of silver for medicine. At this point, Shao Wenda fled to the King of Qin before the King of Yan took revenge.

The King of Qin had no idea about all this. He was also preparing to return to China. The mission of the capital was completed. King of Qin Zhu Cheng became leisurely and summoned more than a dozen concubines to proclaim their debauchery day and night. However, after two days of playing, he became tired again. He felt bored and felt bored in staying in the palace. He secretly took dozens of guards to the Beifeng Teahouse where he used to often go to to listen to opera.

Watching zaju is a big hobby of Zhu Chuang. He has two zaju troupes in the palace of Qin in Xi'an, which are specially designed for him to act. This time he went to Beijing, the zaju troupe did not bring it. His chief guard suggested that the famous zaju troupe in the capital be invited to the royal palace to perform, but he was unwilling to watch the opera in the royal palace. He liked the lively and exaggerated atmosphere of the teahouse.

Zhu Lu was not worried about something going on. Zhu Yunwen's son issued another edict yesterday, reiterating that he would ensure the safety of all the emperors. Moreover, Beifeng Teahouse is very close to his royal palace. Once something happens, his guards will come to help immediately. Moreover, there are dozens of master guards around him, so he is not worried about safety at all.

Beifeng Teahouse only provides performance venues for major zaju troupes in Beijing to perform. Today, a zaju troupe from Fengyang was playing here. Zhu Feng wore a white satin robe, waved a folding fan, and came to Beifeng Teahouse under the support of dozens of guards.

He looked up at the performance cards very skillfully and said, "Fengyang famous actor Li Meiniang, okay!"

The shopkeeper of the teahouse was already scared and knelt down to greet him, "Caomin Cao Ande bowed to His Highness the King of Qin."

Zhu Ren smiled and said, "I am your old guest, or an old seat, the old rules."

他的老位子就是二楼最好的第一排,而规矩是他看戏时周围不能有一个杂人,说白了就是二楼他全包了,至于看戏钱,他心情好时会赏个十两八两,心情不好时就会命人将戏班子全体都狠揍一顿,这还不是要命的,他看中了戏台上的哪个小娘子,就会把她带走,所以他的到来吓得茶楼掌柜,暗暗叫苦不迭,好容易平静几年,这个混蛋王爷又来了,他心里一阵叹息,看来今天的李美娘又难保了.

He hated him, but the shopkeeper had to pretend to be happy and hurriedly called the troupe out to greet him. At the same time, he ordered the clerk to go to the second floor to Qing people. Before the show started, the actors of the troupe had just finished their makeup and knelt on the ground one by one, not daring to look up. Zhu Ren squinted his eyes and found the top Li Meiniang. Seeing her graceful and plump body and handsome appearance, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. He waved his hand and smiled, "Watch the show! Watch the show! Give me a reward after watching the show."

In fact, there is no need for a guy to drive people. When the guests on the second floor heard that the King of Qin was coming, they were so scared that they rolled and crawled away. Not only the second floor, but even the guests on the first floor were all gone. The entire teahouse actually became Zhu Ceng's house. Zhu Ceng found his old seat to sit down. The guy trembled to give him the best tea and the best details.

Zhu Lu gently shook the folding fan and ordered: "It can be staged."

However, one thing is the luck of the troupes, that is, Zhu Chuang is not picky about the show, he likes to watch everything he plays, like a fat man with a big appetite, and everything he eats is delicious. With the sound of silk and bamboo, Li Meiniang, dressed as a fisherman, slowly appeared on the stage, babbling and singing, and a few more straightforward sentences were inserted in the middle. Zhu Chuang was so happy that she slapped her hands, slapped her loudly, and shouted: "Okay! Sing well!"

At this moment, a rapid running sound came from the stairs. A guard rushed up and whispered a few words to the guards. The guards' face changed drastically. He turned around and looked out the window. He saw hundreds of cavalry galloping towards the teahouse. The people on the street were so scared that they stumbled to dodge on both sides. Among the cavalry, there was a general holding a knife with a majestic momentum. He had thick eyebrows and deep eyes and his eyes were sharp. It was Li Weizheng, the general of Liaodong.

"Prince, it's not good! Li Wei is coming." The guard shouted in shock.

Zhu Ren didn't react. He was just watching it so excitedly, so he waved his hand and shouted, "Don't disturb me to watch the show!"

The guard officer ran over and reported again, "Your Highness, Li Weizheng has come, right outside."

Zhu Ren raised his head blankly, "What did you say?"

Suddenly he understood, and he screamed in fear, and kicked on the table. His people flipped to the ground, and the table also rolled over the railings, rolled down from the second floor, and fell apart. The dishes on the table were even more smashed. The actors on the stage were stunned. They dared not act anymore, and quietly retreated.

The guards helped Zhu Ci up with all their strength. Zhu Ci was so scared that he trembled all over and shouted in a trembling voice: "Send someone back to report the news!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a rocket shot through the window, nailed to the wooden pillar, and the flames were burning. All the guards were stunned. Li Weizheng was actually serious.

Suddenly, a few screams came from the downstairs. Several guards who rushed to the door were shot to death by arrows and fell to the ground. One guard ran upstairs again and shouted: "Your Highness, we can't get out. They have surrounded the teahouse."

At this time, several rockets shot into the window on the second floor. The window suddenly burst into flames and was lit by the fire. Several guards rushed up to put out the fire, but one of them was shot through the head by a cold arrow and fell down the second floor with a scream.

"What should I do?" Zhu Ren collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, crying: "Tell me quickly, what should I do now!"

The guard officer had a little brainstorming, and he immediately supported Zhu Chuang and said, "Your Highness, now you are the only way to say a few words to Li Weizheng, stabilize him and buy time for reinforcements to come by themselves."

"But I, I'm afraid."

"Your Highness, there's nothing I can do, the first floor has already burned."

The guard officer winked, and several guards held Zhu Ren up, and one guard shouted: "General Li, our prince is going to talk to you, please stop for the time being."

On the street, Li Weizheng heard the shouts inside the building and waved his hand and said, "Stop for a moment."

It was not accidental that Li Weizheng suddenly came to kill today. His people were monitoring every move of the Qin Palace. Today they found that the Qin Palace had secretly left the palace, with only dozens of guards. Li Weizheng received an urgent report. He knew that the opportunity he was waiting for had arrived. He needed this opportunity to make a gesture for King Yan Zhu Di, and at the same time created another last chance for Zhu Yunwen. He immediately led 500 cavalry and rushed straight to Beifeng Teahouse.

Five hundred cavalry stopped attacking at the same time and took dozens of steps back. In front of the teahouse, there were more than twenty guards' bodies, with arrows inserted on their bodies. The fire was still burning on both sides of the gate, but the fire was already weak.

"Zhu Zhi, just say what your last words are!" Li Wei said coldly, and at the same time, he gave Luo Guangcai a wink, and Luo Guang understood. He immediately drifted in a corner, drew out a wolf-toothed arrow, and put on the bowstring.

"General Li, why do you want to kill me?" Zhu Ren's fat face appeared on the window on the second floor. He didn't know what to say at all. The guards who held him down were teaching him.

"You are really a noble man who forgets things. Do you want me to repeat the hatred between me and you? I, Li Wei, have sworn to chop off your pig's head with my own hands."

Luo Guangcai's bowstring in the dark next to him had slowly pulled open, slowly turning into a full moon. Here, it was only forty steps away from the window, and the sharp arrow tip had already pointed at Zhu Ren's head, and Luo Guangcai's eyes gradually narrowed.

"General Li, what are your conditions?" Zhu Chuang asked again.

"My conditions are very simple. Cut off your pig's ears and add wine to me."

Li Weizheng's word "drinking wine" was released, and Luo Guangcai's finger suddenly loosened, and a wolf-toothed arrow shot towards Zhu Chuang's head like lightning. The arrow came so fast that Zhu Chuang had no reaction at all. With a "crack!", the arrow shot through his right ear. The powerful force continued to move forward, and actually tore off his entire right ear.

Zhu Ren screamed and fell to the ground on his back. Li Weizheng laughed to the sky and said, "Good wine! The pig ears are delicious, just as you go to drink."

At this time, the shouts of soldiers from the Qin Prince's Mansion came from afar. Li Wei was waved and said, "Get off!"

Five hundred cavalry turned around and drove towards the city gate like lightning. They walked cleanly in an instant, leaving only the raging flames and pools of blood all over the ground. The teahouse was filled with howlings like a pig-killing howlings echoed in the teahouse.

News of a serious conflict between Li Weizheng and King Zhu Chuang of Liaodong immediately spread throughout the capital. The King of Qin was seriously injured, and everyone was extremely shocked. The military immediately announced martial law throughout the city and sent 10,000 troops to strictly protect the King of Qin.

At this time, Li Wei had already left the city and returned to his camp in the southern suburbs. The military did not dare to move troops, so he sent only a few teams of cavalry to monitor him.

In the imperial study room of the palace, Zhu Yunwen threw an inkstone to the ground. He was so angry that his eyes were about to burst out with fire. Li Weizheng actually provoked trouble at the last moment. More than a dozen vassal kings had already sent the letter to the palace. This time, it was even the King of Yan who took the lead. What should he do now? How do you explain to the kings? They were about to go back, but now they all refused to leave. They always insisted that he punish Li Weizheng severely, otherwise they would raise the ancestral temple to question him again.

Zhu Yunwen was frightened by the tyranny of his uncles. He completely lost his usual elegance and kindness, and even roared in the imperial study a little unreasonable: "Li Weizheng, what are you going to do!"

"Your Majesty calms down! This matter is not that simple." The person who persuaded Zhu Yunwen was Zhuo Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was reporting to Zhu Yunwen about the situation after the tax cut in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but suddenly encountered such a thing. However, the bystander was clear, and Zhuo Jing's rationality was very clear. He believed that Li Weizheng did not act impulsively, and this move must have profound meaning.

Zhu Yunwen sat down suddenly and rubbed his temples with his fingers painfully. After a while, he asked, "Then tell me, what does his move mean?"

Zhuo Jing hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I think Li Weizheng is actually deliberately creating a condition for Your Majesty. Your Majesty can take advantage of this opportunity to surround the royal palaces in the name of protecting security, and then conduct a test of reducing the vassals on one or two of them. If the resistance is not fierce, Your Majesty can take the opportunity to reduce all the vassals and move them to the mainland of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and send troops to strictly supervise them. This dilemma of reducing the vassals will be solved in one fell swoop."

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "But I have sent two memorials in a row, repeatedly guaranteeing the safe departure of the kings. Now that I have to go back on my word, what is my credibility? Let the people in the world see me."

Seeing that the emperor was not distinguished by the ruler, Zhuo Jing hurriedly said: "If Your Majesty let the tiger return to the mountain, there will be endless troubles. Since ancient times, Guanzhong has been a place of dragons, with a fertile field of thousands of miles and a rich land. There is a Loess Plateau in the north and a Qinling barrier in the south. It is an easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack place. The King of Qin gathered hundreds of thousands of troops here. How could the court take it? Peiping is also a powerful place for the Jin and Yuan dynasties to raise troops. It is backed by Yanshan, and the tiger is looking at the Central Plains. In addition, the King of Yan is extremely wise and looks like the late emperor. Once the preparation is sufficient, the cavalry of Yanzhao will surely sweep the Central Plains. How can our southern troops be taken? Your Majesty, since Li Weizheng has created an opportunity for Your Majesty, Your Majesty should act decisively."

Zhu Yunwen walked to the window with his hands behind his back. He silently looked at the glazed golden roof of the Taimiao in the distance. After a long time, he shook his head gently and said, "I, my uncles and even my relatives, don't want to do this. I decided to accept it with virtue and treat it with courtesy. If they still refuse, I will consider reducing the vassals again. My benevolence and righteousness have not yet been implemented. What face should I do to take action first?"

"Your Majesty!" Zhuo Jing knelt down in anger and kowtowed heavily, "Your Majesty is familiar with history books. Have you forgotten the father-son relationship between Emperor Wen of Sui and Yang Guang? Have you forgotten the brotherhood of Li Shimin and Prince Jiancheng? Your Majesty is thinking about his flesh and blood, but they are pushing each other and do not care about his uncle and nephew at all. Your Majesty complains with virtue. This is not a good idea! Besides, Your Majesty is not trying to kill them, but just let them become Princes of Taiping. Your Majesty can give them wealth and honor, which is considered as the love between flesh and blood. I hope Your Majesty thinks twice."

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a long time, and Fang whispered: "Sir, let's forget it!"

As night fell, Li Wei was riding on the horse, looking at the direction of the capital with a serious look. Behind him, three thousand cavalry had completed their troops and were on standby at any time. At this time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. A team of cavalry rushed to him, all of his confidant soldiers. The officer in charge said on the horse: "Report to the Lord, we have received the message from Fang Lan. The court army did not move. The ten thousand troops protecting the Qin Palace have also been ordered to withdraw."

"I can't stand it!"

Li Weizheng shook his head regretfully, sighed at the direction of Zhu Biao's tomb, "Your Highness, the prince, I, Li Weizheng, have paid off your kindness today. From today on, we will not owe each other."

He immediately turned around and ordered: "Set out and return to Liaodong."

The brigade of cavalry started, rushing towards the north like a rushing torrent. The troops surveilled from afar did not dare to stop them, and they were so scared that they dodged to both sides. Two hours later, they crossed the Yangtze River and did not take a boat. Three thousand cavalry rushed straight towards Shandong.

In the Yan Prince's Mansion, King Yan Zhu Di had finished cleaning up. He looked extremely panicked and frightened, and repeatedly urged: "Hurry! Hurry! We are going to leave the city immediately."

The general Zhang Yu next to him saw that the lord looked extremely panicked, which was rare in several years, so he carefully advised: "Your Highness, since news has been heard from the palace, the emperor has given up taking advantage of this opportunity to reduce the vassal states, why bother to worry, just go back slowly."

"You bastard!" Zhu Di was so angry that he whipped straight at him and cursed: "Am I afraid of that indecisive person? Li Weizheng has already left. If he leads troops to attack Peiping while I am not here, who can resist it?"

"I know my guilt! Let's go immediately."

Zhu Di clasped his fists at Lu Siyuan again, "The dog son Gao Xu, Mr. Lao will teach you sooner or later."

It is not the time to turn against the court. Zhu Di took away the prince Gao Chi and left his second son Gao Xu as his qualifier.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will devote myself to my whole life until I die!" Lu Siyuan bowed deeply.

Zhu Di nodded, and waved his hand, "Get out of the city immediately. If there are blockers, kill them without mercy!"

Just one hour after Li Weizheng led his army northward, King Yan Zhu Di also led his guards to leave the capital and returned to Peiping in a hurry.

Before dawn the next day, the news of King Yan's departure had spread all over the kings, just as if a big tree had fallen over. The kings immediately dispersed like money. The King of Qin endured the pain and rushed back to Guanzhong with injuries. King Jin, King Liao, King Ning, King Zhou, and King Qi were all shocked and at a loss. They hurriedly cleaned up and did not say goodbye to the court. The kings left the capital one after another like a tide.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen was still tossing and turning in the quilt and couldn't sleep. He racked his brains to think about how to respond to the uncles' questions.
Chapter completed!