The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 478 Zhu Xiu is in jail
Tianlao, as the folk call it, refers to the highest-level prison set up in the capital and under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

There is a prison under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple each. Based on the size and the level of prisoners held, the prison under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple is the real sky prison in people's perception.

Wudesi also has an internal prison, which is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. It is specially used to imprison confidential criminals, and officials are famous for being frightened.

The cell that Zhang Hang prepared for Zhu Xiu was located on the first floor, facing north and south, with sufficient lighting and smooth ventilation. It roughly estimated that the cell was [-] square meters and even had a special toilet. The living conditions were quite good.

"Master Zhu Hou, are you satisfied?" Zhang Han pushed open the cell door with his own hands, revealing a huge wooden door with a barrier thicker than his thigh.

Li Chongjin's soldiers directly carried the Jianyu into the cell, and Shi Xiangwen followed behind. He could walk in without bending down and lowering his head. This shows how tall the cell was built.

Feng Dao walked around with his hands behind his back and said doubtfully: "I seem to have been to this place before."

Zhang Han smiled and said: "This Dali Temple prison was built in the second year of Changxing reign of Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty. The last and first person to be imprisoned here was Emperor Min Li Conghou!

At that time, the king of Lu, Li Congke, raised an army and fought all the way to Luoyang. Li Conghou fled in panic and fled to Kaifeng. The eunuch Meng Hanqiong wanted to surrender to Li Congke, so he lured Li Conghou into Kaifeng City and imprisoned him here.

Later, thanks to the rescue by Murong Xin, the commander of the Crane Control Army, Li Conghou was able to escape to Weizhou.Unfortunately, Li Conghou's situation was over, and the people were not attached to him. Wang Hongzhi, the governor of Weizhou, and Shi Jingtang, the commander of Chengde Army in Zhenzhou, took Li Conghou hostage and returned to Luoyang. He temporarily stayed in Kaifeng on the way and was imprisoned here. "

Feng Dao twirled his white beard and said suddenly: "Yes, yes, it is true! Back then, I led hundreds of officials to welcome Emperor Tai of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Tai of Qing ordered me to go to Kaifeng to pick up Emperor Min back to the capital. That's where he left!"

In the blink of an eye, 18 years have passed.”

Feng Dao's vicissitudes of life are full of memories and nostalgia.

Zhang Han said with a smile: "Over the years, this place has been used as a warehouse for Dali Temple, storing some account books and records. When I heard that Master Zhu is coming, I thought about it, and this is the only place that is suitable for the settlement of Lord Zhu."

Feng Dao teased: "Boss Zhu, you and Emperor Min Li Conghou are treated the same, so just have fun secretly!"

Feng Qingchan helped Zhu Xiu get off the shoulders, walked slowly to the bed next to the wall and sat down.

Zhu Xiu said in a hollow voice: "Don't be too happy, old man. Li Conghou was detained here for more than half a year. He was deeply resentful after his tragic death. Maybe some of his ghosts will stay here.

When you led hundreds of officials to open Luoyang City and surrender to Li Congke, you should be the person Li Conghou hates the most!

Please don't stay here for a long time, lest you be haunted by evil ghosts, innocent souls seek your life, and your life span is shortened. Ahem~"

Feng Dao pulled off a few white beards with a shake of his hand. His heart ached and his body ached, and he said angrily: "You young man, you have wronged me! Back then, it was the two treacherous ministers Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun who instigated Li Conghou to implement the 'change of towns' strategy in a hurry. In the end, Rage against Li Congke!

According to the order of Empress Dowager Cao, the old man led a hundred officials to open the city and return to surrender, also to protect the country of Tang Dynasty and the lives of hundreds of thousands of subjects in Luoyang!

Li Conghou is young and ignorant, and has no ability to control the world. He himself is incompetent and has lost the throne. What does this have to do with me? "

Zhu Xiu curled his lips: "Shi Jingtang relied on the Khitans to seize the land of his father-in-law's family. In the end, the Shi Jin Dynasty was destroyed due to the Khitan war. These people are now turned into loess, but you are still alive and kicking. If I were Li Conghou, I would hate it the most. You, I’m jealous that your life span is longer than that of a bastard!”

Feng Qingchan pinched Zhu Xiu's arm: "Don't scold me, Mr. Weng!"

Zhu Xiu said hey: "I'm not scolding, I'm just making a metaphor. Think about it, it's better to compare with a tortoise. Is there any living creature in the world that lives longer than a tortoise? If possible, I also want to be a tortoise and live long enough, laugh Watching the ups and downs of the world, I remain unmoved!"

Feng Dao was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, but had no words to refute.

Zhang Han said with a smile: "Master Zhu is worthy of being a hermit and high apprentice, he is really in a good state!"

"Hey~ Zhang Siqing is too famous!" Zhu Xiu cupped her hands and lay down with her body propped up.

"Huh~ The bed board is a little hard, please trouble Zhang Siqing to send someone to bring two more mattresses later."

"I will send someone to prepare now. If Lord Zhu has any request, just tell the jailer. Except for not being able to go out, Dali Temple will try its best to accommodate other minor matters." Zhang Hang said politely.

"Thank you Zhang Siqing!"

Zhu Xiu had a good impression of this guy. He was a discerning man with a gentle temperament and was neither impatient nor impatient. He was someone who could get acquainted with.

Feng Qingchan was about to diagnose Zhu Xiu's pulse and then carefully conduct a set of physical examinations. Feng Dao asked Zhang Han to leave the cell in a sensible manner.

Shi Xiangwen was already lying down on the large bed at the other end. As soon as his head touched the pillow, he began to snore.

Zhu Xiu took off her blood-stained robe, exposed her upper body, lay on the bed, and let Feng Qingchan's cold hands explore her body.

Zhu Xiu stared at her, and felt more and more that this girl's concentration was so beautiful. When she sniffed carefully, she could smell an elegant fragrance mixed with herbs and body fragrance.

Feng Qingchan lay half on Zhu Xiu's body, checking the bruises on his waist and ribs.

"What's wrong with you? Why is your face flushed and hot?" Feng Qingchan noticed something strange about him and probed his forehead with the back of her hand.

"Uh, it's nothing, you continue~" Zhu Xiu closed her eyes.

"Could it be an internal injury, a little hot? It shouldn't be~" Feng Qingchan muttered suspiciously, continuing to grope between his waist and abdomen with both hands.

Zhu Xiu froze and hurriedly grabbed her little hand: "Why did you take off your pants?"

Feng Qingchan frowned and said, "You have injuries on your legs. Let me check them as well."

Zhu Xiu said hurriedly: "No need, it's just a minor wound on the flesh. Just get some ointment and apply it twice."

Feng Qingchan's beautiful curved eyebrows were wrinkled and her lips were pursed, as if she was thinking about something.

Suddenly, she felt a sudden realization. She bit her lips in shame, and her cheeks with some baby fat turned rosy.

Zhu Xiu coughed twice in embarrassment and said weakly: "Your hands are so soft and cold~"

Feng Qingchan broke away and stood up in a hurry. Her breathing was a little rapid, and she pretended to be calm and said: "Your internal injuries are not serious. I will boil the decoction and bring it to you every day, and then use silver needles to provide auxiliary treatment for you to activate the meridians."

After speaking, without waiting for Zhu Xiu's response, Feng Qingchan ran out of the cell as if fleeing.

After a while, Feng Daohua poked his head into the cell door with his white head and asked suspiciously: "A fight?"

Zhu Xiu was lying on his side and smiled back: "How could that be? Don't misunderstand me, Mrs. Feng. Madam Feng has already diagnosed my injury and will come to deliver medicine every day from now on."

Feng Dao snorted: "I'm warning you, kid, don't bully Chan'er."

Zhu Xiugong cupped his hands and yawned: "I have a lot to do today, Master. It's getting late. You'd better go home and rest as soon as possible!"

Zhu Xiu turned over and faced the wall, covering herself with quilt, obviously not wanting to talk to him anymore.

Feng Dao was so angry that he cursed a few words, flicked his sleeves and robes, and left Dali Temple accompanied by Zhang Hang and other officials.

With the sound of the stone door being locked, the cell fell into complete silence.

Light was projected into the cell from several palm-sized square windows on the high walls, and there was faint dust floating under the light beams.

Zhu Xiu held the back of his head with both hands, lying flat on the bed, looking at the thick and strong beams above his head, in a daze.

The events that happened today were presented in front of him like a slide show. Suddenly, he sat up straight and felt the injury on his chest, grinning in pain.

Regardless of the pain, Zhu Xiu carefully recalled all the details of today's Xinlingfang incident.

Wang Jun mobilized the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Guard in front of the palace and arrived at the so-called Privy Council residence, obviously to deal with him.Judging from Wang Jun's ferocious methods, his purpose today is to get rid of himself.

Zhu Xiu was confident before, thinking that Wang Jun would not dare to kill him.

Now it seems that he was wrong. Wang Jun not only dared, but also took action.

Judging from the performance of Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Li Jixun, and Han Chongyun, Li and Han may have taken refuge under Wang Jun, but Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi were obviously worried and did not dare to take action.

Judging from Zhao Kuangyin's reaction today, he did not know Wang Jun's plan beforehand.

Zhu Xiu thought anxiously. If he was Wang Jun and wanted to frame him, there would definitely be other back-up plans.

Wang Jun mobilized the imperial guards in front of the palace with great fanfare. If it was just to get rid of himself, it would be overkill.

Could it be that he has other purposes?

Zhu Xiu covered her chest, slowly lay down and breathed a sigh of relief.

He always felt that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

It seems that Wang Jun still has follow-up soldiers who have not arrived. If it is just to kill him, so many people are not needed at all.

This guy's target should be someone else besides himself.

Is it Chai Rong?Or is it Li Chongjin?

Zhu Xiu couldn't understand for a while.

What made him even more suspicious was that Uncle Guo didn't know about the big commotion caused by the imperial guards in front of the palace?

With Uncle Guo's control over the army, it is impossible for Wang Jun to mobilize hundreds of forbidden troops in front of the palace without permission!
Unless, all this is caused by Uncle Guo’s deliberate connivance
Zhu Xiu rubbed her forehead with a headache, her mind was muddled, she felt tired, and she yawned one after another.

No matter, anyway, after being fucked to the end, you have come in. Let's stay there for a while first.

After all, it was the royal cell of Emperor Min Li Conghou, and Zhu Xiu would not suffer any loss if he lived in it.

It's better to take advantage of the quiet time to calm down your mind.

Lao Shi was right. Since returning from Chanzhou, he had successfully arranged a marriage with Fu Jinhuan, and shouldered the responsibility of two newly established offices, the Firearms Supervision Bureau and the Information Bureau. Zhu Xiu was indeed a little distracted.

And because he made an empiricist error, he always thought that Wang Jun would be finished sooner or later, so he didn't take him seriously at all.

But Zhu Xiu forgot that Wang Jun had not yet fallen, and was still the most powerful person in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was indeed arrogant for him to rashly lead his men to break into the foreign residence of the most important minister of the dynasty to arrest someone.

Wang Jun conveniently staged a good show of "Baihutang" for him, but he was not wronged at all.

Thanks to good friends like Li Chongjin and Chai Rong who came to the rescue, otherwise his life would have been over.

Especially Li Chongjin, Zhu Xiu felt warm in his heart. This black guy was usually carefree and absolutely reliable at critical moments.

The friendship between the two of them over the years was not in vain. Every time they played mahjong, they lost a lot of money to him.
Zhu Xiu thought of Zhao Kuangyin again.

Zhao Daer rescued him at this critical moment, and Zhu Xiu was very grateful.

Based on this, that boy Zhao Er coveted Zhou Xian's crime of trying to seduce his sister-in-law, so he didn't care about it for the time being.

Zhu Xiu felt sleepy and gradually closed her eyes.

Finally, the beauties of Fu Jinhuan, Feng Qingchan, Shi Lingyan, and Zhou Xian flashed through his mind one after another. Zhu Xiu grinned and fell asleep with a smile.
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In the Qingshou Hall, Wang Jun was lying on the ground, his forehead touching the cold floor tiles, as humble as a slave.

There was no one in the hall, and after a while, a heavy footstep was heard walking up to the throne.

"Why does Wang Xianggong need to pay such a big gift? Please get up quickly!"

Guo Wei's deep voice sounded gently.

Wang Jun raised his head slightly and glanced at the steps above, carefully discerning the happiness and anger hidden in the emperor's tone.

Based on his understanding of the emperor, it was difficult to guess the emperor's current mood.

"I am guilty of death! Please punish me!" Wang Jun shouted sadly, twitching twice like sobbing.

Guo Wei said: "Why did Wang Xianggong say this?"

Wang Jun kowtowed and cried: "I heard that a murder occurred in the official residence of the Privy Council in Xinlingfang. In a hurry, I did not have time to report it to the officials, so I mobilized the imperial guards in front of the palace to arrest the murderer."

Guo Wei said in a deep voice: "I already know this. Is it true that General Chen Kang was killed by Zhu Xiu?"

Wang Jun took a sneak peek, observed Guo Wei's face, and said cautiously: "There is no complete evidence at the moment, but when I arrived with my troops, it happened that Zhu Xiu led his private troops to break into the official residence in a fierce manner, and kept saying that he wanted to capture the escaped slaves of the Hou Mansion. He acted suspiciously, so I suspect that the case is related to Zhu Xiu!"

Guo Wei said: "But as far as I know, Generals Zhu Xiu and Chen Kang have no grudges. Why do they want to kill people?"

Wang Jun said hurriedly: "This will not be known until Dali Temple has reviewed it."

Guo Wei nodded and said: "I have asked Fan Zhi to jointly try the case with Jing Fan, the Minister of Punishment, and Zhang Hang, the Minister of Dali Temple! Even if Zhu Xiu is not the real murderer, he led his people to break into the Privy Council official residence without permission. He is simply audacious. You really should be punished!"

Wang Jun's eyes rolled sharply. Hearing the official's tone, it was clear that he was avoiding the serious and taking the light of the matter. I'm afraid Zhu Xiu would not be severely punished!

Guo Wei asked again: "Why didn't I know when the Privy Council had an official residence in Xinlingfang?"

Wang Jun hurriedly replied: "Recently, the Privy Council has been renovated and repaired. I have vacated the outer residence in Xinlingfang and temporarily used it as the official residence of the Privy Council. I was preparing to move. Unexpectedly, a murder occurred."

"That's it." Guo Wei smiled and did not continue to ask. Wang Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Wei said earnestly and sincerely: "Ms. Wang, you have been wronged in the Xinlingfang case. They are a bunch of young and arrogant people who don't know the heights of the world. They usually regard brothers and sisters as their most important thing. If there is any offense, I will report to you on their behalf." If you are not here to accompany me, don’t be like a bunch of juniors!”

Wang Jun panicked and said: "The officials have spoken harshly, but I dare not! I was also at fault this time. I lost my sense in my anxiety. I should first report the case to the officials and wait for the officials to deal with it!"

Guo Wei waved his hand: "Xianggong Wang is right to act decisively, but within the capital, it is better to use less war."

Wang Jun bowed down again: "I would like to follow the teachings of the officials!"

Guo Wei picked up a copy of the imperial edict with a smile: "By the way, I transferred Chen Pu, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Outer Palace, and Xie Sheng, the commander of the left wing of Pengri, to take up posts in Hebei. This matter was handled urgently and I didn't have time to discuss it with you. , take a look, and if you have no objection, we will reissue the document according to Privy Council procedures."

Wang Jun's heart skipped a beat, and he forced out an ugly smile: "I'll do it right away!"

Wang Jun held the imperial edict in both hands and respectfully exited the hall.

Watching his figure disappear between the palaces and gardens, the smile on Guo Wei's face disappeared little by little, and his tiger eyes were cold and deep.

(End of this chapter)