Chapter 0383 - Head to Head (Medium)
I saw Wu Sansi walking from a distance with a smile on his face, greeting everyone one by one, the smile on his face was obviously a bit far-fetched, as if he knew that he had become the focus of everyone's discussion.
That proverb has spread all over Luoyang City, and the interpretation of it is getting deeper and deeper, more and more thorough, not only that, but there are also many notices in the city, revealing the evil deeds he has done in the past, such as ten years ago, he forcibly occupied the real estate of 34 families in Chang'an Yongkang Fang, eight of which committed suicide by poisoning their families, etc.
These things are described in great detail, they are not fabricated, they are all facts that he has hidden for many years, which makes Wu Sansi's heart tremble, these things are only known to a very small number of people in the Wu family, how can they be spread out, is it.
Wu San thought about Wu Chenghe, only this bastard knows best about his past, he actually shook out all his ugly things, it must be him, Wu San's teeth itched with hatred, so he just took a knife and cut that bastard with his own hands.
"Di Xiangguo!" Wu Sansi suddenly saw Di Renjie, and he hurriedly greeted him.
Di Renjie was talking to the imperial historian Zhang Cambodia and the Chinese scholar Yao Chong, when he saw Wu Sansi coming this way, Zhang Cambodia stared at him in disgust, turned around and left, Yao Chong was not willing to talk to Wu Sansi, so he left first.
Di Renjie smiled and said, "Is there something wrong with His Royal Highness King Liang looking for me?"
Wu Sansi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and said hurriedly: "Di Xiangguo, don't take those malicious words that slander me, don't take them seriously." ”
Di Renjie smiled faintly, "It can't be fake, it can't be fake, the clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, why should Your Highness take it to heart." ”
Wu Sansi's face was hot, and he hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that the three of them will become tigers, if the saint asks about this matter today, Di Xiangguo must talk about it for me." ”
After a pause, Wu Sansi said in a low voice: "The matter of Ling Lang's promotion to Xingzhou Taishou is on me." ”
Di Renjie smiled, "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, but there are a lot of important government affairs to discuss today, and the Holy Lord may not pay attention to this matter, I think Your Highness is a little worried." ”
Wu Sansi touched a soft nail, he hoped that Di Renjie could help settle this matter, but Di Renjie obviously planned to stay out of the matter, Wu Sansi had no choice but to leave.
Li Zhen stood alone in an inconspicuous corner, although he was very prosperous a few years ago, but in fact, he was not mixed in the courtiers' circle, but in the powerful circle, among the courtiers, he did not have any outstanding deeds, and naturally he did not have any prestige, many courtiers just regarded him as Di Xiangguo's son-in-law.
However, the thousands of people in the square were talking about his masterpiece, and they didn't know it, which made him a little proud.
"Ah Zhen!"
Someone called him behind him, needless to say, the person who called him by his nickname in the imperial city, except for his father-in-law Di Renjie, there would be no one else, Li Zhen turned around, only to see Di Renjie standing behind him with a smile, followed by a person, Li Zhen also knew him, Li Duozuo, the general of Zuo Yulin, who had cooperated with him when he annihilated Li Quanzhong in Liaodong.
Li Zhen hurriedly bowed and saluted, Di Renjie smiled slightly: "I know that you are the first time to go to the court, there are some rules here, don't mess around, otherwise you will be laughed at, so I asked General Li to help you, and when the time comes, you will stand together and follow him." ”
Li Zhen didn't expect Di Renjie to be so thoughtful, and he couldn't help but feel in his heart, he hurriedly saluted Li Duozuo with his fists, "I'm in trouble with the general." ”
Li Duozuo returned the salute and smiled: "It's my honor to be able to help the Marquis of Dunhuang a little favor." ”
Li Zhen was called 'Dunhuang Marquis' in the imperial court, because he was born in Dunhuang, and his title was named Dunhuang, so everyone called him Dunhuang Marquis, but now Li Zhen was named the county duke, and there are not many people who call this Dunhuang Marquis's nickname.
At this time, there was a melodious bell in the distance, and when the time for the dynasty came, the ministers walked towards the steps of the Ming Hall, and soon there were two long queues in front of the steps.
With the palace attendant Yu Shi shouted: "The time is up, enter the palace!"
In the sound of drums, thousands of civil and military ministers slowly walked into the main hall of the Ming Hall.
This is indeed Li Zhen's first time in the court, although he is fully qualified to go to the court after he was appointed as the guard of Xijing, but there are always reasons for him to delay the court meeting.
Li Zhen followed Li Duozuo to stand at the back of the main hall of the Ming Hall, the light around him was slightly dim, and next to it was a big pillar, making it seem like a shadow, and ordinary people would not notice his existence.
"There are no scheduled topics for today!"
Next to him, Li Duozuo whispered to Li Zhen: "Today is a big court meeting, and it won't be too long, but it seems that someone wants to mention Wu Sansi." ”
"How do you know?" asked Li Zhen puzzled.
Li Duozuo sneered and said: "The matter of Wu Sansi has been spread in Luoyang, and there are still proverbs coming out, if the officials don't say it, it will be their dereliction of duty." ”
Li Duozuo touched Li Zhen with his arm again, and nodded towards the front of the hall, "See, the Zhang brothers didn't come!"
Li Zhen saw it, there were two vacant seats in front of the right side, no one was sitting, it turned out that it was the seat of the Zhang brothers, why didn't they come, was it to avoid Zhang Jingxiong's case, with the wisdom of the Zhang brothers, they would never have thought of this, this must be a hint from Emperor Wu Zetian, it seems that Wu Zetian knows very well in his heart, what will happen today?
Li Zhen thought of Aunt Gongsun again, and he slowly learned later that Aunt Gongsun was Wu Zetian's beautician on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was also Wu Zetian's eyes and ears.
At this time, the palace eunuch shouted: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"
The hall suddenly quieted down, only to see a team of guards holding wooden weapons rushing in, and finally eight palace maids with long-handled fans surrounded the Tang Emperor Wu Zetian from the side door of the hall walked in, Wu Zetian sat on the dragon couch, she looked at the black pressure of the minister below, nodded to the palace supervisor Cui Xu, Cui Xu immediately shouted, "Rise to the court, salute!"
More than 1,000 courtiers bowed down together, "See Your Majesty the Emperor!"
The momentum was spectacular, Wu Zetian smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone, Aiqing is flat!"
The hall was quiet again, and Wu Zetian said slowly: "Today is the Great Dynasty, I have no military and political affairs to discuss, do you Aiqing have a plan to play?"
There was silence in the hall for a while, and at this time, the servant Shi Du Jingzhi came out and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a plan to play!"
Li Duozuo turned around and whispered to Li Zhen: "This person is the person in charge of the four Kuangs of the Yushitai, and he is also in charge of collecting public opinion, if he doesn't say what happened in the past two days, he will be impeached." ”
Li Zhen knew that he was the mastermind behind the whole incident, but when things are done, how to make it work to the maximum effect is someone else's business, such as this servant Shi Du Jingzhi, Li Zhen believes that there is Princess Taiping standing behind him.
And he knew that what this Du Jingzhi said was not about proverbs and proclamations, and that matter did not need to be played by the ministers, Wu Zetian already knew about it.
Li Zhen quickly glanced at Wu Sansi, and found that his face was pale and trembling slightly, Li Zhen smiled, and he waited and waited.
Du Jingzhi held up a scroll of music and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, this is the former Left Guard General Su Honghui's complaint against King Liang for interfering in military affairs, which led to the defeat of the Tang army in the Battle of Liaodong, and the death of the commander Wang Xiaojie. ”
Du Jingzhi's words caused an uproar in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and everyone thought that Du Jingzhi would say proverbs and proclamations, but they didn't expect that it would be an old case revisited, Wu Zetian was a little unhappy and said: "Du Yushi, isn't this case already decided? Why do you want to bring it up again?"
"Your Majesty, because there was no evidence before, and now Wechen has obtained conclusive evidence, if Wechen knows and does not report it, it is the crime of bullying the king, and Wechen does not dare to do such a thing. ”
It's a good thing that if you don't report it, it's a bully, Du Jingzhi's big hat is covered, and even Wu Zetian can't do anything about him, she asked again: "What evidence do you have?"
Du Jingzhi took out the letter and presented it with both hands, "This is a handwritten letter from King Liang to Su Honghui, please take a look at it." ”
Everyone was stunned, even Wu Sansi was taken aback, didn't his subordinates say that the letter was burned in person? How could it still exist.
A eunuch walked down, took the letter, and forwarded it to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian opened the letter and immediately recognized Wu Sansi's handwriting, Wu Zetian immediately sank his face, and barely finished reading the letter written by Wu Sansi to Su Honghui, Wu Zetian couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart anymore, glanced at Wu Sansi angrily, stood up and flicked his sleeves, and rushed away angrily.
The courtiers who originally planned to watch a wonderful debate were stunned, no one thought that the saint would leave with his sleeves up, and the court meeting ended in less than a quarter of an hour, everyone looked at Di Renjie, Di Renjie was the head of the hundred officials, did he persuade the saint to come back, or did everyone disperse?
Renjie also had to admire the shrewdness of the saint, and it was estimated that the letter made the court meeting unable to continue, so the saint left, and avoided the embarrassment of tearing his face publicly.
Di Renjie said to everyone: "Everyone disperse!"
The courtiers left the Mingtang hall in twos and threes, and went to their respective courts, at this time, Di Renjie walked quickly to Wu Zetian's imperial study, and walked to His Royal Highness Zhenguan, where he waited for the guards to report for him.
After a while, a eunuch ran out and said: "I'm sorry, Di Xiangguo, the saint is a little unwell, go back to the palace to rest first, the saint said that she wants to rest for a day, please Di Xiangguo work hard." ”
Di Renjie knew that the saint was actually trying to avoid herself, either the letter was too embarrassing for her to explain to the courtiers, or she also wanted to drag it out and turn a big thing into a small thing, or she wanted to think about it and didn't want others to disturb her.
Di Renjie shook his head, then turned around and left, he felt the need to talk to Li Zhen again, he knew a little bit about Li Zhen's plan, but he didn't know exactly how to do it, it seemed that these moves were too ruthless, and they had too much impact on the saint.
Li Zhen: What did they do?