Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 626 Latecomers

"I'm rude, please forgive Mr. Liu!" Yiji Lianbode bowed to Liu Yuanzhen and saluted. Although Liu Yuanzhen knew that this was just Wang Wenzuo giving him a step down, but in this case, there was no point in holding on to him any longer.He waved his hand: "Well, this is not a place to stay for a long time. If you have anything to say, Saburo, just tell me!"

"Since the imperial government said so, I won't be polite!" Wang Wenzuo pursed his lips, making him look very serious: "What did you and Zhou Xing say in the Daming Palace that day?"

"Your subordinates have already asked in my house!" Liu Yuanzhen replied impatiently: "I have already made it very clear. I was kicked out of the palace by the queen just after I said a few words. How did I know that Zhou Xing said that?" What!"

"Then explain clearly what you saw and heard before you left!"

"Wang Wenzuo, don't you think this is too much?" Liu Yuanzhen's eyes shone with dim fire, like hot charcoal in a furnace: "This is a forbidden language, and no one can know it!"

"It's not that I want to know!" Wang Wenzuo said, "You should know who is really asking you!"

Liu Yuanzhen felt his back began to ache. Whenever the weather changed, his back began to ache unbearably, as if thousands of worms were wriggling in the bone marrow. The south will be much better. Maybe it's time for me to leave Chang'an and go to Yangzhou or Bashu to become a governor.

"If I tell you the truth, can you let me leave Chang'an and go to the south to be a governor?" Liu Yuanzhen asked.

"Want to leave Chang'an, a place of right and wrong?" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "No problem, I can promise you!"

"I only heard Zhou Xing say two words before I left that night!" After getting Wang Wenzuo's promise, Liu Yuanzhen answered quickly: "'Zhou Guogong was framed, he fell into a trap set by others!'"

"That's all?" Wang Wenzuo couldn't help but be disappointed: "There's nothing else?"

"Of course Zhou Xing said more than that in front of the queen that day, otherwise the queen would not have rewarded him! But the queen was in a bad mood at the time, and said that we should only say a few words, and get out if we can't understand the two sentences. I I couldn’t say it, but Zhou Xing said these two sentences, so he stayed and I went out.”

"Duke Zhou was framed. Did he fall into someone else's trap?" Wang Wenzuo repeated: "The inner government has a good plan. Just based on these two sentences, I want to change the governor to be a governor. Isn't this a bit too much?"

"Sanlang, you asked me to say what Zhou Xing said that night, but I heard these two sentences last night! How can I say more? As for the matter of the governor, you have already agreed. If you regret it, I have nothing to do with you !" Liu Yuanzhen said with a smile. When he saw Wang Wenzuo like this, he felt like he was able to win back the game, and he felt happy in his heart.

"Okay!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "Since this is the case, that's the only way to go. Don't worry about the governor's matter, I will naturally tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"That's good!" Liu Yuanzhen stood up: "If there is nothing else, I will leave!"

"Why should the inner palace be in such a hurry!" Wang Wenzuo stretched out his hand to stop him: "You said that you only heard Zhou Xing say a few words at that time, so before entering the palace, Zhou Xing must have told you the purpose of entering the palace, right? "

"Yeah!" Liu Yuanzhen nodded: "Yes, he mentioned it, but this guy's tone is very strict, he only said that he had discovered the reason why Zhou Guogong was harmed by others, oh, yes, he said that he had discovered a massacre. A conspiracy that can turn the whole of Chang'an upside down!"

"A big conspiracy? Turn the whole of Chang'an upside down?" Wang Wenzuo frowned. He knew the cause of He Lanminzhi's death the most. The main reason for killing He Lanminzhi himself was to cover up the prince's embarrassment in the big conspiracy to turn Chang'an City upside down. Anyway, even if he didn't do it himself, He Lanminzhi would be a dead end if he encountered such a thing. Just kill him directly to make the prince famous Listen better.In connection with what this person has done in history, most likely this is a trick of beating up, weaving charges, implicating others, and committing crimes in vain.After He Lanminzhi's unexplained death, Wu Zetian was in extreme panic, feeling that he was surrounded by enemies, so he used Zhou Xing, a cruel official, as a tool to eliminate political enemies.One of these two wanted fame and wealth, and the other wanted to set up a big case to cleanse the court and eliminate political opponents. It can be said that they hit it off.

"By the way, that guy also mentioned a person, Lu Zhaolin!" Liu Yuanzhen said with a smile: "He was very proud when he mentioned this person, saying that this person was closely related to the death of Duke Zhou. If he could find this person, Then all the truth will be revealed!”

"Lu Zhaolin?" If Wang Wenzuo had always had a relaxed attitude as a bystander, this time he couldn't help being startled. Of course, Lu Zhaolin was not the main reason why he borrowed Yang Sijian's help to kill He Lan Minzhi, but if it had anything to do with it, it would not matter. No, that would be a lie.This Zhou Xing was able to reach all the way here. He was quite capable. It seemed that he had to find an opportunity to get rid of him, otherwise it would be a catastrophe sooner or later.

"What's the matter, Saburo, do you know this person?"

"Yeah!" Wang Wenzuo didn't hide anything: "My wife belongs to the Cui family of Qinghe, and he is a family friend with Lu Zhaolin, so after he was imprisoned, I once had an affair with Zhou Guogong, but he still refused to let him go!"

"There are other things like this!" Liu Yuanzhen said with a smile: "Then Zhou Guogong didn't die at your hands, did he?"

"Liu Nei's mansion, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately!" Wang Wenzuo sneered: "That night Zhou Guogong died in Yang's mansion, and the daughter of the Yang family, the future princess, also died together. How capable is it that Yang Sijian can put his future son-in-law's father-in-law at risk and risk his daughter's life to kill Zhou Guogong?"

"Hahaha! It's a joke, it's a joke! Don't take it seriously, Sanlang!" Liu Yuanzhen patted Wang Wenzuo's right arm and said with a smile, but he didn't know that what he just said was already very close to the truth.

Wang Wenzuo snorted coldly and pretended to be angry. Liu Yuanzhen said a few more soft words. Just after he passed this hurdle, Wang Wenzuo sighed: "Listening to what you said, Zhou Xing is probably going to cause a stir. A bloody storm is coming, hey, it's a pity that I have been favored by the prince, otherwise I would have followed your example and found a way to leave Chang'an to avoid the limelight!"

"Sanlang was joking. You hold the soldiers of the Eastern Palace in your hands, and the prince is protecting them. What are you afraid of?" Liu Yuanzhen said with a smile: "If anyone in Chang'an City is the support of Mount Tai, except for the emperor, the queen and the prince, they will be in turn." It's your turn, don't look at those few ministers in the Zhengshitang who are majestic and majestic in the normal days, they are really not as good as you at this time, if you get involved casually, you will either be exiled to the southwestern misty land, or the family will be wiped out! Alright, If there is nothing else, then leave, remember my business!"

Sending Liu Yuanzhen out of the house, Wang Wenzuo fell into deep thought. Although the other party basically didn't hear the conversation between Zhou Xing and the queen, he also felt that the danger was approaching step by step. Maybe it won't be long before the queen can find out what he has to do .

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Chang'an, Mingdemen.

"I'm back again, I miss you so much! Brother Lu returned to Chang'an a few months earlier than me, so let's go visit him first!" Looking at the wide Suzaku Avenue in front of him, Wang Bo heaved a sigh of relief and laughed softly.

In order to catch up with the scientific election in the autumn and winter of the second year of Xianheng (671), Wang Bo and Lu Zhaolin originally planned to travel together, but Wang Bo suddenly fell ill, so Lu Zhaolin had to go back to Chang'an alone, and Wang Bo rested in Chengdu for a few months until he recovered. It was not until the summer of 671 that he returned to Chang'an.However, it is not the friendly smile of an old friend who welcomes him who is full of ambitions, but the name of a familiar old friend posted on the wanted document next to the city gate.

"What? Brother Lu has become a prisoner? The imperial court issued a list of arrests. If anyone finds a clue, he will be rewarded with [-] pieces of silk. If he seizes his own, he will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of silk!" Looking at the number of rewards on the list, Wang Bo couldn't help being dumbfounded. , this reward is already quite scary, what did brother Lu do when he was not around?This reward is enough to capture the first criminal of the crime of treason.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" The officer waved his stick and drove away the people who were watching. He also posted two arrest documents. They were both guilty of treason and rebellion. The reward was less than Lu Zhaolin, but he got a job. There are also three hundred and five hundred pieces of silk.Wang Bo looked at the list carefully and found that it was unclear. It only said how much the reward would be for arresting so-and-so, but it did not explain clearly what the crimes of these people were.He was an extremely smart man and thought to himself: "Can't the details of this case be announced now? So the list only mentioned the arrest and reward, but did not mention the specific details of the case. In this way, Brother Lu is most likely involved in this case. He is just a small fish and shrimp. Taking him is just the beginning. The specific big shot has not surfaced yet? The small fish and shrimp are rewarded with a thousand pieces of silk. How much reward does this big shot want? Tsk, tsk, it seems that Brother Lu is really the one this time Fell into a big pit!”

After reading the list, Wang Bo entered the city and walked along the Zhuque Street. Although the street was still bustling with people in an imperial style, he was no longer in the mood to watch it. Next, Kexuan explored the news, but what happened at the gate of the city made him change his mind. He remembered that a friend Ling Jiyou was working in the Ministry of Punishment, so he changed his path and went to his old friend first.

After some inquiries, Wang Bo finally found Ling Jiyou's residence in the evening. This man rented a house in Changshoufang.But when Wang Bo arrived, he found that General Tie was guarding the door, and there was no one in the room. He waited and waited until the first watch and saw Ling Jiyou come back with a tired face, so he hurried to meet him.

"Brother Zi'an, why are you here?" Ling Jiyou was also surprised when he saw his old friend appear.

"It's not for the autumn and winter science elections!" Wang Bo sighed: "I have traveled thousands of miles from Chengdu, and I have been waiting at your door from evening until now. I am thirsty and hungry. How do you think I will compensate you?"

"You can't blame me!" Ling Jiyou said with a smile: "I just changed to a new boss, and I have been tossing and tossing from morning to night every day for seven or eight days. Don't say that you are here, even if it is your parents. , I can't care less!"

"The new boss? Who is it? Why?" Wang Bo asked.

Ling Jiyou answered as he opened the door: "My surname is Zhou Mingxing. I am from Chang'an. He was originally the magistrate of Wannian County. Now he is appointed as the Minister of Provincial Affairs. He handles a big case with the decree of Her Majesty the Queen! Everyone was urged by him. Working in two shifts day and night, there are still a group of colleagues running errands in the yamen!"

"So urgent?" Wang Bo's heart moved: "By the way, when I was entering the city, I saw a notice at the door with a document to arrest Lu Zhaolin. The reward is very heavy!"

"Shut up!" Ling Jiyou quickly covered Wang Bo's mouth, walked to the window and stuck his head out to see if there was no one outside, then lowered his voice and said: "Are you willing to die? How dare you mention his name? If anyone hears it, , if you seize it, you won’t be able to get out!”

"What a joke!" Wang Bo was unconvinced: "Brother Lu's poetry is well-known all over the world. If he is arrested just by mentioning his name, there will be many people arrested. I don't know if the Yongzhou Prefecture Prison is pretending. Down!"

"You don't need to worry about this! Yongzhou Mansion can't hold it, and there are Yeting, Criminal Department, and counties, and some are prison cells!" Ling Jiyou sneered: "Don't be convinced, you know who has been taken down Li Jiong, the king of Deng, Hao Chujun, the waiter of Dongtai, and others, there are 30 to [-] officials above the fifth rank, all of whom are related to that guy, not one more than you!"

"Deng Wang Li Jiong? Dongtai servant Hao Chujun?" Hearing these prominent names, Wang Bo's face turned pale: "What's going on, why is this a big prison? Brother Lu came to Chang'an just to seek an official?"

"How do I know?" Ling Jiyou sneered: "He should just be involved, there are many more things to come! Anyway, the prince of the East Palace got engaged to the daughter of Siwei Shaoqing Yang Sijian a few days ago, and that night the Yang Mansion held a banquet for guests and friends , and the Duke of Zhou and the daughter of the Yang family both died that night. It is said that the attempted rape was attempted, so Yang Sijian killed the Duke of Zhou, and the daughter of the Yang family also hanged herself from the beam!"

"This, this—" Wang Bo was already dumbfounded: "Who is Duke Zhou?"

"His real name is He Lanminzhi, and he is the queen's nephew. The queen gave him a surname because she disagreed with the family, and let him inherit the title of the queen's father!" Ling Jiyou said coldly: "You know now? The water inside is too deep. If Lu Sheng gets involved, there is only one way to die. If you don't want to be involved, don't mention that you once knew him, otherwise you will be ruined if you just hang up! "

Wang Bo nodded. At this time, his heart was already icy cold, and his eagerness to come to Chang'an had long been in vain. Suddenly he thought that if he hadn't suffered from the illness in Chengdu, he and Lu Zhaolin would have come to Chang'an together. It was all caught up.

"Then, what should I do now?" Wang Bo asked.

"Just live with me!" Ling Jiyou said with a smile: "You should eat and sleep, and don't wander around. Wait until this wave of limelight passes, and then consider the matter of the subject selection! In fact, this is also a good thing for you. After a major case, there must be a lot of vacancies at the top, and with your talent and learning, you will definitely be able to get a good official position!"

(End of this chapter)