The circumference of the Luoyang Imperial Palace is twelve miles, and there are twelve city gates on all sides, and the place where the ministers petition is at the main gate in the south - Yingtianmen.

The whole Yingtianmen is more than 30 zhang long from east to west, more than 20 zhang long from north to south, more than 10 zhang high, magnificent, magnificent. The emperor held a grand court meeting on New Year's Day and the winter solstice, and received tributary envoys from all countries.

This gate is not a neat door face like an ordinary city gate, but is made up of a gatehouse, two duolou and two que towers connected by the city wall, in the shape of "concave".

Now the place where the ministers gather is in the square in the middle of this "concave" shape.

Seeing that the people were almost there, Cui Geng sent a signal, and Zhang Ling was late with a group of people to commit Shanshan.

Qianniu Wei Zhonglang General, Wu Zetian's henchman eunuch Wu Zhuang, has been waiting in Yingtianmen for a long time.

He pulled the throat of the male duck and shouted: "The saint has an edict: What is the purpose of gathering the crowd here? ”

Zhang Yan hurriedly stepped forward, told the details of what happened today, and finally said: "Si Nong Shaoqing came to Junchen to resist the decree and disrespect, and imprisoned the wall dragon; Concealing the crown prince Xima Xue Yuan, intending to frame the supervision of the imperial history Wang Zhu, and asked His Majesty to punish the crime according to the law. ”

Immediately after, a sixty or seventy-year-old green-robed old man wearing a hedgehog crown stepped forward and said: "In the Imperial History, the minister supervised the imperial history and impeached the ten major crimes of the minister: colluding with the henchman Wan Guojun and others, slaughtering the Lingnan Daoliu people, and corrupting the holy virtues, and his crime is also one; fabricated charges to frame hundreds of officials, and his second crime was also; When he joined the army for the same state, he humiliated the wives and mothers of his colleagues and corrupted people, and his three crimes were also ......"

Ji Luzhong has been supervising the imperial history all his life, although the official has not been promoted, but his prestige in the court is known, and even Wu Zetian is quite respectful.

As soon as he hit the head, everyone immediately followed.

Wang Jishan, the political envoy of the Right Su, said: "Lai Junchen is cunning and cunning, and most of the people he trusts are scoundrels in the market, and most of the people he kills are gentlemen of Mingde." The minister thought that if he did not punish Junchen, he was afraid that he would be worried about shaking the foundation of the court, and asked His Majesty to think carefully. ”

Zuo Suzheng made Yang Zaisi see the advantage, and said: "Come to Junchen to punish informants, control the prison of weaving, harm the life of the minister, and the power of the king." If it is not removed, it shall not be used as a righteous outline; If you don't get rid of it, you can't settle the world, and ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

……

The ministers spoke one after another, and it was not until half an hour later that there was nothing more to say, and gradually no one continued to come forward.

In the end, under the leadership of Wu Sansi, Lou Shide, and Li Dan, people knelt on the ground and said: "Lai Junchen is extremely evil, and I also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to get rid of this bureaucracy and calm the world." ”

This is the attitude of all officials in the DPRK and China, except for Lai Junchen.

Wu Zhuang didn't dare to hold it up in front of this force, and said politely: "You wait, the miscellaneous family will report to Your Majesty, and there will be a will later." ”

After saying that, he ran away.

Zhang Yan had never felt so good, looked at Lai Junchen and said: "Come to Shaoqing, take a look, now there is no one in the court to speak for you, but they are going to put you to death, this time you are dead!" ”

Lai Junchen looked at the corner of his mouth, looked around, chuckled, and said, "Zhang Dashou, don't be too happy." Yes, no one spoke for the official, but that also shows that I am His Majesty's lonely minister. Others won't protect me, but her old man will protect me! If you don't believe me, you see......"

Knock knock~~

As soon as Lai Junchen's words fell, heavy footsteps sounded in Zhang Ling's ears, and he turned his head along Lai Junchen's fingers to look, and couldn't help but change his face drastically!

But it was amazing, the armor of the brigade was quickly driving from the royal road, standing behind the end gate, blocking the retreat of the courtiers.

What's more, each of them straddles their waists with horizontal swords, holds spears, carries bows and arrows on their backs, and their faces are full of murderous intentions, obviously ill-intentioned.

Immediately afterwards, many armor soldiers also appeared on the city walls on three sides of Yingtianmen, armed with strong bows and crossbows, and designated all the courtiers.

Obviously, just wait for an order, and there will be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood under Ying Tianmen!

"How so?"

"Does Your Majesty want to kill us?"

"I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Junchen poured into His Majesty?"

……

Baiguan suddenly panicked.

Lai Junchen laughed and said, "Hmph, what is the prime minister of the court, the prince of Da Zhou, I think you and others are all a bunch of rubbish!" Your Majesty's heart is so hardened that if you join forces, you can take away its will? Let's see, it's not certain who will win or lose in today's lawsuit. ”

"Well said!"

With a shout, the figure of Empress Wu Zetian appeared on the city, Shangguan Wan'er on the left, Xue Aocao on the right, and the eunuch Wu Zhuang with countless armor soldiers standing around.

Wu Zetian glanced around the city gate, and said slowly: "So many people impeached a little Lai Junchen, did they use a knife to kill chickens?" In my opinion, it's enough to force the palace, right? ”

The ministers immediately changed color, knelt on the ground, and said, "Wechen don't dare." ”

"You'd better not dare."

Wu Zetian breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, she has been sweating, if so many people are really forced to the palace, they can't be slaughtered, right? Then I'm really alone.

She sat down, softened her tone a little, and continued: "Since all the secretaries impeached Lai Junchen together, then I will try the case on the spot in Yingtianmen. Come to Shaoqing, you say first, do you admit or disagree with everyone's impeachment of your crimes? ”

Lai Junchen said unhurriedly: "There are many crimes against your colleagues to impeach Weichen, but most of them are old cases, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain them for a while." Therefore, Weichen wants to talk about the two recent cases first, I admit the case of imprisoning the wall dragon, but if you want to talk about framing the superintendent Wang Shi, I don't admit it! ”

Zhang Ling said: "You forced Xue Yuan to admit that he drank with Wang Zhu and Ji Xuan, and heard about Qi Lianhui's rebellion, is this not deliberately framed?" ”

"Coercion?" Lai Junchen rolled his eyes and said, "Which eye did you see that this official coerced Xue Yuan?" This official is willing to confront him face to face! ”

"I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin."

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Yan ordered someone to call Xue Yuan over and said, "Xue Xima, why were you arrested in the Magistrate's Court?" What has happened? Did Lai Junchen ever torture you? ”

The prince's horse washing rank is not low.

Xue Yuan kowtowed to Wu Zetian on the city tower and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is indeed drinking with Wang Zhu and Ji Xuan, and if he doesn't report it, he deserves death." ”

"You ......"

When Zhang Ling heard this, his face turned green with anger, and he said, "Xue Xima, do you know what you're talking about?" ”

Xue Yuan said angrily: "Of course Xue understands that when I said this, it is the crime of not reporting it knowingly, and it should be hanged according to the law." However, could it be that Xue, a good man, wants to frame others because he spares his life? ”

"I ......"

When Zhang Ling heard this, he suddenly felt a feeling, you said so reasonably, I was speechless.

In a trance, he looked at Cui Geng and secretly wondered, could it be that the information Cui Erlang got was wrong? Did I really wronged Junchen this time?

Cui Geng also wondered, was that Wang Yong lying? Or was there something unexpected? Wrong! There's weirdness in this!

While thinking about the possibilities of this matter, he looked at Xue Yuan and said, "Xue Xima, since you are willing to confess your guilt, why didn't Lai Shaoqing send you to Dali Temple, but imprisoned in the magistrate's courtyard?" ”

Xue Yuan sighed, and said with a heartfelt voice: "First, it is Xue who is unwilling to betray his friends, and secondly, the ants are still stealing, not to mention Xue?" Therefore, in the magistrate's court, a certain person really refused to admit it to death, but this is not the same thing as Lai Shaoqing tortured to extract a confession and asked Xue to frame others. ”

Zheng Su answered on the side: "But now, if you continue to resist death and refuse to admit it, you will harm Shaoqing's life." You can't bear to be killed by loyal ministers, so you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness, I don't know if this official guessed right? ”

"Hmph, what kind of loyal minister is Lai Junchen? Villains only. Xue Yuan pursed his lips and said, "I just don't want to affect others because of my crimes, no matter whether that person is loyal or traitorous." ”

Now, it seems that the truth has been revealed. In this case, Lai Junchen was indeed wronged.

Almost all the ministers were cast a shadow in their hearts, and it was not good for them to go out of school: with this case as a breakthrough, they would inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion if they and others sued Junchen for other crimes. In other words, Junchen may not die this time!

Wu Zetian's mood was very comfortable, so many people invited Junchen to kill him, and he killed himself, I am afraid that the majesty of the emperor will be damaged. But don't kill...... It's really hard to explain to the world. Xue Yuan let go, and he had a lot of room to move around.

The more she looked at Xue Yuan, the more pleasing she became, and said, "Xue Aiqing! ”

"The sinner is here!"

"Listening to what Qing just said, he is really a sincere gentleman. The original failure to report the information is likely to be an unintentional mistake. In this way, I will be gracious beyond the law, and I will forgive you not guilty, and even the king's help will save you from death. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is truly a saint that has never been seen in the ages! Weichen has Mu Shengde, what a blessing! ”

Xue Yuan fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly, so happy that he was almost a little carried away.

However, the happiest person on the scene was not him, but Lai Junchen!

The previous events could only be regarded as appetizers. Coming to Junchen has made a lot of calculations, and he has been waiting for the day when Xue Yuan knocks on Wu Zetian!

If Cui Geng rescued Xue Yuan, Xue Yuan would pretend to take refuge in Cui Geng, saying that he really didn't participate in the banquet. Finally, when Wu Zetian rehabilitated Xue Yuan, Xue Yuan would thank His Majesty for his rehabilitation.

Now, although Xue Yuan's gratitude is not the grace of rehabilitation, but the grace of sparing his life, it is enough, even better than expected.

Immediately, Lai Junchen stomped his feet slightly and gave instructions to close the net.

Xue Yuan understood, pulled his neck and said loudly: "In order to repay Your Majesty's kindness, Weichen is willing to kill his relatives with righteousness." Whistleblowing and exposing a person ......"

"Who?"

"The former prince guards Liu Jian."

Suddenly, an ominous premonition surged into Li Dan's heart, and said, "Liu Jian? What case did he commit? ”

Xue Yuan sneered, and Tu Qian dagger said: "The Longmen Hot Spring stabbing case, he did it!" ”

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