It was the midsummer in 654 AD. On the evening of the third day of the fifth lunar month, a summer resort group with thousands of people was stationed in Jiucheng Palace (renamed Wannian Palace at that time) in linyou county, a suburb of Chang 'an, the imperial capital. The leader of the group is a couple: Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang. Among the officers responsible for the safety of the summer resort group, there is a soldier named Xue Rengui.
Let's talk about Mr. and Mrs. Li Zhi first. This year, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi was 27 years old and his woman Wu Meiniang was 31 years old. Li Zhi's experience in the mountains seems to be very pleasant, and his mood can be summarized by the inscription he wrote here that year: "Candice Tao's mind, clarify the eyes and ears." At this time, Wu Meiniang should have been pregnant, and she should be pregnant with Prince Li Xian, because in December of this year, Wu Meiniang gave birth to Li Xian on the way to a business trip with her husband.
This year is an extremely crucial year for Wu Meiniang, who is summering in the mountains, and her career may still be in a bottleneck. Because, at that time, she was only Zhaoyi, and her opponents in the harem, Queen Wang and Xiao Shufei, were in a strong presence, launching waves of powerful attacks on her. However, she just got out of Ganye Temple two years ago. Although she has achieved certain advantages in the battle of the harem, she still has no absolute advantage.
Maybe Wu Meiniang is thinking about how to defeat Wang and Xiao, two arch rivals. For herself, what is needed at this moment is to ensure her absolute safety without any accident. After all, her existence is the biggest threat to the enemy. What can happen in this cool mountain palace?
let's talk about Xue Rengui again. This year, Xue Rengui was 41 years old. His rank at that time was right-leading corps commander. He was under the fourth grade, and his level was not high. What's more troublesome is that he hasn't got the military merits yet. The battle for Gai Suwen in "Tang Shuo" is not in line with historical facts, so it's a little early.
nine years ago, at the age of 32, after careful planning, he entered the sight of Tang Taizong, the head of the army, and he was lucky enough to enter the front-line headquarters of Tang Taizong. Tang Taizong also kindly said, "Comrade Ren Gui, my talented people are too old to undertake expeditionary combat missions.
You are the leader of the new generation of soldiers. Whether the Tang Empire can expand its territory and all countries will come to Korea will depend on you young people. " However, Xue Rengui has just been taken seriously by the leaders for a few years, and the new leader Tang Gaozong Li Zhi took office.
According to historical records, before his death, Emperor Taizong did not recommend Xue Rengui to his next leader, not because the leaders did not pay enough attention to Xue Rengui, but because Xue Rengui's level was not enough. The appreciation of the previous leader may not be effectively conveyed to the new leader. The new leader Li Zhi has no perceptual knowledge of Xue Rengui's military talents. To form perceptual knowledge, at least one separate interview is needed. The terrible thing is that this individual interview, how can we get close to the leader?
On that cool night, Xue Rengui may be anxious about his future. He needs the leader to give a big business that operates alone to prove his talents. It would be nice if he could meet the leader by chance. It can be said that this is also the bottleneck period of Xue Rengui's career.
where is this accident? Answer: In a rainstorm without any warning. On the night of the third day of the fifth leap month of the lunar calendar in 654 AD, a rainstorm came, and the huge surface runoff accumulated in an instant formed a flash flood. The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty recorded: "The ugly night in the fifth leap month, heavy rain, rising water and overflowing", and the flash flood washed away the Xuanwu Gate of Jiucheng Palace.
The soldiers of the Royal Guard were in a panic. They forgot their duties and turned into "running", leaving their leaders behind and leaving first. The flash floods show the true colors of heroes. Only Xue Rengui still cares about the safety of the leaders. He criticized those "runners": "How can you only care about your own safety when the emperor's life is at stake?" .
Xue Rengui risked being washed away by mountain torrents. With his agile skill, he climbed the crossbar at the gate, called the police loudly, woke up the leader who was sleeping, and let the leader safely move to the highland. Just as Mr. and Mrs. Li Zhi had just moved to the highland, the mountain torrents flooded their sleeping quarters, and "suddenly water entered the sleeping hall".
This flash flood is of extraordinary significance to Wu Zetian and career life in Xue Rengui. For Wu Zetian, without Xue Rengui's early warning, she would have been washed away by the flash flood, because the flash flood washed away more than 3, royal guards and local residents.
If so, her career life will stop here. From then on, Queen Wang will still be the queen and Xiao Shufei will still be the imperial concubine. Wu Meiniang's name will not appear in the history books, but at most it will appear on the accident list of members of the royal family in the Tang Dynasty.