coobybook Chapter 157 Han Zhuo, If There Is an Afterlife
Chapter 157 Han Zhuo, If There Is an Afterlife
Until this moment, Murong Zhengde's voice was heard again from outside: "Your Majesty, I have a very important matter to discuss with you."
Murong Yanran has lived in the deep palace for many years and has seen all kinds of methods.
When she informed her brother and nephew, she already knew why they came here.
But Murong Yanran was upset and didn't want to see anyone at all.
But he also knew his brother's temper. He would never give up until he achieved his goal. He sighed quietly in his heart.
Then, still with his back to the father and son, he spoke in a cold voice, "Just tell me if you have something to say."
While speaking, Murong Yanran also dismissed all the eunuchs and palace maids outside.
After Murong Zhengde and the others had left, he hurriedly planned to enter the Buddhist hall. However, just as he was about to step over the threshold, Murong Yanran raised her hand to stop him.
Murong Yanran's cold voice came again: "Brother, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Don't disturb my peace."
Murong Zhengde quickly smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, I heard that Han Zhuo is dead!"
"Her Majesty is deeply saddened by this. As her subjects, we naturally hope that Her Majesty will smile."
"At the same time, in order to help His Majesty come out of the haze, I have a suggestion. Now that His Majesty's harem is vacant, why not take this opportunity to select some young talents to fill the harem."
"As the saying goes, new people replace old ones. Your Majesty, with new people around you, your mood will naturally improve."
Murong Yanran slowly raised her hand to stop Murong Zhengde from going any further.
As a woman, she wanted to sneer when she heard these words!
These men never understand women!
In their eyes, there is no such thing as friendship, only interests!
Murong Yanran was like this before. It was not until she met Han Zhuo that she gradually opened her heart. When Han Zhuo sent her to the top of the clouds and danced on the crest of the waves again and again, she finally understood the meaning of this.
Now that this annoying boy is dead, Murong Yanran's heart has gradually become cold and deserted, just like the lights in the Buddhist temple.
She was too lazy to care about what was happening outside. She said, "The head of the harem is His Majesty now. If my brother has this in mind, he might as well go and make a suggestion to His Majesty himself."
"I will not be involved in this matter."
After saying that, Murong Yanran waved her sleeves, then clasped her hands together, knelt in front of the Buddha statue, and chanted Buddhist scriptures.
If someone understands Buddhist scriptures, they will be able to hear that the Buddhist scriptures Murong Yanran is chanting now are the Sutra of Rebirth used to liberate the souls of the dead!
"Han Zhuo, if there is an afterlife..."
Murong Zhengde and Murong Suheng came with full confidence, but they did not expect to be treated coldly by their sister. As soon as they left the Empress Dowager's bedroom, they saw several old eunuchs walking hurriedly from the deep palace where the Grand Empress Dowager lived.
Murong Zhengde recognized one of them, so he quietly stopped him and asked in a low voice.
From the old eunuch, he learned a piece of news that made him ecstatic!
The old eunuch told Murong Zhengde that when the Empress Dowager learned that the Empress was sad because of Han Zhuo's death, she decided to expand the harem and select a group of young talents to fill it.
Help the empress overcome the current difficulties!
As the saying goes, one stone can cause a thousand ripples. At that moment, the entire imperial city and even the wealthy families in the capital area were in an uproar and going crazy!
They all carried out a large-scale selection of the young talents in the family.
Anyone who is handsome, eloquent, understands music, and can write poetry will be put on the table for selection.
And these talented and outstanding people from wealthy families who have been selected through layers of selection flocked to the capital from the capital area and all directions!
……
As for the instigator, Han Zhuo was no longer in the palace at this time.
"Click."
"Click."
Heinu's strong horse hooves stepped on the dense grass.
On its back, there was a muscular man wearing an iron mask, holding a pure black Shengui Fangtian Huaji.
At the same time, he had 500 cavalry behind him.
Everyone was armed to the teeth, and the iron weapons in their hands emitted a blinding cold light under the sunlight!
They were standing proudly on a mountain top at this time. Xiao Ran rode a brown horse and came to Han Zhuo's side.
She pointed to a valley in the northwest and said to Han Zhuo, "Master, Li Aojun and his convoy will pass by here in half an hour!"
This valley was the location that Han Zhuo had chosen earlier after sending people to conduct a careful survey.
There are cliffs on both sides of the valley, and there is an upward slope out of the valley, which is most suitable for cavalry to charge from top to bottom!
Han Zhuo's words, spoken from behind his iron mask, had a metallic ring to them. He said, "Pass the order down. All the brothers, dismount, drink water, eat dry food, and rest for a quarter of an hour."
"Once the prey is in the cage, wait for my command!"
Xiao Ran quickly turned his horse around and shouted a few times to the crowd.
So the five hundred cavalrymen were divided into five teams, which quickly dispersed and ambushed at the points that had been predetermined earlier. Han Zhuo personally led one of the teams of one hundred people and ambushed them on the slope that was the only way out of the valley.
In less than half an hour, Han Zhuo saw a long convoy approaching.
Compared with the team led by Han Zhuo before, Li Aojun led this grain transport team in a hurry!
He seemed very anxious and kept urging!
Originally, Han Zhuo planned to bring out all 1,000 fighters from the Black Wind Village, and then set a trap to ambush Li Aojun.
However, the mountain stronghold could only gather more than 500 horses, and these horses were secretly transported by the Santong Escort Agency.
Being able to gather 500 horses in such a short time is enough to show that the Santong Escort Agency has a strong ability in stealing and transporting goods!
Although the number of people is a little small, for Han Zhuo, five hundred people are enough!
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click!"
The wooden wheels continued to move forward on the bumpy gravel and dirt road.
Li Aojun, riding a white horse and walking at the front of the team, looked back at the convoy from time to time.
He looked a little anxious and kept urging!
He got the news just yesterday.
The Quanrong barbarians in the Leizhou woods have launched another attack on the iron mine!
More than 300 soldiers from their Daqian Kingdom who were guarding the iron mine died.
At the same time, because the Daqian Kingdom was also using troops in the east, there was a shortage of food in the country and it was unable to support the west.
Therefore, the batch of food and grass in Li Aojun's hands is particularly important.
If the food and supplies cannot be delivered on time, they will definitely lose this iron mine!
Li Aojun will also become a laughing stock among the princes because of this incident!
This is something Li Aojun absolutely cannot accept!
Before going to the battle, he confidently issued a military order to the Queen Regent!
But I didn’t expect that something that could have been easily solved would be repeatedly obstructed!
Li Aojun looked up at the sky. The midday sun was particularly dazzling.
Seeing the exhausted people behind him, Li Aojun showed no mercy and roared angrily, "You bunch of rubbish!"
"Hurry up, Prince!"
"If the horses can't pull! Push them! If you can't reach Sanbianpo before dark, I will not let you off easily!"
Li Aojun kept urging them, and although the grain transport team complained in their hearts, no one dared to say anything.
One after another, they tried their best to push the food and supplies to the entrance of the valley!
At this time, a middle-aged man from the Li family who was in charge of transporting grain came to Li Aojun.
He spoke to Li Aojun quietly and humbly, "Your Highness, the Third Prince, the valley ahead is deep and narrow, with cliffs on both sides. If someone is lying in ambush, it would be extremely dangerous once we enter!"
"How about we rest here for a while? I'll send a few nimble guys to climb up the peaks on both sides of the valley to take a look around?"
After hearing this, Li Aojun turned around and stared at the middle-aged man.
His voice seemed to come out from between his teeth: "Idiot!"
"Where is this? This is Xuanyuan Country!"
"In your small country of Xuanyuan, who dares to intercept and plunder the Li family's goods?"
"Aren't these bandits all supported by you, the Li family?"
The middle-aged man wanted to argue a few more times, but when he saw the look in Li Aojun's eyes, which seemed to want to cut him into pieces, he instantly became timid.
So he ordered his men to enter the valley as quickly as possible and then leave in a hurry, and not to stay in the valley for even a moment!
The entire grain transport team was very long. When the leader Li Aojun and his men were about to leave the valley, the last team had just entered the valley.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man next to Li Aojun who had just dissuaded him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When Li Aojun saw him like this, he snorted coldly.
He said with disdain, "Let's not even talk about your Li family's business in Xuanyuan Country over the years. Just with this prince in charge of this convoy, which villain would dare to come and die?!"
Li Aojun had just finished speaking when suddenly, huge rocks fell from the cliffs at both ends of the valley!
The stones crashed to the ground in front and behind the team.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
In an instant, a lot of dust was raised.
When the dust settled, everyone was horrified to find that their ways forward and backward were blocked!