Chapter 395: Prison Visit

In the fifth year of the Great Zhou Qingyuan, the summer solstice.

The streets of Luoyang City are overcrowded.

Pedestrians stood on tiptoe and looked towards the city gate, as if waiting for something to appear. Either anxious or helpless, the faces of the people appeared.

"How can such a good official be corrupt!"

An old man who was dying, on crutches, shook his head and sighed with a helpless look on his face.

"People's hearts are separated from their stomachs!"

Beside him, a slightly young man, stroked his beard, his eyes were full of disdain, and said mockingly.

And the other, the owner of the teahouse, shook his head with a smile after hearing this. Rubbing his beard, he looked at a prisoner cart coming in at the gate of the city, shook his head and said, "Who can say clearly about this!" ”

The boss glanced at the gray-haired prisoner standing in the prisoner car, shook his head and sighed.

A few days ago, this person drank tea in his tea stall, but he didn't expect that he was a court official. However, after not seeing him for many days, he has changed from a big official to a prisoner.

Now, looking at this posture, he is in a catastrophe.

Life is impermanent!

Rao is the owner of a tea stall, accustomed to the impermanence of the world and indifferent to human feelings. At this time, seeing this scene, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Listen to you, does the boss know this person?" The young, sickly-looking middle-aged man turned his head in surprise and asked.

"He used to be the imperial historian of the dynasty, surnamed Lu Mingzhi, and he was a dignified court official!" The owner of the tea stall looked at the people in the prisoner car that creaked past on the road in front of him, and said expressionlessly.

"Oh, it's a doctor." The middle-aged man with a sick face, after hearing this, had a touch of ridicule on his face, and pouted: "No wonder, what I did was to participate in people's affairs, now it's okay, feng shui takes turns, and retribution is on yourself!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding crowd nodded their heads in agreement.

The prisoner car squeaked, all the way from Kaifeng Mansion to this Luoyang City. The long-distance journey has brought Lu Yushi's "spirit" spirit to the brink of collapse. Now, all the way, as soon as I arrived in Luoyang City, I heard the people who didn't know the truth pointing at themselves and insulting, mocking, and still turning vegetable leaves and "chicken" eggs at themselves.

In the prisoner car, Lu Yushi smiled miserably, his eyes were closed, and he was in tears.

……

"Does it have to be like this?"

On the teahouse next to the street, Lu Heng, who had been looking down, couldn't bear to withdraw his gaze, turned his head, looked at the emperor in front of him, and asked with a wry smile.

"I can't help it!" The emperor stood in front of the window, his tiger eyes were slightly moist, looking at the prisoner car driving downstairs, and said in a cold and gloomy voice.

"He's so ruthless!" The Emperor tilted his head and took a deep breath. Muttered.

"One hundred and fifty lives, that's too many!" The emperor's lips pursed, and he said expressionlessly: "I, I can't save him!" ”

Seeing Lu Heng sitting there, his expression was calm, and he didn't say a word.

The emperor turned his head, looked at Lu Heng with burning eyes, and said lightly: "You can't save him, no one can save him!" “

Lu Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip. Raising his head, he looked at the emperor and shook his head with a wry smile.

The emperor turned his head and continued to look downstairs, the prisoner cart that had already gone away, and his heart gradually cooled. The fists gradually clenched, and the tiger's eyes flashed with a cold murderous intent: "King Pingxi, King Jin ......"

Lu Yushi was escorted to Beijing and put in prison.

He will be beheaded in the near future.

Within a few days, this incident spread to all corners of Beijing.

With the emergence of various versions of the history of Lu Yu, as well as the push of well-intentioned people, it has added to the trouble. For a while, the ruthless and murderous cool official and Lu Yushi, who was thrown into the prison and waiting for capital punishment, skillfully merged into one.

For a time, there were endless discussions on the streets and alleys about this matter.

Even in the teahouse, the storyteller was talking about the crimes committed by the cool official Lu Zhi.

Every time I talk about it, this Lu Yushi was noticed by His Majesty Shengming, and he was arrested and brought to justice. The audience sitting in the audience applauded.

The whole of Tokyo has completely set off a storm of rebellion.

And at this time, under this glitz, an extremely strong undercurrent began to surge.

At night, the emperor's mansion.

In the quiet night, the study is brightly lit.

The scholar sat at the desk, holding a secret fold with the seal of "jade" in his hand, and looked through it for a while. threw the emperor's edict on the table, and said to Hong Quan on the side: "Oh, take a look!" ”

Hong Quan wiped his palm full of sweat, took the hand, glanced at it, and suddenly saw sweat on his forehead: "Your Majesty has really decided?" ”

Lu Heng smiled, picked up the tea cup on the table, and took a sip of hot tea. said lightly: "He has already sat down and decided, and the reason why he is only saying it now is to wait for this opportunity!" ”

Holding the teacup, after thinking about it. Turning his head, he said with a smile: "Now, he has made up his mind." Next, it's up to us! ”

"What are you going to do?" Hong Quan closed the oracle, frowned, and looked at Lu Hengdao.

"There's no hurry!" Lu Heng waved his hand and said with a smile.

Stood up and stretched. looked at Hong Quan beside him, and asked with a smile: "Are you interested, accompany me to the prison?" ”

"You're going to visit Ruji?" Hong Quan asked puzzled.

The current Lu Zhi, in the midst of the storm outside, is a bane that everyone is afraid to avoid.

Regarding his corruption and indiscriminate killing of innocents, there are many "colors". It's like it's real.

Anyone is afraid of getting into trouble if they have a little relationship with this person. Even Lu Zhi's relatives said that Na Lu Zhi was expelled from the house by the head of the family many years ago.

Thinking of this, Rao is Hong Fat Man is open-minded, and he can't help but feel a little nostalgic.

People are so cold that I really don't know what to say.

"Yes, there are so many officials in the court. This person is the only person I respect! Lu Heng nodded and looked at Hong Quandao.

"Heh, that's what I said!" Hong Quan was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile, and agreed: "If it weren't for his stinky temper, the old man would actually respect him!" ”

"Let's go, let's go see him!" Lu Heng smiled, took the robe hanging aside, put it on his body, and walked out of the room first.

Behind him, Hong Quan smiled and stepped to follow.

The night is dark, and the sky and the earth are full of blue color.

At the entrance of the palace "gate", the "waiter" guard is as cold as iron. Holding a steel knife in his hand, his expression was solemn.

After showing the waist card in their hands, the "guards" looked at the young emperor with respect in their eyes, and saluted with one hand on their chests.

"You can see that the soldiers like you very much!" Walking in the palace, Hong Fatzi glanced back, the big inner "attendant" who was still paying attention to Lu Heng. tightened the clothes on his body, turned his head, and said with a smile to Lu Heng, who was walking side by side.

Although it was May, the weather before sunrise still felt a little cool.

The morning breeze blew, and the long robe on his body "swayed" with the wind. As Lu Heng walked, he said lightly: "Soldiers like people who can let them go home alive!" ”

Beside him, Hong Quanshen nodded approvingly, then looked at Lu Heng, and said with a smile: "It's true, speaking of which, the scale of the Goryeo operation is not weaker than the bandit suppression operation more than ten years ago. Coupled with the fact that the army is on an expedition across the sea and is not familiar with the terrain, how did you manage such a small casualty rate? ”

Lu Heng smiled, turned his head, looked at Hong Quan with a smile, and blurted out: "It's very simple, smash it with money!" ”

"Smashed with money?" Hong Quan was puzzled: "What kind of tactics is this?" ”

I didn't sleep all night, and I was extremely sleepy.

Lu Heng stretched out his hands and "kneaded" his numb face, and said as he walked: "If you can use thunderbolt beads, you don't need crossbow arrows." Those who can use crossbow arrows will not let the infantry charge. Those who can throw spears should avoid hand-to-hand combat. It's that simple! ”

Hearing this, Hong Quan was stunned and suddenly realized.

"Oh, no wonder some time ago, His Majesty was furious with Tobe. Dare is a Goryeo battle, and all the money in the treasury has been wiped out! Quack, the "waiter" of the household can be miserable by your kid! Hong Quan groped his chin and smiled gloatingly.

The "waiter" of the household department is An Peng's person. Therefore, listen to the household department to be punished. In addition to not worrying, Hong Quan was also stealing fun on the side.

Lu Heng smiled and said lightly: "War is originally about money, a poor country and a rich country are at war, maybe in the early stage, the rich country will be appeased and retreated for a while because of the fear that the homeland that was built with great difficulty will be destroyed by the war." However, once the two sides really meet each other, the final victory will definitely be which rich country! ”

Listening to what Lu Heng said, Hong Quanshen nodded approvingly. However, he also thought of another thing. After thinking about it, he turned his head and looked at Lu Heng and said, "In this way, if my Great Zhou starts a war with the Turks, the final victory belongs to my Great Zhou?" ”

"Needless to say, Da Zhou will win, haha!" Lu Heng stretched out his hand to put his arm around Hong Quan's shoulder, and said with a laugh.

……

In the dark prison, there is a smell of "tide" wet and rotten.

The oil lamps hanging on the walls crackled and burned, and the pungent smell was disgusting.

In the cell, the sound of the whip wielded by the jailer and the screaming of the death row inmates were endless. The tragic cry made people "hairy" and terrifying.

In the innermost cell, Lu Yushi, dressed in a death row uniform, sat quietly at the table, writing hard in the dim light.

Outside the "door", there was another miserable cry of grievances. Lu Yushi raised his head, and saw the jailers holding iron shackles and steel knives at their waists, talking about a prisoner with a face like ashes and limbs that was paralyzed and pulled out and sent to the execution ground.

This is already the tenth official to be executed in the past few days.

Lu Yushi, who was already numb, just glanced at it, then turned his head away, and continued to write something on the crumpled paper.

I don't know how long it took, but another rush of footsteps came.

Lu Yushi turned his head to look and saw two jailers stop in front of his cell.

Hey, after all, it's your turn!

Lu Yushi, who was struggling to write, heard this, and his hands suddenly froze. Shaking his head with a wry smile, he sighed in his heart, put down the "hair" pen, and prepared to get up.

"Lu Zhi, someone has come to see you!"

One of the jailers took the key on his waist, opened the prison door with a bang, and said to Lu Yushi on the opposite side. He turned his head, bowed to his side, and saluted, "Your Excellency, please!" ”

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