Li Er glared at Lu Zushang, "It's too late for you to say anything now!" ”

"In the laws of the Tang Dynasty, those who do not go to the official limit will be punished with ten lashes a day, ten days plus one class, and one sentence will be suspended for one year."

"As a Datang official, you have refused to take office one after another, and it has been more than a month, can you be guilty?"

Lu Zushang touched the stubble on his face, showing embarrassment, it is true that he is talented, it is true that he is loyal, but he doesn't like to drink.

I'm also not good at drinking.

In that kind of place in Lingnan, there is a lot of smoke and poisonous fog, and the air is humid, and ordinary people go to Lingnan, especially northerners, and within a few months, they will inevitably get sick.

Some people even just arrived in Lingnan, they fell seriously ill and could not adapt to the water and soil, and after many years returned to the north, they would soon die of various diseases, which was extremely miserable.

The land of Lingnan is a land of southern barbarians for the people of the Tang Dynasty, especially the people of Chang'an.

How could a place where it was possible to grow up alive if it wasn't for barbarians?

"Your Majesty, the minister did not deliberately repent, the minister really can't take office."

Lu Zushang didn't explain much, although he was only in his early thirties, he had already left a bane in his body for many years with the various anti-king campaigns.

At the time of the Yu culture and rebellion, Lu Zushang took the place of his father to occupy the state and proclaimed himself the assassin. During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, succeeded to the throne, and Lu Zushang once sent an envoy to dedicate the land to Shun, so he was appointed as the governor of the state and named Shen Guogong. After Wang Shichong crossed the throne, Lu Zushang led Benzhou to submit to Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty, and appointed the assassin Shi and named the prince of Yiyang County.

In the years since, in various wars, Lu Zushang has not been much brilliant, but anywhere, as long as there is him, he is as stable as an old dog.

After Li Er ascended the throne, he also attached great importance to Lu Zushang.

This time, Li Shou, the former governor of Jiaozhou and the Duke of Sui'an, was convicted of corruption, and the governor of Jiaozhou was vacant, so Li Er moved to find it

The mind of a virtuous man taking office.

At this time, Li Er's two right-hand men stood up, and they unanimously recommended Lu Zushang to go over, on the one hand, Lu Zushang is an extremely intelligent person, only such a person can deal with those soil kings in the land of Lingnan.

On the other hand, Lu Zushang has an excellent character, is an honest official, and is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs.

If such a person doesn't go to Lingnan, who can be up to the task?

And the most important thing is that there is Feng Ang in Lingnan, that guy has not completely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty until now, every time Li Er issued an edict to let him enter Chang'an to face the saint, he pretended to be sick and ignored it for several months.

Can Li Er not be angry?

Lu Zushang, Lu Zushang, have you forgotten who gave you all this?

Li Er was so angry with Feng An, and he was so angry with Lu Zushang, he immediately became angry in his heart, and he was angry, and he wanted to kill someone.

In Datang, Li Er is the final interpretation of the law, and he believes that the person he wants to kill cannot survive the next day.

Everyone saw it in their eyes, but their hearts were full of sighs.

This Lu Zushang himself personally promised His Majesty today, but when he took office, he delayed again and again, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling took His Majesty's dictation and went over to announce the decree in person, he still closed the door to thank the guests, and even Lu Zushang's brother-in-law Zhou Fan also went over to persuade him.

Zhou Fan, that is, Wang Zhuozhuo's uncle.

Even so, Lu Zushang still did not go.

There is always only one sentence: the body is weak, there are many old diseases, and you can't go, you will die if you go, so it's better to stay and serve Datang.

Li Shuangli held the sword and pointed at Lu Zushang, "I ordered you today, but you didn't listen, how can he order the world every day?" ”

"Come on, take it down, and behead it tomorrow! Anyone who dares to intercede will be decided! ”

In an instant, everyone in the court no longer dared to speak.

Several officials who had a very good relationship with Lu Zushang also closed their eyes and sighed at this time, they couldn't bear to see Lu Zushang have such an ending.

Although this person is not a talent who has passed through the heavens and latitudes, at the beginning of Zhenguan, there were very few people who were both civil and military. Ma Zhou glanced at Lu Zushang, who was dragged away, with a hint of complexity and coldness in his eyes.

Just after midnight, Lu Zushang drank the last sip of soup and fell asleep on the mat.

The prison was not as disgusting as the legend suggests, at least here, he could see the desperate eyes of other people, the despair of these eyes had nothing to do with him, but those people were full of jealousy when they saw him wearing official uniform.

"Look at what this official has done, how many mistakes have you made, you should be killed for your crimes, and you are already your Majesty's grace, and you still don't kneel and kowtow, thank Your Majesty?"

The guards on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "Lord Lu, don't say it, these people are all outlaws, and several of them are famous killers in the black market, you have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow Your Majesty will let you go when he is happy." ”

Lu Zushang smiled faintly, "Your Majesty is happy or unhappy, what does it have to do with me, I, Lu Zushang, am a man and a man who stands on top of the world, and I go to the land of Lingnan, which is to send me to death, I have lived for more than 30 years, and finally waited for a prosperous era, I want to play my talents in this prosperous world, is it wrong?" ”

Lu Zushang's reason was full of sonorous sounds.

At this time, a clear voice came, "Lord Lu is so majestic. ”

The person who came walked out of the darkness of the sky with a smile on his face, but in Lu Zushang's eyes, this smile was a clarion call for life.

But soon, he forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart and asked lightly: "Hubu Shangshu Ma Zhou, it turned out to be His Majesty's sword, hehe, you also think that this official is wrong?" ”

Ma Zhou smiled faintly, "Hehe, Lord Lu thinks too highly of himself, Ma Zhou just thinks that if a person like Lord Lu can live, it will be useful to His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Your Majesty is actually not angry with you, but angry with Feng An."

Ma Zhou didn't hide it, so he said it directly.

Lu Zushang was not stupid, and when he heard it, he thought of the stakes.

Who is Feng An, the former pillar of the dynasty, the current king of Lingnan, in Lingnan, you can be an official, you can take office, you can be the king and hegemon, and even call the kings of the soil brothers, but the only premise is that Feng An's consent is required.

At the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the big families of the world had already been separated from the commoners, and they were collectively referred to as the family and the gate valve at that time.

The Sui Dynasty was established, and Yang Jian weakened the power of those families and gate valves through various means, so the title of gate valve no longer existed, and what remained was those families.

Feng Ang is a descendant of a certain gate valve, quite courageous, in the land of Lingnan, the prestige is extremely high, even after Li Yuan became the emperor, he still maintained an ambiguous attitude, because he didn't know whether the Li family represented by Li Yuan could do it.

Now that Li Er has succeeded to the throne, Feng Ang still ignores it, being his king of Lingnan, saying that he will surrender on the surface, but he will never enter Chang'an.

With this, Lu Zushang finally knew what he had done wrong.

It's just that he still insisted on his opinion: "Ma Zhou, I'm just a weak person, I can't go to Lingnan." ”