Chapter 105: The Look of Hell
The old eunuch was old and weak, and the saliva he spat out was blown by the wind and stuck to his face. But he didn't realize it and still walked slowly towards Han Lingshan.
"Before you kill your Majesty, kill me first."
Han Lingshan shook his head and said: "I will not kill you, nor will I kill the emperor. I just came to see the emperor. , to prevent him from being humiliated by thieves."
The old eunuch's cloudy eyes suddenly brightened, and he held Han Lingshan's sleeve and said, "Are you here to save His Majesty?"
Han Lingshan still shook his head and said: "I am here to see His Majesty on his last journey."
The old eunuch weakly let go of Han Lingshan's sleeves, fell to the ground and said: " I am too naive. You will only come to see His Majesty’s jokes. You will not save His Majesty or the Ming Dynasty.”
Han Lingshan said: “The Ming Dynasty is in ruins and needs to be demolished and rebuilt.”
The old eunuch looked at Han Lingshan with hope and said: "Yes, yes, you can imitate Shang Yang, you can imitate Li Kui, you can imitate Wang Anshi, and you can imitate Mr. Taiyue in reforming the Ming Dynasty."
Han Lingshan sighed and said: "The biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty is your Majesty."
The old eunuch said nonchalantly: "How can it be your Majesty? Since your Majesty has been in control of Ji, Not greedy for money, not lewd, diligent in government and caring for the people, I personally read every memorial sent from the local government, and reviewed the memorials every day until late at night... The emperor of the previous dynasty was reluctant to use a bowl of mutton soup. It was said that it was a good thing, but I didn't know that I In order to atone for his sins to the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not know the taste of meat for three years...
In order to reduce the burden on the people, His Majesty's dragon robe has not been replaced for eight years, and the heads and faces of the concubines in the palace have not been replaced for many years. The new one is about the queen reeling silkworms, weaving cloth, and growing vegetables. When she doesn’t see outsiders, she wears cloth and hairpins.
Have you ever seen such an empress? ”
< p>The old eunuch waited for a moment, but could not get an answer. When he looked up, he realized that the tall man in a black cloak had gone away."You, you can't be heartless, and you can't harm my poor Majesty..."
The old eunuch was lying on the ground, trying hard to reach out his hand, as if he wanted to catch Han Ling. The retreating figure of the mountain.
In the middle of the red osmanthus in Huangji Hall is a white jade dragon picture weighing tens of thousands of kilograms. The dragon face on the dragon picture is ferocious, majestic and inviolable.
Han Lingshan stopped on the red osmanthus to admire it for a moment, then went straight up the steps to the gate of Huangji Hall.
Fortunately, the gate of this majestic palace is closed.
Han Lingshan opened the door and saw the high dragon chair at a glance.
The dragon chair is surrounded by copper red cranes, lotus flowers, and palace lanterns. This is the handiwork of Emperor Wanli. If in normal times, the pointed-beaked copper crane would spray out clouds of sandalwood smoke, The copper lotus is shrouded in smoke, and at the same time, it also makes the emperor's throne stand high above the clouds.
"Azhao probably doesn't like this thing!"
Han Lingshan strode forward, shouted loudly, and swung his sword to kill the copper crane, copper lotus, and the high dragon chair. Cut from it.
The back of the dragon chair fell to the ground, making a roaring sound, and the Bailian long sword in Han Lingshan's hand also made a crisp sound, which echoed in the empty hall for a long time. .
Bingbi eunuch Wang Zhixin stood by the curtain with his whisk in his arms, watching Han Lingshan cut off the Ming Dynasty's supreme symbol of power without moving his expression.
Han Lingshan, who cut off the bronze lotus, bronze crane and dragon chair, said to Wang Zhixin: "Take me to see your majesty."
Wang Zhixin opened his old and dim eyes like The walking zombie said: "Cut off the head of me, the eunuch Bingbi, and you will be done with everything."
Han Lingshan said: "We want to make the country great. As for people, sooner or later they will be changed. "
"Including us eunuchs?"
Han Lingshan smiled: "The current eunuchs should be the last batch of eunuchs."
"How can we guarantee the royal bloodline without eunuchs?"
"My Majesty Lantian only has two wives and does not have a harem of three thousand."
"I have still heard that the master of Lantian treats women I have a special hobby."
"I don't know, at least His Majesty Lan Tian's wife didn't tell me."
"Eh? Can you see Yun Zhao's wife?" /p>
"We grew up together. Well, what I did has nothing to do with His Majesty Lantian's wife."
"But you just cut off Huayi! I I don’t think Yun Zhao will be happy.”
“I will give him a tiger-skin chair and he will be satisfied. Don’t delay, I want to see the Ming Emperor.”
Han Lingshan didn't like eunuchs by nature. He always felt that these guys smelled like urine, and their good body organs were cut off with a knife. Oh, it was so bad, it was simply a great tragedy in the world.
Wang Zhixin had no objection to leading the way to see the emperor.
The two of them passed through the Huangji Hall and came to the Zhongji Hall at the back.
This palace was formerly called Huagai Hall. After a fire during the Jiajing period, it was renamed Zhongji Hall.
Wang Zhixin waved the whisk and said: "This is the place where His Majesty rests before the big meeting. Sometimes he also inspects crop seeds here and prays when the priest goes to heaven.
There are only There are three rooms inside and outside, paved with gold bricks, there is nothing special, and there is no place where the general needs to wield his sword."
Han Lingshan has not been dissatisfied with Wang Zhixin's delaying behavior until now. , the Ming officials seemed to still be shameless and did not open the gate of the capital, so he still had some time to slowly appreciate the treasures in this palace building.
It was deserted inside, and the emperor was probably not there, so the two of them bypassed Zhongji Hall and came to Jianji Hall.
This time Han Lingshan took the initiative to stop and wait for WangIntroduced to him.
Wang Zhixin sighed and said: "This was originally the place where His Majesty received the envoys from the foreign countries. I think back then, the envoys from the foreign countries who knelt down outside this hall could line up to the Zhongji Hall. Now, there is no such thing. Now, you, a white-skinned person, can also force me, a eunuch with a pen, to tell you about the past.
I think back then, countless heroes took the imperial examination here, and after being appointed by His Majesty, they were ranked first, second, and third. , rode away from here along the royal road, and finally accepted the cheers of all the people..."
Han Lingshan cupped his hands and said: "Thank you very much, but you have to feel lucky. If Li Hongji comes, I believe he must be different. I want you to introduce him to the scenery in the palace."
Wang Zhixin nodded and said: "This is the difference between an elegant thief and a vulgar thief. However, as a eunuch and an elegant thief, It is more difficult to deal with than a vulgar thief. A vulgar thief can be deceived, but an elegant thief cannot be fooled."
After passing the Jianji Palace, a tall dark red palace wall appeared in front of Han Lingshan.
Wang Zhixin stopped and said: "I am a minister of the outer palace. If the general wants to enter the inner palace, he needs someone else to lead the way."
Han Lingshan said: "The door If it's closed, I might not be able to open it."
Wang Zhixin said, "I can't open it either."
Han Lingshan laughed and said, "Then climb over the wall and go in." "
After that, he started running on the ground. His speed was so fast that when his feet stepped on the palace wall, he actually leaned forward and ran three steps on the wall. Then he reached out and grabbed the glazed tiles on the palace wall. With a little force on one arm, he lifted his body up the palace wall.
Then, it disappeared behind the palace wall.
Wang Zhixin’s calm face twitched twice and he sighed: “During Tianqi’s reign, I wrote a letter, hoping to raise the inner palace wall, but unfortunately, His Majesty did not listen...”
Palace Five hundred steps behind the wall is the Qianqing Palace.
Han Lingshan suddenly appeared on the palace wall, causing countless eunuchs and palace maids to panic.
Some daring eunuchs saw that Han Lingshan was just a man, so they took out some wooden sticks, door bars and the like and rushed forward.
Han Lingshan ignored the existence of these people and still walked forward with his head held high.
Although the eunuchs surrounded Han Lingshan, they were actually walking with Han Lingshan.
Han Lingshan came to the steps of Qianqing Palace, clasped his fists and shouted loudly: "Han Lingshan, the leader of Lantian Secret Intelligence Department, met with Your Majesty at the order of Yun Zhao, the owner of Lantian."
The voice reached Qianqing Palace, but there was no response for a long time.
Han Lingshan was not in a hurry, still waiting quietly in the circle of eunuchs with his hands behind his back.
I don’t know how long it took, but with a heart-wrenching creaking sound, the door of Qianqing Palace was opened.
Han Lingshan saw Chongzhen sitting on a dragon chair at first sight.
His clothes are neatly dressed, and the crown on his head is also very neatly worn.Yes, even the hem of the clothes was carefully adjusted by the maids.
His back was very straight, and he sat there motionless, more like a clay and wooden Bodhisattva than a living person.
A familiar face appeared in front of Han Lingshan, but it was Wang Chengen, the admiral and eunuch. This man had been to Yushan three times, and Han Lingshan had seen him once. However, at this time, Wang Chengen no longer had the grace of the past. With his luxurious appearance, the whole person looks old and lifeless.
"Your Majesty has summoned Lantian Special Envoy Han Lingshan to see you——"
Han Lingshan was about to take a step forward when Wang Chengen almost said in a pleading tone: "General Han, your saber!"
Han Lingshan showed a smile on his face, waved his hand casually, and the long knife in his hand flew out like an arrow, and was inserted into the gap of a huge pine and cypress.
Wang Chengen then said: "General, please follow me."
Han Lingshan followed suit up the steps, and finally came to the emperor with his hands clasped in fists and said: "Have you seen Han Lingshan before?" Your Majesty."
Chongzhen looked at Han Lingshan and said, "Why don't you kneel?"
Han Lingshan smiled and said, "According to my Lantian law, my knees are as big as the sky. Hou Tu, I don’t kneel to anyone except my ancestors and my mother.”
“Don’t you kneel down when you see Yun Zhao?”
Han Lingshan said with a smile. When I see my Lord Yun Zhao, if I kneel down, he will take advantage of the situation and sit on my head. Therefore, I have never knelt down and will never kneel down in the future!”
Chongzhen nodded and said, “It’s okay if you don’t kneel down!” Anyway, etiquette has been corrupted, discipline has been chaotic, and the order of superiority and inferiority has been lost. In this world, there is neither yin nor yang, where birds of prey are rampant, beasts are raging, and ghosts are raging. How can there be any righteousness in the world? ”