Chapter 42 Mutiny
"Hey, why is there a noise there? There is still smoke. Is there a fire?"
"No, that's the Nandaying. There are so many officers and soldiers. If there is really a flame, one person will be wiped out as soon as he urinates. How could a fire be caught?"
The movements in the camp in the south of the city attracted pedestrians on the streets of Jiankang City to stop and watch, watching the thick smoke rising on the south side, and everyone thought it was a fire in the military camp, and the soldiers shouted to put out the fire, so there was such a movement.
The Censor Zhongcheng was in a quiet temple, looking out from the railing in the second floor of a tavern, looking at the black smoke rising from the south, listening to the faint shouting, a smile appeared on his face. A big drama he carefully planned was finally staged.
The so-called mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind. Shi Wenqing is the mantis. He wants to suppress and seek credit by inciting mutiny. However, he is the oriole behind the mantis, who wants to make profits.
Chen Guan is the nephew of Empress Dowager Chen Miaorong. When his cousin Chen Bozong was deposed, he had no hope of career, but he relied on flattery to have his current status. His ambitions were not just for personal gain.
He felt that the Shen family of Wuxing must not just end so sadly.
Jiang Biao's surname was "Zhu Zhang Gu Lu" in the early Jin Dynasty. When he was dressed in a south, he gradually replaced the emerging wealthy families such as the Shen family of Wuxing and Zhou family of Yixing. The Zhou family of Yixing gradually became neglected in the Southern Dynasty, but the Shen family of Wuxing was prominent for generations.
However, the Shen family of Wuxing, who was originally famous for its powerful military sect, gradually transformed into a genius of literature. This is why it laid the hidden danger of decline.
Recalling that time, Shen, a member of Wuxing, was a relative of the foreigner. Chen Guan, as the nephew of Empress Chen, had a bright future. However, when the queen became the queen mother, Chen Guan's cousin Chen Bozong ascended the throne, the situation was different.
The emperor's uncle Chen Xu quickly held the power firmly in his hands and eliminated dissidents. Faced with this trend, Empress Dowager Chen was helpless, while Chen Guan's father Chen Qin tried his best to save him, but he was unable to turn the world back, and the clan was even more powerless.
Chen Bozong changed from the emperor to the King of Linhai, and soon he became "infected with illness" and his uncle Chen Qin also "depressed with depression", so the Shen family of Wuxing fell silent.
During the Taijian period when Chen Xu was emperor, Chen Guan had no progress in his career. Fortunately, he tried his best to curry favor with the crown prince Chen Shubao. He regained the opportunity when Chen Shubao ascended the throne. The same was true for another Shen clan member, Chen Keqing.
Their ability to have today is just through personal efforts and has nothing to do with the clan, but Chen Guan didn't know if Chen Keqing had it, he did.
There is a chance to revive the family. The Crown Princess Chen Wuhua was also from the Shen family of Wuxing. Chen Guan thought it was a good opportunity given by God, but the Crown Princess was actually a lord who was indifferent to the world and fell out of favor soon.
Not only did he lose favor, he also failed to give birth to a son and half of his daughter. Even though he became the queen, he failed to regain the mercy of the emperor.
But that doesn't matter. As long as Chen Wuhua is the queen, then the Shen family in Wuxing will have a chance. Now, Chen Wuhua will be deposed, and there will be no chance for the Shen family in Wuxing to rise again.
Chen Guan was unwilling to give up and wanted to turn the tide. He was not thinking about Chen Wuhua or himself, but about the clan.
The success of his and Shen Keqing did not have the help of the clan. He was purely based on personal efforts to climb up. However, as long as he could stand at a high position, one day, the children of the Shen family in Wuxing would have the opportunity to make a comeback.
At this time, with the queen's golden letter, it would be much more convenient for the Shen family's children to unite.
People should have self-knowledge. Chen Guan knew that the imperial concubine Zhang Lihua was deeply favored by the officials, and Chen Wuhua had long fallen out of favor. He could not change all this, so he just wanted to stop Chen Wuhua from being abolished.
At this moment, a good opportunity appeared.
Shi Wenqing tried to force some soldiers to mutiny and then took the opportunity to suppress and seek credit. After exploring this plan, he decided to use the trick, secretly incite other soldiers to rescue people, and then denounce the "demonic concubine".
The "mustache" that would have been suppressed immediately by Shi Wenqing would evolve into a mutiny of considerable scale, but the scale of the mutiny would be limited and would inevitably be suppressed in the end. The storm caused by this would affect the government.
After such a disturbance, there will be a loud voice from both inside and outside the government and the people to oppose the deposed queen. In this way, the government will inevitably compromise, and for Shenguan, it will gain valuable time.
The footsteps sounded, and the follower pushed the door in panic. Chenguan was not angry about the other party's rude behavior. He was about to ask what happened, but the other party was dragged out.
"Why, why are you so panicked?"
"Master Lang! The Nandaying mutiny, and some rioters came here!"
"Um?"
Chen Guan was a little strange. The soldiers he secretly incited should rescue his companions who were massacred by Shi Wenqing in Nandaying at this time. They should not come to the Qinhuai River so quickly...
By the way, Nandaying cannot be said to be too far away from here. Perhaps there are riots nearby taking advantage of the situation.
Chen Guan thought so, and he was not panicked. If a person who played with fire was not careful, he would cause fire to burn himself. In order to avoid accidents, he had already made preparations in advance and arranged his family to live in Taicheng.
There are six official arrangements in Taicheng. According to the rules, as long as the rank of officials of each department meets the requirements, they can arrange their families to live in Taicheng. Therefore, in order to avoid being harmed by the chaos of themselves and their families, Chen Guan had already "moved" in advance.
I came here to "watch the show" today, not to be in danger. He just had to enter Taicheng before the gates were closed. At that time, the chaos outside had nothing to do with him.
When I arrived at the door of the restaurant, I saw people running around and shouting on the street, and the noise was getting closer and closer. Chen Guan turned around and saw many soldiers rushing towards the street, most of whom were not armed, holding short spears and wooden sticks in their hands, and they seemed to be riots taking advantage of the situation.
The development of the situation seemed to be more serious than expected. Without further ado, Chen Guan turned over and rushed in with a horse in front of Taicheng. However, the streets were in chaos and he couldn't walk very quickly on his horse.
Chen Guan was anxious and shouted loudly with his followers, trying to drive away the trust that was blocking the way. Such behavior made him the most conspicuous target. The soldiers roared and threw a short spear at the man who seemed to be "deep".
The mount was stabbed by a short spear and stood up in pain on the spot. He lifted Chenguan down his back. When he got up, the soldiers rushed to the front. Several entourage dismounted wanted to stop him, but were knocked down by a big stick.
Chen Guan saw the rioters staring at him with malicious intentions, and was so scared that he was scattered. He wanted to run away, but his feet couldn't move away. In extreme horror, he couldn't help but blurted out: "Big...bold, I am the official of the court!"
The soldier in charge was stunned when he heard this, and then grinned: "The imperial court appointed an official? What kind of official are you?"
"I am the Chief Censor!"
Chen Guan said with a lucky look, hoping to shock the soldiers, but saw the other party smirking and holding up the wooden stick and smashing it to his forehead: "Censor? Eat shit, the dog official who is killed!"
With a "bang", Chen Guan's eyes were so sharp that his head was broken, and he couldn't help but struggle desperately. He begged for mercy at the top of his lungs, but more wooden sticks hit him and hit him on his head.
Another "bang" sound, Chen Guan heard the sound of his head cracking, fell to the ground and twitched, his consciousness gradually dissipated, and the last sentence he heard was full of murderous intent:
Chapter completed!