Chapter 35: The joke is getting bigger

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Wu Jianzhang didn't know when he secretly colluded with Burbulon, the negotiator of the United Fleet, but Emperor Xianfeng didn't care so much, and shouted as soon as he shot the dragon case: "Bold Wu Jianzhang, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

"Wechen is wronged! Your Majesty, Weichen was wronged, Weichen was bold, and he didn't dare to secretly collude with the foreigners' negotiators! ”

In the uproar of the Manchu Dynasty, Wu Jianzhang of course was desperately crying out for grievances with tears in his eyes, but Su Shun's political opponent Bai Ye in the court immediately said that Weng Tongshu and Song Jin were waiting outside the Donghua Gate with evidence, and Emperor Xianfeng did not hesitate, and immediately issued an angry decree to announce Weng Tongshu and Song Jin to the palace, and the eunuchs hurriedly went to pass the decree, and the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were also focused on Wu Jianzhang, and many xenophobic officials such as Mu Yin and others were still smiling cruelly, and they all looked forward to Emperor Xianfeng giving an order earlier. Wu Jianzhang, a donation class who wears a pair of pants with foreigners, was pushed out of the noon gate and beheaded.

Soon, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin, who were not qualified to go to the court at all, were announced to the palace, and finally caught the opportunity to show their faces in front of Emperor Xianfeng, and got Emperor Xianfeng personally opened his mouth to encourage them to speak out. found that the ancestors of the Wu family were suspected of secretly communicating with foreigners, and planned to betray the Qing court in exchange for glory and wealth from foreigners, and then at night, Song Jin heard that Burbulon sent someone to send a letter to the ancestors and grandsons of the Wu family, and also asked Wu Jianzhang to burn the letter after reading it, Song Jin quietly took the letter away, preparing to use it to expose the traitorous crime of the ancestors of the Wu family......

Before Song Jin's words were finished, Wu Jianzhang was already frightened, for fear that Burbul Bulon would really send him some secret letter, so he hurriedly wailed: "Long live, wronged, heaven and earth are proof, Weichen really did not secretly contact Burbulon!" Even if he really sent any letter to Wechen, Wechen didn't know anything in advance! ”

"Lord Wu, did you really not know in advance?" Weng Tongshu would give Wu Jianzhang the excuse that he didn't know in advance, and immediately smiled and said: "Lord Wu, if you really didn't know in advance, then why did your grandson Wu Chaoyue go to the Hanlin Academy to make trouble after he found out that the letter was lost, and wanted to buy this letter back from Lord Song with silver?" After being flatly rejected by Lord Song, why was he still scared in front of the Hanlin Academy? ”

Wu Jianzhang opened his mouth and stammered, never dreaming that his precious grandson, who had been much smarter in recent times, would do such a stupid thing, and Emperor Xianfeng was even more angry, and when he hurriedly asked for details, Weng Tongshu hurriedly said that Wu Chaoyue went to the Hanlin Academy to ask for a letterβ€”and said that he felt that it was wrong, so he strongly persuaded Song Jin to immediately bring the letter to the imperial city and ask the scholar of the academy to perform on his behalf, so as to share the credit.

Tie Qing took the letter that the eunuch forwarded to him with a blue face, crushed the fire paint that had been intact so far, took out the letterhead and took a closer look, and saw that there were indeed a few words written on it in foreign language, and Emperor Xianfeng was of course even more angry, and asked loudly: "Who knows foreign language?" Translate for me! ”

No one answered, and all the civil and military officials in the Jinluan Palace looked at each other, and none of them dared to stand up and act as a translator for Emperor Xianfeng - the key is that none of them knew foreign languages. Wu Jianzhang, who only wanted to die and understood, had the courage to say: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows foreign languages, and he is willing to translate for Long Life." ”

Before Wu Jianzhang's words fell, there was already a lot of scolding in the Jinluan Palace, and many officials jumped out to oppose letting Wu Jianzhang translate, and Mu Yin even openly questioned whether Wu Jianzhang wanted to destroy the evidence? Emperor Xianfeng also roared: "I can't believe you! Someone, hurry up and send a few interpreters who understand foreign languages to the host and guest division of the Ministry of Rites! ”

The eunuch sang the promise, and rushed out to announce the decree, but Emperor Xianfeng still felt puzzled, and roared angrily: "Take Wu Jianzhang down, and then go to the Hanlin Academy to arrest his grandson, and when the translator interprets the foreign language for me, he will push their ancestors and grandchildren out of the noon gate and behead them together!" ”

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It's time to go back and take a look at the situation on Wu Chaoyue's side, after seeing Wu Chaoyue suddenly faint, although Li Hongzhang guessed that there must be a major reason, he still helped Wu Chaoyue and other dogs to help Wu Chaoyue to the shade on the side of the road, pinched Wu Chaoyue and rubbed his chest smoothly, it took a lot of effort, Wu Chaoyue finally woke up leisurely, and Li Hongzhang also asked: "Wu Gongzi, what happened?" How could you pass out all of a sudden? ”

The first is to beware that there are still people secretly monitoring him, and the second is to take the opportunity to see what kind of goods Li Hongzhang is, so Wu Chaoyue was silent, and his expression was dull and just looked at the gate of the Hanlin Academy, as if he was crazy. However, Wu Dadao next to him was cheap-mouthed, and according to Wu Chaoyue's instructions in advance, he told Li Hongzhang that Wu Chaoyue was because he lost a very important letter, and he suspected that it was obtained by Song Jin, so he came to Hanlin Academy to find Song Jin to settle accounts. As a result, before Wu Dada's words were completely finished, Li Hongzhang's thin face was already covered with frost, and he asked Wu Chaoyue sharply: "Wu Gongzi, you are honest with me, why is that letter so important?" ”

Wu Chaoyue was still silent, Li Hongzhang stopped talking, pushed Wu Chaoyue in front of Wu Dadao and others, got up and was about to leave, Wu Chaoyue hurriedly grabbed him and begged: "Brother Shaoquan, don't go." ”

"You won't tell the truth, why should I stay?" Li Hongzhang said very frankly, and said: "Wu Gongzi, to tell you the truth, the reason why I extended a helping hand to your ancestors and grandchildren yesterday was just to admire your grandfather Wu Daotai for forgetting selfishness and being diligent in state affairs, so I would rather continue to fight with Weng Tongshu to help you!" But if your ancestors and grandchildren really do anything treacherous, I, Li Hongzhang, will not be the first to let it go to you! ”

When he said this, Li Hongzhang's face was full of righteousness, his eyes were sharp, he stared at Wu Chaoyue's eyes, and carefully observed all of Wu Chaoyue's expressions. As a result, to Li Hongzhang's surprise, Wu Chaoyue's reaction turned out to be exactly the same as him, also staring at his eyes, his gaze was sharp, even above Li Hongzhang! After a long time, Wu Chaoyue's eyes even showed a smile that made Li Hongzhang even more surprised, and muttered: "Brother Shaoquan is Brother Shaoquan, and he is worthy of being one of the three outstanding talents in the world." ”

Although Wu Chaoyue's voice was low, Li Hongzhang still heard a lot of it at the tip of his ears, and suddenly asked in confusion: "What did you say?" What do you mean? ”

"Nothing." Wu Chaoyue shook his head, first looked left and right and saw that there were no outsiders eavesdropping, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Shaoquan, please ask one thing, if that letter is really that important, then according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, who should they present the letter to?" ”

Li Hongzhang was silent, stared at Wu Chaoyue for a long time, and saw that the smile in Wu Chaoyue's eyes was even more obvious, Li Hongzhang vaguely guessed something, so he replied in a low voice: "They are all six products, and they do not have the right to fold things, according to the rules, they should submit the excerpts and letters to the Military Aircraft Department for approval, if you want to bypass the Military Aircraft Department to report to the emperor, you can only submit it to Bai Ye, a scholar of the University of the Academy, and ask Lord Bai to review the descendants for submission." ”

"That Weng is the same book with them, does he have any enmity with Bai Ye?" Wu Chaoyue asked again in a low voice, "Also, do Weng Tongshu have any opponents in the military aircraft?" ”

Li Hongzhang smiled, and finally affirmed the judgment in his heart, and replied with a smile: "Lord Bai and Weng Tongshu have nothing to do, but Lord Bai is the head of the Hanlin Academy, and the recognized leader of the Qingliu in the government and the opposition is Weng Xincun, the father of Weng Tongshu. As for the Military Aircraft Division, I don't know. ”

"It's a pity." Wu Chaoyue regretted a sentence, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Shaoquan's kindness, the younger brother remembers it, don't worry about the rest of the things, let's watch the show with peace of mind." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and then walked away, Wu Chaoyue also whispered to order Wu Dadao to leave with his back, but when Wu Chaoyue just lay on Wu Dada's back with the help of other subordinates, a team of guards wearing yellow coats rushed to the west of Chang'an Street, and shouted from a distance Who is Wu Chaoyue? In this regard, Wu Chaoyue was of course inexplicable, but Li Hongzhang suddenly woke up, and quickly turned around and whispered to Wu Chaoyue: "Wu Gongzi, it's bad!" I forgot one thing, Weng Tongshu and they may also take the opportunity of going to the early dynasty to ask Lord Bai to poke that letter in front of the emperor now! With their backgrounds and connections, it's not hard to do that! ”

"Stab Xianfeng now?" Wu Chaoyue was stunned, and suddenly felt a little bitter in his heart, "Trouble! This joke is too big! ”

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Looking back at the situation on the side of Wu Jianzhang and Emperor Xianfeng, it took a lot of time to finally have two interpreters from the main and guest divisions of the Ministry of Rites taken to the Jinluan Hall by the guards, and the two interpreters were trembling and kowtowing, Emperor Xianfeng, who had been waiting impatiently, waved his hand and shouted: "Excuse me, translate this letter into the language of my Qing Dynasty for me, and read it to me!" ”

In front of everyone's eyes, the letter was carried by the eunuch on a plate in front of the two interpreters, during which Wu Jianzhang, who had been removed from the top belt, trembled all over, looking at the two interpreters, his eyes were full of pleading and pleading, and he kept praying in his heart for God's blessing, and there was nothing too serious on the letter. Mu Yin, Lin Kui, Seng Lingqin and other xenophobic ministers were all sneering on their faces, and Weng Tongshu and Song Jin, who were kneeling in the hall, even smiled at the corners of their mouths, as if they had seen the wonderful picture of the Wu family's ancestors and grandchildren falling to the ground............

"Plop! Thump! Two sounds, so that the Emperor Xianfeng and the Qing Dynasty officials dumbfounded, only a cursory glance at the letter, the two interpreters were so frightened that they knelt on their knees, knocked their heads on the ground, and said in unison: "The emperor forgives the sin, and the ministers dare not translate this letter when they die!" ”

"Why?" Emperor Xianfeng asked in surprise.

"Because ......, because this epistle is full of swearing." An interpreter carefully answered truthfully.

"Swearing?" The Manchu Dynasty made a big uproar again, Emperor Xianfeng and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu were all dumbfounded, they never expected that the letters were full of swearing, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin The two book donors were even more stunned, and exclaimed in their hearts: "Isn't this a letter written by a foreigner minister to Wu Jianzhang?" How can the letter be full of swearing? ”

After finally coming back to his senses, Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly asked again: "Who is scolding?" ”

"Curse the one who steals this letter." The two interpreters answered truthfully.

As soon as the two interpreters finished speaking, Wu Jianzhang suddenly collapsed on the ground, scolding his baby grandson in his heart for not being a thing, and he almost scared himself to death. Song Jin and Weng Tongshu suddenly looked like ashes, and screamed in their hearts together: "Oops! Hit the trick! ”

Next, the extremely curious Emperor Xianfeng of course asked for the details of the letter, and the two interpreters kowtowed together, trembling and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, then the ministers and others will be translated, the letter is very ugly, and the emperor is asked to forgive the ministers and others for the crime of gaffe before driving." ”

"Less nonsense, quick translation, I forgive you for your innocence!" Emperor Xianfeng waved his hand even more impatiently.

However, the two interpreters could only translate the letter into Chinese and read: "****! Bastard who stole my letters, **** your mother! Younger sister! Your daughter-in-law committed adultery with thirty-six men before she got married! Your father should have shot you down the toilet in the first place, why didn't your mother strangle you to death when she gave birth to you? Shame on you for leaving you in the world? Eighteen generations of your ancestors! ”

There was no laughter, only the surprised question of Emperor Xianfeng, "Is this really the content?" Did you make any mistakes? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen and others dare to vouch for their heads, and there is no translation error." Both interpreters kowtowed in reply, and then one of the interpreters added: "There are only two words, SHIT and FUCK, SHIT can be translated as shit or bullshit, and FUCK can be translated as fuck****** or ......, or ......." ”

"Or what?" Emperor Xianfeng asked with a big shout.

"******." The interpreter replied helplessly.

In the roar of the ministers, there was a crackle, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the dragon case were sprinkled all over the ground, and the unlucky multi-mouthed interpreter was suddenly so frightened that he kowtowed desperately, but fortunately, Emperor Xianfeng did not settle accounts with him, but just yelled at Weng Tongshu and Song Jin: "Weng Tongshu, Song Jin, what's going on?" Didn't you say that this was a letter from a foreigner and Wu Jianzhang in secret collusion? How did it become full of foul language? ”

Finally, it was Weng Tongshu and Song Jin's turn to sweat and kowtow desperately, but Emperor Xianfeng refused to give up, and still asked the reason, and was forced to helpless, Weng Tongshu had no choice but to tell the truth, kowtow and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen and others should have been deceived by Wu Jianzhang's grandson, he saw that Song Jin was going to spy on whether Wu Jianzhang was secretly colluding with foreigners, so he laid out Jiang Gan's plan to steal books, so as to humiliate Weichen and others." ”

"Wu Jianzhang's grandson saw that Song Jin was spying on whether Wu Jianzhang was secretly colluding with foreigners? What do you mean? Emperor Xianfeng continued to ask both puzzled and angry.

If you don't tell the truth, you will definitely have to fall to the ground, although you will definitely be unlucky if you tell the truth, but at least there is hope to keep your head, understand the pros and cons, Weng Tongshu finally basically told the truth, saying that he and Song Jin were worried that Wu Jianzhang, who had been dealing with foreigners all the year round, would take advantage of the opportunity to negotiate and betray the country, so he found an excuse for Song Jin to be friends with Wu Chaoyue, and wanted to get Wu Chaoyue drunk and take the opportunity to get Wu Jianzhang Tongyi to betray the country, but he never expected that Wu Chaoyue, who was famous for being greedy for alcohol and lustful, was actually more cunning than a fox and more ruthless than a poisonous snake. Seeing that Song Jin's true intentions were not only silent, but he also planned to set up this bureau to trap Song Jin and himself............

Emperor Xianfeng's anger was far greater than Weng Tongshu imagined, and it was far more shrewd than Weng Tongshu imagined, and before Weng Tongshu finished speaking, Emperor Xianfeng patted the dragon case and roared: "Shut up!" What is the suspicion that Wu Aiqing is traitorous to the country? I'm not a fool! In order to shirk the responsibility, your father deceived the king and framed Wu Aiqing, and was imprisoned by me for questioning, and you are ruthless to Wu Aiqing, so you want to find evidence to let me kill Wu Aiqing, right?! ”

Weng Tongshu desperately kowtowed and didn't even dare to say, Emperor Xianfeng was willing to believe it, but he just drank the order to push Weng Tongshu and Song Jin out of the noon gate together and beheaded, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin screamed like killing pigs and begged for mercy, and Weng Xin's monk Greenqin stood up and said to Xianfeng: "Long live the anger, please long live the anger of the thunder for a while, listen to the minister's words." ”

Monk Greenqin became the first bird, Mu Yin, Lin Kui and some civil and military officials who were good friends with the Weng family also stood up to plead and asked Xianfeng to listen to Monk Greenqin's advice. After getting the permission of Emperor Xianfeng, Monk Greenqin said: "Long live, Weng Xincun and Song Jin are indeed guilty, but they spy on whether Wu Jianzhang's ancestors and grandsons are secretly colluding with foreigners, no matter what the purpose is, it is for the sake of the imperial court and the Qing Dynasty, and they also ask the emperor to read their loyalty and spare their lives." ”

The suspicion of the Wu family's ancestors and grandsons is indeed very big, and the Weng and Song people's spying on the Wu family's ancestors and grandsons is indeed somewhat loyal to foreigners, considering this, Emperor Xianfeng waved his hand and changed his will to Weng Tongshu and Song and Jin to discuss the crime. Monk Greenqin thanked him, but still refused to withdraw from the train, and said: "Your Majesty, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin's crimes are unforgivable, but Wu Jianzhang's grandson is also guilty of a lot of crimes, he saw that Song Jin was going to test him, not only did he not show his mind to Song Jin, proving that he and Wu Jianzhang were really innocent, but on the contrary, he also laid a trap and insulted the court officials with foul language, so that these foul words were forwarded to the emperor, insulting the holy hearing, and the crime cannot be punished!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen's grandson is a person who scolds and steals letters, not deliberately insulting the saints."

Wu Jianzhang hurriedly pleaded with his precious grandson, but unfortunately there were too many people in the court who looked at the ancestors of the Wu family who were not pleasing to the eyes, and Mu Yin, who had not killed the ancestors of the Wu family several times, immediately took over and shouted: "Wu Jianzhang, you don't have to argue for your grandson here!" Your grandson deliberately went to Hanlin Yuan to make trouble, didn't he deliberately want to let Banzai see his foul language? ”

As if the dying man saw the life-saving straw, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin immediately kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, about this matter, the criminal ministers and others also have something to say, if it weren't for Wu Jianzhang's grandson deliberately running to the Hanlin Courtyard to make trouble, let us believe that this letter is ironclad evidence of Wu Jianzhang's secret collusion with foreigners, and the criminal ministers and others are very bold, and they don't dare to send this letter directly to the emperor!" ”

"Your Majesty, Wu Jianzhang's grandson went to the Hanlin Academy to make trouble, not only disrupting the dynasty, but also maliciously misleading Weng Tongshu and Song Jin, the intentions are really hateful!" Lin Kui also said viciously: "The minister asks the emperor to punish Wu Jianzhang's grandson together to set an example!" ”

was so instigated by a few close ministers, Emperor Xianfeng inevitably became a little angry with Wu Chaoyue, and his face became even more ugly. Wu Jianzhang kowtowed desperately, and said with a crying voice: "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin, Weichen's grandson didn't mean it, it didn't mean it!" ”

"Didn't mean to?" Monk Greenqin snorted coldly, his eyes rolled again, and he simply bowed his hand to Emperor Xianfeng and said: "Your Majesty, long live before the left and right has already issued an order to arrest Wu Jianzhang's grandson, thinking that Wu Jianzhang's grandson has been taken down, in this case, why didn't the emperor escort him to the palace, and ask him face-to-face what his intentions were, and whether he deliberately insulted the saint?" ”

Hearing this, Mu Yin, Lin Kui and the others all had their eyes lit up, guessing that Seng Lingqin intended to take Wu Jianzhang's grandson to the palace, coercing and intimidating Wu Jianzhang's unlucky grandson to admit that he deliberately made a big deal and deliberately humiliated Emperor Xianfeng, so Mu Yin and Lin Kui did not hesitate, and immediately opened their mouths to echo, instigating Emperor Xianfeng to escort Wu Jianzhang's grandson to the palace to question his true intentions in person. In the end, Emperor Xianfeng, who was innocently greeted by the old lady, also felt that he couldn't swallow this evil breath, so he nodded and said: "Okay, bring Wu Jianzhang's grandson to the palace, I want to ask him face to face, why did he deliberately make such a big fuss!" ”

Mu Yin, Lin Kui, Monk Lingqin and the others all laughed, because they all believed that when a young master arrived at the Jinluan Palace, he would be surprised if he was not immediately frightened, and if he was intimidated and threatened by them, it would be even more strange if he did not obediently admit his guilt!