Zhang said that when he went to the palace, he was not in a hurry, he first kowtowed to Emperor Zetian, and then gave the crown prince, the two highnesses of the prime minister and the prime ministers, and then slowly found his own position to stand.

Lai Junchen said coldly: "Zhang Sheren, where did Ji say that to Gao Jian." ”

Lai Junchen only dared to let Zhang Shuo testify, firstly, because Zhang Shuo had gone to the Sili Mansion with Ji Xuan that day, and secondly, because he had already explained to Zhang Shuo in advance, if they didn't come as promised, their family's lives would be difficult to protect.

Lai Junchen is very confident, and the officials who are bigger than Zhang Shuo dare not offend themselves, let alone a Fengge housekeeper.

After repeated urging, Zhang Shuo finally spoke, but the spearhead was pointed at Lai Junchen: "In front of Your Majesty, I won't tell lies, I really didn't hear Prime Minister Ji say that kind of thing, but it was Junchen who threatened me last night and asked me to commit perjury!" ”

When the courtiers heard this, they exchanged heads and ears, and they talked about it, and they condemned the ministers together.

Lai Junchen didn't expect it to be like this, Zhang said that he actually turned back on the spot, did he really care about his family's life?

In the end, Wu Zetian made a decision.

Lai Junchen had nothing to do, but Ji Ji was deposed as prime minister, and Zhang Shuo and Gao Jian were exiled to Lingnan.

……

Come to Junchen double happiness, so comfortable.

It was a great joy to move Ji Xu, and now there is a second joy: he is married.

Last time, Lai Junchen originally planned to forcibly take Fan Yang's daughter as his wife, but was disturbed by Lu Xiaoxian.

If you want to marry, you will marry a woman from the "Five Surnames and Seven Hopes" family, Lai Junchen is very persistent, this time he married the daughter of Wang Qingxu, the head of the Taiyuan Wang family.

Wang Qingxu gave birth to four daughters, all of whom are good-looking, and the second daughter is particularly beautiful. Wang Qingxu married his two daughters to the Li family in Longxi and one to the Cui family in Qinghe, both of whom were prominent families. In the early Tang Dynasty, the marriage model within the "five surnames and seven sects" was often like this.

The second daughter's original candidate was called Duan Jian, Duan Jian was from the Duan family in Dunhuang, although it was not as good as the "five surnames and seven hopes", but it was also a prestigious family.

Lai Junchen said to Duan Jian: "The emperor has given it to your wife Wang. ”

Although Duan Jian knew that this was fake, he was afraid of coming to Junchen and afraid that he would falsely accuse himself. Duan Jian had no choice but to ask Wang Qingxu's opinion.

Fan Yang Lu's good luck is not something that everyone has.

For the survival of the family, in the end, Wang Qingxu finally bowed his head and married his second daughter Wang to Lai Junchen.

……

In the private room where the autumn wind broke, Lu Xiaoxian and Wei Xuzhong were drinking.

Recently, Lu Xiaoxian has invited Wei Xuzhong to drink, and the relationship between the two is many times better than when they were in Panzhou.

Drinking and drinking, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but sigh.

Wei Xuzhong put down his wine glass and looked at Lu Xiaoxian strangely: "What's the matter, Master Lu, have you encountered anything difficult?" ”

"It's not hard to worry about!" Lu Xiaoxian said with emotion, "Ji Ge is always a dignified prime minister, and when he came to Zhongcheng, he said that he would be brought down, but I didn't expect his energy to be so great!" ”

"That's it!" Wei Xuzhong didn't think about it and said, "Except for Your Majesty, he can do whoever he wants, this is really not a difficult thing for him!" ”

"It is better to settle the dispute, not to settle it!" Lu Xiaoxian said to Wei Xuzhong sincerely, "Brother Wei, you know, there are also some festivals between me and Lai Zhongcheng. You and Lai Zhongcheng are good friends, I want to ease the relationship with him through you, do you think it is feasible? ”

The mouth of the eater is short, and the hand of the taker is short.

Since Wei Xuzhong got acquainted with Lu Xiaoxian, he has eaten Lu Xiaoxian, taken Lu Xiaoxian's, and never helped Lu Xiaoxian, which made him very unhappy. Now, Lu Xiaoxian finally begged for his head, of course he wanted to help. What's more, this matter is just a gesture for him, so why not do it.

"It's easy!" Wei Xuzhong said with a big grin, "Today, I came to Zhongcheng to have a banquet for my father-in-law's family at the mansion, and I was originally asked to go, but I thought it would be more refreshing to drink with Lu Gongzi, so I didn't go." Since Mr. Lu has this idea, then prepare a gift, and I will take you to visit! ”

Wei Xuzhong is talking big, it is okay to invite the Wang family's family to dinner when he comes to Junchen, but why invite him to go? He deliberately said this in order to show off in front of Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian felt funny in his heart, how could he not know about coming to Junchen to invite Wang Qingxu to the banquet? He calculated that Wei Xuzhong would definitely brag about this bull, so he deliberately invited him to drink, and then let him mediate.

Although he thought so in his heart, he still showed hesitation on his face: "Brother Wei, can this work?" If you rashly come to the door and are rejected by Zhongcheng, wouldn't it be a big loss of face? ”

Wei Xuzhong has always valued face more than anything else, especially in front of Lu Xiaoxian, he can't afford to lose his weight, patted his chest and said: "This matter is on me!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian followed Wei Xuzhong to the front of Junchen's mansion, and the porter who guarded the door obviously knew Wei Xuzhong, so he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Lord Wei, why are you here?" ”

Wei Xuzhong's eyes widened: "Why can't I come?" I have something to do now, I want to see Lord Zhongcheng! ”

The concierge showed a look of embarrassment on his face: "Lord Wei, Lord Zhongcheng has confessed, there are distinguished guests in the house today, and idle people are not allowed to enter!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian listened, and pulled Wei Xuzhong's sleeve on the side: "Lord Wei, let's go back first, or come back another day!" ”

"No, you don't! There I am! After Wei Xuzhong finished speaking to Lu Xiaoxian, he turned his head and glared at the porter and scolded loudly, "Who is the idle person, etc., you have made it clear to me, what is the relationship between me and Lord Zhongcheng, what is he Wang Qingxu, and he has become a distinguished guest?" ”

Listening to Wei Xuzhong's loud voice scolding, the porter neither dared to refute nor let him in, and the two were at a stalemate.

The noise outside the mansion gate also came to Junchen's ears, and he felt strange that whoever had eaten the leopard's gall dared to make trouble outside his mansion.

Lai Junchen asked his subordinates to investigate, and after a while, the subordinates came back and whispered something in Lai Junchen's ear.

When Junchen heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Wei Xuzhong has followed him for so many years, and he is like a mirror in his heart about Wei Xuzhong's virtue. If this person does not drink, he is indeed his right-hand man, but if he drinks, he will be no one.

There is no doubt that Wei Xuzhong must have drunk wine today, otherwise he would not have done such a ridiculous thing.

Wang Qingxu didn't know what was going on, and looked at Lai Junchen suspiciously: "Virtuous son-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay! Go ahead! After that, Lai Junchen gave a few words to his subordinates.

Wei Xuzhong was having a good time, but when he saw the housekeeper coming out, he made a gesture to Wei Xuzhong: "Lord Wei, Lord Zhongcheng has ordered, if there is anything to come back tomorrow, you can't enter the mansion today, please do it!" ”

The housekeeper's words were like a loud slap in the face of Wei Xuzhong, making his face red for a while.

Lu Xiaoxian said to Wei Xuzhong embarrassedly: "Brother Wei, don't embarrass you, I'll leave first!" ”

After that, Lu Xiaoxian left in a gloomy manner.

Looking at the back of Lu Xiaoxian leaving in a hurry, Wei Xuzhong seemed to have been greatly insulted, and with the strength of the wine, he pulled away from the housekeeper and rushed in.

Lai Junchen was about to toast Wang Qingxu, when he suddenly saw a figure rushing in, pointing at Wang Qingxu's nose and scolding: "Do you think that the Taiyuan Wang family is amazing, do you think that your daughter can her tail if she marries Lord Zhongcheng?" What, in my eyes, you are just an ant, one day annoys me, so that your Wang family will die without a place to be buried! ”

Wang Qingxu had never seen Wei Xuzhong, and was scolded by Wei Xuzhong's brainless words, and after he reacted, he trembled with anger, but he couldn't say a word.

Lai Junchen saw that the situation was not good, and he was afraid that Wei Xuzhong would say something more out of line, so he hurriedly ordered left and right: "Come on, blast this drunk out of me!" ”

Immediately, a few powerful family members came, dragging Wei Xuzhong out. Wei Xuzhong struggled while scolding in his mouth.

A family banquet ended unhappily.

……

After listening to Tang Qian's description of the situation at that time, Mr. Wang almost didn't laugh out loud.

Chu Cheng shook his head and said, "This Wei Xuzhong was used by Lu Xiaoxian and didn't know it, it's really sad!" ”

Mr. Wang's eyes were full of wisdom: "If he just uses it, he will be considered lucky, Lu Xiaoxian is going to borrow a knife to kill people again, he is the knife that Lu Xiaoxian wants to borrow!" ”

"Murder with a knife? Senior brother, what do you mean is that Lu Xiaoxian wants to borrow Wei Xuzhong's hand to get rid of Lai Junchen. Chu Cheng shook his head and said, "With Wei Xuzhong's ability, how can this be done?" ”

"With Wei Xuzhong's ability, of course it can't be done, but with external forces, it's hard to say!"

Chu Cheng seemed to be thoughtful.

"I heard that Wang committed suicide last night? Is there such a thing? Mr. Wang asked Tang Qian.

"Yes, this matter has spread all over Luoyang City!" Tang Qian nodded.

The Wang family was originally a woman from a family, and she was deeply influenced by the style, and she was forced to marry a lowly and despicable person like Lai Junchen, and she was not happy in the first place. Her father was scolded by Lai Junchen's men in front of so many people, and she felt even more faceless, probably thinking that only by dying could she keep her family innocent.

"In order to protect himself, Wei Xuzhong will definitely attack Lai Junchen!" Mr. Wang teased: "Even if he doesn't do it, Lu Xiaoxian will try to make him do it." Even if he doesn't know what to do, with Lu Xiaoxian here, he will know what to do! All of this is in Lu Xiaoxian's calculations, his trick of killing people with a knife is seamless, and Junchen is dead! ”

"Shall we stop him, then?" Chu Cheng asked.

"Block? Why block? Mr. Wang waved his hand and said, "Although Lu Xiaoxian is our enemy, our interests are the same in the matter of removing Lai Junchen. Only by removing Lai Junchen will the obstacles to the smooth succession of the crown prince be removed, which is the most beneficial to the lord. Not only can we not stop it, but we also have to add fire to it and involve Wu Sansi. If the Li Tang clan joins forces with the Wu clan, it will be difficult for Lai Junchen not to die! ”