After the tribute, Chengyuan and his cadres did not return to Honglu Temple, and at the urging of Cao Zheng, they wanted to go out of the city to meet Liu Yanseng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since Chengyuan first settled in the Honglu Pavilion, until the end of the tribute test, in fact, Cao Zheng and Liu Yanseng have been discussing for many days. It wasn't until now that Chengyuan knew that there was a meeting with Liu Yanseng on the night of Guo Wei's mansion.

Now on the way to discuss with Chengyuan, Cao Zheng first mentioned the first of the issues, that is, the question of the left-behind candidates for Deng Zhou Nanjing. According to Liu Yanseng, the several states under the jurisdiction of the capital should be divided into powers, and the imperial court would reduce the power of the army, and his remaining position was at risk of being vacated.

Chengyuan pondered for a while, and then replied to Cao Zhengdao: "You don't have to worry too much about this matter, you know, if the imperial court really wants to centralize the power of the central government and divide the power of the localities, then this matter is definitely not just to take us to the knife, but no one can escape." ”

"Well, go on!"

Cheng Yuan saw that Cao Zheng nodded, and continued: "In my opinion, the chaos in the Central Plains for decades since the end of the Tang Dynasty is only afraid that it is about to come to an end. In only a few months, Liu Shuai came to Dengzhou from Xuzhou, and Liu Xin went from Huazhou to Xuzhou, and the original section of the Dengzhou Weisheng Army was changed to Luzhou. ”

Cao Zheng praised: "That's right, it coincides with me." Besides, now that I think about it carefully, even if Guo Shumi really wants to remove Liu Shuai's military power, then he must choose a capable person, this person not only has to be talented, but also can make Su Xianggong and Guo Shumi happy, and want to get along with Liu Yanseng in peace in the situation where the military and government are not integrated, such a requirement is too difficult, I am afraid that I will not find this person in a short time. ”

Cheng Yuan nodded his head: "I am also slightly the same as you in this matter." In addition, even if he was really found by Guo Shumi, this person would not be able to pull away for the time being. ”

"Why is this?"

Cheng Yuan didn't answer, after all, he knew what would happen in the next year or two......

However, in the case of the cattle slaughter, both of them felt that things were not very good.

The reason why the cattle slaughtering case is dangerous is that the case can be judged or not, and whether it can be turned over or not, Liu Yanseng handed a note to Hu Luan, and now the note is in the hands of Hu Luan, so the key to determining the development of the situation is, of course, not in the hands of Liu Yanseng.

However, this decision is also not in the hands of Hu Luan.

If Chen Baoxuan and Cui Yan and a group of cattle thieves were really killed, then the imperial court could use the crime of indiscriminate killing, and the note handed by Liu Yanseng during the trial happened to be the one who asked Hu Luan to kill indiscriminately, so Liu Yanseng was guilty, and Hu Luan had nothing to do with it.

On the contrary, if someone in the imperial court wants to reverse and punish Liu Yanseng for the crime of "privately slaughtering cattle", then although the responsibility for the matter is only Hu Luan's, they only need to control Hu Luan's person and let him forge Liu Yanseng's handwriting to frame it. When the case was first tried, everyone at the scene knew that Liu Yanseng handed over the note, but Hu Luan did not publicize what the content of the note was, but rejected the unreasonable request of the monk of Shuangxia Temple.

If Hu Luan is a villain, of course he will cooperate with the forgery of documents in order to get rid of his crimes, on the contrary, if he is upright, then some people in the court still have a way. For example, Liu Yanseng and Cao Zheng shuddered as soon as they thought of Li Ye's subordinates, who were proficient in extorting confessions by torture......

For them, the only chance is to rely on Guo Wei and Guo Dang to protect them, so that Liu Yanseng and Hu Luan can get out of danger.

Chengyuan is very optimistic, he has read the history books and already knows the result of the cattle slaughter case: before Deng Zhou scolded the criminals and exiled them, and the inner ghost of the government was the judge Shi Zaide who colluded with the monks of the temple, and this person handed over the transcript of Mingfa. In the end, the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department upheld the original verdict after the review, and killed the Dengzhou judge Shi Zaide for the crime of maliciously framing the important minister.

Because of this, when Chengyuan heard about Guo's affairs, he did not hesitate to express his views to Cao Zheng:

"Liu Shuai is in no danger, the court has its own impartial and upright people, and they will do their best to protect him."

Cao Zheng also agreed: "It stands to reason that this is true, but the days have passed day by day, but there is no news in the court, and it is indeed calm on the surface, but I always feel that this atmosphere is a little weird." ”

Chengyuan knew that Cao Zheng was completely worried, but the reason why he was sure of the result of this matter couldn't explain it to him, and he couldn't say that he had crossed over and could predict the future, right?

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the city gate, Chengyuan remembered that he hadn't said goodbye to Dou Ranlan and Wang Pu yet.

"Uncle Zhigong, after we meet Liu Shuai, do we want to go back to Dengzhou?"

"Of course not, you have to continue to wait in the capital, and when you go back and wait for the list to be released, you still have to enter the Great Inner Monarch. At that time, you have to learn some necessary etiquette when meeting the emperor, anyway, the scenes you have seen in the past half a month are not less, no matter what, it should be fine. ”

"Didn't you try again?"

"There is no re-examination for the undergraduate (Penshenko) tribute examination, fortunately, otherwise you would not be so easy to exploit this loophole."

Cheng Yuan thought of something again: "Uncle Zhigong, how do you know that I will be able to face you?" ”

Cao Zheng said with a smile: "You are determined by the faction of the central government and Dengzhou, even if you don't write too completely when you take the exam, then even if you can't win the championship, the first class should not be able to run." But with such a vacant dish, don't expect to do any real work. ”

Cheng Yuan was a little relieved when he heard this. He thought to himself:

"It seems that the Huitou Gongyuan will finish the test papers, and then I will take a false title and receive a salary from the country for a lifetime. It is better to simply make an idle meal decoration for a unit directly under the central government in the Later Han Dynasty and Hou Zhou, and the salary is estimated to be a lot, even if Guo Wei turns against the Han in the end, of course, he will not make the "Kuixing" he made himself. There are no game consoles, no internet, no World Cup, but I might be able to marry a little wife. Ay...... If my experience as a time-traveler is written as a novel, I am afraid that I will have to close my pen before I have more than 150,000 words. ”

Thinking of his little wife, he recalled the "fox spirit" in that dream, Chengyuan was happy in his heart, and unconsciously sang the theme song of the South Africa World Cup:

“justlikeawavingFLAG

whenigetolder

iwillbestronger

they'llcallmefreedom

justlikeawavingFLAG”

After singing the FLAG for a long time, Chengyuan enjoyed Qiu Feihu's steady driving skills, and everyone walked to the post house where Liu Yanseng was.

Suddenly, the car stopped.

"Cao County Lieutenant ......" Qiu Feihu's voice carried a hint of worry, "How can there be so much light in the direction of the post house over there?" ”

Cao Zheng got out of the car and looked in the direction of the south, Chengyuan was also curious to come down, and he found that the lights of the houses around the road were all turned off, but there were only a few lights in the distance, which seemed to be emitted by torches held by many people. But Cao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's okay, it is estimated that someone from the Asari finally came to deliver the news this time, and this time it is Liu Shuai's turn to prepare and officially enter Beijing to report on his work."

Qiu Er was about to move on, but Cao Zheng hesitated again, he boarded the car with his eyebrows locked tightly, and sat next to Qiu Feihu: "Qiu Er, you have to walk slowly, and when you see my gesture later, stop immediately." Qiu Feihu nodded, he slowed down, and tried not to shout to control as he walked.

Gradually, they got closer and closer to the inn. The figure outside the post house became clearer and clearer, and after moving forward for dozens of feet, Cao Zheng finally made a gesture. Qiu Er immediately stopped the car.

Qiu Er whispered in Cao Zheng's ear: "It's fast." ”

Cao Zheng nodded. The so-called fast exercise is the messenger who is responsible for delivering emergency orders in the palace, and the later Great Song Dynasty is called the fast master. Years later, the Mongol Empire's "Guiyuchi" was a similar institution. These people are so strong on their feet that ordinary people can't catch up, and because they don't ride horses, they can make their movements unobtrusive.

Generally, non-urgent and confidential summons do not use these characters. It was unusual for them to act on the order of the post house tonight, and more than a dozen people came at once. Maybe they were contacting the other officials stationed in the inn, and if their target was really Liu Yanseng, then something really wasn't good.

"County Lieutenant Cao, should we continue to move forward?"

Cao Zheng knew that he would definitely be found if he drove over, but it was also risky for the three of them to walk quietly, because once they were discovered, the three of them would definitely not be able to escape from the chase of Kuaiji.

At this time, the three of them found from a distance that Liu Yanseng had come out, Cao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, at this time he decided to gamble, so he beckoned the two to get out of the car and continue to walk forward. Until the distance is almost audible to hear them.

"Be careful, don't come closer" Qiu Feihu suddenly stopped them, Chengyuan knew that even when Xuzhou was in crisis, Qiu Feihu had never panicked like this. Cao Zheng also nodded again and again, and Chengyuan realized that Liu Yanseng's arms did not move when he walked, and he was tied up and walked out of the door......

Liu Yanseng stood tall at the beginning, and his mouth seemed to be talking eloquently, obviously scolding angrily and refusing to comply, but when he saw the first person say a few words, he knelt down in frustration.

The fast man who started his head had been facing away from Cheng Yuan and the others, but suddenly turned around and waved his hand, and several people escorted Liu Yanseng back the way.

"It's Takeshi! That's Li Ye's people! Cao Zheng was shocked.

He shook his head decisively: "We can't go over, now we will be wiped out in the past, quickly!" Hide. ”

At this time, Cheng Yuan saw the face on the other side, and the cold hairs on his body stood up in an instant, and at the same time, his heart throbbed violently, as if he had been bitten by a mouse. His legs and feet were weak, and his palms were covered with cold sweat. It turned out that Nawu Desi's fast movement concealed a ghostly smirk face within the black robe, the corners of his eyes were hanging, and a long nose was slightly bent downward.

A long-lost fear suddenly surfaced again, it turned out that this face was not someone else, just like the fear of "Ji Feng and then worship fear and fear" in Xu Xuan's book "Thousand Words"...