Chapter 6: The Death of the Cool Official
The Great Zhou Dynasty is not only the officials of the ministry, together with the officials of the provincial government hated to come to Junchen, the commander of the left division of the internal guard Wu Geng Ji personally led the left and right divisions of the internal guard to go to the house to arrest the Junchen, the passers-by in the market heard that Emperor Wu ordered to arrest the Junchen, they all watched and embraced, and the Luoyang market was bustling and lively for a while.
But who is this Junchen? How did he provoke the hatred of the whole Zhou so much, when he heard that he was going to arrest Junchen, even the people applauded.
Lai Junchen was originally a scoundrel, good at whistleblowing, deeply trusted by Wu Zetian, an official to the top of the courtier, and usually likes to whistleblow. The subordinates recruited a number of ruffians and hooligans to report on the matter, bent the law for bribes, ran rampant, set up a magistrate's court, united with the henchmen Zhu Nanshan and others to write the "Luo Weaving Sutra", manufactured all kinds of cruel torture instruments, set up prisons, used torture to extort confessions, arbitrarily fabricated charges to cause death, and thousands of ministers and Li Tang clans were killed in vain.
While speaking, there was already a whisper of the news in private, Lai Junchen hurriedly packed up the gold and silver and wanted to abscond, and when he left, he did not forget to take away the wife and concubine of Duan Jian, but fortunately, the internal guard acted carefully, and took the first step to come to Junchen's mansion and besiege the four groups.
The internal guard Qianniu was lined up at the gate of the house, only to hear Wu Gengji's order, everyone drew their swords and rushed in, shouting to catch Junchen, and everyone at the door looked forward nervously.
It is also strange to say, the internal guards searched all over the house, and all the gold and silver property were found, but they could not find Junchen, and then several internal guards jumped up, and looked at the eaves of the arches and cornices in various places in the house, and there was no trace, everyone was angry in their hearts, and they were not convinced, but they searched everywhere again, and even the floor tiles in the house were also pried open to see, and some dark grids were broken, and a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings were scavenged, but in the end they could not find the true body of Junchen, so they hung their heads and informed Wu Gengji of the situation in the house.
Wu Gengji scolded angrily when he heard it, and said: "Waste, Lai Junchen can still evaporate from the world, the internal guards are staring at him day and night, and they don't see him out of the house, there must be some hidden grids that have not been excavated, you look for it again, and you have to find out three feet into the ground!" "It turned out that before leaving, Wu Chenghei, the king of Wei, sent someone to explain to Wu Gengji, that is, he demolished the entire Lai Mansion, and he had to capture Lai Junchen alive by digging three feet into the ground, and now Wu Gengji has made up his mind, no matter what, he must find Lai Junchen.
Unconvinced, Dugu Shuo led Shangguanyi, Li Zeng and others to rummage through the mansion again, scooped up two pools of water, searched four dry wells, and the corners of the corner can be said to be not leaking an inch of land, not letting go of the size of the place, it is also strange, but there is still no trace of Junchen, and the angry people greet Niang Laozi.
Just when a few people were at a loss, Lai Junchen's sibling brother Wei Suizhong came.
But he said who this Wei Suizhong was, and how he wanted to report Junchen in front of Wu Chenghei, the king of Wei, but there was a story.
Wei Suizhong was originally a subordinate of Lai Junchen and a friend. Lai Junchen is one of the cool officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when Emperor Wu was in the wind of secret telling, Lai Junchen in order to eradicate dissidents, often in the Daozhou counties to snare the local ruffians and bullies, in order to falsely accuse the court and the provincial government officials, is for "weaving", Wei Suizhong is one of them.
One day, to Junchen to a banquet for his wife Taiyuan Wang's people, Wei Suizhong came uninvited, because of the difference between respect and humility was turned away, unexpectedly Wei Suizhong came to the house privately, and cursed his wife and Taiyuan Wang's people, causing him to lose face, but Lai Junchen just beat Wei Suizhong and let him go, and did not pursue it. Soon after, his wife Wang was humiliated, and hanged himself with grief and indignation, Wei Suizhong escaped because he was a confidant of Junchen, but he knew that Junchen's poisonous snake heart, so in the future, Junchen falsely accused Wu Chenghei, Princess Taiping, and the matter of the North and South Ya said to Wu Chenghei, Wu Chengsi was convinced of this, and hurriedly united with the children of the Wu family, Princess Taiping and the generals of the forbidden army, etc., and jointly wrote a letter, saying that Junchen had two hearts, and often later Emperor Zhao Shile said to himself, which annoyed Wu Zetian.
At that time, when Guichengzhou assassinated Sun Wanrong and the Khitan rebellion, Dugu Shuo colluded with Sun Wanrong and Emperor Wu in the future, and Emperor Wu made up his mind to issue an order to the internal guard to investigate and deal with Junchen.
"The lowly guard Sui Zhong has seen Master Wu!" Looking like a villain, Wu Gengji glanced at it and didn't want to pay attention to it, Wei Suizhong smiled and said: "Don't blame the adult, the villain has a few words and leaves, it was the villain sent by the King of Wei to see if he can help!" ”
Wu Gengji ignored it, and after hearing the word King Wei, he said reluctantly: "If you have a fart, don't you see that the internal guards are arresting your master?" Soon it'll be your turn! ”
Wei Suizhong listened, and said with a smile: "Adults, don't entertain the villain, please take a step to speak!" ”
Wu Gengji turned the horse's head, took two steps forward, lay on the horse's back and said: "If you have a fart, let it go, Lao Tzu has no time to spend with you!" ”
"Don't worry, my lord, the matter of Junchen falsely accusing the King of Wei of rebellion was secretly told by the lower officials to the King of Wei, that day Junchen threw a stone and hit the name of the King of Wei, and wanted to falsely accuse the King of Wei in front of His Majesty of fighting for the position of the crown prince and rebelling, and the King of Wei led everyone to jointly write to His Majesty, so although the villain who brought down the matter of Junchen did not have a great achievement, he also did his best!" Wei Suizhong said with a smile on his face. Wu Gengji heard this, and sneered: "What if you denounce it, sue the master as a slave, do you want Your Majesty to reward you!" ”
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, that's not what you mean?"
"Then what do you mean, why don't you go to the inner guard's edict to talk to them in detail·····
"No, no, no, villain·····" Wei Suizhong said, but was interrupted by Dugu Shuo: "My lord, there is indeed no trace of Junchen in the mansion!" ”
"It's really weird, he can't fly, the internal guards take turns guarding day and night, he hasn't gone out, where can he hide..." Wu Gengji scratched his head, looking angry and helpless, and even the roots of his teeth itched angrily for a while.
"Adult, little one knows where he's hiding!"
"You know..." Wu Gengji looked at the appearance of flies and dogs in front of him, and sneered in his heart: "It's really a nest of snakes and rats!" ”
"I really know that I will take the brother of the internal guard to arrest him!" Wei Suizhong said with a hippie smile, and everyone was helpless, so they had to watch the skin-like Wei Suizhong lead the way in front.
Wu Gengji and Dugu Shuo looked at each other, both nodded, Wu Gengji sneered in his heart, and said with a smile: "The embarrassed traitor and the cunning person are the ears of a raccoon dog!" ”
Saying this, Wei Suizhong led Dugu Shuo into the courtyard, looked at the corridors before and after, only found some underground secret passages, and still did not come to Junchen's shadow, Dugu Shuo and Pei Ce were about to scold, that Wei Suizhong's eyes suddenly lit up, he was overjoyed, and he clapped his hands and shouted: "Ahaha, I must be hiding there!" Everyone was puzzled, so they only followed Wei Suizhong to the backyard toilet.
"Lord Wei took me to the thatched house, didn't you come to Junchen to hide in the feces and urine!" Pei Ce said this, and several people on the spot looked at each other and searched all over the mansion, but the thatched house was not very detailed.
Wei Suizhong pinched his nose, pointed to the toilet and laughed.
Everyone couldn't, they glared at each other, so they had to cover their mouths and noses one by one, stirring in the feces and urine, and suddenly the whole courtyard was filled with a stench, but they also dragged Junchen out of the feces and urine, and the smell was stinking for a while, and everyone avoided it in all directions.
Dugu Shuo pointed to the two people who took the lake water in the distance, and in the future, Junchen splashed and washed his body, and when the smell faded, he tied it up and sent it out, and when he left, he glared at Wei Suizhong, and said: "It really smells like this!" It only caused everyone to laugh, and Wei Suizhong's face turned red.
At this time, the door was crowded with people from all over the place to watch the excitement, and when they saw that Lai Junchen was arrested, they cheered for a while, and the rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves immediately greeted him.
Wu Gengji covered his mouth and nose, lowered his head and dodged, and asked Dugu Shuo, who turned over on the horse, "Where did you find it, why is it so stinky?" ”。
"Go back to your lord, thatched, thatched!" Dugu Shuo said, sneering, only to provoke everyone to laugh, Wu Gengji hurriedly pulled his horse out of his hand, and shouted as he walked: "Hurry up and go to the stable to scrub and scrub, it's just stinking!" ”
Lai Junchen looked at Wei Suizhong next to him and scolded: "You beast who eats inside and out, you can't die well!" Wei Suizhong couldn't dodge, was spit on his clothes, and scolded: "You snake and scorpion dog thief, you should have expected such an end today, but God has eyes, phew!" Lai Junchen still wanted to scold, but Wei Suizhong shouted, ran away in panic, and didn't forget to take a sip before leaving.
Everyone watched the dog-eat-dog scene, and they were very happy.
However, it was said that Junchen was sent to prison, thinking that he would be able to get out soon because he was favored by Emperor Wu, so he was arrogant and arrogant in prison, and he didn't know how to restrain, but he didn't know that the internal guards hated him to the core, how could he live.
That night, Dugu Shuo commanded Li Zeng, the head of the Imperial Court, Pei Shuyi, the head of the Criminal Prison Department, Yang Zhendou, the head of the Shen Criminal Department, and Cheng Chunping, the head of the Case Evidence Department.
and the next day's interrogation, the dying Lai Junchen confessed all the responsibilities one by one, and handed over to the three divisions after signing and drawing.
After Wu Gengji read the accusation, he wrote the words "bribery is like a mountain, and the soul is blocked", and then submitted it to Guan Yue, the right secretary, to study it carefully.
At noon, Guan Yue led Dugu Shuohou at the gate of Shangyang Palace.
After being summoned in, Guan Yue first sorted out the charges, and before the performance, Emperor Wu looked at it, and said for a long time: "If it is said that Junchen is corrupt, takes bribes, and bullies men and women, I think it is possible, saying that he wants to rebel and become the emperor, but I don't believe it!" He laughed.
"Your Majesty, Emperor Shi Le of Zhao after coming to Junchen Chang, that Shi Le was originally a slave, and later became a general, and then became an emperor, Lai Junchen compared this to himself, which is ironclad proof of his disobedience!" Guan Yue first listened to what Emperor Wu said, fearing that he would refute the accusations of Lai Junchen, and said hurriedly.
Seeing that Emperor Wu was silent for a long time, Dugu Shuo thought in his heart, Emperor Wu must have known all kinds of evil deeds and unjust cases of Lai Junchen, many of which were instructed by her, and he must not be able to kill the killer, so he said: "Lai Junchen has already confessed that the military disaster in Yingzhou is that he conspired with Sun Wanrong of Guichengzhou, pretending to blame the North and South Ya, Lord Wu and Princess Taiping, and deliberately disturbing His Majesty, the Ministry of War and the internal satellite TV line, in order to gain time, not only that, but he also threatened the officials of the household department to send more food to Yingzhou for a month, and now the city of Yingzhou is broken, These grains and grass were all occupied by Li Duzhong, which boosted the morale of the Khitans, and he also instructed Li and Sun to play the name of "Why not return to my Luling King" to envelop the remnants of King Langya, which is ironclad evidence of rebellion! Dugu Shuo was sure that Emperor Wu's worries were about Yingzhou, so he added fuel and vinegar and put all the blame on Lai Junchen.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Emperor Wu was furious, took the case, and cursed again.
The next day, Dugu Shuo deliberately told Wu Gengji that Emperor Wu had not made up his mind to kill Junchen. When Wu Gengji heard this, he was depressed in his heart, so he hurriedly told Wu Chenghei, Di Renjie, Er Zhang and others about the matter, and everyone said, "Come to Junchen and don't die, it's hard to sleep and eat!" On the morning of the third day, Wu Chengsi gathered a large number of people to lobby Emperor Wu, and they knew in their hearts that if Emperor Wu did not kill Lai Junchen this time, they would inevitably be retaliated, so they said bad things and urged Emperor Wu to make up his mind to kill Lai Junchen. Emperor Wu was helpless, looking at the "bribery like a mountain, and the unjust soul blocked the road" reported by the internal guard, so he ordered to count his crimes, confiscate his property, and be handled by the criminal department with full authority to judge Ji Xiang.
Ji Xiang is also a cool official, and after carefully sorting out the human and physical evidence of the internal guards, and after verifying that it is correct, he reported to Emperor Wu and asked for a day, and Junchen will be beheaded in the future.
On the day of the beheading, the people of Luoyang all cheered, poured out of the empty alleys of 10,000 people, and watched the lively people crowding the entrance of the vegetable market. As soon as Junchen's head hit the ground, the people swarmed up, and in the future, Junchen's corpse gouged out his eyes and skin, plucked out his heart and lungs, and let out a bad breath.
A generation of cool officials finally died in the curse of the world, leaving behind 10,000 years of infamy.
That night, Dugu Shuo prayed for incense in front of the spiritual position of Dugu's father and Liu's father, and told them about the execution of Junchen in the future, avenging them, so as to comfort the spirits of the two in the sky.
It turned out that Dugu Shuo and Liu Lingwei talked to each other in those days, and Dugu Shuo learned from the words that Guo Lin's list was held, that there was indeed a connection between the North and South Ya, and that there was indeed a connection between Yingzhou, and that the internal guard knew that the rebellion of the North and South Ya was indeed known from Lai Junchen's play, so Lai Junchen must have known the secret, as long as the internal guards kept an eye on Lai Junchen to see who he was dealing with, he really followed the vine and found out the mastermind behind it.
Dugu Shuo deliberately aroused Liu Lingwei's anger, and Liu Lingwei pushed the boat down the river and pushed the incident on Lai Junchen. Dugu Shuo originally thought that even if he couldn't bring down Lai Junchen, he would be able to fabricate a false accusation against the emperor, and besides, if what Lai Junchen played was true, then the people behind Liu Lingwei would not let Junchen go easily, and he would definitely be able to find out that it was Lai Junchen who told him, and Lai Junchen would be killed at that time, and Dugu Shuo would just push the boat down the river.