Chapter 41: Lao Tzu Is Her Man (I)
When Wu Zhi swayed into Tianjiazhuang, Zhuangzi had been firmly controlled by the forbidden army, one step at a time, two steps and one sentry, the courtyard was full of busy soldiers, Lu Junyi had a thick gauze belt tied on his shoulders, and he was looking at Tian Hu's body in a daze, Wu Zhi walked behind him and did not check.
Wu Zhi walked over and patted Lu Junyi's uninjured shoulder.
Lu Junyi looked back, said "ah", and hurriedly saluted Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi smiled and helped him up: "In addition to the culprit today, General Lu is the first merit!" This king will protect you! ”
Lu Junyi nodded silently, but there was not much joy in his expression.
Wu Zhi turned his head to look at Tian Hu's corpse, and his heart was also at a loss, how similar is the current Tian Hu to his previous life? Maybe there will be such a day sooner or later, after being silent for a while, a sentence suddenly came out: "Come out and mix, you always have to pay it back!" ”
Lu Junyi looked at Wu Zhi in surprise, Wu Zhi smiled, "Don't take it too seriously, he won't die in your hands today, and he will die in the hands of others another day, it's just a few more turbulent days, not to mention, Hebei is the front line of resistance to Liao, and there is civil strife, why resist the Liao?" The outside must first be inside, this is the right principle! ”
patted Lu Junyi on the shoulder: "If you are really sorry, you will withdraw your anger on the heads of the Liao people, kill a few more Liao people, even if you accumulate some yin virtue for Tian Hu, let him have a blessing in the next life!" ”
Lu Junyi's spirits were lifted, and the king's words often revealed his intention to cut Liao, and it seemed that the time to make contributions was not far away.
As he was talking, a forbidden soldier lifted Chen Zhizhou, whose body was shaking like chaff, and put Chen Zhizhou on the ground, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord Chen, Lord Chen must see the prince!" ”
Wu Zhi nodded slightly, waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, glanced at Chen Zhizhou, who couldn't stand up, and said with a smile: "What does Lord Chen mean when he sees me?" ”
Chen Zhizhou moved his body, from a half-sitting position to a kneeling position. kowtowed a few times, and said tremblingly: "Lord, lord...... You...... Spare the little one! ”
Wu Zhi smiled: "I won't do anything to you." ”
Chen Zhizhou was overjoyed, and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, thank you, the little one will definitely change his mind in the future, and everything is only the prince's head is ......."
Wu Zhi interrupted him: "Regarding the collusion between Lord Chen and the anti-thieves and the guarantee for the bandit leader, this king will truthfully present the saints. Everything has its own divine judgment! ”
After speaking. Ignoring Chen Guang'a, who was sloppy and paralyzed, he turned his head to Lu Junyi and said, "Accompany me to Zhuangzi for a walk!" ”
Lu Junyi nodded slightly and walked first.
Gaizhou rebelled against thieves and gathered more than 10,000 people. Preparing to storm Gaizhou City, at a critical moment, the king led the forbidden army to arrive quickly, break the thief soldiers, and behead the thief. Hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves' money and property, thousands of weapons and black weapons, Chen Guang'a, the governor of Gaizhou, did not report it, sheltered the anti-thieves in ten years, and got a total of more than 70,000 anti-thieves to pay filial piety, helping the anti-thieves to become bigger, and when the army of the king arrived, he was in front of the battle to protect the anti-thieves, and afterwards he talked nonsense. said that everything was instructed by Liang Shu, and if Chen Guang and A did not prevent the wind and waves, the king was about to be imprisoned, and the matter of Gaizhou was temporarily judged.
When he arrived in the capital, he immediately set off an uproar, and promoted Chen Guang'a to be the transfer envoy of Hebei East Road, and just after the document was issued, such a shocking case was made, Zhao Ji is so angry, can he not be angry? I'm afraid that when Wu Zhi's impeachment of Chen Guang'a arrived in the capital, it was the day when Chen Guang'a's document arrived in Gaizhou, which also hurt the face of the imperial court. Such a traitor even wants to be promoted to a financial officer, how can Zhao Ji have face?
There is no doubt that Liang Zhongshu, who vigorously promoted Chen Guang'a, became the target of the courtiers' bombardment, and Zhao Ji even sprinkled all his grievances on his head, among the courtiers who bombarded Liang Zhongshu, it was Gao Yu who was the most energetic, and Cai Jing had to keep silent on the cusp of this storm, one is that the two are in-laws, and they want to avoid suspicion, and Cai Jing is also disappointed in Liang Zhongshu, how can he put on such a big oolong?
In the end, Liang Zhongshu was in addition to the privy deputy envoy, the power of the military department, the Northern Song Dynasty military department was very narrow, Liang Zhongshu was temporarily beaten into the cold palace, and the privy deputy envoy was taken over by the former secretary of the original palace (commonly known as the palace marshal) Gao Yu, and there was An Gongtao Baoju, and the seed master was promoted to the Privy Council, and the five-grade official was ranked under the Privy Council, which was officially entered into the core of the Privy Council.
And Zhao Ji issued an order to encourage Wu Zhi and the soldiers of the forbidden army under his jurisdiction, and rewarded a small amount of gold and silver, and the Beijing forbidden army camp was naturally jubilant.
Wu Zhi is also happy all day long, but he is not for Zhao Jidi a few words of encouragement, give a few pieces of jewelry, but through the information of the capital, Gao Yu, who originally had a delicate relationship with Cai Jing, gradually cracked between the two, although it is not very obvious, but through the clues, Gao Yu's dissatisfaction with Cai Jing is getting deeper and deeper, think about it, Gao Yu has been coveting the position of the privy envoy for a long time, but suddenly killed a Liang Zhongshu, can Gao Yu be happy in his heart? Now that he is taking the opportunity to make trouble, Cai Jing will also hold a grudge against him.
Wu Zhi used to be bent on promoting some loyal and capable ministers to fight with Cai Jing, but Wu Zhi's vision is really not very smart, except for a few big people who have heard of it in later generations, he has not unearthed any godliness, sighing and a little helpless, but at this time he suddenly had an idea in his heart, maybe "razing against raze" is also a good way, but how to pick the two to fight, and how to get up and down to profit from it still needs to be carefully considered.
Li Zhonglang has a very comfortable life these days, he is an official in the right wing of the Daimyo Mansion, so people call him Li Gongshi, in addition to the Daimyo Mansion has a government Yin, there are also four judges, four officials, and take turns to try cases every day. In addition, there are two military patrol judges on the left and right, who are in charge of the trial of all cases in the capital; There are four officials on the left and right sides, who are in charge of inspection, investigation and handling of minor incidents. In addition, there is also a Silu who joins the army to deal with disputes such as household registration and marriage, of course, if these officials are not handled properly, it will naturally be ruled by the king of the palace.
Li Gongshi is an official who is responsible for some minor disputes, and in the recent official changes in the Daimyo Mansion, several of Li Gongshi's rivals have also been purged, so that although Li Gongshi is still normal in the government these days, as long as he gets home, he will hum a small song, drink a few glasses of spirits, make some jokes with his wife and concubine, and even have sex is much more fierce than before, making his wives and concubines think that his dream of becoming a noble king has come true, and he will be promoted in the near future.
On this day, as usual, Li sat down in the official office, waiting to deal with those trivial matters, just picked up the teaglass, there was a commotion outside the room, and then a beautiful woman dressed very enchanting walked in, swaying, indescribably coquettish. As soon as the woman entered the house, she said loudly: "Li Gongshi." You have to be the master of the women of the people! The pretended delicate voice made Li Gongshi's hair stand on end.
Li Gongshi heard her call out her name, looked carefully, and recognized it after a while, isn't this Li Tuiguan's new concubine? I met when I went to Li's house. At that time, he was quite impressed, after all, this woman's pretentious level had reached a considerable level, and he maliciously thought at that time, could it be that this woman also has a set of pretentious kung fu in bed? What made Li Tuiguan love him?
Murmuring in the stomach. Li Gongshi did not dare to lose the courtesy, after all, the Li family is the Bianjing family, today's most favored Wang Guifei has been the death of her parents since she was a child, and she grew up in her mother's house, that is, the Li family, and now the Li family has become Wang Guifei's maiden family, it is Zhao Ji who has always favored the Li family, it is said that Gao Dianshuai was beaten by the Li family when he was not developed, and he wanted to retaliate against the Li family many times after he was developed, but he ended up with no result, which shows the power of the Li family. How dare you slack off on the children of this kind of big family, Li Gongshi.
"It turned out to be Mrs. Li, who are you?" Li asked with a smile on his face. Li Tuiguan's concubine's surname is good, and calling Mrs. is just to show respect.
Sun said: "The people's daughter is here to sue!" As he spoke, he clapped his hands and shouted outside, "Bring those two sluts in!" ”
In the noise, a group of warblers and swallows poured in outside, and the tooth room suddenly became like a vegetable market, noisy, Li Gongshi looked at it with a wry smile, and several maids twisted and pulled two women, it seems that these maids are Sun's maids. The two women were pushed and shoved in the crowd, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, and they could only see one person dressed as a **, and the other person was dressed as a maid.
Seeing that the maids were noisy, Li Gongshi frowned slightly, this is the public office, and Li Tuiguan's little concubine is too indistinguishable from the serious, right?
Sun also saw that Li Gongshi was displeased, clapped his hands and said: "Let go of these two sluts, everything is decided by the Lord Qingtian!" ”
The maid let go, and Sun turned to Li Gongshi and said, "My lord, these two women insulted the people's girls for no reason in the rouge shop, and the people's daughters were angry and theorized, she ...... They actually scratched the folk girl! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said to Li Gongshi: "My lord, look at it, it hurts so much to catch the people's daughter!" ”
Li Gongshi looked at it, and there was indeed a faint trace of a fingernail scratch on Sun's white and tender little hand, and if you didn't look closely, you really couldn't see it.
Li Gongshi nodded, turned to the two women, and said, "What are the names of the two of you?" Why are you insulting Mrs. Lee? Li Gongshi turned his head but was stunned, and saw that the green skirt young man ** raised his head slightly at this time, it was an extremely beautiful woman, that Sun Hao is also a beauty, but compared with this woman, it is quite inferior, and what makes Li Gongshi look straight is the natural charm between the green skirt ** eyebrows, which belongs to the type of man who wants to get into the wrong when he sees it, people just stand there casually and naturally, and the unintentional charm makes people want to take it into their arms and love it immediately. Compared with Sun Hao's deliberately contrived flattery, it is heaven and earth. At this time, ** hair was slightly scattered in front of the forehead, and there were a few red clouds hanging on the face, and the moving posture was a little more moving.
Li Gongshi sighed in his heart, I don't know who took shit luck and was able to marry such a naturally charming woman, why don't we have this luck. This distraction, what the woman said but did not hear clearly.
Seeing the demented appearance of Li Gongshi, Sun couldn't help but be angry again, she just couldn't get used to the upside-down coquettish appearance of the opposite **, so she deliberately provoked trouble in the rouge shop, and wanted to point to Sang scolding Huai for a few words, so that she could suffer a dumb loss, and she didn't want the other party to be a character who was unwilling to suffer, so the two sides immediately quarreled.
Seeing this, Sun Hao used his only way to defeat the enemy, and reported that his husband was a magistrate of the Daimyo Mansion, and this trick had a name, if the other party ignored it after the report, it was a hard stubble and looking for borrowing. Stepping down is. If the other party is afraid, then you can't say that you have to step on the end and teach the other party a good lesson.
After Sun Hao reported his identity, ** really showed fear, Sun was overjoyed, scolded more and more fiercely, and finally didn't know what to think, so he wanted to go over and beat the green skirt**, the other party's maid protector was anxious, and grabbed a handful in Sun's hand during the quarrel. At this time, the Sun family could be regarded as having an excuse, and immediately called out to the maids to pull the other party's master and servant to the daimyo's mansion, and asked the official to be angry for himself.
Who knew that when he arrived at the mansion, Director Li also put on this demented expression when he saw the slut, Sun's jealousy was blazing, and he coughed heavily: "My lord! Shouldn't she be punished for hurting someone?! ”
Li Gongshi woke up with an "ah", only then did he realize that he had lost his temper, coughed a few times, and asked, "What are the names of the two of you?" Why did you hurt Mrs. Li? Why don't you speak?! ”
Before Miao Ling ** could speak, the maid behind her stepped forward and bowed down: "Maid Dong'er has seen an adult." My lord! I was the one who hurt Mrs. Lee. If you want to punish Dong'er, you just punish Dong'er, but it has nothing to do with my wife, and it is Mrs. Li and her maid who hurt people first. Your Excellency should also see how my wife and I were brought in, please be aware of it! ”
Needless to say, the two masters and servants are Yan Poxi and Dong'er, and Wu Zhi ordered Long Wu to find another house for Yan Poxi. never went to the door again, Yan Poxi only fell asleep every day with the "five beads to protect the phoenix", chatting about lovesickness, and Long Wu had to be advised by Wu Zhi, and talked nonsense in front of Yan Poxi, saying that Wu Zhi was just a rich businessman, and told Yan Po to cherish not to cause trouble.
This is also what Wu Zhi can't do, after all, he is too much of a showman in front of Yan Poxi, if he doesn't find Long Wu to lie. With Yan Po's cleverness, I am afraid that it is not difficult to guess her identity, but now is not the time to tell her her identity. Long Wu also took great pains to fulfill his lies, saying that those barbarian fruits were just borrowed from the Daimyo Mansion Li Tuiguan's line, not that our master had such pomp, and the master is now cooperating with Li Tuiguan in business, so he will have such pomp.
Yan Poxi naturally didn't believe it, and later ordered Dong'er to investigate, and there was indeed a Li Tuiguan in the Daimyo Mansion, and this Li Tuiguan was a child of the Bianjing clan. It is said that Hebei except for Cangzhou Chai Daguan, this Li Tuiguan is the richest, as for the king, there are no brothers and sisters at all, even the relatives of the side branches, then the old man will naturally not be related to the king, Yan Po regretted that he believed the five nonsense of the dragon.
It's such a coincidence, on the street this day, Yan Poxi had a quarrel with Li Tuiguan's favorite concubine Sun, and heard that Sun's report started the family, Yan Poxi sighed in her heart, the lord is now attached to Li Tuiguan, and he can't spoil the master's business, and he didn't want to make a noise at the moment, not wanting Sun's inch to gain an inch, so he twisted Yan Poxi and Dong'er to the yamen.
Dong'er saw that Mrs. knew that the other party was Mrs. Li Tuiguan, so she accepted it, and she was not angry, so she knelt down to speak for Mrs.
Li Gongshi frowned when he heard Dong'er's words, this girl was sharp-toothed, turned her head to look at Sun, Sun snorted and said: "The people's daughter has always been knowledgeable, even if she has never said a word of evil, how can she do it, the shopkeeper of the rouge shop can testify!" ”
The shopkeeper Zhou was waiting outside the house, and after coming in, he naturally helped the Sun family, saying that it was Yan Po who cherished the provocation of the master and servant, and it was also her master and servant who made the first move.
only made Dong'er angry and argued loudly, Yan Po regretted repeatedly pulling the corners of Dong'er's clothes, but Dong'er just ignored it.
Li Gongshi patted the table and said loudly: "Quiet and quiet!" ”
Dong'er still wanted to argue, but Li's face sank: "Bold!" Dare to mess around and kill the mighty stick again! Dong'er glanced at Li Gongshi hatefully and said no more.
Only then did Li Gongshi say: "Well, this case is clearly understood, it is Mrs. Wu who maliciously slandered Mrs. Li, and even more evil slaves hurt people, and the consequences are not serious, and Mrs. Wu is sentenced to pay money to Mrs. Li, do you have any objections from both parties?" ”
Yan Po felt relieved that she could lose some money, and it would be better if she could have lost some money. Although Dong'er was reluctant, but seeing that Madame didn't speak, she didn't dare to say more, Yan Poxi had already glared at her a few times, knowing that she was afraid that Madame would be really angry if she made trouble again.
Seeing that Yan Po nodded again and again, Li Gongshi breathed a sigh of relief, this lawsuit was obviously biased in favor of Sun Hao, obviously it was Sun who bullied Mrs. Wu, and judged Mrs. Wu to lose money, although the protection of officials has always been like this, but Li Gongshi is inevitably a little uneasy.
Seeing that Yan Po Xi agreed very happily, Sun couldn't help but feel a little happy on her face, and felt that his evil breath had not come out, and said loudly: "My lord is confused!" ”
Li was stunned: "What?" ”
Sun said: "The slave's hand was scratched, seeing that her master and servant are not clean, who knows if the slave family will enter the body in the future?" How can the slave family feel at ease if the case is broken by losing money like this? "Li Gongshi has always been respectful in front of Li Tuiguan, so that the Sun family does not take Li Gongshi very seriously, and he is not very polite when he speaks.
Li Gongshi suppressed the unhappiness in his heart: "Then how are you doing?" ”
Sun said: "Naturally, I want to call his husband's family and make a contract, if the slave family is sick and painful in the future, it is natural to ask for money from his family!" ”
Li Gongshi was angry when he heard this. Just such a small finger mark will tie up someone for a lifetime? What kind of illness will you have in the future, and you will depend on this finger mark? You take it for granted, don't you? No matter how ignorant of conscience, you can't judge a case like this.
Li Gongshi hasn't spoken yet, but Yan Poxi's face has changed greatly, she is afraid that the master will be involved, if she hurts the master and the Li family because of herself, then what face will she have to see the master again?
"Mrs. Li, don't alarm my master, I will compensate you for any amount of money." Yan Po said anxiously.
Sun saw that Yan Po cherished this appearance, but he was even more unrelenting: "No." I'm going to have your husband's house come today! ”
Li Gongshi sighed: "Mrs. Li." I can't decide this case! ”
Sun Shi was stunned, and raised his eyes to look at Li Gongshi: "Okay!" In that case, then I'll go to Lord Han to solve the case! ”
Li Gongshi nodded slightly: "Mrs. Li, please!" ”
Sun glanced at Li Gongshi a few times and walked out with a sneer. Li Gongshi shook his head slightly. I don't know what kind of wind this mother-in-law is going to blow in Li Tuiguan's ears.
The drums in the lobby of the Daimyo's Mansion sounded, and Han Tongju hurriedly walked into the lobby and sat down, looking down, he couldn't help but be stunned. Li Tuiguan and Sun are standing on the left, Han Tongju and Li Tuiguan have a good relationship, and often get together for a few drinks, Sun He also recognizes him, why did the couple become the complainants?
Looking at the two women on the right, the woman dressed up in ** is very beautiful, and even such a strict person as Han Tong's sentence can't help but take a few more looks.
"My lord, this is the state of the lower official!" Li Tuiguan walked over and handed over a lawsuit.
Just now, Li Tuiguan was handling official business in the office, and suddenly a small official came to report the news. said that his concubine Sun Hao had a conflict with others, and it was in court, Li Tuiguan hurried over, Sun was about to beat the drum, Li Tuiguan stopped and asked about the reason, Sun naturally said how he was wronged, and how Yan Poxi was domineering, Li Tuiguan knew that his little concubine was a person, and naturally did not believe her words. However, it was very strange to hear Sun say that Yan Po was very strange, so that she would not call her husband's family to say anything, and just now she was even more soft, willing to lose thousands of dollars, just to end the matter, not to let her master know.
Li Tuiguan was also curious when he heard this, and said in his heart, could it be that this woman's husband is a Jiangyang thief? A few days ago, your king just put down an anti-thief, isn't her husband's family the remnant of the anti-thief? Goodbye Yan Po cherishes her charming nature, but Li Tuiguan is a little itchy in his heart, if it is really a thief, it is good to find a way to accept her.
At that moment, Li Tuiguan thought about it for a while, but went to court with Sun, and handed over the letter he wrote, of course he would not be as messy as Sun, he only said that this matter was a trivial matter, and there was no need to lose money, but if such a thing happened, why should the Wu family be a family member to hear what happened, so it was better to go back and discipline his wife.
Han Tongju took Li Tuiguan's place, looked at it and nodded, this request is also reasonable, well, Yan Po Xi, the husband's surname is Wu, and he should also call his husband's family to come to visit, and he was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned, Yan Po Xi? Yan Po pity? How do you know the name so familiar? Mrs. Wu?
Suddenly, Han Tong shuddered, his heart jumped wildly, his forehead was cold, and he reached out to touch it, but there was a dense cold sweat, it turned out that he suddenly thought of why this name was so familiar, Yan Po regretted, wasn't it the woman who had a conflict with the Lu family a month ago? For her Lu family is inexplicably collapsed, thinking that this woman should have a good relationship with your king, and now that she hears about Mrs. Wu, Han Tong's judgment is even more heartbroken, and nine times out of ten it is the prince's concubine outside the mansion.
Seeing that Han Tongju was suddenly in a daze, Li Tuiguan couldn't help but wonder: "My lord? What's wrong with you? ”
Han Tong came back to his senses, looked at Yan Po who was frightened in the hall, and suddenly said, "Suspend the hall!" Everyone in the hall was stunned.
The word "retiring" was learned by Han Tongju from your king, and today it suddenly appeared, and when he saw that everyone was staring at him, he smiled bitterly and said: "This official changes clothes!" Wait! With that, he got up and walked to the back hall.
Although Han Tong's sentence was not in a proper manner, he was the biggest in the hall, and everyone muttered in their hearts, and they didn't dare to say anything.