Chapter 181: Empress Wu's favored minister

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glanced at those Dali Temple monks, since they had already discovered that Yin Ruiji was here, there was no need to hide it again! However, with him, Empress Wu should still give him a little face, and he should not push Yin Ruiji into the river to feed the fish.

In fact, Empress Wu has never had such an idea. She ordered the search for Yin Ruiji, just to send Yin Ruiji back to the Dragon King Temple and continue to hold the precepts to appease the people of Luoyang City!

Yin Ruiji lowered her head slightly. She believes in Zhang Chen because she has no other choice but to believe in Zhang Chen at the moment! Moreover, Zhang Chen didn't seem to want anything from her, so this person was worthy of her trust.

Zhang Chen looked around again, looked at Yin Ruiji, and said softly: "Since Miss Yin believes in me, then go to Dali Temple with me!" It's not safe here! ”

He betrayed Huo Yi, and now Huo Yi must hate him to the bone, if he falls into Huo Yi's hands, he doesn't know what vicious way Huo Yi will come up with to abuse him! Huo Yi definitely couldn't let him go, so this small courtyard was too unsafe now. Open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, and he stays here by himself, and he is also a little apprehensive in his heart, not to mention that there are three girls who don't know the slightest martial arts!

Yin Ruiji raised her head slightly, looked at Zhang Chen, and responded softly: "Hmm! ”

"Silver girl, don't worry, as long as I am here, no one can hurt the girl in the slightest!" Looking at Yin Ruiji, Zhang Chen said. Very sincerely. And very surely.

"Hmm!" Yin Ruiji nodded again and said softly: "Ruiji believes in Childe!" ”

Seeing Zhang Chen and Yin Ruiji like this, Yu Chi Zhenjin sighed again in his heart. Lang is a concubine, it seems that he is indeed out of play!

Zhang Chen looked at Xiaolan and Xiaoju again, what should the two of them do? Take it with you too? After thinking about it, Zhang Chen looked at Xiaolan and Xiaoju and said, "Xiaolan, Xiaoju, I'll give you some silver taels, and you can leave here for the time being." Let's go home! ”

Listen to what Zhang Chen said. Xiaolan and Xiaoju were anxious, and Xiaolan hurriedly said: "Childe, we have been sold by Daddy since we were children, all the time." We are all other people's maids. We. We don't know where the Taoist is! Childe, you, if you don't want us. We, we're homeless! ”

As she spoke, Xiaolan and Xiaoju were already in tears, looking pitiful.

"Hehe, hehe, don't worry! I didn't say I didn't want you, okay then! You also go to Dali Temple with me, but there are more rules there, don't trouble me! Zhang Chen said with a smile. I felt a little helpless. It's two poor children again, these fathers, are really ruthless, and they sold their daughters since they were young! However, this is also normal. The ancients were patriarchal, and so were their grandfathers and grandmothers. Alas, the thinking of the older generation is very difficult to change!

"No, no! We'll know the rules! Xie Lu Xie, Xie Lu Xie Gongzi! Xiaolan and Xiaoju said in unison. They all burst into tears and laughed.

"Then, go back to the house and clean up, and let's go immediately!" Zhang Chen said.

"Childe, where's Miss Baguio?" After thinking about it, Xiaolan asked softly.

"She, she's gone, and she probably won't come back!" Zhang Chen said softly. There is a little helplessness in my heart, and there is also a little sadness. Zhang Chen is a very emotional person, for so many days, Baguio has been with him, teaching him to write, teach him to draw, teach him to play chess, and teach him to play the piano. It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no emotion! Alas, I really don't know what will happen between them the next time they meet!

Xiaolan opened her mouth, thought about it, and closed it again. Zhang Chen took Yin Ruiji back to the house to pack up his things, and Xiaolan and Xiaoju also went back.

Closing the door of the Red Jade Bookstore, Zhang Chen left with a large group of people and went straight to the Qingxin Tea House. When I came to the Qingxin Tea House, it was already empty, and the people in the Qingxin Tea House should have been taken to Dali Temple. Then, Zhang Chen and others immediately rushed to Dali Temple.

When I came to Dali Temple, it was already the second half of the night. Everyone was tired, Zhang Chen said something to appease the people of the Yuan family, and then took the three daughters of Yin Ruiji back to the room to rest.

Dali Temple has a room for Zhang Chen, but it is only a one-bedroom room, which is only for Zhang Chen's personal rest. After all, this is Dali Temple, not Zhang Chen's home. And these temples who stayed in Dali Temple were almost all several people living in one room. Therefore, relatively speaking, Zhang Chen's treatment as a Dali temple secretary is not bad.

Zhang Chen found a chair and two stools, rested on them, and left the only bed for the third daughter. The three daughters refused to live or die, but under the persecution of Zhang Chen's alarmist words, the three girls still obediently went to bed. What Zhang Chen said was very simple, that is, if the three daughters were not obedient, he would drive all the three daughters away. How dare the three girls not listen to Zhang Chen's words, and Zhang Chen's kindness to them also moved their hearts. In fact, Zhang Chen didn't want to deliberately be good to the three girls, he had the principle of being a man, if he was a big man lying on the bed and sleeping like a dead pig, but leaving the three girls standing stupidly, he would feel uncomfortable? In the eyes of others, people are different from each other, there are high and low, but he is not a person in this world, his thinking must be advanced, and he is a poor man, with his identity, what qualifications does he have to look down on others?

As for those people in the Yuan family, they could only grieve them, sit on the ground in the lobby, lean together, and take a nap to rest.

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The next day, the Imperial City, Xuanzheng Palace. The martial queen in a golden robe sat on top of the court, and the first hundred officials knelt down to worship.

Recently, Emperor Li Zhi was unwell and was replaced by Wu. Many officials have a grudge against this matter, but they dare not say more. In the past, those officials who opposed the military queen's obedience, small and insignificant, were all demoted to remote areas as officials. And those with old qualifications were all crowned kings and sent home to live in retirement, seemingly promoted, but in fact they were still demoted. With such a lesson, who would dare to speak ill of Empress Wu?

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Wuhou Dao. The voice was flat, but there was an air of majesty.

"Xie Niangniang!" Everyone thanked them. Then they all stood up.

Empress Wu glanced at it and didn't see Zhang Chen. It stands to reason. Zhang Chen is a member of the third rank of the imperial court, and he should come to the court. However, thinking that Zhang Chen was a person who was idle and wild, she definitely didn't like such rules, so she didn't care about it in her heart.

"Do you have a performance?" Empress Wu asked.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and then they all bow their heads slightly.

"If Zhong Aiqing has no book to play, he can retreat from the dynasty today!" Wuhou Dao.

"Niangniang, Weichen has a book to play!" One of them hurriedly took a step to the left, clenching his fists. Respectfully and respectfully. This person was wearing a purple official uniform. It is a member of the imperial court who is above the third grade. This person is the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhou Kaijin.

"Oh, what does Zhou Aiqing want to play?" Empress Wu asked with a smile.

Zhou Kaijin looked left and right, and saw several people nodding to him, and he was bold. Zuo said: "Back to Niangniang." This morning. Weichen heard that His Majesty has newly sealed a third-grade official, who is Dali Siqing! ”

Zhang Chen was named the secretary of Dali Temple and has issued an official document. Now all the officials present have already known the truth.

"Yes, but there is!" Empress Wu said with a smile. But the smile is cold. Waste, let you do things, one by one like something, but as soon as you encounter this kind of thing, you will come to the spirit! Empress Wu couldn't help but curse in her heart. What Kaijin is going to say next this week, she already knows in her heart.

"Weichen, Weichen also heard that the newly appointed Dali Siqing, before, was just a cloth civilian!" After thinking about it, Zhou Kaijin said softly. His tone trembled a little. Actually, he didn't want to be a bird, but someone asked him to do it, and he didn't dare not listen!

"Yes, it does!" Empress Wu said with a smile.

"This, Niangniang, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it seems that there is no precedent for promoting a cloth cloth to a third-grade official in the imperial court all of a sudden, right? Even if it's not Datang, there doesn't seem to be such an example! After thinking about it, Zhou Kaijin said respectfully.

"Oh, it seems to be! But, Zhou Aiqing, what exactly do you want to say? Can you say it explicitly? Empress Wu still smiled. She knew that this guy would definitely say that!

Zhou Kaijin looked left and right again, swallowed his saliva, and was a little panicked in his heart. After thinking about it, he had already come up, so he could only bite the bullet to the end, and said: "Back to Niangniang, Weichen, Weichen thinks this matter is inappropriate!" A cloth cloth, who doesn't know how to govern the country, let him be a member of the court as soon as he comes up, is this inappropriate? ”

"Oh! So, is Zhou Aiqing well versed in governing the country? Empress Wu asked with a smile.

Seeing that Empress Wu's tone was not good, many people who wanted to speak for Zhou Kaijin thought about it and retracted their heads. It is indeed inappropriate to appoint a cloth-clothed commoner as a member of the three grades of the imperial court. The three members of the imperial court are high and powerful, almost below a few people, and above tens of thousands of people! If Empress Wu only named Zhang Chen as the fifth grade, this is reasonable. The most important thing is that they also heard about Zhang Chensheng's beauty, but they were so reused by the Empress Wu all of a sudden, for fear that Empress Wu would mess up the court and ruin the court. Therefore, every official present felt that this matter was inappropriate, and Zhou Kaijin was just a representative sent by everyone!

"This, this ......" For a while, Zhou Kaijin really didn't know how to answer, thought about it, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Weichen is only a shallow learner, but he has also been an official for many years, and he has been deeply favored and taught by His Majesty and Niangniang, and he only understands the way of governing the country as an official!" But Weichen heard today that the newly appointed Dali Temple Secretary Zhang took all the Dali Temple monks to the Qingxin Tea Workshop last night and destroyed the Qingxin Tea Workshop. The tea made by Qingxin Tea House is a tribute to the imperial palace, which is deeply loved by the emperor and His Majesty, and is also deeply protected by the imperial court. I'm afraid it's not good for Mr. Zhang to do this! ”

Since he didn't know how to answer, Zhou Kaijin simply pointed the finger at Zhang Chen again.

"Oh, such a thing?" Empress Wu asked. Dali Temple is next to the palace, and what happened in Dali Temple, of course, the Empress Wu knows it well. Last night, Zhang Chen took people to the Qingxin Tea Workshop and arrested everyone in the Qingxin Tea Workshop, how could she not know about this?

"Definitely! Today, Weichen passed by the Qingxin Tea House, but saw that it was messy inside, and he couldn't bear to look at it directly! Zhou Kaijin hurriedly said.

"Alas, I really didn't expect that His Majesty has always been fond of the Qingxin Tea Workshop, but the Qingxin Tea Workshop can do things that rebel against His Majesty!" Sighing, Empress Wu said softly.

“……”

Hearing what Empress Wu said, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee instantly didn't know what to say. (To be continued......)