Wei Wangfu.

When Wu Chuan woke up, it was already close to noon, and he smiled when he learned that hundreds of Western Turkic nobles and generals were kneeling outside the imperial city.

After lunch, he mounted his horse and headed for the palace.

After crossing the Tianjin Bridge and bypassing the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu, they came to the end gate, only to see hundreds of Turks kneeling, their faces covered with blood, and the hundreds of people in front of them had cut off one of their ears, and the blood had coagulated at this time. The weather was so cold that hundreds of people shivered.

Suddenly, an old voice rang out from the crowd.

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, please tell His Majesty, how dare we and other Western Turkic remnants rebel, Khan He is wronged!" An old man had tears and snot mixed with coagulated blood clots, and was busy kowtowing to Wu Chu.

"Chief Yeh is right, the Khan has really been wronged!" Immediately, these hundreds of people wept and kowtowed to Wu Chuan and begged for mercy.

Wu Chu immediately dismounted, picked up the old man, and said: "The loyal Lord Khan has made a contribution to the establishment of my Great Zhou, how can the Great Zhou treat the meritorious heroes, you wait here, and this king will enter the palace to face the saint." Your loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon, and this king will not let the small people kill the heroes, and let the sycophants succeed! ”

Wu Chu's resounding words immediately reached the ears of these hundreds of Turkic nobles, as well as the ears of the people of the Divine Capital. Suddenly, in the crowd of ordinary people, someone shouted "King Wei", but after a while, the shouts were louder than one!

"King Wei!"

"King Wei!"

Yaoguang Temple.

The Empress was taking a nap in the afternoon when she was suddenly awakened by shouts outside the Imperial City. When she opened her eyes, she saw Zhang Yizhi writing an article, and Zhang Changzong was smearing something on his face.

"Changzong. You go and ask, what is going on outside the palace, why is it so loud? ”

Zhang Changzong was taken aback, he hurriedly agreed, then washed off the juice on his face, and after wiping it clean, he said, "Sage sit down for a while." Changzong will go back as soon as he goes. ”

With that, he walked quickly to the gate of the temple.

Not long after, Shangguan Wan'er came. He bowed and said: "Holy Lord, the King of Wei is here." ”

The Empress paused and said, "Well, let him stay for a moment!" Then he turned to Zhang Yizhi. It's easy. Don't wait here today! ”

Zhang Yizhi suddenly understood, got up and bowed and said, "Yes, saint." Then he retreated to the side hall, and went to the crane control prison from the side hall, and the crane control supervisor was in the crane control hall in the palace, not far from here.

Not long after, Wu Chu stepped into the Yaoguang Hall under the leadership of Shangguan Wan'er, and was about to enter the door. Wu Chu did not hesitate to eat Shangguan Wan'er's "tofu", but fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er was used to Wu Chu's sudden attack. Otherwise, you will be scared out of the disease, and you will also alarm the empress.

Wu Zheng bowed down to salute, and then kowtowed, which was considered to have completed the ceremony of the monarch and the minister, and then performed the ceremony of the elder and young.

The empress was very happy to see Wu Zhuang, because yesterday Taiping came to the palace and said a lot to Wu Zang, which made her feel that her daughter was happy, among the children she loved Taiping, and among the children and nephews, he also loved Wu Chuan the most, and now she can see that they are very affectionate, and she is relieved.

"What am I here for?" The Empress asked.

Wu Chu said slowly: "What does Mother think the Great Zhou Empire is missing? ”

The empress was stunned, this question was too ordinary, and there were too many things that Da Zhou lacked, lack of population, lack of elite soldiers, and lack of talent as prime minister...... Then he said: "Although I am rich all over the world, there are too many things that Da Zhou lacks. ”

Wu Chu smiled slightly and said, "Mother thought too much, but she didn't see the essence clearly!" ”

The empress was stunned for a moment, knowing that Wu Chuan was smart, so she asked, "Then what do I think should be missing?" ”

"Great Zhou Spirit!" Wu Shu said word by word.

"The spirit of the Great Zhou?" The empress couldn't figure it out, and she couldn't guess what Wu Zheng's so-called "Great Zhou Spirit" was, as soon as she used her brain, she felt a burst of irritability, and then she was a little angry, and said: "My son has started a dumb riddle with me." ”

Wu Zheng glanced at the empress, and sighed helplessly in his heart, the shrewd, capable and competitive empress back then, now only the competitive empress remained, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He said slowly: "Mother, you are high up, you need to be the head of the world, and you don't need to know some small things, but Erchen has been in the market and the army for a long time, and Erchen thinks that there should only be two kinds of people. ”

The empress suddenly became interested, and there were people in the world who divided people into two kinds, "Which two?" ”

Wu Chu smiled slightly and said, "Men and women! ”

The empress couldn't help but sneer, and said, "You kid, it's all crooked, but you're right, aren't there only women left in this world besides men?" But then he thought that when this kid said this, he must have a deep meaning, so he turned to Shangguan Wan'er and said, "What does Wan'er think King Wei means by this?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er also showed a contemplative expression, and said, "The saint forgives the sins, but the slave and maid really don't know. ”

The Empress smiled, "Well, I'll go on." ”

Wu Zheng said: "In Erchen's view, there should only be men and women in this world. But some people just want to divide out a three, six, nine and so on, divided into superior and inferior people, does my mother think that why those famous families in the Great Zhou Dynasty have been prosperous for thousands of years? ”

The Empress pondered for a moment, then said, "My son goes on! ”

"No matter how the dynasty changes, the famous families will still prosper for a long time, and the main reason is that they monopolize most of the interests of this empire, they have the best resources of this empire, and they cultivate their best children, and they will not tie the fate of the entire family to the body of a dynasty. Every time there is a change of dynasty, they are just passers-by, but they play a very important role, because every change of dynasty is an opportunity for them to control the lifeblood of the new court. ”

Wu Chu took a deep breath and said, "How many famous families are there in my Great Zhou Dynasty?" From large to small, there are no less than hundreds, they parasitize on the soil of the empire, but they suck the flesh and blood of the empire, until the empire declines and corrupts, and they abandon it until they find new fresh food. And these people are the so-called superior people! ”

The empress was a little confused by Wu Chu's words, but she also nodded frequently, because no matter whether it was right or wrong, Wu Chu said it was very reasonable, and even she had never heard of these thoughts, "What about inferior people?" ”

Wu Chu smiled bitterly: "We are all inferior people, we are just a nouveau riche, just like a gambler who got rich overnight, or an old farmer dug up a mountain of gold." Many of us have lost our minds in the face of this temptation, we have squandered the wealth left to us by our ancestors, we have wasted the precious time that our ancestors bought us, we are promiscuous, we sing and dance all day long, but we do not know that we are bringing about our own destruction, we are stepping towards death, and we are giving away the great rivers and mountains. This is what countless inferior people do every day, thinking about working hard every day, but buying drunk and ecstasy every night, because many of us can't see the direction of the future, life is rare for seventy years, and it may be our nature to be happy in time! ”

The empress's face was a little unhappy, but she still endured it, because Wu Zheng's words hinted at her.

"Great Zhou Spirit!" Wu Chu seemed to roar out, "The people of the Great Zhou are mediocre, because they are still struggling to survive, and the court officials of the Great Zhou are all kinds of officials, because they are still walking in the middle of being lost, they don't know what the Great Zhou is, and the Great Zhou is just like the previous dynasty, just changing a name." They don't know that there is a spirit that can stimulate people to work hard. ”

"Holy Lord, the Great Zhou Dynasty is extended, not only the inheritance of the imperial system, but also a spirit, which can make my Great Zhou last for thousands of generations! Please forgive the poor people who have a clear intention of self-harm. Wu Chu knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

It turned out that she was going around such a bend, but she was pleading for those barbarians, the empress thought, she didn't understand how shocking what Wu Shui said, separating the material and spiritual planes in this era, this is pioneering thinking, this is dividing the universe into two dimensions!

But the empress didn't understand, she thought that Wu Chuan was interceding for those barbarians, she didn't know at all, even if the empress killed those barbarians, Wu Chuan would not frown.

"My son's words are like a wave, and I am pleased, and since my son is pleading, then forgive those people." The empress listened to Wu Zheng's esoteric philosophy and felt a sense of distress.

Wu Chu naturally saw the empress's mental state, so he bowed down and said, "Thank you for your mother's kindness, the child has retired!" ”

Then Wu Shu walked out of the Yaoguang Palace, and looked at the forbidden palace, but it was so cold, he couldn't help but doubt his interest in the throne, but then he shook his head, and when he reached the peak, he was slowly transforming.

After having lunch in Dali Temple, he came to the cell of Dali Temple again, he really admired Hu Seluo's toughness, and he was sentenced to two kinds of punishments, but he didn't shout out, he couldn't wait.

"Hu Sero, come and see how hard you can get! If you admit it, you will no longer be punished, you can also have a decent way to die, and your wives and concubines will be able to remarry Yu Lai! Lai Junchen said with a wicked smile.

The hanging Hu Sero did not move at all, the whip marks all over his body, the openings were shocking, and the rolled up meat stubble was clearly visible, but he still closed his eyes tightly, unmoved, he couldn't govern the tribe, but he was also a first-class hero in the tribe. How could he admit that there was nothing to be done? Otherwise, don't say that your own wives and concubines will be ruined by the entire tribe. This is what he does not want to do, and he does not want to see it, even if he is beaten to death!

However, obviously, to deal with a stubborn element like Hu Seluo, Lai Junchen has a way, "Come here, bring the guilt to the Khan!" ”

A short time later, a jailer walked in with a piece of paper with undried ink.

Just when Lai Junchen ordered the jailer to press the handprint on the confession of Hu Se Luowang, Dali Temple Cheng took the empress's holy decree to the prison, bowed down to Lai Junchen, and then read: "I remember that the loyal Lord Khan has contributed to Sheji, and there are hundreds of tribal chiefs and generals to testify, I know that Aiqing was framed, but it is not without fault, but I specially pardon Aiqing's fault......"

Suddenly, Hu Seluo opened his eyes, glared angrily, and shouted, "Come to Junchen, did you hear that?" ”

The confession in Lai Junchen's hand, which had been pressed with his handprint, fell to the ground.

The jailer lifted the shackles from Huthro, and the back faced north, bowing and weeping bitterly. (To be continued......)