As the first person in the Cool Officials Group, how could Lai Junchen be so easy to fight? Otherwise, why should Erwu, Shangguan Wan'er and others abandon their previous suspicions to form an "Anti-Lai Junchen Alliance" in order to deal with him?

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er complaining in person, he tried his best to calm down and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a love in return." ”

"You speak." Wu Zetian's face was neither salty nor light, and he couldn't see half of his joy and anger.

"That Cui Geng may not be guilty, but Your Majesty, don't forget, he was taken care of by Di Renjie and entered the right political platform. Di Renjie's suspicion of rebellion is difficult to go, who knows if this Cui Geng and Cui Erlang are accomplices? Wechen's impeachment of him may be suspected of false accusations, but he is absolutely selfless! ”

The implication is that in order to protect His Majesty's eternal country, if there is the slightest suspicion, I would rather kill Junchen than let it go!

He replied with a firm and unashamed answer!

Sure enough, it was Lai Junchen who poked at the weakness, and Wu Zetian immediately hesitated after he reminded him like this.

In the final analysis, don't let go of the mistake of killing those suspected of rebellion, that's what she meant, and coming to Junchen is just a matter of doing things.

She pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Having said that, this Cui Geng's medicine has alleviated my pain, and he is a meritorious person, so he should not be too harsh." Come to Aiqing, what do you think should be done with him? ”

Lai Junchen can stand out from the cool officials, and this kung fu of figuring out the intention has of course reached the point of perfection. After hearing this, I understood that in a short period of time, it was completely impossible for Wu Zetian to dispose of Cui Geng.

He couldn't make another plan, and replied: "Cui Erlang deserves to be rewarded for his meritorious work in offering medicine, but he can't act as His Majesty's eyes and ears when he is in a place of suspicion." It is better to move him out of the right Su Zhengtai, promote him to a higher level, and go to Jiangdu County under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou to be a county magistrate. ”

Wu Zetian secretly thought, although the rank of Jiangdu County Order is not high, but this place is rich and powerful, Cui Geng does not need to be corrupt and bribe-taking, and he can collect tens of thousands of yuan of regular money a year, which is enough to reward him.

So, nod in agreement.

Since then, there has been a scene of today's holy decree to clear the source.

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In the hall, everyone listened to Liu Laosi narrating a scene in the palace vividly, as if they were in the scene, and they seemed to be frightened and frightened for Cui Geng when they breathed in.

When Zhang Yuanchang, a maritime merchant in Quanzhou, heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and couldn't help but interject: "It is rumored that Junchen is ruthless, and if he provokes him, it will inevitably rob his family and exterminate his family." But looking at his arrangement with Erlang, it's not bad. ”

"Not bad?"

Liu Laosi sneered and said disdainfully: "Forgive me, a businessman, I don't understand the sinister sea at all, and people's hearts are unpredictable!" The headquarters of Lijingmen to monitor Jiangnan is located in Yangzhou. According to Lai Junchen's arrangement, as soon as Erlang entered Yangzhou City, he would be regarded as stepping into the ghost gate! ”

Lijing Gate?

As soon as Liu Laosi's words fell, everyone's color changed! Even what he ridiculed Zhang Yuanchang just now, no one cared.

The so-called Lijing Gate is actually another name for "Lijing Gate".

Lijing Gate was originally a gate of the imperial city, and several large courtyards behind it are all considered to be the scope of Lijing Gate.

Emperor Taizong Li Shimin was not in the right position, and when he first ascended the throne, the people's hearts were unstable, so he set up a secret spy agency to supervise hundreds of officials here, named "Lijingmen".

Later, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, and his power was quite stable, and the existence of "Lijingmen" was unnecessary, and this institution was abolished.

When Wu Zetian was in power, he needed a group of cool officials to act as eyes and ears and supervise hundreds of officials, and Lai Junchen restored the "Lijingmen" again.

In fact, this is quite a bit of a big banner and a tiger skin, His Majesty Li Er's Lijingmen is an institution exclusive to the emperor, and together with the "bad guys", it is known as the two secret spies of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Lai Junchen's "Lijingmen" is only a supernumerary organization belonging to Zuosu Zhengtai.

Not only did all the members have no proper status, but when they were funded, the imperial court did not allocate them and could only raise them themselves.

Therefore, soon, "Lijingmen" degenerated into a half-black, half-white organization, extorting and doing all kinds of evil.

Therefore, people also refer to the Lijing as "Xinkaimen" or "Regular Competition Gate" - which means that whoever is caught in Lijingmen, whether guilty or not, according to the convention, must have fun!

With the rise of Lai Junchen's power, the name of Lijingmen spread all over the north and south of the general, which can simply stop children crying at night.

Guo Ke in the crowd naturally knew the roots of Lijingmen, and couldn't help but worry about Cui Geng's safety, and couldn't help blurting out: "Then what should I do?" Can't Shangguan Sheren think of a way? ”

After Liu Laosi entered the hall, before taking his seat, Cui Geng once introduced Liu Laosi to everyone present. Liu Laosi has a wide range of people in Chang'an, and after meeting Guo Ke, he has already connected this young Guo surnamed Wurong Duwei with a mysterious big man.

Now when he heard Guo Ke's question, Liu Laosi's fat face trembled, and he smiled humbly at Guo Ke, and said, "Guo Duwei doesn't have to worry, Shangguan Sheren has already used a little trick to make Lai Junchen's tricks come to naught." ”

Cui Geng was puzzled: "Wait, didn't the holy decree just now already make me the commander of Jiangdu County and choose a day to take office?" Shangguan Sheren ......"

"Brother Erlang, don't worry, the miscellaneous family hasn't finished talking yet. In the palace that day, the Son of Heaven Chrysostom said that of course Shangguan Sheren could not persuade His Majesty to withdraw his will, otherwise the miscellaneous family would not be able to come to Qingyuan to announce the decree! ”

Liu Laosi smiled and said, "However, after she saw through the trick of Junchen that day, she temporarily asked His Majesty to add another will on the spot!" Let's listen to the miscellaneous family slowly......"

It turns out that since Wu Zetian gained power, the children of the martial arts family have risen to the top, and it is really a person who has attained the Tao and ascended to heaven.

But Shangguan Wan'er knew that among the many children with the surname Wu, there was an exception.

This person's name is Wu Youxu, his grandfather Wushi Jean and Wu Zetian's father Wu Shitong are brothers, and this person is a close relative of Wu Zetian.

On the day of Wu Zetian's accession to the throne, Wu Youxu was named the king of Anping, the palace of Cheng.

But Wu Youxu is a special person, he is not interested in wealth and glory at all, and he is bent on cultivating.

This person's favorite thing to do is to be incognito, wear a Taoist costume, and tell people fortunes in Chang'an. If he can get ten or eight cents by telling fortunes, he will be very happy.

The older he gets, the stronger Wu Youxu's hobby becomes, and later, he even directly asked to become a monk.

Wu Zetian was very depressed in his heart, this child didn't enjoy his wealth, he had to go to the mountains to suffer, isn't this sick? Resolutely not allowed.

But Wu Youxu was very desperate, and he kept on the table, Wu Zetian was impatient, so he made him the governor of Yangzhou and the history of Yangzhou Thorn.

In this way, Wu Youxu took the military power of the seven states of Yang, Chu, Chang, Run, He, Xuan, and She, and was able to manage the civil affairs of Yangzhou, the first state capital in the world, which can be described as extremely powerful.

Wu Zetian thinks very well, you Wu Youxu can have no interest in a prosperous life, but you are not interested in power?

After staying in Yangzhou for a long time, I have tasted the taste of power, and I am bound to give up the grotesque mind of cultivation.

It can be seen that Wu Zetian also loves this junior nephew to the extreme.

Unexpectedly, since he arrived in Yangzhou, Wu Youxu, a martial arts freak, still does not give up, and still asks for a monk to become a monk.

Shangguan Wan'er then found a breakthrough from Wu Youxu.

After she waited for Junchen to leave proudly, she persuaded Wu Zetian to come, saying that it was not a matter for Wu Youxu to resign all day long. Is it because although he is powerful, he is also busy with official business, so he is overwhelmed.

Wu Zetian asked, what do you think should be done?

Shangguan Wan'er came up with an idea to let Wu Youxu take a step higher and be the pacification envoy of Huainan Province.

Don't look at Wu Zetian, he casually sent Wu Sanzhong a Lingnan Provincial pacification envoy, but this Huainan Provincial pacification envoy has actually never been given to anyone since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Without it, don't look at the Tao, the population of Huainan Road is ten times that of Lingnan Road, and Jianghuai is a place where elite soldiers have been sent since ancient times, and more importantly, this place is still very rich.

There are elite soldiers and heavy salaries, and this appeasement makes him have a rebellion, which is really enough for the emperor to drink a pot.

But Wu Youxu is different, his own desire for power~ hope is too weak, even if he is allowed to be the pacification envoy of Huainan Province, it is not a big deal.

In addition, although the official authority of pacification is heavy, because it is a temporary dispatch, there is nothing that must be done.

The final result is that if Wu Youxu wants to take care of things, Huainan Dao can decide anything in one word. Don't want to care? It doesn't matter, you can leave anything alone.

The standard of "high position, heavy power and light responsibility" is really suitable for Wu Youxu

Wu Zetian pondered for a while, then nodded secretly, this errand is definitely suitable for the lazy nature of this child.

So, she agreed to Shangguan Wan'er's suggestion on the spot.

Then she asked Shangguan Wan'er, there is a vacancy in the history of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor and the history of Yangzhou Thorn, who do you think should succeed him?

Shangguan Wan'er waited for her words, and immediately said the name she had been thinking about for a long time - Zhang Qian!

Zhang Qiannai is the eldest son of the late Prime Minister Zhang Wenjun, who is deeply trusted by Wu Zetian and is very suitable in all aspects.

Wu Zetian immediately agreed and issued a holy decree.

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Before and after speaking, Liu Laosi glanced at Cui Geng with a smile and said to everyone: "The new Yangzhou assassin Zhang Qian is the eldest son of the late Prime Minister Zhang Wenjun. Precisely, Zhang Zirui, who died in Quanzhou, who died in Guangzhou City, are all children of the Zhang family in Weizhou. Hehe, the relationship between Cui Yushi and the Zhang family of Weizhou, Lu Sima knows, Shangguan Sheren knows, but Lai Junchen doesn't know. In the future, with Zhang Qianzhao in Yangzhou, how much of a threat can Lijingmen pose to Cui Yushi? ”

Dizzy, going around and around, in the end, it was still involved in Cui Geng's kindness and helping Zhang Zirui's widow Wang Ruiyue to avenge her grievances.

It is precisely because of Zhang Zirui's murder that the Zhang family in Weizhou still owes Cui Erlang a great favor!

Everyone is a secret way, is it really in the dark, there are really days?

After listening to Liu Laosi's careful analysis, the big guy was relieved.

At this time, Cui Geng's heart was even more to this unknown Shangguan Wan'er, and wrote the word "service"!

If I remember correctly, in history, it was two years later that Zhang Qian replaced Wu Youxu as the governor of Yangzhou and the assassin of Yangzhou.

However, I didn't expect that my little butterfly wings would be fanned, and the relationship between the parties changed slightly, which made this matter two years earlier.

Shangguan Wan'er's suggestion is not only a natural concern for Wu Ze's talent, but also realizes her small goal without revealing the mountain, which can be called killing two birds with one stone.

Having this legendary talented woman take care of herself, at least for now, is not a bad thing at all.

It seems that now that things have developed to this point, even if he doesn't want to admit it, he has to admit that he has become a henchman of Shangguan Wan'er's family.

Let's take one step at a time, let's mix it under the pomegranate skirt of Shangguan Wan'er, a talented woman and a peerless beauty.

Thinking of this, Cui Geng's mood was also a lot more relaxed than before, seeing that Liu Laosi had come to Qingyuan thousands of miles away, in order to let himself know the good news earlier, so that he could settle down, he couldn't help but feel a little good about this Liu Laosi, and flattered Xiaoxiao: "Liu Zhishi, oh no, Shilang, you are so familiar with the inside story, you must be a celebrity in front of Shangguan Sheren, right?" In the future, I will rely on you to take care of it, and you and I will have more contact with each other, and we will communicate with each other! ”

"Shine? Miscellaneous families can't take care of you. Liu Laosi said meaningfully: "No matter how popular the miscellaneous family is, it can't be as popular as Erlang you." ”

Cui Gengfu smiled and said: "Where, Shiro, you are too modest, you ......"

"Miscellaneous family, this is not polite." As he spoke, he stood up, took out a gold flower five-color silk paper from his baggage, and decorated it with brocade silk colored shells and jade, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, please take your eyes and see what this is?" ”