Chapter 321: Qiu Guan's Book of Books
Half a month later, Guo Zhiyun bought a house in Qinghuafang on the north bank of Luoshui, and invited a matchmaker to go to the martial arts to talk about matchmaking. The six rites can be regarded as a walk, and after a month, Wu Ming'er was finally married into the Guo Mansion in a lively manner.
It was also during this time that Zheng Keyi, the son of the eldest princess of Yan'an, married Wu Furong, the daughter of Wu Chenghe, named Furong, and her natural appearance was not bad, not to mention that Wu Chenghei was already handsome, not to mention the heir.
Zheng Keyi and Wu Furong's wedding was a Zhou ceremony, which made Baiguan feel an ominous sign, because the dress in the Zhou ceremony was black, so the two newlyweds wore black clothes to worship and became husband and wife, which always felt a little strange. The newspaper even touted this wedding, although it was not as grand as Princess Taiping's wedding that year, but it must be a major event in recent years.
Wu Chengsi invited relatives and friends, and even Wu Qing, who had never dealt with him, received an invitation, originally he was of the same clan, and he should go if there was an invitation, but he unexpectedly received an invitation, which means that Wu Chengsi did not regard Wu Qing as a fellow clan. Wu Qing smiled bitterly, he didn't like to be lively, so he didn't go. So let Princess Taiping go alone.
But Princess Taiping was also reluctant to go because Princess Qianjin changed her surname to Wu. Pushed back and forth, it was pushed to Yuwen Su'e's body, and now the second lady in the house!
Yuwen Su'e saw that the princess and Wu Qing were unwilling to go, so she had to agree. Yuwen Su'e's beauty is obvious to all in the circle of Wu noblewomen, so after Yuwen Su'e entered the mansion of the eldest princess of Yan'an, she was welcomed. A group of ladies began to talk about the women.
The cool officials who were on the scene, such as Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen, Qiu Shenji, Wan Guojun and others were invited, and the cool officials were not huddled. But they have their own circles, especially Lai Junchen, he is like a lone wolf, although he came to the princess's mansion with a lot of face, but he is still alone, Wan Guojun, who was originally good friends with him, does not want to show how close he is to Lai Junchen in front of everyone. So when he came to Junchen, he visited the scenery of the princess's mansion alone, and by the way, he saw if there were any beautiful women.
That's right. Lai Junchen likes beautiful women, according to his thinking, it is someone else's. It's the best.
Lai Junchen shook the folding fan, searching as he walked, until a beautiful woman walked past him, suddenly. His heart was pounding. With just a squint, he was full of heat, his throat was itching, his wheezing was heavy, and in a glance he saw the hatred in the beautiful woman's eyes.
However, Lai Junchen just likes this tune! Do you remember the beautiful concubine of the rich Wang family in the small county town, who was so disdainful of herself at first. Didn't you end up following yourself after being forcibly abducted and humiliated by yourself? So no matter how proud the woman. Being slept on, it's nothing. And isn't it more challenging to conquer a proud woman? He likes to watch the prisoners go from disdain to him to begging for mercy, just as he likes to watch a chaste martyr become a lewd slut under him!
He, Lai Junchen, likes thrills, challenges, excitement, and even more conquest!
Looking at that graceful figure, Lai Junchen couldn't help but be stupid.
"Did you fall in love with that beauty?"
Lai Junchen was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked, but it wasn't who Wu Yizong was, for the Tang Dynasty who paid attention to appearance, Wu Yizong was not only ugly, but also hunched over and short in stature, such a person, if it weren't for the power of Empress Dowager Wu, would there be an official? Now he is a general of Zuo Jinwu.
In any case, Wu Yizong is a relative of the Queen Mother, and Lai Junchen can't show the slightest hatred from his face, but says very chicly: "Such a beauty, if you sleep all night, it will be worth dying." ”
Wu Yizong smiled and said, "It's really a romantic person to come to Yushi, but don't think about it when you come to Yushi, do you know whose family she is?" ”
Lai Junchen suddenly became interested, so he asked, "The general should not sell Guanzi." ”
Wu Yizong looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "There is a mansion, there are three beauties in the mansion, a 'e, a jade, and a peony, the one you see is a 'e, what's the matter, Chang'e in the Moon Palace, I'm afraid it's like this." ”
Lai Junchen was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "Isn't it the Great General's Mansion?" Doesn't he have a princess? ”
"Phew, it's a pity for my cousin, a peony flower was inserted in cow dung, just passed, but his second wife, Yuwen Su'e, doesn't know which fairy popped out of the crack in the stone." Wu Yizong was already very unhappy with Wu Qing, and he was able to cause some trouble for Wu Qing, so why not do it?
Who doesn't know that this Junchen is lustful like his life, he once said that he was comparable to Shi Le, and now Wuqing is just a thousand horsemen general, if he can be killed by this Junchen, he can't say that he can also share his wife and concubine.
Sure enough, after Lai Junchen heard that it was Wuqing's second wife, he took a deep look at Yuwen Su'e, who was playing with his family in the pavilion, and couldn't even wait for the wedding banquet, so he went back to Lijingmen, because his magistrate's house was built recently, and he almost lived in it.
He wants to make false accusations, he wants to weave, anyway, a little Zhonglang will be able to come to me?
Yuwen Su'e didn't know that she had caused trouble for Wu Qing because she was too beautiful. Still talking to some familiar Wu ladies, teaching those techniques that make men want to die. After a while, it was a piece.
Wu Qing has been very depressed recently, he is stationed at Xuanwu Gate at night, resting in the mansion during the day, and his life is a little irregular, which is not what he wants. Seriously, he wished that the Empress Dowager Wu would take her official position to the end, so that she would have nothing to worry about, and go to Ryukyu to be a free king, which would be better than being angry here and worrying about her intentions.
If Datang is really chaotic, if you recruit troops and buy horses, and rely on your own savings to save money and food, are you still afraid that it won't be able to do things?
Wu Qing was very uncomfortable during this time, Empress Dowager Wu had been preparing for so long and not revolutionary, what was she waiting for? Xiangrui, Mingtang, Heaven, Pure Light Heavenly Maiden descended to earth, Maitreya Buddha descended, Hetu, Ruishi, etc., the clan is also the punishment of killing, the exile of exile, what else to worry about?
This night, Wuqing did not have to be on duty. The five Lang generals are all exchanged, and he is not a machine. Therefore, every ten days there will be one day off, which is the ten-day holiday.
Yuwen Su'e came back very early, after all, there were not many acquaintances there, so she came directly to Wutong Courtyard, and saw that Wu Qing was still writing hard, so she took a closer look and knew that he was still writing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Wu Qing raised his head. Seeing Yuwen Su'e standing, he stood up and said, "Senior sister." Have fun? ”
Yuwen Su'e complained: "It's all a bunch of lustful women, all of them say some embarrassing things, I understand, what a noble lady." It's all disgruntled. ”
Wu Qing looked at Yuwen Su'e. Smiled: "Want to be dissatisfied? Senior sister, let's go take a mandarin duck bath. ”
"Hmm!" Yuwen Su'e nodded, in fact, she was teased by those women tonight, so she came here as soon as she came.
In his previous life, Wu Qing was very envious of the pictures of mandarin ducks bathing together, but now after experiencing it himself, he finally understands the true meaning.
It has been said that water is the source of all things. is the mother of life, this. Wu Qing thought so. So this time, the mandarin duck bath took a full hour!
And Wu Qing's favorite thing is to look at the butterfly in the grass, and the stream is gurgling one by one, bringing him to the peak of soul happiness.
A few days later, the false accusation of Wu Qing was presented to the Empress Dowager Wu's dragon case like snowflakes, this time the Empress Dowager Wu was a little difficult to decide, and Wu Qing rebelled? Who believes? How can these dogs bite the people of the Wu clan indiscriminately? It's really time for a spanking.
Shangguan Wan'er was also frightened at the moment, after the reunion with Wu Qing, her whole body and mind were handed over to that man. Why wasn't she worried?
"Wan'er!"
"The slave is here!"
"Proposed purpose, Feng Wuqing is the official book of the autumn official, and the general of Zuo Yu Lin Wei is inspected." Empress Dowager Wu said slowly, and then threw the pile into the wastebasket.
Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly agreed, and then drafted the order.
Wu Qing didn't know that he had almost been falsely accused, when he worshiped Wu Qing as the official Shangshu of the Autumn Dynasty and inspected General Zuo Yu Lin Wei, Lai Junchen instantly smelled the smell, and then curled up his paws, staring at the ministers below the clan and the prime minister, and finally, let him find the target, Duan Jian, Duan Jian's wife, and the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family.
Wu Qing sealed the Qiuguan Shangshu, which made the hundred officials see hope, and Zhou Xing, the Qiuguan waiter, suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
Wu Qing didn't know what Empress Dowager Wu meant, and arrived at the Qiuguan compound a few days later. Qiu Guan, called the Criminal Department in the early years, was in charge of the world's criminal prisons, tried criminals, and approved the death penalty. Therefore, the position of Qiuguan Shangshu is very important, and he is the highest official of Qiuguan.
Therefore, on the first day of Wu Qing's arrival, he summoned all the officials of Qiuguan. There is one squire in the autumn official, that is, Zhou Xing, one person in the division, one person in the servant, one in the division, one in the division, two in the outside of the staff, forty-eight people in the history of the order, ninety in the history of the secretary, six in the chief of the punishment pavilion, twenty-two people in the palm of the solid, and one person in the history of the secretary.
These are all officials of the Criminal Department, and Wu Qing does not know anyone, Wu Qing knows that this Criminal Department has been controlled by Zhou Xing and Wu Chengsi and others for several years, and almost all of them are Wu Chengsi's cronies or have taken refuge in Wu Chengsi. To be a governor in such a place can be imagined how sad it is.
So after these people met Wu Qing, they were busy with their own work, and Wu Qing didn't even see a single figure from the beginning to the end of work in the official residence. He understood that Wu Chengsi and Zhou Xing were preparing to set him up, and were ready to make him feel bored and take the initiative to resign.
However, can Wu Qing let them get their wish, if they leave like this, will he still be Wu Qing?
On the second day, he rode a horse and carried a gun into the Qiuguan compound.
Everyone didn't know what Wu Qing was doing, so they still did their own things according to Zhou Xing's instructions. Zhou Xing naturally can't do anything about Wu Qing, he has already taken refuge in the big tree of Wu Chenghe, and he has been busy and arranging things to falsely accuse the son and princess of the former emperor of the clan in the past two days.
Wu Qing carried a gun directly into the servant's house, and ordered the servant Langzhong to bring the list of prisoners in the prison of the criminal department to himself.
But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and no one paid attention to it in the entire servant's office.
Wu Qing was furious and smashed a shot at the door of the servant's official residence, the wooden door shattered, and debris flew out.
Suddenly, there was silence in the servant office, and the top few scholars made Shi tremble and dare not look at Wu Qing.
"Si Lang Zhong Pan Changde, is he dead?" Wu Qing asked in a deep voice.
Pan Changde's face was like ashes, and he stood up tremblingly, and then bowed down and said, "Little Pan Changde, may I ask what Shangshu commands?" ”
Wu Qing's eyes suddenly froze. Then he asked in a deep voice: "I asked you to bring me the list of prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, can you hear?" ”
Pan Changde remembered Zhou Xing's words, Wu Qing had nothing to fear. As long as you hold on, Wu Qing will go. So Pan Changde raised his neck and said, "What list?" I don't know, you can ask Zhou Shilang. ”
Wu Qing suddenly said, "Are you talking to this palace like this?" You are a servant, in charge of the prisoners, and you actually sue me for not knowing? You don't think you need to do it. You can pack up and go home! ”
Wu Qing laughed, and then walked away. Pan Changde's face was like ashes, and he thought of what would determine the fate of his official career. It's not a squire, let alone Wu Chenghei, but Shangshu Wuqing.
And so, on the second day, the decree was given. Exempt Pan Changde from the servant Langzhong. Cheng Xu has meritorious service in moving to the Penal Temple.
Wu Qing walked into the judge's house to see the process of interrogating the prisoner, Du Xing was the brother of Wu Chenghe's concubine, he knew what cases to try, but yesterday he saw Wu Qing's methods, so he dared to interrogate a prisoner according to the file.
The prisoner's crime was that Zhuang Fan Daniu hooked up with the owner's concubine Hong'er, which was considered a crime of adultery.
In the lobby of the Criminal Department, Du Xingao sat in the hall. Arraignment of Fan Da Niu. After a majestic shout, Duchenne slapped the wood in shock. said: "Bold Fan Da Niu, you actually seduce the beautiful concubine of the Zhao family, what crime should you be guilty of, someone is coming, press down this Fan Da Niu, and hit the thirty boards." ”
Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, and when arraigning a prisoner, he must first verify his identity, then inquire about the case, listen to the prisoner's statement, and then order the plaintiff to go to court to make a statement. This guy tried the case like this as if he had done it himself, and the punishment was so light, it can be seen that the trial of the case on weekdays is simply nonsense.
"Wait!" Wu Qing slowly stood up, and then asked, "How did you try the case?" ”
Du Xing hurriedly bowed down and said: "Hui Shangshu, that's exactly the case, the villain has nearly 100 sentences per day. ”
Wu Qing said in a deep voice: "Someone is here, go to the Wusha on his head, peel off his official skin, and blast out the Qiu official!" ”
Suddenly, the servants looked at each other, not knowing whether they should be executed or not.
Wu Qing said sharply: "Why, don't you listen to Ben Shangshu's words? ”
So Duchenne was driven out of the Qiuguan compound in a face like earth. The Qiuguan officials finally realized that in front of Wu Shangshu, it was best to be obedient.
Zhou Xing was pressing the prisoner in the torture room, and when he heard this, he was also shocked, but he didn't dare to do anything to Wu Qing, so he quickly sent someone to inform Wu Chenghe.
On the second day, the holy decree was issued, Du Xing was dismissed from Si Xing Langzhong, and Wei Yuanzhong was relocated to Si Xing Langzhong.
At this time, Zhou Xing falsely accused Li Shangjin, the king of Suizhou, and Li Sujie, the king of Shuzhou, of rebellion, and soon after, the two committed suicide and beheaded their sons and hundreds of henchmen.
Soon, Li Ying, the king of Nan'an County, and other twelve members of the clan rebelled and were killed, and all the family members were not exiled to Lingnan, of course, what made Princess Taiping sad was that Li Xian's two sons were whipped. In order to appease Princess Taiping's mood, Princess Taiping's food euphores were accumulated to 3,500 households, and it can be said that since the imperial dynasty, Princess Taiping has eaten the most euphemism.
After rectifying the autumn officials, at least Wuqing was able to carry out the work, so when Wei Yuanzhong, who was reinstated again, came to Wuqing's official residence, Wu Qing did not feel disgusted, after all, everyone is selfish, Wei Yuanzhong didn't say anything, in fact, both of them knew in their hearts that the previous disputes were just fame and reputation. What could be better than cooperating to curb the arrogance of the cool officials.
Xu Yougong's officialdom has been up and down for many years, and he has also confronted the Empress Dowager Wu twice, but he is still a very good official, originally Wu Qing recommended Yao Yuanchong or Xiao Song, but in the end, the Empress Dowager Wu sent Xu Yougong.
Wu Qing knew that Xu Yougong had joined the army for justice in Puzhou, and he never had to be punished for trial cases, so he had a nickname, called "Xu Wucan", and it should be said that Xu Yougong was more suitable for the punishment of Langzhong. But Empress Dowager Wu arranged it like this, obviously wanting Wu Qing to govern the bad atmosphere of Qiu Guan, but she was unwilling to let Wu Qing completely block the road of the cool officials, so let Wei Yuanzhong, who was not good at prison, be the chief prisoner, and let Xu Yougong, who was very good at prison, be the servant Langzhong, and don't let him obstruct the trial of the Si Xing Temple.
In this way, the Si Xing Temple has almost become the world of Lai Junchen, plus dozens of lackeys such as the judge Wan Guojun. The punishment Zhongcheng dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, originally Xu Yougong and Du Jingjian could still deal with it impartially, but now that Xu Yougong is gone, Du Jingjian is also difficult to support alone.
Therefore, the case of beheading the Li Tang clan was tried quickly and efficiently, but in more than a month, the clan was almost slaughtered!
Wu Qing, Wei Yuanzhong, and Xu Yougong have speeded up the trial of cases, and they can only handle some of these cases. Like the case of the rebellion of the kings and courtiers, they either arrived at the Casehouse or entered the Magistrate's Court, and they would not go to the Criminal Department at all, so the three of them were helpless.
Therefore, the crown prince Shaobao, Nayan Pei Judao, the former in-laws of the Empress Dowager Wu were framed for rebellion and directly killed in Chang'an, and soon Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Xinglian entered the Magistrate's Court, and he was implicated in a group, and he was still killed, and his family members were not registered.
Although the Criminal Department continues to operate, it seems that there are endless cases every day, but all the cases are trivial matters, either the Zhang family's chicken was stolen, or the Li family's daughter-in-law got along with others, in short, it was some bad things.
Empress Dowager Wu's inspection of Zuo Yu Lin Wei also dragged on to August 15!
According to Wu Qing's drill manual, the eight thousand Zuo Yu Lin Wei soldiers and the thousand cavalry soldiers were already extremely proficient in the drill. Because Wei Yuanzhong and Xu Yougong were responsible for the bad things in the Criminal Department, Wu Qing stayed with Qianqi and Zuo Yu Linwei most of the time.
Wu Qing first applied to Empress Dowager Wu for 3,000 war horses, including 1,000 heavily armored war horses, and he knew that there was a reserve of heavy armor in Xia Guan's warehouse, which had been left by Emperor Taizong. He also applied for 1,000 long bows, 1,000 spears, 1,000 swords and shields, 1,000 banners, 1,000 pairs of water support, 1,000 light armor and 1,000 Mo knives, as well as 300 crossbows, 300 catapults, and 300 grain carts.
Empress Dowager Wu didn't know what Wu Qing was going to do, but she still agreed one by one, because these were strategic reserves, and there were many in the warehouse.
Wu Qing ordered two Lang generals to lead the soldiers to follow Changshi to transport the things one by one. Ready for real training.
Of course, Wu Qing's preparation is not only the nine phalanxes, but also the martial arts performances, which are all good-looking and useless, and they are also very proficient after practicing for half a year. Wuqing is divided into three routines: fists and feet, knives, and guns, and is divided into three phalanxes. There are 3,000 people in each phalanx, so the momentum is quite grand, and in the end, Wuqing also asked people to prick 9,000 big red flowers and 9,000 big yellow flowers, ready to put out the words "Long live the God Emperor". This can also be regarded as cheering for the Empress Dowager Wu's revolution. In any case, the Empress Dowager Wu's revolution was beneficial and harmless to Wu Qing. (To be continued......)