In an ordinary guest room in the East Post of the city outside Chang'an City, An Lushan, whose belly was so big that it drooped, sat on the couch with a gloomy face. Because he was in a bad mood, he took a big bite of candied fruits, and listened to Zhang Tongru's report to inquire about the situation while eating.

The expression on An Lushan's face was cloudy, and from time to time he clenched his fist with one hand and gently put it down.

"Jieshuai, this matter is now boiling in Chang'an City, and there are rumors that the saint seems to have the intention of replacing the Pinglu Jiedu envoy.

The rumor that An Jieshuai sent someone to assassinate Pei Kuan is also intensifying, as if there is something to do. ”

Zhang Tongru said in a low voice.

"Substitutions? Who does the saint plan to change? ”

An Lushan's face became even more gloomy, and he asked impatiently.

"Jie Shuai, it's just a rumor, there is no real evidence, and my subordinates haven't heard about the specific situation.

This kind of thing of chasing after the wind and shadows can't be taken seriously, and the people are still saying that Hexi Jiedu made Fang Chongyong, and went home to humiliate after robbing the people's daughters, these are just nonsense. ”

Zhang Tongru comforted An Lushan and said.

"Hehe, that's true, it's just a woman, I can't do it."

An Lushan said with a disdainful face.

Unlike ordinary generals, An Lushan was a businessman in his early years, but he didn't know who his father was, and his mother had remarried, so his life experience was extremely rich.

Or it's okay to call it bumpy.

An Lushan is greedy for sweets and is so beautiful, he has eleven sons alone, let alone daughters. There were so many women in An Lushan that he couldn't count them himself. Unlike the incorruptible Fang Youde, most of An Lushan's family wealth came from the sale of Khitan and Xi slaves, and his hands and feet were not very clean.

In order to serve the huge "harem", An Lushan also established a team of "eunuchs" that was not small.

In order to prevent the slaves from colluding, let the likes of Chang Yu blend into the "harem". An Lushan personally castrated these chamberlains to prevent them from fornicating in the "harem".

Fang Chongyong is just grabbing a woman in Chang'an, is that also a problem?

An Lushan scoffed at this.

"You said, tomorrow the Son of Heaven will preside over the trial in Dali Temple, do you want to go?"

Suddenly, An Lushan asked Zhang Tongru an inexplicable question, which made the latter speechless for a long time.

In Zhang Tongru's opinion, this kind of question should not be asked at all! At least not by An Lushan!

It's already this juncture, and they are already living in the post station outside Chang'an City, and they are still hesitating whether to enter Chang'an Miansheng or whether to go to Dali Temple.

I don't know what these things are!

An Lushan is suspicious, and often at critical moments, he likes to hesitate and retreat, and regrets his life when it is time to do big things.

Although Zhang Tongru did not take refuge in An Lushan for a long time, he knew a lot about the character of this festival envoy.

"An Jieshuai, don't say that you must be in danger when you enter Chang'an this time; Even if Chang'an is a tiger's den in Longtan, now Jieshuai has to go hard.

The fish jumps over the dragon gate to turn into a dragon! When it's time to make a move, you must make a move, don't hesitate! ”

Zhang Tongru knelt directly to An Lushan, kneeling and kowtowing!

If it weren't for the fact that this person could listen to advice and persuasion in the past, Zhang Tongru really wanted to run away with a bucket now, regardless of An Lushan's "hesitant madman".

"Well, well, that's all there is to it.

By the way, the gift list you sent to the right minister today, is it also confiscated over there? ”

An Lushan unsurprisingly "follows the advice".

He sighed with emotion as he asked a crucial question that was likely to affect his future.

Zhang Tongru nodded, and replied with a dejected face:

"That's true, the servant on the right minister's side first accepted the gift list, and then returned it to the lowly position, and finally the lowly position didn't even enter the door of the right minister's house.

Recently, he was active in Chang'an City, visited many powerful families, and not many people were willing to accept gifts to speak for the marshal. Only Zuo Xiang received the gift list of the festival marshal, but he didn't say anything special, and he didn't rule out returning it in the future.

Back then, Zuo Xiang served as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival in Yingzhou, and he had a little incense with An Jieshuai, but he only had a little incense, and he couldn't pin his hopes on him.

When the Dali Temple was tried, the left phase was very likely to be on the wall. ”

Zhang Tongru looked worried.

Li Shizhi, the left minister, is not reused by Ji Ge. But this time, because the right minister Li Linfu is also one of the defendants, Li Shizhi, as the prime minister, is very likely to attend at that time. It's hard to say what role it will play.

At present, the attitude of the Son of Heaven towards An Lushan is not very clear, and most people are unwilling to bet on this Pinglu Jiedu envoy from the Hu people, which is actually human nature.

"In your opinion, how do you get out of trouble? This section is just trying to borrow strength, and it seems that there is nowhere to borrow strength. ”

An Lushan asked with an embarrassed expression.

Before coming, he hoped to borrow from Li Linfu. It's just that judging from the current situation, Li Linfu doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with An Lushan.

"Hui Jieshuai, if the humble position is a saint......"

Zhang Tongru was halfway through his words, and he saw An Lushan glaring at him and scolded: "How can you compare yourself to a saint!" Sling the bull! ”

"The lesson of the festival commander is yes. In other words, from the perspective of a saint, the saint will not want An Jieshuai to make peace with those festivals in the west, so he might as well use this as a breakthrough.

Sage...... Perhaps he didn't want the border towns to be too smart. ”

Zhang Tongru suggested quietly.

"Makes sense, you mean...... Do you want this section to be stupid? ”

After a moment of silence, the corners of An Lushan's mouth were slightly hooked, the smile on that face was more ugly than crying, and the fat on his stomach trembled because of the rise and fall of his chest.

"Hui Jieshuai, that's exactly the case, that's what the humble position thinks."

Zhang Tongru saluted and said.

Pretending to be stupid in front of the emperor is not an uncommon thing, but this is a technical job.

If you pretend to be ten out of ten, you are a real fool. No matter how mediocre the emperor is, it is impossible for a real fool to be a festival envoy. Therefore, pretending to be stupid must be "nine stupid and one wise", and it cannot have no advantages.

"Jie Shuai, there is a plan for the humble position, which can ensure that the Jie Shuai can get out of trouble."

Zhang Tongru said in a low voice.

"What's the plan?"

An Lushan narrowed his eyes and asked.

"That's right."

Zhang Tongru muttered in An Lushan's ear for a long time.

"Wonderful! You're saying that! ”

An Lushan laughed, and the previous nervousness and nervousness were swept away.

"An Jieshuai, after thinking about it along the way, I feel that this matter is quite strange.

If the sage really suspects the festival marshal, a paper order, the bright rise and the dark descend are enough, why bother to spend so much time to let the festival marshal come to Chang'an?

Therefore, he thought that Pei Kuan's death may have a lot to do with the saint, and the saint was at least an insider.

If this is true, then the festival marshal came to Chang'an this time, which can be described as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Zhang Tongru finally said his judgment.

This inference is bold and outrageous, but when you think about it, it is logical and can explain a lot of things that they couldn't figure out before.

"It's okay if you know about it, don't spread it."

An Lushan waved his hand disappreciatively, his face unusually calm.

The most terrifying thing in the world is not a poisonous snake or beast, but the "unknown".

When the card is not revealed, you never know whether it will be insignificant or if it will be reversed, and you can only predict it through various clues.

Once the cards change from the dark cards to the open cards, then the game becomes suddenly clear, no matter how powerful the cards, it will not make people worry.

……

"Ah Lang, tomorrow's triage...... The saint shouldn't put you in the prison of Dali Temple, right? ”

In his own study, Wang Yunxiu asked softly while pouring tea with Fang Chongyong.

Tomorrow is the day of the trial, and in addition to those miscellaneous fish, several heavyweight "suspects" will be interrogated in court. For example, Li Linfu, the right minister, Fang Chongyong, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, An Lushan, and so on.

And this trial is not only presided over by Brother Ji himself, but also the people of Chang'an can watch the excitement outside the Yamen Hall of Dali Temple.

So this is not so much a trial as a personal show for Kego.

In Fang Chongyong's view, tomorrow is a play, he is just an actor, and the people who will participate in the trial in Dali Temple tomorrow are all "actors". Everyone should not only compete in the script, but also in acting!

On the surface, the emergence of Dali Temple is the result of local optimization of the superstructure of the bureaucratic system of feudal society. Its main function is to review the case files sent by various localities, to preside over the interrogation of officials above the sixth grade, and so on.

But in fact, the original intention of the establishment of Dali Temple was the most important tool for the emperor himself to intervene in the judiciary. If there is no Dali Temple, then the emperor has to rely on the strength of the aristocratic circle to interfere with the trial results of a certain case, and has to find some "white gloves" to do things.

It's very unpleasant to scratch the boots!

The criminal department that was intervened by the relative power and the Dali Temple that was intervened by the imperial power, their game in the criminal law is also the embodiment of the game between the imperial power and the relative power.

Although this move of Brother Ji is very shameless, from a "technical" point of view, it is a typical technique of "four or two thousand pounds", which should not be underestimated. Playing such a play before the release of Jiaozi does not seem to have a simple political significance as it seems.

"Tomorrow will be tried, if nothing else, there will be an accident. It is enough to build momentum in the market, but the evidence of An Lushan's crime has not been made public in Dali Temple, and there must be something strange in it.

It is very likely that the key human and physical evidence will be released tomorrow, so that An Lushan will never recover. ”

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice, took a sip of tea, and frowned as if he was thinking about something.

"Yo, it turns out that Ah Lang is so sober-minded. The concubine still thinks that you are trapped in the gentle township, and your mind is full of women's white flowers. ”

The sourness in Wang Yunxiu's words was extremely strong, and there was envy, jealousy and hatred all over his face.

"No, it's not like it, it's just a beautiful concubine, and I know it in my heart."

Fang Chongyong smiled and waved his hand, not wanting to continue to dwell on this topic.

Woman, he can afford to put it down.

A concubine is a concubine, beauty is beauty, if you want to extend it to other places, it won't work, Fang Chongyong is not a love brain, and he can't do that kind of thing about the princes of the beacon fire.

Dugu Yao is a snatched beauty, and if she plays, she will play. No matter how happy and loving she is during sex, for Fang Chongyong, she can only be a concubine, and it is impossible to replace Wang Yunxiu's position.

In Fang Chongyong's view, this can be regarded as an unspoken rule of "following the customs". The families of the powerful who don't play like this are basically separated from their wives and won't end well.

For example, in response to such a matter as the interrogation of Dali Temple, Fang Chongyong only discussed with Wang Yunxiu, and it was impossible to say it in front of Dugu Yao.

"Well, what does Ah Lang think about An Lushan's matter?"

Wang Yunxiu was secretly happy in her heart, and asked in a low voice.

"If I were An Lushan, I would definitely be crazy tomorrow.

It doesn't matter what I do, what matters is what An Lushan will do. ”

Fang Chongyong said as he squeezed his fingers vigorously.

He had already prepared a set of plans, if An Lushan didn't make a move, then Fang Chongyong would have to make a move in advance.

The imperial court, or Dali Temple, has not yet announced An Lushan's guilt, but the people have already spread it. If no one sets up a game in this, it will be a real hell!

Fang Chongyong has been deducing in his heart how the trial will be conducted tomorrow, and one of the biggest variables is what An Lushan will do.

By kidnapping Dugu Yao and going home, Fang Chongyong has already tried out Brother Ji's intentions and bottom line, and he understands that no matter what he does, Brother Ji will "punish" him with thunder and rain, and he will not move seriously.

To the west are the Western Regions and Tibet, and to the north are the Khitan and Xi people, both of which require concentrated troops. The grasslands in the central part of the north have been relatively calm in recent years, and the towns of Shuofang and Hedong do not need to act together.

Fang Chongyong felt that what Brother Ji was doing now was to take some time to deal with the affairs of the border town, and then he could withdraw from it and continue to wave.

It is inevitable that An Lushan will be beaten hard.

As a general of the Hu people, it will be more advantageous and appealing when dealing with the tribes next to the city in the border town of Datang. Therefore, An Lushan was supported and reused by Jige, which is just the call of the times.

From this point of view, An Lushan's promotion is also inevitable.

"That's right, after all, the assassin also reported the right minister. If Ah Lang has something, then the right minister will also have something. ”

Wang Yunxiu nodded slightly and said thoughtfully.

She also didn't believe that Brother Ji would take out the Right Prime Minister and the Hexi Jiedu envoy in one go, and the impact on the court situation would be too great, and it would be difficult to clean up the mess in the future.

"Yes, a lot of things have changed, and a lot of things haven't changed."

Fang Chongyong said meaningfully, but unfortunately Wang Yunxiu didn't understand it at all.

The upper position of An Lushan is created by the times. The balance between the three towns in the northwest and the two towns in the northeast was also the need for military balance during the Tianbao period. This is the aftermath caused by the general trend of changing the government to recruit soldiers, and it is unavoidable.

Fang Chongyong originally wanted to give An Lushan some strength, so that he could not be the envoy of the Pinglu Festival.

But after thinking about it left and right, after keeping up with Ji Ge's operation ideas, he found that the rise of An Lushan could not be changed.

Even from a certain point of view, the rise of the Hu people's festival envoys is the call of the times, and it cannot be stopped at all.

It's better to be raw than cooked, for Fang Chongyong, cleaning up An Lushan in the future will definitely be more refreshing than cleaning up other Hu people's festival envoys.

At least Fang Chongyong knew that An Lushan should have reached the middle and late stages of diabetes by now. In the Tang Dynasty, where there was no insulin, were you still afraid that there would be no means to clean up An Lushan?

Boiled him to death!

"What is Lang worried about? Didn't you say that tomorrow's trial will not punish Ah Lang? ”

Wang Yunxiu saw Fang Chongyong's solemn face and asked with a puzzled expression. The thing she was most afraid of was that Fang Chongyong doted on Dugu Yao brainlessly, and used his lower body instead of his upper body to think. But looking at Fang Chongyong's character, you don't have to think too much.

As for what Brother Ji will do, Wang Yunxiu, who was born in a family of eunuchs, is not worried at all.

Of course, she wouldn't know that An Lushan, a big fat man who looked obsessed, actually set off stormy waves in a certain time and space!

She didn't even know that for many people, An Lushan was not a disaster, but a rare opportunity and an upward channel.

If Fang Chongyong told Wang Yunxiu now that An Lushan would raise troops in Youzhou in the future and sweep half of the Tang Dynasty, she would probably think that this was a fool's dream.

More than a thousand years of knowledge beyond the present has brought Fang Chongyong an indescribable loneliness.

"It's okay, let's talk about it after the trial tomorrow."

Fang Chongyong sighed helplessly, it was as if he had really had too much fun with Dugu Yao in the past few days, and then felt exhausted and lost his ability to think.

……

The assassination of Pei Kuan, the head of the household, shocked everyone in Chang'an City, from the princes and nobles to the small people of Shengdou.

Early in the morning, the gate of the Yamen Courtyard of Dali Temple, located in the imperial city, was opened, and the trial presided over by Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, officially began.

In addition to Brother Ji, the crown prince Li Xuan, the left minister Li Shizhi, the Dali Temple Qing Zheng Shuqing, the Dali Temple Shaoqing Yan Zhenqing and others, or as the chief judge or as an observer, attended the Yamen Hall of Dali Temple.

Although high-ranking officials such as Fang Chongyong, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, Li Linfu, the right minister, and An Lushan, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, were defendants, they only attended the hearing in the lobby because there was no real evidence.

A series of miscellaneous fish caught in the process of solving the case in Dali Temple are awaiting interrogation and are still in Dali Temple Prison for the time being. When interrogation is necessary, they are brought to the yamen hall for interrogation.

The outside of the yamen was blocked by the officials of Dali Temple with a wooden fence, and the people who liked to eat melons in Chang'an City were all watching the excitement outside the fence. In the face of Jin Wuweiming's dangling horizontal knife, one by one was excited and disciplined and did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

Although no matter what the circumstances of the case are, it will not let those who watch the excitement grow an extra piece of flesh.

But this kind of thing of a big official becoming a prisoner in a day made them feel the pleasure of beating the water dogs.

It doesn't matter if I'm unlucky or not, as long as I see that you're unlucky on weekdays, then I'll feel comfortable.

It's happier to see you lose at the table than if I win at the table!

This is the true thought of many people who eat melons.

"Zheng Zhengqing, the trial of Pei Kuan's assassination case can start now."

Brother Ji, who was sitting in the auditorium, instructed Zheng Shuqing, who was sitting in the position of Zhengqing of Dali Temple.

"The assassination case of Pei Kuan has officially begun!

Yan Shaoqing, please state the case to the sage. ”

Zheng Shuqing said to Yan Zhenqing, his face expressionless.

Shaoqing of Dali Temple is the real case handler of Dali Temple! This is the same as the six books are not in charge of affairs on weekdays, and the specific affairs are managed by the six squires.

Previously, the suspect who plotted to assassinate Pei Kuan committed suicide by hitting the pillar after the mastermind behind the confession.

However, there is something else in this case! ”

Yan Zhenqing said with a straight look, as if he was doing a routine.

(End of chapter)