In the guest hall, Lai Junchen drank tea uneasily and waited for Wu Sansi, he felt that he had waited too long, and Wu Sansi's attitude towards himself could be seen from the waiting time.

But just 20 days have passed, and Wu Sansi hung himself in the reception hall for a quarter of an hour, which made Lai Junchen feel very emotional.

Although he was very dissatisfied in his heart, but now Lai Junchen has a request for Wu Sansi, he can only hold back the unhappiness in his heart, Lai Junchen knows that there are too many enemies, if he goes to serve in the same state, he will definitely be harmed, and if he is not in the capital, what should he do with his wealth, beauties and hundreds of black warriors?

Lai Junchen thought about it repeatedly, and the only way was to stay in the capital in the name of curing the disease, but if he wanted the saint to agree, he could only ask Wu Sansi for help.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the hall, and I saw Wu Sansi walking in slowly, and Lai Junchen hurriedly got up to meet him, bowed and saluted, "See Your Highness"

"Come to join the army, we haven't seen each other for a long time?"

Lai Junchen heard that there was meanness in his tone, and secretly scolded in his heart, so he had to hold back his anger and said: "I am really ashamed that I failed to destroy the Xingtang Society for His Royal Highness." ”

"Xingtang will not pose any threat to me, 'For me, where does the word start, but it is really surprising that I came to join the army and was planted in the hands of a young man who debuted less than a year ago, and even I felt sorry for coming to join the army. ”

Wu Sansi's words were extremely mean, so that Lai Junchen was really a little unable to get off the stage, and he couldn't say a word for a while, Wu Sansi smiled again: "Of course, things are not so simple, and it can't be said that you are incompetent to join the army, please sit down."

Lai Junchen sat down silently, a maid came in and served them tea, Wu Sansi asked with a smile: "When are you going to go to Tongzhou to take up your post when you come to join the army?"

Lai Junchen wanted to say this, why did Nai Wu Sansi say it too casually, so he couldn't speak, and he whispered after a while: "I'm not in good health, riddled with diseases, I want to recuperate in the capital, and then go to Tongzhou after his body recovers, I don't know what the prince thinks?"

Wu Sansi smiled, "This is human nature, of course I have no opinion, but I don't have to count what I said, I have to agree with the saint." ”

"The humble post is to ask the prince to intercede for the humble post in front of the saint, and agree to stay in Luoyang to recuperate. ”

Wu Sansi was silent, took the tea and drank two sips slowly, but did not answer his words, Lai Junchen knew that Wu Sansi had always been unkind, and he might not be willing to help him, but the saint refused to see him again, at this time, except for asking Wu Sansi for help, Lai Junchen really couldn't find anyone else.

He hurriedly said: "The Holy Lord demoted the lowly position to join the army in the same state, and he didn't mean to ask about the crime, it was obviously just a symbolic punishment, I believe that it won't be long before the official will be reinstated, and at that time, the lowly post will do his best to do things for the prince." ”

If Lai Junchen said this a month ago, maybe Wu Sansi would have thought about it, but now that Li Zhen has his handle and clearly put forward the conditions for him, where would he be willing to help Lai Junchen again.

Wu Sansi nodded and said with a smile: "Come to join the army, don't worry, I, Wu Sansi, am also a person who misses the old, I will not turn my face and be ruthless, I will definitely intercede for you in front of the saint and let you stay in the capital to recuperate." ”

Lai Junchen was overjoyed, with Wu Sansi interceding for himself, he had great hope of staying in Luoyang, and he hurriedly thanked: "Lord Wang's kindness, Lai Junchen will be remembered."

"You're welcome" Wu Sansi smiled hypocritically, picked up the tea bowl and asked, "Is there anything else to do when you come to join the army?"

"There's nothing else, this is a little bit of a humble heart, please smile at the prince. ”

He put a small box on the table, bowed humbly, and left, Wu Sansi asked his second son Wu Jizhi to send Junchen out.

When Junchen walked away, Wu Sansi picked up the brocade box and opened it, only to see that the brocade box turned out to be a piece of white jade, the size of this jade is like a butterfly, crystal clear, without a trace of impurities, it is a piece of superb jade, and you will feel a little chill when you hold it in your hand.

Wu Sansi immediately realized that this was the ancestral ice jade of Qiao Zhi's house, this kind of ice jade was very precious, and there were very few surviving ice jade pillows in the palace, and Princess Taiping also had a string of ice jade hand beads.

However, Wu Sansi knew that Lai Junchen should still have a night pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, which was one of Wu Chenghe's three night pearls, and Lai Junchen actually refused to dedicate the night pearl to himself, Wu Sansi couldn't help but snort angrily.

At this time, Wu Jizhi hurriedly came back, bowed down and saluted: "Father, he is gone." ”

"Hmm"

Wu San thought about it and said: "You go to the Yushitai again and find Liu Guangye for me."

Liu Guangye, the imperial historian, sent a letter of worship in the afternoon, begging to see him, Wu Sansi of course knew that Liu Guangye wanted to seek the position of Junchen in the imperial history, and Wu Sansi also repeatedly considered, if Liu Guangye could become his own dog, then wouldn't it be a great benefit to himself to let him replace Lai Junchen?

Now let's take a look at Liu Guangye's sincerity?

At the same time that Liu Guangye went to visit Wu Sansi, in a small wine shop outside the Internal Security Office, Li Zhenzheng and Gao Jian sat opposite each other and drank.

Gao Jian took a sip of wine and asked with a smile: "I don't quite understand, since Commander Li already has the evidence of Qiao Zhizhi's wife, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue and knock down Lai Junchen in one go?"

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "The saint degraded Junchen to Tongzhou, obviously it was just a perfunctory, it can be seen that she is still a little hesitant, she doesn't want to kill Lai Junchen, she may want to refrigerate Lai Junchen first, and when it is needed one day, it will be used again, I will move out Qiao Zhizhi at this time, at most, it is also a reduction for the people, or I can't completely eradicate Lai Junchen, so I want to wait a little longer." ”

"Does Commander Li have any other follow-ups?" asked Gao Jian tentatively.

Li Zhen smiled slightly, "I don't have any back-up, it's just that there are too many enemies in Junchen, there will definitely be many people searching for evidence of his crimes, or writing to ask the saint to execute Lai Junchen, and when the pressure of public opinion is enough, it will not be too late for me to make a move." ”

Gao Jian stroked his palms and laughed, "Yes, this is a back hand that is not a back hand." ”

Li Zhen is of course waiting for the pressure of public opinion, but he hopes that Wu Sansi and Princess Taiping can make a joint move, these people can't put the hope of overthrowing Lai Junchen on themselves, but they stand by and watch.

Li Zhen smiled again and asked, "Princess Taiping doesn't have any ideas?"

Gao Jian shook his head, "I really don't know, although I came to Junchen this time to deal with Li Dan, Princess Taiping is indeed very dissatisfied, but a woman's mind is also elusive, I don't know what she's thinking, but...... I can give it a try and persuade her to help Commander Li too. ”

"Thank you very much, then"

Gao Jian drank two more glasses of wine, and then hurriedly left, Gao Jian had just left, and Jiuzhi, who had been waiting outside, rushed in impatiently, "This guy is finally leaving, Lao Li, I have something urgent to report." ”

"Don't worry, sit down and talk" Li Zhen smiled and asked Jiuzhi to sit down, and asked the bartender to change a pair of chopsticks for him.

"I heard that you have been married, when will you invite us to a wedding wine?"

"This ...... I won't be able to decide until my father comes. ”

Jiu Zhi scratched his head and said hurriedly: "Now is not the time to talk about this, I have important information. ”

"What important information do you say?" Li Zhen still smiled unhurriedly.

Jiuzhi immediately danced with his eyebrows: "That's the case, the brother who monitored Wu Sansi's mansion just now reported, Lai Junchen went to visit Wu Sansi, and went in for about half an hour, and then Wu Jizhi sent Lai Junchen out, Lai Junchen's face was full of gloom, there was no joy at all, it is estimated that he touched a nail"

"And then?" Li Zhen asked, interrupting him.

And then. Then just now, Wu Jizhi led Liu Guangye into the Liang Palace. ”

This news was beyond Li Zhen's expectations, Liu Guangye actually entered the Liang Palace, Li Zhen knew that Liu Guangye was also one of the cool officials, and he was a hardcore henchman of Lai Junchen, but such a hardcore henchman actually wanted to switch to Wu Sansi's disciple.

It seems that Wu Sansi not only dealt with Lai Junchen in order to promise himself, but also wanted to get a piece of the pie when Lai Junchen was poured out, and let Liu Guangye replace Lai Junchen, this bastard is so calculating

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, then asked the bartender for a pen and paper, wrote a note, handed it to Jiu Zhidao: "Gao Jian was here just now, it is estimated that he should go to Princess Taiping's Mansion now, you try to catch up with him and give him this note." ”

"I see"

Jiuzhi took the note, drank all the wine in the glass again, wiped his mouth, got up and ran away, Li Zhen drank two more glasses of wine, pondered for a while, then got up to settle the bill and left the wine shop.

After Li Jingye's defeat that year, in order to consolidate his rule and eradicate dissidents, Wu Zetian adopted the plan of serving Shi Yu to protect his family, ordered to pour Tao with copper, and set up a whistleblower.

There are four openings for this kind of opening, and the east entrance is called Yan'en, and those who offer endowments and seek help can put it in; The south entrance is called admonishment, and those who say that the gains and losses of the government can vote for it; The west mouth is called redress, and those who have been wronged vote for it; The north entrance is called 'Tongxuan, and those who say that the celestial catastrophe and the secret plan of the military aircraft can vote for it.

This kind of copper box is similar to the post office mailbox of later generations, and it is a method of separating the capital and the states of the world to facilitate sorting, and it can be said that it is a kind of innovation to be able to quickly distinguish between the letter of loyalty and the letter of report. For those who are bent on slapping horses and beards and want to beg for officials, it is equivalent to express mail, which is simply too convenient.

At that time, it was also stipulated: 'If there is a whistleblower, the subordinates are not allowed to ask, they are all given to the post horse, for the five-grade official diet, which is also a very generous treatment, after the appearance of the copper kuan, suddenly the world's whistleblowers flocked, so that countless people died, including Lai Junchen was started by the whistleblower.

After Emperor Wu Zetian sat on the throne, she also knew that most of this kind of whistleblowing letters were false accusations, so she ordered the removal of the whistleblower copper box in various places, and only kept a piece next to the Tianjin Bridge in the capital, mainly used to collect talents from all over the world.

At noon, a long queue formed outside the Tongkuang, there were hundreds of people, and there were originally only two soldiers guarding the Tongkuang, because there were too many people, and the defenders also increased to eight.

Over the years, Lai Junchen has created countless unjust cases and destroyed thousands of families, but because Lai Junchen is too powerful and in charge of Tongkuang, no one dares to sue him.

Now that Junchen has been demoted, countless people have seen hope, and they have rushed to Tongkuang to submit a letter, and in just three days, Tongkuang has been opened three times, and thousands of letters of complaint have been taken.

Not only in Tongkuang, but also in front of the various government offices, Dali Temple, Criminal Department, and even the Internal and Foreign Affairs Department in the capital were crowded with people who complained.