When Cui Geng heard the news, he asked everyone in the house to sit down for a while, and quickly got up and went out of the house with Mao Bo to greet the imperial envoy.

Cui Mansion, outside the house.

This envoy was a fifty-year-old, white-faced and beardless eunuch, and the fat on his body trembled and trembled, and he was very rich.

As soon as Cui Geng saw the eunuch's formation, he was a little disappointed.

Because this eunuch from Chang'an, the capital of the Son of Heaven, actually came to Qingyuan City alone, and there was neither a guard to accompany him, nor a retinue to accompany him.

Single-handedly came to Qingyuan, hehe, the specifications of this eunuch are a bit low, but it is conceivable that the holy decree he brought should not have any gold content.

However, after recognizing the eunuch's robe, Cui Geng was completely dumbfounded.

He was afraid that he had seen it wrong, so he subconsciously blinked his eyes, and then glanced at it seriously.

Oh yes!

The other party was dressed in a light scarlet official robe.

According to the Tang law, officials above the third rank are dressed in purple, the fourth and fifth grades are dressed in scarlet (vermilion), the sixth and seventh grades are dressed in green, and the eighth and ninth grades are dressed in green.

The official robe is shallow and scarlet, which is five grades.

The eunuch in front of him who came to announce the decree unexpectedly... It turned out to be five ranks?

At that moment, Cui Geng's mind suddenly emptied, and there was chaos......

For the promotion and debasement of a small seven-rank imperial history, can the imperial court use the five-grade eunuchs? What kind of rhythm is this Nima?

However, he soon came back to his senses, and after all, this official in front of him was a five-grade official, and it was not a hospitable way to hang people at the door for a long time.

So, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "The lower officials see the envoy!" ”

"Cui Yushi is quick and exempt, you don't have to be polite!" Before he finished his salute, he saw that the eunuch also stepped forward symbolically and supported Cui Geng's shoulders, not only did he have the superiority and arrogance of the legendary Chang'an Jingguan, but there was still a bit of flattering enthusiasm in his words.

Subsequently, the eunuch took the initiative to introduce himself: "The official's surname is Liu Mingboqiu, and he is now serving in the province." This time, a certain family is fully responsible for going out of Beijing to issue an edict to clear the source. "Come to Qingyuan to announce the decree, Cui Yushi called a certain Liu Shilang, or Liu Laosi.

The Inner Servant Province is the emperor's internal service organization, which manages the internal affairs of the palace, and is a unified organization of all the eunuchs in the imperial palace in the Tang Dynasty, with four or five thousand eunuchs. They were in charge of delivering edicts, guarding the palace gates, sweeping the inner court, cashiering the inner treasury, and taking care of the emperor's food and daily life.

The Ministry of Internal Service usually has six permanent attendants, and under the five grades, all affairs of the Ministry of Internal Service are judged.

Set up ten people to do things inside, succumb to the internal permanent servants, rank from the five grades, take charge of the work and ask, and divide the judgment to save trouble.

In other words, the person surnamed Liu in front of him has an extremely prominent position in the Inner Service Province, and he can still talk and make ideas in front of Wu Zetian if he can't bear it.

Grandma's, this level is definitely a character with a head and a face!

……

Cui Geng naturally didn't dare to slack off, and clasped his fists again, and said, "It turns out that it is an internal minister!" ”

"Haha, Cui Yushi Mo wants to be so polite!" Although Cui Geng's etiquette was very useful to the eunuchs, he still shook his head with a humble smile and said, "A certain family ranked fourth in the family before entering the palace, and Cui Yushi called a certain family Liu Shilang, or Liu Laosi!" This sound of 'inner to give things to the adult', can be called a little angry! ”

I rub, called so affectionate?

Cui Geng was secretly stunned, milk ball, my brother is not familiar with you! And in front of you, my brother is just a seven-rank imperial history sitting on a cold bench, is he so fake and polite?

immediately laughed dryly and said, "Liu is polite, the lower officials don't dare!" ”

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Liu Laosi was slightly angry and said: "Doesn't Cui Yushi look down on such a physically disabled person from a certain family, isn't he worthy of being called a brother and sister to Cui Yushi?" ”

When Cui Geng saw it, he was confused! Isn't it really polite?

He hurriedly explained: "Of course Xia Guan didn't mean that, it's just that you are the inner servant......

"It's good if not! You can't be so vain! Liu Boqiu's face changed again, smiled again, interrupted Cui Geng's explanation, and said: "Since this is the case, Cui Yushi will call the elder brother Liu Laosi to listen." ”

"Uh, okay!"

Cui Geng couldn't figure out the other party's path, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Then the lower official will call you Liu Shilang, right?" ”

Calling someone so-and-so is actually an honorific title or a nickname. Originally, this title was used by relatives or servants in the family to address the male master.

Later, it was almost called out in society, implicitly: I call you that way with your servants, and I have great respect for you.

It's not worth it if you call too much, and now, so-and-so Lang is just a very common title.

But in any case, this name still has a bit of respect for the other party.

Liu Boqiu nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's pretty much the same." Come and don't be rude. Then a certain family will call you Erlang in the future? ”

"Of course, of course!"

Cui Geng cautiously diverted the topic and said, "Shiro, this time you have come to Qingyuan from Chang'an thousands of miles away, and the matter of the holy decree is ......."

"Oh, yes, yes, proclamation, this is a top priority, and it can't be delayed!"

Then, Liu Laosi turned around, took out a holy decree from the burden on the horse, and shouted with a solemn face: "Cui Geng, the political envoy of Lingnan Province, accept the decree!" ”

"Wechen is here!"

Suddenly, Cui Geng knelt down.

At the suggestion of Mao Bo and Xiao Jiu'er, the Cui family, the people who gathered around the gate of Cui's mansion to watch the excitement also knelt down.

This is a holy decree, it is the will of the Son of Heaven, in the eyes of the people, but it is sacred and solemn, and it may not be possible to see it with your own eyes for a hundred years.

After Liu Laosi saw that there were no kneeling people around him, he continued to chant Lang Lang: "I said, there is a Cui cultivator of the Cui clan of Qinghe......

The so-called Qinghe Cui clan, not the Qingyuan Cui clan, is the family background of the group of sycophants who praised Wu Zetian's stinky feet in order to disgust the group of Li Tang ministers, and forcibly pinched their noses and added Cui Geng's family background. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Cui Geng was able to enter the officialdom from businessman to officialdom inexplicably.

Of course, this is just a false name, and the Qinghe Cui clan will not admit that there is such a side descendant as Cui Geng in their genealogy.

When Liu Laosi finished reciting this holy decree in a suppressed and frustrated manner, Cui Geng soon had a good idea of his new position - the holy decree said that because of his meritorious work in investigating and handling Wu Sanzhong's case, he was promoted to Jiangdu County Commander, ranked six ranks, and chose to take up his post on a later date.

It's just that about this appointment, not only him, but everyone who has a little knowledge around him, feels very strange.

Because as we all know, the seven-rank imperial history is a good position for gilding, as long as it is not a speaker, if it is put outside, it is generally a five-grade official. As for the sixth grade or below, it's not nothing, but that's basically a consolation prize.

However, the imperial court generally gives an idle errand to the officials who give consolation prizes, so that you can eat and wait for the ball to die, and there is basically not much room for growth in your career. But the consolation prize given to Cui Geng by the imperial court is the Jiangdu county order of the six products, and only those who have a particularly hard background can become a county order with real power.

What's more, Jiangdu County is considered to be an extremely powerful existence in Wangxian County, and when it is a county order, it is almost not a consolation prize, but a special prize.

Think about it, which one will have more room for promotion in the future, giving a five-grade idle post or a six-grade Wangxian county order? Naturally, it's the latter!

Because the latter is a complete landlord ruling a county, this is a necessary qualification for the promotion of the center in the future.

It seems to be a consolation prize, but it is actually a special prize, and almost everyone, including Cui Geng himself, is a little confused.

Liu Laosi saw that Cui Geng's face was sluggish, and he didn't thank him for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Erlang, do you think this appointment is a little inexplicable?" ”

"Uh... Yes, it is. Cui Geng nodded and said, "It's not a secret, the lower officials are confused now, and this appointment is too ......."

"Confused?" Liu Laosi smiled slightly and said, "Hehe, the twists and turns in this holy decree, the miscellaneous family really knows a little bit about it." But ......"

"What's going on? I hope Shiro will solve my doubts! Cui Geng couldn't wait to take over.

"Huh! You give thanks first! Liu Laosi reminded him.

Cui Geng did as he was said and respectfully accepted the holy decree.

Then he looked at Liu Laosi with a blank eye, counting on the other party to clear up his doubts.

After Liu Laosi handed over the holy decree, he clapped his hands, and said to him: "Erlang, you don't know, in order to be able to send this holy decree to your house before the end of the Dragon Boat Festival, the miscellaneous family will send this holy decree to your house to read it, but the eight-hundred-mile rush is on the road alone, and he didn't even bring a companion, so he hurried along the way, and suffered a lot." The purpose is to let Erlang take the side reassurance pill earlier. There's no merit and hard work, right? What's the matter, why don't you invite me to a drink? Hanging my brother and me outside the gate of this Cui Mansion is a bit unkind! ”

"Huh?"

Cui Geng also reacted, smiled apologetically, and said: "Yes, yes, it is the lower official who has lost his manners, this is not the place to speak, Liu will give the matter to please." ”

invited Liu Laosi into the house and welcomed him to the hall.

Although everyone didn't go outside the house, they also knew what happened outside the house, and they all wanted to push Liu Laosi to sit as the chief.

Originally, Liu Boqiu was the internal service of the five grades of the province, even if he was a eunuch, he was also the highest grade in the field. And this time, on behalf of the Great Zhou Tianzi, he came to read the will, who will be the chief if he is not the chief?

Unexpectedly, Liu Laosi took a look around and saw Lu Xiong.

He immediately smiled with a smile on his face, took a few steps forward, bent down close to ninety degrees, and said respectfully: "Isn't this Lu Sima, the miscellaneous family has given you a salute." ”

Subsequently, Liu Laosi said that he would not sit in the chief position, and he was determined to invite Lu Xiong to sit in the chief.

Lu Xiong had also seen Liu Laosi a few times in Chang'an, and he relied on it in his heart, knowing that if he didn't sit in that position, Liu Laosi, the eunuch's heart, would not be able to settle down, and he would simply stop being hypocritical.

As a result, the seating pattern in the hall changed again.

Lu Xiong sat in the center with his face south and north back, Liu Laosi and Cui Geng sat on the left and right, sitting sideways with each other.

Cui Geng asked: "Liu Zhishi, oh no, Shiro, I'm still a little confused, this position of Jiangdu County Commander really makes Cui a little sudden, the twists and turns in this holy decree, you can always say it clearly now, right?" ”

Liu Laosi glanced around, and hesitated slightly: "Say it here?" So many idlers, etc.? Not quite right, right? ”

"Ahem, there are no idle people waiting here!"

Lu Xiong's face was slightly displeased, and he said: "There is nothing inappropriate, here are all people that Cui Yushi can trust, and they are also people that I Lu Xiong can trust." If you have anything to say, just say it here. ”

"Okay. However, this matter is a long story, and Erlang has to be a little patient and listen slowly......"

Immediately afterwards, Liu Laosi slowly and methodically told the ins and outs of the situation.

Different from the case of the former prime minister Su Liangsi, although Wu Zetian raised and fell lightly on the so-called "Di Renjie's rebellion" case, he did not let go of the doubts in his heart at all.

Su Liangsi and Wei Fangzhen are both literati, and they have prestige and talent. However, if you want to say that these two can threaten Wu Zetian's throne, no matter how suspicious Wu Zetian is, he doesn't believe that they have the ability and ability.

Therefore, Wu Zetian can deal with Su and Wei calmly, and advance and retreat freely.

But Di Renjie and the others are different, they all have a strategy in their bellies, and they have 100,000 soldiers in their chests. If one day Di Renjie and his henchmen really united and suddenly attacked him, Wu Zenaï was not sure if he could bear it.

Therefore, she didn't care about the case of "Di Renjie's rebellion" reported by Lai Junchen at all, whether the evidence was conclusive, she only cared that these people had both this suspicion and this ability, so they had this possibility.

As long as there is a 1 percent chance, she must nip the danger in the bud.

It's better to kill by mistake, don't let it go, and don't indulge in vain!

After this incident, Wu Zetian was suspicious, not only stopped the pace of cleaning up the cool official group, but also almost obeyed Lai Junchen's words.

After such a back and forth, especially after successfully attacking Di Renjie's group, Lai Junchen was a little carried away.

He even let out a word: Look, as soon as the official made a move, he brought down the two prime ministers and the two Shangshu. No matter how powerful others are, and how much they are favored by His Majesty, can they compare to Di Renjie? Hmph, you'd better get acquainted with each other, otherwise, whoever I don't like will die.

Supposedly, it's nothing, everyone will coax him anyway. Whatever he says, everyone will do, and then give the pearl and jade beauty.

But how can things be so simple?

One day, Lai Junchen got drunk and asked his subordinates to write the names of officials above the third grade on slips of paper and made them into targets. Then he played a "stone-throwing game" against these targets, claiming that whoever was thrown was unlucky, and let him raid his family and exterminate his family.

It's good to die, and there are also the names of Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi on the target, and this matter has somehow spread out.

After Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi heard the news, the brothers were pondering, fuck, Lai Junchen is a madman, maybe one day his hand shakes, and the lives of our brothers will be gone. Nima is still fighting for the prince, let's hurry up and find a way to protect ourselves.

At the same time, the two of them deeply felt that they were weak, so they joined forces with various dignitaries and nobles to form an alliance against Lai Junchen, including Shangguan Wan'er.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er had a good impression of Cui Geng, a young man who almost became her nephew and son-in-law, because she had received a letter from Lu Xiong.

Erwu also felt that this little sesame official who was far away in Lingnan Province had made great contributions in the process of killing Wu Sanzhong, a careerist, and could be regarded as a meritorious hero.

What's more, Lai Junchen, who has already got carried away, also thinks that Cui Geng is a little shrimp, and his bullshit written in the bullet seal is incomprehensible, and it is very easy to refute.

As a result, the "Anti-Lai Junchen Alliance" formed by Erwu and Shangguan Wan'er and others decided to find an entry point from this matter and teach Lai Junchen a hard lesson.

Let him know that this court is not something that he can cover the sky with one hand!

One day, Wu Zetian caught a cold and developed a low-grade fever.

Shangguan Wan'er knew that the opportunity to enter the point had finally come!

She had already learned from Lu Xiong's letter about Cui Geng's rescue of Chen Yuanguang.

In this letter, Lu Xiong not only introduced the production method of aspirin in detail, but also said that after his own personal verification, this medicine is simply very good, cures all diseases, and has the best effect on fever, cold, headache, and brain fever. Our aunt is really an all-powerful young man.

Shangguan Wan'er was curious, and also made crude salicylic acid in accordance with the law, and found that the medicine was cured, and it was really magical.

There were a lot of things about the cattle gnawing on the willow bark, and there were no accidents, and they could see each other, and this thing was definitely not poisonous.

So, Shangguan Wan'er presented this medicine to Wu Zetian.

The two biggest effects of aspirin are fever reduction and analgesia.

Wu Zetian was in pain, but after taking this medicine, his whole body was relaxed, and he hurriedly asked about the origin of this magic medicine.

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes rolled and said, "Your Majesty, this medicine is called Cui Yao." It is the ...... of the right Su Zhengtai Cui Yushi"

Next, Shangguan Wan'er said a lot of good things for Cui Geng.

For Cui Geng, who had offered tribute wine and captured the king alive, Wu Zetian certainly had an impression. Otherwise, there would be no instructions for Lai Junchen's performance, and there would be no instructions for the time being.

Now that she heard that Cui Geng would make medicine, her mind suddenly came alive.

There are more talents in the imperial court, even if Lai Junchen wronged a small seven-grade sesame official, it is nothing, and one less Cui Geng will not affect the government of the Tang Empire.

However, good doctors are rare!

I am sixty-eight years old this year, and my health is not as good as before, who knows if I will get any incurable diseases?

Maybe when, this Cui Erlang may be able to save his life! This kind of rare talent, I should pay attention to it.

After thinking about it, Wu Zetian sent someone to summon Junchen and ask him about the previous impeachment of Cui Geng.

To be honest, Lai Junchen really didn't think much about this impeachment, and he didn't even know anything about Cui Geng's past, so he was asked in a few words.

At this great opportunity that is hard to buy, Shangguan Wan'er, a clever person, took the opportunity to give Lai Junchen eye medicine in front of Wu Zetian, and said: "Lai Junchen framed Zhongliang, and asked Your Majesty to administer justice for Cui Geng, the political envoy of Lingnan Province!" ”