The dream of a lonely hero

It is said that Zhao Guangyi, the King of Jin, tried his best to win over Guo Jin, but he did not expect that Guo Jin would not appreciate his kindness. He thought that he had come to visit the army at Shiling Pass in Xishan to reward Guo Jin. If he could not win him over, all his efforts would be in vain. He said, "General, please wait. I have not finished what I want to say."

Guo Jin said impatiently, "Then hurry up and talk."

The King of Jin said, "General, do you still remember to send your Xishan Tiger and Wolf Division to encircle and suppress the Tianlang Mountain Golden Spear Society? You are guilty of leaving the garrison privately. Are you worthy? I have been hiding it for you!" Guo Jin sneered, "If I hadn't sent troops to help Your Highness, how could Your Highness have won the great victory at Tianlang Mountain? Your Highness is now going to cross the river and demolish the bridge." Jin Wang said, "Privately, I am grateful to you, but publicly, I am going to deceive the emperor!" Guo Jin said, "How can I ask Your Highness to bear the crime of deceiving the emperor for me? You can report it to the emperor when you return to Beijing." Jin Wang said, " Haha! Why wait until now to make it clear? I am thirsty for talents! Kindred people appreciate kindred people, heroes appreciate good men, loyal ministers love good generals. " Guo Jin said: "I don't dare to be a good general, but can your Highness be considered a loyal minister for deceiving the emperor for me?" Guo Jinshun refused to eat, and the King of Jin was so angry that his face turned blue, saying: "You want to sell your loyalty, ask yourself if you are really loyal to the emperor of the Song Dynasty? You have paid a penny of taxes from Xishan to the court, and you have recruited soldiers privately. Ma expanded the military——"

Guo Jin said: "What else? Tell me, or I'll make you sick!"

King Jin said: "Your new house on Daodefang Street in the capital exceeds the regulations, you must know it!"

Guo Jin said: "Of course I know, and I also secretly hid the dragon robe, right?"

King Jin was stunned, thinking: These are all crimes punishable by death, but he is calm and composed. I have never seen such a fearless person. He had wanted to use these to threaten Guo Jin to obey his orders and place him in the Palace Front Department, but he didn't expect that his wishful thinking failed. He was so angry that his veins popped out and he trembled all over. He said, "You-you-are crazy!"

Guo Jin laughed and said, "When you arrive in the capital, Your Highness can report each one to the emperor. Your Highness, it's not me who is crazy, but Your Highness! I heard that Your Highness recruited surrenders and rebels to form gangs and factions. Today I saw that it was true. You tried your best to win me over and make me obey you. You are wrong. As a military general under the emperor, I will never be Your Highness's servant! 'If a son uses private ways, his family will be in chaos, and if a minister uses private righteousness, his country will be in danger.' May I ask why Your Highness spared no effort to call for groups to form gangs and cultivate party members? Are you harboring the intention of being a traitor! Since I have noticed something, I will definitely report it to the emperor!" He left with a wave of his sleeves.

His words made the King of Jin so angry that he stood there for a long time, and suddenly overturned the wine table, and the cups and plates on the table fell all over the floor. He thought: I have to bear the fact that there is Zhao Guangmei in the court. If Guo Jin enters the court to take charge of the Palace Front Department, my situation will be even more dangerous. What's more terrible is that Guo Jin keeps saying that he will report to the emperor in Beijing, and he will be skinned alive if he doesn't die! He suddenly had murderous intent and shouted: "Yanyun! Yanyun!" Yanyun, an attendant outside the pavilion, heard the sound and came in, saying: "Yanyun listens to your orders."

The King of Jin said: "Tonight youKill that fellow Guo Jin."

Yan Yun was startled and said, "Ah! He--he is a meritorious official who guards the border."

King Jin said, "He is also your lifesaver."

Yan Yun said, "Yes--no, no, I dare not sacrifice public interests for personal gain. Guo Jin is the emperor's favorite general and has made new contributions. Without the emperor's will, I am afraid--"

King Jin said, "What are you afraid of! Everyone can kill traitors, not to mention that I have the emperor's secret order."

Yan Yun said, "I obey your orders."

King Jin said, "If you want to assassinate someone, do it secretly. ”

Yan Yun took the order and left.

Yan Yun returned to his residence, wondering why the King of Jin assassinated Guo Jin since he had the secret order from the emperor. He was puzzled. He thought about the first time he came to Beijing, he was seriously ill. If it weren't for Guo Jin's rescue, he would have died in a foreign land. The King of Jin was not only his savior, but also his master. How could he disobey the King of Jin's order? At three o'clock in the morning, Yan Yun changed into night clothes, covered his face with a blue silk mask, and put on a sharp sword. With a "whoosh", he rushed out of the window like an arrow from a string.

Guo Jin returned to his room and lay on the bed, thinking that everyone knew that the King of Jin had different intentions, but the civil and military officials inside and outside the court were intimidated by the King of Jin's tyranny and dared not report the truth. If he didn't remind the emperor, he would probably be controlled by the King of Jin sooner or later. The moonlight outside the window was as bright as day. Yan Yun rushed in through the window with a sharp sword in his hand and stabbed Guo Jin on the bed. Guo Jin turned around to avoid the sword and jumped He got out of bed, drew his saber and fought with Yan Yun. The two fought for more than 20 rounds, from indoors to outdoors.

Guo Jin was Yan Yun's former lifesaver, and also a great hero who resisted foreign humiliation and shocked the border in Yan Yun's heart. Yan Yun had to be cautious during the fight.

When the two were fighting, a white masked man flew to Guo Jin's back and stabbed him with a sword. Guo Jin was caught off guard and pierced by his sword, and the sword pierced through his chest. The masked man drew out his sword and suddenly disappeared into the moonlight in the distance. Yan Yun was stunned. Guo Jin's right hand was leaning on the ground with a knife, and his heart was bleeding. His body could not help but fall forward. With his left hand, he grabbed Yan Yun's clothes on his chest and pulled off a large piece of clothes. Under the moonlight, Yan Yun's chest was naked, and a cinnabar birthmark like a cloud appeared. Guo Jin stared at him with blood in his mouth, and said, "Yun-Yun'er! "Plop" he fell to the ground. In the distance, Yuanda, Mingran, and Liaoran each held a weapon and shouted "Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!" Yan Yun tiptoed to the ground and flew away.

When King Jin saw Yan Yun taking the order and leaving, he returned to the room where he was staying, paced back and forth, and kept turning the rosary in his hand. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The Xishan mutiny had just disappeared, and the Xishan commander Guo Jin died on the way back to the court to meet the emperor. He was also the candidate for the commander of the Palace Guards in the mind of the emperor. Once he died, he could not get away from it. He hurriedly summoned Yuanda, Mingran, and Liaoran, and ordered them to rescue Guo Jin as soon as possible, but it was too late. Guo Jin died. Yan Yun returned to his residence, changed his clothes, and went to see King Jin, and reported the assassination of Guo Jin truthfully. King Jin said to himself, "Who is that masked man? Who is it? It should be the assassin sent by Zhao Guangmei. Who else dares to go against me! "Turning to Yanyun, "Yanyun, has Guo Jin everDid he call you 'Yun'er'?"

Yan Yun said: "Your Highness! Guo Jin never called me that. He called his adopted son Guo Yun that. I am puzzled that he called 'Yun'er' on his deathbed."

King Jin said: "Guo Yun is in the Xishan Army. Guo Jin called Guo Yun on his deathbed. Could it be that he regretted not bringing Guo Yun with him? Guo Yun's martial arts are not very strong. Even if he brought Guo Yun, it would be a drop in the bucket."

Yan Yun said: "Did Yuanda, Mingran, and Liaoran rescue Guo Jin on the orders of Your Highness?"

King Jin was full of thoughts and did not want to answer. He said: "It's none of your business. Go back and sleep with you." ”

The King of Jin then took Wang Yande to the place where Guo Jin was killed, and ordered Yuanda, Mingran, and Liaoran to hastily bury Guo Jin's body in Hongnigang in the suburbs, and block the news of Guo Jin's murder from the outside.

Yan Yun returned to his residence, tossing and turning, thinking: The masked man who assassinated Guo Jin was very familiar with him, Yan Feng was definitely Yan Feng, and he had fought with Yan Feng many times. How could his every move escape his eyes? Yan Feng failed to assassinate the King of Jin at Yalongshan, and tonight he assassinated Guo Jin again; if these were reported to the King of Jin truthfully, Yan Feng would definitely die, and Yan Feng deserved to die for his crimes, but the King of Jin would definitely use assassination as a means, so Yan Feng's crimes could never be made public, and Yan Feng's death should be Through the court, his crimes were made public, and his head was displayed to the public. He thought for a long time and decided not to report to the King of Jin.

The King of Jin did not get anything in vain when he visited the Shiling Pass in Xishan. He was extremely depressed along the way. He returned to Kyoto in one day, quickly went to the Privy Council to complete the reporting procedures, and hurried to the Purple Palace to see the emperor at night.

The red candles in the Purple Palace were burning high, and the emperor Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon bed with a gloomy face. The King of Jin carefully performed the etiquette of monarch and minister. There were only two brothers in the hall, and they could have called each other brothers without the etiquette of monarch and minister, but the King of Jin's visit to the West Mountain almost caused a mutiny, and he was uneasy and dared not serve carelessly.

The King of Jin said: "Your Majesty."

The emperor said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard! Why didn't Guo Jin come to see you with you? ”

The King of Jin was afraid that the Emperor would ask this, but what was the use of being afraid? He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said boldly: "Guo-Guo Jin was in Hanwang Town on his way back to Beijing-"

The Emperor said: "What happened?"

The King of Jin trembled all over and said: "He was-assassinated."

The Emperor was furious, and stood up, saying: "You-are so capable! Five hundred imperial guards and those masters under your command can't protect the meritorious veterans of my Song Dynasty!"

The King of Jin had never seen his brother so angry, and he knelt down in fear and said: "Guo-Guo Jin, he usually governs the army harshly, so he naturally offends many people. It is easy to avoid an open spear but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. They want to assassinate Guo Jin, and I can't defend myself."

The Emperor said: "It's a farce! Every time Guo Jin returned to the capital, he was not attacked by his enemies. But when you took him back to the capital, he met with an unexpected accident. Can you explain it clearly? "

The King of Jin cried and complained: "My brother is wronged! In the past, Guo Jin and my brother were working in the Palace Front Department, but they had a disagreement. But without the emperor's order, my brother would not be able to do anything.Don't dare to act rashly! "The emperor said: "You! Guo Jin is my Great Wall in the northwest. Without him, how can I concentrate on using troops to defeat the heroes in the south? Besides, he is my lifesaver. When I was the commander-in-chief to conquer the Southern Tang, he blocked 108 eagle feather arrows for me and was shot like a hedgehog. One of the arrows as big as a rafter pierced his thigh. If he hadn't blocked me, my chest would have been pierced." Tears fell like rain, and he took out a sweat towel to wipe the tears from his cheeks. "He is really lucky. Such a loyal and brave man has experienced hundreds of battles, but he did not die on the battlefield but died on the way back to Beijing. How can I give an explanation to the soldiers of Xishan? How can I give an explanation to the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who fought bloody battles? Do you want me to bear the eternal infamy of a murderous meritorious benefactor? ”

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