Mr. Wang thought about it for a while, but he didn't come up with a clue, so he had to ask again: "Is there anything else?" “

"And last night!" Tang Qian said slowly, "Last night, Wei Xuzhong went to Lu Xiaoxian's house, and the two of them drank very late, and Wei Xuzhong left when it was about time!" ”

Drinking with Wei Xuzhong, and thinking about Lu Xiaoxian's whereabouts hidden for seven or eight days, Mr. Wang had a bad feeling in his heart.

If it's broken, something will definitely happen.

Mr. Wang hurriedly instructed Chu Cheng: "Senior brother, quickly, evacuate our people who are hiding in the Guanglifang Mansion from the city quickly!" ”

Chu Cheng was puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”

Mr. Wang stood up and said sharply: "Don't ask, it's too late!" ”

Chu Cheng rarely saw his senior brother so serious, nodded, and was about to go out, but heard a knock on the door from outside the door.

Two short and one long, should be their own people.

Chu Cheng opened the door and saw that it was indeed one of Guanglifang's subordinates.

When the subordinate saw Chu Cheng, he said with a solemn expression: "Sir, all of our people in Guanglifang have died in their duties!" ”

"Alas! It's still a step too late! Mr. Wang sighed and sat down.

"What the hell is going on?" Chu Cheng grabbed his subordinates' necks and yelled loudly.

The entire twenty-four subordinates, all of whom are elites, have not yet come in handy, how can they all be wiped out?

"It's Junchen!" His subordinates reported, "He took Jin Wuwei's soldiers and surrounded the house. There were many of them, and there were bows and crossbows, and the brothers could only hide in the house, and they could not use them at all, and only one pillar of incense was exterminated by them. ”

"Is there a live mouth?" Chu Cheng asked with a dark face.

"Nope! I watched them carry out twenty-three corpses, and I heard that two wounded brothers had committed suicide when Jin Wuwei rushed in! ”

"And how did you escape?" Chu Chenghu looked at this subordinate suspiciously.

"Yesterday I went out of the city on a mission, it was too late to pass the city six, and I only entered the city early this morning, and when I arrived at the square, I saw that Jin Wuwei had blocked the entire square......" Speaking of this, the subordinate showed a look of relative on his face, and he couldn't say any more.

"Alright, you go out of the city first and find a place to hide!" Chu Cheng waved his hand.

The subordinate said yes and turned to leave.

"Do you still dare to be a little idle with Lu Xiaoxian?" Mr. Wang's tone was sour, "His trick of borrowing a knife to kill people is not bad at all!" ”

Chu Cheng said with a worried face: "Senior brother, ...... the lord"

"I'll explain it to my lord!" After all, Mr. Wang had seen the world, and quickly regained his composure, "Senior brother, you still have to mobilize people, you have to be careful this time!" ”

Chu Cheng nodded solemnly.

……

Lu Xiaoxian borrowed a knife to kill people, causing Mr. Wang to suffer heavy losses. And the "knife" that Lu Xiaoxian borrowed to Junchen had already forgotten what he had killed in Guanglifang, and his mind was all focused on how to deal with his rival Ji Xu.

Lai Junchen's power is getting bigger and bigger, and if anyone dares to show the slightest disrespect to him, he will immediately be framed, imprisoned, tortured, and finally forced to death. Because of the outrageous cruelty of torture and the astonishing level of false accusations, everyone in the court is in danger, and only Na Ji is not afraid to come to Junchen.

As a prime minister, his sense of responsibility to govern the country and the world made it impossible for him to consider his personal safety at this moment, and he often frustrated the "sharp" spirit of Lai Junchen and other traitors.

In that year, Wu Zetian issued an edict prohibiting the people from retaining brocade. At that time, Hou Sizhi, the right-hand man of Lai Junchen, still hoarded brocade in order to make a profit.

Ji Ji denounced Hou Sizhi to Wu Zetian.

Privately accumulating brocade is indeed nothing, and among the civil and military officials, he is not the only one who knows the law and violates the law like Hou Sizhi.

Wu Zetian knew that Ji Ji was a person who dared to act and was jealous and hateful, and he had long hated Lai Junchen and others. In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, only Ji Ji dared to fight against Lai Junchen and others.

So Wu Zetian asked Ji Ji to deal with this matter, originally Ji Ji was the prime minister, which was also his responsibility.

After Ji Ji took over the case of Hou Sizhi, he concluded the trial without any delay. The stolen goods were placed in front of Hou Sizhi, and Lai couldn't get rid of them, so he had to obediently obey the law.

Ji Ji had been looking forward to the arrival of this day, and at this moment he couldn't suppress the pleasure in his heart, and killed him with his own staff on the court, and all the officials present secretly praised in their hearts.

After killing Hou Sizhi with a cane, Lai Junchen's arrogance was slightly restrained, and he was even more jealous of Ji Ji.

Lai Junchen's framing technique is indeed a masterpiece, he organized his subordinates to seize the time to plan to frame Ji Xu, and finally planned the cause of Ji Ji's crime, the detailed process and every detail of Ji Ji's crime impeccably.

Finally, Lai Junchen began to counterattack, and he reported to Wu Zetian that Ji Ji had rebelled.

Ji Ji competed with Lai Junchen, and everyone knew about it. Coming to Junchen to frame Ji Ji is also human nature.

Regarding Lai Junchen's denunciation, Wu Zetian was a little skeptical.

"Without further ado, if it is late, there will be changes, and Your Majesty should immediately issue an order to arrest Ji Ji and Gao Jian." Lai Junchen pouted on the side.

Ji Ji is the main master, Gao Jian is just a backer, and he can only blame him for his bad luck.

Rebellion is a great crime of rebellion, Wu Zetian thought for a while, and then nodded: "Okay." passed on my message, and immediately arrested Wei Jiwei and Gao Jian and imprisoned. ”

"Yes!"

……

Although Si Licheng Gao Jian is only a backrest, he is not without a backstage. His backstage is none other than Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping has had a friendship with him for many years, and she is not only fascinated by his talent, but also by his elegant literary talent. With him, chanting poems and singing songs, playing chess and painting, you sing and I follow, the piano is harmonious, there is an indescribable pleasure and pleasure.

On the afternoon of this day, Gao Jian had just come back from a conversation with Princess Taiping, and as soon as he entered the house with his front foot, the Yushitai armor who was in ambush in the courtyard pounced, and suddenly threw Gao Jian to the ground and tied him up firmly.

Seeing that it was someone from Yushitai, Gao Jian panicked for a while, and after understanding the reason for arresting him, he didn't think much about it, and urgently ordered his servants to ride a fast horse and fly to Princess Taiping.

Wu Zetian's rebellion case, Princess Taiping did not dare to rush to save Gao Jian, but she knew that Ji Ji and Gao Jian's rebellion was purely out of thin air, and it was purely the intentional framing of Lai Junchen.

If you want to rescue Gao Jian, you have to take a detour.

With her mind decided, Princess Taiping drove to the palace. After chatting for a while, Princess Taiping had no intention of talking to Wu Zetian about the Ji and Gao cases.

Wu Zetian said indignantly: "I haven't killed anyone for several years, but some people think that I am weak and can be bullied, think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and plot to usurp it. ”

"yes, yes!" Princess Taiping agreed, and gently gave Wu Zetian a back, and said, "It's true that I haven't been in prison for several years." The case of Ji and Gao's rebellion must be tried in a real way and tried in person, so that the courtiers will be convinced and will not make irresponsible remarks. ”

"The legal net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, as long as there are big rebellious words and deeds, they can't run away." Wu Zetian nodded.

"Of course, you can't run away from them," Princess Taiping said, "but if you can confront them in front of them under the supervision of the mother emperor, you can better warn the courtiers and show righteousness to the world." ”

"Good! I will send a decree that the original defendant will be confronted in court tomorrow. ”

Lai Junchen was a little surprised when he heard that His Majesty was going to confront him in court tomorrow. If it was in the past, as long as he entered the Magistrate's House, everything was up to him, and Ji Ji was dead. But now you have to confront each other in court, which is easy to expose.

The next day, the sun had just risen, and the royal trial began on time. Above the court, Wu Zetian sat on the dragon chair. The crown prince Li Xian, the prime minister and the prime ministers sat on both sides.

The first origin of Junchen testified: On a certain day in a certain year, a certain month, Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Ping Zhangshi Ji went to the Ministry of Rites to inspect, and the two of them stood on the second floor of the Celebrant Mansion, pointed to the imperial city and said: "The lord is old, I belong to the prince and order the world." ”

Gao Jian was anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "The main building of the Sili Mansion is in disrepair, and I told Prime Minister Ji that I want him to approve some money to repair it, when did you say that 'the lord is old and blackmails the prince to order the world'?" ”

"That's what you two say. At that time, it was still a little cloudy, and the people of the celebrant house saw you two go upstairs. Lai Junchen said with a nose and eyes next to him.

Ji Ji said unhurriedly: "At that time, I did go up to the small building of the Si Li Mansion with Gao Jian, but it was to check the damage to the house and see how much money I could give him. ”

"Has the money been approved?" The Empress asked.

"Approved. If the emperor does not believe it, he can check the original approval document of the money at that time. ”

"The appropriation of money is to cover people's eyes," Zhang Yizhi shouted, "The appropriation of money is to help and abuse the people, and I want to strengthen the courtyard wall of the Sili Mansion as the headquarters of the future rebellion of Lai Junchen." ”

Ji Ji sneered: "It's really nonsense, my dignified Sanpin Prime Minister has his own official office, if you want to make trouble, why go to a small celebrant mansion." ”

Lai Junchen insisted that Ji Ji and Gao Jian said that rebellious words, and Ji and Gao flatly denied that they didn't say it.

For a time, the two sides were at loggerheads and engaged in a tug-of-war. The entrance of the court hall was also full of people who were concerned about the case.

It was not too early for Junchen to see the sky, and it was difficult to finalize the case for a while, so he decided to throw out his trump card at the right time: "Your Majesty, Ren Jiwei and Gao Jian are quibbling, and the minister has a third-party witness." ”

"Who? Speak up. Wu Zetian said eagerly.

"Fengge Sheren Zhang said that he accompanied Ji Ji to inspect at that time, and heard Ji Ji's words with his own ears, please summon him."

Wu Zetian nodded, and immediately ordered: "Spread Zhang to say that the palace is testifying!" ”

The attendants next to him also shouted, shouting one after another, one door, two gates, each with a high-voiced eunuch, quickly spread this decree.

Zhang said that he had already been arranged by Erzhang to wait in the VIP lounge outside the court, and when he heard that he went to the palace, after drinking the last sip of tea, he stood up, dressed neatly, and walked in a figure-eight step, calmly going to the palace.