Chapter Ninety-Four: The Case of Lai Junchen

After Chenglai Junchen became a banner of the whistleblower Luo weaving faction in the Zuotai Imperial History, his power continued to grow, and informers were trained in various places to report together, which contributed a lot to Wu Cao's elimination of opposition courtiers.

As more and more officials were implicated and framed by scoundrels, he became more and more emboldened, and he framed and rebelled against anyone who did not please his eyes, who did not give money, and who did not satisfy his desires.

Later, he didn't bother to make false accusations, so he simply found a lot of stones to make targets, wrote the names of officials at all levels of the court on the stones, and then smashed these targets with small stones with his henchmen.

These pebbles don't have long eyes, so who knows which one will hit? So the officials in the court were all in danger and worried about being falsely accused.

Wang Shouqing, the wife of Duan Jian, the servant Shaoqing, is very beautiful, and is the daughter of Wang Qingxu of the Taiyuan Gaomen clan. One day, Wang Shouqing and the maid took a carriage to the White Horse Temple, the ancestral court of Buddhism, to burn incense and make vows.

It just so happened that Lai Junchen and Wei Suizhong, the judge of the criminal judge, and others also went to the White Horse Temple to worship the Buddha and play, in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, when Wang Shouqing and the maid had just finished worshipping the Buddha, the moment they turned around, came to Junchen also entered the hall.

When Lai Junchen saw Wang Shouqing, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his soul was overwhelmed. Wang Shouqing was embarrassed to be stared at, and hurriedly escaped from the Daxiong Treasure Hall with the maid.

Wei Suizhong patted Lai Junchen's shoulder and said, "Don't look at the beauty!" If you move your heart to love the Buddha, the Buddha will definitely bless you! Hehe. ”

Lai Junchen said to himself: "Whose little lady is this, pink and delicate, very handsome!" After speaking, he turned around and looked at the big Buddha, his smile suddenly retracted, he didn't bow down, he didn't stuff copper coins into the merit box, and turned around to leave.

Wei Suizhong shouted: "Come to Zhongcheng and go slowly, wait for a humble position." Wei Suizhong quickly knelt down to worship the Buddha, knocked a few times, stuffed a string of copper coins into the merit box, and then followed Lai Junchen out.

Lai Junchen called a clever servant and ordered him to keep an eye on the little lady to see where she belonged and come back to report to him. The official nodded and left. Come to Junchen and Wei Suizhong and others to play Qingliangtai and Qiyun Pagoda together!

The next day, the official came to report that the handsome little lady was Wang Shouqing, the wife of the servant Shaoqing Duan Jian.

When Lai Junchen heard this, he showed a look of disdain, and said: "This old official relied on his ancestors to accumulate virtue and passed down a few copper coins, just want the old cow to eat tender grass?" Hmph, the little lady marrying him is like flowers stuck in cow dung, and mutton falling into a dog's mouth! See if I don't fix her up and let her get relief, haha! ”

Lai Junchen led a group of his subordinates to rush to Duan Jian's mansion and ordered Duan Jian to take the order. After Duan Jian came out, Lai Junchen raised his head and said loudly: "This official asks His Majesty the Holy Spirit Emperor to marry Wang Shouqing, the daughter of Wang Qingxu of the Taiyuan Gaomen Shi clan, as his wife, Your Majesty has agreed, and I am here to convey the message!" Please Duan Shaoqing use a sedan chair tomorrow to send Wang Shouqing to the official mansion to get married! Emperor's edict, cut this order! ”

Duan Jian stood at the scene when he heard this, and did not reflect for a long time. Judge Wang Deshou shouted: "Duan Shaoqing hasn't received the order quickly, when will he wait?" Duan Jian Muran replied: "The minister receives the order!" ”

Duan Jian scolded Lai Junchen for 10,000 swear words in his heart, although he knew that his words were nonsense, but he was afraid that Lai Junchen's melons and vines would be implicated, so he had to eat Coptis dumbly, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering!

The next day, Duan Jian rented a sedan chair, let Wang Shouqing dress up, and then honestly sent his wife to the Junchen Mansion to get married.

Come to Junchen is overjoyed, change into the clothes of the groom's official, put on a big red flower, and marry Wang Shouqing, and then enter the cave room! Lai Junchen became the son-in-law of a famous family, hoping to take this opportunity to enter the celebrity clan.

After the honeymoon, Lai Junchen invited the relatives of the Taiyuan royal family to Luoyang for a party, and set up a banquet in the back garden to entertain the VIPs. Mrs. Wang Shouqing came out to warmly receive her mother's family.

Just when the whole family was drunk, the doorman hurriedly came to report: "The criminal judge Wei Sui Zhong asked to see the master!" Lai Junchen thought to himself: The guests here are all famous families, Wei Suizhong's status is low, how can they drink together?

Thinking of this, Lai Junchen said to the doorman: "Uninvited is an uninvited guest, just say I'm not there, don't let him in." The doorman agreed, "Yui! Then he went out to block Wei Suizhong and asked him to go back.

Wei Suizhong said angrily: "You are lying, I heard the voice of Zhongcheng, who was drinking wine and eating meat inside!" This guy is heavy and light on friends, dodge, I'm going to go in and find him to theorize! After saying that, he pushed the doorman open and went straight in.

Wei Suizhong rushed to the back garden, pointed at Lai Junchen's nose is a stinky scolding, scolding Lai Junchen for getting married and forgetting friends, abandoning his bad wife, liking the new and hating the old, seeing different thoughts, not a good thing!

He scolded Wang Shouqing with ugly words, scolded her for being a shameless stinky cousin, shameless for not keeping chastity, marrying hooligans and scoundrels, and insulting the reputation of the Taiyuan Wang family!

Lai Junchen was furious, so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he ordered the family members to tie up Wei Suizhong and beat him. Wei Suizhong continued to abuse the relatives of the Taiyuan Wang family, causing the banquet to break up unhappily!

Wang Shouqing ran into the boudoir and cried, and the relatives of the Wang family also left one after another. When only Lai Junchen, Jia Ding and Wei Suizhong were left in the back garden, Lai Junchen released Wei Suizhong again.

Wei Suizhong scolded and went out, and Lai Junchen said: "You know today, Lai Mou is not a person who values sex and neglects friends!" Wei Suizhong left without looking back, and the two became a bond from then on.

Wang Shouqing was humiliated by Wei Suizhong in vain, and his relatives were also scolded, and he felt that he had no face to see people, so he hanged himself!

Even so, Lai Junchen did not take his wife's death seriously. A few days later, Lai Junchen found a new target, she was Duan Jian's concubine Chen Ai'e.

Chen Ai'e is very beautiful, she originally had a relationship with Duan Jian, after Wang Shouqing was taken away, the two were together publicly, and Duan Jian was ready to straighten her out!

Lai Junchen rushed to Duan Jian's house with a group of people, and once again pretended to pass on the holy decree, asking Duan Jian to send Chen Ai'e to the mansion in a sedan chair tomorrow to get married! If you dare not send it, you will eat sticks!

Duan Jian knew the means of coming to Junchen, grabbing the heavens and the earth, and calling for helplessness! In order to save his life, he had to give up his concubine against his will!

Lai Junchen became the groom's official again, and once again entered the cave room beautifully! Poor Duan Jian looked up to the sky and sighed: "The hatred of taking his wife and the hatred of taking his concubine, when can he be avenged?" ”

It turned out to be hugging left and right, spending a good night together, but now it is a single shadow, alone in the empty room! It's a pity that the wife and concubine make wedding clothes for others.

Lai Junchen lived happily for a year, because of corruption and bribery, and uneven distribution of spoils, he was reported and exposed by Shi Ji Luzhong, sent to prison for trial, and was demoted to the same state judicial army.

After taking office in Tongzhou, Lai Junchen was still dishonest, he didn't eat what he had in his own bowl, and he went to grab the dishes in other people's pots! There, he fell in love with the wife of his colleague Si Cang, who joined the army, and took her as his own, and no one dared to sue her.

Long live Tongtian in April of the first year, Wu Cao heard that Xu Yougong used the method evenly, and worshiped Xu Yougong as the imperial history of the Zuotai Palace.

But at the same time, Wu Cao recalled the cool official benchmark to Junchen, first as the captain of the palace, and then promoted to Luoyang Ling and Sinong Shaoqing. I heard that he loved to play with flowers and grass, and rewarded him with ten dignified handmaidens to be honest.

Once, when Lai Junchen came to the palace of the Western Turkic loyal Khan Ashina Hu Sero, he took a fancy to a Western Turk maid who could sing and dance.

After returning home, Lai Junchen wanted to open up the ocean, so he summoned his henchmen to falsely accuse Hu Seluo of rebellion and wanted to seize his family's Western Turkic maidservants. Hu Sero's envoys and subordinates worshiped Wu Cao, cut off their ears and faces, and cried to the female emperor to complain about their grievances, so they were spared.

In the second year of Long Live Tongtian, Li Zhaode was recalled to Luoyang to serve as the superintendent of the imperial history. Lai Junchen and him had a grudge for a long time, so they wooed the autumn official and the servant Huangfu Wenbei to jointly falsely accuse Luo Zhaode of having a conspiracy, and Li Zhaode was imprisoned.

After coming to Junchen, Emperor Shi Le of Zhao became an idol and wanted to do a great career, but he relied on his power and greed, ambition and talent, and lacked self-knowledge, so he could not repeat Shi Le's miracle from slave to emperor!

After overthrowing Li Zhaode, Lai Junchen seemed to have a premonition that Wu Cao wanted to abandon him, so he secretly organized his subordinates to falsely accuse the kings of the Luo Wu clan, Princess Taiping, the imperial heir, the king of Luling and the North and South Ya of conspiring against each other, wanting to wipe out the political power that Wu Cao relied on, and then steal the national power and ascend the throne as emperor!

Unexpectedly, his original confidant Wei Suizhong knew the secret, and Wei Suizhong offended him by insulting Wang Shouqing, so he decided to betray him.

Wei Suizhong went to ask to see the heir of Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, and was received. Wei Suizhong asked, "Does King Wei know whose name was hit by the stone last time he came to Junchen?" Wu Chengsi shook his head.

Wei Suizhong said: "It was the King of Wei who hit it!" Lai Junchen is secretly plotting, preparing to sue King Wei for rebellion! ”

Wu Chengsi was startled when he heard this, he understood that Lai Junchen was very good at telling the whistleblower, and he had to strike first!

Wu Chengsi immediately launched an action to contact the kings of the Wu clan and Princess Taiping, and Princess Taiping went to contact the imperial heir Wu Lun and the generals of the forbidden army.

The characters of all factions gave up their differences, united as one, and jointly opposed the harm to the people! The kings of the Wu clan, Princess Taiping and the generals of the forbidden army jointly sued Lai Junchen for rebellion!

What is the evidence of rebellion? Lai Junchen once compared himself to the Later Zhao Emperor Shile and wanted to be the emperor himself, what is this not a rebellion?

The joint recital was copied into the palace for three days without reflection, like a stone sinking into the sea, and the kings of the Wu clan were so anxious that they were like ants on a hot pot, and they were spinning around!

Wenchang Zuo Xiang Wang Heshan also said: "Lai Junchen is cunning and greedy, it is the country's evil, if you don't get rid of it, it will inevitably shake the foundation of the court!" But it still didn't reflect.

What is Wu Cao doing? She is riding a horse in the forbidden garden, and the person who holds the bridle and leads the horse for her is Cheng Ji Ji of Taichung, who is more than two meters tall and is nicknamed Wangliu Camel.

Wu Cao asked what happened to the outer court, and Ji Ji held his head high, looked at the willow tree in the distance, and replied: "The courtiers are all talking about exposing the crime of the courtiers, why haven't they sent it down?" ”

Wu Cao sighed and said: "Hey, Lai Junchen is my minion, and he has contributed to the country, do you say that the tiger will pull out his own teeth?" But he's already offended the wrath, and I need to think about it. ”

Wangliu Camel said excitedly: "Lai Junchen gathered friends, framed goodness, bullied ** women, bribes like mountains, and wronged souls blocked the road, clearly a national thief, where is it worthy of Your Majesty's protection?" ”

This Ji Xuan served as the captain of Mingtang last year, and once told Wu Cao about the rebellion of Liu Sili, the assassin of Jizhou, and Qi Lianyao, who joined the army in Luozhou, and Wu Cao handed it over to Wu Yizong and Ji Yao for interrogation.

The two were widely implicated, attacked political opponents, and beat 36 domestic wise men such as Fengge Shilang Li Yuanyuan, Xia Guan Shilang Sun Yuantong, Tianguan Shilang**, and Fengge Sheren Wang Zhi into tricks, and all of them were killed.

Because of this case, Ji Ji was also listed as a cool official by later generations, but he actually had his heart towards Li Tang and was a meritorious minister.

Wu Cao saw that Ji Ji also hated Lai Junchen, and secretly thought: Even the cool officials and cronies hate and betray this big devil, which shows how isolated he has been! I have to draw a line with him and be on the side of the vast majority.

I continued to think: the subjective initiative of the catfish is too strong, it has become a shark, and it is almost eaten up with sardines, and if you don't abandon him, I am afraid that there will be no sardines to sell when you reach the fishing port!

Wu Cao praised Ji Ji and said: "Qing is right, this kid dares to bully ** women and bully our women, I want to beat him into the hell of the knife and saw, and he will never be able to turn over!" ”

After speaking, Wu Cao slapped the horse's buttocks and galloped up.

Back in Wucheng Palace, Wu Cao approved the handling of Junchen's copy, and Junchen was arrested and imprisoned in the future.

On June 3, Li Zhaode and Lai Junchen were abandoned together. At that time, it was raining heavily, and the onlookers of Kyoto, scholars, and court officials all felt sorry for Li Zhaode and celebrated the death of Lai Junchen!

Some people said: "It rained heavily today, what a sad and happy thing!" Some people said: "Heaven is good for reincarnation, who does the heavens forgive?" ”

The scholars rushed to the execution ground, grabbed Junchen's flesh, peeled off his face, and cut his abdomen out of his heart, and in a blink of an eye, Junchen was left with only a white bone, which was also spoiled into powder.

The people were very happy, clapped their hands on the way, congratulated each other, and said, "The evil spirit is dead, and from now on I will sleep at night, and I will dare to put my back on the mat!" ”

Wu Cao also issued the "Crime System of Violent Junchen", announcing: "It is not enough to count the crimes, and it is not enough to stuff the bones." The punishment of abandoning the city is extremely harsh; The polluted palace is opened, and the public opinion returns. It is advisable to add the punishment of the Chi tribe to the anger of the snow people. "In the future, Junchen will destroy the Nine Clans!

After Lai Junchen was exterminated by the Nine Clans, the rebellion in Yingzhou was also pacified! People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Wu Cao summed up the past and was determined to revive the dynasty!

It was the Double Ninth Festival again, Wu Cao was in Tongtian Palace, and said to the courtiers: "In the past, Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen tried the case, and many parties led the courtiers, saying that they rebelled, and the state has a standing law, how dare I violate it!" ”

"In the middle, I also suspected that there was a false situation, so I sent my ministers to the prison for questioning, and I got the pleadings written by them themselves, and they all confessed their guilt, so I didn't suspect it! Since the death of Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, there has been no one who has rebelled. In this way, are not those who have died before wronged? ”

The courtiers looked at each other, understanding that Wu Cao wanted to get rid of the responsibility of using cool officials to counter cool officials, but they didn't know how to answer for a while.

Or Yao Yuanchong, the official servant of Xia, reacted quickly, was able to speak well, and calmly said: "Most of the people who have died because of rebellion since the vertical arch are because of Zhou Xing and others who falsely accused Luo Weaving and thought they were meritorious!" ”

"Your Majesty sent a close minister to ask, and the close minister is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river - it is difficult to protect himself, how dare he shake the original case? If the person who has been falsely accused wants to retract his confession, and he is afraid of being tortured, it is better to die early. ”

"Fortunately, the Sacred Heart of the Apocalypse, Zhou Xing and others were ambushed. The minister vouched for His Majesty with a hundred members of the whole family, and from now on there will be no rebels at home and abroad, and if there is a rebellion, the minister is willing to be informed and not told! ”

Yao Yuanchong's words easily removed Wu Cao's sin of using cool officials, and attributed the unjust deaths to Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen. It is in line with the principle of returning beauty to the king and taking the blame for himself.

Wu Cao was very happy to hear this, and said loudly: "In the past, the prime ministers loved to obey their own things, but they fell into the master of adultery!" Now listen to Qingyi, the truth is revealed, and it is deeply in my heart! "Reward Yao Yuanchong with 1,000 copper coins.

After this famous Wu Yao dialogue, Wu Cao began to put down the butcher knife and became a Buddha on the spot! There are no more cool officials in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are no more whistleblowers, Wu Cao began to look for immortals and visit the Tao, and poetry entertained himself!