General Wu had malaria, and the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, you must know that in this era, if you get malaria, it will almost cost you half of your life.

Therefore, there was an endless stream of hundreds of officials who came to visit Wu Qing in the past few days, and Wu Qing finally tasted how miserable it was to pretend to be sick. It also made all the students of Wuqing write letters of greetings and send precious medicinal materials.

Every day, Wu Qing lay on the hospital bed and had to put some medicinal juice on his face to show that his face was sallow and his life was imminent. Except for Jiang Chuchen who knew the inside story, the other girls didn't know, so they took turns to wait on the side.

At this moment, Wu Qing felt the friendship of these women, and even Dong Xiaowan, Xu Xiaoying and Ruan Xiangning, who had been outside, rushed to Shendu without stopping after hearing the news. Seeing Wu Qing's withered and yellow face, he couldn't help but feel sad, and then asked the two one-year-old babies to call him daddy.

Wu Qing burst into tears and couldn't speak. While he sighed, he finally tasted the bitter fruit of lying, telling a lie really needs to be fulfilled with multiple lies, so what about multiple lies? He didn't dare to imagine.

In the middle of the night, Wu Qing was lying on the bed, and Jiang Chuchen on the side was decocting medicine.

"It's okay now, it's all here, if you don't feel good, I guess the Queen Mother will come to see you. But your plan looks good, at least let you know that everyone cares about you. Jiang Chuchen said in a low voice.

Wu Qing was speechless, he had drunk too much tonic recently, and he was really energetic, if it weren't for the presence of women all the time, he would probably be able to blaspheme himself.

Unable to hear Wu Qing's words, Jiang Chuchen said, "Do you still drink this medicine?" ”

Wu Qing turned sideways. "I get a nosebleed when I drink it again, haven't you made up enough these days?"

Jiang Chuchen's face turned red, but he didn't speak.

"Get out of the dust and get under the covers!" Wu Qing really couldn't hold it back.

"No. If someone sees a flaw, I'll see how you explain it, bear with it, I'll refine the Fire Defeat Pill for you tomorrow, and you can just eat it. ”

Wu Qing was suddenly depressed, "I have to wait for tomorrow, but I can't help it now." Come on. ”

Jiang Chuchen also has no affection for some days, and he feels a little stimulated by Wu Qing's eagerness. Then he ran to the outside room and closed the door, and then got into the bed.

Wu Qing held back for a long time in the morning, how could he still bear it, and he held the plump buttocks in the nest. The body is straight. Suddenly I felt a kind of soul trembling. Jiang Chuchen sighed and fainted. Wu Qing was startled and hurriedly called for a moment. Jiang Chuchen woke up slowly and complained: "Hurry up and finish, they are coming." ”

Immediately, Wu Qing no longer had any scruples, and suddenly, the Hu bed seemed to have an earthquake, and let out a mournful sound.

It took almost half a month to prepare. Wei Zhiqi asked the Anxi Metropolitan to protect Yan Wengu as the deputy governor, and the governor was in charge of the thirty-six roads. A total of 300,000 troops marched towards the Western Regions. Empress Dowager Wu was still outside the end gate, and Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi even brought gongs, drums and lion dances, a jubilant and lively scene. Although the soldiers had smiles on their faces, there was a sadness in their eyes, and there was no morale at all!

When Wei waited for the price to send troops, Wuqing's malaria was also cured, and when the news came out, the Empress Dowager Wu, who was going to visit Wufu, also dispelled this idea. Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi almost didn't scold their mother, but the two of them have a new goal these days, so they also temporarily let go of their attention to Wu Qing.

Wu Qing's recovery means that a new round of scolding war with Confucianism has also begun. In addition to some trivial matters, Qingxin Daily also began to publish "Journey to the West: The White Bone Essence Three Lives and Three Worlds", as soon as the novel was published, it immediately caused a sensation in the circle of noblewomen in the Tang Dynasty, and the sales of Qingxin Daily went up to a new level.

What Wu Qing didn't expect was that soon the Confucian newspaper published "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Love", Wu Qing read it, and had to sigh that this literati's penmanship was much better than himself.

In short, the resulting series of reactions, so that vulgar literature actually reached a small climax, Zhang Ling even wrote a book called "Bull Demon King" to write a bull demon king into a love saint, there is no lack of fragrant stories, Wu Qing after reading, decided to typeset and print this book into a book in the future, in short, his bookstore is also in the conception. If it weren't for the newspaper taking up the time for printing, the bookstore would have opened a long time ago. It is a pity that there has been no progress in the innovation of printing tools, and Wu Qing is not an expert in this area, let alone improve and innovate.

However, even so, Wu Qing's "Fengshen Ji" finally printed out 2,000 copies, and the bookstore can be opened.

The bookstore was opened opposite the Qingfeng Building in Jishanfang, and Wu Qing naturally arrived and personally lit the firecrackers, which is a relatively novel thing. When the crackling sounded, it really attracted a lot of people, and then, Wu Qing unveiled the red silk covered on the plaque, and the four vigorous and powerful letters of "Qingxin Bookstore" were impressive, which was obviously Wu Qing's handwriting.

Wu Qing also put two rows of flower baskets at the door, which looked very festive, which made the nearby merchant bosses feel novel, and thought to themselves, next time they opened a semicolon, they must make a few baskets.

"Thank you for coming to the show, it opens today, the book price is half price, don't miss it." There were a lot of literati here, but few knew Wu Qing, so when I walked into the bookstore, I couldn't help but exclaim when I saw that the neat shelves were full of books written by Wu Qing.

"Zixi, come and see, this is Mr. Wu's book."

"Ah, it's "Fengshen Ji", a few years ago, when I came to Chang'an, I heard a storytelling, but I didn't expect it to be printed into a book!"

Immediately, one passed ten, ten passed hundred, but one day, Qingxin Bookstore was emptied. In the evening, Wu Qing depressedly asked people to close the door and put up a sign saying "closed".

The backwardness of printing technology made Wuqing unable to do anything, so Qingxin Bookstore closed its doors one day after opening. So he continued to live a leisurely life, going to Zuo Yu Linwei every day, going to Wuqing County from time to time, and then going to Qingxin Academy every seven days to teach half-day classes, and his life was also fulfilling.

But in the court, there was a bloody storm.

The first is Xu Jingye's younger brother Xu Jingzhen. After the rebellion, Xu Jingzhen was exiled to Xiuzhou because he was not involved, but it belonged to Lingnan. The miasma was strict and the conditions were difficult, so he prepared to flee the Tang Dynasty to the Turks. As a result, the ghost envoy came to Luoyang to borrow money, so Luozhou Sima Gong Siye and Hegong ordered Zhang Siming to fund Xu Jingzhen.

The tragedy is that Xu Jingzhen was found in Dingzhou, was immediately arrested, and escorted to Shendu. was imprisoned, and then implicated Gong Siye and Zhang Siming, and Gong Siye committed suicide in prison. Zhang Siming implicated several more people, and in this way, Zhang Guangfu, who had just been promoted to internal history, was implicated.

Originally, Wu Qing wanted to give this miscellaneous something yin, but he didn't expect to be bitten. So Empress Dowager Wu was furious. She didn't expect that the prime minister next to her would have bad intentions at both ends. So the three of them were immediately killed. Zhang Siming finally bit his mouth, saying that Zhang Chujin, the official Shangshu of Qiu, Guo Zhengyi, the assassin of Shaanzhou, Yuan Wanqing, the squire of Fengge, Wei Yuanzhong of Luoyang, and Sima Liu Yicong of Pengzhou had all conspired with Xu Jingye.

In the Lijing Palace, Empress Dowager Wu smiled coldly, she knew that there was no opposition to these people, but staying in the court at this time would only hinder the big things and think about it for a while. It was decided to sentence him to beheading first, and then to pardon him. So, except for Liu Yicong, the four people were dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market and beheaded.

It was only at the time of the execution that the pardon was issued. The four of them were exiled to Lingnan, and the people cheered constantly, which made Empress Dowager Wu very unhappy when she heard the news, because these people had been officials under Li Zhi. Suddenly, he remembered Liu Yicong, who went to Tubo barefoot thousands of miles to carry back his father's bones, so he made an order that Liu Yicong be beheaded!

Later, information came to Wuqing, and when Liu Yi was beheaded, the people threw money to pray for blessings, which was estimated to be worth nearly more than 100,000 yuan.

At this time, the battle report of Wei Zhi's defeat also reached the dragon case of Empress Dowager Wu, and Empress Dowager Wu did not scold, but secretly ordered someone to invite Wu Qing to enter the court to discuss.

When Wu Qing arrived at Lichun Terrace, he saw Empress Dowager Wu sitting in the pavilion, and the palace maid shaking the pu fan. After the salute, Empress Dowager Wu asked Wu Qing to sit down.

"Wei waits for the price to be defeated." Empress Dowager Wu said lightly.

Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, he could see the anger in Empress Dowager Wu's gaze, but he still asked, "How many 300,000 troops are left?" ”

Empress Dowager Wu took the report and handed it to Wu Qing, Wu Qing took it, looked at it for a moment, took a deep breath, and said: "For the generals, the defeat is not terrible, since the defeat does not analyze the reasons, but shirks the responsibility, which is hateful." ”

Empress Dowager Wu is in a very bad mood at the moment, and the defeat means that the country under her governance is problematic and a shame. She regretted that she didn't listen to Wu Qing's words. Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi really don't have any talent. Thinking of this, I remembered what Wu Qing said about the martial arts academy, but when I thought that the military generals were powerful, it must not be a way, and before I thought of a proper way, I still don't do it.

In the end, Empress Dowager Wu asked Wu Qing to take over the hundred horses, and Wu Qing was stunned for a moment and then understood that the hundred horsemen would not be from the Wu family, and the Empress Dowager Wu was not at ease. But you can't let him do it at the same time.

So he said, "Mother, how about expanding the hundred horsemen to a thousand or ten thousand horsemen?" ”

Empress Dowager Wu pondered for a moment, looked at Wu Qing's eyes, and nodded, in this way, she could strengthen Empress Dowager Wu's strength, and in this way, she could sleep in peace. The more Empress Dowager Wu thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was simply too good, and she didn't know how many times better than the so-called strategies of inheriting the heirs and thinking twice.

After a moment, Empress Dowager Wu smiled and said, "You write a charter first, and after I read it, I approve it, remember to do your best." ”

Wu Qing didn't expect Empress Dowager Wu to agree so quickly, and immediately bowed and retired.

Wei Beibei's defeat in the Western Regions really dealt a blow to the Empress Dowager Wu, so she sent Heiya Changzhi to visit the Heyuan area, and Wei Beibei was removed from his name and exiled to Xiuzhou, and Yan Wengu was beheaded in the army.

At this time, the Eastern Turks did not detain the customs, so in order to cover up the decadence of the defeated troops in the Western Regions, the Empress Dowager Wu wanted to give her lover Xue Huaiyi some credit, so she named Xue Huaiyi as the general manager of Xinping Dao, and the 200,000 soldiers fought against the Turks in the north.

Xue Huaiyi naturally knew that he was not the material for war, so he immediately ordered more than 20 slightly famous generals such as Li Duozuo and Duguqiu to follow. So a few days later, Xue Huaiyi got on his horse with a bright armor and bare head, and led his troops out of the city majestically.

Wu Qing's remarks on the expansion of the hundred horsemen into a thousand horsemen also came to the Empress Dowager Wu's dragon case, and after reading it, he was still quite satisfied, so he ordered Shangguan Wan'er to draft the decree.

At this moment, Wu Chenghei paid a visit, and after the ceremony, he handed a letter of informant to Empress Dowager Wu and said, "This is what Zhou Xing asked his nephew to hand over to his aunt." ”

Empress Dowager Wu took it out and took a look. couldn't help but look at Wu Chengsi and said, "Wei Xuantong is a good official. ”

Wu Chengsi said: "Back then, he was very close to Pei Yan, and Xu Jingye rebelled. It's hard to guarantee that he doesn't have a staff officer. ”

Empress Dowager Wu looked at this nephew and asked coldly, "You like him to die like this?" ”

Wu Chenghe's heart sank, but he knew that this aunt was very suspicious, so he said: "He once discussed with Pei Yan and said that you are old, it is better to return the government to the emperor." ”

Sure enough, as soon as Empress Dowager Wu heard this. Suddenly, his face was like frost, and he said, "Since this is the case, then give it to the family." ”

Wu Chengji got his will. Hurry up to draft the decree, now that he is making a statement, the right to make the decree is also in the hands of his own people, he has already thought about how to kill Wei Xuantong.

When Wu Qing got the will to form a thousand horses. also got the news that Wei Xuantong was given death. I can't help but feel sorry that such a character was framed and died like this. Zhou Xing, I really can't get rid of it. But now he really doesn't have a chance. Empress Dowager Wu knew that several of her mad dogs had bitten people too much, and they were enemies of the world, so she sent Zuo Jin Wuwei to protect them. General Zuo Jin Wuwei is Qiu Shenji and a cool official, so those Jin Wuwei soldiers are very competent, and Wu Qing put it down for the time being.

The Hundred Horsemen are the sons from the father. If you want to expand to a thousand horses, then you can only recruit people with innocent backgrounds. It is not necessary to recruit the children of the nobles of the king's grandson. Therefore, Wu Qing sent out a message on the Shendu Weekly to recruit a thousand knights, which stipulated age, height, strength, health, etc., and removed the item of appearance. And also wrote the salary and benefits of the thousand horsemen on it, and the most important one is that the son inherits his father's business.

For a time, all the rangers and strong men who wanted to find a stable life rushed to Luoyang.

During this period, dozens of people such as Cui Jing, the Xia official waiter, also died at the hands of cool officials.

Anyway, there were as many as 300 people in the clan and the courtiers who thought of Li Tang in their hearts this year, thousands of people were implicated, and nearly 10,000 people were killed.

Time into October, but also the day of Wuqing's recruitment of a thousand knights, Changshi is Cui Zheng, one of the first batch of Jinshi in Qingxin Academy, so fully implement Wuqing thought, do things competently, be sophisticated, is a good assistant, for Boling Cui's extremely partial house, basically there is no connection, so I went to Qingxin Academy to study, and now I have achieved the position of the long history of Qianqi, and it is also a talented person, this time it was Empress Dowager Wu who was personally transferred to Qianqi.

Wu Qing sat in Zuo Yulin's official house, checked the registration book, and couldn't help laughing: "There are five thousand people who have signed up, only nine hundred are taken, I think it is divided into three levels, and it is divided according to strength, one hundred stones is the first level, eighty stones is the second level, and fifty stones is the third level. Of course, if you have special skills, you can stay for the time being, I have special uses. ”

Cui Zheng immediately nodded in agreement, and went out, and it was time for the test to begin.

Cui Zheng ordered people to test their strength first, divided them into three levels, wrote them on white paper in turn and pasted them aside, and then put the three stone locks on three platforms.

"The general has an order, first test the strength, the first level is more than 100 stones, the second level is 80 stones, and the third level is 50 stones, please line up to the school in turn to test, if you do not listen to the command, it will be regarded as giving up automatically, if you dare to provoke, it will be regarded as provoking the Tang Dynasty military might, and you will bear the consequences."

Cui Zheng will not be afraid of anyone who will kill him if he is not convinced, and if he maintains order, there are several guards from Wuqing, who dares to make trouble?

Kuroko has a large plate axe stuck in his waist and glares angrily, and Hui Ku is carrying two ring knives on his back, with an evil face, not to mention the three stupid looks of the auspicious three treasures, seeing these people, who can think that these people are easy to provoke?

So they lined up one by one, and the number of people on the three platforms varied. There were only a handful of five people in front of the 100-stone platform. The number of people in front of the 80-stone platform increased significantly, and there were about 100 people. There were thousands of people in front of the fifty-stone platform.

After standing up, Cui Zheng ordered the test to begin, and next to each platform, there were accurate records of the master book and the small officials.

The strength test lasted for a full day before it could be completed, and finally after statistics, five people of one hundred stone were all clear, fifty people of eighty stones, and eight hundred and twelve people of fifty stones, a total of eight hundred and seventeen people, and there were eighty-three people missing.

Wu Qing thought about it, and it seemed that the eighty-three places were reserved for himself, so he issued an order overnight to select strong people from the Eagle Guard and the Meteor Guard to apply. Of course, the household register of these people has been made a long time ago, and none of them are black.

If you want to intervene in your own people, you can't go in, Wu Qing thought about the beautiful thing, so he returned to the mansion and waited for him in the study Yan Ruyu.

As soon as he saw Yan Ruyu, Wu Qing knew that there was something important, otherwise he would not have come in person, and after sitting down, he asked, "What happened?" ”

Yan Ruyu's face was worried, and she said, "It's all a bad thing." ”

Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Then pick up the most important thing." ”

Yan Ruyu glanced at his mouth and said: "The first thing is that the fleet of the sea trade encountered wind and waves, and lost ten ships after hitting the reef, but fortunately, there was no gold and silver on the ten ships, only some grain, cattle and sheep, and the value was about eight million. The second is that the Ryukyu Island is often attacked by several groups of pirates, and the losses are not small. The third is that the Weaver Girl discovered that someone in the court was secretly investigating the teacher. The fourth is that Heiya Changzhi was falsely accused by Zhou Xing and others and was escorted to the Shendu on the way. ”

After Wu Qing listened, he suddenly fell into deep thought, the sea trade has been too smooth over the years, so that those captains have relaxed their vigilance, and there are more than half of the newcomers, there will be such a loss, if ten more sea ships are built, the value of the loss will be even greater, and there will be casualties, family pensions, etc., it will cost a lot of money. The pirates of the Ryukyus are also a troublesome thing, and their subordinates really don't know how to fight naval battles, compared to those pirates, their warships are good, but their naval combat skills are too bad. Someone secretly investigated, it can only come from two aspects, one is the Queen Mother's plum blossom internal guard, the other is Wu Chengsi and others, they can't make false accusations, so they want to come up with real evidence.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "There are so many things, I can't think of a better way for a while, so you can stay tonight." ”

Hearing this, Yan Ruyu smiled like a flower, and her foxy eyes turned into two crescent moons. (To be continued......)